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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-24

Esaeh' .sdide' Il the said new v center line,
1898 feet more or less, to the line
dividingSthe, land of the New Wash
ington Brick, Company and Jackson
Phillips B3rk Company, containing
1882 acreS more or less, according
to a plat " survey made by C. W.
Haincs, Chef Engineer, attached to
and made a part of said deed; and
excepting any manufactured brick
now being upon the premises above
described And subject to the right
of way foEs;a sewer of 10 feet wide
and containing two onc-hundrcdths
parts of ah acre, across the south
west corner of the property above
described, held by Hehty c.. Morris,
with tina ri ght of the owners of the
said tract of land and their success
sors, to tap and to use the said sewer
at any time.
Terms of Sale:-$24 100000 in cash,
of which cash payment $4,000 is to
be paid on the day of sale by the sue
ccssful bidder when the property is
struck off to such bidder, and the
residue of the cash payment, $4,000,
is to be paid two weeks from the day
of sale; and the residue of the pur-
chase money shall be payable in
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-24
AUCTION SALES
AUCTION SALE

PLANT AND PROPERTY OF NEW
WASHINGTON BRICK COMPANY.
BY virtue of DEGREES of the Circuit
Court of the City Of Alexandria, Viz
ginia, rendered on the 10th day OF
July, 1915, and on the oath day OF
January, 1917, in the Chancery cause
therein pending between Enoch l..
White, who sues ETC., complainant, VS..
the New Washington Brick Company,
ct ais, defendants, the undersigned,
who by said decree of July 10, 1918,
were appointed Special Commission
ers for the purpose, will sell at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder, on
the premises OF the New Washington
Brick Company, situated in Alexan-
dria County, Virginia, at II o'clock
a. NJ, on the 18th day of March,
1917, the following real and personal
property of the New Washington
Brick Company situated in the
County of Alexandria, State of Vir-
ginia, and described as follows, TO
wit;
All that piece or parcel of land
and premises called and known as
"Abington," being described as fol-
lows according to survey thereof
made bv A. N. Hurdle, Surveyor,
in January 1886, namely. Beginning
,at a stone supposed to be at low
water mark on the Potomac River and
in the division line between "Ablng-
ton" and Summer Hill" owned by
George T. Raub, running thence
west with said line 225 poles to d
point on the cast side Of the AcN-
andria- Washington Turnpike; thence
along the east side of said Turnpike,
North 177.4 poles to a stone IN the
division line between Arlington
and waterloo; thence, cast ID poles
to a small sassafras stump; thence
South 76 1-2 degrees East 80 poles
TO lot water mark on the west side
of Potomac River; thence along the
meandcrs of said River to the begin
ming; containing ZIG acres, 3 RODS
and 10 poles, together with all the
improvements, ways, easements,
rights, privileges, appurtenances and
hereditamcnts to the same belong
inc or in any wise appertalning.
And also, the plant for the manu-
| racture of brick on the above de-
scribed premises, with the machinery
| fixtures, appurtenanccs and personal
property to the said plant belonging
and used in and about the operation
and conduct of the same.
Excepting, however, That portion
of the said tract of land which by
deed dated July %, 1904, and re.
corded in Deed Book 40, page 335
of the land records of Alexandria
County, was conveyed by the New
Washington Brick Company and tht
American Security and Trust Com
Of the District Of Columbia, Trusted
to the Washington Southern Rallwa;
COMPANY, described as follows; to
wit: Beginning at station 1872, 45.l
where the center line of the new
alignment Of the Washington South
crn Railway intersects the line divid
ing the land of the New Washington
Brick Company and Henry Norton
thence, in a northcasteriy direction
by strip $50 feet wide, being Z:
feet on each side of the said new
center line. to. station 1878 30
thence. northeastedly by a strip 19'
feet wide. being 95 feet on each sid'
of the said new center line, to "sta
ton" 1855; thence northeasterly by
strip $50 feet wide being rs feet Of
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-24
/ STRONG EVIDENCE
Is the Statement of This Alexandria
Woman:

Woman!
Backache IS often kidney ache.
A common warning of serious kid
[[ney ills.
ga Stitch in Time Saves Nine
Don't delay - use Doans Kidney
Pills.
Profit by Mrs. Schaeffer's cxper-
fence.
Mrs. F. B. Schaeffcr, BOG south
Columbus street, Alexandria, says:
4 suffered great deal from my back
Often I could hardly do my house
work, as my back felt so weak and
sore. The first box Of Doan's Kid
ney Pills relieved that awful misery
in my back. Since taking two boxes,
my kidneys have been normal and
my back has never given me any
trouble. I never hesitate to recon-
mend Doan's Kidney Pills to anyone
I hear complaining of backachc and
other kidney disorders"
Price Soc. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Schacffer had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-24
FEARS OF FOOD RIGfNG|
Situation in Washington Said to; be
Growing. More Serious Every Day.

Food riots arc hourly expected IN
Washington as a result of a deplor'
able situation which has been re-
vealcd through the police, missions
charity workers and others coming
into contact with the poor OF that
city.
Pitiful cases of privation are beng
brought TO the attention of the au-
thorities. Individal appeals for food
and assistance at the missions and
other charitable places are becoming
so numerous, it was disclosed yes
terday, that it is feared that the re-
suit will be gathering Of large MODS
who will resort to some dcmonsIra-
tion to bring the starvation they are
facing to the attention of the pubic
AS an illustration of the crisis the
city is facing because of the hlgn
cost of living, one family was dis
covered yesterday which had existed
on oatmeal, bread and coffee for
narly two months.
In New York.
New York, Feb. 24.-Looting was
common in yesterdays food riots
in New York City. Again the Metro
politan police struggled with that
most unreasoning enemy, the angry
housewife.
The disorder yesterday produced
more broken windows than broken
heads, but it's extent daily is growing
both in territory and in the number
Of persons involved.
Mobs of foreign women, aproned
and hatless, marched from open air
meetings on the East Side, the Bronx,
Brownsville and Williamsburg to raid
stores, break windows in offending
shops, steal milk from door steps and
in some cases, attack other women
who sought to buy.
Sixty arrests were made. according
to the Anti-High Price League.
Counsel was supplied by this organi-
cation and bail provided where pos
siblc. Pcaccable methods were
urged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-24
four 5l equal installmentss Al; SIX twelve

four equal installments. at; six, twelXr,
eighteen and twenty-four months
from the day of sale. The deferred
payments of the purchase money to.
be evidenced by the notes of the Pur-'
chaser or purchasers thereof, bearing
interest at the rate of six per cent
per annum from the day Of sale until
paid, and the title to be retained until
the purchase price is paid in full
with the accured interest thereon.
The purchaser or purchasers Of the
said property will be perNEted to
pay all cash if they so desires
James R. Cation, Jr.,
levi H. David,
Carl j. F. Graft, tee
G.. Washington Lewis,
Gardner l.. Boothe,
Special Commissioners of Sale.
j, Newell S. Greenaway, Clerk OF
the Circuit Court of the City of Alex
andria, Virginia, do certify that
Gardner L. Boothe, one of the Com
missioners above named, has exc
cuted bond with approved security,
as required by decree rendered in the
above entitled cause on the 10th day
of July, 1915. 45-td.
NEWELL S. GREENAWAY, Clerk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-24
SCHOOL CHILDREN KILLED.

Tornado n Gnif States Spreads
Death az! ;>;;:i:i.
Svlacauca. Ma, Feb. 24.-SeTcH
persons wc~c killed and probably q
hundred mere or less seriously in
iurcd by q tornado which swept
over Hollins, Midway and Stewards
vile near here yesterday afternoon
between 8 and a o'clock.
A number of the killed and in
iured were school children, as the
school houses in the three towns
were demolished.
Greensboro, Ala, Feb. 24.-Four
colored persons were killed and sew
cral injured by tornado at Whit
sett, miles from here yesterday az
ternoon. Much timber was blown
down, several cabins were demolished
and residences damaged.
Lithonia, Ga, Feb. 24.-Two COL
orcd women were killed and, about go
houses, mostly those of flimsy con-
5truction in the colorcd district, were
blown down by tornado which swept
through here late yesterday. Besides
the two deaths. colorcd man was
injured and may die.
Georgetown, Miss, Feb. 24.--Siy
children were injured, two of them
seriously, when a country school
building near here collapsed during
a heavy wind and rain storm which
swept this section shortly after noon
yesterday. Several residences in
Georgetown were partially destroyed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-24
Maryland, Delaware and
Virginia Railway Co.

Steamers of this line leave Alex.
andria every Monday 4:30 P. M.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL THE
USUAL RIVER LANDINGS.
Cuisine and appointments unexcellAd
Freight for Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York solicited and handled
with care. Through rates and bills
of lading issued.
Single fare to Baltimore, S3.25 re-
turn trip $3.50. State rooms one way
$3.50.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-24

The Senate and House conSIrccs
on the legislative, executive and
judicial and agricultural appropria-
ton bills reached complete agree
ment last night on the question OF
increased pay for government en-
ployes. The House conferees capitu-
lated to the Senate and accepted the
Smoot amendment, which will affect
only those of Uncle Sans workers
who receive compensation under
$1,000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-24

Sealed Proposals addressed to Mr..
J. E. Fitzgerald, chairman of Con-
mittee on Light, for the erection Of
Brick Building at the City Gas
Works, will be received at the olTicc
of the Clerk of Gas until II O'Clock,
noon, on March 3rd, 1917. Drawings
and specifications can be seen ut the
Office of the Clerk of Gas, Room 5
and 6, City Hall.
j. 3. WALLER,
43-6t. Clerk of Gas
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-24

February 7, 1917!
BY order of the Board of Directors
of the Seminole Land & Investment
Company. Incorporated, notice is
hereby given that specia! meeting
of the stockholders of said Com
pany will be held at the principal
Offices Of the Company, III south
Fairfax street. Alexandria, Virginia,
on the Goth day Of February, 1917,
between the hours of 10 a. m. and II
noon, for the purpose Of considering
the action of the officers of said Conf
nany in connection with the recent
sale and conveyance of the entire
property of said Company to the St.
Cloud Development Company and OF
approving or disappearing same.
L. V. FRENCH
35-td. Feb. 7. 1917. Secretary
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-24
ANNOUNCEMENT
I desire to announce the opening Of the
New Hotel Rammel Quick Lunch Cafe

Whether it shall be service at Cafe family orders,
there will be found feature which will provide hurried
unexpected guest guests, or
will help the busy maron for lunc dinner or even
ing parties to produce something the
daily
Everything provided the deectabe sandwich pre-
pared relshcs, Oysters half SHE'LL Con-
Soups Oyster Pattcs Fried Oysters, Steamed Oys-
tiers, Cold Fowl Meats Salads Pastry Ice Cream IN ndl-
vidual blocks.
This feature will introduce innovation in the cater
prices within the reach of all.
Thanking you for the business given in the past and wish
ing your continued patronage in the future l am
Respectfully yours
VIM L. RAMNEL
Evening star., 1917-10-03
DIED

BALL. Departed this life Tuesday. October 2.
1917. at $50 am. at the residence of her
mother. 788 Lamont street northwest, SARAH
BALL tnee Brown. beloved wife Of Arthur
Bali. She caves to mourn their loss husband.
three daughters, a devoted mother four sis-
tiers. three brothers and a host Of relatives ard
friends.
Funeral Thursday. October 4, from st. Lakes
church. Brightwood, D. c.. at l o'clock.
Funeral in charge of Moon & Gaskins. g.
BROWN: On Wednesday. September 3. 1917.
at 2:30 an. at her residence, 1888 3rd street
southwest. MARIE. beloved wife of Randle
Funeral Friday. October 5. at $50 pm. Inter-
ment Congressional cemetery.
BROWN. On Sunday. September 80, 1917. at
Hns Washington Asylum Hospital. CARRIE
not called for by pm Thursday, October 4,
such remains will be disposed Of in accordance
with law.
DRANE. On October 2, 1917, at her residence,
JOB Kosedale street northeast, HARRIET l..
DhANE, aged twenty years. beloved daughter
OF Elizabeth T. Drane and the late Thomas
Funeral from Rosedale NJ. E. Church on Friday.
October S. at pm. Interment in Glenwood
cemetery.
FREELAND. On Tuesday, October ., 1917, at
s:lo pm, ROBERT KENNETH. beloved and
only son OF Robert E. and Kate G.. Freeland
tnee German.
Funeral from the residence of his parents 2l24
18th street southeast, Thursday October f.
at $50 pm. Relatives and friends invited
to attend. Interment at Prospect Hill GENE
terry.
Evening star., 1917-10-03
j, S. SOLDIERS FINE
SHOTS WITH RIFLE
Americans Can Stop German
Charge With Bullets, Of
ficerS Believe.
FRENCH PREFER GRENADES
BY HERBERT COREY.

AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUAR-
TERS-Little by little the American
Army Is working out its own methods
When it goes into the trenches it will
have taken the best from the French
and the best from the British and fla
vored the whole with the best of its
own This is not a statement made on
authority. 1t is a legitimate deduction
from what one sees on every side.
There is divergence, for example
between the American and the French
man in the matter of using rifles. The
Frenchman does not bother about the
sights of his piece. He never worries
about his target. In battle he looses
off for general results, and in rifle prac-
tfce at the butts a man fires his entire
string before the marker calls a shot.
That means that accuracy Of fire is rem
dered impossible.
French Idea Of the Rifle.
whats the use?" the French ask.
"The chief value of a rife is that a
bayonet can be attached to it."
The American does not understand
that His men have always shot, and
shot we'll.
rifles cannot be used in the trench
es," the French instructors say. "And
in repelling an attack they are of no
use except to make a noise. You should
see the men when the charging line
come toward them! They pant as
though they were running at top speed.
Their breasts heave and they grow
dizzy. They could not hold a gun
steady"
We are from Missouri in this. 1t is
not impugning French courage-after
three years of war no one but a mad
man would do that-to say it is con-
ceivable that our men will be cooler
under fire and in repelling attack than
the Frenchman 1t is a difference of
national temperament. The Chasseurs
d Alpin. who have been training our
youngsters. are infinitely faster. AL
though they will weigh as much as the
individually. their speed is
that of a featherweight fighter against
a middleweight. Our men are improv-
ing. but it is questionable whether we
will ever gain that high speed of the
Evening star., 1917-10-03
BY WINFRED LUEDECKE.

To get an idea of the viewpoint and
the mode of thinking of the English
people during the war, We have access
to two important sources, the English
press and the English soldiers letters.
The first source is rather muddled and
makes public opinion rather than re-
fleets it. The other one flows more
clearly. is personal in character and
has in it no attempt to misrepresent
anything. The situation is not in the
least changed by the fact that every
British soldiers letter has been stamp
ed passed by censor" indicating that
1t has passed through a control. which.
however, looks only for military in
formation. For that reason the indi-
vidual is given even greater leeway
and these writings in a greater degree
tell US the thought of the private, the
British common soldier. the simple man
purest extent the British national
character.
The English business letter is known
throughout the world for its calm OBJ
jectivity. into which sentiment does not
enter. and in which the impersonal is
by conventional, long used
phrases. This calm style is an excel
lent characteristic of the Englishman,
whose control of his feelings often
makes him appear feelingless. and is
also indicative in the EngliShman'S
strong adherence to manners and GUS
toms of life in England.
Evening star., 1917-10-03
Almost Sprung From Soil.

If Tommy Atkins does happen to
write rather dryly about his expert
ences. and even if he is proud of belong
ing to the bulldog race. he is not war
like on the whole. The English army.
which has almost sprung out of the soil
at stamp of foot. and which has few
old regiments. has hardly any traditions
of battles or historic material which
nurtures the soldierly spirit in a regi-
ment. This does not disagree with the
Judgment of German officers that the
men of long service, with their practi-
cal experience in colonial wars, and
especially in the South African war,
fight eXcellently.
In the English soldiers letters there
is strange to say, a great deal about
homesickness. Our soldiers also often
talk of their longing for home, but
hardly ever without mentioning that
first the enemy must be conquered. We
looked in vain. however, for this condi-
ton in English letters. A sergeant of
the 18th Hussars closes a letter to his
wife with these words. What would
not give for a cup of tea with you: your
worst tea would taste fine" and another
one writes. Il am wounded and have no
hope that will get better. 1t is all over
Evening star., 1917-10-03
7EUT0NS SCAN MAIL
FOR BRITISH VIEWS
Letters Taken From Soldiers
Differ From Press Reports,
Says German Writer.
LIKE BUSINESS COMMENT

The following article is Of unusual interest
because it Is a Germans description of the let
ten for a German reading public. The only
manner in which the Germans can gain access
or from bodies found on the battlefield. The
article is noteworthy for several reasons: First.
its selections, showing what the Germans
iish and then its comment. showing the German
view Of English ideas and Of English comment
on their own ideas and views 1t is also re-
marka BILE for what It omits. The fact that the
Evening star., 1917-10-03
Supreme Court Postpones Cases.

Arguments on the suit brought by the
state of New York to restrain the state
of New Jersey and the Passaic valley
sewerage commissioners from con-
structing a sewer that would empty
nearly 400,000.000 gallons of refuse and
trade waste into New York bay, which
were to have been heard this week,
have been postponed by the Supreme
Court of the United States until Janu-
ary Z.
Evening star., 1917-10-03
Shoot Down Officers First.

bill and I have thought the thing
over and have come to the conclusion
that the German army system is rot
ten. a northumberland infantrymar
writes: I'VE are led: they are driven"
Another man writes: They hate their
officers like poison and fear them ten
times worse than DEATH" and another
says: Take away their officers and
their regiments break apart For that
reason we always first shoot down the
press OF the war will find in these re-
marks only an echo Of the jingo news
papers, of which the English have SO
manv.
The general comment on the German
soldier from Englishmen is somewhat
different Often we find expression Of
wonder at the unusual discipline of the
German under fire. and all are agreed
upon the terrible effect of German ar
tillery fire A common expression for
this is. Hell let loose
A corporal writes of an experience
which he will never forget, a German
mass attack done in calm march time
while the soldiers sang "Deutschland.
Deutschland. ueber Alles.' the columns
being held together by iron discipline
1T Will not be an easy excursion to
reach Berlin" writes this corporal.
A good measure of the feeling of the
British soldier are the nicknames for
the Germans which we find frequently
in the letters. The hatred and derision
expressed in the French word "boche"
is missing. In many of the letters the
soldiers speak only of the Germans.
The most popular nickname is "Sau-
sage" and for the uhlans the English
have the words which sound almost
like the German "ewe lambs The
worst slanderous EXPRESSION of the
English press. like Huns and bar
barians" we hardly find in the English
soldiers letter. and this is a clear in
dfcation of how popular opinion is
craftily led by the press.
Evening star., 1917-10-03
Personal Letters Unconditional.

To certain extent every English SOL
dier's letter reminds us Of these busi-
ness letters by its impersonal matter
and the regularity with which the same
topics appear. ParadoXically, one can
say If one has read d British soldiers
letter one knows all of them, and if
one has read all of them one gets moth
ing specially personal out of the whole.
THE British soldier is a difficult person
to impress or depress." This remark
of Sir John French explains itself. The
Impressions are merely described, but
Evening star., 1917-10-03

writer does not temper the English scorn for
the Germans and their criticism of the German
army also is worth noting. This article ap-
peared originally in '.Ueber Land und Meer."
and has been translated for The Star.
Evening star., 1917-10-03
Nourishment and Comfort.

Especially characteristic Of English
letters is the talk of nourishment and
comfort. I'VE receive daily marmalade.
ham and bacon. bread and meat, biscuits
and cheese. 1t is very amusing when
you see for the first time how the men
prepare their tea, which, by the way,
they keep on doing all day long" writes
a sergeant. and a driver in the army
service corps gives the menu card for
the whole week with evident satisfac-
ton
rather overdone personal preiudices
identify the Englishmen the world over.
We make desperate attemps to keep
clean. A few minutes near some water
will disclose various troops with hand
kerchiefs and soap fighting for the op-
portunity to wash up"
The British soldier calmly and cody
making his morning ablutions in spite
of bombs from ayiators. shaving and
washing himself with much soap and hot
water. using large sized towel and then
engineering a toothbrush and tooth
paste is a picture which occurs again
and again in these letters.
What distinguishes the letters of Tom
my Atkins from those of all other war
ring nations is the talk of sports. which
recurs often. 1t Is well known what
tremendous .'ole sport plays in the ma
tional life of England, and therefore it
army is called an army of sportsmen
The war is sort of football game on
the continent. That was the thought
and idea of every British soldier who
landed in Boulogne, and this idea is in
his mind even now in spite of Mons and
Ypres. In the same fashion we find
great deal of reference in English letters
to cricket. The same influence Is ex-
ercised by the music halls of London, an
amusement which plays as considerable
role in the life of the London citizen
as the varieties do with us. Undoubt-
edly this is real English, for the English
man carries his manners and customs
all over the world with him and he re-
mains a sportsman even in the trenches.
AS formerly at the races. he wagers on
how many shells the enemy will send
over, how many guns he will capture
and with the football on his shoulder
he goes into the battle. In the event
of the ball being lost he simply uses
a captured German helmet for his game.