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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-06
HITCH N .ARMISTICE.
Tentons, 1t IS Said. Evade iledges
asked by Russians.


rerions. 1t IS Said. Evade Pledges
Asked by Russians.
Russian official COMMUNICATION
dealing with the armisticc negotia-
tons received in London says: E
",rhc enemy delegates replied
cvasively to the two initial Russian
proposals, but promised to consult
their governments concerning them
The Russians proposed as the prin.
lpal points Of al armlstice that 'he
enemy should not undertake to send
forces +yo.c. the Russian front to The
fronts OF Russia's allies; also that
the German detachments be Will
drawn from the Islands Of Moon
Sound. The enemy delegates refused
these proposals.
"The enemy delegates submitted
= project for an armistice from the
Baltic to the Black Sea. which N
view Of their evasivc replies to- he
Russian proposals. the Russian. del
ceates submitted 10 the Russian mill.
tary experts.
~ fortnight was first proposed
for the duration of the armistlce.
Ultimately % days were agreed upon,
which may be automatically prolsnI'
81 The Russians requested that me
next meeting be on Russian teri'-
tory after : lapse OF seven days.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-06
rLOYTERS PLEAD GEI.ii.
Germans Conspiring to Foment
Revolution in India Would Avoid


san Francisco, Dec. 6.-Three oil
the most prominent Of the "a defend
ants on trial. charged with conspir-
M to roment revolution against
British i,uie in India, yesterday
pleaded guilty in the United States
District Court.
They ware: Lieut.. Wilhelm Ton
E.:ueken, former military attaehe Of
re German consulate general here;
George Rodiek. former German con.
spl at Honolulu and at one time
n.csjdent II the Hawaiian Sugar
p,onters. Association, and II. A
Schroeder, who succeeded Rodlek as
consul at Honolulu.
Lieutenant Won Brmckcn fnrnished
r.. reason Tor the sudden change in
The plans Of the former German con-
sn!ar agents, which came as q dra-
matte opening 70 court today.
:! think we can serve our conn-
try best by pleading guilty a4'd AVOID
ing further exposure III court pro
ceedinps," he said. 'The less said
about The cases. the better It will be
ia" Germany.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-06
SLAvS AND HUNS.
The Question Of Indemmties ta"Sea
Hitch in Russian RevolutioHis's'

Hitch III NuSS!ah
Plan.
London. Dee. Few details came
through from Petrograd or herlln
yesterday regarding the terms Oh inc
Russ German arrnistice. An AthSIcr-
dam dispatch said il IS TO last lof'S.
eight hours. Interest in military ana
political circles here now ccntef3
mainly on what Gcrmany's allie;
will do.
Austria has adhered to the ''g'l!d-
ing PRINCIPLES" Of the Russian aner.
In the meantime, however, lfo'2ky
has informed Count Czernin, the Aus
TRAN foreign minister, that peace
without annexations or indemnlt!cS
still is Russias aim. 1t is regarded as
extremely doubtful whether Austria
would agree to this basis even II
Germany for economic reasons wousu
consent to it. Nor is it eonsldere"
probable that Bulgaria will accept
this principle. Turkeys attitude con-
,tltites another puzzle Berlin mere
ly announced today that negotiations
for an armistice ''havc begun.
The last obstacle to the cause o.
peace has fallen" was the triumphant
announcement Of Ensign Krylenko'
Maxtmalist commander-in-chiel yes
terday. He declared that forces have
CAPTURED Russian army headquarters
at slohilefF, the general staff having
surrendered.
The lynch law reigned when 'he
Bolsheviki held entry 1T army mead
quarters. Gen. Dukhonin, who tool
chief command Of Russia'S armies
after Kerensky's fall, was thrown ont
Of . train and hincd-"in spite OF at
teu.pts to save him. as Foreign Mn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-06

ister Trotzky put ii in his announce
ment.
Gen. Korniloff is reported to have
fled before the Bolsheviki could lay
hands on him.
"Pcace within few days" is pro!n
;scd in n manifesto published by the
Bolsheviki government and address
cd to the German and Austrian
troops. Many thousands Of copies arc
to be distributed among the Teuton
armies.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-06
Maryland, Delaware and
Virginia Railway Co,

Steamers Of this line leave Alex.
andris every Monday, Wednesday,
and Saturday. at 4:45 p. IN.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL THE
USUAL RIVER LANDINGS
Cuisine and appointments uneyceli'
ed.
Freight for Baltimore, Philadel-
phia and New York solicited and
handled with care. Through rates
and bills Of lading issued.
Single fare to Baltimore, 1925;
With zst9ra TIP $3.50. Gtsta rooms
ans way $500 sna Up.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-06
FEAR RUSSIA MAY DEFAULT,
Owes Immense Sums to- U. S. and
France With Credit Shaky.

French financiers fear for the MI.
ions upon millions Of francs IN IN
vestments, placed by France and the
french people in Russian commercial
md industrial enterprises.
While it is extremely difficult 20
arrive at any definite information as
70 large individual French holdings
n Russia, owing to the reluctance Of
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-06
Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat COMPANY.

Every day in the year for Fortress
Monroe, Norfolk, Newport News and
points south via superb, powerful
steal palace steamers.
Through connections made az Nor
folk with steamers Of the Old Domin-
ion Steamship Company for New
York and Merchants and Miners
for Boston.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-06
AUSTRIA NOW FOR PEACE:
But Wants Integrity of The Mon
archv Guaranteed

Amsterdam, Dec. GA dispatch re-
ceivcd here from Vienna quotes En-
peror Charles. Of austria-llungary
as saying in an address TO an Aus
tro-Gelulan delegation that the dual
monarchy is ready ~ any time 70
conclude peace that would guarantees
the integrity Of the monarchy. He
added, however, that his country
would not cease fightig until its enc
mics renounceil their Intentions o.
Remembering her:
THE glorious successes Of our VIC
torious armies aud the daring Of our
feet" said Emperor Charles. fills
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-06
VATICAN and RUSSIANS.
Possibility OF Orthodox Catholics Now
RECOGNIZING The Pope.

Rome, Dec. 6.-CardinAl Gaspar-
ii, the .papal secretary Of state, yes
tcrday denied that Pope Benedict
had addressed Il communication to
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-09
Bosto1, System a Failure
Saws FOss

When the attention of Ex-Governor Foss of Massachu-
setts who in Chicago last week called to the pro-
posed visit of the Chicago Council Liquor Commission to
Boston to study conditions there, he said:
License in Boston has been failure. In the last IS
years the for have increased from 1900
$1,000 900 per Over 30 per of all the
in the city of Boston for drunkenness In the last IS
years there have been arrests for selling liquor
illegally and cent of these seizures were made
increase drunkenness instead OF checking it. 1t we'll
established fact that for drunkenness two and
onehaf times great in license and cities in
license and cities
"The people of the city not satisfied with license.
Every year bills go into the Legislature asking for still fur
her restrictions of the liquor traffic At the present time
Boston, with its 100000 population, has licensed
looms. bill has just been Introduced into the Legislature
asking that the number be reduced 75o 1t evident
these facts that license is anything but in
Boston.
THE liquor interests in Boston in politics and always
been They not partisan They for either
party wherever they think is for their best interests
ago the liquor of Boston the deciding eectng
the present Governor of the state
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-09
WHAT EFFECT
WOULD WAR We?

What effect would the entrance of
this country into the European war
have upon the Prohibition amend
ment pending in Congress? This
question, we fancy, is giving the wets
more uneasiness than the drys. The
war in Europe has done more to
hasten the progress of the water
wagon over there than 20 years OF
peace could have done. We believe
that if the United States were dragged
into this war, Congress would make
short work of the liquor traffic in this
country. The -specious plea that liq-
uor is needed 10 help pay the ex
penses of government would have lit
tie weight in the face of the mightier
issues at stake.
The Des Moines Register recently
remarked that the demoralized con-
dtion of the liquor men is an indica-
ton that the end of the liquor traffic
in Congress may come in a sudden
and dramatic fashion" What hap
pened in the Indiana Senate the other
day when men who had been lifelong
vets suddenly switched and voted for
statutory Prohibition, seems to con-
firm the Registers view.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-09
Meanest Man Yet
Lives in Ottawa
Runs a Blind Pig in a Wet Town and
Starves His Wife and Children

Anton Russ, all Austrian barber, is
booked in Ottawa as the meanest man
yet discovered.
Russ, while barber by profession,
makes most of his money by dispens-
ing illicit liquors in the rear of his
shop. Week days and Sundays he
hands out whisky and beer to those
who know the password.
About a week ago Russ drove his
wife and four children from home.
They were in a half-starved condition
and taken to the county farm. His
wife is said to be on the verge of
insanity and may be sent to the state
hospital at KanKakee. The children
will be taken to the detention home.
That's the way liquor helps city and
state.
A bill to prohibit the publication or
display of liquor advertisements in
Minnesota is before the Senate of
that state.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-09
indiaha Senate
Passes Dry Bill
by Big Majority
House Expected to Concur in Amend
ments and Dry Governor
to Sign
LAW TAKES EFFECT IN 1918

The Indiana Senate passed the
statewide Prohibition bill last Fri
day by vote of SO to H.. The House
had previously passed the bill by a
vote of 20 to %. A number of
amendments were made to the bill in
the Senate. Without a dissenting
voice the House on February 7 con-
Cured in these amendments, and the
bill was sent to the Governor, who
is expected to sign it without hesi-
tation.
Several Senators who had previous
1y been counted wet changed front at
the last moment and voted for the bill
amidst great cheering from their dry
colleagues and from the galleries.
Large crowds gathered outside the
Senate chamber before the Senate
convened. 1t is said the drys predom-
mated and put in time singing songs
both religious and patriotic. Amer
ica" being one of the favortes.
Liquor Lobby Has Fit OF Blues
The liquor lobby was there, of
course. Its members are said to have
displayed feeling of hopelessness
as they moved around
One of the things thar fastened the
passage of the bill was a large num-
Der of petitions received from various
fraternal, religious and educational
organizations in the state, asking for
a favorable vote.
The overwhelming majority for the
bill in both Houses is said to have
been a surprise to both vets and drys,
and shows that the wave of dry sem
timent which is sweeping the country
struck the Hoosier State with great
force.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-09
INDIANA GOES DRY
FOSS FZAYS BOSTON SALOON SYSTEM
Captain Hobson to Address
Chicago Audiences

On Sabbath morning, February IL,
Captain Hobson will speak on "A
Dry America" in the Metropolitan
Christian Church. West Van Buren
and Leavitt streets, at II a. m.
Take Van Buren, street car to Leav-
lit or the Metropolitan Elevated, Gar
field PARK branch, to Hoyne avenue
and walk one block west.
Metropolitan Church has seats for
5000 people. Every seat should be
occupied to hear this man who has
made a mighty contribution to the
cause of a dry America.
Speaks Same Day in Englewood
In the afternoon of the same day
February I'D Captain Hobson speaks
at p. m. in the Normal Park Pres
byterian Church, Seventy-hrst street
and Yale avenue. Same subject.
Take Wentworth avenue car to
Seventy-frst street and walk ono
block west, or take South Side Ele.
waited, Normal Park car, to Sixty
ninth street, walk two blocks south
and five short blocks east.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-09
Da,,ville Ready to Dust
Saloons

Keep your eye on Danville. 1t is
going to give old J. B. knockout
blow in the spring elections. This
time the drys are confident of sue
cess.
All conditions favor the drys this
year. Lertain dominant political
forces which heretofore lined up with
the vets are this year i'll the dry camp.
The leading newspaper. the CONNER
cial-News, has discontinued liquor
ads and is giving the drys lot of
good publicity.
Mayor Lewman Joins Drys
The drys were tickled to death and
the vets fairly paralyzed by a sur
prising statement published by Mayor
William c. Lewman in the CONNER
cial-News last week.
at appears advisable at this time" !"
says Mayor Lewman, ION account of
the numerous rumors afoat, that l
make the formal statement that l will
not be candidate for reelection to
the Office of Mayor of the city of
Danville. My reason for this deci-
sion is this: that would be compelled
to depend upon the support of the
saloons fer election. This | will not
do. Neither will l be in favor of a
candidate, either in the primary or
in the election, who has their sup
port.
"If there is to be a local option
fight, l will do everything that l can
lawfully do to retire saloons from
operation in the city of Danville."
Danville has approximately $4,000
population and about 100 saloons,
and the prospect of its going dry has
thrown a nightmare into the camp
of the liquor interests of the entire
state.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-09
Hobson to Plead
for Referendum
in State House
Will Address House Temperance
Committee in Open Meeting
February IA

Ex-Congressman Richmond P.
Hobson, who is now resident of
Illinois, will be the chief speaker for
the drys at an open meeting of the
House temperance committee Febru-
airy IA at 3 p. m., in the House of
Representatives hall.
The hearing will be open to both
vets and drys. The hall will doubt
less be packed with both friends and
foes of the measure.
If you want this bill to pass go to
Springfield and root for it on Feb
ruary IA. If you can't 60, write your
Representatives.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-09
No Local Option
Fight in CalesbIng
Vets Fail to Secure Enough Signer'
to Their Petition

-
There will be no wet and dryx &9hl
IN Gaiesburg. Ex-SaloonkceFtr S5i
Frolich and his aids, representing the
Peoria liquor dealers, made vigor
Gus canvass of the city for the requi-
site number of names, but the people
of Galesburg are satisfied with the
present conditions and there wasn't
enough of them who wanted wet
city to make contest possible.
Three years ago Galcsburg voted
dry by over 5000 majority, and the
failure of the vets this time to bring
on the fight makes it certain that the
city is permanently in the dry col
umn.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-09
Three Candidates
Face Quincy Women

The civic department of the Wom-
ems Forum of Quincy, ILL.,, summoned
before it last week the three candi-
dates for Mayor of the city. They
went New they are wondering how
they evci had the courage to do it.
They would rather go to war than
repeat the experience.
These are the questions which they
were asked to answer:
Would you revoke the licenses of
saloonkeepers who do not observe the
Sunday closing iaw?"
Would you see that the ordinances
now existing were enforcedT
Would you see that your Chief of
Police closed the gambling houses7
What experience in city affairs
have you had?"
What will you do about prize
fghts"
The Sunday closing question was
the Jonat. for Mr.. Genenbacher, one
of the three. He said he was op-
posed to the law and would, therefore,
not enforce it. Now he will have to
face the united opposition not only of
the Womcn's Club but of all citizens
of Quincy who believe that Mayor
should keep his oath of Office and en-
force the law.
The other two candidates answered
Eyes" to the Sunday closing law.
Now, if one of them will only with
draw, the law and order people ought
to win.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-09
Bel1evi11e Women
Want SUNDAY Lid

X A special committee of the Wom-
ems Christian Temperance Union OF
Belleville waited upon Mayor Duvall
last week and asked him to enforce
the Sunday closing law
IS The Mayors answer was a head-on
collision, enc part Of it knocking the
'0stsser 10 pieces. -,-' -. = -.
He said, to begin with, that there
was no doubt that Sunday closing
was coming in Belleville; that it
seems to be the thing everywhere.
And then he reversed himself and
said the time was not ripe for Sun
day closing in Bellevilie.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-09
Alton to Limit Number
of Saloons

Mayor Beall Of Alton proposes to
limit the number of saloons in that
city to one for each SOC of the popu-
lation, and has asked the saloonmen
themselves to approve of his action.
In view of the fact that there is an
ordinance limiting the number of sa-
looms as suggested by Mayor Beal1,
it is hard to understand why he
should ask the approval of the saloon
keepers.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-09
PROHIBITION TO BE PER
MANENT IN EUROPE

No leaders of thought in
these European countries that
have abolished drink in war
time believe they will ever go
back to it after the war. They
will need all possible efficiency
then to rebuild and regain, and
booze will be forever banished.
After the war, can a wet United
States compete successfully
with a world which, in addition
to the discipline of years of
fighting, has got rid of most of
the inefficiency caused by
booze?-Kansas City Times.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-09

Six bootleggers were fined 5000
each and sentenced to Jail terms in
one day at Bismarck, S. D. Two
others received suspended sentences,
and youth involved with the gang
was placed in the reform school. The
Bismarck authorities believe they
have the gang thoroughly broken up.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-09
SUNDAY CLOSING RE-
DUCES DRUNKENNESS

"I want to say to you," said
Judge Gemmill, at the Dry Chi
cago banquet last week, that
we citizens of Chicago ought
to thank Mayor Thompson for
enforcing the Sunday closing
law. / have examined the rec
ords and find that last year
there were 5000 fewer arrests
for drunkenness than before
the saloons were closed. 1t
used to be that Monday was
our busiest day in the Munich
pal Court. This last year I
found Monday the lightest day
of all the week"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-09
MASSACHUSETTS
CURSED BY LIQUOR
SAYS STATE BOARD
Liquor Commission Appointed
By Gov. Foss Finds Drink
Chief Cause Of Disease
and Crime
TAXES BOOSTED BY BOOZE

One of the strongest arguments for
statewide Prohibition yet presented
was the speech of Ex-Governor Eu-
gene Foss of Massachusetts, at the
Dry Chicago Federation banquet last
week.
"When I assumed the office of
Governor of Massachusetts" said Mr..
Foss, "I found that it was my duty
to visit the state institutions. l was
impressed with the large number of
wards who were under the care of
the state and with the great cost of
caring for them. l asked the super
intendents of the different institu-
tions, Why are all these people
hcrel'
always I received the same an
swer, Most of them are here be-
cause of liquor
Appoints Committee to Study Prob
lem
Then decided it was time for the
state pf Massachusetts, to look into
this matter, and appointed Com
ysiiss;d 81 Evc y,es, r. sst..ds,. II sst
fecfs III the t;QaoE traffic "A sps
! pointed 81 1hdse of The Municipal
Court Of Boston, the head of the
Psychopathic Hospital, the head of
the Hospital for Inebriates, an ex-
Attorney General, and this is what
the Commission found:
"They found that there were 1885,
600 arrests in 1913 for drunkenness,
which was 81 per cert of the total
number of arrests. They found that
four-fifths of those arrested were
young men from II to so, and that
these men lost 100000 days in prison.
Liquor Chief Source of Crime
"The Commission found" continued
Governor Foss, that IS per cent of
all the crime committed in the state
could be traced directly to liquor, and
that 90 per cent of those in prisons,
reformatories and jails were addicted
to the use of liquor.
"And here is another interesting
fact which the Commission discovered
-88 per cent of the drinking was con-
fined to one-third of the population
Of the state, and 78 per cent of the
crime was confined to that same part
of the population.
"Of the insane in the state hos
pitals, IS per cent were there because
of drink, and of those in the charita-
bic institutions of the state, 48 per
cent were there for the same reason.
Liquor a Terrible Burden
"The report of the Commission re-
ferred to brought out the fact that
nearly $4,000 people are wards of the
state in its various institutions, and
that these institutions were costing
the state about $8,OOo,00O a year.
"But this is only one phase of the
economic side of the question, and as
manufacturer and business man,
this side appeals to me very strongly.
The progressive manufacturer of to-
day has no more use for the saloon
than the Church has, and the en-
p1oyee is now taking his stand along
with the employer Industrial acci-
dent legislation has helped materially
in bringing this about. The employer
Is responsible for every accident that
happens in his establishment from
whatever cause, and when it is shown,
as it has been shown, that 40 per
cent of industrial accidents are di-
rectly due to liquor, it can readily be
seen why the employer is so much
concerned about the drinking habits
of his employees"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-02-09
GLORIOUS INDIANA

Indiana, the state of presi-
dents, politicians. orators and
newspaper writers, has again
come to the front and in both
Houses of the Legislature
passed law which will bar out
the manufacture, sale or giving
away of intoxicating liquor.
And while Indiana, the home
of the Hoosier, has settled the
question for all time, Illinois,
intelligent and progressive Illi-
nois, is still quibbling and
quarreling about that question
which is becoming so dead that
its carcass casts its stencil
from coast to coast.
How much longer must Illi-
nois wait?
-Waukegan Gazette.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-04-06
Community Church

Sunday school. 10 a. m. Worship,
II a. m. Subject, HE is not here
He is risen." 11:45, Holy Com.
munion.
Junior League, 2:30 p. m.
Christian Endeavor, 6:45 p. m.
Worship, 7:3O.p. m. SUBJ t,
"a talk with stranger.
District meeting, Nezperce, April 6.
It is requested that representatives be
present.
Meeting at this church April 20,
and speakers will be Rev. Wood, OF
Grangeville; Rev, Fertig, Nezperce
and Rev. Anderson, Whitebird.
All boys Of 10 to Is years of age
wishing to join the Scouts, give il
your names as soon as possible. NJ
boys nnder 10 years will be taken
Don't forget the Ladies Aid sale
on Saturday afternoon, at Wagner's
cream station.
E. A. K. Grant, Pastor.