Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-16
NEWS OF THE DAY

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thus. he saws. VII it ID. possible prop
crlv to mobilize the country's bank
| irg ~esource for the great burdens
which the wal must impose. Thus,
he saws. bankers may best fulfill
their patriotic obligations. The
President has embodied these ideas in
4 statement which the Federal Re-
serve Board last night sent to every
banker in the United States.
Field Marshal Haig's report from
the Flanders front yesterday says:
South of B%rooieinde Sunday night
the enemy heavily bombardcd the
main ridge, but there were no lnfan-
inv attacks. Southeast Of Moncij'
10 Preux in Il successful raid Sund:'.y
afternoon East Country troops CAP
turcd thirty-fivc CT the enemy an&
twC machine guns. Two h"nGrcd
German. were killed and sevc1 err
,ntv dugouts destroyed. Northeast
N''''
# Roucx a successful raid was car
lied out by South Midland tcrritor-
ials. A number Of the enemy were
killed and their d%u"outs destroyed.
Twelve prisoners were taken
There can be no peace without
the utter crashing Of the German
military machine. . The quickest
way to do this is 20 cut loose from
al diplomatic micctics and beat the
Germans. Declare war on Austria
Turkey. Bulgaria.. Send our troops
+ needed to the italian front. Bring
.,0G.0 0 Japanese troops TO Salon!ki
and drive again at Germany's weak
est side-Turkcy and Bulgaria. These
ere the things which Senator King
# Utah, urged upon President Will
son yesterday.
The country has awakened to the
Second Liberty Loan. Official cStI-
mates made At the Treasury ycstcr-
Ia" based on partial reports 1ndi-
cate that as much has been subscribed
.ince the last report Saturday a.
vas recorded in all of last week.
The total is now believed to he wei!
Gast the $500. GO0.GOO mark. This
rcans that onc-sixth If the $500
100000 wanted has been s.pscrihc!.
This report includes estimate c1
! sales in the Minneapolis district
crcm which no report has been re
cciveI since Tie campaign started and
estimates on three districts which
made no report. yesterday.
a dispatch from Paris says Malta
lia,. the Dutch dancer and aiven-
! :rrcSs. who two months ago was
! iound o.Nity by Il cour; marital IN
he charge cf espionage, vas shot al
| lawn yesterday morning. Mil2.
..!ata EEari. lcng known IN Europe i.
! u oma Of great attraclivcncs. and
9Th d romantic history. was accused
- conveying 70 the Germans :hc So
=; ,rct Of The construction o. III" en-,
sentc "ta1ks.' t!:;s resulting in tho
enemy rushing wo:k On a special "a:
10 combat their operations.
One American wac killed aud .
second seriously wounded by shell fire
rom a Gerniaa submarine agains'
lheir boats as they were leaving I
toirciocd steamship. i was announ
ccd today. The American killed
was James Fringe. Frank Dgno
Ghuc was wounded. Ten other Amer
,icans. Ike TrinGer and Donoghuc
members nj the crew Of the steam
ship. escaped. Two Englishmcn
members Of The vessels crew. wcr'
also killc3 by the submarines gun
fire, directed with apparent deliberate
intent oil The iifctoat3. Eight per
Il in the boats were scriousll
wounded. The name Of the shil
which was ~t7rDcdocd wa< net an
rpunccd.
Mrs. blanca Dc.2arlIc: VIZ: indicted
!. yesterday! in Nincola. J.. T., y. /.
On y charge Of first degree murder
!or shooting her husband, John Len
"cr DcSaulles, Il wealthy clubma'
and former college football star. Th
shooting took place August 3. a
:, Wheatly Hills, because DeSaullc
declined TO permit his wife to hay
possession Of their little 50
! Jack" 2n. Mrs. DeSaulles is t
be arraigned on the murder charg
Wednesday, when a date for her tris
may be fixed.
Every cartridge that goes int
:. Mexico must be licensed by tn
rev War Trade Board. The al