Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-03
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

Encouraged by the dramatic res.
cue alive Of eight parsons who mao
fIbeen entombed for ten hours, chi
eago firemen this afternoon began q
vigorous attack on an ice-encrusteo
nile of wreckage believed to nave
hurried at least forty persons early
Yesterday when tremendous gas
sent the walls of a tene-
ment building tumbling in. "A
drunken employe of gas company
il is alleged caused the explosion
Summoned to fix a leak IN the gas
main. he is alleged to have piuggeo
the hole with laundry soap and stag
pered away, cursing the tenement
dwellers who made the compliant
Efforts were being made to ma VA's
man.
Collector Of the Port Peters Oh
Charleston. S. c., yesterday form
.,,lv took charge of the German
fre;obter Liebenfels, which sunk IN
the harbor yesterday under ,cono'-
'itions leading marine men to belleEe
.ha WINS scuttled. The vessels IS ~
mo in 30 feet of water. The stearn-
,r,s officers, including Capt. klattcn-
,,or wore taken in custody by W
K Howard, inspector of immigration
!, Official information received con-
,o,nirn the sinking Of the steamer
Ernbrates shows that the propao!e
SIT victim of the new submarine
no1;c,, If The central powers was
po,g;an relief ship. The Euphrates
had carried a cargo of relief supplies
from the United States, and was
Ibomeward bound in ballast when she
twas storpedoed, Several men'ers Oh
4ho crew have been rescued and nave
reached an outlying port.
NJ Guernier, president OF the MGR
chant marine committee OF the
French chamber, has advanced inc
,rorosal that the anniversary OF tHe
torpedoing of the Cunard Line steam
or Iusitania be declared lega! conf
jn,onorat;on day and observed an
rual]v bv vessels throughout the
world halfmastdng their flags for
,;rtims # German submarines. NJ
Irnnrnier recommends that every
where at tAa sarae norasHs a1les
s;ar.1 nv wireless all ships saai
oaase communication and send out
n,o "avpnainr word, Remember
The appeal is addressed to ship o"H-
ers and captains and crews OF YES
sells. MI.
Tho Norwegian steamship PorSlS,
1877 tons, has been sunk. Later "9r"
,,,.s racaived of the sinking OF tn2
steamship Ravensbournc and .A'
Norwegian steamer Hekla' bf'he''5
tho +otal of vessels destroyed Stree
carman.s drastic submarine war
ononed up to thirteen. Three mem
l,o~s Of thc crew of the Ravensooufne
wore killed The British steamship
Ewonite. the Al Gorta, OF Spanish
registry. and the Marcelle, Belgian
steam trawler, were later aooeu ~
~ ,;.+ &c sbins sunk. The Marcelie
was sunk by gunfre from suD"'f-
inc. 81, d. +ao
Keen disappointment is Felt at t'is
Vatican over the determinali'" -
cormanv to begin desperate SUD
m,+ine war against shipping INC
italian newspapers score Germany
for her latest campaign on the seas
and most of them express the hcpS
that the United States viii take
strong action at once. 49,.
Because Of the possibilities OF
danpar from the present information
u situation. army officials have taken
stems for extra precautions at 'h'
Panama canal, it is learned oIr''i
watches have been placed oVei '
| locks since Tuesday" lest thete .,
an attempt TO damage them and th"S
make the whole canal system useless
snccial care is being taken through
! out the country TO guard against a.'s
German plotting, and secret ser:I,e
men are keeping tab on any posS'''S
conspiracies. o,,,:crcd
Tks German public is convince
that the unrestricted campaign
Launched by Gcrnany's great O-o'"'
fleet will shorten the war. Inc p's,
j sibi!ity Ct complications with CERTAIN
) neutral powers has not been a''; :.
. looked by the government, ,'u1 IL =
. felt that Germany can justlt! He'
: : position. The press generally n .,
!: ihailc,l, the now submarine war VIII
. delight, although among the c"'i''
8 v3iivc newspapers no effort is 'i.''Oi'