Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-26
NEWS OF THE DAI.


route and the United States is stack
ing up its resources behind the al
lies TO furnish enough machines to
make the conquest possible. This
was the declaration made last night
by Brig. Gen. George 0. Squier, com
mander Of the Signal Corps.
Hotel life in Petrograd isn't even
tolerablc at less than $25 day. The
fare from London and back amounts
to about $1,000, including malnten-
ance.
Potential fighting men Throughout
the country are enlisting in the regu-
lar army at an unprecedented rate.
Reports from The country at large
showed remarkable increase yes
terday. The latest figures for the
whole country are 2294. Tuesdays
enrolment was l,1G7, and was itself
on unusual dayts work.
A dispatch from Sydney, {. B., says
sixty-two miners were killed by
al explosion in the Dominion Coal
Company's No. II colliery at New
Waterford yesterday.
A dispatch from Amsterdam says
telegram from the frontier announ-
ces that English airmen during the
past two nights have bombed Zee
brugge, the German submarine base,
and the town of Bruges, Belgium.
Explosions and fires followed the at
tacks. A submarine SIZED at Zee
brugge was damaged. and it IS prob
able that submarine was blown
up.
Virtual collapse OF the Carranza
government in Mexico within the near
future was forecast here yesterday,
when it became known that the cf-
forts of Luis Cabrera. Carranza agent,
to hold a conference of interests with
investments in Mexico fer the pur-
pose Of floating loan OF $l00: 0G0,-
600 had fallen through. It was adj
mitted by high official yesterday,
and unless there is an Immediate
change in the situation. it is feared
another revolution will result within
very short time.
infatuated with woman other
than his We and madIened because
she Spu,nci his attentions, Hyman
Ostransky-, . o!oGhi"g manufacturer,
OF New York. *ho., and killed Mrs.
Dora Cohen, mo.her Of five children,
yesterday M~cs. Ostransky was
present il Mrs. Cohen's apartments
on East Broadway when her husband
killed the woman. Ostransky also
shot his wife twice as she struggled
with him. holding their 5ycar-old
child in her arms, and then sent two
bullets into his own head. He is in
q hospital with little chance Of re-
covery.
The socialist majority in the Fin
nish landtag has drafted an address
to the Russian provisional govern
ment to accompany the notification ~
the passing Of the law providing for
Finnish independence. On Tuesday
night the provisional government.
after hearing The report Of Michael
Stakovich, the governor general CT
Finland decided to refuse to ac
kncwlcdgcd the validity of the indie
pendence measure.
Joseph Reichton. an amareur avia-
tor. fell from :: height Of about 1909
feet yesterday while flying over
Staten Island in IN airplane CT his
own design. He was buried il The
wreci:age Of Inc machine. Although
he suffered broken le&, broken iiw
end numerous cuts and bruises. hos
p;tal surgeons said he will recoT@r.
Three persons were shot. hundreds
we're beaten and bruised and 50 were
put urier arrest in series Of race
riots which began in Chester, Pa. last
night shortly after 7o'clock and CON
tinuci until long after midnight. The
outbreaks were. the result of the nur-
der Of young nan BY negroes or
Tuesday night. The city is in a state
of terror, and one-third Of it is under
military control. Howling mo5s
gathered in front Of the city hall when
word came in that the 80 prisoners
would be brought into the building.
The prisoners we're torn from auto
mobiles and hammered ard beaten.