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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07
HOllweg's Speech.

Amsterdam, July 7.-German I'm
perial Chancellor Won Bethmann-
Hol,weg is to announce Germany's
adherence to the principles Of "no
anncxations and no indemnitles' in
Il speech he is expected to deliver
at the Reichstag meeting today, ac-
cording to reports here.
Germany, it was indicated, looks
to the speech as affording an open
ing for peace negotiations.
The chancellor, it was indicated,
has long supported the "no anneXa-
tions, no indcmnties' principles, but
because of. Opposition Of other gov
ernmental forces has made no an
nouncement of this stand.
The fact that all opportunities OF a
separate peace with Russia seems
now to have failed impelled the
German government to decide on
new peace announcements.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07
ENTERTAIN SoLDihN''
E,;ovable Sociable Held at the
FIRST Baptist Church "h'eh was
Largely Attended.

The sociable given for the S"''''''S
on Thursday evening in the oaSe-
ment of the First Baptist Church was
crea+ success. The committee OF
ladies made preparations for all VINO
came and the room was cro""eo az
most to the point Of discomfort.
The invocation was given ny 'he
pastor DIR. T. B. Jackson.
There were several recltations by
Miss Dorothy urkett whose render
ines were grealy appreciated.
One of the soldiers also gave al
enjoyable recitation. There were
games of various kinds. and the
crowd of soldiers expressed them
selves as having never been more
pleasantly entertained. Many 'p'
these boys are home-sick and ap
preciate greatly this informal wa!
of getting in touch with church
life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07
REJECTS BONE-DRY LAW
Senate Yesterday Afternoon Refuses
to Ban Beer and Wine With
Whisky.

Bone dry prohibition failed to rass
the Senate yesterday. By vote of
"a to 81 the lawmakers refused to
include beer and wine in the class
with whisky. Senator's Martin and
Swanson voted with the majority.
Immediately afterward the Sem
ate passed drastic amendment by
Senator Cummins forbidding not on
ly the Importation of whisky into
the country duriHg the war but also
the withdrawal Of any bonded dis
titled spirits for beverage purposes.
This was adopted by a vote Of sd
to 80 and later by separate votes.
Senator Underwood then called at
tention to the fact that this not only
would cut off some S520,O00,000 re-
venue but would choke millions Of
dollars involved ir the whisky busi-
ness without compensation to the
manufacturers. He held this uncon-
stitutional.
This threw the Senate into a
small panic. Senator'S Brandegee,
Harding and Penrose supported Un-
derwood's contention.
Finally the Senate adjourned with
out voting on either the Chamber
lain or Robinson amendments. These
concern the main issue of prohibition.
The first leaves 5eer and wine to the
discretion of the President; the sec
ond merely abolishes whisky with
out saying anything about other
beverages.
Half an hour later and the Senate
could have disposed of the question.
Now the prohibition measure
must be discussed today. 1t is pre-
dicted that while the part Of the
Cummins amendment forbiddlng
distilled spirits importation Will
stand, the par5 prohibiting with
drawal for beverages purposes VIII
be rejected unless Il further amend
ment by Senator Reed Is accepted.
This leaves the matter Of withdrawal
for beverages purposes in the hands
of the President to be exercised "in
;,4,,o.+. rf tho ouhijc "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07
WOMEN REGISTERING
Quite a Large Number Sign Cards
pledging to Assist in the conser-
yati0n of Food.

| Registration of the women o.
Alexandria for war service begar
this morning at stand IN t1f
northwest corner of the market
building under direction of a commit
| tee of ladies. Quite number OIL
women signed the cards pledging as
sistance in the movement for foot
conservation inaugurated by Herbert
Hoover, the Federal food director
The second registration day foa
women of this city will be held at the
same place in the market next Sat
urday, and it is expected that a
booth will be erected by that time.
The following announcements have
been made concerning the registra-
| ton blythe committee:
First, that the age of the women
is not required. The plan -contem-
plates registering all women over
sixteen, but no definite statement as
to age, except that the signer is over
sixteen, lis required
Second, that registration does not
mean service away from home of
any sort.
Third, that signing the registra-
ton cards does not mean pledge
to perform any service, but only an
assurance of cooperation in efforts
towards the conservation Of food.
According to Washington papers of
this morning, movements have been
already commenced among clerks
employed by the government, in
which cards are signed whereby the
signer agreed to eat one wheatless
meal day, meat but once day,
to eat a greater proportion of fish
and vegetables, and cut down sugar
and butter.
This is an instance of the meaning
of food conservation as step to-
ards helping to bring the war to a
successful conclusion.
Numbers of Alexandria women,
doing their, marketing today at
the various stalls of the city market,
stopped at the registration stand to
sign the cards furnished by the
committee. The committee desires
all who are unable to register to-
day, or who, from misunderstanding
of the project, neglect to do so. to
avail themselves of the opportunity
next Saturday, and give evidence
that the women of the nation pos
sess as much patriotism as the men.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07
WOULD END ALLIANCE

Emperor of Austria Said TO Favor
Throwing OF Germanic Yoke.
London, July 7.-According to the
Daily Express. Il personal friend Of
the Empress Zita of Austria has in
formed certain members Of the house
of commons that the empress is eN-
erting herself strongly in the m
terest Of peace. She is credited with
sufficient influence over Emperor
Charles to induce him to try to with
draw from the Austro- hungarian al
lance with Germany as soon as Aus
tria-Hungary is enabled To take such
action.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07
FARMERS DISCHARGE SCOUTS
Boys Unable to Earn Fare. Says
Charles NeSbit ..s.-.n...

Bows Unable to Earn Fare. Says
Charles Neshif So. ;,
Here's the real story Of why the.
Bov Scouts stopped picking potatoes
IN Virginia.
Charles r. NcSbit, chairman of
the District Counci! Of Defense, has
investigated the matter for Herbert
C.. Hoover, food administrator. lie
said yesterday:
The farmers along the eastern
shore Of Virginia were getting $40 a
barrel for new potatoes several weeks
aro owing to shortage and tney
sent a hurry-up call for the Boy
Scouts of Washington and Richmond
to come and pick us the pdtatoes
for a few cents barrel. These po-
tatoes were scarcely larger tnan: mar
HES and the farmers were 'digging'
them only on account of the extra
ordinary price.
Most of the potatoes were gong
to New York. and suddenly POTATOES
from other fields began to pour INTO
the New York market and'the price
dropped. The Virginia farmers could
get only $4 barrel. =,
"Why dig the rest of our potatoes
now" said the farmers. 'ln te"
they will have five times the
bulk they have now
$50 the farmers sounded re-
treat from the potato fed and the
Bow Scouts. who had been promised
work for month or more, were left
stranded. Most oc the boys had ex-
pectcd to earn enoagh' money to buy
their tickets home, and when they
were suddenly without work they had
to wire home for money.
at isn't likely that the Boy Scout
leaders will allow the hoys to make
such a journey again unless the far
ners make some sort of guarantee. %
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07
PRODUCE IS PLENTIFUL
Market -Well-Suppiied This Morning
With Seasonable Fruits and Vege-
tables.

As had been anticipated, countr!
people are complaining Of the. un.
satisfactory prices they are receiving
for their produce. These conditions
are due TO the fact that large ma
jority Of the people of the city
been growing vegetables this sum-
mer. In some eases the crops have not
proven rs prolific as had been hoped.
nut in others there has been a pie
thora Of certain vegetables. Snap
beans. for instance, have been plen-
tiful in nearly every instance, while
green peas have rewarded the labOrs
Of the amateur truckers. Besides
these commodities, lettuce, radishes,
onions, beets, etc, have been grown.
As might have been expected, house
keepers who can gather certain vege-
tables in their back yards are not
going to market for the purpose Of
purchasing the same.
BlacLberries were plentiful this
morning. They sold at two boxes
for 25 cents. Raspberries brought
20 cents box, and cherries and
plums 10 cents Apples sold at 10
cents per quarter peck. Cantaloupes
sold at three for % cents, peaches
Is cents box.
There was decided slump in the
prices of vegetables. Cabbages.
which sold at Is cents a pound some
time ago, were being disposed of
this morningat from . cents Il head
up. The market for this vegetable
seemed to be glutted.
Home grown tomatoes were sold
at Is cents per pound, or 80 cents
per box. Prices for other produce
were as follows: Beets two bUnches
for cents; cymlins two for ) cents;
peas 10 cents per quarter peck;
string beans Is cents per half peek;
potatoes 10 and - cents pes quar-
ter; onions two punches for cents;
Green corn 40 and 60 cents per dcz'n;
lettuce two heads for cents.
Eggs were firin at 30 cents pen
,fnzen, but fresh butter was offered
rt IS cents per pound, a slight decline
from the price nf las: Saturday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07
University Gets Bequest

The will of the late Oliver H
Payne, a New York millionaire
which is to be admitted to probattf
in New York city next week, in the
seven million dollars worth of cash
baqitssts made includes "a bequest o1
s2OO,OO0 to the University of Vir'
ginia. Other educational institutions
including Yale ard Cornell Univer
sites. receive large amounts.
This amount Of 100000 bring:
the total amount Of gifts the Univer
sity of Virginia has received this
wear up to about s6OO,Ooo.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07
MAY NOT BE BONE DRY.
West Virginia's Quart a Month
Will Stand.

West Virginia's Quart a Month
Will Stand.
Charleston, w. Va, July West
Virginia will not be "bone dry" under
provisions of the Reed Constitutional
amendment if enforcement of the
federal statute is left to state prohi-
bition officials. This was indicated
in statement by State Prohibition
Commissioner Hallahan on receipt
of word that the Department of
Justice had construed the Reed
Amendment as operating to render
void the so.calfed'. "quart a month
law enacted by. the last West Vir-
ginia legislature =, =.
'::The Legislature has defined the
prohibition policy of, tbs state; that
is, to permit the bringing into the
state for personal use as much as
one quart of Intoxicating liquor
within a period of 80 days." said
Hallahan's statement. The state
prohibition department will cooper
ate lively.;.with the federal author
ties in every particular where there
has been violation of our state law
AS to the enforcement of the ReeG
amendment, which has been held to
bar the importation of. one quarth {
month. that duty should seem tt
lie wholly with federal agents"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07
GERMAN RuSE FAILED.
Crown Prince Tried Surprise, hH
Found French Ready

fOuNu pGcNCr hedGs
French Front in France, July I.
Personal initiative. combined with
bravery and tcnacity, won for the
French u splendid victory when the
Germans attempted Tuesday night
TO retake Chemin-des Danes BY a
furious attack.
The German Crown Prince had
arranged u surprise party in order
20 offset the Russian victory in Ga
iic;a. but he knocked at the wrong
door md received 4 dis"greeable
reception.
Hundreds of German dead. many
of whom were youths of the 1918
class, lie with packs still strapped
on their backs in front of the
French lines and in the shell cratcrs.
The French commanding officers are
enthusiastic about the undiminished
dash and vigor Of their men. which
tkey regard as largely attributable
tc the moral aid provided by the ar
rival of American troops in France
and the Russian forward movement
in Galicia.
The commanding general declared
that the presence Of American fight
ing mcn not only encouraged the
French soldiers in the ranks. but
also thci;. ..:n,Mandcrs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07
DEATH NOTICE

At her. home, l24 nortl, Fayettt
street. at $50 o'clock on the morn.
ing of July 7. 1917. Mrs. Sarah E
Lyies, wife of Lambert D. Lyles
Funeral on Monday afternoon at ABE
o'clock from the residence. l6l-1t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07

Allan Livingstone, arrested IN De-
troit Thursday night, was yesterday
charged with the murder Of 13-
year-old Hope Irene Alexander The
child was shot and assaulted in a
grove near Detroit on Wednesday
afternoon. Livingstone was taken
to the home of 10 year old Eliza
beth Stilber, who was with the
Alexander girl when the crime was
committed. The police said that the
Stilber girl identified Livingstone.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07

Another outbreak of labor troubles
in ermany is reported in Amsterdam,
which says a collision occurred at
Hamburg Thursday night between
strikers and workers from the gov
ernment munitions plants. Soldiers
fired repeatedly on the demonStra-
tors, one man being killed and II
wounded.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07
ANOTHER RAID ON LONDON

Aerial Invaders Attacked by Artil-
lery and Large Number of Flying
Craft. y: IskIH
London, July About twenty
enemy airplanes bombarded London
today, according to an official state
ment by the war office. Late this
morning it was impossible to say
what loss Of life there had been.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07
Petrova Tonight.

A photodrama of the most power
ful moral stimulus is 'The Waiting
Soul" the Metro-Popular Plays and
Players production with Mime. Pc
trova as star, which will be seen at
the Richmond Theater tonight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07
.BASELESSU-BOAT SCARE
Oyster or Fishing Stake Taken for
Periscope OF German submersible
On Thursday.

The U-boat scare which caused
anxiety in Hampton Roads OF
Thursday soon simmered down
The steamer Northland, Of the Nor
folk and Washington Steamboat
Company, which with the Baltimore
steamers was accompanied by nava
vessels some distance up the Chesa
peake Bay Thursday night, left this
port on her return trip last night
with more than her usual compile
ment of passengers who anticipated
the appearance of sea serpents OF
mermaids more than German SUB.
marines.
The steamer Southland, of the
same line, arrived at this port from
Norfolk early this morning. Her
officers. smiled when the submarine
scare was mentioned.
But for the fact that Bay passen-
ger boats were halted and warned
to navigate the head of the Chesa-
peake in zigzag course, it is prob
able that Navy and War Department
officials would have successfully pre-
vented leak of The submarine scare
that tied up shipping out of Hamp-
ton Roads Thursday.
Investigation showed that wireless
warnings had been flashed to out
going ships and that no less than II
had to turn about and return to
Hampton Roads to await further
instructions. Hurry calls had in
the meantime been sent to Norfolk
for all members of the crews Of de-
stroyers and submarine chasers Oh
shore to leave to return to their
ships. Soon Hampton Roads and
the Bay as ia, as Cape Henry was
alive with destroyers, chasers and
Navy tugs securing all navigable
water for submarine. The search
continued late into the night.
Navy officers took little stock In
the report, but needed the scare
merely. as a, precautionary measure.
No submarine was ever located. In
vestigation showed that two ship
masters arriving in the roads Thurs
day afternoon reported sighting the
periscope of a submerged submarine
evidently entering the Bay. Gus
toms officials Immediately trans
mitted the report to the commandant
Of Fort Monroe. Navy officials
were promptly informed and the
scare was on.
That the shippers of the vessels
were mistaken is assured. what
they saw in the opinion of watermen
was a fish net Or oyster stake float
ing end up, bobbing on the waves
and being driven into the Bay by an
oncoming high tide. Weighted down
with barnacles, these stakes often
float for, hours in, an. upright posi-
tion.
Certain it is that there is no
strange U-boat III the Bay, FOR the
waters were combed and, in tht
opinion of experts, there are but
. L
few spots in the Bay where a sub
marine could successfully hide for
any length of times if at. all. In the
navigabie channels SUCH q. craft SUB;
merged would be: in constant danger;
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07

Owing TO the fact that we close
during the month of August, all Of
our hats must 60 regardless of cost.
IS, ss, and SIC. hats at 81, So, and
s.. Some good locking ones at s1.0C.
HAYES Millinery Stjre, 9l5 King 81
159-3t. r
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07

NOTICE-The members of Alexan-
dria Council No. 5, Order Frater-
nal Americans, are requested to
meet at their hall, Potomac |.
o. o, F. Sunday afternoon July
s, at 2:30 O'Clock p. M, for che
purpose of attending the funeral
of our late Brother Earl H. Trim
yer. By order of the President
JAMES R. MANSFIELD, Sec.
lS0-2t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07

DR.. w. E. Dienelt, optician, an
nounces the removal of his Office to
Cos Prince street, opposite postoffice
next door to Or: Geo. Klipstein.
1866. :,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07
DEATH NOTICES

Died, July 9Th, 1917, at the resi-.
dence of his father, in Braddock,
Earl Hamilton Trimyer. ag& 26.
Funeral services will be held an his
late home Sunday afternoon at 8
O'Clock. Relatives and friends are In
yited.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07

4 special meeting Of the Board
ne Trustees of The Alexandria Hos
pital has been called for Wednesday
afternoon, July II, 1917, to take ac-
ton on matters pertaining to the
new hospital, at the Chamber of
Commerce.
ARTHUR HERBERT, Jr, Secty
1915.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07

Members of Osceola Tribe of Red
Men, No. ] +. are requested to meet IN
the r. F. Hall in Cameron street
Wednesday, July II, at S p. m. for
the purpose OF recommending by"
laws 16I-3C.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07
Alexandria City and Suburbs
Gardner l.. Boothe and family left
yesterday for Atlantic City.

| Gardner l.. Boothe and family lef
yesterday for Atlantic City.
! Mrs. D. J. Howell has gone It
| Millsvi!le, West Virginia.
! Miss Ruth Bragg and Miss Ne!li'
Loving went to Fabors, Virginia
Yesterday.
A marriage license has been IS
sued in Washington to Thomas u
Christian, of Font Hunt, and MIS-:
Agnes L. Clark, of this city.
Christ Church Sunday school went
on a picnic to Marshall Hall yester'
day. with hundreds of members anc
their friends in attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert !. Wright
have gone to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
where they will be the guests OF W.T.
and Mrs. c. w. Wright.
The Rev. w. H. Van Ness, pastor
of the Free Methodist Church, Will
preach in that church tomorrow at
eleven o'clock in the morning and at
half-past seven in the evening.
The July term of the Corporation
Court will open next Wednesday
morning, July II, at 10 o'clock,
Judge Louis c. Barley presiding.
The usual hour for opening court at
the beginning CT the term is Il
o'clock. but announcement has been
made of the changing of the hour for
opening court this term.
Mrs. Sarah E. Lyles. wife of
Lambert D. Lyies, Marketmaster,
died early this morning at their
home, 124 north Fayette street. Be-
sides her husband the deceased Is
survived by six children: Mrs. John
Curtin, Joseph Lyles, Ernest Z.
.Lyles, Mrs. Phillip Park, Mrs. bcr-
nard Barnett and Harrison LyleS.
The Young Peoples Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. held an interesting
meeting last night at the home ot
Mrs. William Lewis Lipps, Reports
were made on the work accomplished
during the past quarter. Miss Ruth
sn;nks will entertain the mission
study class next Tuesday evening at
her home in Duke street.
The Rev. R. ". White, pastor or
tho Methodist Protestant Chufch
will preach on THE Result OF fe!-
lowship," at that church tomorrow
r,ornino at eleven o'clock. In the
evening he will preach special SER
mon to the Sunday school scholars.
Sunday school viii be held at 9:3o'
the Hustler's Bible Class will meet
at s:45, at which time the subject VIII
be "John the Baptist" and tAe
Christian Endeavor Society will meet
at 1880 in the evening.
Wallace H. Fawcett, OF this city,
has received his commission as cap
tain in the reserve engineering corps
Of the United States army, ana IS
at present stationed at Sault- Ste
Marie, Canada, where he is DONG
work along military engineering
lines in, the steel plants.ln that scty:
He left the Fort Myer reserve ON
GERS training camp several weeks
ago, following the one months tram
ing in infantry, when numbers OF the
engineers were sent for further train
ing at Belvoir, Va. and others
were distributed in different plants
and forts throughout the country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-07

sister at her home in Falls Church
James Harris, young white man
was fined S. in the Police Court
this morning for being drunk.
Mrs. Sylvester Archer, Of WEI
mington, Del, has been spending the
week with her mother, Mrs Caroline
! Baader, and will return To her home
Monday.
Rev. Owen P Lloyd: of Tye
River, who was recently called to
the Second Baptist Church Of this
city, has accepted the same and will
begin his pastorate on the lst
proximo.
Mrs. Isabelle Lees Grant has in
stituted suit in the Circuit Court
for this city for a divorce, from
Frank F. Grant. The suit is made
on the grounds of desertion and the
complainant asks for custody Of
their infant Children.
The local branch Of the Salvation
Army will hold ? special open air
meeting tonight at the corner of
King and Royal streets. TIE meet
ing will be led by part of the Saliva
ton !Army's stringed band from
Baltimore. Services will be conduct
ed tomorrow night in the Salvation
Army hall.
George Carr Henry; who was
thrown from horse at Morris
town, n. j., last Wednesday while
playing polo, died yesterday Mr..
Henry failed to regain consciousness
after the accident. the deceased,
il will be remembered, married Miss
Bessie Lee, daughter of Mrs. Cassius
Lee, Of Alexandria. BE is survived
bv his widow and an infant son. Mr..
Henry was director Of the military
census of the state of New..f
Indications are that the i!twn party
to be given Monday night at the
residence of Miss Lucy NJ. Graves OH
south Fairfax street for the benefit
of the Children's Home will be a
most pleasant affair. The affair
will he featured by musical pro-
cram in which the following Will
take part: Mrs. William "ooIls'
Mrs Talbot McCuen, Miss Harriet
Pollard, Miss Nattie Pierpoint, Miss
MARGARET Finks, Miss Ruth Ger
lacher. Miss Susie Pullman, MISS
Lucy Graves, and Miss Eun'ee
Ayers.
District Deputy Grand Master A.
T. swinson, of Falls Church and stan
last night installed the following
officers of Potomac Lodge of Odd
rsIlows of this city: w. Clifton Cum
noble grand; Rev. 'lohn
90 Allison, vice grand; n. L. Will
iamson recording secretary; ". H.
atham. sr., financial secretary
Geore ee w. Bontl, treasurer. ne aP-
nointed officers we're: }. b. Coil'hs'
arden. F. R. Clark, conductor; Rev.
Edgar Carpenter, chaplain; Earnest
Simpson, right scene supporter a.
G Woodall, left scene supporter;,''
r Watkins. right supporter to nome
GRAND: Harry F. Arnold, lett sup
norter to noble grand; Frank Chl'-
cott inside guard; D. W. stanton
outside guard; A. L. Lloyd, rlgnt
sunnorter to vice grand; J. X VIII
1iams, left supporter to vice grano.
ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS.