Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-18

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said to have been due to the absence
of lights on the car of the electric
troop train. A blown-out fuse had
put the system out Of commission.
One mile from camp the steam work
mems train bearing 200 laborers. in
two cars bore down upon the train.
The troop train consisted Of three
coaches. Nearly 400 soldiers were
jammed into the cars.
i. tra.;
The first mar killed n an Amer
lean ship of war since the Spanish
American war has been sacrificed to
a German U-boat. The Navy De-
partment last night announced that
IN American destroyer had been tor
pedoed yesterday in European
waters. One man was killed and
five were slightly wounded. The
| vessel WIS not sunk and has since
made port. The man killed was
blown overheard and his body was not
recovered. He was Gunner's Mate
| Osmond Kelly Ingram, whose
mother, Bette Ingram, lives IN
Pratt City, Ala.
If the coal situation grows worse
and cannot be corrected through reg
| ular governments channels, the
| government will "use whatever pow
| crs are necessary to compel the
| production of coal to meet the coun-
try's needs" This was the message
yesterday to striking coal miners of
Indiana. Ohio and Illinois from Dr..
II. A. Garfield, United States Fuel
Administrator.
In announcing the abandonment OF
Tie plan to requisition ships for coal
transport from England, owing part
w to the reluctance of shipowners'
+, F. Posthums, the Dutch minister
Of agriculture, says that the German
government has given notice. that
it is unable to guarantee the safety
of the vessels even # they bear
distinguishing marks. The German
stand is declared to be based mainly
on the ground that the vessels might
he mistaken for submarine traps.
Minister Posthums, therefore, has
abandoned the idea of recommending
that shipowners provide their vessels
with distinguishing marks.
A dispatch received in Amster'
dam from Constantinople says the
Sultan of Turkey has conferred on
Emperor William the diamond star
of the lftichar order, Turkeys
highest wal decoration, and that
Emperor William presented to the
sultan the star and chain of the
Hohenzollern order with diamonds.
The dispatch adds that the emperor
and the sultan have held another con-
ference, the emperor being attended
BY Dr.. Won Kuehlmann, and the
sultan by Talaat Bey. grand vizier;
Enver Pasha. minister of war, and
Haiku Pasha. Ambassador to Ger.
many.
Ten persons were killed and forty
| wounded in a ~bombardment of: Nancy
Tuesday night by German aviators.
Twenty-Five German airplanes were
destroyed by the French, or compelled
to land in damaged condition this
week.
While official announcement is
heing withheld, it is practically GER
tain that the United States will be
represented at the coming conference
of all the nations at war against
| Germany, which probably will be held
in Paris. Secretary Lansing yes
tcrday authorized the statement that
it had been decided that there would
a conference and that the United
States was considering participating
y it.
Available returns from Mondays
prohibition election in Iowa show q
majority against the constitutional
amendment forbidding the manufac-
ture and sale of liquor in that state
Of 1890 at 2 p. m. yesterday. Fifty
one scattering precincts are yet to
be heard from.