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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-04
SEA BATTLE MAY END WAR
Allies, With United States, Plan Ire
mendnus Concerted Attack.

mendouS mcerted Atlack.
British Battle Cruiser Base, Aug. 4.
Watch out for the greatest sea bat
tie Of al. times. A thunderous navA.
clash in the North Sea may yet
bring ter~,;ic climax to the war.
The U-boat ca ,,pa;cr. sooner or
later, is doomed to failure. And then.
when that fac; If failure mas filterc.t
through the Germans Consciousness.
what will they do? VIII they not
hold true to their cry e! world
power Or dowr:all' ana hurI than'
high seas fleet at for one last dos
narate stab at Britain? This Is - =
question lately heard in the fore
front Of BIRTHS! hopes And the Evil
'ish navy is getting ready for the an
swer. Prepared it has always been
of course. Yet tour of the British
battle cruiser base has impressed us
that the royai navy is making itseli
over more read" or the day-the Day
when the kaiser. beaten on land,
beaten in the air, beaten under tie
sea, may make a gamblers final bid
for victory AM attack England a;
last i'm fair fight on top of the waves
Then" say .hose predicting this paS :
s,bility "woud fellow 4 naval en-
gagement, or > succession Of t:!cln,
in comparison 20 which most other
acts Of the VIZ would be child's
play" And there is reason to nope
some of Unce Sans warships mig
be in on this greatest sea fight Or
history"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-04

shipvards. Included among the scores
of ships TO be taken over by tie
United States government are Eng
lish, Norwegian and vessels OF other
nations.
Edward Stinson, instructor az Tue
Atlantic Coast Aeronautticai STA
ton, at Newport News, set a ne"
American record yesterday when ne
looped the lopp twice with TWO
ton combination land and water ar
plane which is being testaed out Tor
the United States government. Ma
;or Thomas S. Baldwin, head OF the
station. says the feat was considered
impossible by airmen throughout the
United States.
Despondent because he mad been
rejected as member of Company T.
Of the Staunton National Guard on
account of condition of his teeth and
fat feet. james F. Browning, .
years old, drank a quantity Of car
bolic. acid yesterday afternoon, and
died before doctors could be. sum
omned. For the past year he had
been a~brakeman in the employ OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
The terrific heat wave when
gripped the Shenandoah Valley since
last Saturday was broken Thursday
night by tonrential transforms and
cyclonic winds in Warren, Shenan-
doah, Rockingham, Augusta and
Page counties. Much damage, was
done to property and crops. Bridges
were washed away, and where two
storms met between Woodstock, and
Mauretown, part of the Southern
Railway bridge was demolished, ne
cessitating the transfer of the pas
senger traffic. Many motorists ma
rooned along inundated roads mad
barrow escapes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-04
MUST FIGHT TO A FINISH
Use Every Drop of Blood &c Win, Nc
!Adoo Says.

Use Every Drop of Blood &c Win, Nc
Adoo Says.
Monterey, Pa. Aug. 4.-Secretary
Of the Treasury William q. Meade
yesterday in speech here deciare'
eve intend to vindicate and make
triumphant the principles of hun&'
liberty IF t. takes every drop OF
Blood in tie veins Of every Amer,
can free man
The Sec -etary addressed a gath
criug of aoo,,t 500 persons at :
fair for the f.anetit of the Red eros:
ned at lie little Episcopal Chura'
rear his ccuntry home here.
The sIrech of the Secretary Is
understood &c have been submitted
to the President and to have received
his approval before Mr.. McAdoo lef
Washington. Thursday.
"The ,roi Id may as well under.
stand" said the Secretary, chat thi:
fight will tc fought to a !inish-un
til justice i: done, until Belgium !:
restored, until guarantees are secur
ed that TIE rights of the smallcst
rations iron the face Of the cart;
shall be respected and held as sacred
az the nights of the most powerful
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-04
Surprise Tonight Jackie Sunders in "A Bit Of Kndling

The first time since the landing Of
William III that soldiers Of a foreign
country have been permitted to march
in England, carrying arms and for
eign flag.
The Austro-GermanS are making
their last desperate eff'or: to, force
peace with Russia. Developing for
days, their strategy is now evident.
Their armies are being sent forward
in tremendous effort to drive a
wedge through Russia to the great
Black Sea port of Odessa, where
thousands of tons Of grain are
stored They are attempting to cut
off Russia's granary-the section
back of Odessa-from the hungry
population Of the North. By Il great
blow they hope to bring the republic
20 its knees. "
Former Gov. John NJ. Slaton and
John S. Vim. member of the Georgia
legislature. fought in the klmball
House lobby in Atlanta yesterday
afternoon as a result OF bitter at
tack made upon Slaton by the leglSla-
tor in the house earlier in the day.
Slaton slapped WINS face. The
latter struck back BystanderS then
intcrfcred. Slaton went to the house
yesterday morning and was invited to
a seat on the rostrum by Speaker
Holder. VIM arose and began to de-
nounce Slat0n for committing the
death sentence of Leo S. Frank, con-
victed of murder of Mary Phagan.
WINS attack threw the house in an
uproar and the former governor LETT.
The French cabinet crisis has passed.
The chamber of deputies yes
terday upheld the hand of Premier
Ribot by a vote Of 392 to 81. repudlat-
ing an attack on the premier by one
wing of the Socialists.
With no voice raised against 1t,
the conference report upon the food
control bill was adopted vest rday
bv the House Caleb Powers, Of
Kentucky. first voted against the
acceptance but afterward switched
his vote. Jeff McLemore, Of Texas,
voted present" The House also
adopted almost unanimously the con-
ference report on the bill creating a
food survey.
Northeast Of Ypres, in Flanders.
Field Marshal Haig's troops again
have established themselves in the
town Of ST. Julien, from which they
were driven early this week, sa IS the
official statement last night from
British headquarters in France. South
OF Holleheke, between Ypres and
Warneton. the British made some
progress. East of Monchy lie Preux
the Germans nave been driven from
nearly all the ground they captured
Thursday night. On Tuesday, the
statement says. the Anglo-trench
troops captured 6.122 prisoners.
A device for fighting submarines
has been placed at the disposal of the
government by Paul Francis Schlick,
Yale graduate and nephew of General
Mrs. Schlick, his mother,
is Won Hindenburg's sister. She Isl
The wife of Frank Schlick, st. Paul
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-04
NEWS OF THE DAT.

SPORADIC outbursts against the
draft in North Carolina. Georgia, Ok
lahora, and other sections forced
the Department Ct Justice last night
to adopt drastic steps to prevent VI
olations of the law. From the reports
reaching Washington yesterday the
anti-draft demonstration had reached
the point of violence in some sections
and caused instructions to be issued
to district attorneys having jurisdic-
ton over the territories affected 10
be especially vi@ilant in checking fu-
ture trouble. Officials at the Depart
mert Of Justice rather minlnized the
seriousness of some OF the outbreaks,
declaring that they were merely lso-
lated instances Of lawlessness. no
more troublesome than could be eX-
pected in peace times.
The United States navy is going to
be ready for a drive against the Ger
man U-boat bases in the North Sea,
Whenever the allied war council says
the time is ripe. The time will ripen
as the drive of the armies along the
Belgian coast progresses. The Younger
element in the navy have under their
capable hands instruments Of attack
which they have never been able to
fully try out and they have ihstru
ments of defense upon which they
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-04
VIRGINIA NEWS

There was considerable excitement
in Lexington Thursday evening over
the appearance in town of black
bear. After a strenuous chase the
animal was killed in front of the
Virginia Military Institute.
Communicating of shipping prder
construction in this country will be-
gin immediately The shipping beard
is ready to announce it's program: Tor
taking over about 100000 tons nov
on the ways and also taking over the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-04
FINANCES OF RED CROSS.
CONTINUED from Page j.

3
giving their full time to the Red
Cross without, salary, the organizs-
ton on July Is had on its payroll
43 officers or employees receiving
salaries Of $4,000 or more a year.
Twenty-nsne Of these officers or en-
plovees were ON the payroll before
the declaration Of war and before tns
Red Cross was reorganized for war
service. The salary list under peace
conditions, which is; continued IN
operation, included one officer with
i salary. of $500 enc at $4,000, four
at $4,000, two at $4,000, two at
$500, one at. s3;25O, nine at $4,000,
one at s2,25O, and eight at $4,000.
.Cfithe 43 officers or employees VINO
are bald: salaries of $4,000 or more,
fourteen have been added since the
apnointment of the War Council on
NAV 10; ,one with salary of s6,Ooo,
one at S4,oo0, one al o4'ooo' WV -
Sc OdO, one at 2,7gO, one at 2,50O,
three between $4,000 and s2,4oo, and
four: at $4,000.
Aside from the officers or en-
,u;oyses receiving salaries OF SZ,ooC
or atoves all other paid employees at
headquarters are clerks or messen,
gers, Of the clerks "a receive salaries
in excess of 500 month, 80 are paid
500 month, and GOT are paid less
than 500 a month. Many employees
receive only nominal salaries, where
as they are accustomed to earn mucf
more This service is their contrlou'
ton, to the Red Cross. All admins
tration and overhead expenses at mead
quarters are much more than met BY
dues from members Of the Red Cross
Thus. the War Fund is and will con
tinue to be available for actua
relief work in Europe as well as II
this country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-04
CHINA READY FOR WAR
To Close German Business House
and Intern Owners.


and Intern Owners.
Picking, Au,s. China is bowling
to japanese dominance. She is about
to declare wa on Germany and close
all German business houses. The de-
'vclophhents here are rapidly APP
preaching a crisis.
Feng kuo Chang mas arrived ut
Picking from Nankin. He is the man
who is behind the scheme engineered
by outside influences. In return for q
$50, 100000 lcoc at 10 per cent from
Toxic. it is understood that the Fcng
government will turn over its arsen-
ais naval and military, 10 Japanese
influence and leadership.
The declaration OF war will be made
without con=uting parliament. il is
understood. Germans will be seized
and interncd and their commercial
houses and banks closed. This course,
it is said, is Eound to encourage the
already widespread discomfort and
dissension throughout the country.
1t completely subverts the words If
advice contained in the American note
which caused such a sensation in
Japan.
Tho ,.boIo c.boroa re dirts+Dris1 in
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-04
HOLLAND NAY RESIGN.
Representative for Second District
Wishes 10 I,eTOte Time to Private

Representative for Second District
Wishes 10 !,eTote Time to Private
Business.
Norfolk, Va, Aug. 4.-Represen-
tative Holland, OF the Second Viz
GINA District last night. in an inter
view with a newspaper correspondent
lin Washington. practically confirmed
the report tIiat he viii resign be-
cause of pressure Of private bust
ness, saying that he would give oct
a definite statement in a few days,
Il have been considering the mat
ter very seriou"ly," he said, "and
will make a definite statement with
in the next few days. Continuous
service in Washington forces me to
neglect my interests at home. and |
do not fee. that ! can longer afford
to do this. The affairs of the district
are now in splendid shape, and my
successor will have little difficulty
in continuing ;he work which has al
ready been projected"
While Congressman Holland does
not say positively that he will resign
his language is so construed. Junius
F. West. State Senator from Suffolk
!. Peter Holland and Edward Cole,
Of Norfolk, are mentioned as candi-
dates to succeed him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-04
NOT 4 TRAIN W AS MOVED.
Strike on the Florida and Alabama
Railroad DESPITE IniunctiU3.

cambridge. Ga, Aug. ma q
wheel turned Yesterday On the
Georgia. Florida and Alabama Rail
road because Of strike Of the four
brotherhoods. started Thursday night,
after Judge W. N. Harrell, of the
Superior Court. had issIc1 4 parma
nent Injunction against a strike hr
the trainmen's brotherhood. The
court order was based on the ground
that under the Adamson law brother
hoods might not strike within the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-04

nine months prescribed a test per-
od for the law.
Railroad officials declared ratioaal
brotherhood heads had refused theis
requests to supply union men 20 OF.
crate trans. The strike was called
. compel reinstatement % a dis
charged engineer The railroad runs
from Columbus. Ga, TO C&rrabe1!a
Fla, $50 miles.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-04

against NJ. Tchernof, the minister Of
agriculture, and complete break
down, of the negotiations to bring The
constitutional democrats into the
cabinet. NJ. Tchernoff was accused OF
having been connected with the Ger
man general staf.
A last ATTEMPT will be made to re-
construct the ministry under Prem.
Ter Kerensky, with the chief new
members being exclusively from The
socialist and radical parties.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-04
coNDIrIoNs IN RUSSIA:
Ministers Resign but Later Recon
slider Their Action.

Petrograd, Aug. 4.-Premier ard
War Minister Kerensky and all the
other members of his cabinet, eN-
cept Vice Premier Nekrasoff. resign
ed last night.
Later, with the exception of NJ
Terestchenko, the foreign minister,
they withdrew their designations.
The action of Premier kerenskE
and his fellow cabinet members came
about as a result of accusation:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-04
Washington Southern Ry.

Schedule in effect July 2, 1917.
For Washington and points north
daily sos, S:23, 8:23, 1898, 1O:45 a.
m. 1901, 1:2S, 2:30, Through train
for New York, via P. r. r. STA,
$50, 1923, 1888 p. m.
Saturdays only, 4:45 p. m, and
Sundays only sos p. m.
For Fredericksburg. Richmond and
points south at 4:37, TSP QocaD and
DAT. a. m. 1915, 1922. 1892, 5:l7
llocal) TOP, 9:47 p. m. daily.
Accommodation for Quantico at
11:1S a. m. daily and o:I5 p. m. Sat-
urdays. Night train leaves 1870 p.
m. daily for stations Lorton to Fred
ericksburg inclusive.
NOTE-Times of arrival and de.
parture and connections not guarsn-
teed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-04
Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Company.

Every day in the,s
Monroe, Norfolk
points south, viz
steel palace ste
Through conn,
folk with steam :
ion Steamship
York and Me-
SIC 'nships 70
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-04
THE WASHINGTON VTR-
GINA RAILWAY co.

In effect June Fl, 1915.
Subject to Change Without Notice.
Lenve Alexandria For Washington
Daily Except sundays and Holidays.
a. Ms 90, 5 30. 90, 6 20, 40.
s So. ! 10. 20. 30. 7 40. Z sos 90.
10, S 90. 80. 9 90. 20. 9 40: 10 90.
10 90, 10 40, II 90. II 90. II 40. Noon
IL 90.
P. M----12 20, 12 40. 90. 20. 40:
2 90, 2 90, 40, 90, 8 90. 3 40, 4 90.
4 20. 40. 90, 5 30, 5 40, co. 40
7 90. 30. 35. s 90. 8 80. 9 90. 80
10 90, 10 80. IL 10. II IS
Sunday and Holidays. same as apoys
except trains at 90, 40, 8 90, 81,
s 49, Z 10, 30, So and s 10 A. II
and II SIS P. NJ.
Leave Alexandria For Mt. Vernon.
a M.---Week Days---5 35, 6 SIS, IS,
s SIS, 10 80, II 30.-P. Mp 30, 80,
2 80, 3 80. go, 35. 40. IS, s 81,
10 90. II so.
Q 5S A. NJ and IL 50 p NJ
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
Artillery Is Greatest
War Department Item

Washington, July 27.-Ihe major
item of the War Departments supple
genital war estimates, listed as S2'46S'-
$4,000 FOR armament for fortihcations'
covars the bulk Of the mobile artillery
programme, including mobile guns OF
all calibres, Secretary Baker explained
to-day.
Mr. Baker also corrected the impres-
zion that great numbers Of the guns 70
be used by American troops IN FIsnus
Yyonld he finished in French gun shop,yy
and fitted to French ammunition; All
of those finished abroad will be Doleu
and rifed for American ammunition
he said, and the total number SO m m
;sbed will be only a small part OF tne
Sonartment's enormous artillery pro-
gramme. C-,,r obiaf of
ordnance, told the Senate Finance Coni-
mittee to-day that probably nov NOR nta
than s1.7OO, 100000 Of the S2,4oo o'oI9,-
600 appropriation would be actusIIy
snent before the close OF the nscsl
yesr though authorization Of the en-
I've amount was wanted to meet any
emergency. The expansion OF Amer,-
ran gun making facilities is proceeo-
;nc swiftly. and within q comparative,
lv short time American gun shops VIII
he able TO produce and deliver IN ehol-
nous quantities finished guns 4ot sapI
size needed by American troops -,
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
Germany Taking
Gold from People
All Jewelry in Westphalia
Ordered To Be Handed Over
to Banks This Week

Amsterdam. July PA frontier cor
respondent of the "Telegraaf' reports
that all privately owned gold ornaments
and jewelry in westphalia have oeeh
reouisitioned this week and must De
handed over TO the banks.
The daily recurring public notices.
nrinted in conspicuous type in German
NEWSPAPERS, entreating citizens 10 aia
the fatherland by giving it their sU.u'
evidently are not producing results
The "Weser Zeitung," of Bremen pun
fishes a renewed appeal, complaining
ospecially that the well-to-do puOlis
s.ill fails to realize the situa''oH'
that all gold must be handed IN. .
The newspaper cites examples y,
,ho-s ~ the German imperial ana
roval princely houses saerlhclns cnssnetent tent
gold and jewelry, and say 200 Oo0 600 10
e9,,tborities calculate that 5OV,ooo'OJv
auS .oo GOO ooo cold coins are being opsil-
1oV,oTV'EbC ~, boarded in Germany, whiie Vne
value Of gold ornaments 10 e'''''''''
/ 0OO. .O00.000 marks. .Lo nrh,ic
IN inc osTs NV whether gold cannot be lent
instead E5ste d Of given to the German Im- bn
arioI Rank The answer Is no, pc
psi,Sa the law demands gold as co'er S
60 naner money, and that 1t must pe
in bars or coin. The, pubic Is t;ds asH,,'
urged 20 yield jewels OF all kihas;
,-bich realize good prices abroad ana
mr'' era most useful for credit purposes
there.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28

;s contestable. It Is impossible 70
abandon this subject without paying
homage to the aid given BY the Amer
;can Navy, both regarding the 6orgshl-
zation of conveys and by torpedo DodI
destroyers, which have rendered an
invaluable service" iii
Continuing, Mr.. Lloyd George sald
that five million men and women were
now engaged in war work in the Unlted
Kinodom. More women could be EN-
nloved if the trades unions did not rear ear
the competition of women after @ @tne
war hut other countries seemed 70 nav { :
oynerienced the same difficulties ~
copid be said that at the present time
M Fnelisb industry is working Tor IN IN
dividual interests, except In agrlcul'-
ure. -, ,,o s;rcere-
T., boncd that the present war woulu
~ tbo last war. Mr.. Lloyd George con,
tirned the country intended TO aVoiu
-. y. nTeyious error and in the future
would be able to support itself lie
soid he recognized that the latest news
fron Russia was not good news, out
that Russia already had shown thai
sbo nossessed infinite resources ana
was the land of the unexpected.
In bidding farewell to his guests MT
IJoyd George said the worlds future
depended on Great Britain and france
acting together.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
ReorganizedShip
Board Discusses
Supply Problems
Considers Plan to Divert Vessels
From Pacific to the
Atlantic

Washington, July 27.-Reorganiza-
tion of the Shipping Board and the
Emergency Fleet Corporation was COM
pleted to-day. Edward n. Hurley. of
Chicago. who succeeded William Dem
man on the board, was elected chair
man, and John A. Donald was elected
vice-chairman, to succeed Theodore
Brent, whose resignation was accepted
yesterday by President Wilson.
The members of the board, as dlrec-
tors of the Fleet Corporation, elected
Rear Admiral Capps general manager,
TO succeed Major General Goethals,
and named other officers as follows:
President, Mr.. Hurley; vice-presi-
dent, Mr.. Donald; treasurer, r. b.
Stevens; secretary. Lester Sisler, who
also is secretary of the board.
So far the President has named no
one to succeed Mr.. Brent as mem
ber of the board.
Members of the board spent most Of
the afternoon comforting with Admiral
Capps.
1--WE have three problems before u.s."
Chairman Hurley said afterward,
"steel, wood and labor. The labor sup
ply is in sight, and we are seeking steel
and wood"
The board gave some time to-day also
to the question of diverting ships from
the Pacific to the Atlantic, where
the shortage of tonnage is more pro-
nounced
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
Democratizing the Navy
By c. w. Gilbert

navy but Of civil life as well, namely
than an expert cannot be created by
executive order. Constructors are
practically naval architects. Hitherto
like the engineering places in the
army, these posts have gone to the
men Of highest standing in their
classes at Annapolis. Promoting car
penters to this rank is exactly Ike
turning house carpenters into house
architects.
Like medicine, ship cons truction Is
one Of the learned professions, so 70
sneak But even the learned profes-
sions have no terrors for the Secretary
With the theory, for he has just by his
fat turned fifteen druggists into sur
peons. Assistant surgeons were mere
tofore young physicians. They are as
signed 10 the smaller boats OF the
navy. Now some of the smaller boats
will probably find themselves with
druggists as surgeons. In war time
emergency a druggist may be the only
person available TO perform an opera
tion. ii,
Mr.. Daniels has a fine idea, which
though much ridiculed at first. PROB
ably benefited the personnel OF the
navy. But he himself reduces II TO an
absurdity in making an arm OF I'M,
service mainly a field for sociological
experiments in war time and not prl'
marily Z lighting machrlne.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
Defends Spring-Rice
Department Official Calls En-
voy's Letter Proper
From Tha Tribune Bureaul

Washington, July 27-The State De-
partment to-day saw no impropriety
in the correspondence between Senator
Hale, of Maine, and Sir Cecil Spring
Rice, the British Ambassador, respect
ing the project of deepening the har-
Dor at Portland, Me. A high official
of the department said the letter writ
ten by the ambassador was ain per-
fectly good FORM" The letter, it was
said, was in response to an inquiry ad-
dressed to the ambassador by Senator
Hale.
1t was also disclosed that, while the
letter from the ambassador was not
addressed to the State Department, it
was transmitted to Senator Hale
through the department, TO which il
was delivered by the British Embassy.
The explanations to-day were caused
by the charge made in the Senate yes
terday, by Senator King, of Utah, that
tho British Ambassador was goilty of
an impertinence for having written to
a member Of the Senate.