Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-11-27
NEWS OF THE DAY


to witness the inspiring exercises
that marked the presentation, BY Sec
retary Of War Baker, Of COMMISSIONS
to 900 new officers of the natlohal
army.
because their employers refused 20
recognize the union shop stewards
about $4,000 Coventry, England eng
necrs struck yesterday.
Through the gallantry of the ltai-
i'm navy vast stores Of military ms
tcr;al were saved in the course OF the
Ita);an retreat from the Gulf OF Pom
v,ro 70 the mouth of the Piavc.
uaximihan Harden has been per-
omitted to republish his newspaper
bic Zukunft, according to the Am
sterdam Tageblatt. Herr Harden
also will be allowed to continue ms
,nrr,res. forbidden a month ago.
4 comparative lull has set IN on
,hs front west of Cambria. Inc
Germans have been fought to stand
still They have abandoned theif
efforts to wrest Bourbon Wood win
ire dominating hill, from the British
A. FOR Bourbon village, the MAJOR
part of it is in Gen. Byngs hahoS'
Tcoton attachments mantalht's
themselves only in the northern ana
eastern outskirts. La Fontaine NotFe
DHmc. is still held by the Germans
The British are now chiefly concern
% with consolidating the ground won
since Wednesday and with bringing
nm their heavy artillery.
4 bomb was discovered yesterda!
a.. board the Red D. liner Caracas al
New York, by Carlos Mazza, a coal
nasscr. When the bomb was taken
60 the Brooklyn police headquarters
Detective Bridgetts, OF the pomo
SQUAD dipped it in pail Of water,
m,scrcwed the top and put some OF
the powder contained IN the machine
81 q niece Of paper. He lighted the
papcr and nearly lost his hand az the
rnsult.
After her children came home from
Sunday school, Mrs. Mary White
head, 40 years old, Of Haddontleid
near Camden. n. j., locked herself,
l,.r daughter, y years old and her
son. A years old, in room and tulm-
ii on the gas. When ncighbors dis
covered them the children were dead
ard the mother unconscious. The
mother is in n serious condition IN q
hospital.
Prospects Of relief from the sugar
shortage in the District second
brighter last night than for weeks.
sevcra! carloads arrived yesterday
AMI another shipment o. - cars
containing from fifty to sixty tons
each. is expected daily. The sugar
which came Yesterday was from the
Mississippi Valley and was OF twenty
cars, or between 1000 and 1900 tons.
A dispatch from Christiania says
the Norwegian foreign office announ-
ees that the Norwegian steamer
Krosfond, 1,707 tons, has been sunk
by the Germans and that the second
officer and fourteen members of the
crew were lost. The Norwegian ship
Victoria also has been lost.
\ suspected nationwide plot BY
German agents to create an epidemic
Of tesanhs in the national army has
peen uncovered. Vaccine points
coated with matter containing tetanus
germs were the instruments Of the
alleged plot. AS q result, the Ma
tional Vaccine Company, of Wash
inrton, which had first warning Of
the situation, attempted to recall
100000 points which it had shipped
broadcast over the country and at
least 100000 Of which had gone 20
the war department for use IN the
national army.
Will Taylor, well-known Raleigh,
n c., dealer in horses and mules,
was instantly killed Sunday morning
by being thrown from an automobile
while he was travelling with some
friends. He attempted to change his
place in the car from the front to
the rear seat Of the five-passenger
car. In some way he lost his bal
arce and fell to the pavement break
ing his neck.
Sunday blue laws were enforced to
the letter at Selma, Ala, Sun
day. The druggists indicted last
week opened their places of business
fer an hour at noon for the sale Of
drags only. There were no ice or
milk deliveries, and groceries, mar
kess, soda fountains ard cigar stands