Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-13
NOTES OF1TH;DAY.
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Told in Short Paragraphs Picked Up
All Over the Country.

The organized labor, of the United
States last night pledged its full sup
port to the nation in peace or war,
The American Federation OF Labor
!! through it's executive council, after
an all-day discussion of the interna-
tional situation in an official state
ment declared its intention to stand
by the republic" r
The Potomac yesterday owing to
the quick thaw, is the. highest IN
seven wears, and several sections OF
| Cumberland, Nd, are under water,
i people being obliged to move out IN
boats. At ,Ridgely, on the opposite
side of the river, similar conditions
obtain. The handsome Moose Club,
Iat Cumberland is entirely surrounded
by water. On North Mechanic street
the water rose so rapidly that the
garages were quickly emptied of ma
chimes.
Permission for clearance OF the
French liner Rochambeau from New
York, the first belligerent merchant
man to- arrive in an American harDor
with guns mounted fore as we'll as
aft, was today granted by the State
| Department, which ruled that the
Rochambeau as a assenger-carrylng
vessel plying usual routes was
peaceable merchantmen, entitled to
take adequate precautions against IL
legal attack. Undoubtedly the. Roch-
anbeau ruling will lead to general
policy of arming vessels to the fore.
il was thought at the time that she
had been sent into port largely as a
test of the policy Of this government
and now that a wide armament is al
lowed, it is assumed that other en-
tente merchantmen will follow suit.
Serious food riots coupled with
peace demonstrations, have occur
red in both Petrograd and Moscow,
Cossacks charged wild mob that
formed in the Russian capital Thurs
day night and wrecked bakers shops
and number of persons were injured
For more than an hour the mob was
in control of large sections of the
city. The rioters stopped the tram
way service, smashed shops and par
AIDED the streets, shouting alternately:
"Give us food" and Give US peace"
Ambassador James W. Gerard,
and his party Of forty arrived at Key
! West, Fla, from Havana on the
Steamer Cobb at 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon and left for Washington
Oh tie Florida East Coast Railroad
lat 7 o'clock. Mr.. Gerard says he
will not accept the Tammany candl-
dacy for mayor of New York. The
appointment of Mr.. Gerard to sue
coed the late George w. Guthries as
! ambassador to Japan. was urged
!, upon the State Department yester-
day by friends of the returning envoy
/; Preliminary steps were taken by
/! the Navy Department yesterday TO-
ward contracting for the quick con-
/ struCtion of 100 or more hfgh-speed
! coast patrol boats Of Il new type for
+. scouting against submarines. At a
conference in which score of build
ers were represented, assurances
! were given that deliveries could be
i begun within four months.
An invention making it possible for
the crew of submarine TO see ships
while even the divers periscope IS
i submerged is one Of dozen upon
! which Thomas A. Edison has been at
work steadily for more than month.
! This was revealed at the Navy De-
! partment yesterday afternoon. MI.
! Edison is also working out a smoke
, screen system for merchantmen.
Salazar's band of Villa bandits
fired into a Mexican Central passen-
! ger train at Laguna station Saturday,
! killing As CT the de facto escort and
wounding three passengers, accord
! ing to employees OF the Mexican Cen
trail. who arrived at JuareZ, Mex,
yesterday. They said 20 of Salazar's
men were killed and % wounded in
the engagement that followed the
holding up Of the train.
President Wilson went back to
work a day too soon according to tire
judgment of his aide and physician,
DR.. Cary T. Grayson, who following
IN the Presidents attempt to confer
with Senator Martin, yesterday order
ed him promptly back to bed. DR..
Grayson said that although the Presi-
dents Geld was much better he had
not regained his strength and that II
he expected speedy recuperatlon ne
could not afford to spend his strength
hccdlcssly. The President obeyed in
! structions and retired. Last night he
vas reported as weak but feeling
Letter.
Written secret orders for strikes on
SO of the big railroad systems in the
Omitted States. beginning at 5 p. m,
Saturday. March II, were shown to a
newspaper representative yesterday
IN Chicago. The strikes will be called
unless the railroads grant immedi-
ate basic eight-hour day, with ten
hours pay, at the conference to be
held Thursday in New York. Railway