Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-11-30
NEWS OF THE DAY

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10 at which organization Of worker
throughout the country will be per
rectcd in preparation for thlr
liberty loan. In connection Wit!
tie meeting, which will be attende
by representatives Of the liheH.
loan committee, Of each Of tn
! 81 elva Federal Reserve Districts an
the woman's liberty loan committee
il was reiterated that there will b.
10 further liberty loan until aftc
February /.
Mrs. Helen Stude5al;er Henderson
daughter Of the late Jacob F. Stude
baker, ono Of the founders of th:
Studebaker corporation at South
Bend, Ind, and wife Of Lucius Hen
Jcrson, Of New Rochelle, n. T., wo'
killed yesterday III ali automobile &c
r..Gent near her home. Mr.. Hellder-
son was slightly bruised.
! Filmed under their automobile IL
| three feet Of water after their cal
| he'd crashed through d-inch crust
OF ice after going oTer bridge rail
iilg, four Utica, New York, lne!I
were drowned yesterday evening at
| Nine-Mile Crock, tho scene Of several
/ former accidents.
|! \ German torpedo boat destroyer
belonging TO the Geehruggc flotllla
struck a mine off Westkappel!o, Hol-
| land and sank. Only two Of her
crew were saved
Fire under the boardwalk al
Brighton Beach destroyed buildings
valued ut 100000, covering DIS
tancc down the boardwalk Of about
three blocks. The fire was thought
t. have been Of incendiary origin.
Sixteen uations, representing more
than nipe-tenths of the area Of Ihe
globe, joined hands III Paris yesterday
IL the first session Of the inter-allicd
conference. Promptly, without polnp
81 l,onbast. they got down To work.
Their task is TO put unity Of action
definitely into the drivers scat ct
;!crlccracy's chariot of war.
>':x S:,iIor w"r" d;owncd and twelve
.r ,i,,;. n,.,,.,. ,,-,..s. ,.t..,.,cl i, ti;,
ra'%psro river or Th"n,p&nn'S SEA
Grit HOUSE shortly '"f"gc o'cIo.f
"Wednesday morning. "'hrn - !amnch
il which Tie ,Liivg, were returning
-Io their stinS rap~izcd
Speaking i'll the Hamc Of Pope
BcDedict. the papal Secretary Of
state. Cardinal Gasparri has issued
.. general dcnial Of reports that thr
Vatican was working il the interest
If pcarn which would not nc ius,
.: Iur3llc 1ni that propaganda from
.h2 Vatican was responsible for the
breaking down Of the morale q
LGai3n troops with the consequent
recent defeat on tho ISuuzzo. II is
stated tllat army ctaplains worked
80 prevent characterization Of In"
trucpS. It is also sai.; that The Pope
di&npproycs of chain prayers ana
other peace efforts Of This maturc.
Congressman John NJ Nelson ani
his son Byron llavr been indicted by j
Federal grand jury in Madison, Wis:
o.: > charge Of conspiracy to yiola.t,
tIiy registration laws. The son
previously had been indicted,
charged with failure TO register. Cog
gresham Nelson VAS charged with
y..riSing hi5 son not to register.
Cald. MAJ; v Thierichens, former
commander II the German gtci raider
Fr.nZ Eitel Frederick, has been sellt.
cnced 10 il months imprisonment.
He w1s convicted Of violating thc
hlann white slave" act by bringing
y =urmg German domestic to rh;la-
':":pI:in from ithaca, y. T.. la
,!nHulry. Sentence pf TIC co., VII
i. from June 80. when Thjc"ichrn:
was brought To philadclphi.; from
Fort Oelctilorpc. Ga. where he had
i'rcn lnicrn"d rs = Prisoner Ct W3f.
Al Ehc expiration of his sentence he
viii &c made i prisoner o war, II
i'".'rc is MOI j"clarcI.
i'!.c Hotel Eieu Hospital al 81.
lt:acinIli". l:aa destroyed y FIR"
Wednesday,. III % tIr inmates.
aEo,,t LOGO IN numb"r, were removed
{" safety. Chief nf Police Frisy lest
i lie while assisting others 1" es
car. Many "f III" inmates suffered
from exposure 10 the zero Weather
un,il ACCOMMODATIONS wcrc found for
ti.r,n ii the house throughout t!i':
tvNr. The hospital population N