Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-07
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

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The British offensive on the Tigris
front has made further important
gains, according to an official an
no1ncement given out in London.
Three of the ten members of Sir,
Ernest Shackelton's antartic expedi-
ton. who were marooned by storms
while trying to reach the South
Pole, have persisted, according to
dispatch received from Wellington,
New Zealand.
Samuel Bailey, thirteen years
old, was frozen to death at Bylng-
ton, near Knoxville, Tenn.
The British admiralty states that
there is only one survivor OF the
crew of the Lars Kruse, Belgian
relief ship.
President Wilson yesterday signed
the bill authorizing the Washington
Newport News Short Line, Railroad
to build a bridge across the Potomac
River. near Matomkin Point, about
fftv miles south of Washington.
Samuel Kahn, 80 years old, a
clerk in the Treasury Department,
was found yesterday morning In the
bathroom of 1888 Irving street north
west, Washington, where he lodged
with his throat cut. Coroner hewitt
issued certificate oof death by sui
eide.
The Bptish forces have occupied
about 1000 yards Of German trenches
in the neighborhood of Grandco"rt
on the Scmme. An official state
ment issued last night by the Brit
ish war office, in announcing this
operation, states that the Germans
offered no opposition.
H. A. Murrill, on his return to
Charlotte, N. c., yesterday from
visit to the Bermuda Islands, told
of the arrival there of two Italian
submarines to join the British and
French warships in their hunt for
the German raider destroying ship
ping in the south Atlantic.
1T is officially stated in Copenhagen
that James w. Gerard, the American
Ambassador to Germany, will not be
allowed to leave Berlin until the
German government is satisfied as
to the treatment of Count Won Bern
storff, the retiring German Ambassa-
dor to Washington, by the American
government.
The American steamer Westwego
was stopped by the German subma-
rine U-45 and was allowed to proceed
only after she had given up three
barrels of lubricating oil to the sub
marine commander, the American
Consul at Liverpool reported to the
embassy yesterday. The Wcstwego
halls from Philadelphia.
Every possible means, short of
actual war measures, has been taken
in all governmental channels to pro-
tect the nation in case of hostilities.
1t is possible to indicate the extent
of only the precautions that have
been taken, but the highest officials
say they are in every way ample to
meet emergencies that may arise.
With an arm broken, her jaw bone
crushed and other injuries sustained
in the explosion of cooking range
Monday morning. Mrs Minnie Nit
chell, wife of Samuel W. Mitchell, a
Bristol merchant, was taken to hos
pital Her condition is critical.
W. E Owen, former postmaster
of South Boston, dropped dead Sat-
urday afternoon as he was preparing
to leave the Planters and Merchants
National Bank, Of which he was
vice-president. He was IS years old
and a native of Halifax county.
Mrs. Mary E. Smith, aged IS, for
many months an invalid, was burned
to death at her home at Ringgold
near Danville Sunday evening, while
members of the household were
away. 1t is presumed she ventered
too near an open-grate fire and her
clothing became ignited. She was
found later burned from head to foot
and unconscious.
After more than week Of extra |
ordinary rush the navy is ready for
anything that may happen, except, of |
course, shortage of men. As the
navy must always bear the first shock
of war the whole energy of the gov