Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-06
NEWS OF THE BAR:

Peter F. Shockley, former Count.
Treasurer, was killed Yesterday B;,er
| hi automobile stalled Oh the track!
at Millsboro, Del, and was stnict
by q train.
! Several trunks filled with maps
tlocuments and areoplanc and torpedo
inodcls were seized, By Department
!! 81 Justice agents Yesterday ate,
they had arrested Mrs. Anna
Werner and Frederick Herwagen
Germans, in q house in Hoboken
known to the police as "Ihe House
jcc Mystery" Both were held as
alien enemies. The house was con.
Quoted as a furnished room estab
Eshmcnt by Mrs. Werner and l.
said to be within the l0O-yari
barred zone. 4 letter found among
the papers Of German who former.
ly held an important position with :
large financial house in New York
br. who is now interned at Ellis Is
land, was made public today by AS
sistant United States District At.
tcrncy Knox. The letter threaten
tic Unite1 States. A wireless output
was seized in the raid.
i is reported from Dragoer, at
the southeast extremity OF the Is.
land of A1nager, that q Gormah aux
;lisry cruiser, the guardshiAs Bot
nia. was blown up after q collision
with a German mine field off thai
coast. The cruiser sank. but thu
number Of men lost is unknown, the
Survivors refusing to give any IN
formation. The Botnia was for.
.nerly a Russian vessel, which was
ca oturcd hy the Germans.
Naturalization Of all the rail-
-r:ds of the United States for th'
duration Of the war. was recommend.
Z: yesterday to tic President and
Congress hv the Interstate Com
,ncrcc Commission. The transporta.
-i,a crisis has forced the government
into radical action.
Dispatches FROM Amsterdam say
il,,imationS that Germany is planninf
1, forcc bows 1G am II years intr
Tue army arc contained i'll III apPca
arpcaring in the Essen Genera
Arz"igcr that they Immediately JON,
l&c juvenile corps. This srea
struggle between the nations, says
,tc newspapers. will ncccSsitaSe
,l.nsc who are now l6 and II being
called up a. no very remote date 10
array service.
Eight men were killed, t~o ~
r.;..irr, anj mare than 3 we're II
lured, many of them seriously. lae
Yesterday hy IN explosion EhH
= tkcl tho IT. II. T." plant Of @he
Aetna Chemical Company a. bcidr
jefslur., . suburb Of Pittsburgh
10. Tho explosion did damage estl.
mated ID $250,oOO to The plant and
sl;Ittercd windows in factories and
homes for a radius Of nearly two
miles. The cause Of the explosion
HIS net been determined.
Enemy forces have begun al Ut
lack on tho Italian lines CHI the As
ia.o plateau. the Italian war office
II uounccs. The only gains achieved
i, Tic attack we're some positions,
fiir loss Of which has not impaire|
&c Italian defensive line. The ltal-
ANS Withdrew from .scmc OF tho more
positions Of their lines be-
tween alonto TCnlcrccar and Monte
northeast Of AsiaSo.
Count Czcrnin. Che Austro~1lun-
~aran foreign minister, in discussing
Tie budget with All Austrian delcGa-
t,.n. said the cost Of the war during
The past three years has been b.
GEO 600. 900 crowns. Vienna dispatch
states. The budget for 19l7-lS. i
lie var lasted the entire budget
) o,r. he estimated II: 100000 h0.eW
e owns.
Quoting IN Austrian official state
mcnt concerning Roumaniln pro-
..,I Ca, III. r,.,at;:,.;nn Of an arm