Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-20

been friends. for many years. Several
years ago a realty boom made both
families wealthy. Then Mrs. Har-
lev began, she AYERS. to notice a par
ticular fondness for the widow on the
mart of her husband.
A Zurich dispatch to the Paris Ma
tin SAYS the old wound of former King
Constantine oil Greece has reopened,
and that an operation was perform
ed at the Sauerbruch clinic iii Zurich
Yesterday. His condition is said to
be most grave. Two operations
were performed on Constantine IN
| 1915. the first not having resulted III
iealing OF the wound and for a tune
| his life was despaired of. Reports
we're current az the time that he ha!
been stabbed. but they were denied
and it was SAID he WAS suffering
from %pleurisy.
DR.. David, the Socialist deputy.
| speaking at the Wuerzburg confer
cnce. said: "Our U-boats have not
protected US against Il fourth winter
! Of war. They will not IN d few
months. or even n or two years.
force England to peace. as the Fan
Germans say they viii. We uttered
warning against an unrestricted u
| boat campaign. The consequences
| If il have come to pass. and now
this campaign must he pursued with
| al our strength. But military pres
| sure alone will not bring peace"
"'rhe journey of Emperor William
and Foreign Secretary Won kuehl-
| Iaann should he regarded in Il certain
sense as Il preliminary step toward
~,.cace," says the Neueste Nachrichtcn
cf Munich. The Emperor's CONVEX
| sation ut Sofia and ConStantinoplc
/ certainly mean the examination Of
| every possibility in that direction.
MIR. William Madison 1avenncr.
Il prominent farmer residing near
ForcStville. Fairfax county, died last
| week Of an intestinal cancer. Mr..
T'avenner, was born and reared IL
| l.oudoun county. where he spent prac-
! ticaliy all his life, with the cXcep-
! lion of ten years in Kansas and the
last five years in Fairfax. The de-
ceased was sixty-ninc years old.
Helaire Carriere was hanged in the
state ~pcnitentiary at Baton Rouge.
La, at l2:l0 p. M. yesterday 70"
the murder in July, 1916. Of M"r'cn
l.. Swords. sheriff Of st. Landry
parish. Carriere protested his inno-
cencc OF the murder to the last. claim
ing the shot which killed Sheriff
Swords was fired by one Of the deDu-
ties in the sherifi's posse which IT
tempted 10 capture Carriere in she
Mailct woods section near Opelo.SaS,
La. He eludcd several hundred
SearcherS for Il m"nth and was zap
iured only after being seriously
wounded. Last Wednesday tight il:
IN attempt 10 escape from the New
Orleans parish prison, Carr'e"c
wrenchci IL piece Of PIPE Frnm Enc
/ plumbing IN his cell AMI fought more
tban an hour with the warden ami
live deputies before being ~SubAuel
ard Thursday night in tn death cell
:! the penitcntiary he SlaShcd hiS
| throat from Il TO ear with II safety
| aaZnr blade which he had secreted in
his Scapulai'. in an effort 10 cheat the
| %allowS.
At!viccs reaching Washington ycs.
,slday from Switzerland say nc
ieople nf StrasSburg. Metz ard other
rnints in .Alsace-Lurruine responded
F., with Il general outburSt % "n;i-Gtr-
man feeling 10 attempts u float
part Of the new German va an,
arl:I q. lehratp the birthday - E"n
! l1in.enhurg. In spite Of Ne terror
that the Pfussian military authori-
ties have produced in the country,
en- the occasion Of the birthday u
Won Hindeniurg October =. many
posters bearing the likeness Of the
marshal were scratched out and torn
Gown over night IN Strassburw. At
Metz The offrial advertisements aud
posters of the new war loan also were
torn down and so far the outraged
German authorities nave failed to
fiml any one 70 punish.
Indication Of a final drive by the
French north Of the AiSue before
winter sets in are in actual operation.
The last "A hours were marked by a I
series III sharp thrusts against the
German Crown Princes positions
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