Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-07

lamation that was almost indentical
in language to that imposed by the
Germans in Belgium. Ten hostages
were furnished to salute the Belgian
officers. The inhabitants were or
dered to remain indoors at night. All
cafes and theaters were closed ana
no public meetings were allowed.
The Prussians are scrupnioGsIy
cocying the regulations.
Hoboken las namel IS doomed.
The American friends OF German
democracy issued from its hcadquar-
tcrs at 6 West Forty-eighth street.
New York, yesterday, a statment in
which it advocates changing the
name of Hoboken to Crateau Thicrry
and erecting in the city, which has
more German-born residents than
any other town Of its size in Amer
lea, memorial reading: "At Cha
tcau Thierry, thanks to American
manhood, autocracy broke down"
again, vive Chateau Thierry! Berlin
papers please copy.
Three giant plans Of the Berlin
Foreign Office, attempted through
agents in this country, were detailed
bv Bruce Bielaski, chief Of the In
vestigation Bureau of the Depart
ment of Justice, at yesterdays
hearing Of the Senate Judiciary Sub
committee. These were: The invol-
wig of the United States in trouble
with Jaan; the use of newspapers.
writer's, motion pictures and public
men in pan German propaganda work,
and the fomenting of discomfort
among the Irish, Jewish and Catholic
population of the country.
Elizabeth Baksa, the 10 year ole
Girl in New York who had been or
trial for two weeks in New York FOR
the murder Of Mrs. Helen Hame.
was acquitted yesterday, the jury not
leaving the box Supreme Court .'ns.
t;ce Rosalsky directed q verdict .:
acquittal. when the district attorney
was unable to produce additional cyl
dence. "I'm going back to Freeman
burg, Pa" said the girl later, "and |
am going to try to get 4 JOB as
saleswoman. No more factories for
me. If it had not been for the girl
with whom I came to this city never
would have been in this trouble. A
girl from a small town has no bust
ness in a place as big as New York
"The British government will use
its whole influence at the peace con-
ference to see that justice is execu-
ted" says Premier Lloyd George in
lengthy declaration setting forth his
governments policies. Justice, the
Prime Minister makes clear in his
statement, includes the principle that
"the Central Powers must pay the
cost of the war up to the limit of
their capacity" The Kaiser must be
prosecute ed, the premier says, ''for
the frightful, terrible. hidcoGs,
abominable crime which has sent mil
lions of the best young men of Eu-
rope to death and mutilation and has
plunged myriats Of homes into desc
lation."
Secretary of Labor Wilson yestcr-
day declared against any strike for
the purpose Of influencing public
opinion in the Mooney case. In
letter to Otto A. Hartwig, president
of the Oregon State Federation Of
Labor, Mr.. Wilson said: mo strike
can give fair trial to Mooney. nor
will it produce particle of evidence
that will be helpful in securing jus
tice. The only effect Of strike
would be to bring into disrepute and
to tend to destroy the jury system
which is the result of thousand
years Of struggle on the part of the
masses to protect themselves against
criminals on the one hand and au-
tocracy on the other