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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-01-12

Wymore, Neb-, Hotel Building Burned.
Beatrice. Eeb-, jan 2-Ffre early to
day destroyed the Central Hotel at
Wymore, the oldest hotel building In
the city. It was unoccupied- A lOss
Of 5000 was covered by Insurance..
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-01-12

How Could There Be?
Hiram" No parking?' Well,
reckon mott There amt a tree or
bench in sight anywhereI"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
FAITH IN FOCH UNSHAKEN
Washington Officials Scoff at Declara-
ton That Allies Have Been Beaten

Washington. y. e. June l4.-Gen-
eral von Stcin'S declaration that the
allies and the United States are
clicked" fails Of indorsement here
abouts. Without exception, high Off
ciaIs began to laugh when questioned
about General Won Stems statement.
Secretary Of War Baker said:
This is the opinion of General Won
Stein. The opinion of General Fochs
allied ccmmander-in-ch chief. which IS;
very much more important, has not
been heard. The confidence of the
American people in General Foch re-
mains entirely unshaken.".
To this Secretary Of State Lansing
added:
General Won Stems statement
looks like the usual German view
ncint. OF course it is. merely intend
ed for propaganda among the German
people and in neutral nations.
Admiral Benson, chief of naval OPP;
crations and acting Secretary of the
Navy. smiled when questioned. and
said:
81 approve everything the Secretary
OF War and the Secretary Of State
have said
we have only begun to fight, said
an army officer Of high RAM. Gen
cra Won Stein is not laboring under
any misapprchension il the matter.
Few persons outside Of Germany Will
he fooled bv what he says
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
Bushman at the Richmond

"Cyclone Higgins, D. D. is the
strangest name ever given to Pho
toplay. and Cyclone Higgins, D. D.,
is the strang4st character ever play
er by a star. You Sill scarcely be-
lieve your eyes when you see Francis
X. Bushman in the title role at the
Richmond tonight. 1t is wholly diff
fercnt from anything else he has
ever done.
Ii ..Gyclone Higgins, D. d." Mr.
Bushnan plays the part o. travelling
preachers parson who fights fol-
the. Lord with his fists. as we'll as his
brains. He's a young cyclone when
he gets into action-herce the name.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
NAVY TAKES MORE Land
Will Add 1900 Acres to Proving
Grounds on tie Potomac.

To enlarge the naval proving
grounds at Indian Head. Md, and :hc
auxiliary proving ground just across
the Potomac. President Wilson yes
terday conlmandercd some 2,200
acres Of lard in Charles county, Nd,
and King Georges county, Va, am
placed it under the contro! Of ti:e
Secretary Of Navy.
Provision has been maze :or com
pensatiOn to persons owning the lal.i
all Secretary Daniels will aas'gnate
I board to hear all claims. A! per-
sons residing on the commandecrcd
land arc notified to Vacate and remove
Ill property before July /.
The tract in Charles cour5y. con-
prising 200 acres, is on CORVALLIS
Neck, south Of the naval reservation.
and bounded on the east. south and
west by Mattawoman Creek and thc
Potomac.
The Virginia land taken over about
994 acres, is on Matthias Pcin' Neck,
on the Potomac, beginning n Gum5o
Creek. following the creek 500 rcct
to the land of Peter Lewis then to
the land Of Wesley James. The line
also touches property Of James loan
son, Joseph Johnson, John Berry. Z,
P. Quesenberry and ]. L. !Ioge. be-
fore reaching Machodoc Greet: and The
waters o. the Potomac.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
GAS KILLS YOUNG ACTRESS
Now Member of Follies Company Ac-
cidentally Asphyxiated

Atlantic City, June 14-Overcome
Nv cas while she sept in her apart
mont at 10 St. James place, Miss
Edith Carper. show girl, IS years
old who had been playing this week
with the Ziegfeld Follies at the Ap-
o}Io Theater. was found dead early
Yesterday morning by Mrs. Stevens,
nronrietress of the house. County
Physician Souder found that death
was accidental. An open window dis
posed OF the suicide theory first
formed.
Among the actress effects was
found letter addressed to soio,''
now in Belgium. another to her So
ter and a post card to her flothei
10th of whom reside at 5256 Vernon
avenue. st, Louis. Miss Carper na
!. been with the show only two week l
and was but slightly known TO ne
associates.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
BOAST OF PRUSSIAN.
Camounage CT Victory Spread Be
fore Reichstag to Get War Budget
Passed.

amsterdam. June l4-"A great part
Of the French army has been beaten y
General ron Stein, the Pruss;al var
lnn;Ster, declared in 4 speech % he
re;chstag, according TO Berlin ai'iccs.
"Thc socaIled F'och reserve army no
longer exists" he asserted.
The success of the crown princes
carefully prepared attacks against the
French aud British on the Chcnin Hcs
Danes front, on May u, IN c;al re
OF the gravest defeats the e:i;entn hiss
suffered during the entire W.
General Won Stein made th,'sc statc-
ments in review Of the military
situation ut the second rc.,tr2 Of the
army budget in the reicH,taG Tucs-
day.
"Besiies his losses il mcH," "vn-
tinued General Won Stein. the enemy
srn'crcd an enormous loss in var ma
tcrials and equipment. imners2
stores Of ammunition which were
heapcd up along the lines Of communi-
cation behind the front of the defeat
ed French army. likewise fell into our
hands. lust rs previously VIC captured
enormous stores from the British
army.
General Won Stein said that the
number and strength cf the American
troops up to the present was far be-
low what reports spread by the en-
tcntc had led Germany To expect. he
said that American troops had made
their first appearance en- The battle
front. but Only at The moment when
the German advance had colnc to a
halt on the Marne.
"Thcy, too, like the French re-
serves. he declared. were thrown into
the battle in vain counter-attacks and
suffered the same fate
Other American troops, the Minis
ter said, are on quiet sections of the
front.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
Drinks Carbolic Acid

Harrisonburg, Va, June 14.-Nrs.
Samuel A. Shutters, vile of the mayor
of Timberville, Tuesday morning at
cbout s o'clock drank the contents OF
. three-ounce vial of carbolic acid,
which resulted in her death fifteen
minutes later.
Mrs. Shutters had been in bad ma'i-
ta' health for some time and it wa;
,l.is which caused her to commit the
rash deed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
ANXIOUS TO SURRENDER
German Prisoners of L. 5. Marines
.idmit Heavy Losses TO Our Guns

German prisoners taken in the re-
cent fighting recently admit that
the German losses due to the Ameri-
can artillery fire have been fright
ful. Among the captives is a former
schoomaster who speaks four Ian
gTages. lie said ne commanded
company. though he was only the top
sergeant This. in the opinion OF
American officers. shows scarcity of
German officers in this sector. A
makeshift organization Of some of the
troops on the front also is disclosed.
The schcolmaster said his company
was part of the units that had 20 make
the forced march to the Marine where,
he said, they were told they would
be confronted only by negroes-Eng-
lish ani French colonials--but no
Americans.
After the first clash with Ameri-
cans, German officers went among the
German machine gun nests exhorting
the men to die rather than be cap
tured.
The men were anxious to surren-
der. however, seemingly confident that
;hc Americans would treat them hu-
manly. Many CT the prisoners said
ii was the happiest moment tor them
IN years when they were captured,
principally because they were to be
in American custody. They were jub-
liant when they heard they would be
allowed to write their relatives under
certain censorship restrictions.
A boy of eighteen said German Mill
tary draft officers came to his home
when he was seventeen and showed
false papers, making him eighteen.
His parents objected. whereupon both
were shot. The authorities then took
the boy and his tH.o brothers. The
youth expressed the wish never to
return to Germany.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
HALF A LOAF FOR HUNS
Rations Cut Again. Flour Prospects
Poor, is Report

The food situation in Germany is
such that even to the best Informed
Judge it is somewhat desperate" ac-
cording to Professor Helms article
published in Cologne, June 8. That
probably is the reason why the en-
pire is continuing to send without
reckoning her soldiers to butchery,
he says.
DISPATCHES TO the French embassy
Yesterday brought quotations from
EHein's article which said the rec:.'s
reduction of the bread ration from
boo to- $50 grams daily has deeply
moved public opinion in Germany and
has raised some rather pesslms"c
comment in the German newspapers.
Helm proposes to his compatriots hat
they are wrong in imagining that
the: trying period they are passing
through at present is the worst of the
year. a..
"You must expect" ne says, TO
coo. still harder times. AS for our
German corn, considered in the best
hrht and counting upon the most IA
vorable atmospheric conditions, not
more than half the necessary flour
will be found for the needs Of the
German people That is the truth.
consider that it would be detrimental
~ hide this from the public, who
deceived so many times, will end by
doubting everything. 1t would be
hotter to do this than to let the peo.
ple live in confidence until the 1ata'
rioment of surprise
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
AMERICANS RAID TRENCHES
with the Ziegfeld Follies at the Ap,
turns Without Casualties.

Washington, d. C., June IA con-
tinuation OF General Pershings COM
muniuue Of Wednesday, received yes
tcrday. reports raid on German
trenches Sunday by an American pa
troll, in which three Germans were
killed The Americans returned with
out casualties. The ccmmunlquc says
Section BIN Picardy on the att
ernoon Of June ., one of our patrols
entered the German trenches and en-
countered several of the enemy. IN
the fight which followed three OF the
enemy were killed. Our patrol re-
turned without having suffered any
casualties
General Pershing included also IN
his communicate French official
statement cabled to the United States
June 10. telling of the part played oy
American marines in the fighting
northwest Of Chateau Thierry
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
RUSSIAN INTERVENTION
Possibility of an Allied Expedition Is
Widely Discussed.


Possibility Of an allied expedition
to help Russia through Archangel on
the Arctic ocean was discussed yes
terday in important allied quarters.
Representation of the United States
state and war departments have APP
parently convinced the allied leaders
who believe the eastern front must be
re-establishea that the Siberian prof.
ect involves insupcrable difficulties.
These who discussed the Archangei
plan today say it escapes all Of the
political, geographical and strategic
objections raised against the Fladi-
vostok plan.
The final answer Of the United
States against the possibility of the
Siberian intervention is reported to
have been the lack Of ships. Accord
ing to the new plan that has been
worked out ships from the United
States could be diverted to the Ar
changel route without an appreclable
loss of time over that required for the
voyage to French ports. According
to those who favor the plan, and they
are persons of high Importance in the
allied councils, its advantages are
these:
|. From Archangel an expedition
will find itself facing the German
enemy in about one-tenth Of the time
it would require to come to grips
across Siberia.
| >. 1t will be but one-twentleth as
far from its base Or supplies and
from its own country.
3. A beginning has already been
made in the British marines now
along the Mourmansk railroad.
A. 1t will not include Japanese
troops.
The last point is cne that does rot
arise from the allied consideration OF
the plan.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS DAY.
A Proclamation by the Governor of Virginia.

The President of the United States has designate"
Friday June 2s 1918 as NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS DAY. and
WHEREAS Those who would win this struggle IN which the
principles of civilization at stake must deny e
selves themselves IN spirit Oh
self abnesaton evcntuait of waged by
babari INSCRIPTIONS foe against those of the people OF the
world who by high motives and lofty ideals; now
THEREFORE, Wesmoreland Davis Governor of Virginia
upon all the people of Virginia in spirit OF sesacce 10
pledge themselves during the period June 1928 to economy and thrift
agreeing buy to the extent OF their
means as evidence patriotism War Savings Stamps being
contribution which makes
for the support and allies AMI the nanen
nation pledged to freedom and full oppor
tunity for all.
Given the Lesser Seal of the Com
monweah at Richmond tenth day of June the year OF our
Lord one thousand eighteen and the hundred
and fortysecond year of the Commonwealth.
Westmoreand Davis,
Governor
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
HIGH SCHOOL CLOSING

by Rev. DR.. E. V. Regester-Grad-
uating Exercises to be Held Monday
Evening, June 18th.
the Alexandria High School will
close for the present year on Monday
next, une 18th. The graduates will
hold class night exercises in the audi
torium of the High School building
this evening at s o'clock, when they
will entertat:ee the Juniors, alumni
an, 1--iends.
i.:4le baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered on Sunday evening next
June 10th, by the Rev. Dr.. +. Y.
REGISTER, at the Methodist Church
South, when the graduating class Will
attend in body at s o'clock.
4 On Monday at noon the students
and teachers will assemble at the
High School building, at which time
the promotion certificates will be
awarded, ard in the evening of that
day, at o'clock, the regular gradual
ing exercises will take place in the
auditorium, Superintendent W. II.
Sweeney presiding. The program VIII
be as follows:
Prayer, Rec. William J. Morton;
salutatory, Miss Hilda Schneider; ad-
dress, Hon. C. C. Carlin; presentation
of diplomas, Capt. W. H. Sweeney;
valedictory, Mr.. William J. Morton.
jr.
The officers: of the class are: Miss
Hilda Schneider, president; Mr. Will
liam J. Morton, jr., vice president;
Miss Lucy Reardon, secretary; Miss
Fannie Tompkins, treasurer.
List of Graduates.
Misses Nina Baker ulton, Mathilde
Warner Lewis, Gertrude McDermott,
Helen Inez Pierpont, Lillian Anna
Pierpont, Lucy Virginia Reardon, Hill
da Truslow Schneider, Beatrice Vir-
ginia Smith, Frances Tyler Tomp-
kins.
Messrs. Carl Teck Dreifus, Angus
Stanley King. Charles Francis Kee-
gan Adrian Joseph Katz, William
Jackson Morton, jr., George Tucker
Nicholson, George S. Rice and Nevelle
J.. Roberts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
MUST PAY BACK TANES
Supreme Court SusrainS Ruling OF
Lower Tribunal in Hollywood Gene
terry Association.

The opinion handed down by the
s,,preme court of appeals Of Virginia
Yesterday in the matter Of tax assess
ment against the Hollywood Cemetery
Association of Richmond, means tnat
the association will have to pay to the
state of Virginia back taxes to the
amount of s19,Si8.l0 and approx
nately $4,000 to the city o. Rlcn-
mond.
This matter was brought up in the
hustincs court for correction Of as
gessments. but the court sustained rhe
assessment. and from that ruling the
caso found its way to the court OF ap-
meals The lower court has been II"
tirmcd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
PRISONERS MUST WORK.

Jail Birds to be Compelled to Help
Clean Up City-Must Get Busy
Next Monday.
Judge Louis C. Barley, Of the Cor
poration Court, entered an order to-
cay that should meet with hearty ap-
proval The order provides for the re-
organization of what was formerly
known as the "chain gang" and will
compel prisoners in Jail to work IN
stead Of sitting around doing moth
ing and idling away their terms Of
Imprisonment.
Beginning on Monday next, the
prisoners now in Jail will be brought
out and made to work on the streets
and assist in keeping the city clean.
They will be placed under the super
vision of James B. Martin, who will.
have them in charge while on the
streets
Both city and state prisoners will
be eligible for membership in the gang
that is, those who are serving short
terms of imprisonment. Those sent
for ninety days or longer terms will
be used upon the roads of Virginia.
The chain gang was, in the past, an
in Alexandria, but for
nearly score of years prisoners have
not been forced to work for their
board and have been spending their
time toasting their shins around the
ire in Jail in cold weather, playing
cards ana killing time in other ways.
Now that the summer is upon us
there is much to do ir Alexandria IN
the way Of cleaning up and keeping
the city clean. 1t is difficult to obtain
men to work in the street depart
ment at present and the utilization OF
iail birds is measure which should
have been adopted long ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
TWO MILLIONS FOR RELIEF
Steel Mans Will Provides Aid Tor
Suffering French and Belg!ans

Sharon, Pa. June lathe will OF
Frank II. Buhl, millionaire steel man
ufacturer, who died ;ere last Friday,
was probated yesterday. Among the
beouests are s2,OOO,0O0 to assist war
sufferers in northern France and Bel
einn, 100000 to assist the sick and
those injured in Sharon by accident
and s1,OOO,OOO to his widow.
The income from an endowment OF
+bo remainder CT the estate will be
snent for the benefit OF the citizens OF
Sharon and vicinity. The estate IS
so;d 70 be valued at Sl0,000.o00.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
Death Notice.

Wednesday afternoon at
her home 323 South Alfred street.
Jane ". Owens, beloved mother OF
Earl Owens and Julia Owens Rooin-
son, and beloved sister OF Anna Mur-
ray, james and Benjamin Berry ana
Philip Sha.kleford. Funeral from
Roberts Chapel NJ. E. Church, Sun
day, June l6, at 5 o'clock P. m
j"Blessed are those who eue IN the
Lord
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14

Although no particular exercises
are being held in the city in honor OF
today-Flag Day, June lit does not
signify that the residents of AleXan-
dria are not patriotic. The splendid
manifestations of their patriotism
piven in the recent Red Cross and LIB
arty loan campaigns furnish abundant
proof of their love for Old Glory. The
fact is, that everybody is busy doing
The things which are imperatlVely
7eeded to be done TO help carry on
the war in the way of business, in
order that more cash may be provid-
ed with which to buy more bonds and
make still greater contributions Tor
he Red Cross as may become neces-
sary later on. Every day has been
aay dav here since war was declared
with Germany. as the flags have been
kert flying from many business houses
ard private residences continually and
orohably will be until the war is over.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
Special Notice.

Having leased my building at 4l6
King street from June 18th, this IS TO
notify my many patrons and the public;
that the business of Cleaning and
Pressing Clothes will be continued at
322 So. Washington street. Bell phonc
369W. | beg to thank my many
friends and the public generally for
their generous patronage in The past
and solicit a continuance OF the same
at my new location. c. NJ. Schwab.
1l2-6t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
Notice.

There will be a called conclave =
Old Dominion Commandry No. II, 4;
7. Tuesday evening, June 16. at s
o'clock to confer the Order Of the
Temple. This is an emergency case
and full attendance is most earnestly
requested. Full Templar Uniform.
BY order of the Emninent Comman-
der. A. q. Uhler, recorder.
142-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
Notice.

Having qualified as administrator
of the estate Of the late Luther M.
Henderson, all persons indebted to
Said estate are requested to make
nrompt settlement with me, and all
narsons to whom said estate is In
debted are requested to present
their accounts properly certified for
payment.
P. A. kcrsey. administrator,
419 South Washington street.
142-10t,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14

Those who heard Sergeant Matthew
Wayman speak in Christ church yard
last Sunday night will be glad to
know that he will again speak from
the same platform on Saturday night
ot this week mt 8 o'clock. In this
lecture he will tell many interesting
stories Of his experiences on the bat
tie fields of the Somme. Eimy Ridge
and other great battles in which he
took part during his twenty-nne
months of active service in France
AMI Flanders. Sergeant Wayman is
a graduate of McGill University and
was before the war q newspaper man
by profession. He went over with the
first Canadian contingent to the Brit
ish army and has been three times
wounded. He has been invalided home
fer recuperation During the recent
Red Cross Drive he was one of the
most effective and interesting speak
crs of that campaign, and spoke to
large audiences in a number of west
err states Alexandria is indeed for
tunatc in having another opportunity
Of hearing this Interesting lecturer.
uis vivid pictures Of battle scenes and
soldier lie in the great war are thrill
ing and Il is hoped that there will be
4 !,;c crowd both of civilians and sol
Jiers 20 hear him Saturday night in
tlir old church yard. Free admission
and all comers welcomed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
DOUGLAS Fairbanks at the Grand

Douglas Fairbanks will ne seen at
tl,e Grand Theater tomorrow after
noon at the matinee; also at the night
performance, in Manhattan Mad
ness picture of thrills and tlfrob;.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14

FOR. SALE-A beautiful country
residence OH Seminary Hill. A
large airy house win all modern
Improvement. About % acres OF
land. To 9 quick purchaser at a
moderate price. inquire at 421 King
street, Alexandria, Va. 800 1885,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
RED CROSS PIG CLUB
Three Thousand Persons Joined Club
and Will Raise as Many Porkers for
Market.

Market.
A Red Cross Pig Club-the first one
in the United States-Will send to the
St. Louis market in September $500
hogs from Carroll county, Mississippi!
This will mean more pork for the
country. more money FOR Carroll conn-
tv and a contribution estimated at
so 600 to the Red Cross.
The Red Cross Pig Club was organ"
lied last winter by 0. T. Turner, coun-
tx aren't in Carroll county. He started
out to combine pork production and
Red Cross work and tried to get 2,oOO
people each to raise one pig to be
known as a Red Cross pig. Instead
of $500 members he got 5000 in a
county that has only $500 voters.
Every banker. lawyer, minister. ply
sician and nearly every merchant m
The county is a member.
The pigs are weighed OH the las;
Saturday of each month and so
registered pig is given as prize to
.fe member whose pig makes the
greatest gain through each month
Five hundred negroes are members.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14
Alexandria City and Suburbs

Miss Hilda Norris, daughter of
Mrs. Mamie Norris, o. this city, has
graduated from the St. Augustine
Academy. Fresno, Cal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14

The hour of the weekly prayer meet
irg in the Anne Lee Memorial Home
for the Aged has been changed for
the summer months from o'clock in
the afternoon to O'Clock in the eve
ming, beginning this evening.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14

Til, slumbe1. robe that was voiced
for the -,nnefit o. St. Rita's church
was won by Miss Annie Hartley.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-14

Howard w. Smith, special commits
sicner, has sold to w. P. Woolls house
and lot 215 North Alfred street.