Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-06-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.

| Strikes, riots and disorders now ex-
| tend ali over Austria and Hungary &C.
|cording to admission made by the
newspapers of Vienna.
| Democratic National Congression-
al Committee yesterday unanimously
adopted the resolution offered by
Speaker Clark, recommending the
;passing of the suffrage amendment by
the Senate.
German as a language study was
dropped from the curriculum of the
public schools of the District OF, Co.
|lumbia yesterday at a meeting of the
Board of Education.
When Mrs. Sarah Brewer: forty
five, of Memphis, Tenn, mother OF
Harry Brewer; eighteen, heard that
Harry had enlisted in the navy she ex-
claimed: "Now, have nothing to live
for" and then swallowed fatal dose
of carbolic acid.
Mrs. Cleveland Price, aged %, wac
instantly killed by lightning at her
home above Flintstone, Md. She was
passing in front of the telephone with
an iron in her hand approaching the
stove when the current, apparently
conveyed by the telephone wire, struck
her in the right side. She is survived
by her husband and five children
The House established new rec
ord for legislative speed yesterday by
passing the s5,435, 096,224 fortified
tions bill with less than three hours Of
debate. A calculation made by Rep
resentative Foss of Ohio showed that
this was at the rate of $780, 100000
in an hour, $3O,000,O00 a minute, or
s5O0,O0O a second No previous bill
of large amount has been SO quickly
disposed of.
German submarines operating on
this side of the Atlantic have sunk
their first troop ship. The Navy De-
partment announced yesterday that q
British transport, under charter by
the American government, and bound
to this country, had been destroyed
June is, some 700 miles east Of the
Delaware Capes, and that 81 mem
bers of the crew are missing. There
were no troops abroad.
German plots 10 hide millions OF
dollars of enemy assets under the
cloak of American corporations loaned
for thu purpose have been discovered
by the Bureau of Investigation of the
Alien Property Custodian, A. Mitchell
Palmer. AS a result Of the disclos-
ares. S3,5O0,O00 have been taken over
by the government and a number OF
Germans and German-Americans have
involved themselves in serious diff
culties with the Unitde States.
Edna Cook of Hamilton, Ohio, pour
ed coal oil on the bed OF her two child
rem, Everett, 5, and Mildred, 3, and
burned them to death early yesterday
Gates Cook, her husband, was severe
" burned trying to rescue the babies
Her husband told the police thas his
wife had been acting queerly for sew
eral days. Police say that Mrs. Cook
admitted starting the fire, saying she
was afraid her husband was going to
send her to an insane asylum.
Secretary Baker yesterday sent the
following cablegram to the Italian
minister of war: "The people of the
United States are watching with en-
thusiasm and admiration the splendid
exploits of the great army of Italy in
resisting and driving back the enemy
forces which recently undertook ma
ior offensive on the Italian front. |
take great pleasure in rendering my
own hearty congratulations and would
be most happy to have message OF
greeting and congratulations transmit
ted to Gen. Diaz and his brave