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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-11
ROys MAKE A CANDY TEST.
Simple Experiment Consists in Eat
ing Samples for Analysis.

Waterbury, Conn, April 11.-Per-
sons thought &c be high schoo. boys
broke into the la uratory Of Crosby
High School Monday night, anc con-
Quoted series Of simnle experiments
Of their owl. to determine whether
hundreds Of samples Of. canc!, s@n'
there to be examined contained glass
In the labatcry is enough candy to
stock several small confectionery
stores
Samples were sent il By an An:ers-
can candy dealer n the city 1t ing Or
der OF the police, and l'refess": aar-
rison S. Allen was engaged to ahaiHze
the Candy. tofsse if it contained gas.
Some young pcfscns evidently thcusht
the professor had too great TASK, 50
they entered the place ana ate nlaeh
Of the candy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-11
GERMAN METHODS.
Preparing for War Seven Months BE-
fore Hostilities Began.

The French have in their possession
copies of an astounding series OF mill
tary and government orders showing
preparation for the present war from
January 2, 1914-seven months before
war actually was declared-doWn 70
the kaisers latest efforts to spIcaH
worldwide revolution and anarchy.
The first indication that the German
general staff knew war would Dc
forced in 1914, is given in an Odessa
dispatch on January 2 to the COM
manders of all army regions. 1t reads:
"Within three days you will tele-
graph the precise quantity and DIS
tribution of all military provisions
which you have intact and OF all pfi-
mary materials"
Her first step of financial prepara-
ton followed on February 10, whcH
the German minister OF finance, III
agreement with the Austro-Hunga2-
ian government, sent to all the groups
of German banks a circular "hich
read:
"The directors Of credit establish
ments are designated TO establish
agencies in the following places: Lu-
lea (southern Swedcn], haparanaa
and Varde, on the Finland frontier,
and at Bergen and Amsterdam. The
establishment of. these agencies IS m
dispensable for the exercise OF more
active survcilence of Of the material IN
forests of German stockholders in Rus
sian, French and English enterprises
and which may become necessary II
certain circumstances modifying the
organization of financial and indus
trial~market."
On March Is, 1914, the German I'M
pcrial staff began the census OF tho
material it might have at It's dlsposa
for the war then in view, with the az
of all inspectors of mines and fac
tories.
Then on June 8, came the most III
dicative order of ell. 1t reads as FOL
lows:
"Twenty-four hours after the re
CENT of this circular, telegraph order
to the proprictors Of all Industrial en-
terprises to open the sealed cnvelop
containing the drawings and plans 0
mobilization indicated in the circula
of the commission Of Count Walderse
and Count Caprivi of June q, 1851.
:: From the very moment it becam
: apparent that Germany could not WI
the war by sheer brute force ther
Il began second preparation" to vii
f. possible, by the other Germa
means of sabotage, revolution, terror
ism and corruption.
On January Is, 1915, the Gcrma
imperial staff sent the following orde
to its military agents in the Unite
States:
Il "Wc direct your attention to In
i possibility of recruiting destructlo
i agents from among the anarchist
II labor organizations.
y A circular issued by the press d
n rector of the German foreign oils
!. on February %, 1915, and which wa
Is sent to all the German Ambassador
! ministers and consuls, reads.
d aTherc have been established will
r--in the territory of the country Whel
/ YOU are-special bureaus for the O.
{ ganization of propa ganda IN the cou'
tries that are in the war coaLitlo
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-11
DISMISS ENEMY WORKMEN.
Fellow Employees Had Threatened
Germans at Shipyard.

Wilmington, Del, April 11.-Having
failed to appear in the Liberty Loan
parade of the Harlan workmcn last
Saturday, seven or eight Germans en-
ploved at the plant Of the Bethiehcm
Steel Corporation were dismissed by
the officials. This action was taken
when it became known that the othec
worknlcn were to compel the Germans
to. salute the American faE: i
The Germans appealed to United
States Marshal Fairy for new per-
mits to enable them to obtain en-
ployment in other plants. They were
sent to Philadelphia. t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-11
TWO filters KILLED.
Cadet Ankrum in Collision. Nose
Dive Fatal to Cadet Smith.

Cadet Ankrum In IOlDSl0n.. -Nosc
Dive Fatal to Cadet Smith.
San Antonio, Tex, April 1i.-Cadet
Elan A. Ankrum, "a years old, OF
Champaign, H.. was instantly killed
and Cadet George S. Douglas, of Ma
rvsvillc, Kans., was perhaps fatally
injured when airplanes in which they
were driving collided at Kelly field,
an American aviation camp, at a
height of $50 feet, at 9:3O o'clock yc-
terday morning.
Fort Worth, Tex, April 11.-Morrls
G. Smith, an American cadet Her,
was killed at Hicks field near here,
late yesterday when his airplanc
crashed while he was attempting q
spinning nose drive. Smit was %
years old and his home was in Massa-
chusetts.
Champaign, H., April 11.-Elam
Ankrum, Of Champaign, aviator killed
today at Kelly field, was married or
Thanksgiving day to Miss Helen Hills
at Cleveland, Ohio, and enlisted a fe"
days later.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-11
OFFERS ARMY TO CHINA.
Japan Also Submits New Series OF
Demands TO Picking.

1t is reported in semi-ofliciai circles
in Picking that Japan has proposed to
send 100000 troops to China TO CO.
operate with 100000 Chinese troops,
otiicered by the Japanese, to restore
order throughout China and protect
the borders. The alternative IS that
japan will dispatch troops to Shang-
tung and Fukicn provinces for the
protection OF japanese interests.
1t is said also that Japan has sub
nitted new series of demands to
China, including complete control OF
China's finances; that so per cent OF
ammunition purchases be made IN ia
pan; the operation Of iron mines and
backwards under japanese control, and
the recognition of special Japanese
interests in Mongolia, the same as IN
Manchuria.
The proposal is said to have been
submitted by Baron Sakatani. the new
financial adviser to China, and Baron
Hayashi, Japanese Minister to China,
at a conference with the president
and Premier Tuan Chi-jui. 1t is be-
lieved that part CT the plan is the re-
organization of China's currency on
the basis of Chino-Japancse finan-
cial system which is alleged to be
the object Of the presence in 'Pekins
Of Baron Sakatani ct the head Of d
group of leading japanese bankers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-11
Killed By Live Wire.

lIartinsburg, W. Va. April IL
Harry Lee Butts, aged p, an employe
CT Inc Potomac Light and Power Com
pans, was ,eiectTocuted Tuesday right
al the local plant when ne was pinned
20 the switchboard by alive wire of
high voltage. He was splicing wire
without gloves and accidentally came
in contact with the live wire.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-11
SAYS HUN SHALL NOT PASS.

Mchdoo Not Discouraged because
Lines OF Allies Have Been Bent
Back.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-11
SIX BRITISH VESSELS SUNK.
French Lose Only Two Merchantmen
During the Week.

London, April 1.-THE sinking of
British merchantmen by mines or SUBJ
marines last week reached the next
lowest level Of any week since Ger
many began her intensive submarine
campaign early in 1917. Four vessels
Of moro than 1000 tons, two of less
than 1900 tons and two fishing boats
were sent to the bottom.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-11

against Germany. The propaganda
will have for its object to propagate
social uphcavals, accompanied by
strikes, revolutionary explosions, sep
aration movements and civil war, as
well as an agitation in favor Of dis
armament and the cessation of the
present bloody war"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-11
MINERS HATE pRo-GERMANs
Single Enemy Could Snuff Out 500
workers, and Coal sDigggeEs. Know
It.

letter from the Baltimore Even
ING SIN from Collinsville, H., says
that mine disaster hasn't happened
vet. But every miners wife in the
rich Southern Illinois coal district has
lived through it. Not once-eVery
day!
The whole district is in state OF
terror. NERVES" you might call II.
| came down here to find out why
this section is the hotbed Of antl-Gcr-
man agitation in the United States.
Well, that's why.
That's why. the mobs have tarred
and feathered suspected .pro-Germans'
That's why mobs so about almost
nightly making suspects kiss the flag
and sign loyalty cards.
That's why suspects have been beat
en-why a woman was carried up ana
down the main street OF benton
astride rail.
And that's why Robert Praeger'
German spy suspect, was lynched last
week-the first lynching of the war
bringing a threat of martial law
nv Governor Lowden and a special DIS
cussion by President Wilson ana his
Cabinet Of the urgent need for the
new legislation for dealing with pro-
Germans.
Pro-German:sm, to these miners,
means death-slow, terrible death.
It means the only thing on earth they
fear: being trapped in one Of the tt'n-
nels leading cut from the bottom OF
the black shafts. The miners hate
that word trapped, and fear It. 80
do the miners wives and the miners
children.
Mrs. Rival told me that when !
knocked at her door she expected to
see the muddy mine boy with the news
of disaster.
I knocked twice and she told me al
terward:
ain the few moments between
those raps I lived through the whole
terrible thing we all are AFRAID o..
The women don't knock when they
run across to each others homes.
Nothing said about it-they just cont.
It was the same cverywhcrc---at
Edwardsvil!c, Benton, Stauntcn, Ma
rysville. all through the district.
every tine the warning whistle
blows Il strikes terror into our
hearts," said Mrs. Lily Fornero, a
Maryvillc miners wife.
When the men, with dinner buckets
On their arms, start for the yawnlng
mouth of the mine to go down the
black shaft in little cable ca, the
women watch them out of sight
wondering and hoping.
"We'rc willing to take our chances
on top" Will Dorvac, miner, put IL
"but down there underground you
haven't got a chance. Some German
plotter could kill as high as 600 men
1t time By just blowing in one shafe
and il would be simple to do it."
Such cases are dealt with by the
officials.
Dynamite has been found in the
homes of some suspects.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-11


Columbia, S. c.. April 11.-Confi-
dcnce that the allies lire on the Yves
tern front cannot be broken By the
Germans was expressed by Secretary
Or the Treasury William G. McAdoo
in speach here yesterday.
eve are not discouraged by wha:
is happening in Europe" ne said.
ave are discouraged because the
lines Of our/gallant allies have been
bent. We are net afraid that the
Germans can break through the wes-
tern front. We are not discourage
because Russia has collapsed and that
freed Prussian soldiers are row light
inc on the western front. Those
things are discouraging, but they are
not fatal to Americas cause.
81 have rot the faintcst doubt IN
nv heart that the day of reckoning
for the kaiser is going to come.
have rot the slightest fear ell MS
horde, with all their brutal ana des-
picable and unciv.lized methods OF
warfare upon dcfen3cless women anf
children. can break that western front
I have no doubt that those lines VII
hold, AM / thank God that Ameri
cas- valor is now asserting itself upor
that front"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-11
vETOES PREMIER.

Won Ludendorff Threatens, to QUIT II
Hertling or Czernin Again Talk OF
Peace.
Zurich, April 11-Chancc!lor flert-
lirg:s decision TO abandon his reich
stag speech is attributed here to. Gen.
Luderdorff'.s threat to resign j; Hert-
ling or Czernin again speaks Of peace.
II is understood the kaiser advised
abandonment Ct Hertling's intention.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-21
Federal Bureau VIII Use Data
Maxine Waue Adjustments.

Washington, Aug 21.-Country-wid'
investigation of the cost of living wa
started by the bureau of labor Stats
tics to obtain data for use in making
wage adjustments.
Six agents began the inquiry in Bal
timore. calling on representative FL
miller
Information will be assembled re
garding annual expenditures for food.
clothing, housing. fuel. furniture an"
miscellaneous expenses. This infoi
nation is expected to be useful no!
only to the government, but to the
housewife. enabling her to know what
she is getting for her money.
From data now in hand an increase
of 3 per cent over the prices on June
l. is shown on twenty-five eSSentla!
food articles a month later. The prices
of several articles decreased. The
fine cuts of fresh beef droppal l per
cent, navy beans per cent. and lard.
lamb and coffee less than five-tenthS
of l per cent.
\ comparison of retail food prices
for July l.. 1918, with prices a year
ago shows for all articles combined an
increase of Il per cent. Fresh beef
and chickens show the highest in
creaSes. advancing Sc per cent. In
creases averaging go per cent We're
shown for the five-year period from
July Is, 1913. to july Is. 1918.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-21
SPARE MEN BELOW 70
II MAn-POWER BILL
Fouse Committee Bans Calling
Them Till Others Go.

Washington, Aug 21.-The house
military affairs COMMITTEE" decided that
the bows of eighteen and nineteen
should he spared from IN" draft until
after all those in the older classes
have been called i0to service.
The committee adopted. by Il vote of
nine IL seven. an amendment in the
man-puwrr bill prohibiting the war
department from calling any of the
regiStrant> under twenty years Of
age until every available man above
that age has been taken.
The bill i'll the form. and with one
or two other minor amendments. Will
be reported To the hous" by the com
mittee Chairman DEM has arranged
with Speaker Clark Ia take up the
bill Thursday morning. and Mr.. Dent
expects Ia have 1t passed that day.
The senate also will begin consider
alton of the measure. but Mr.. Dent
believes he Will he able /" get il
through the house before the senate
acts upon il.
There is every indication of a bit
ter fight in the house over The com
mittee's amendment.
The Mckenzie amendment divides
the whole number Of regiStrants into
three classes. as follows:
Those between nineteen and TWEEN
ty. inclusive. in the 10 class; those
between nineteen and eight cen. in the
as class" and all above twenty in
the other class Neither the nineteen
class nor the eighteen class is to be
called before the class containing III"
men from twenty to forty-ffve.'
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-21
DRAFT CALLS $4,000 MEN
These Are in Addition to 10000 to
Beuin Moving Thursday.

Begin Moving Thursday.
Harrisburg, Pa, Aug 21.-PennSyl'
vania was called upon by the proves,
marshal general to furnish 1900 men
to be sent to Camps Dix, Sherman
Meade and Greenleaf in the first six
days of September
More than $4,000 men will be sent
to various camps in addition, between
Thursday and September. These men
are now being gotten together.
The new calls are for the entrain-
ment on September l of 40 negroes
qualified for general military service
for Camp Sherman and for entrain-
ment between September 3 and of
5000 men for Camp Greenleaf, Ga,
and 1900 for Camp Meade, all white
and qualified for general military
service 5000 men for Camp Dix and
500 for Camp Sherman, white and to
be taken from class one, group I,
qualified for special or limited serv-
ice. Special warnings are given that
special and general service men are
not to be entrained together.
Beginrtng ThrsdaC 20 negroes are
To be started for camp and In the
five-day period beginning August 20,
10000 white men are IL 20 To Camp
Lee. The end of the month HOO serv.
ice men are to ga to Camp Greene.
In addition 669 grammar school grad
yates are to go 10 three colleges and
there are calls out for court Stenog-
.apherS and craftsmen.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-21
U-BOAT RAMMED BY SHIP
Vessels Bow Damaged and Captain
Thinks Submarine Was Sunk.

Thinks Submarine Was Sunk.
Washington, Aug. 21.-The navy
department announced the captain OF
an American steamship reported his
vessel rammed and probably sank a
submarine about $50 o'clock on the
evening of August II, near Winter
Quarter shoal, off the north Virginia
coast.
The captain said the submarine was
struck on her port bow, bringing hel
alongside.
The submarine crew hailed in strong
German accents, saying they were
friends, the captain added. He replied
they were no friends of his. He kept
on his course, he said.
The steamship is in port with q
damaged bow and Il quantity of water
in her hold. The captain thinks he
sank the submarine.
In making the announcement the de
partment did not name the ship. Be
cause of the captains circumstantial
report and tangible evidence furnish
ed by the damaged bow, the report has
gained credence not accorded most &C
counts of submarine distinctions.
Information furnished by officers OF
vessels attacked by German subma
rines has strengthened the belief OF
several experienced officers that enc
my raiders have had communicates
with persons on shore
They may even have landed mem
bers of their crews in an effort to Sc.
cure reliable information.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-21
FRENCH DRIVE
into FOES Line
Smash Forward and Take Thou
sands Of Prisoners.
ATTACK is PROGRESSING
The Germans Are Resisting With
Greatest Vigcr. the Ground Being
Covered With Three Dead

Paris, Aug 21-Thr French smash
ed forward on fran az !"Gr kilo-
meters (two and y h'Il lt.l"S), be-
tween Noyon and Sois~olj~, taking
thousands of prisoners, III" war office
announced.
General Mangin's tr"nI> attacked
the German positions over u front of
about fifteen miles from Fontcnny on
the Aisne To PimprcZ ON The Disc.
The first German line of defense
was crossed over nearly the whole
front, though the resistance was most
vigorous at many places.
The attack was progressing favor
ably when this despatch was filed.
Prisoners were continuing To arrive
at the rear to add to the several 'hou-
sand captured before noon ano the
gain in territory n one O'Clock had
been one IL two TWO and Il half miles.
The enemy was resisting with the
greatest vi@nr al vital spots. Where
the fighting is thickeSt the ground Is
covered with German dead.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-21
British Advance Line.

London, Aug 2l-EaSt of Arras
along the Scarpe river the British in
sharp fighting have advanced their
line slightly to the east of the village
of Frampoux. while farther north. as
tride the Lys river the British have
reached L'Epinette, and north of Mer-
vile have captured the villages of
Vierhoek and La CourOnne, according
to Field Marshal Haig's communica-
ton from headquarters.
The morning statement reads:
"A successful minor operation was
carried out by Us between EieuX Ber-
cuin and Cuttersteen To the right of
our recent advance in that section.
Our line was brought forward 10 the
nenighbOrhOod of the V1euX Berquin
OuterSteen road. We took 1S2 prison
erS.
THE enemy four times attacked
posts established by us northeast of
Chilly. On each occasion he was re-
pulsed
I'VE successfully raided a German
post west of Bray.
"Our patrols made progress during
the night in the area between the
Lave and Lys rivers and now are
VAST of The Paradis- Merville road"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-21
Catarrh is Real Enemy
and REQUIRES Vigorous Treatment

Throw these makeshift remedies to
the winds, and get on the right treat.
ment. Go to your drug store to-day,
get bottle of S. S. S., and commence
a treatment that has been praised by
sufferers for nearly half a century.
S. S. S. gets right at the source of
Catarrh, and forces from the blood
the germs which cause the disease.
You can obtain special medical advice
regarding your own case without
charge by writing to Medical Direc-
tor, % Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-21
1875 CASUALTIES;
SS FROM PENNA.
.68 Killed in Action and SO
Wounded.

Washington, Aug 21.-The casualty
list issued by the war department con
tains 135 names The list is divided
as follows:
Killed in action. IS; died of disease
{: wounded severely. %; wounded
degree undetermined. / !; prisoner.
Total. l:l. The list follows:
Killed in Action.
Lieut.. Richard 5. Bullitl. Philadelphia
L;eutWilbur F. Small. Mannheim.
Raymond T. LinGle. Dubois.
Fred Stefl, Mount Pleasant.
Elmer -. Lockhart, BlairSville.
Elmer H. Stevenson, Philadelphia.
William Z. Taylor, Philadelphia.
John H. Welsh. Philadelphia.
George X. Bishoff. Pittsburgh.
Thomas +. Grinnan, Philadelphia.
Nilliam r. Madden, Jeanette.
Charles f. Murphy. Wind Ridge.
Howard Secrist. ConneIlsville.
Clifford F. Shat1er, New Salem.
Herbert Stuck. Ohiopyle.
Leonard L. WhitehiIl. Washington.
Ben A. Manning. Waynesburg.
Harry d. Chilcoat, Altoona.
Halle J. Closer, Waynesburg.
Paul Coulter, Girty.
Harry A. Empfield. Blairsville.
Frank p Hawk, Harrisburg.
James F. Hutchinson, Philadelphia. .
Fred c. Kaiser, Pittsburgh.
lanes F. Kealey. Philadelphia.
Ell O. Mclaughlin, GrayS Landing.
Francis h. Moore. Dunn'S Station.
Harry c. Moorhead. Indiana.
James OBrien. Greensburg.
William l.. Rhodes. Mattawana.
Harry NJ. Schaetfer. Etna.
John J. Scott, GleaShaW.
Warren Silver. Tyrone.
Robert F. Wilson. Oliver.
Earl NJ. Young. Jersey shore.
Dominica Romeo. Sharp>burg.
Delbert a. Shearer. Washington.
Joseph l.. Skelley, Derry.
Edward Sleith. New Eagle.
Flair W. Smith. Latrobe.
Lawrence l.. Staggers. HarveyS.
John Torco. Philadelphia.
JoJseph \. Van Luvanee. DreSlt- =.
Riley A Walker. Altoona.
Arson W. WillittS. Linden.
John NeSgoda. Mount pleasant.
Charles c. Norman. Tyrone.
Thomas L. Reid. Sharpsburg.
George J. Roesch. Oil City.
Alfred Rutter. NorriStown.
Clark Stewart. Philadelphia.
Norman ". ZahniScr WaynesburG.s
Wounded Severely.
Lieut.. Frederick Smith. Halifax.
Donald T. Davis. JohnStown.
James J. Skiles, Uniontown.
Viibert NJ. Stillwagon. COnnellSrille.
Clark W. Wineman. Indiana.
Harry F. Rruhaker Duncansville.
Tony Cavalcante, Edenborn.
John W. Colabine. Bellwood
Walter r. Cook. Harrisburg.
Jay c. Davis. Heilwood,
Alexander May. Latrobe.
Charles Amato. Philadelphia.
William l.. Brownfeld, Latrobe.
william Crow, Rimer
william Fl. Deamer. Phlladelphla
Chester G.. Flowers, Columbia.
9aymond F. Greeley. Philadelphia.