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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
NEWS OF THE DAY

Bitter anti-Gcrman feeling is
spreading throughout Turkey. accord
ing to adviceS from COnstantinOple.
due to the failure Of the Germans tc
help the Turks regain Bagdad and Je-
rusalem. a gloomy picture of the
Turkish economic situation has just
been drawn by the Ottoman minister
# finance in the Turkish parliament.
lie is quoted as having said: "Thc
Use Of prices for necessities in Berlin
1as been 124 per cent: in Vienna, It's
2er cent. and in Constantinoplc, l,97O
)er cent. at is estimated that one
luarter Of the population has perish
81 during the war. Mothers are sur
'endcring their babies because the
government is unable to feed them"
Frederick Wagner, German borr
'afmcr, living twenty miles south Of
lot Springs. Ark. was asSaSslnatcd
rom ambush late Tuesday. The kill
ny is believed to have been the result
# alleged pro-Gcrman statements
nadr hv Wagner The man WAS shot
while working IN cotton field.
Detective Fred Butcher. Of Glove
and. Ohio. answered the phon" at i
'ocnl police station and heard a won
ms voice qucrulouSly ask: !. Say
what do you :.ft at the Probate touri
whcn you go there to get married?
+ suppose marriage license" the
ofl!ccr answered. "Oh. all right The
voice replied; II just didn't know. But
/ guess they got mixed this time, and
gave my husband Il liquor license. We
have been married four months anG
he hasn't been sober once since"
The avowrd intention Of milk pro
iuccrs in Maryland and Virginia t.
raise the wholesale price Of milk fore
fodcs IN increase in the price of milk
to the consumers in Washington
These producers plan to raise their
wholesale price from 80 - cents to
10 cents per "allon. Il IS predicted
bv local milk dealers that if this n
crease is permitted they will have to
sell retail at II or IS cents a quart.
With the assurance from Mexico
authorities that there would he no
repetition of the outbreak on the
bordcr at Nogales. AriZ.. which re-
suited in the death of three Amcri-
cans. the matter is considered a
closed incident by both State and
War Department officials.
Mrs. J. J. Mapp, -, was attacked
and killed by an infuriat2d HolSteln
bull near her home in Monroe county
Mich. The beast had been raised by
the family as "A pet.
/ Complete returns from $50 precincts
Of l.iO3 in Montana, received earl!
Yesterday. showed that in the state
wide primary TUESDAY Dr.. O. NJ
Landstrum poIlcd l5.2I9 votes in The
race for the nomination of the Repub
lican ticket for United States Sena
tor. Miss Jeanette Rankin, Coz
ercsswoman from Montana, seekin:
the same nomination received 12,12'
votes: Harry Parsons, OF Missou!a
4,1a7 and Edmund Nichols. 200.
Ii is estimated by experts in Lon
don that the German losses in kllle'
alone now reach a total OF more tha
100000, and probably approach ),
100000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
PROHIBITION JULY l, 1919
Senate Votes "Bone Dry" House Will
Do Likewise And President Sign

Senate Votes "Bone Dry" House Will
Do Likewise And President Sign
Wartime, bone-dry prohibition,
to begin July l, 1919, and continue
until the termination Of the demobill-
cation of the troops, was voted by
the Senate yesterday without a roll
call.
Manufacture Of distilled spirits
has already been stopped and the
prohibition of the making of wine, it
has been repeatedly shown. cannot
he classed as a food conservation
measure. The drive of the amend
ment is particularly directed. there
fore. at the manufacture and sale OF
beer, because there is still! large
stock Of whiskey on hand and it will
all be taken out of bond before the law
takes effect. Senator Thomas SAID
Yesterday that distilled spirits will be
available under this law just as they
are now available in the so-calied
"dry" territory of the country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
The HINDENBURG LINE.
War Experts Regard it rs Unmain-
tainable for Retreating Huns.
Americans Have Vital Part in
Pressing Foe Back.

This is the Judgment of the Mill
tary observers at the War Depart
ment. 1t is added that the certain
I failure of the Germans to hold tina
part of the line extending from :
point opposite Rheims 10 Laon vii
be due largely to the American troop:
operating out of F'ismes.
1t was pointed out yesterday thai
the British having crossed the Hin,
denburg line east of Croisellcs, The
thrust that will make the line abso-
lutely untenablc is the American
thrust which is now menacing that
Part of il east of Fismes. The part
that the French are paving to bring
about the complete abandonment OF
the line is the extension of their sa-
lient between Nes!e and Licourt.
1t is suggested that the German
soldiers have been told that there is
vast man power coming from the east.
1t is stated by the experts, however,
that German efforts to fill her levleS
from lithuanian, EsthonIan and Llv-
oman sources are known to have fall
ed.
The German divisions already in
action have been cut UP and prison
crs, it is specifically pointed out, have
Geen taken at all points from the
Switzerland border to the Channel
Ports, and none but Germans have
been among the prisoners. Yet it is
we'll known to the War Department
that the Germans tried recruiting in
the so-called conquered provinces.
1t is argued that it will be i'm
mensely more difficult now that Ger
many is losing to fall back for self
defense to points close to the Rhine
without giving the allies for the pres
ent an opportunity to shell the Rhine
towns. The latter development seems
to be absolutely certain. if the wings
of the German army are rolled back
on the center Ivy the successful
tkrusts now in sight by the British
on the north and the all American
army u: the south.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
JEWISH WELFARE SERVICE

Organized Last Night at Synagogue
Officers Chosen With Leopold Fu'
ben as President.
Mr.. Astor, who is in charge OF Jew
ish Welfare Board at Camp Humph-
reys, Va. last night organized a
branch of the Jewish Welfare Com
mounity Service at meeting held IN
the vestry rooms of the Jewish syna-
gogue. The purposes of this organl-
zation are not only to assist in looking
after members of that faith, out also
all others as we'll, it being operated
on the same lines as the Y. NJ. c. A,
and the knights of Columbus.
An organization was effected with
the election of these officers: Leopold
Ruben, president; A. Cohen, vice
president Samuel Bendheim, sccre-
tary and treasurer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
Turn Rabbit Pests Into Profits.

Fully 2O0,OO0.O0O wild rabbits are
killed in the United States every year
according to estimates made by the
Biological Survey Of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Many of the mare jack rabbits. the
majority. of which have not been uti-
lized in the past. If all the rabbits
killed we're CONSUMED. they would rep
resent. ! between 100000 and 100000
tons::6 6f valuable food, end il: proper
measures were ken t9 insure the
collection of...skins, these alone woqlt
have a a.vaIue of seO,OOO,0o9. The Bio
logical Survey has frequently been
called upon to help western farmers
in coping with the rabbit pest. In
view of the probable economic value
of rabbit meat and fur in the coming
few years, the energies Of the farm
ers and ranchmen will be directed to
the conservation OF this important re-
source. Already a number of cStah-
l;shments for collecting, dressing, can
ming, and shipping rabbit meat are in
operation in western centers. As in
Australia the transition of the wild
rabbit in this country from its status
as a nest to source of profit is aSsur-
ed, it is believed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
MAN-POWER ACT
Will be Passed by the Senate Practi-
cally as War Department Drafted

caily as war department DIalteu
the Measure.
The man-power bill, stripped by
the conferees of the Senate and House
Of every amendment objectionable to
the War Department, was finally
passd by the House yesterday with
out dissenting vote. Similar action
is looked for in the Senate today, so
that the signature of the President
will make the bill law by Saturday.
In the form in which the bill was
reported by the conferees to the
House all the amendments which
might have operated to handicap the
Provost Marshal General in calling
the men of Is to As into immediate
service were eliminated The anti
strike amendment, the amendment for
the drafting of resident aliens. the
Penrose amendment excusing the
registrants from claiming exemption,
and the France amendment for the
wearing Of badges of those exempted
for agricultural or industrial pursuits
were all taken out.
Amendments which stay in the bill
are those which permit officers to
obtain their uniforms from the gov
ernment at cost, the provision for
the technical education of soldiers,
and the provision that the wives of
soldiers and sailors shall not be dis
qualified from accepting government
positions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
, CENTS A POUND FOR SUGAR

But Then Japan And Java Have Too
Much. so Naturally Prices There
Are Down.
While housewives of America and
Europe are suffering from shortage
of sugar, those of the Far East have
= superabundance of the sweet. Tokyo
sugar dealers are wroth, for they fear
the product of the japanese Empire
is to be driven off the market, or
greatly lowered in value, by sugar
imported from Java.
Java is at the bottom of the trouble.
With smaller export demand than
usual, its centrifugal sugar has accu-
mulated into great stocks at Batavia
and Sourabava, and consequently
prices there are down. This week the
prices have dropped from 1925 to
s3.10 a picul (133 pounds.) so that
the present price at Batavia for cen
trifugal sugar is about 2 1-5 cents q
pound. With higher prices in Japan
is is to be expected that sugar Should
flow this way. 1t is being suggested
in Tokyo that available space or
ships plying from Yokohoma TO Sar
Francisco and Seattle should be de-
voted to sugar on the ground that i
is not economy to waste either shir
space or fruit available for canning
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
OVER 100000 CAPTURED
Allies Since August Is Also Have
Rounded up 1000 Guns--Hun Mo-
rale Shaken.

London, Aug. S0.-The total En-
tente Allied captures on the western
front since July Is now approach
10000 prisoners and 1000 guns. The
British captured more than 21,0Oo
prisoners between August q and Au-
gust 26, while the British total losses
in the same period, including all kill
ed, wounded and missing, were only
slightly in excess of that figure. A
considerable proportion of the Brit.
ish casualties are in the slightly
wounded class.
Z The total captures by the British
since August S exceeded $4,000 off
Gers and men and the captured gun:
number nearly 600.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
ST. MARY'S OPENING DELAYED

Repairs in progress at st. Mary'S
Academy will probably delay the re-
opening of that institution until Sep
tember Q. For many years past stud
les have started at st. Mary's on the
first Tuesday in September, when all
necessary repair work has been COM
plcted, but this year the Sisters OF
the HOLY Cross. who conduct this ex,
cellent educational institution, have
met with difficulties in that respect
brought about by the war.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
SDecial Officer Shot.

Fleet A. Reagan. special officer for
the Southern Railway, who was shot
Wednesday by Henry Bratcher, a ne
gro, is in critical condition in Dan
vile. Hope of capturing BratcheI
has practically gone. County officers
say that they have been handicapped
in the hunt by lack of men.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
Return to WOr

The striking motormcn
tors Of the electric divis
Norfolk Southern railroa
afternoon returned to w0
ing the resumption Of u
lines from Norfolk to Nir
and Cape Henry. Leader
that the men returned to
on the understanding that
wage commission will pas
claims on or before We
next week. The men dc
they be classcd as hran'
ploycs of the road.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
NORWAY GIVEN PROMISES
Little Country Had Made Demands
Upon Germany.

Washington. Aug. 3O.--Germany,
according to an official dispatch today
from France, has replied: to a note
from Norway protesting against the
torpedoing of Norwegian; vessels out
side the danger zone, with an offer to
grant compensation if it can be
proven that the vessels were sunk
without warning and outside the zone.
The Norwegian papers are, said !: to
demand that the lost vessels be re-
placed by German tonnage and in
IDENTITIES paid the. families of the lots
sailors.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
ENTFRTAINMENT TONIGHT
Soldier Boys From Camp Humphreys
VIII Put on Star Performers in

{
Cast.
At tic Enlisted Men, Club tonight
will bc staged a great vaudeville
show ard dance by the soldier boys 1t
Camp Humphreys. Va, for me benefit
of the Camp Athletic Fund The vau-
iov!lle will be furnished by the boys
ana all the acts that will he seen are
10 be given by professional actors
who have appeared in and around
New York City in the biggest play
houses. Music vii. be rendered by
the Fifth Regiment Orchestra which
is composed of the best musicians
available in the camp and the dance
music that they play will be a treat
TO lovers of the terpsicorian art.
Among the professional entertainers
70 appear are Private Dave Schorr,
who made esuch a big hit when he APP
pearcd in Alexandria recently in his
nut" act.
Others who will perform are, Geo.
k:cer Happy Jack Lambert, O'Con-
nor and Hipaldi. Dillon Trio, A. Pol
lax. Cohen AMI Williams, and Di Carl
N. Russian Opera Star.
The business men Of here were kind
enough to contribute advertisements.
and tickets for the show are now on
ssle at different stores. The prices
are reasonable and a treat is in store
'cr whose who attend. Dancing will
5crin at 10 o'clock s:iarp and eight
experienced dancing experts will be
on hand to demonstrate the latest
New York step,, so here is 4 good
tnance Cor the young ladies' Of Alex
andria to get acquainted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
ENTER TRAINING SCHOOL
Mrs. Westmoreland Davis And Mrs,
James +. Cannon Don Gingl,am

James +. Cannon Don GIngham
VirginiaS first lady. Mrs. West
morcland Davis. donncd bingham,
carry her own lunch and journey to
the United States BagLoading plant,
\. ;, at Seven Pines, yesterday morn
ing 10 enter the training school to be
made full hedgcd munitiOn worker.
As president of the Women's MunItIon
Reserve. Mrs. Davis feels that she
should lose no time in becoming an
expert in sewing raw silk bags and
filing them with smokclcss powder
20 help the boys in France crush Pl'uS-
sian miltarism. The Governors wife
was accompanied bv Mrs. James +.
Cannon, wife Of Stabe. Sc Can
non. who is Il member of II
taft Of the women's rcSc
Joined the third unit, the
which started their class f,
nesday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
VILLAGE TERRORIZED
Six Clear Spring Youths Chase Draft
Board Physician From Home

B0aE0 fHESiCIdl FIoH holHc-
Hagerstown. Nd. Aug. 30.-Six
Clear Spring youths Wednesday night
terrorized Clear Spring, which was
in an uproar for several hours. The
band was headed it is alleged, by a
draftee. who, it is reported, applied
for exemption. but was passed by DR..
Charles T. Mason, a member of Wash
ington County Exemption Board No.
=.
DR.. Mason. chased form his home,
ran, followed, by the rioters. into. the
store of John T. Snyder and Sons.
where he found refuge. He remained
at the Snyder residence all night
The large front windows of the office
of Justice Leonard P. Snyder were
smashed by the mob, which fired shot
after shot as they ran up and down
the streets, terrorizing the people
some of whom sought shelter in cell,
ars and other places of safety. War.
rants were issued today for the of.
tenders. Justice Snyder offered a re
ward of s65 for the Arrest and convic
ton of the rioters.
The attack upon Justice Snyder:
Office was made by persons who, it il
alleged, we're given stiff fines for mo
tor vehicle speeding. Justice Snyde
had ben threatened numerous time:
recently.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
Four Desperad0es.

Four. white men who ten days ago
broke Jail at ReidSviile, n. c., are
roaming through the woods between
DanviIle and the State line commit
ting deprcdations. Armed with pis-
tolls, which were sto;en from Marvin
Stevens store. near Gatewoods, they
have raided farm houses.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
.BAPAUNE IS Ct
British Troops Reach J
of Snmme River. DIi
fore Them

Lordon, Aug. ST.
captured yesterday by t
Field Marshal Ha!g.
South OF Peronne, B
yesterday reached the ea
the Somme river, betwee
Happ!incourt.
French troops are rep
captured Juvenigny, noI
sons. They are reported
Chavigny, just south of
the Germans.
Field Marshal Haig's
pCretd to have taken Gin
lemont, and to have reac
ern outskirts Of Manrep2
British patrols are said
bouefs and Morval. The
all south Of Baupaume.
Immediately south of
British have reached t
Beaulencourt road. ADJ
are moving on Beaulenct
The British also have
high ground northeast
court, and have nearly
TranSloy.
In addition to the ca
papme and Noyon, the 3
day were reported TO be
and Morval, according t
news this evening from
front. The town Of Pero
outhanked by the Brit
south.
German counter attac
southeast of Nis-cn-Art
Boiry, and in the vicinity
villages to the east of
been repuIsed, according
ial statement issued at
flee.
South Of the Somme, +
are keeping up their pres
the enemy and are adv
ward. Since August 2l,
have taken 10000 prison
guns.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
Pntomac Fish COmpaf

Potomac Fish ComPaf
On sale tomorrow and u
week jersey .croakers
Jersey trout, large and ma. :,
fsb catfish. large and small rock,
u.bito and yellow perch, Boston mack"
ercl steak pollock and clans.
{. II. Zimmerman, Phone I9o'
2045-2t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
Aviator KILLED

A young aviator, Lie
II. OFT. was killed in
camp back OF the lines, (
word received by his par'
Mrs, l.. OFT, Of Washing
OFT was twenty-four yea
was born in Lexington,
ents moved to Washin%i
was five years old.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
SICKNESS AND FAMINE
SWEEPING AUSTRIA

London. Aug. 3O.-Thc Vienna Ar
Better Zcitung puts startling figures
of illness and starvation in. all the
provinces of the dual empire except
the Czech, where the people refuse to
export any food supplies. according to
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch re-
ccived here.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
KAISER VISITING BULGARIA

Copenhagen, Aug. 30.-Kaiser Will
helm is at Bad Nauheln, visiting King
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, according to
official announcement in the German
press.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
5000 TO REGISTER

>
City-Forty Registrars to do Work
Here.
Five thousand mon from this city
and Alexandria county is the number
from lS to 45 years old expected to
register in the draft which will take
place early next month.
Preparations for the work are now
being made by the local draft board.
Ii is estimated that fully 5000 in
this city will register.
The estimated number in the city
of whites who will register is $500,
and 500 colored.
In Alexandria county, which is the
same unit of the city, it is estimated
that the total number of whites will
be 1,500 and that their will be 500
colored.
The local draft board will have four
registration places in the city and
eight in Alexandria county. The work
will be done in the city by forty reg
istrars and there will be thirty to look
after the work in Alexandria county
1t is expected that one of the places
for registration in the city will be
rooms of the local board which prob
ably will be used for those who live
in the first ward.
GET COAL NOW FOR
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
CARD OF THANKS.

Tho members of the family of the
late Mrs. Louise B. Lindner beg to
thank their friends and relatives for
their kind sympathy durln} 'rHs'
and at her death and fos
foral tributes, attesting Il
the deceased.
90f-lt BY THE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

The weekly prayer meeting will be
held at 7:30 o'clock this evening al
the Anne Lee Memorial Home.
Mrs. Charles Bendheim and son
Master Leroy and M rs.R. ?. White.
stone, have returned from visit tc
Culpeper, Va.
Master Marshall Hohenstein, of 1916
King street, has returned after ten
days trip to Colonial Beach.
Mrs. Louis Bendheim and Mrs. Sam
uel Bendheim left yesterday for visit
to New York
Mrs. William Nj. King and son, Don
aid, are at Linden, Va, for the re-
mainder of the summer.
Mr.. John H. Bartlett will leave TO-
night for Bridgeport, Conn.,, to visit
relatives.
Potomac Lodge Odd Fellows tonight
will confer the first degree of the or
der at their hall for Accotink Lodge.
The funeral of Vernon r. L. Smith,
infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Leo
Smith, will take place at A o'clock this
afternoon from the home Of his par
ents, 1926 Prince street.
Misses Edith and Mary V. Whitton
! are visiting their sister, Mrs. f. c.
Lyles, Bridgeport, Conn.
Mr.. ]. Angus King, who recently
recovered from an attack Of typhoid
fever, has gone to Linden, Va, to re-
cuperate.
Miss Lucy NJ. Robinson and niece,
Miss Pearl Carr, of 1121 Duke street,
are the guests of Miss Robinson's
uncle at Quantico, Va.
Rev. DR.. P. P. Phillips, rector of
st. Pauls' P. E. Church, and family,
have returned from their vacation
which they spent at Spring Lake, New
Jersey.
Judge and Mrs. Louis C. Barley re-
turned this afternoon from Clifton
Springs, n. Y.
Mr.. Oscar Carter, a former resi-
dent, now located in Charlottesville,
Va, paid a short visit to Alexandria
this afternoon.
Julian w. Duty, a survivor~of~ the,
u. S. S. Westover, is visiting his /
mother, Mrs. Owen Duty, ll3l King
street.
Rev. DR.. E. v. REGISTER, pastor of
the M. E. Church South, and family,
who have been spending the past
month at Virginia Beach, have re-
turned. ! ~"
DR.. REGISTER will conduct services
Sunday morning at the M. E. Church
South, and also the evening service
will be resumed.
Mrs. Myers, wife of Liuet. Oscar ].
Myers, Co. D., Third Anti-aircraft Ma
chine Gun Battalion, has been notified
of; her husbands safe arrival over
seas. tits also understood that Lieut..
Hunt Russell; son of Mr., and Mrs,
+. P. Russell, who are now visiting
relatives in New York, has arrived
safely on the other side. .:
Lieut.. Chaplin Eppes Evans, u. s.,
N, after fifteen months in the de-
stroyer service in the war zone, is
home on a short furlough, and he and
his mother, Mrs. George H. Evans,
are now the guests Of Lieut.. Evans
grandmother, Mrs. Edward, Jones
Evans, at her home in South St. As:
aph street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30

Hard Shell Crabs-Jacob Brill. foot
of King street. 2Oo-lt
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30

cARTER-At the residence of her
naents. OIL Princess Street, Alex
andria. Va, EDITH ROSA, young
est daughter of Douglass r. and
Elizabeth Carter, at 1910 p. M,
Wednesday, August IS, after brief
illness. Funeral at 3 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon from her parents
residence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30
DEATHS

cNITH-Thc funeral of Vernon r. L.
Smith, infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
.Joseph Leo Smith and grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Webster, will
take place at 4 P. NJ, Friday, Au-
gust 20, 1915, from the home of his
parents, 1926 Prince street. Inter
ment private.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30

Charlie Chaplin at the Richmond
tonight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-30

Charlie Chaplin at the Richmond