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New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
He Fell
Over Like
a Log

day to get into Berlin with the Kings
forces. You won't drink his health:
we'll, you can bathc his health With
'hat nc threw the wine into the
hllghter's face and smashed him in
the nose with his fist The fellow went
over like log, with the Irishman still
asoin' Tor him. If VIC hadn't pulled
him Oft, think he would have killed
that conscientious objcctor. The mill
tary police came in to sec what all the
70" was about. I had clicked three
days {. 3. (conincd to barracks) and
u'dnt want to get arrested, so in the
CONFUSION | made tracks for my billet.
The next time met the blokc was
when We buried old Smith ont Of +bo
Iotn Platoon in the cemetery Of La
bassee He was one of the grave
d'ggcrs. All during the burial service
nc stood looking at the Union Jack
with a queer look on his face. When
ola Smith was lowered into the ground
and the dirt was thrown on him tho
CONSCIENTIOUS objcctor-W Watkins was
ms name-camc over to me and said:
! hca- he (pointing to old Smiths
grave Is forty eight year old and has
,eft n,: wife and three nippcrs back in
nlighty; nc was too old for the draft,
tccrcd' "'' Nolu"-
81 answered: 'Of course he volun-
tteercd, and there he lies, dcadcr than
neil' but III wager quid his wife and
KIDS VIII be proud of him-and that,s
more than YOUR kids will be about Won,
rr, nc sneakcd off without answcrin~
anrcc .t days later nearly dropped dead e, d
"hch our lance corporal came into
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

as good as an
other, and as for
the bloomin' King,
what did he ever
do for you but
make you pay
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

Irish, but ! volun-
teercd to come out
here for him, and
hero | am, and
glad Of it, too,
and hopes some
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

"NcXt time you're
on a burial party
take a look at the
third cross from
the left in the
fourth row as you
enter the cemetery.
Won know that
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

Watkins was next
to me. Suddenly Il
star she'll went up
and we crouched
down in its light.
l was laying so
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

fellow out Of the Non Combatant
Corps named Watkins had musscd him
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

our billet with A
bloody nose and a
beautifully trim
med lamp. " hen I
asked him how he
got knocked about
he told nc that a
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17


the disposal
to this to
choosing emaera rSprcc9
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
HAIR CAUGHT IN FAN
Washington Girl Sent To Hospital
With Painful Wound.

Miss Louise Moore, of 1855 | street
northeast, Washington, lost mast OF
her hair, had her scalp nearly torn off
and suffered painful injuries w!en her
hair was caught in an electric fan yes
ta?day afternoon.
Miss Moore had washed her hair
1t her place of employment, 613 F
street, and was standing in fr1nt Of
AZ electric fan drying it. Her hair
was caught in the revolving blades.
Before she had time to think hec hair
vas being pulled out by the roots and
she was being slowly drawn towards
the fan.
She was saved from having her
lace badly injured by the presence Of
mind Of one of her companions who
wG.s working in another room. Hear
ing Miss Moorc's shrieks and frantic
calls for help she rushed into the
room and seeing the situation clutch
cd the fan and turned off the current.
Miss Moore was taken TO the Errer-
gency Hospital for treatment.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
RICHMOND THEATER

A real southern camp meeting, is
filmed in "Green Eyes," the new Para
mount picture starring Dorothy Dali
ton, which will be shown at the Rich
mond Theater tonight. Thomas II
Irce produced the picture and with his
usual determination to leave nothin"
undone that would render the film
more convincing, he engaged nearly
one thousand colored men and womcr
and took them to small town neal
Los Angeles, where, in shaded grove
a regular old-fashioned gathering OF
this character was put on. A gooc
clean comedy, according to physicians
IS worth an army Of physicians. II
that be true, then "His Smotheret
Love-" the newest Paramount Macl
Sennett comedy featuring Chester
Conl,lin. Harry GriDbon and Marie
Provost, is worth two armies of Es
culapians. 1t follows therefore, thai
if YOU want to laugh and grow fat
YOU should see "His Smothered Love
At the Richmond tonight, which is al
added attraction.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
Board oG Aldermen.

But one change was made IN the
Board of Aldermen. +. +. Marbury.
the present president, was reelected
g succeed himself. {. J. W. Summers
was chosen vice president, in place Of
". ". Ballenger.
There were no nominations for clerk
and Alderman BallenScr, who has been
clerk pro tenn since last Novemocr
will continue to act.
George w. Bontz was reelected
messenger.
The business presented caused nc
discussion.
Mcssrs. Anderson and Harrison were
named as the members of join
committee to. consider the advisability
Of placing Alexandria under a city
manager ,a
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04

In the Rappahannock River, near
Irvington, just off tho mouth Of Car
ter's Creek, a big new four-masted
schooner is lying bottom upwards. The
schooner was en- route from Boston to
Norfolk for coal. When off the Vir-
ginia Capes she became the victim of
a GermaH U-boat. A revenue cutter
later discovered the ship and towed
her to a point off Wachaprague, Ac-
comac County. The wrecking tug,
Rescue, of Norfolk, under contact,
towed the vessel across Chesapeake
Bay and into the Rappahannock river
where the work Of righting her apd
putting her in sailing order is in prog
ress. 1t is said when the vessel sank
after being torpedoed. the masts
stuck in the bottom of the ocean arc
dynamite had to be used to raise her
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
In Memoriam.

sad but loving re-
membrance of our dear daughter
VIRGINIA, who departed tins me
four years ago, September 2 l'li'
Whenever we speak your name
Om ewes with tears are "et'
Oh. Virginia, how We love 20"
And love cannot forget.
You suffered much, you murmnSe"
A. we watched you day by day,
i1;,t;l n at last with broken hearts
Ne saw you pass away.
z BY Her Father and Mother !,
Sleep on, DEAR Virginia, sleep, ie ,,.n.
Trough grandniothertis. left to weep;
Cod saw your; suffering was too great
And bade yod enter the pearly, gate.
NJ heart is aching with grief and pain
Rest in peace, dear Virginia, until we
meet again.
-, BY Grandmother. .
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
THE GERMAN RETREAT
Falling Back in Haste And in Con-
fusion in Some Places.

London, Sept. 4.-Stunned by the
cave-in of the Wotan switch line
With was the Gibraltar Of their
whole westeren defense, the Germans
are last night retreating in haste
and at some points in confusion
along the sixty-fve mile front from
:Ypres to. the Canal du Nord near Pc
rome, with oply here and there a
Prussian guard unit fighting y the
last ditch, preferring death to sur
render. !! j
They have. abandoned Lens, once
the gem of Frances "black belt" The
ruins of the coal city still, reek with
gas. The British ARE marking time
in the%westeren outskirts, ;;yaiting*t;ll
the shanlbles is heglthier ground: to
occupy
Queant, the. southern hinge Of the
switch line, IS IN. British hands,
In Flandeys, the British ana AE:eri'
cans are in Wulverghem, ct the foot
of Mcssines Ridge in Estaires, sever
end half miles southeast IF Armcn-
there's and in Richebourg-St. WAIST
two niles west of Neuve Chappe'le
where the bones, of thousands of Ca;
madam and Australian heroes-tht
flower Of: the "frst 100,0G0"--ars
awaiting vengeance.
Lue west of st. Quentin. the cen
trail bastion of the main German Ge
fense system to which. the Tcuton:
are now falling back, the French have
crossed the Somme at Epenancoart
four and half miles northeast o
Nesle. Further south, the French ar
across the Canal du Nora and hav
bitten themselves into the outskirt
of Genvry two miles north of Noyor
Between them, the French and Hrit
ish have taken fully 1900 prisoner
in two days, the British approximate
ly $4,000 and the French the Balance
The allied attacking line = now 10
miles long from the region OF 4pre
| to that of Soissons.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
STRANGE ILL RAIDS FAMILY
Three Children Dead, Others in Peri
From Unnamed Malady.

Wilkcs-Barre Pa, Sept. 4.-ThrcC
children of Thomas McHugh, Of o
Chestnut street, Wilkes=Bane- town
ship, have died within ten days, twc
arc at deaths door, and Il brother
Mrs. McHugh, who lives with tn
family, also is in a prccaricus condi
ton. III! victims Of Il disease for which
physicians in charge have not assigned
Il name. The children range betweei
5 and II years of age. while Edward
Conanan, the oldest of the patient.
S 81 Years old. Stare health authCr
.tics have. been asked to inrestigat
and DR.. Charles Nine" will TAX
charge of the cases.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
new SCHOOL TO OPEN
Xaverian Brothers, a Catholic Teach
ing Order, VIII Start Boys School
Here January. Will Be Located at
Washington And Queen Streets.

The Xaverian Brothers, Catholic
teaching order with headquarters in
Baltimore, will open school for
boys at the northeast corner of Wash
ington and Queen streets by January
l, formerly the Bryant property. The
curriculum of studies will include first
year commercial and grammar grades
from the eighth to the fourth inclu-
sive. The commercial department Is
to be further developed in time.
The order of the Xaverian Brothers
was founded in Bruges, Belgium, in
1889. The members of this order de-
vote themselves exclusively to teach
ing boys not only in grammar schools
bat in high schools and colleges as
well. They have numerous institu-
tions in America, Belgium and Eng
land and enjoy high reputation as
teachers.
This new school will be a valuable
addition to the educational institutions
in Alexandria.
Boys desiring to enter the school
should register from now on at the
rectory of st. Marys' Church, 80
Duke street, where they can obtain
all desired information concerning
school books, tuition, etc. Non Catho-
lies as we'll as Catholics are welcome
to enter the school.
The former will be excused from
the course in religion.
The curriculm for the commercial
will afford an opportunity
to learn writing, stenography, book
keeping and mechanical drawing to
boys who have successfully completed
the grammar grades.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY

The following new books have re-
Gently been placed in the circulation
bv the Alexandria Library:
The Golden Triangle-Ma9r'cc Le-
blanc.
The Light Above the Cross Roads
Mrs. V. Rickard.
The One And Elizabeth Free
mantle.
The Graftons-Archibald Marshall.
The Rough Road-Wm. }. Locke.
Minniglen-Agnes and Egerton
Castle.
The Time spirit-J. c. Smith.
The Wonder Woman-Mae Van n.
Long.
The Devils Cradle-Nlrs Alfred
Sidgwick.
The Blonde Beast-R. A. Bennett
A Daughter Of The Land-Gene >
Porter.
Some Honeymoon-C. +. Hail.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
VIRGINIA NEWS

Governor Westmoreland DAVIS took
his first flight in the air yesterday
when he accepted an invitation to go,
up in battle plant at the State Fair
Grounds, where a diversified military
and athletic program was staged by
the $50 West Virginians of the Rich
mond schools training detachment.
For. thirty minutes the Governor
scared with Lieutenant Bourware,
pilot, from Langley Field, .circling
over the city and the country round
about at an altitude of 5000 feet. His
appearance in the plane before the
crowd of 10000 people, in the grand
stand and around the drill field, crea-
ted a sensation and thunderous ap-
plause followed. ~.
The Government has completed the
purchase of about Id tracts Of land IN
Fairfax county, comprising 1,3OC
acres, at a cost of $4,000. These
tracts adjoin Camp Humphreys, n
Fairfax county, and will be used fol
rifle range in connection with the
training camps there. All or part Of
the land. owned by the following per.
sons was acquired: George Shepherd
Charles Shepherd Aubrey Shepherd
John Shepherd, RIO. Holt, Annie E
Cook, Samuel Shepherd, Napoleon B
~ ~ 5Denty, silas shep
: us,& hewitt, Ann R. Trice
v Ward and the estate 0
;Gr,,. i. chant.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
Country General Store

The l 200 Y. NJ. c. A. huts in France
where our soldiers buy many things
not furnished by the government are
like the oldtime country storc IN the
variety of Things carried, aside from
clothing and meats and groceries. Be
sides cigars, cigarettes, smoking and
chewing tobacco, the soldier may OBJ
tain at these huts soap, safety raZorS
and blades, shoe laces, candles, al
kinds of brushes, shoe polish, canned
Jams. iellies and fruits, chocolate
sweet crackers and many other artI'
cles.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
fORBiDS GARNISHEEING PAY
l!cAdoo Rules Legal Action Cannot Bi
Taken Against Railroad Men.

Garnisheeing of railroad employees
lay was forbidden yesterday by Di,
rector General McAdoo as means Of
eliminating much legal work hereto,
fore necessary.
At the same time it was made plain
t!:at employees who do not pay thcil
bills will he dismissed, and this, it is
believed, will prove sufficient protec,
Ion for merchants and other holding
Ei!ls against railroad men. Wages
until actually paid over to employees
gre held TO constitute government
funds against which legal action may
rot be taken.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04

Adopted by the Chamber or oom'
merce at a Meeting Held Septem'
Der 4, 1918.
Whereas, We have read the editorial
appearing in the Alexandra Gazette
of September 2, 1918, under the cap
tion "Cost of Cleaning Up" which ap-
nears to us as singularly misleading,
unjust, unwarranted and jmpolltlc, to
say the least, and },
Whereas, The Chamber OF Commerce
has knowledge Of the splendid work
accomplished by the United States
Public Health Service and the Vir-
ginia State Board of Health in arrest
ing the spread of promising epidemics
and the incubation and vaccination OF
hundreds to prevent a recurrence OF
the recent troubles, and
Whereas, The cost to the city for
this work bears but small ratio to the
total cost of the work planned for
the health of Alexandria and vicinity
to be betrayed by outside agencies
and the expenditures of which the
fine results to be attained amply jus
tifes, be it
Resolved, That the City Council is
hereby petitioned to continue its CO.
operation with and its loyalty to the
public health authorities in the splen-
did work they are engaged in doing
for this community, and further,
Resolved, That the attention of the
Corporation Court be directed to the
failure of the Police Court to compel
property owners to tap sewers, and
further
Resolved, That copy Of these reso-
lutions be published in the Alexan-
dria Gazette.
RI. Payne, President, Harry Ham
mond, Vice-President, Wallace Lind
sey, B. w. Morse, R. E. Knight, S. G.
Cropley, 0. H. Kirk, X. W. Ogden, L.
Ruben, c.. S. T. Burke, E. F. Ticer,
DR.. VIM. NJ. Smith, C. Pierce, G. E.
Warfeld, Jno. W. May, Geo. D. Hop
kins, R. S. Jones, Board of Directors.
Atteste: ]. T. Preston, Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
W AR CAMP SERVICE
Plans Mapped Out For Community
Play Week beginning Next Week.
Something Doing Every Evening
For Soldier Boys.

A meeting of The executive commit
tee OF the War Camp Community Ser
vice was held in the office of the Sec
retary last evening, at which many
matters of Importance were consider
eG, among them the arrangement of a
play week for the city, with something
happening each day or evening, COM
mencing next Sunday evening, when
the pulpits of all of our local churches
will be filled by ministers in uniofrm
now stationed at Camp Humphreys.
Monday evening is to devoted to Ship
Budding night, and new game Gage
Ball' will be played. Tuesday,. Com
,munity Sing in Christ Church yard,
in charge of j. E. Reynolds, camp
song leader, with a chorus Of 100 sold
iers. Wednesday, patriotic pageant,
folk dances, and flag drill. Thursday,
girls patriotic league, Corn Roast.
Friday afternoon, children's picnic
and car ride. Friday night, cabaret"
at War Camp Community Hall and
Saturday Soldiers Home Even
ing" when it will be expected that
possibly 500 residents of Alexandria
will invite one or more soldiers to
their homes for evening dinner ar
range to include them III the home cir
cles after dinner or other entertain
ment, and when entirely convenient
provide for their sleeping in the
homes Saturday night. The general
The general arrangements for :he
entire week are in the hands of A. 3.
Mics, who is the camp athletic direc-
tor at Camp Humphreys. A list Of
the committee to assist the War
Community Service under the various
features for the week will be publish
ed later, together with fuller details
Of events.
Mr.. Brockett, chairman of the work
on colored clubs, reported progress,
and anticipates both the Odd Fellows
and Elks' Clubs will be ready to turn
over to the colored soldiers early next
week.
Plans for adding to the sleeping ac-
commodatons for both white and col
ored troops were considered, as the
other available sleeping quarters were
taxed to their limit last Saturday
and Sunday nights.
Those present were: Carroll Pierce,
R. L Payne, Gardner l.. Boothe. T. E.
Dyson, L. Bendheim, c. c. Lamond,
A. d. Brockett, Chaplains HamMitt
and Fleck and A. B. Mes of Camp.
Humphreys, R. A. Hoyer and Homer
II. VapyWie. Mr.. Booths%acted as
chairman of the meeting, in the abb
sence of Judge BARLEY. .who,is out of
tie city. Mr. Hoyer as secretary for
unfinished business, after which helm
troduced Mr.. Van Wie,tas the newnseg7
retary,; to take charge of the new
business to come before the, meeting,
and the future work Of the Office.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
RED CROSS WORKERS
Urged to Bring all Finished Articles
to Workrooms as Soon as Possible
Many Articles 90 be Shipped
Next Week.

Red Cross knitters who have finish
ed work on hand are urged to bring
it to the workroom, corner of King
and Pitt streets, as soon as possible.
1t was expected that all wool given
out for summer knitting would be re-
turned by September l.
1t is desired to ship fifty sweaters,
fifty pair of socks and as many he'll
NETS as possible within the next week.
On August 6&one hundred pairs of
socks were shipped in response - a
telegram from headquarters asking
for all finished socks on hand. /:
tKnitters will please bring finished
sweaters, socks, helmets, etc, to the
above address at once, being sure afso
to rcsurn at the same time all left
over bits of wool no matter how small.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04

Monday night Thomas Gillian was
killed by Halawcll Levi in Petersburg.
Both parties are negroes. Levi had
reason to doubt the -faithfulness of his
wife, and Monday night at 1t:30
o'clock, found her and Gillian at the
house of a negrofwoman. He,callcd
Gillian to the street, and when he
came cut him in the throat and tl;en
stabbed him over the heart. Death
resulted quickly. Levi was arrested
and is now in Jail.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04

John Driver Gowl. aged !, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Gowl, of near
BURNERS Mill. died at the Rocking
ham Memorial Hospital Sunday even
ing from injuries received when he
was run over by an automobile ownc"
and driven by j. W. Frank. ~ th'
inouest the. coroner's jury declared the
car 10 have been ncgligcntIy and care
lcsslv driven.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04

THE committee 50 appointed is re-
GucSted TO report its findings in writ
in= to city council within thirty days
from the passage of this resolution.
"Thc sum Of 500 or as much there
of as may be necessary is hereby APP
propriated to he expended by said
committee ir obtaining copies. travel
ing expenses, etc
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
GRAND THEATER

Tomorrow night, as usual, will be
comedy night at the Grand Theater.
There will be eight reels of fun and a
laugh to every foot of film. The in
micable Tom Mix will figure in the
fun and patrons of the Grand know
that Tom Mix will make them. laugh
when no one else can. 4
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
KAISERIN HAS RELAPSE
Royal Family Cancels Engagements
as Worse Condition is Feared.

Copenhagen, Sept. d.-The German
Empress still is very i'll, says the Ber-
lin Vossische Zeitung. Although some
days ago her condition began to i'm
prove, new complications have super
vened and she still is confined to her
bed.
There is no immediate danger of q
fatal termination to the illness, the
newspaper declares, hut serious re-
Lapse is feared. All engagements of
the royal family have been cancelled
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
DISILLUSION. IN GERMANY
Empire Menaced by Trouble That Sur
passes Russian Overthrow.

Paris, Sept. "A dispatch from
Berne, Switzerland, to lie Matin
quotes a prominent Swiss citizen COM
ing from Germany as declaring that
in the last six weeks a formidable dis,
illusion has swept over Germany.
If the German military situation
does not improve, the informant said
trouble that may surpass the acts Of
the Bolsheviki in Russia menaces the
| German empire.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04

i. Fire caused by the ignit!on.of creo.
;scte by an exhaust from an cngini
yesterday damaged part of a pier III
der construction at the army supply
depot near Norfolk. The loss IS cstl-
mated ut more than $4,000 and COM
plction of the pier will be delayed Sev.
eral weeks. In fighting the flames
lircmen found it necessary to dyna-
mite concrete sections of the pier.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04

Next week will be known as "play
week" and the local committee on
play grounds will have different. in
structors here in the interest of the
work. 1t also is, announced that ric-
lures in TIE interest of this NOV ament
will be shown Friday morning at the
Richmond Tkeater and will be freeitc
all of the children of the city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-04
Anctro.HunCarian

Austro- Hungarian deLachmei'ts
we're driven back yesterday by the
Italian advanced posts at Stelvic and
Tonale, on the western end OF Ele
,Austro-Italian front, the Italian war
Office announces. '.i.