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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-02
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT PEACE Is,

The kaiser does not know the Ian
-uace Of peace says the Richmond
yirrinian. That much seems certain
,fter the most recent OF q series OF
proposals by the Berlin government
,rofcssedly on behalf of peace.
The probable fact IS that. having
oeen trained to regard might as right
and having trained his people through
his long reign to believe in the right
eousness Of conquest, he has no
rmpcr conception Of what peace IS.
Il would pc "peace" FOR the rnicr
Of Germany if all the people Of the
world outside the central allies would
iisalm and submit to The German
will. Then the kaiser's ]egicns could
rage up and down the earth, locting
and killing in an unbridlcd org! Of
t-.ne.
What the other people might SUI
Ter, how they might feel about The
whole proceeding, could not possibly
matter. They are not Germans,
therefore they arc beneath notice.
THIS mcgalomaniac state o. mind
naturally expresses Itself. perhaps
rnconsciously. in what the kaiser has
20 say about peace. He expects the
Russians, English and other barbur-
ians whom he is fighting 20 submit
TO his will with the alacrity Of the
German solder, Every time ne
starts t0 talk about pe&cc : he says
something which in times Of peace,
would make pretty fair cause for
war
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-02
NEWS OF TIE EAN

4 mother 3nd her two "h''d'rn. =.
vet unidentified, we're trappcf u
+l,eir rooms and burned 10 dea'h 81,
three others we're seriously ininre'
in an apartment house blaze il TO
iedo, Ohio. carly yesterday morn
ing.
Seven persons wcre killed aud =
blurred l'y tbc explosion Of = n'n'
Inst was washed ashore yesterday )
lctwcen Ramsgatc and Deal. The e!i-
Illusion occurred while All attempt
,-as being r0adc to man! it DOT "n
,uilG.
The wrecking OF passenger Jr:IIF.
near S;lnlilor, in G;icia. ii miles
southwest cf lsemhurg. oceasloninG
tho death OF INJURY OF many per-
son=, is reported in Fienna dispatch
The train caught fire while traYehhs
IL full speed. OWN. 10 the ire Tic
emergency brakes could not oe opcr-
ated.
4 snowstc,an,. said 10 he thc worst
experienced in halC u century. c2lTet-
opcd the middle west Yesterday and
i, continuing without Abatement
The STERN extends west TO tie Mis-
sissippi River. and to the ualo Val"
les, on the south. In some sections
tac SNOW has reached depl;i Of ove'
ti>J feet.
Afvs. Fell, Schmidt, 2&, and vii
lam aBl Agnes Nciucn, $ and ~. re
snectivcly. were burned to death carI%
Yesterday ut ToicGc, Ohio. '@ien .
Christmas trcc caught fire. The tir>
believed i watch party. Parents oi
tnc burned children. badly burned,
we're ca;r.icd from Inc roof OF the
lmrriug building By fircm"n,
An enlire block u buildings IN
The business acct;on o. Cotskill, !.
Y, Was destroyed BY fire yesterday;
morning ut u loss Of over $4,000,
Tie fire broke ont III the Nelid3
'jj'ilcater, and, famed by The 1H-5asa,
quickly spread until thc re=!cEfice,
Republican and Democratic l.eadauar
icrs, the Savings and Loan Associa
ton. several stores and living apart
l.i@nls were mass Of flames. O;er
4 ION Of mil was lost when The post
crficc burned. Dynamite used to
rauc the framework Of tic building
shattered window pancs and slao-T-
cases along Main street. The Unicn
ILLS Oh Water street. which! ars 81
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-02
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS OF COAL

2-e- administration +c Virginia - o-1s
issued to the retail dealers Of coal IN Ibis city and county no.
coal household Quantities o. S"e
only hand c9s
es This viii make he aEimun q1aa5 q tom s ~ az
larger dlreEies not = - made Qu
the actual ned5 the atten days a1
then oy when tie cnsuzaaEs supp! aAd les aan a= r22s
3ttsen d2E La!e VIII the EaaZnarn q@ny @e!-
= any ore tHae o. sufficient 4c @i:! 1- Sc
t!cty less Industries buying c2 1878 - o22o
s1aa! tbs Fusl administrator
MAKE order effective -sze ne &ea- q c"= e9o4
ability c-1y ascanng upEly cc--c mas q
hand j arranged as q zcav:t I. =- ~ t 22::a4-.s o
e. cnea2T (a!s ca - @a@5 1y !@5-
;4c q the family o7- Gstee. zsJ -e e -c. aaE e;
charge o. following nocaE-
public. VITO Azv6 o::eEed . 80 E@s rS o-
zS Net-c.2 cl.c!.G
Ceu.y, Lc7 sor. aoya! Burke 5s @d c-e-t;
Mss Cu=y CEsce, C;ccS DAVIS ~
oya: ss-aas; c:aSe cE, -so g stsae:; = 2v:-s, GU
). Fleming
IS E2:-=@z c. Moss =-eaad-- N2a-- 5@a
BY orce. oZ
Fuel Commission Alexandra city End County
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-02

BERLlN'S PEACE OFFENSIVE E,

Events Of the last Two weeks have
maids it clear that the lilies will have
10 deal with new form Of Germans
offensive between now and the time
for opening tic spring campaign. 4
contemporary suggests that it is the
German peace offensive.
Great responsibility rests upon
those who must meet this German e.
fort to save autocracy from defeaS
upon The battlefield. Already peoco
feelerS have heen sent out and others
no doubt viii follow as the result OF
these first efforts become clsar to the
German mind. The kaiser IS perfect
II willing to make peace on any terms
which he may set forth. Heretofore
hose terms haze lacked clsarness.
They have left much to negotiations
following The var and much more 10
;hs Imagination.
The 5so5 5 that # Germany were
i,,yinci5le, nc German agent any
where ~oulS aov IS talking shout
peace. Ike ceaa covers aye rot
VET 81 yse ssd IS their resources, out
hat end IS jn plain sight and draw
ing nearer inevitably day by day.
/, The German peace offensive viii
fail as its military and naval often
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-02

prisoners, her economic Strength and
morale VII both be in Some measure
strengthened and fhe war may 90 on
d year losger. Gle nase remember,
however; That doubtful thifss are
very uncertain. Lees veterans we're
tiopefa, and enthusiastic ia the fsli
Of 1854, but economic collapse
brought the war to a close barely six
months later"
James s.. Alexander, president Ma
tional Bank of Commerce, New York:
THE duration Of the. war cannot be
foreseen. The only conservative
course possible. therefore, is adjust
menr for at least another yea- Of
war. Such adjustment, if properly
made, will not be dangerous in case
he war should terminate in less than
that time. It is essential to safety
# the war continues.
Ex-senator Theodore E. Burton,
president Merchants National Bank,
New York: "I should not wish to
make o guess as to the duration Of
he war. but am sure business would
be in more favorable condition in
.asc Of an early peace.
James y. Wallace, president Cen
raj Trust Company, New York: THE
duration of the war cannot, III ny
,pinion. be predicted Oh either poll
zeal or economic grounds. This IS q
conflict of character. and national
haracter will decide when it ends.
Determination to win the war IS Oh
more Importance than conjecture as
its length"
George NJ. Reynolds, president Con-
| mental and Commercial Bank, CHI
| ago: at does not seem to me that
20 should expect peace before the
al of 1918 at the earliest"
Alba B. Johnson, president Ba'd-
| Yin Locomotive Works: 'sOn economic
| md political grounds, I look for pro
| oncel war, chiefly because OF she
,reaking down Of Russia and the con-
eoucnt encouragement of the 1eS'
nan nation, together with tue latt
| hat large quantities OF food. money
| md material assistance will become
AVAILABLE to the Germans.
D. +. Forgan, president Natioaa!
yity Bank. Chicago: 81 expect the
! 1ermans to hold out Tor about au-
,thcr year. but no longer. ] think ny
| hat time it will be evident to the1t
eaders that they cannot win and they
! viii seek to make terms.
william 4. Law, president Of nc
first National Bank, of Philadelphia:
sThe winter of 1888 VIII propa-
,lv witness the conclusion Of peace
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-02
ANOTHER YEAR OF VAR"

8 One question which has be4a! up-
par,nost il Inc minds OF the people
since the war began Is, when wii! it
end? aio.ly predictions have been
5b,ade during the past three years and q
Fairly COED start has been made along
The same line so far this year. The
latest aro as foiioNss
With: c. Redf:e!d, Secseta. Of
s-as Department. Of Commerce II
IS NJ present Impression sGat Tie
5ss- is likely 70 Re prolonged 5syosd
1919 Prior to TIE Rrss!aa dseec!e,
Il sss,ns5 10 ne probable the war
wcridt last through the tall OF 1918.
Il, howevac. Germany shall secure
Wheat. oil. cotton ana other supple
from Russia as vel, as the release o
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-02

gagged in making sweaters for the
government, also took fire from the
sparks, but the blaze vas consinea
to the ROOF, and work on the two
lower floors Of the building was con-
tinued in spite Of the fact that Inc
fire was still r!1r,ins. F:rarnen
working in Il degrees below zero
temperature suffered frozen hands,
Feet and faces.
After being picked up at Thirty
sixth street and Prospect avenue
northwest, Washington. where he had
fallen with cerebral hemorrhage anu
effects from the cold Saturday morn
ing while patrolling MS beat. Police
man Joseph T. Bcaurcgard, ii years
cid. died yesterday afternoon at the
Georgetown University Hospital.
The cold IS thought TO have brought
N the fatal attack. lie became IN
CONSCIOUS shortly after arriving al
he hospital and did not rec0ver
Property valued Al $4,000 IS Lett at
tie death OF sister. tc be managed
i,v the Southern Methodist Church 70
assist boys to acqgiEc an education at
Pulaski Boys School. under th2
terms Of the will Of Robert l.. John
SON nrobate1 in Pul&s Xxi. Tenn.
one nan was killed and niue others
were badly burned in an explosion at
The Underwood mine OF the PennsE!-
yania Ccal Company. near Scranton,
Pa.. Sanday. The explosion was
oauscd by miner Walking inao :
noeEet Of cas- with naked light.
e. E. Eisi,or, 81, chief Of INC S7n
Antonio. Texas. fire department
nd Robert Kopplin, acting lieutenant
{ tho department, we're instantly
;i,ea; Bishops chauffeur was pcr-
.a.,s fatally inj,mc5, ard nioc oEhef.'
including yhrac private $o'aicE@, s*ri-
,asly hurt Monday night ~hen Sa@
! ,n.nmohiic il which the jiso chief
ans .oiug to . fire collided with ~.
,ntomcbile fire truck The G9rc2 u
he collision hurled the cars across Z
,;er,all,. through crowd OF Nc"
ems eve mc,rvm1kc2s. md through
II. Windows u 1 department store
| ,evoral 81 Inc injured we're cn1 ?:
iyiuG glass
Fo6ert Johnston, driver q q CO..
ruc!, Belonging te HencEeEl 5,,a
,;e,Ic0brock, stopped his automobile
y lront Of house 20 10, $50 Laa.
07iF street, New York. to 4eltTar :
on Of fuel. Oue huadrcd an3 @lrSy
3am and women rushed uEcD me
rucls ard rayrio1 liz coal away II.
aclss and ccal buckets aIj eve" =
heir arms Johnston called police
7.sf.. but bcGo-o si:1- arrived III.
| .oa! hgd bega swept UP and c2-@=-
,1ay, Scarcely bucaetfnl remain
Ing,
What the beg:an.@g i the -seS'
Yea t;r1y as th= battle fronts : oa:-
| l.ned by Secretary Bakar II his week
l. review Of rilitar.' operat-o5's T.
sued las. night ~ th2 Var bsoart-
lncat. In the vast. nc Gays, Tie BIN
81, dominate 1ils Flanders plain T''..A
: great wedge into tao PRINCIPAL 6 ar'
man line Of defense al Ca2lcr2l
,,.i,iic The French. with 5heig own Ines
9nosokcn, told The key to ths laor
area through the captTrc Il Ghahln
&c: Dams.
The Railway Mail Association, With
!; membership, Of 1900 railway mai!
clerks, has beer @rGnt"d charter rs
t.e American Federation = Laoc:'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-02

EDWARD j. Ryan, OF Boston, the as
5ociation president, sanounces. Mr.
Ryan said this action was taken des-
2ite Postmaster Gereral Burleson's
known opposition" Postmaster
General Bur!eson's administration
-as criticized by Mr.. Ryan, who said
the association was preparing to
place besora President Wilson data
designed to show inefficient man
aeerent Ct the railway mai; ser
vice.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-02

siyes hare failed. But the task Of
frustrating the thoroughly plannei
dfnlornahc moves which We shall see
nade III the next few weeks will cali
for tie highest duality Of statesman
snip Of whica the allied WORLD is cap
6bIe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-02
BOMBS WRECK ART.
Italian City Victim Of Three Success
sire Raids by Aitnen.

Italian City Victim OF ihree success
size Raids by Aitinen.
Padua. Jan. 1.-The third success
5ive night air raid here scattered
havoc.
TIE front q tho Sixteentls Century
Cathedral was demolished. The Bas.
ilica of st. Anthony, where the body
Of ST. Arthouy Of Padua IS buried,
lost It's bronz doors and the scpuIciler
s.. Anthony was narrowly missed
by ? bomb
Donata,lo's famous cqucstrian Sta
tue Of General Guttanelata, before
Inc Santo. had been removed, but tic
base. also the work Ga HoFat2llo
was damaged severely.
The paintings and frtscces ii Ga
Santo by Titan and other master:
were torn and scratched. Tic roso
windows and the Renaissance stain
al glass warc shivered The building
opposite the sarto was destroyed
4 pilgrimage &c the 9cp;i]cher u
st. Anthony vas in progress, 7Tha7
the bombs struck the Santc The ca
.nct,a} was struck acoyc The gablf
facade, The entire gable and the np'
per part Of The facade falling in tat
stree,
tbs raiders came at three ditrerea
tines. Twenty inccndiary bombs wort
dropnoj.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-02
LETTERS TO TIE EDITOR

Under the above hendi1g the Gazette
VIII pc pleased TO give reasonable
spaco to any person who desires 70
mako comment upon matters Of gen
eral interest TO the public. writer's
viii OF course be Responsible for theii
utterances. An q guarantee OF gooo
Oath, the name and address OF ths
writer Of any article submitted -ol
qualification Will DO required IN each
instance. Editor Gazette.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-02
PEACE MHISPERINGS.


present fearful war are again talk
ing of peace, while the people OF tins
warning nations ire earnestly pray.
ing that the. present indications may
not prove illusions, but that the tim.
is near when those who brought o..
the conflict will be found clothed ano
IN their right minds. Although pesce
talk has been prominent il the pa.
pers during tie past week, we nave
refrained from commenting upor
what we have read. but printed III,
substance Of the same and allowed
our readers to draw their own con
eIusions.
Is the year, lgiS 10 see 4 cessation
; of The world war. OF its prolongatloL
into the fifth scar, as so many eEper
observers profess 10 believe. AS che
Richmond Journal says. the question
is on everybody's lips. and the ans.
sTer is, necessarily. gucsswork. TIA
the warning nations are ready te con
slider peace terms. even when cz-
claiming loudcst against them. IS ap
3lparent. The latest rsnnor bearing on
the subject is 10 the effect that Pre-.
nier Lloyd George will 70 10 France
i before ti,c new year is lar advanced
! to confer with Premier Clemcnccau
presumably; on this aH-ahsorbing
Topic. The officials IN Washington de-
cline to discuss the subject.
1t has been stated that the
chief obstacle 70 general peace is AZ
sace-Lorraine. 1t the Germans wou.c
give way on that issue IN arrost;ce
might quickly DC arranged, since Bel
GUMS restoration and rehabilitation
are practically conceded. That feat,
lre, Of course. is fundamental in any
peace negotiations. Germany mus;
realize that unless she IS willing 10
yield the French provinces she stole
at the point Of the sword iii 1901:
she can never dc business WITH
France.
1t has been animated that the
German government Is willing 20
tsarbitrate" the .Alsacc-Lorraine ques-
tion. A. wise compromis" would De %
leave the decision az to the ruling
government q the people Of the at
fected provinces. There Is little douoV
as to the result.
q With Belgium and Ais&ce-Lor-
raine out OF the way, the captured
colonies question. Balkans settle
ment. problem Of Poland. Of Pales-
tine and Of Armenia could be solved
without great, friction ~ the aroi-
tration court. 0f course. there will
have to be a curtailment Of militat-
istic power.
S One Of the significant speeches
h mace IL jfCStiilS VI thS N'S'H''''A
and Austrian prisoners OF war IN
Petrograd Saturday. for the purpose
of organizing an interHationahst
sprora sanda among prisoners in Rua-
STA. v;ss by the Hungarian officer,
Rudiiiausliy. whc was elected preNi-
dent. she said: Thanks to the Russlan
revolution. can speak my innermost
thoughts freely. Our first thought
now is general peace and freedom for
ell nations. Let Russian freedom teach
us tc obtain Ike freedom at home. :
A Czech. in denourcing Count
Czerniu's program. exclaimed against
! separate peace, saying: there was
gendarme of Europe, the Russian
car. but he was overpowered. There
remains another gcndarmc. the dv-
nasty Of tie uapsburgs and the
{ Hohenzollcrns. when. TOO, must De
overthroua,-'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-01-02

Tra 222a running special sales On
shoes, coats, SUITS and dresses L.
tladirQ!na.y valu4z 21Eerad Il iow
prices Other sales also H. progress.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29

when we grew old and one of us was
called. the other would follow soon.
But she was called in her youth.
THAT was two years ago, but the
hurt of it grows no less. She was
the only girl ever had, the only one
ever want. 1 try to do the best I
can for the babies, but l feel that 1
fall far short of what she would
wish for them. Perhaps 1t would be
better that 1 should go back to the
road. or to sea, or to the war. Per-
haps, better still, that 1 should follow
her? Might it not be that her smile
at our parting meant that very thing
that 1 should keep the promise we
had made to each other and come to
her?
IF only I knew what that smile
m cant, and what she would have me
do? If only l knew that she were
alive and could reach her? Won't
you as a woman try to tell me; it
was a woman-my little pal-who
gave me the best advice 1 ever had.
And don't think my request strange.
l am a man in size, over six feet, and
guess I'm still a boy in mind, and
your answer would mean a lot TO
me. W."
have been unwilling to omit any
of this letter or condense 1t to fit my
space, and therefore defer my answer
until another issue.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29

Pals That is what I used to call
her, for she was certainly the best
PAL man ever had. With her be-
lieving me everything a man could
be, l could not help trying to live up
to it. When work was through at
night 1 could not get home fast
enough. and there would be my Little
Pal hiding behind the door to jump
out to throw her arms about my neck.
1 would pick her up and carry her
into the house, and there would be as
fine a supper as man ever sat down
to. On the road I had dreamed of a
home some day, while sleeping in
shacks or in a haystack or on the
ground with only the stars for a
blanket guess no one dreams more
than a young tramp-but the real
home when it came, had it all over
the dream one.
Yes; we were happy-too happy.
When the second baby came, she did
not recover her strength. The doc
tors pronounced it T. b., and l took
her up into the mountains where the
weather was thirty below zero,
stayed there with her and nursed her,
but in less than five weeks she was
taken away. To me she did not die.
l have seen men die, but she just
went to sleep. She looked up at me
smiled, whispered that she loved me,
and went to sleep.
But with her gone, everything is
different. I am like one among
those present. When my pals eyes
closed. the silk left me, and, as we
say on the road, when the silk is
gone alrs gone. 1 don't honestly care
to play the game any longer If 1t
hadn't been for the two little kiddies
l wouldn't have stayed behind a day
after my pal left. We had always
said in planning the future, that
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29

made a we'll woman of me. can
now do all my housework and ad-
wise all ailing women to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and I will guarantee they will de-
rive great benefit from it.".-Mrs.
Frank Fitzgerald, 25 N. 41st ST.,
West Philadelphia, Pa.
There are thousands of women
everywhere in Mrs. Fitzgerald's
condition, suffering from nervous
ness, backache, headaches. and
other symptoms of a functional de-
rangement. 1t was a grateful spirit
for heath restored which led her
to write this letter so that other
women may benefit from her ex-
perience and find health as she
has done
For suggestions in regard to your
condition, write Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The re,.
suit of their forty years experience
is at your service. 2
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
"Oh My But | Was
Miserable" She Cries
Was So Weak and Pain Wracked
She Could Not Walk
Upstairs

II can't think of enough good
things to say in praise of Tanlac,"
says Mrs. Leah Stoudt, of 315 Cher
ry street Reading Pa, FOR it has
certainly proved a blessing to me.
"Oh, my, but was miserable! !
was all run down and in constant
agony with rheumatism.
"A friend of mine. Sallie Riegel,
urged me to try Tanlac and I am so
very glad I took her advice, for
began to get better right away.
could feel my strength coming back
and the pain all stopped after
began rubbing the sore joints with
Kimosan Oil.
Now feel so good I can hardly
realize that I am the same person
that used to have to go upstairs on
her hands and knees.
"The wonderful TanIac medicines
have done 1t all and I am glad to
recommend them to all who are af-
flicted with rheumatism, for I know
relief will follow their use"
Tanlac is now being introduced
here at Gorgas' Drug Store.