Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-16
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The handsome home of Jesse Pratt,
in Madison, North Carolina, was
burned to the ground few nights
ago while his body was waiting to
be buried on the foliwng day.
Mourners were attracted by the smell
of smoke at l o'clock in the morning,
and found the rear Of the house in
flames. So quickly did they spread
that the body was removed with diff
Guilty, and members of the household
asleep on the second floor had mar
row escapes. Everything in the house
was burned. Mrs. Pratt within a
week received word Of the serious i'll
ness of her son-in-law, was notified
that her son had been operated on IN
a Southern camp, then her husband
died, this being followed by the loss
IF the home.
Seven persons were killed yester-
day Afternoon when an automobile III
which they were riding was struck by
4 Pennsylvania Railroad train on a
siding near Middle River, Md. Joseph
Selling, aged 80, driver of the car;
Katie Hant, aged so; Charles and
Frederick Bollman, brothers, aged {
and 6, respectively; Dorothy and FL
sic Norris, sisters, aged 6 and 9, res
pectipely, and Evelyn Hanzlik, aged
s. all residents of Middle River.
Selling caleld on Miss liant and in
vited her, together with number of
children in the neighborhod, to take
a ride The party Of seven had just
started when, as they were crossing
the siding near the Hant farm, their
machine was struck by the engine.
Advices reaching Paris here via
Switzerland indicate that one of the
chief purposes of the central powers
conference at the German headquar-
tiers in the field is the discussion Of
ways and means to strengthen the
war: will of the Teutoric peoples and
their Eastern allies. Report has it
that the two Kaisers propose to issue
e proclamation to their peoples say
ing the war "must continue because
the allies will do it So" The plea
will be made that England refused
the Kaiser's peace offer and the Ger
mans will 'be called upon to follow
the example set by France, who,
bleeding on the verge of defeat for
four years, proudly fights on.
Germany will not refuse any rca-
sonable peace proposals, according t.
Admiral von -Hintze. German for
eign secretary SAYS a dispatch : from
Amsterdam. Discussing the recent
speech: Of Premier; Lloyd George,
the German foreign secretary was
further quoted as saying that chad
the allies serious peace intentions,
they could have approached Germany
through authorized persons"
Twenty-six of the suffrage demon
strants of the National Woman's
Party, was arrested at attempted
mass meetings in Lafayette PARK,
the White House, Washing
ton, were sentenced yesterday to j@I.
Seven others, who had been arrested
were released for lack of identified
ton. Of those sentenced, seventeen
are to serve fifteen days, eight tc
serve ten days, AMI one woman five
days. Alternatives of fines were Of
fered, but were rejected, the women
conterding that payment would be
confession of guilt.
The congregation Of the Eighth
street Temple, Washington, displayed
patriotic zeal in releasing their pas
'or, Rabbi Abram Simon, for duty in
France with the Red Cross as field
representative for home conmunica-
ton. Rabbi Simon has but recently
returned to. tie city from an extern
sive two-months' trip which included
visit to the army camps. Leave has
been granted to Rabbi Simon for a
period of six months to a year.
The Strassburg Post reports that
lie President of the District Of Wen
ion, in Liyonia, Herr Won songbusch,
:as been assassinated. Herr Won
scngbusch is Of German descent and
vas placed in charge Of affairs in
Vendor by the Germans. This makes
he fourth assassination of German
ri lar, IN R17Cc1a