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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18
GERM.lNY's PEACE OFFENSIVE

There may be 10 connection and no
significant coincidence between the
long lull in the mammoth German as
sault in France that began on March
q and the renewal of peace inter-
nellations and explanations such az
occupied the attention Of the British
Horse of Commons or Thursday. But
as the Baltimore Sun says, we may
rest assured that one of the absolute
" fixed detectives in .'efmany's bat
tie offensive was the inauguration
later CT . peace offensive.
President Wilson's words in his
Baltimare address. that this quarrel
car only be settled by force without
stint or limit may be repeated. Mr..
Taft voiced the feeling and the de-
termination Of the people Of the Unit
el States when he said Thursday in
Philadelphia at the convention Of the
League co Enforce Peace that the
war rlpst go on until our foes are de-
feated." The absolute condition prcce-
dent to peace negotiations with Ger
,nany is her retirement first from
Franco. Belgium. Italy. Russia and
other countries in which she stands
rcd handed and murdcrous. No, prom
ise she can make can be considered.
Only actual performance in advance
will Justify us in taking up the ques-
ton % peace with her.
Ehat sge desires aoove all things is
Ii induce rs TO declare an armisuce
ac5 81 with her at a peace council.
Size knows that if we consent to that,
we shall have lost the game. If
peace cen. ercnce IS once begun and
9 truce declared. no power On earth
coi>,ct, Free the allied nations to the
fimhti7g line again. Such q conference
would be f*t;sl, If held while Germany
Is. ssh .;:aaieaten and still in posses
:;cn oG tn spells Of war.
- ca take or choice between
paa:3 22s.s ra-. But Let IS no. deceive
ou--selycs. Peace made now rraer
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18
AFTER THE WAR WHAT?

Charles NJ. Schwao, probably one
of the closest observers OF our day,
in a recent address said:
"We are at the threshold Of new
social era. This new order of things
may work great hardship fer many
of US. 1t is going to come upon US
sooner than we expect. 1t is the So
cial renaissance Of the whole world.
Some people call it Socialism, others
call it Bolshevikism. It means but
one thing, and that is that the man
who labors with his hands, who does
not possess property, is the one who
is going to dominate the affairs OF
the world; not merely Russia, Ger
MANY and the United States, but the
whole world. This great change is
poinc to be a social adjustment. /
repeat. it will be great hardship
to those who control property, but
perhaps in the end it will work in
cstimably to the good Of US all. There
fore it IS Cur duty not to oppose, but
TO instruct, to meet and to mlngle
with the view Of others. The al1s-
tocsacy Of wealth it is going to be
the aristecracy Of men who have done
something for their country and fer
the world at large. Such men will
be true aristocrats."
A.utocracy will, sooner o. l&ter, be
eliminated from the earth, nut what
is to follow? This is the quc,'y which
brought dismal words from the late
Roscoe Conkling and others when
riotous strikers were bent upon
wreckinc western railroads, bringing
disaster and distress to many. Mar
tin Trans, one of the leaders who
baskel in wealth at the time, sold
lemons for livelihood shortly be-
fore he died.
The aristocracy Of men is a term
calculated to send shivers over of the
wcll-disposed of this world. The red
republicans of France were inpelled
by this spirit.
AT the close Of this fearful war.
when millions OF men, now being fed
rs their respective nations, shall find
themselves without employment, the
suggestion Of their aristoclacy will
ohscess the great majority. and re-
alizing their power. they will not be
slew 10 assert 1t.
It may come in the shape Of So
cialism at first. but rcd republican,
ism (Jacobinism) is likely to follow,
as was the case il France when that
class endorsed the Girondists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18
Beer for the Marines.

New York, May 1s.-Beer for the
Marines. This is the rather startling
announcement made from the loca!
u. S. Marine recruiting staten. 1t
won't make much Of hit with pro-
hibitionists, but it's fact.
While men in other branches OF the
service will be compelled to stick to
water, the Marines will have beer on
hand all the time; in fact, two Beers
to be exact, Otto A., % years OLD, and
his brother, Warren NJ, "a. These two
lads with the wet name applied Tor
enlistment and were accepted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18
FOURTEEN U-BOATS SUNK
One Wiped Out When Six Destroyers
Rush 1t With Bombs.

New York, May 1S.-Twelve Ger
man submarines were sunk or cap
tured in British water by the Amer!-
can and British destroyers in April,
which was a record. This means that
twelve U-boats were officially report
ed and recognized as sunk and that
evidence was produced when each case
was recorded.
In addition to this number, at least
two other U-boats were destroyed dur
ing that period. One was sunk on
April s in the North Sea while MAX
ing an attack on convoy to Holland.
The periscope was sighted at II a. m.
and before she could let go a tor
pedo at the nearest steamship six de-
stroyers rushed over ard dropped
depth charges in every direction. The
explosion was so violent that the yes
sells heeled over nearly 40 degrees.
This successful attack was witnessed
by the writer of this account. Another
U-boat, making the total fourteen,
was sunk on Friday, April 26, during
the forenoon while attempting to at
tack a convoy of transports filled with
American troops on the way to France
With the improvement in the hydro
phones for listening for the approach
of the U-boats and new devices, such
as sound waves that are sent out by
the destroyer under water, which re-
cord the position of any object they
come in contact with, and the success
of the depth charges, the submarine
menace has been conquered.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18
SAARBRUECk RAIDED.
British Aeros Fight 300 Miles En-
Route: Fell ) Huns.

London, May ia British squad
ron of bombing planes crossed the
western fighting front cary Thursday
and headed straight for SaarbruecHen
(Saarbreuck) in Rhenish Prussia
more than 200 hundred miles from the
British air base in Belgium ana more
than 80 miles inside the Franco-Ger-
man border. Every mile Of the way
the British raiders fought a running
battle with German battle planes. As
the battle line was crossed ten Ger
man machines took up the pursuit.
BY the time Saarbruecken was
reached there were %.
The British planes not only got I'M
harmed to their destination, but calm
" carried out their work o. destruc-
ton, dropping 81 big bombs on the
railway station and factories. This
done, they turned against the German
machines and sent five of them
crashing earthward. They then re-
turned to their bs5e, minus only one
machine which was shot down over
saarbruecken. It was the moot eff
expedition carried ous by British fiiers
Saarbruecken. 1t was the most eff
in this war.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH

The Alexandria Gazette of Wednes-
day, May 20, 1918, contained the fol-
lowing, which was evidently written
by the late Samuel Snowden, then edi-
tor and proprietor of this paper:
Son Sunday, the 18th instant, the
new st. Paul's church in this place
was consecrated to the service Of Al
mighty God. agreeably to the form
prescribed by the Protestant Episco-
pal church. The Right Rev. Bishop
Moore, of this diocese, performed the
services of conservation and delivered
an eloquent and appropriate sermon
in the presence of numerous and
crowded assembly, after which he adj
ministered the right of confirmation
TO lightweight persons.
The services of the day were per-
formed with dignity suitable to the
occasion, and the whole scene tended
to arrest the mind and to inspire de-
votion.
con the following day one-third of
the pews were offered for sale and
brought the sum of eleven thousand
dollars
"The edifice is an oblong square, 60
feet by rs, principally Gothic in its
style. It's interior arrangements are
peculiarly pleasing and convenient.
The building, indeed, generally is an
honorable monument of the taste and
liberality of the congregation, and
constitutes no inconsiderable orna-
ment to the town itself. To those who
take an interest in the improvements
of the town it must be pleasing to per-
ceive this addition to the funds of our
public buildings; while to the friends
Of religion it is matter of gratula-
ton that the spirit of enterprise should
expend some of its efforts on houses
devoted TO the public worship of God"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18
PASSING INTO TREES

Onn Of, the most pathetic stories OF
"a ancients which mingled with their
Mythology is the story OF uranus
j nd Thisbe. It is supposed that Shaks-
pearc took his play of Romeo and
Juliet from it. They were lovers, but
their parents, living near Babylon, like
the Montagues and Capels, were dead
" enemies. They did all possible to
break off the tender attachment OF
Pvramus and Thisbe, but the affec'
tons of the young couple became more
entwined all the time. The couple on
one occasion made an engagement TO
meet under q mulberry tree at GER
tain place in the woods. Thisbe ar
rived first, and while anxiousiy
awaiting the appearance of Pyramus
a lioness suddenly sprang out OF a
thicket, and Thisbe ran for her life.
She dropped her veil in her flight,
but the lioness did not follow her, but
it trampled and tore the garment.
Pyramus later appeared, and finding
Thisbe's veil torn and trampled, con-
cluded she had been killed by wild
beast, and, becoming desperate, he
drove sword into his heart. Thisbe
subsequently ha dthe nerve to return
to the meeting place, and seeing her
lover weltering in his own blood
pulled the sword from his quivering
flesh and drove it into her heart. She
fell upon his body, both lying at the
foot of the mulberry tree, the fruit
of which had previously been white
Later the fruit Of the tree turned
purple, and when the ancients looked
upo ma mulberry tree they believed
it had absorbed the blood of the lovers
and turned the color of the berries.
The above story was brought tc
wind while we were recently strolline
in the Methodist Episcopal cemetery
as our eyes fell upon a small tomb
stone bearing these words: MY
Elizabeth has slept in Jesus since Feb
ruary %, 1S47." By the side Of this
tonn1 is another larger slab which
marks the resting place of her hus'
band, Rev. Joseph Merrikon, former
pastor of the church, who survived nj:
wife little over year, he having
passed away March 4, 1S4S. A tree
not a mulberry. however, but probably
a species of the catalpa, has grown
between the graces. BY this time al
the earthly remains of these goot
people have been absorbed by tha
tree.
In this connection it may be stated
that tree is now growing over the
tomb of the "Female Stranger" II
this city, and all that remains. of thai
mysterious parsonage will ere lons
have become absorbed by this growth
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18

Gus articles to sell, get any amount
for the same that they ask, often be-
ing told to keep the change" when
the amount profered exceeds what
is asked. Many of these boys and
girls, says the board, though coming
from the best families, use large
part oflthe money collected to buy
sodas and candy for themselves with
out any conjunction. This practice,
contend the directors, though carried
on partly in innocence, creates very
grave dangers to our children, to
which the attention Of the community
should be directed"
Little girls engaged in collecting
money for divers enterprises are often
encountered in the streets of Alexan-
dria. They sometimes carry small
blank books which they place in the
faces of strangers and ask them to
write their names in the same after
the solicitors receive money. The busy
pedestrian seldom examines the book
or takes trouble to ascertain toward
what he has contributed.
Such procedures upon the part OF
little girls is to be deplored, as Il
sooner or later causes them to lose
their modesty by approaching strang'
ers upon the street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18
EPISCOPAL COUNCIL.
CONTINUED From Page Oneo

our allies 4he Rev. Conrad H. Good
win was given a place on the floor to
speak to this resolution when was
referred to the committee on church
unity.
Mr.. Paul Shimmon, representative
of Mar Shimun Patriarch OF the Syr-
ian church, a native of Persia, spoke
with much effect on the awful condi-
lions of the Armenians and Syrians
resulting from the bloody and destruc-
tive war waged against them by the
Turks and Germans, the Huns OF the
present age. He thanked the diocese
of Virginia and the churches OF this
land for their generous aid and, while
much had been given, they still needed
more in their unparalleled distress.
The time now arrived for the sew
eral reports of the members OF the
committee appointed by Bishop Glib
son on the part of his address reterr-
ing to the war commission of our
church, of which Bishop Co-adJutor
Brown is chairman. Bishop Brown
then first introduced Mr.. Roosevelt
Page, who spoke Of the need OF keep
ing up and supporting our men IN
camp and at the front. Next Dr.
Ennion G.. Williams, who told OF the
great improvement in health condl-
tons, followed by the Rev. Dr. Bowie,
who described the work of the church
war commission and the great benefits
derived from it.
The council then adjourned to meet
at s o'clock for the diocesan MISSION
airy service.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18
SELLING TAGS

The Juvenile Protective Association
Of the District of Columbia seeks to
put ban on the promiscuous selling
of tags, flowers and other articles
designed for charitable purposes b.
unsGpervised children Of Washington.
At meeting of the board of directors
OF the association yesterday the prac.
tice was condemned as giving the
children too large chance to dispose
OF part of the money collected for their
own uses.
The board takes the view that these
Children, who are sent out with vari-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18
POISON IN STOMACH
Drug in Big Capsule Quickly Fatal,
Saws Mrs. Johnson's Chum.

Says Mrs. Johnson SHuHl.
Richmond Va, May 1S.-Following
the testimony Of Miss Mildred Tay-
lor. chum of Mrs. Alice Johnson, the
girl bride of Dr.. Lemuel Johnson,
Midilesex., n. c., dentist, now on
trial for the murder of his wife here
last December, Dr.. J. NJ. Whitfield,
city coroner, yesterday afternoon tes-
titled that he had made an analysis
Of the dead girls stomach and found
it to contain two-tenths Of a grain Of
poison. Coroner Whitfield gave it as
his knowledge that it generally re-
quired about nine-tenths of a grain
to kill an adult.
Throughout the day DR.. Johnson
manifested keen interest, frequently
wiping his brow as he listened in
tently to the testimony OF the two
witnesses examined during the day.
His attention was held closely when
the chum Of his dead wife related the
final hours; of her exhibiting several
capsules, among them an exceedingly
large one, which caused her to ex-
claim: GLOW can you swallow such
a large onc."
Miss Taylor said the dead bride
answered: ooh. This will knock Il
out of me-" Soon after Mrs. john
son went to the bathroom, ostensibly
to get glass of water, said the
witness. When she returned, she
threw herself upon the bed and ex-
claimed: "Oh, / am so sick" Rush
ing to her. side, Miss Taylor testified
the dying girl told her that she was
experiencing a smothering sensation.
Before anything could be said she
expired.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18
ITALIANS GET WARSHIP.
Naval Forces Invade Pcla Harbor
And Torpedo 20,OGG-Ton Austrian
BattIeship.

Rome, May 1S-An Austrian battle
ship was torpedoed by Italian naval
forces in Fola harbor early Tuesday
morning, it is officially announced.
The battleship was Of the Viribus
Unitus type 10000 ton vessels.)
The Italian force worked its way
into the Austrian naval base by dodg-
ing the patrol boats and searchlights
OF the defenders.
While the naval operation was pro-
crossing an Italian seaplane force en-
gagged Austrian battle planes above
Pola. Two of the Austrians we're
brought down and several others were
compelled to descend out of control.
The italian machines all returned
safely The official announcement
reads:
Italian naval units, avoiding patrol
boats and searchlights, succeeded in
entering Pola Haroor early on Tues
day and in torpedoing an Austrian bat
tie ship of the Yiribus Unitus type.
simultaneously Italian seaplane
squadrons attacked Austrian battle
planes over Pola, brought doyn two,
and forced several others down out of
control. The ITALIAN machines al re-
turned safely to their base.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18
Free Of Charge.

ANY adult suffering from cough,
cold or bronchitis, is invited to call at
the drug store of the Leadbcater Drug
CORPORATION and get absolutely free,
2 sample bottle Of Boschce's German
Syrup, a soothing and healing remedy
for all lung troubles, which has sue
cessful record OF fifty years. Gives
the patient 4 good nights rest free
from coughing. with free expectora-
ton in the morning.
A standard medicine for 80 years.
For sale in all civilized countries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18
Classified Advertising

FOR S.ALE-Horse and two wagons
also bed, springs and mattress. APP
ply at 20G King street. ll6-4t
FOR SALE-5-room house and one
quarter acre of land at Hume
Spring; house occupied by Mr.. Ell
mer Wertz; price, $1,000; on easy
terms; if interested look at it your
self. George II. Rucler {; Co., Alex
andria County, c. H., Clarendon,
Va. 1i7-6t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18

ting conditions would pc a Ger
peace. And that means I'M
akable calamity and woe in the
RS to come.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18

MARRY If LONELY-For results,
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-18

FOR SALE-1914 Hupmobile, West
inghouse lighting and starting sys-
TEN. VIII sell at $3.50; good tires
and good running condition. Apply
at 1916 King street. 1l4-Gt
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-09-28
OLD GLORY

If the Spanish influenza was death-deal-
ing German device-all the same the Trojan
horse-then the skunk is about to be stamp
ed out, his odor to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Comes now a rather romantic story about
Lillian L. II. Hall, who sought Republi-
can nomination in the late primary cleo
ton. She says her father was southern
slave owner, but emancipated his slaves
and moved North that his two sons might
enter the Union Army, but the romantic
part of the story she herself briefly relates
which is as follows:
1T was our family who owned Johanna
(Topsy) and grandmother used to let her
maid take care of Mrs Stoves babies
while she MRS. Stowe) wrote Uncle Toms
Cabin" The above sounds good, yea verify
it is good and we are pleased to meet you
and we trust to have an opportunity to
shake your hand
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-09-28
TOWN TOPICS

Friends of Carl Norris gave him fare
well entertainment last Monday evening.
He left for Camp Lewis last Wednesday
in company with half dozen Others
Charles H. Harvey and wife should get
the prize for having furnished Uncle Sam
with much-needed help. They have three
sons and two sons-in-law-one son is in
the army, a son-in-law in the navy, two
sons and one son-in-law in the government
service. Mr. Harvey was exhibiting a pic
ture of "my boys" to his friends all in
line and "believe me' it is some picture.
request has come to Mrs. w. D. Carter
for the number Of colored citizens that have
bought Liberty Bonds and thrift stamps
since they were first put upon the market
and she appealed to the editor hereof for
the desired information. There seems to be
no way of finding that out and so no fur
Their effort will be made. However, there
is one colored citizen that has bought $1,000
worth of bonds and is planning to take
$500 worth more in the next drive.
$50 prosperous ar the colored citizens
of Seattle at present. so comments DR..
David T. Caldwell, "that they have no inter-
est in anything which has for it's object
foundation for the future and unless this
is done the colored man after the war will
find himself at greater disadvantage than
lie was before the war;" The theory sounds
GOOD, but whether true or false prepared
ness won't hurt.
Mrs. Susie Revels Clayton will sit on the
Jury the coming month and we congratulate
ourselves on having no cases in court dur
ing her tenure Of "being the sole judge
of the case" to decide according to her feel
ings or we might go to prison for life or
lose our supply Of good looks.
There is a great controversy before the
public at present for equal pay for equal
work for women and we believe the con-
tention absolutely fair and just. Now the
colored women who seek employment find
that such firms and concerns who will give
them work are not inclined to give the col
cred women the same pay as they do the
white women. Our advice is find other
employers.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-09-28

SPARKS AND ARROWS
This is the "day'' of the American wo
man who cans.-Christian Herald
That ocean (the Pacifc) is going to be
the scene Of international complications and
racial problems unless the peoples in con-
troll are peoples with great ideals Other
wise it will be the scene Of an even greater
war than now rages.-Premier Hughes of
Australia.
Good has come from all the great wars
of the world; for they have all made the
little man more important in the end, and
the big man less powerful Washington
Times.
Attentive observers are becoming con-
WINGED that no serious effort will be made
to maintain Turkey in her old role of foot
ball in the international diplomatic game
San Francisco Chronicle.
July 4, 1918 will stand out in the worlds
history as marking the cementing of
brotherhood among many peoples as they
have joined to insure the worlds safety
and progress and freedom.-Literarv d.
gest
The consumption of alcohol in the manu-
facture of explosives is reported to have
increased enormously. Nothing like using
the deadly stuff where it will prove dead
hest.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Contrary to the impression conveyed by
the silence Of the orthodox press, there
never was time when the labor situation
was more tense.-The New Republic.
My conclusion is that Turkey must be
taken in tutelage by the western powers.
Sir William Ramsey.
These are the best days the world ever
saw; and in spite Of the fact that we have
world war on, and that fellow is bit
inclined to say, when he thinks of some
things, Its mad world, my masters,'
these are the best days the world ever saw.
-Congregationalist and Advance.
Where wealth accumulates and men de-
cay, there can be but one final result.
result-Scott Nearing
This country is the home Of that newborn
autocracy, the autocracy Of dollars. of
organized monopoly, special privilege, ma
tional exploitation, backed up and exalted
by servile press that eats from the pluto
Gratis hand.-Arthur Brisbane
A mob has no heart, no brains, and no
soul. A mob makes mistakes five out Of
SIX times and the sixth one is usually half
mistaki Extension Magazine (Roman
Catholic.)
BY the fall in the birth rate the war has
cost the belligerent countries of Europe
12,5OO,O0O potential ives-Leslie's Weekly
Certainly the movies, with their super
ficiality, with their appeal to excitement,
and their appeal Tin large share Of those
that are presented at presently to that
which is vilest in man and woman, are
utterly out of keeping with such serious
age as that in which we are living. The
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