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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09
INCREASED DEMAND
FOR SEMI-TRALERS

The demand for semi-trailers is in
creasing daily-even exceeding the
expectations of the most optimistic
members of our organization as
serts August c. Fruehauf. president
Of the Fruehauf Trailer Company oil
Detroit, who recently returned from
a trip through the Southwest where
he closed contracts for trailers worth
$32. 900.
Mr.. Fruehauf, who established ms
business twenty years ago and today
has the largest semi-trailer manutac
turing plant in the world. declares
that thousands of trailers will be
sold in the oil fields during the next
few years.
Recently he was successful in re
ducing the cost of hauling cotton 90
per cent and later constructed a semi
trailer OF special design which Is
being used to transport coal from
minute to Pittsburgh.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09
STORES OWN COTTON
FOR TIRE MAKING

Cotton plays . large part IN TIE
manufacture Of tires, for the basis
Of q tire really Is cotton, and not rub
Der. as Is commonly supposed. The
carcass" Or foundation Of an auto
mobile tire IL built By the tire maker
on q core or circular mold, by super
imposing several layers Of cotton
fabric. cut on the bias. over this mold.
To inquire q cotton supply in prime
condition. the Goodyear Tire and Rnb-
Der Company has erected q storage
building at its cotton fabric mill, At
Goodyear. Conn. that will aecommo-
date ten thousand bales at one time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09
MOVES CATTLE BY rRJct

James r. Elliott. OF Pendleton' Ind
has equipped a Maxwell truck with
a cattle body and transports live
stock from his Pendleton farm to the
indianapolis stock yards. The dis
lance between the two points is forty
miles. He makes daily trips. During
the past seven months he has not ex-
pended So in repairs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09
BOSTON TAXI RATES
CUT DOWN BY USE
Of DODGE AUTOS

Boston has now Joined hands with
Chicago. New York, and Pittsburgh
In the matter OF cheaper taxi fares.
The mediums whereby this move has
been accomplished were a consolida-
ton Of the city's two larger taxi com
panies and a feet of fifty new taxi.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09
Maxwell HELPS BUILD r. r.

While building the Southern Mon
tana railway in the Wise river dis
trict last summer and fall the con-
struction company OF Clifton. Apple
gate, and Toole operated a Maxwell
truck. 1t was compelled to run over
the worst kind Of roads, often over
freshly graded railroad beds, but fire.
quently hauled 800 pounds OF ma
terial along these roads.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09

put into service. They are distin-
guished as finely built, upholstered.
and appointed. and BY their green
paint, with orange stripe.
In Chicago and several other cities
taxi service has made use Of Dodge
Brothers cars for the last several
years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09

turned into Uncle Sans commooIouS
pockets. Everybody has begun 10 IuI
up his sleeves and. according 10 IN.
pilot OF the Studebaker THRIFT car -
will be but short time before ~ az
fornia's Federal allotment Of $4,000
900 will be raised.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09
NEEDS PRIVATE PosroFFIcE.

The Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company, Akron, Ohio, receives as
much mail daily as many small towns
do in a week. More than 1000
pieces of mail are handled every day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09

Every tire we carry In
built with n guarantee,
but We do not charge
you any PREMIUMS for
n guarantee, and you
stick the difference In
your pocket. Save Sl.O0
to 5000 on n single
tire.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27
SUBMARINE IS DISABLED.
U-Boat Forced to Submerge !Afte:
Thrilling Battle.

After an hours battle with Ger
man submarine on the morning Of
March l, the American oil tanker
Paalsboro sent the enemy vessel be-
meath the waves damaged and in dts
tress." the Navy Department report
ed today.
1t was the tanker's second struggle
with submarine in six days.
In the first encounter a torpedo
missed the boat by twenty-five yards.
Four shots at the submarine sent her
diving away.
In the second battle a submarine.
about 5000 yards dead ahead opened
the attack, using tandem fire, then
salvos. Some of her fifty shots
rea.hed their mark, coming close to
the American gun crew in charge OF
Chief Gunner's Mate Reiter, of Memo
minee, Mich.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27
Fears For RomanOf Heir.

Moscow March 81 (Delased)-
Former Empress Alexandra has re-
quested permission from the Soviet
government to send the former heir
to the throne, Alexis Romanotf, to a
sanatorium in southern Russia, as ms
physicians, say that his sojourn IN 81
IBERIA is impairing his health. The
government commissioners are con-
sidering the application.
NJ. Debcnko, the former commission
er of marine, has been imprisoned in
the Kremlin, charged with failure to
obey orders and advance while com
manding troops sent to resist the
German entry into Narva. He viii
be tried by revolutionary tribunal.
Orders have beeu issued for the
arrest of eleven heads of bureaus in
the food ministry, charged with brio-
cry, speculation, the Illegal approprla-
ton OF money and incompetency. Sew
eral Of the accused men escaped be-
fore the order to arrest them could
be carried out.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27
HUNS FACE FOOD CRISIS.
Famine Prospect Explains Huge Mill
tary Gamble in West.

Washington, March 27.-Germanr
military masters are seeking to feed
their vassals on empty victories
again instead of food
This is the conclusion drawn her.
following the receipt of official in
formation by this government showing
the prospects of food crisis the mex;
month or two in Germany.
No one in authority seriously be-
lieves Germany will starve But many
saw in this official report support TO"
the War Department statement that
internal political considerations forced
the drive.
Germanys eastern granary is not
yet open and the prospect of unrest
was one compelling motive for the
west-front gamble, apparently. So the
Kaiser, sitting safely behind the sham
bles of the Somme, is cabling bacl;
that his armies are VIGOROUSLY cap
turing terrain the .boches themselves
devastated. He says nothing Of the
hundreds of thousands killed, wound,
ed or missing in the Victory"
The official report indicated meat
and bread rations may have to be cut
again. while transportation is hamper
ing milk shipments to the industrial
centerS.,
"If Germany has to rely on her
Dresent resources" said the report
"she will have to endure privatlons
even greater than she has h:thrto en-
dured.'
Meat shortage has forced Breslau
to eat dog meat. The municipal\abat-
toir reported that last year TIA dogs
/ .447 horses and sos goats were butch
cred there. Horse meat has been COM
mon. but dog is a war variation.
Prospects of fair yields of vege-
tables by June offer some hope to the
Teuton stomach.
Shortage of horses is hamperinc
spring planting. Farmers were re-
Gently warned that the spring drive
would take the horses and that they
must use oxen and cows instead.
Everywhere within the empire the
breakdown of the once marvellous rail-
road system is creating havoc. Ber-
Inns supply Of meat has been frequent
" interrupted by transportation diff
culties.
Bavaria is practically without
cheese. the government taking this
special action to prevent unrest
Brewing of beer has been restricted
a step which probably would be taken
only on the most pressing need.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27
SUNK BY OWN TORPEDO.
German Submarine Victim of Projec.
tile Aimed at Enemy.

London, March 27.-How German
submarine was destroyed by one of its
own torpedoes, which acted as a
boomerang, is vouched for in an Off
cial statement by Captain Frewen. 81
the British steamer Flixton. nc
captain declares that while on his way
from Havre to Welsh port, a Ger
man U-boat discharged torpedo
which, when a short distance from the
steamer, was DETECTED, and describing
a semicircle, struck the submarine and
sank it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27
WEEK OF THE CRUCIFIXIoN.

By tragic app opriateness. which
gives unprecedented solemnity to
the closing days of the Len
ten season. the Christian World
witnesses in the week OF
the Crucifxion the awful scenes of
the human conflict that is taking
Mace in France. As the Baltimore
Sun saws. it is no wonder that the
B,shop Of London exhorts his people
to fall upon their knees in supplica-
ton: no wonder that the religious
teachers of all creeds in this country
urge US to besiege Heaven with our
prayers. If we never prayed before,
we may. we'll pray now; if we have
been in the custom OF praying, we
should pray with an earnestness tins
week that we have never reached IN
all our lives heretofore.
1t is not fear but faith which sug-
gests these prayers. We believe III
a God of Battles. but we know lie Is
a righteous God and that He cannot
favor wrong. And we know that
Prussianism is denial of righteous
ness. is revolt against the Most
High. We pray knowing that in the
end there must come the triumph OF
good over evil; but we pray chiefly
that these days Of the worlds agony
and bloody sweat may be shortened,
that the horror and blackness of this
Good Friday may soon be succeeded
by an Easter peace and JOY that pass
understanding.
For the men who are dying for man
kind this week in France let us offer
up thanks and Supplicat.on. Let us
prav. above all, that if such a supreme
test should come TO Us, we may prove
ourselves as true and brave as they.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27
HOLDING THE BEAST AT BAY.

1t is gratifying to realize that the
German. juggernaut is losing power,
and that it has caused the deaths OF
MANY thousands from the country
from which it emerged. The wheels
are still turning, but revolving slowly,
and eventually it will be standing
still with the allied army far away
from its iron wheel.
The Teutons at the outset OF the
war determined to take Calais or Dun
kirk at any cost. The French flag
still waves over both. Verdun was
later their target, and after losing halt
a million men they were forced TO
abandon all hopes Of taking thai
stronghold It is believed Amiens was
the last objective, but that ancient
CITY in which Peter the Hermit ana
Pope Urban II preached the crusade
and where Joan Of Arc was burned al
tbe stake is still flying the flag OF
France.
DISPATCHES today show that the III
vaders are engaged in seesaw move
,nents which are accomplishing but
little in a section of country they nae
previously devastated. They occasion
allv advance and ere as often forced
back.
Barnum once said the people can
not be humbpgged forever. The Ger
man people have for a long time been
hoodwinked by their war lords, pus
sooner or later the scales will tan
from their eyes. When they shai'
have realized the awful cost to which
thew have been subjected by the AIMS
of prussian militarism. It has long
been purposed to erect statue Oh
Hindenburg in the Inter den Linden
at the close of the war. Should this
nurpose be carried out it will be the
etIipv of a heartless butcher upon
which the people of Berlin will gaze
reminding them of the fact that he has
placed crepe upon nearly all theF
doors.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27
MAKE COUNTER ATTACK.
Uaiy Issues a General Order Calling
Upon Allied Armies to Use Every
Exertion Against Huns.

London. Marcn 27.-"Further local
fighting north and northeast of Al
bert" was reported by Field Marshal
Haig this morning. "The situation
here is unchanged" he said.
SIN the neighborhood Of Braye as a
result of enemy attacks yesterday at
ternoon as:ride the Somme, we were
forcst! back short distance. South
of the Somme a heavy attack early
Tuesday night against our line was
repulSed after severe fighting.
AT one point in the neighborho"d
q the river the enemy forced his way
into our lines, but was thrown back
by strong counter-attack.
London. March 27.-MarShal Halg
reported the following general order
Saturday to all troops in France and
Flanders, is was announced here to-
day:
1--WE are again at 4 crisis in the
war. The enemy has collected on this
front every available division. aiming
at the destruction Of the British
army.
"We have already inflicted on the
enemy in the last two days very heav>'
losses and the French are sending
troops as quickly as possible to our
Support:
Il feel that everyone in the army,
fully realizing how much depends OF
the exertions and steadfastness of
each of US, will do his utmost to pre-
vent the enemy from attaining his
object
Petrograd, March 27.-Russian mil
itary officials and delegates to the re-
cent Brest-Litovsk conference declare
German officers openly discussed the
then forthcoming west;front offensive.
The Germans, they said. promised to
take Paris within two months and
make general peace by Christmas.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27

further into the enemy front, but it
is just as probable that the next blow
will be delivered on another front. The
heavy artillery battle around verdu.:'
the fighting in Lorraine, at the Cherl!n
des Danes and in the Champagne may
all be precursors of fresh blows.
"Our object is not to win ground OF
towns, but the destruction Of the enc
my forces and his means for the con-
tinuation of the war. From this point
of view, General Foch's army reserve
will form our final battle AIM"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27

turer's Record. Continuing the writ!
er says: The world has been engulfedI
by awful woe; Millions and millions
have died and other millions have
been manned for life; hundreds of
millions have suffered in the agony
seeing their loved ones forced by Ger
many into this awful war to save the
world from German domination and
damnation. Women and children
have been outraged, the chivalry of
the high seas has been supplanted by
the foulest campaign of hell-devised
murder Of innocent non-combatants
that even the devil himself, as ex-
pressed through Germany, could de-
wise; the very existence of all civil
cation has been threatened, and if
Germany We're to succeed, the whole
world would sink back into the dark
ages of atheism and barbarism. 4.
We are face to face with all these
terrific realities and all the fearful
possibilities the very thought of which
staggers mankind.
And all of. this has been brought
about wholly by this ''Made-in-Ger-
many" war, started by Germany for
the sole purpose Of forcing Germany's
domination and damnation over 9TH
er countries. 81.
These are the facts which our peo-
ple should fully understand, and then
they will slowly come into reali-
cation of Germany's crime, surprising
all the crimes combined of all nations
from the very beginning rof time
Then they will realize that this
"Niade-in-Germny" war is indeed a
"Made-in-HelP war and is a fight to
the death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27
Won't Sail With Delegates.

London, March 27.-No member OF
the Seamen's and Firemens Union
will sail on any ship conveying dele
gates to the proposed interallied labor
conference in the United States, it was
stated today, following the action OF
the union, which declared that "wc
will take no one who is opposed to
the doctrine that Germany must make
compensation to dependents of our
murdered merchant seamen."
The Seamen's Union last year re-
fused to permit Ramsay Macdonald.
member of parliament. to sail on a
mission to Russia for the independent
labor party until he had signed an
agreement demanded by the union on
the ground that he was a pacl1st'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27
Bought Fer Allies.

Fifty per cent OF the couhtrys ont
put Of -four is being purchased by the
Food Administration TO be transfer
red to the allies. it was made known
today. The remaining 80 per cent i
available for domestic use. The adj
ministration originally contro!lea ~
per cent of the supply. The admins
tration expects TO control the situa-
ton through. licensed mills and dis
tributors.
Retail dealers have been asked .
limit their sales to one-quarter CT q
barrel to town customers and twice
that amount to country customers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27
STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION.

The City Council last night agreed
TO allow an increase in the charges
for removal OF night soil. This was
rendered necessary by the increased
advance in the price of labor, which
it is difficult to obtain at present for
this work. During the past few
months great inconvenience has been
experienced by householders IN keep
ing their premises in sanitary con-
dition from the fact that the contrac-
tor for the removal Of night soil has
been unable to execute the constantly
increasing orders which have been
coming in. 1t is hoped that the adj
vance in pay for this species of work
will bring about more satisfactory
conditions.
In this connection it may be stated
that many persons residing on streets
or contiguous to alleys in which sew
ers have been constructed have no.
tapped the same, in accordance with
the law. This may or may not be the
fault Of ali property owners. The
plumbers have been kent busy re-
Gently while the cost of labor and ma
terials have greatly increased.
BY the time the hot waves strike
this section thousands of persons WI!
have been added to our population.
Of course, many will be forced to rent
houses which are without modern con-
venicnces. and the demands upon thos"
engaged in the work of keeping the
city II a sanitary condition will De
o"t. Scarcity of labor will doubtless
~ consequently. menac2s
. ill exist in every
ISL. III .J ''"S those
r.-- ,.-n.-r~ ~H e. IL sew
ars d. wc-.:a5s same
rs early as 20, u (" } Keep
the cit; as healthy as =
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27
AIM TO DESTROY ALLIES.
Rerliu Newspaper States Object o.
German Offensive.

Amsterdam, March 27.-The mill
tsrv correspondent of the Vosslsthe
Zeitunc (Berlin) commenting on the
German offensive says:
whether the enemy is given time
to consolidate his rear positions before
: fresh blow is struck at the same
spot. need not be discussed. Maybe
Won Hindenburg will drive the wedge
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27
NEW GAINS IN PALESTINE.
Entire Hostile Battery and Turkish
Camel Corps Part of the Recent
Captures.

London, March 27.-The British po-
sitions on the left bark of the Jor-
DON in Palestine, were extended Fri
day night. it is announced officially.
AS a result of brilliant attack 1t IS
officially announced, a London Infan-
try battalion captured an entire hos
tile battery.
The British have thrown additional
bridges across the Jordon. They have
advanced nine miles in the direction
of Essalt by the evening of March u
Information has been received OF a
successful action by Arab troops by
the King of the HedjaZ, near Jedahah.
on the Heiaz railway, IS miles north
westward of Medina, on March u.
Under cover of sandstone COM
pany of a Turkish camel corps was
surprised and destroyed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27
pRo.GERMANs ARE SHOT.
Two Teuton Sympathizers Killed by
Police in Oklahoma.

Two Teuton SympathiZers hllled by
Police in Oklahoma.
Tulsa, Okla, March 27.-Two men
were shot and killed by police officials
Sunday because of pro-German senti-
ments which it is alleged they ex-
pressed.
Stephe Ivenoff, Bulgarian coal min
er, was shot to death while resisting
officers sent TO arrest him for the al
legged statement that he regretted that
he was not in the German army new
to help them against the Americans
Josph Sring, waiter, was killed by
police Investigation for declaring, it
was said, that he was glad the Ger
mans were winning or the western
front.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27
EXl!C|i1EAENTQE A'7RAIN
Drunken Negro. About to Shoot =
White Man, Disarmed BY Soldier
and Later Fined $50.

and Later flned S0U.
Shortly before 'eIsbt O'clock last
night a telephone. message was re-
ceived at the station house announc-
ing that passenger train No. 81, south
bound, had murderous negro aboard,
who was armed and about to shoot
a white man. The train was being
held at the union passenger station
awaiting the appearance OF the police.
Officers Kerns and Bell, accompanied
by two soldiers, who carried guns and
bayonets, sooneappeared at the depot,
and upon boarding the train found the
cause Of all the trouble, a drunken
negro, who had been arrested by
soldier named f. r. Ulrich, a member
of company /, 112th infantry, station
cd at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.
1t was ascertained that shortly at
ter the train had passed over the
railway bridge into Virginia that the
negro, who was drunk, drew pistol
and approaching white man, whose
name could not be learned, exclaimed,
"I've been laying for you for six
n cnths." The negro drew pistol at
the same time and placed it at the
white mans breast. At this juncture
Ulrich grabbed the pistol, disarming
the would-be assassin. and forced him
INTO seat where he kept him until
the train reached the union depot.
The negro was conducted to the sta
ton house where he gave his name
as Charles Brown. He said he WAS
from Lynchburg. AS Ulrich was on
his way to Camp Hancock, he having
been away on leave of absence, he
was averse to being delayed in order
to appear as witness against
Brown. A special session Of the Po
lice Court was held few minutes la
ter. and Brown was fined $50 for car
rying pistol. Should he fail to pay
the assessment he will spend the next
rnety days in Jail.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27
MADE ~ GERMANY" WAR.

II Germany had waged lis war With
crs Sar5arism: if every soldier IN ITS
armies had been a decent man; I
there had been no outra@ing, no muir
der. ~ destruction of homes or o.
churches ard cathedrals, Germany
@na!d Ill deserve the utmost pun
5,;;s5r:ats; that could be inflicted by
ciriliza.icn aeon any country because
Df rs nno- var for its own ma
seriaS' .v,ncamcr.. This is the sug-
tesf;an a. ws,teT in the WanNfac-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27

Vancouver, B. c., March 27.-Re-
ports from Herschel Island, where his
party is spending the winter, an
nounce that Vilhjalmur Stetfansson,
the explorer, is planning another po-
lar expedition in 1920. Steffanssoa
has been in the artic since 1913.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27

London, March 81. = Another re-
cruiting drive is on.in England today.
Answering the appeal Of Winston
Spencer Churchill. minister OF MUM
tons, score of influential organlza-
tions have come to the front with
protfers of aid in filing the gaps that
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27

WANTED-Room and board in pri-
vate home for wife and four-year-
old child. Write or phone 3. L..
Crum, Commissary, Camp Hum
phrey, Va. 1885,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27

have been made! in the British units
during the present German offensive.
1t has been, decided to. speed up the
recruiting machinery, and the linen al
ready scheduled for calling up will be
summoned to the colors more quickly
than was intended.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-03-27
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