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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-12
WEDDING BELLS RINGING
FOR White HOUSE BRIDE
This Time It Is Assistant Cook, and
She Keeps Her Plans
Secret.

White House wedding bells have been
ringing again, but there is great mystery
about the ceremony. the cake, the flow
ers, the brides dress, the bridal tour and
the twenty-odd things that hold fen-
ninity breathless on such occasions.
Alice Howard. colored, widow, fifteen
years an assistant cook in the White
House kitchen, whose well prepared
dishes did more to put weight on Will
liam II. Taft than anybody else's, and
whose remaining at the White House has
been responsible for the cx-President's
having thirty-five pairs of trousers cut
down at the waist line. is on bridal
tour somewhere with William Clements,
colored, first-class stonemason.
Presumably they were married We'd
nesday or Thursday of last week.
THE marriage license was in The Star
last Wednesday, afternoon That's all
we know said one of the colored laun-
dry girls today. She certainly did put
it all over US. We didn't get an invita-
ton, and we don't know whether she
went to Alexandria or Anacostia to be
married. She's been on leave since last
Wednesday. Pretty funny, isn't it? But
she hasn't spited anybody here"
Don't Know Her Husband
Who's her husband?'
Don't know that neither. Have seen
him around here. coming for her at
times Think he's pretty good man,
though
How old is she?'
That's something / want it distinctly
understood that cannot say. The paper
gives her age at forty-six, but I have
my own ideas about that
Nothing said to you in advance about
the dress she would be married in, nor
the preacher, nor the Witnesses"
Simply didn't open her mouth to any
of US, so far as I've found. Walked
away and got married. She's on leave
now, but we don't know how long she's
going to be away. It's quite fashionable
to be resting while the President is also
have a recreation trip
Future Home a Mystery.
TOO much for me. She's always had
her quarters here. Hardly think she
could bring her husband here
Even in the kitchen information as to
Alice was mighty scarce The cook and
claim that matrimonial matters have no
interest to them. and all they knew was
that the assistant cook was absent on
leave. Somebody had heard she had re-
signed by so far she IS standing by the
pay rolls
There WAS unanimous agreement on one
point among the White House help--Alice
is crackerjack cook. and II William
Clements is able to supply the raw ma
terial he will have mighty good eating
around where the two make their home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19
GERMANS FLEEING BEFORE FRENCH

Paris, August 1S.-(3:25 p. m.) The official communication of the French war office today says:
 "The French troops have occupied all the region to the west of Fene- trange, g miles inside the German frontier in Lorraine. Our troops poured through from the valley of the River Seille, of which number of passes have been evacuated by the Germans. Our cavalry is at Chateau Salins.
 'In all the actions of the past few days the Germans have sustained se- rious losses, our artillery having de- moralizing and frightful effects on the enemy
 we have conquered the majority of the valleys, of the Vosges upon the slope of Alsace, from where we will soon attain the plain.
 ITO the south of Saarburg, in Lorraine, 70 miles east of Nancy. the enemy had organized in front of us, strongly forti- fled, in position held by heavy artillery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19
ADJOURNMENT OF | CONGRESS HELD UP
 BY WAR SITUATION

Washington, August 1s.-rhe war in Europe has materially nItcred the con- Eressional situation. few weeks ago administration leaders were expressing the hope that the minority would re- strain any fiitbwster agninst IexisIa- tion. that Congress might adjourn in time for participation i'm the fall campaign. The republicans promptly agreed that there should he no fiIi- buster and that all would pull together for early adjournment.
 Today, however, the adjournment prospect is eclipsed by multifarious issues and the democrats themselves are putting the brakes on legislation Administration leaders, when asked about adjournment. simply throw ur their hands and say time alone can answer, we cannot adjourn while half the world Is broiling."
 The legislative pace has been changed from double-quick almost to a mark time schedule. Consideration of the Clayton antitrust bin is not being hastened. Most of the important issues involved were thoroughly discussed when the trade commission bill was be. fore the Senate, but they are again be. ing reviewed in prolonged speeches.
 Further assurances that the session will >be more prolonged than was ex- pected came today when Senator Kern majority leader, announced the decis> ion of the party leaders to dispose of z
 river and harbor appropriation bill which had been before the Senate fol weeks and was laid aside for. trus Legislation following filibuster con. lducted by Senator Burton.
 In the House conservative Legislation now is being prepared and it probably Twill receive the Senates attention wher lit reaches there.
 The necessity of emergency revenue Ilegislation and being ready for anS eveftuality that may be precipitatet |by the European war is the underlying treason for the slowing up of Congress There will be no rush tO enact a stamI Itax or increase internal revenues or commodities. Although 1t is certain tha additional government revenpes mus be provided because of the curtaiimen of customs. the leaders want to heai from all parts of the country before { law te passed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1--tiermans abandon Sarrebourg. Liege forts reported fallen United states strictly neutral Departure of English troops causes
 little excitement. Ex-Governor explains solvent credit
 tax. 3-Barbour farmers will raise cattle 4---lsdtorisl comment. -Waterworks bond issue voted. Bows arraigned for entering poet-
 office.
 City government considers 'cop''
 upheayal
 skyscraper iaii would suit Oates. 6--SocietS. 1Sports. S--Over 5000 attend playgrounds meet. 3 Austrians routed on Sabas mourn tains. ll~-Mai kcts. 1 .--No adjournment of Congress io|
 Eeasley's belief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19
LITTLE EXCITEMENT OVER DEPARTURE OF
 TROOPS IN LONDON

London, August 1s.-t0,3O ?. m.)
 when 1t became known British troops
 were in France. There were no crowds
 around the bulletins and no rush for
 newspapers. There was stoIid, re-
 pressed. earnest crowd in parks where
 recruits drill and at the, barracks where
 trained soldiers go through revolutions.
 The general routine Is little disturbed,
 except for the unceasing movefnent
 through the streets of troops, aminuni-
 ton trains and hospital corps. Tailors
 and saddlers are rushed with business.
 The sign Swords and Bayonets sharp enedN appears in the cutlcrs windows.
 No women or children weep as the troops depart.
 Attendance at music halls and theatres shows no diminution, and many Amer. cans spend afternoons or evenings at the play yhouses. 'Brittania Rules the Waves" the ''Marsellaise" and the Rus Ifsian national anthem are played by or chestras, the audiences standing. As one Highlander regiment wen, through the Strand its band played Marching Through Georgia. Private homes have been converted into kosiptals and newspaper departments
 under the head of What Women Car Do. or some similar caption. are tn. busiest.
 1 100000 Men Needed | Signs are posted that Earl Kitchener secretary for war, needs 100000 men fol l three years. or to the close of the war 1 There has been some protest agains German and Austrian walters at tn, I hotels and restaurants One newspapel protests against excessive forbearance as instanced by acrowd at the railwa, station on the departure of the Austrial ambassador singing Deutschland l Deutschland. uber Alles.v
 | The stock exchange is closed and tn | city is quiet. Clerks are carrying rife and cartridge belts. Large bushes houses announce that places will De kep I for those who enlist.
 | The newspapers are proud of the effec I tive manner in which they kept secre the movement of troops Of which mucl has been surmised. but little known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19

PART OF GERMAN
 FLEET LOCATED
 London, August 19.-(3:30 a. m.) The Daily Mails Copenhagen core spondent, in dispatch dated August IS, says:
 "The Berlingske Tidende states that part of the German fleet is in the Baltic off the Swedish island of Goth land. Twenty German ships have been located. They probably belong to the reserve fleet frocn Danzig.
 Near Kiel is a flotilla of torpedo, boat destroyers and one cruiser and in the Kattegat, between Sweden and Denmark, is another torpedo boat flo tiila, with three small cruiserss The rest of the German fleet is understood to be in sight of Hegoland. NAVAL ENGAGEMENT TUESDAY MORNING London, August 19.-(12:25 a. m.) A dispatch to the Central News from Harwich says that naval engage ment occurred early Tuesday morning in the North sea about 100 miles off Harwich.
 The statement of the correspondent | is not confirmed by the official bu- reau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19
GERMAN CAVALRY
 NEAR ANTWERP

London, August lS-d 80 D. m.)-Gcrman cavalry patrols have been signaled to the northward of Antwerp, according to the Antwerp correspondent of Reuters Tele- gram agency. The military governor. the correspondent concludes. has ordered the entire civil guard to Antwerp to be mos bilized on war scale and to take their positions in the forts around Antwerp. An official announcement giving this posi- ton of German cavalrymen assures the citizens of Antwerp that they have no need to be scared Similar bands of Ger man Uhlans and hussars have traversed Continued on Page Nine)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19
GERMAN EMPEROR THANKS WILSON FOR
 MEDIATION OFFER
Japanese Ultimatum Upper most In Minds of Official WashingtOn-CableSitua- ton Continues to Cause Trouble.

Washington, August lS. The determination of the United States government to keep this country from becom- ing involved in the European war and it's controversies was manifested in several way% to- day.
 President Wilson addressed all an peal 1 tho American people c2liine onss them tud,Nalv to refrain from any expression or act that might reveal the slightest partisanship. Leaders in Congress of all parties voiced simi- lar views.
 For nearly three hours the President and his cabinet wrestled with the vexed cable-wireless censorship situa- tion The matter still is under con sideration.
 Official information from Berlin said the Japanese ultimatum had been delivered to the German government, and that diplomatic dispatches indi- cated that war between Japan and Germany was not unlikely. The Jap anese minister at Berlin apparently foreseeing such an eventuality, asked Ambassador Gerard to be prepared to take over Japanese interests in Ger many.
 Message From Emperor The President received from Emperor William a long message transmitted through Ambassador Gerard, the contents of which were guarded closely, but which it was learned expressed the grateful ap- prociation of Germany for the tender of good offices made by the United States. The German Emperor als,' took occasion | to point out causes of the present war and argued, it Is understood, that while he was trying to mediate between Aus | tria and Servia. Russian mobilization be- gan White House officials denied the message contained any protest concerning | the attitude of the American press to- | ward Germany.
 | officials said there was nothing to in- | dicate whether the Emperor would at any future time accept the tender of good | offices.
 | The Japanese ultinatum demanding | tLat Germany eyacuate l>iatirhau and withdraw her fleet from the orient was lppcrnost in the attention of official Washington
 Discussion was general as to how the interests of Inc United states ultimately might be affected and IL was obvious that feeling of relief followed assurances given at London that should Japan take action against Germany such activity would be confined to the China seas and Germany territory in eastern Asia.
 Confer With Bryan
 Baron, chinda the Japanese aInbassa- dor. conferred with Secretary Bryan. but declined to talk about it. Coville Bar clay, charge d'affaires of the British ems bassy. called immediately afterward and left with the secretary copy of a note
 tContinued on Page Nincs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19

agency, today gave out the following account of the battle of Mulhausen.
 "One and a half French armp corps entered upper Alsace while our troops were concentrating. Nevertheless. we at tackled the enemy. who was thrown back toward Belfort. but whose march after ward continued.
 Strassburg was defeated and two bat teries which had been rendered useless, were taken by the eueii1y who then marched toward Schirmeck, eight miles from Saales. Alsace.
 An investigation has been begun in an endeavor 10 ascertain if any treachery exists among the local population"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19
M ADOO HOPES ID
 PERFECT COTTON
 PLANS BY MONDAY

Washington. August 1s.--(speciaI) Hope that plans would be perfected next Monday for carrying the cotton crop through the period of European xv.r wns expressed by Secretary Me- Adoo of the treasury and several cot ton planters and southern bankers at the conclusion of conference this afternoon.
 Secretary McAdoo informed his visitors that he would hold a general conference on inc cotton situation on Monday morn inc to which representative men in the different sections of the country inter ested in the production, financing and ma nufact,,ring of cotton will be invited, . to use his own words. The names of those who will be asked to attend are now under advisement, said MT. McAdoo' and the list will be disclosed within a few days. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Postmaster General will attend the conference, and the federal reserve board will be present in body. As described by Mir. McAdoo to his visitors, the purpose of the conference will be s'to consider the general problem with 
 view to securing the largest possible de- gree of cooperation between the produ- cers and manufacturers of cotton and the banking interests of the country
 Conner to Return
 So satisfied was Col. George D. Conner with the situation that he decided to- night to return home at once. in avowed belief that the problem. would be solved next week. T feel certain said Colonel Conner, that the crop will be cared for without any sacrifice or hardship for the planters of the south in general 1 be- iieve that the treasury is eager to helr us and that 1t will find way of SC doing
 These words largely echoed the senti. ment expressed by Secretary McAdoo al this Afternoons conference, and by Mir. Harding of the federal reserve board te NThe Age -Herald's con Rondent. In fact all the clements ir sted are anxious to develop a sentiIiA..f. of optimism. and deprecate any tendency to gloom or de. pression of spirits over the situation. Al present there are about one dozen scheInei under consideration, some involving leg.
 SCeat1nued en Page Ninel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19
FRENCH BRING
 DOWN AEROPLANE

| Paris, August iS.--al:e5 D. m)-"French troops have brought down German
 aeroplane near Dinant 14 miles south of
 Namur, Belgium The pilot was killed and | observation officer taken prisoner. The
 machine was not damaged. The foregoing official statement was is- sued here tonight and to it was added the following:
 When our troops entered Blamont tde-
 partment of Meurthe- t-Mose1le, France). a few days ago. they found notices posted on the walls that the next morning the mayor and prominent residents of the town would be shot. The sudden arrival
 of the French and the disorderly re- treat of the Germans, however, saved these persons from death.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19
LIEGE FORTS TAKEN
 BY GERMANS, REPORT
Belgian Defenses Destroyed and De-
 lenders Crushed in Ruins Says Ger man Dispatch - Belgian Minister Says Report Is Apparently False. :"
 Naval Battle in North Sea Reported

London August 19-(3:52 m.)-A Brussels dispatch to the Mail says it is learned the highest authority that Mon day Liege still holding They cut off from the Belgian field troops and surrounded by Ger mans but continued their heroic resistance
 London August 19-(5 a. m IA dispatch the Daily News from Naur says reported there among the soldiers that the Beans blown up and abandoned of the forts at Lege
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19
Appears to Be False

Ionlon August 19( (3:55 m )The Belgian minister, ac cordng Brussels dispatch to the Daily Mail announces thai the report of the fall of the ege forts appears to be fase as nothing has been heard of it by the ministry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19

Post says telegram has been re- ceived there from Texel island re- porting heavy gun fire Tuesday morn ing in western direction.
 Texel island is in the North sea, and is the southwesternmost of the Frisiahn islands, forming part of the province of North Holland.
 GERMAN TROOPS CHECKED AT LANDEN
 London, August 19.--(1:20 a.. m. )
 In a dispatch from Brussels the Elk
 change Telegraph company's core
 spondent says: "The German movement toward the Belgian center seems to, have been checked at Landen and Gembloux. No further movements of enemy's troops
 have been observed. German prison CTS in Belgium will be sent to Eng land."
 Cruisers Arrive London, August 19.--(5:00 a. m.) A dispatch to the Times from Con- stantinople dated August IS, says: "The former German cruisers Goe- ben and Breslau arrived in port this morning and received their Ottoman officers and crews" ISSUE STATEMENT ON LIEGE SITUATION ] Berlin. August 1s.-(via Copenhagen ant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19
Forts Reported Fallen

Rotterdam August 19- (Va London HIS a. m.lEt is as serted here that the forts at Lege dynamed by the Bel gans after they been evacuated the action of the Belgan being due the 7va of Germany heavy motor batteries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19

The Germans retreated precipitately and our cavalry pursued them.
 In general we have obtained in the preceding days successes redounding to the greatest honor of the officers and men engaged in the hattles.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19
GERMAN ACCOUNT OF BIG BATTLE

Berlin, August 1s.-(via Copenhagen and London, s:25 D. m.)-Tne Wolff bu- reau, the serni-official German news
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19
Heavy Gun Fire

London, August 19. (3:3O a. m.) ). The Amsterdam correspondent of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19

 London, s:o7 p, m)-A series of statements on the Liege situation is published from the headqiiarters of General Stein. ac- cordng to which French officers and perhaps also French soldiers were sent ,tc Lese before the war to instruct the Belgian troops in the defense of the forti- fieations-
 s'It was. impossible to protest against this" says General SteIn but after the tContinued on Page Nine)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19
GERMAN FORTRE ESS IN ALSACE-LORRAINE OCCUPIED BY FRENCH

Official Report To London Says Sarrebourg Has Been bandoned-French Troops Are 32 Miles Within German Frontier-Effort ofKaisers Troops To Cross Mouse Repelled With Heavy Losses By French Artillery. London August dnght) official dispatch the French embassy
 abandoned Sarrebog where they strongly tablished with heavy artillery"
 
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  Germ which lMeere ring No la ar epor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-19
Cruisers Arrive
ISSUE STATEMENT ON

LIE(iE SITUAIION Berlin. August ls.-(via Copenhagen and
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-08-20
SHORT AND DECISIVE WAR
But Not the Last the World viii See,
Predicts the Army and Navy
Journal.

That the war in which the great Eu-
ropean powers are now engaged will
be short and decisive, and that it will
not be so terrible as to make wars i'm
possible in the future, is the editorial
expression of The Army and Navy
Journal. The Journal says:
The present war in Europe will not
be the last war, as some are rashly
predicting. AS long as racial preju-
dice exists and until there is universal
brotherhood wars will occur. The
treaties that will be signed at the
close Of the war will last until the van
pushed have gained sufficient strength
TO attempt to regain their lost honor
and territory. The war will be short
and decisive war. More men may be
killed in battle, but the percentage Of
the casualties will scarcely be larger
than in former years. Owing to i'm
proved methods of sanitation and in
training soldiers, the number Of deaths
from disease will be reduced to 6 mini
mum. The developments of modern
implements Of warfare will shorten
the time OF the war and reduce the
amount of suffering and financial loss.
Within a year Europe will be in peace
again. and i'm few years will have re-
covered almost entirely from the eff
fects Of the war. IL will not be so ter
rible that in another crisis like this ma
tons will refuse to 90 to war"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-08-20

pings, sugar and salt. will make a
good vegetable to serve with pork
chops
Sour cream for the white sauce with
Goldfish gravy is great favorite In
the West, and is truly fine, if one has
the courage TO try it.
Apple Fritters.-Make a batter with
two well-beaten eggs, a dash of salt,
and two tablespoonfuls Of sugar; oue
cupful of milk, a cupful of -four sifted
with a teaspoonful of baking powder.
Add the beaten whites last; stir in two
cupfuls of chopped apple and cook in
deep fat. Sour apple is best
Clubhouse Potatoes.-Cook potatoes
in their jackets; peel and cut in cubes.
Put one tablespoonful of butter to
each cupful of potatoes in hot sauce
pan; sprinkle with salt and paprika,
then add thin cream to just cover the
potatoes. Cook slowly forty-five min
utes.
Spiced 5ananas.-Take two tea
spoonfuls of allspice and cinnamon,
one-half cupful of water, one cupful of
sugar and boil until thick; then add
half cupful OF orange juice, fourth
of cupful of lemon juice and add six
bananas; cook until thoroughly heat
ed. Serve with the sauce poured over
them
Canning Young Beets.-Cut off the
leaves, leaving a good stem; wash
without breaking the skin; cook until
tender; take off the skin and fill jars
with the beets; add two tablespoonfuls
of sugar to each quart; a teaspoonful
of salt, and fill with luke warm water,
set in a kettle half filed with water
and seal cans.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-08-20
"WILLIE HAS APPENDICITIS"
Code Message That Sent the kron-
prlnzessln ceeeIie Scuttling Back
to Bar Harbor.

Baltimore, Md.--Edward L. Palmer
of Roland Park, whose wife is spend
ing the summer in Southwest Harbor,
Me-, just across the bay from Bar Har-
Dor, received a letter telling of visit
she had made to the Kronprinzessin
Cecelie.
I'VE talked with several persons on
board the liner" Mrs. Palmer wrote
"They told us they were within two
days of Germany when the steamer
turned in response to a wireless. The
words used in the message, which was
in code, were: Willie has appendi-
citis.'
1T was a pretty good joke on Ger
many. / imagine the kaiser would
have appendicitis if the bullion the
Cecelie carried had fallen into the
hands of the English"
The code message, interpreted. said
that war had been declared between
Germany and England.