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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10

MISS GODFRIEDE GUTT1ERZ, THE LATEST
 TERPSICHOREAN ADDITION TO BIRMINGHAM

very enthusiastic about dancing One evening some one suggested that I take some lessons from the Castles, and so went and registered as pupil. I com
 the course there and when I started south, they suggested that come to Birmingham and open a school
 "ert-whole and fancy-free with no affiliations in any way; my house in Washington, which Postmaster Gen eral ana Mrs. Burleson occupied last year, was this year rented to the Rus sian military attache, Colonel Cole jewski, and as I had some business in terests which called me to Alabama the idea struck me as being quite an att tractive one. My mother. by the way, was an Alabamian, and that made the sugEestion from Castle House very pleasing to me. Armed cap-a-p pie with oma from Castle House and an enthusiastic pleasure ahead of me in coming back among my mothers people. started for Ala bama, and here l am, delighted with Birmingham and more than pleased to be located here"
 How do you find our Birmingham q s as compared with othersT l asked.
 T have found many splendid dancers here" said Miss Gutherz. "Of course f's= ~e is always something new to learn, because for dancing, like the styles, Is ',s> changing. The dances that were popular last winter are very different this season."
 What are some of the latest dances?" l asked.
 Among the prettiest ballroom dances" said Miss Gutherz, "is The Waltz Canter.' That is very popular. The Fox Trot is leading, perhaps, in popularity, and the Paris Tango. or The Little Tango, Is new and Is one of the very few real ballroom dances among the fancy dances The Baron de Meyers brought this dance over to Cas- Paris before everything went to the war. To be a popular ballroom dance, dance must be composed of simple steps which may be easily learned"
 q would like to say with regard to my own dancing" Miss Gutherz con tinued. that I am strictly teacher. am not an exhibition dancer There is . vast difference you know. I can teach anybody to dance. l have demon strated that in many cases, where oth- CTS have failed.
 'Do you think the craze for dancing is growing-and where will 1t all end?'
 Dancing is no longer a craze" said Miss Gutherz. Tt is a permanent social
 .a0 te as necessary now as music or golf or anything else that
 ntv finds amusement and recrea- ton i'm"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
English Dogs in Harness
From the London Chronicle.

There are probably many people 1iv- ing who can remember when the tug ging propensity of the dog was utilized in England. Working men had their 'dog-carts," in which they made Sun day and holiday excursions. The dogs employed were as rule heavy half bred bull mastiffs with a touch of the lurcher in them. They thought nothing of drawing their masters 50 or 50 miles in day, their strength being kept up on the journey by a sparing allowance of bread soaked in beer.
 The use of dogs for draught work was prohibited in London in 1889. but remained legal in the provinces for an- other 15 years. Sir Walter Gilbey in his "Recollections of TO Years" notes as a feature of his boyhood at Bishop Stortford the numbers of dog carriages
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10

Charleston, S.. C., after spending a few days with MT. M. H. Bennett.
 Mrs. w. c. Means, of Wichita, Kan, Is the guest of Mrs. II. T. Shaup in Avon dale.
 MT. B. s. McCool is in Chattanooga
 MT. J. c. Brooks has returned from Norfolk, Va.
 The Round Dozen club meets today with Mrs. W. A. Griffin.
 The young men of West End are or ganizing an entertainment club which promises to afford many evenings of pleasure this winter to the members The first meeting will take place this evening at the home of MT. A. M. Hunt 130( Second avenue. West End, when the fol lowing are expected to be present. MT H. l.. Beckham, MT. A. R. Quinn, MT. A M. Hunt, MT. Harry Locke, MT. Ben c Smith, Dr. H. l.. Neal Mir, B. F. Bryan and others, who will decide upon clut regulations and plans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10

A number of people from out of town will be hers for the Logu-Bruce wedding Among those who will arrive today are MT and Mrs. w. L. Bruce, and MT. and Mrs. T. B. Bruce of Montgomery; Mir. William Bruce. who is in school in An niston, and MT. Bruce Beveridge of Selma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
Indian Name for Club

We should like to know an Indian name for a club. FOUR GIRLS"
 Select an English name that pleases you and Is descriptive of what you would like to make the club. Then write to the bureau of Indian ethnology. Washington. D. C.. asking for an fn- dian equivalent for your English title. The bureau is proverbially courteous in replying to such queries. You will get the Indian name. 1nclose a stamped and self-addressed envelope in your letter of inquiry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
Cleans Them Out

'T think the reader who Is troubled with ants will find relief from her trou- ble if she tries this: Mix cents worth of tartar emetic with the same quan- tity of powdered sugar dissolved in water. Place in shallow dishes in the runway of the ants. Get poison labels from the druggist and paste one on each dish as guard against acct dent T. B."
 This Is the remedy against red ants promised by the Corner day or two ago. One correspondent who had tested it repeatedly labels 1t my great aunts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
Hemp and Psychology
From the Chicago Journal.

Many commercial vagaries, like the late business depression, are chiefly phy- chological. The, declining, production of hemp in the United States appears to belong in this category. The blue grass region of Kentucky is the only part of America where hemp is grown. and even there the acreage is decreasing. The crop, acording to the planters themselves, is profitable. and its merits are great.
 1t is the best weed killer known, owing to it's dense growth and impenetrable shade It does not exhaust the soil as much as crop of grain. It has an as- sured market. But 1t requires different handling from other crops, it demands special knowledge from the grower, and in the face ofthis psychological barrier, all its good qualities are as naught.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10

Direct from Castle House" with . full iedged diploma" yards long. bear ing all sorts of recommendations as to her ability and cleverness, comes Miss Godfriede Gutherz-a young woman of unpronounceable name but decidedly pronounceable charm and personality. Miss Gutherz is the latest terpsicho- rean recruit to Birmingham, and that she is very much appreciated and liked is evidenced by the cordial reception she has had, and the many delightful social honors which have been heaped upon her
 Miss Gutherz is decidedly foreign in type-which is quite natural, her fath- CT having been born in Basic, Switzer- land, and more of her life having been spent abroad studying and perfecting herself in many different accomplish ments.
 Miss Gutherz is tall and graceful and has the most intelligent looking feet you've ever seen, and you'd know by a glance at them that she could dance, and if that didn't convince you. you'd iip ioASVI bc- III doubl ttiCe yOu Seen a realization of dancing Elysium when she and some graceful partner float over the ballroom floor of the Phoenix club or the Southern club, or even in her studio at Terrace Court to the dulcet melodies of the "Rouli Rouli," the "Pericon.' the Lulu Fado" or the "Ballencello"
 Society has taken Miss Gutherz un- der its especial patronage and what choose to term her dancing de luxe" will undoubtedly add much interest to the great love that Birmingham has for the newest dances.
 q have just returned from Johannes burg, where I have been for two years visiting my sister. Her husband is consulting engineer for the Crown mines there, and it was a wonderful visit, and a still more wonderful experi- ence that I had out there among a very different crowd of people-totally un- like anybody I've ever seen or known before"
 Has the dance craze struck Johnan- nesburg?" asked quickly. T mean the modern dances?"
 "Oh yes" said Miss Gutherz, enthusi- astically You see there are so many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10
SOME HELPING HAND
 HINTS FOR THE HOME
By MARION KIRKLAND

antidote." I can testify to having seen the remedy in practice in my own moth CTS storeroom and kitchen when 1 was child. She used molasses slightly diluted with sugar instead of powdered sugar. It made clean work of the marauders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10

and carts on the Essex lanes and high roads. All sorts and conditions of men used dog carriages, from small tradesmen to poorer people who could not afford pony. Dog draught was abolished because certain people agi- tated against 1t as cruel. but I think that as a rule the dogs were neither ill-treated nor overworked"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-10

English people out there and they are all good dancers. I met some very in-
 teresting people. My brother-in-law, MT. Warriner, knows so many people every where( being graduate of Lehigh uni versity. and having lived in many parts of the world. After I got back from Africa I stopped in New York and at tended a lot of dansants and l became
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-12-31
MOOSE and ELEPHANT
SHOULD WE'D, He SAYS
Progressive Leader Thinks Party
Ought to Combine with Repub-
leans for Democratic Defeat.

That some leader OF the Progressive
party are about ready to return to the
ReT ublican party was indicated here yes
teIday in a statement by Repres"nIative
William f. Minebaugh. Of Illinois. chair
man OF the Progressive Congressional
committee Mr.. Minebaugh. who took
part in the deliberations of the Progress
sIv= conference at Chicago, does not be-
lieVe it would be a good thing for the
country IL the third party maintained a
separate organization In 1916
He declared the continuance in power
OF Nj. Wilson and his associates would
be bad thing for the country. ard &C
cCrdIngly he advocates union u the op-
posing political forces.
There are many substantial reasons
for this view" said Mr.. Winebaugh
Continuance OF the Progressive party. as
distinct organization, would have. but
one result. in my judgment. IIu the 1916
campaign. and that result would be great
~ to increase the chances, IL not insure
the reelection OF Wilson and the Demo-
cratic party. The Progressives who left
the Republican party in 1872 can unite
with the ProEressive-Republlca and Sc
cure the results for which they both
stand. The rule of the minority, made
possible only by a divided majority, where
that majority has practically a common
purpose. canpot result in working out the
best interests Of the people"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-12-31
WILL USHER IN YEAR
WITH FAVORITE SONGS
Thousands Will Gather at Treasury to
Sing. with Band Accompaniment.
as 1915 Is Born.

Plans are rapidly maturing for the
'ushering in of the New Year by thou
sands of lovers of song in Washington
and vicinity through a great song
fest to be held on New Years Eve on
the south steps and plaza OF the Treas
ury Department Building. following the
precedent set last year. when. accord
ing to police estimate, 10000 persons
gathered to sing favorite old songs and
hymns.
The arrangements will be different
this year. however, in that the screen
upon which will be thrown the words
of the songs. will not be stationed
against the Treasury Building. but will
be erected near the sidewalk on the
plaza and will face the north. The
crowd will cOngregate on the plaza and
he south Treasury steps.
Percy S. Foster has made a tentative
selection Of the songs to be sung. Among
these are: odd Folks at Home" My
Old Kentucky Home" The Quilting
Party" Il was Seeing Nellie Home"
THE star SpangIed Banner" coronation.
IAN Hail the Power of Jesus Name"
How Firm Foundation" America"
Good Night. Ladies'" My Maryland"
Dixie Land" Holy Night" and many
others.
Sol Minister. of this city. has charge Of
the band music. The committee Of spon-
sors is composed OF Rexford L. Holmes.
formerly president of the District of Co
lumbia Christian Endeavor Union; Rev.
John Britton Clark, pastor of the Old
First Presbyterian Church; Rev. John L.
pastor of st. Paurs English Luz
theran Church: George r. Kirk. director
Of religious work, Y. NJ. c. A, and Allen
+. MeChem, vice president of the Dis
trict OF Columbia Christian EndeavOr
Union.
Among the interesting features will be
4 megaphone solo by Miss Viola Ship
pert and megaphone quartet. under the
direction Of Mr.. Edwin Callow.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-12-31
Cured His RUPTURE

was badly ruptured while lifting a
trunk several years ago. Doctors said my
only hope Of cure was an operation.
Trusses did me no good. Finally I got
hold of something that quickly and COM
pletely cured me. Years have passed and
the rupture has never returned. although
am doing hard work as a carpenter.
There was no operation, no lost time, no
trouble i have nothing to sell, but will
give full information about how you may
find a complete cure without operation, IL
you write to me, Eugene NJ. PIillen. Car
penter, 510A Marcellus Avenue, Manas-
guam, N. j. Better cut out this notice and
show II to any others who are ruptured
you may save life or at least stop the
misery Of rupture and the worry and dan
ger Of an operation.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-12-31
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-12-31
LEAVES GRAVE"
RECLAIMS WIFE
Thomas Nethercott, Killed
in Spanish War. Demands
Return of Spouse.
SHE HAD REMARKED
Robert Cook, Second Husband Tells
Police His Wife Saw Tombstone,
of First Husband.
i,I 70 The Wa.hinrton HenId.

Spccial 10 Inc washington Herald.
New York, Dec. 30.-Attaches Of the
Flatbush Police Court gasped today
when a story resembling that of Enoch
Arden in some respects, was poured
into their ears as an excited telegraph
operator who gave his name as Robert
Cook OF East Ninety-third street and
Avenue X, Canarsie, told the magistrate
OF how a man said to be Thomas
Nethercott, who was supposedly safely
buried in Calvary Cemetery, returned
Sunday to demand that Mrs. Cook come
back to him as his wife.
According to the story told by Cook,
he married Mrs. Cook ten years ago,
after she had been officially Informed
that her husband, who was a sailor,
was killed in the Spanish American
war in 1898. He also said that Neither
est was buried in Calvary Cemetery,
and he told the warrant officers of the
court that Mrs. Cook had seen the
tombstone erected. He complained that
the man who claimed to be Nethercott.
and who was identified by Mrs. Cook as
her husband, had come back Sunday
and had threatened everybody in the
house, and tried to break in.
Investigation of Cooks story. how
ever, has revealed some startling facts
which would tend to show several dis
crepancies. In the first place. the naval
records show that only three men were
killed in the navy during the Spanish
American war. and that while two of
them were from Brooklyn, none of
them bore the name, Nethercott. 1t
was said that Nethercott had been
killed in the Philippines. but there is
no record OF any sailor having been
killed during the navy's occupancy of
Manila or any Of the ports and islands |
OF the group.
Warrant officers have been sent after |
the man who came to the Cook home |
on Sunday but as yet have had no !
chance to get their hands on him.
According to Cooks story. the visitor |
left the house after he had tried to |
gain entrance and failed. and has not !
been seen in the neighborhood since |
then. He gave the police a description
of him, however. and there are three |
detectives at present trying to locate
him
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-12-31
ENORMOUS PROFIT in
FOREIGN SHIPMENTS
Freight Rates Soaring Because u. S.
Has Its Merchant Marine, Says
Department of Commerce.

report showing that freight rates
to European ports have risen since the
outbreak of the European war to a
point affor6ing enormous speculative
profits, was sent by the Department OF
CommerC etO the Senate yesterday. The
Fletcher I solutions adopted by the
Senate on December Il called upon the
department for a statement as to this
increase in shipping rates. The depart
ment declared that the whole trouble
lay in the fact that the United States
had no merchant marine available TO
handle its commerce in time of foreign
war
Cotton shipped from New York 10
Liverpool had frenght rate on July IL
Of twenty cents per loo pounds: on
September y the rate WAS forty cents
and on December - it was scvcnty-five
cents per 100 pounds. Cotton was ship
ped to Bremen. Germany, for twenty
cent rate on July II. and after long in
tcrruptiOn of traffic. cargo was forward
ed on December % at a rate Of three
dollars per 100 pounds The department
declared that the moving Of the cotton
crop was the key 10 the entire situation.
Sacked flour from New York to Eng
lish ports had a freight rate Of twelve
10 thirteen cents per 100 pounds at the
outbreak of the war. Now tn" same
shipment costs twenty-siX to thirty-tive
cents From New York to Copenhagen
the flour rate has gone up from twenty
cents to sixty-five cents
Measurement goods from New York 10
English ports now carry rate Of $50
per ton where formerly the rate was
S4.26 a ton on the average.
AT least u per cent OF the worlds
tonnage is estimated TO be out OF service
IN account of the war says the depart
ment. Probably these figures under
state the case. The condition comedies
IN ume with the greatest crops of cotton
and grain in our history. At the time
when We have the most to sell and GUS
toners abroad eager to buy. the fact
hat our Ocean-carrying facilities are in
the hands Of others subject to war risks
and controlled by interests not our own
stares us in the face.
We are forced to take the chances of
war and ship in belligerent bottoms. IT
is estimated in shipping circles that 70
per cent Of the total tonnage available
teing up of the German and Austrian
marine and by the communicating of a
large part OF the British marine by the
admiralty The result has been n steady
increase in steamship rates The ship
owner, the ship-broker and the shipper
each has an opportunity for extremely
large profits. A large part of these are
Of a speculative nature"
The report showed that 1O9 vessels Of
SSS,342 tons total had changed from for
elgn to American registry under the act
Of August IS last. Most of these are IN
the Central and South American trade
and few IL any in the transoceanic traf-
nc.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-12-31
MISUNDERSTANDING.
LEGAL NOTICE.

SUPREME COURT or THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia. huIIiug probate o1Irt. ESate Il
Ellen 4. Bray. deceased. No. Gl-a AdminiStTa
ton dUrket % ATIicatir having been made
herein for Ur''batr e the last Will and testament
Of Ellen \. Rray. d'veascd. and for letters tesla
msntaTy said estate. by Annie A Bray. Il Is
ordcrri thi. ga,h day Of December \. D. 1914
LAT Eleanor BRAY Philip BrNy. children Of Philip
Bray deceased ard Mar=arCt Bray their custodian
Annie Bray Man BTay and Rose BRAY Kane ~
II she h. dead the heirs at law and next Il kin
Il said Rose Bray Kane. whose names unknown.
and all others concerned. ATpear in said court on
MONDAY. the 9Th day IT February. A. n. 1915
at 10 OclOCk 4. m. to show cause why such az
Iicaii0n should not lie granted. Let notice hereof
be- I'Ihshed in the Washington Law Reporter
and The " Washington Herald in each Of tlIrr'
successive weeks before the return day herein men
toned the first IGIbiirati1n TO Re not less than
thirty dass lCforc said return dsy. WALTER !.
Mccoy. Justice Attest: tSeall JAMES TANNER,
Register of Wills for the District II Columbia.
CLERK u the Probate COur. MARY 0TOOLE.
Attorney. deCs!-Jan7ll
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-12-31
DIED.

RANKIN-Sunday. December - 1914.
MRS EMMALlSE q. RANKIN, at
her residence. Washington d. e.
Enthusiastically. December q, 1914, in
Raleigh, North Carolina, JAMES
p. beloved son Of Mary and the
late Patrick RYDER.
Funeral from his mothers residence.
I723 Twentieth street northwest. Thurs
day, December 81, at S:31 Mass at st.
Paurs Church at a. m.
LEE-On Tuesday morning. December -,
1914, at O'Clock. al his residence. head
OF Talbert street, Anacosti?. MANDE-
WILLIE G. LEE.
Funeral Thursday. December II, at
o'clock r. m, from Lees chapel, 90
PENNSYLVANIA avenue northwest.
Friends invited to attend. Interment
private.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-12-31
WILSON FOR COAST GUARDS. :"
Says Revenue Cutter and LIfe-sav-
ing Services should De Joined.

President Wilson is deeply interested in
the pending bill consolidating the rev.
enue cutter service and the life-saving
service. and naming the merged services
THE Coast Guards" This is indicated in
a letter addressed to Representative I'm
derwOod by the resident, in which he
said:
1T is OF the hihest consequence for
the efficiency Of both services that this
bill should pass, and l hope that some
change may be found for it even in the
busy hours of the House calendar" I'm
der this bill. which already has passed
the Senate, the Coast Guards would ne
placed under the Jurisdiction of the Navy
Department in time of war.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-12-31
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-12-31
PROPOSALS.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
District Of Columbia. Washington. December %.
l9iI-Sealed proposals will be received at this Oicr
Room 5Os District Building. until 9 O'Clock p. m.
JANUARY 8, 1875 for furnishing all necessary labor
and material. for reproduction by planographing
ether similar pTooHs. Reports Of EJalration, Pubnc
Utilities Commission. this city. Specifications and
iom Of proposal may be obtained from the Pur-
chasing Officer, u. C. Room 80. District Building
OLIVER p. NEWMAN, FREDERICK L. SID
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