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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-08
Chiffon Is Charming.

There is something very charming
about the feecy chiffon skirts of the
sketch, edged with rounded bands OF
white fox. 1t will be noticed that the
under one is still persstently narrower
than the upper. This one has white
silk lining under it, but models are TO
be seen which leave this undersklrt
quite transparent This is a question
able sort of idea, and will probably not
be widely adopted. Some imported
gowns last spring. which were made OF
the immensely popular taffeta. had add
ed hens of transparent chiffon of vary
ing widths of from six to ten inches
or so.
When the taffeta part of the skirt
was not too short this was quite d
pretty idea, as the flowing. waving
chiffon edge looked very attractive in
movement: and. as the waist was often
combined with chiffon, this gave an OPP
portunity to repeat the combination or
materials in the skirt.
The long point of tafeta which ex-
tends from the waist part far down
onto the chiffon skirt is recent devel-
opment of the basque idea. Some pom
gee models in natural shades were seen
In the spring, which had plain tight
bodices buttoned down the middle and
extending in long rounded point
nearly TO the knees, with the skirt
gathered onto them.
Recalls Schumacher.
The idea recalls the long stomacher
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-08
THE DAILY MENU.

BREAKFAST
stewed Prunes Cereal
Fish Balls Cream Sauce
Rolls Coffee
LUNCHEON
Veal Outlet
Rice Croauettes celery
Fruit Gelatin Wa1ers
Tea
DINNER
Baked Trout
Mashed Potatoes
Peas with Butter Balls
Tomatoes. Sliced, with Mayonnaise
Lemon Custard Coffee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-08
WHITE TAFFETA AND CHIFFON
EDGED WITH WHITE FUR

fashions. and no bombardment OF ridl
Guile would dislodge it,
Sweaters next adopted it in bands
and looking but withal becoming
collars Then pale silk hats were edged
with narrow bands of it, to go with the
sweaters. Parasols. for the same pur,
nose edged with fur, came next. Now
there is white fur bag on the mar
ker, gathered into silver gate exten.
sion top. Unless we have fur-edget
gloves and boots the fad cannot g
much farther.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-08

ranged around the edges hedge fash
ION. Pansies. Eeraniumr. mRrguefttes.
English daisies. can all be set about IA
boxes or tubs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-08

If you have little paved yard at the
back or front of your house you can
have quite a flower garden. Privet can
be planted in green-painted boxes and
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to put on little extra weight" but when
someone suggests way they exclaim;
Not chance. Nothing will make me
plump. I'm built to stay thin Until
you have tried Sargol,' you do not and
cannot know that this is true.
sargol has put pounds of healthy 'stay
there flesh on hundreds who doubted
and in spite of their doubts. You don't
have to believe in Sargol to grow plump
from it's use. You just try it and see if
your weight does not pile up. hollows
vanish and your figure round out to pleas
ing normal proportions. You weigh your
self when you begin and again when you
finish and you let the scales tell the story
Sargol is just a tiny concentrated, tab
let. You take one with every meal. 1t
mixes with the food you eat for the pur-
pose of separating all of its flesh pro-
ducng ingredients. 1t prepares these fat
making elements in an easily assimilated
form, which the blood can readily absorb
and carry all over your body. Plump
well-developed persons don't need Sargol
| to produce this result. Their assimi,a-
| tive machinery performs its functions
without aid But thin folks assimilative
organs do not This fatty portion OF their
| food now goes to waste through their
| bodies like unburned coal through an
open CRATE few days use will prove
whether or not this is true of you. Isn't
| 1t worth trying
II you want beautiful and well-round-
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"sargol has put Just 10 pounds on me
in IA days" states W. d. Roberts 1T
has made me sleep well, enjoy what / ate
and enabled me to work with interest and
pleasure.
II was all run down to the very bot
TOM" writes F. Gagnon. II had to quit
work / was so weak. Now. thanks to
sargol, l look like new man. gained
% pounds in "a days
II weighed ls2 pounds when COM
menced taking sargoi. After taking 70
days ] weighed la pounds. sargo' is the
most wonderful preparation for flesh
building have ever SEEM declares d.
Martin, and N. D. sanderson adds, when
I started sargoi weighed 147 pounds and
now 1 weigh 100 pounds. Everybody lie
telling me how fat you have got in the
last month";"
when hundreds of men and women
and there are hundreds. with more COM
ing every day--living in every nook and
corner of this broad land voluntarily tes-
tify to weight increases ranging all the
way from 10 to 81 pounds given them by
sargol. you must admit, Mr.. and Mrs
and Miss Thin Reader that there must
be something in this Sargol method Of
flesh building after all.
Hadn't you better look into It, Just as
thousands OF others have done? Many
thin folks say: I'D give most anything
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-26
FOODS ARE ROBBED
Of MINERAL VALUE
Cause Fatal Ills, Says Scien-
tist-Why Vitalitas Is
Widely Effective

Present day foods do not properly
nourish the body, according to a noted
scientist. They are robbed of mineral
value, by refining, polishing and so
called purifying processes. The re-
suit is malnutrition and many deadly
ills such as tuberculosis, indigestion,
nervous debility, biliousness constipa-
ton and appendicitis. Decayed teeth
are one of the minor Affections
There is no surer road to i'll health
than in mineral starv alton. Proof that
niodernly prepared foods lead to this is
abundantly shown. For instance,
whole wheat as formerly eaten, con-
tains 175 parts mineral body. while pat
cnt flour has ~ parts less than one
fourth. Unhulled rice contains AL
parts mineral body while polished rice
such as sold at our grocers has 80
parts, less than one-eieventh of min
eral nutriment. Brown sugar contains
s99 parts nutriment, while refined
sugar has only trace. Similar show
ings are true of dozens of other daily
used foods and tho result is mineral
starvation.
In this connection II lie worth moth
ing that Vitalitas contains many of the
true organic minerels of the human
body. 1t supplies them to weakened,
Impoverished and diseased tissues and
beneficial results that are constitu :
uonal quickly follow. Vitalitas is ma
lures greatest tonic and should be
used for such diseases as indigestion,
oiliousness, rheumatism. nervous debil-
ity, catarrh. kidney and liver ills. Talk
with the Vitalitas man and sample vi
talitas at Averyt's drug store. 109-111
Twentieth street, or write there for
information. Also for sale by Pegram
Patton Drug company, Besemer. Ala
ADV.
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Commissioner James Weatherly side
stepped the issue yesterday when asked
by representative of The Age-Herald
for an expression of his views on the
present status of the race for city COM
missioner and of the several propositions
advanced and the various controversies
that have arisen therefrom. In answer
to the question, Mr.. Weatherly referred
the reporter to the following fable writ
ten by the late and much lamented Mr..
Aesop. entitled THE Mice in Council:"
"A certain Cat that lived in a large
country house was so vigilant and active
that the Mice, finding their numbers
previously thinned, held council, with
closed doors, to consider what they had
best do. Many plans had been started
and dismissed, when a young Mouse, ris-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-26
BONNER THINKS HIS BILL
BODY BLOW TO INTERESTS
Senator of Bull Bill Fame Eated Over Favorable Circum
stances Which Surround His Anti Trust Measure-other
Think the Senator is Misleading Himself
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS

Montgomery, August 25.-(Special.) SEN
ator Bonner, who acquired fame through
his Introduction of the bull bill, is elated
in that his so-called antitrust bill, hav-
ing passed the upper house, ponds under
favorable circumstances before the lower
The senator from Wilcox believes that
through the operation of his bill he will
deal body blow to all corporate inter-
ests, capital and predatory wealth. Others
however. contend that the bill is mischiev-
Gus, and will not only defeat the object of
its author, but will operate in such disas-
trous manner that all business through
out the state will be handicapped il not
destroyed.
1t seems to be the prevailing opinion
that Senator Bonner aimed In his bill
at the operators of cotton seed oil mills,
for, as Is remembered, it was a story on
every tongue some months ago that
against the producers of cotton seed the
mill owners had initiated successfully
and destructively However, If reports be
true. the operators of oil mills are laugh
ing In their sleeves, for .the bill provides
that it Chall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to buy or sell any
product In any community for greater or
less price than Is paid or charged for the
same product in any other community.
Having once purchased cotton seed at a
low price, 1t would be impossible, 1t 10
said for mill operator to pay at any
time or in any other community a higher
price. Therefore. some make the deduc-
ton that the bill will prove a bulwark
behind which the operators of cotton seed
oil mills may proceed, II they should
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being given to a theory that Kayser
was killed because of his pro-German
utterances.
Kayser was shot from outside as he
sat in his library He staggered to the
Q doorway and again was shot. Presum-
ably dying, he was dragged 40 feet
from the light of the windows of, his
home and tied with window cords
about the wrists and ankles He had
been dead for more than an hour when
his body was discovered by a passerby
The police believe the murder was
committed by several persons and in
innate that among them were members
of Kayser's congregation. They point
to the persistent rumors of friction in
Kayser's church and the alleged threats
against the pastor preceding his death
Kayser had asked Chief of Police
Heinz month ago for permission to
carry revolver. The request was de-
MED.
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GARY MINISTER is
KILLED AT HOME
Shot From Library Window and
Body Dragged Many
Feet

Gary, Ind, August 25.-Federal and
state authorities tonight were endeav-
oring to establish a motive for the
murder of Rev. Edmund Kayser, pastor
of st. James Evangelical Lutheran
church of Tolleston, Ind. subrub of
Gary, shot and. killed in his home last
night by persons who bound his body
with cord and left it in nearby lot.
One theory is that the pastors end
was the elimination of a series OF
anonymous letters warning him to cease
alleged attentions to a married woman
in Gary. Little credence apparently is
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-26
JEFFERSON DIVISION BILL
COMES UP IN HOUSE TODAY
By HUGH w. ROBERTS.

Montgomery, August 25.-tSpecial.)
The prediction is that before the sun of
tomorrow goes down, the bucolic states
men of the house will have voted by a
large majority to divide Jefferson
county in two parts-probabiy, as Gaul
was divided, into three.
The prediction printed in The Age
Herald Sunday as expressed by Senator
Judge to the effect that the jefferson
county house delegation has permitted
the Bessemer lobby to. put one over"
seems to be Undertaking.. Representa-
tive Weakley this afternoon agreed that
the outlook as far as the house is con-
cerned was gloomy. And it Is on every
tongue that imperial and powerful JEFF
ferson is to be split up by representa-
tives of counties of lesser area and leg
islative strength.
Senator Judge this afternoon said:
There is every reason to believe that
the house will vote to divide Jefferson
county. The representatives of Besse-
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COMMISSION BRINGS
POLITICAL SCANDAL
TO LIGHT IN CANADA

penses were heavy and were paid out of
the extras for the Parliament building.
The total amount paid the contractors
was sl,s64,242. The commission esti; Yates
the total value of work done by the con-
tractors at $s12,536 and puts excess pay
ments at 1901 ,093 without including $121,-
$40 which 1t was found should have been
held back.
The commission charges fraud in the
letting of contracts which they say Melted
the contractors an iliegitimate profit Of
$122,955.
The commissioners find it proved that
the practice of making executive payments
t. secure a campaign fund was continued
in the steel contracts. the government 8
structural engineers all adopting prices
from 40 to 30 per cent higher than steel
could be actually bought and erected
for. e. Q. Shankland, a Chicago struc-
tural engineer comes in for vigorous
handling for the part he played in dual
plans for the steel OF the dome, one set
for payments and another much lighter
set for the actual drawing plans.
The commissioners deal at length with
the famous $50. 600 contract which Premier
Robin destroying after resembling the or
der In council authorizing 1t. I'VE can.
not" say the commissioners, but re-
gard the reason assigned for taking this
extraordinary step as other than untruth-
full and absurd. We believe the ministers
desired to oblterate the contract and al
traces OF It's existence because they knew
it was fraud upon the province. the dis
covery of which would seriously comprO
mise them and the government of which
they were members.
The commissioners conclude by advis
ing that the provincial auditors be PLACED
out OF control of the government of the
| day.
Thomas Kelly G. Sons are Winnipeg con
| tractors, but at present Thomas kell,
| is at his summer home at Detroit Lake
MINI. On advice of his counsel Kell,
refused to put himself within the juris
| diction of the royal commission pending
the outcome of an appeal he is taking Il
the judicial committee of the privy coun
| ell, challenging the jurisdiction of tn
] royal commission.
| Norwood Is at Winnipeg. Ex-Premie
Robin is at his home here In Winnipes
and Messrs. Coldwe'l and Howden a
home. respectively, at Brandon and Nee
| pawa, Manitoba.
| Chicago, August 25.-E. C. Shank
land, the Chicago structural enginee
mentioned in the Mathers report, sal
| that he played no part in any dua
plans for the steel of the dome of on
Of the Parliament buildings at Winni
peg.
| II submitted one plan only" he said
AS to my judgment on reasonable
prices for the steel used-well. it wal
and is my Judgment, as l testified
before the commission"
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WEATHERLY APPLIES NOTED
FABLE TO SITUATION HERE

ing and catching the eye of the President
said that he had a proposal to make
that he was sure must meet with the
approval of all. If, he said. the Cat
wore around her neck a little bell every
step she took would make it tinkle; then
ever forewarned of her approach, we
should have time to reach our holes. By
this simple means we should live in safety
and defy her power The speaker re-
srned his seat with a complacent air.
and a murmur of applause arose from
the audience. An old gray Mouse, with
a merry twinkle in his eye, now got up,
and said that the plan of the last speak,
er was an admirable one; but he feared
II had one drawback He had not told
them who should put the bell around the
Cats neck.
.IT is EASY TO PROPOSE IMPOssI-
BILE REMEDIES.
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FEvER|SH DEMAND
FOR WAR MATERIAL
Idle Furnaces Blown In to
Supply Rush Orders
SHRAPNEL IN DEMAND
Impossible to Fill All Orders-Wire
Advances $2-Galvanized Prod
ucts Decline - Additional
Steel Boats Placed

Cleveland, O., August ESPECIALLY
The Iron Trade Review tomorrow will
say:
Increased works activities reflect the
feverish demand for early shipments OF
war material. and the blowing in Of
lille furnaces and the resumption of
many mills only in part measure the
tremendous tonnage of iron and steel
on mill order books. The Illinois Steel
company now Is operating "a of Its 20
blast furnaces. Bethlehem Steel COM
pany is blowing five out Of six and
Iackawanna Steel company is driving
all OF its seven stacks. A new 22-inch
mil has begun rolling at Bethlehem and
work is being pushed on another bat
terry of open hearth furnaces.
Large orders for shrapnel rounds are
going begging owing to inability of
mills to meet specified deliveries.
France wants $4,000 tons monthly for
next six months or total of 3oo'ooo
tons, and another lot of 10000 tons
inquired for in east remains unplaced.
An English buyer in Pittsburg is try
ing to obtain 25, 900 of finished and
semi finished material, but none of the
mills can make required shipments.
Baldwin Locomotive Works again is
III the market for 1900 TO $4,000 tons
she'll bars. Another eastern buyer
wants 1850 tons, and Wisconsin
woodworking machinery builder has
made inquiry for $4,000 tons. $4,000
ton lot for Chester, Pa, will be closed
soon.
Flain wire has been advanced 81
and nails 81 while the decline In spell
ter has resulted in decline of 80 on
galvanized wire products and So on
galvanized nails. Shafting has been
marked up 81, spikes 81, blue an
nealed sheets 81 and tool steel is COM
handing higher prices.
Two additional boats have been
placed with eastern yards involving
5000 tons steel, making total OF SO
ehius on seaboard berths.
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ed figure of symmetrical proportions, if
you want to gain some solid pounds of
healthy, stay-there flesh, II you want to
increase your weight to normal, weigh
what you should weigh. go straight to
your druggist today and get package of
Sargol and try it as directed. Sargol will
either increase your weight or 1t won't,
and the only way to know is to try It,
A single package of Sargol easily enables
you to make this test. Sixty days use OF
Sargol, according to directions, is abso-
lutely guaranteed to increase your weight
to a satisfactory degree or your druggist
viii refund al, the money you have paid
him for it. Sargol is sold by leading
druggists everywhere. $40
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mer have done splendid work. They
have pledged a large majority of tie
members of the house and have talked
several of the senator's into their way
OF believing. However, l hope to &c
able to stem the tide in the senate. But
senatorial courtesy will prevail not, for
It has been held that in the matter OF
creating new counties out of old, is a
general matter and not a local."
The Bessemer forces have always held
that the sole obstacle In the way of their
dream was an apparent inability to get
the rules committee to bring up the
WEIGH bill. This bill, as is known, was
favcrahly reported some weeks ago. This
morning, Mr.. WEIGH, charging that the
rules committee had played unfairly, en-
deavored to get the bill recommitted In
this rnanuver he failed. He then turned
on another tack, and by clever coup
d'etat, succeeded in having his measure
declared a special order for business to-
morrow morning-a special, paramount
and continuing order of business
And now the bill is up. What will the
house do with 1T?
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desire, to rob and pilfer and appropriate
at will, and under the sanction of the
law
While the operators of oil mills may
be laughing in their sleeves. others arc
not. For some of the provisions of the
bill are considered of danger to those at
whom the author did not aim, others who
might pose in the character of the inno-
cent bystander who is always done to
death.
The bill clothes circuit solicitors with
authority to require any individual, firm
or corporation at any time TO produce
all of his books and records for exami-
nation and to testify under oath regard
ing all his affairs. It Is pointed out that
under this provision all business or trade
secrets of any corporation may be as
certained and made public by the solicit
tor, who may with or without cause in
sist on an examination. Another drastic
provision of the act stipulates that any
corporation will lose its charter II 1t vio-
lates any provision of the act--if its vio-
10 ton be minor or VITAL or intentional
or unintentiona1.
So broad are the sections of the bill
that 1t Is claimed that under its proyt-
sions trade or labor organizations will be
outlawed. and that any band of farmers
which is formed for the purpose Of hold
Ing cotton for a higher price will be
Subject " -pTobeCutloH Lie measure
slipped through the senate. and as stated,
Is before the house under favorable cir
cumstances. Business people in general,
just made aware Of the unusual proyi-
sions of the act, are coming to Mont
gomery on every train. They are up In
arms, and 1t is the general belief that
as soon as the members are made aware
of the possible harm that might be como
under the provisions of the bill they Will.
either bring about its defeat or shear 1t OF
all Its ALLEGED Ubiquitous features.
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lature In its next session. and in all sue
ted. We have not by any means given
UP the fight
Features of Debate
The debate respecting the bill was pro-
longed. in part humorous, In part bitter,
but never sparkling. Local optionists,
Rogers of Sumter, Johnston of Madison,
Shapiro of Jefferson, and Brown of Jack
son were the chief protagonists of the
issue, while leading prohibtionists. con-
sistent in their purpose not to submit any
cause to the people. opposed the bill
Among the latter were Speaker Car
michael, Mr.. Merritt. Mr.. Brindley, Mr..
Davis, and others But for the detection
of prohibitionists, who. by their action
indicated a belief that women would not
purify the ballot and support all so-calied
moral issues. equal suffrage would have
won handsomely.
Mr. Shapiro's denunciation Of the
anonymous protest" against equal suf-
frage as a book of lies and Its authors
as ours and rerenegades; his vociferous
effort to humIliate Mr.. Green OF Dallas in
that he had changed his mind respecting
equal suffrage; Mr.. Bealles reference to
Mr.. Shapiro as son of Abraham; Mr..
Harvey's declaration that he was master
of his own vote and that his people could
recall him il they desired, and Mr.. Blunts
sharp rejoinder that he preferred to obey
his wife and oppose the bill rather than
take his orders from some other woman
and sacrifice his conscience, We're anus
ing even IL nonessential features.
How They Voted
For the bill: Bradshaw. Brown Of jack
! son; Caffey, Campbell, Carlton, Carnley,
; Chamberlain, Cooper, Copeland, Davie,
Dennis Doyle, Ellis, Goode, Gordon.
Grady, Grayson of Mobile; Griffin, Har-
vey, Henderson, Hogan. Hubbard, Hud-
son, John. Johnston of Madison, Judge,
Kaylor, King, Lapsley. Lazenby. Laverty,
Lee McGough, Nicely, Pugh. Riley, Rog-
| ers OF choctaw, Rogers Of Sumter, sha-
! Thomas, Ward, Weakley, White, Will
+, liams, Wllingham, Wilson, Yarbrough,
| Youngblood-52
| Against the bill: Mr. Speaker Andrews,
Bealie, Blackwell. Blunt. Brindley, Bur-
| ton, Byrd Carlisle, Darden, Davis, FYte
of Marion, Fuller, Grayson of Madison.
Green. Hardage, Johnson of DeKalb,
Jones, Jordan. Justice. Kelly, Merritt,
| Moore Morris, Mcdonald, Robertson Rog-
ers of Gilmore. Ryan, Sanders. Scott, Sig
lin, Smith of Crenshaw, Smith of Geneva,
spessard. Stephenson, Stringfellow,
Slough, Thompson of Baldwin, Thomp-
son Of Butler. Tunstall, Walden, WEIGH.
Whorton-43
| Pairs: Whitmeier, against; Brown of
EtoWah, for. Tarrant for, Tubb
| against.
Not voting: Espy, Fife of Tuscaloosa.
Knight, Kyser, Pruett, Smith OF Autauga,
VaCghan-7