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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-17
United States Officials Dis
credit Rumor That Japa-
nese Have Established
Naval Base There
BELIEVED VESSELS
SEEKING TO ASSIST
CRIPPLED CRUISER
Cabinet Discusses Affair
Informally-Mexican Au-
thorities May Be Asked
for Explanation

Washington. April I6.-WhIIe mot
crediting reports that Japan hnd es-
tablished n naval base at Turtle bay,
Lower California, United States Off
with the iden of learning exactly what
use the bcIIIgerent warships were
making of Mexican territorial waters.
Secretary Daniels telegraphed Rear Ad-
miral Howard of the Pacific fleet the SUBJ
stance of the published stories and asked
him to ascertain whether there was any
foundation for them. Secretary Bryan
will communicate the reports to consuls
in Lower California, with a request for
any facts that may bear on the subject
Enrique c. Llorente, Washington rep.e-
sentative of General Villa, telegraphed
Estevan Cantu, military governor of
Lower California, to Investigate the situa-
tion.
Commander Nomura naval attache of
the japanese embassy. called informally
on navy department officials today and
assured them there was no truth in the
reports. He is understood to have OK
planned that the presence of the japanese
warships was due entirely to the accident
of the cruiser Asama, which ran aground
there recently.
There was informal discussion of the
situation at todays cabinet meeting but
the general tendency was to discredit re-
ports that have reached here
The fact that British golfers were assist
ing the Japanese warships convinced high
officials that there could be no founda-
tion for the idea that any movement was
afoot to establish a permanent base.
Should it develop that the British nd
Japanese vessels We're actually using Mex
lean waters as temporary base OF sup
plies. it is considered possible that the
attention of the Mexican authorities may
be called TO II by the Washington govern
ment and the matter also brought to he
attention of Great Britain and Japan
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-17
POSED AS BROTHER
AND MUST PAY
BACK ALIMONY

Milwaukee, April 16.-After posing
s his own brother for 81 years, Or
vile e. Collins, supposed to have been
dead for that length of time, today
was ordered to appear before Judge
l.schweiler and show cause why he
should not pay back alimony to Mrs
Fertha Collins, who divorced him just
prior to his supposed death
Mrs. Collins obtained a divorce in
1888 and was granted alimony at the
rate of $50 a month. which for the
period of Collins absence amounts to
$500.
Recently Mrs. Collins met man who
claimed to be her late husbands broth
er. An investigation proved him to be
her husband
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Tie report SAYS that after clearing the
Turks out OF their positions north ana
west of shaiha last Tuesday the British
on Wednesday continued their offensive
toward zooeir. four miles south OF the
Shaiha fort.
The Turks We're driven out Of the ad-
vaneed position and the British attack
then was directed against their main line
near tie Biriisiyeh wood.
''Here," says the report, the enemy.
whose strength is estimated at at least
l5,Ooo men, including six regular battal-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-17
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

Ito probe presence of Japs in Tur-
tie bay.
No lives lost in Zeppelin raid.
Turks meet defeat III Mesopo-
tamia.
Senator Aldrich dead.
Hostile aliens must not touch Can
adian ports.
3--Many changes in money centers.
4--Dditoriai comment.
5-Optimism found IN Gadsden.
Citizens Interested in insurance
discussion.
Conference held on jltney problem.
6--Society.
7-Stock exchange has third success
sive active day.
Sports.
81 ohnson loses billiard match.
11--Indian cavalry stages mimic charge
i3---,Maikets.
killed by George Smith.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-17

MOVES AWARDED
GIBBS MEDAL

Chicaso. April 16.-presentation OF
the Willard Gibbs medal for eminent
research in theoretical or applied
chemistry to Arthur Amos Noyes was
the feature of the annual banquet to-
night of the Chicago section of the
American Chemical society.
DIR. Noyes Is an instructor in tho
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and director of the Research laboratory
of physical chemistry.
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ions With six guns, had occupied a Sc
rlos OF We'll concealed trenches, from
which they we're able to direct a heavy
vaneed troops.
Nevertheless our attack drove the en-
envy out Of his trenches at the point of
the bayonet and the whole line of his
position Was finally captured. though net
without heavy loss to our side.
.'The casualties are believed to amount
TO about 200 men of all ranks. on the
other hand, the Turks we're so severely
handled that they retired TO Nakhaiah,
10 miles northwest OF zoheir.''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-17
HAS EUROPE'S WAR
AFFECTED THE HEAVENSf

Paris. April 16.-t12:20 D. m.)
Meteorological phenomenas have
been observed so frequently re-
Gently that the question is
raised whether there is any re-
lation between them and con-
tinual artillery firing on the
battle front. Director MoreuN
of the observatory at Bourges
says his attention has been
called frequently to phenomena
in the sky, such as halos,
crowns and luminous crosses.
Many devout persons see in the
latter manifestations, he says, a
mystic sign Of approaching VIC
tory.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-17
Hold Peace Meeting

Washington, April 16.-The board Of
trustees of the Carnegie endowment
for international peace held its an
nual meeting here today. 1t was the
first meeting of the board since the
European war began and many import
ant questions relating to the future
policy of the endowment were consid-
cred.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-17

NELSON v. A[DR|CH
DIES SUDDENLY OF
AP0PLEPT|C STROKE
Rhode Island Senator and
Republican Leader Sue
cumbs to Short
Illness


View York, April Is.-NeIson w. Al
drich, for 30 years United States SEN
ator from Rhode Island and repub-
liean leader in national politics, died
on Fifth avenue here today. He Ind
been Ill of Indigestion since yesterday
afternoon.
Until then he had been in excellent
health. He was in his seventy fourth
year. Burial will be in Swan Pond
cemetery. Providence. r, L, at a date
not vet determined.
DIR. John s. Thatcher Mr.. Aldrich' s
family physician, had left him less
than half an hour before he died Then
Mr.. Aldrich appeared to be recover
ing from the slight attack of indi-
gestion Soon after the physician left
Mr.. Aldrich suddenly became uncon-
scious and died within a few minutes.
Members of his immediate family were
present. including Mrs Aldricn, Miss
Aldrich and Mrs. John d. Rockefeller,
Jr.. their daughters and Winthrop Al
tiaShs thCAl ooit iicSt WCiG ut tUc
bedside. John d. Rockefeller, Jr, Mr.
Aldrich's son-in-law, could not be
reached In time.
Dies at His Home
This announcement was made today
at Mr.. Rockefeller's office:
Senator Aldrich died at his home,
COS Fifth avenue, New York city.
about 10 O'Clock this morning OF an
apopleptic stroke"
When Mr.. Aldrich became ill yes
terday Dr. Thatcher was summoned,
but could not be reached. DR.. Allen NJ
Thomas then was summoned. He
diagnosed Mr.. Aldrich's illness as a
slight attack of Indigestion and Mr.
Aldrich went to bed. Soon afterwaTd
DR.. Thatcher went to the Ailrich
home. This morning Dr. Thatcher
again called on Mr.. Aldrich about 9:3U
o'clock. The patient seemed in good
spirits and suffering from nothing
more serious than slight attack OF
indigestion.
After chatting with him about 10
n inutes, DIR. Thatcher left the house.
Ten minutes later Mr.. Aldrich was
stricken.
Mr.. Aldrich was born in Foster Il.
l.. November s. 1s41. and entered pol
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Cotton Shin Sails

Savannah, April 1.-THE Danish
steamer Kna sailed from this port today
for Rotterdam with 1886 bales of cot
ton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-17
TURKS MEET DEFEAT
IN MESOPOTAMIA
British India Forces Win Victory
Near Shdibd But They Lose
Heavily In Attempt

London
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London. April 17--(2;H a. m.)-The Am
sterdam correspondent of Reuters Tele-
gram company. sends the following:
"A telegram from Haltingen, "a village
of Baden. IS miles south Of Baden Baden)
states that I hostile airman dropped five
bombs Four dld no harm, fifth de-
stroyed two empty railway carriages
which caught 1re One man was severely
KQu004drY. ~ 4 81 s y. N.
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Official Summary

Outpost Engagement
Brownsville, Tex, April 1e.--After A
{COntinued ON Page Fourteen)
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Third Aerial Attack Within
FOrty-Eight Hours Has
Little Effect on English
Cities .
INCENDlARY BOMB S
DROPPED ON SEVERAL
CITIES NEAR COAST
Russians Claim Further
Progress in Carpathians
Where Violent Fighting
Continues

Vienna, April 17.-(yia London,
| 40 a. m.)-The official Fremenblatt
declares that all reports of an alleged
intention ON the part of Austria to
conclude separate peace with Russia
are devoid of foundation.
Amiens. France, April I6--UI.30 D.
m.)-Sevcral bombs have been dropped
by German Taube aeroplane in the
vicinity of the cathedral here.
Ten persons were killed or wounded.
The material damage done was
slight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-29
THE SONG :.


 WE were by ourselves. All New
 England had gone to supper ali save Q woman with full, rich voice who was too much in love to eat. We had stopped to turn on he headlights. and she gave us the charming benefit of her song as she walked in her gar den- She was as lacking in self con sciousnsss as the thrush in the bu1h. but she thrush keeps 1ts secrets There were words to her cry:
 s-TDe n5@ht has thousand eye@
 @SnS day but onA,
 Yet 4lle light of she whole world dies
 W9<h f1e setting sun.
 The mind has thousand eyea
 The heart but one.
 Yet the lishK O. the whole world dies
 When love $ done"
 We stood nsotionsesss until she had nnished. and as she sang my mental picrure of her changed. could see her not as a young woman. There was a break in her rich voice now and then, which would suggest that the fingers of Time were at her throat, making gen tie tndentatfons into the flesh, stealing her youngest notes from their ivory casing to do it. perhaps, but in eent upon it's eternal remodeling. Thank time or philosophy. or whatever power 1t is that as our body changes so does the spirit within us. One hopes that the woman of middle age, singing in her garden that night had found this nccommodating spirit. One fears from the yearn1ng of her song that she had mot.-Century Magazine.
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HEALTH HINTS THAT DO NOT REPEL

HEALTH is a capital for us all, and
 especially for the woman who works. However much talent and in- ftiative you have you will be handf- capped in your work unless you have your share of good health. If you have not health it is your business to ex- pend every minute of your surplus time acquiring it
 If you have been fortunate in hav- ing the right sort of mother she started to build this ricf, heritage for you from the time you were a baby, and it has grown until you are rich with this possession. But if she did not give enough thought to this vital subject 1t is your duty to seize the broken threads and to mend them.
 This means you must be careful with your food and your manner Of eating it. You can hardly expect to expend plenty ot energy and nerve force every day and keep wei. unless you do your par+ in rebuilding the waste.
 If you have indigestion ask yourself the all important question, Am I talk ing sufficient tir:le for rneals?'' This is especially true of your breakfast, be- cause you are pressed for time
 If you ind out you are getting only ten minutes for your morning meal get extra few minutes in masticating your food properly.
 You admit you have plenty of time at noon, but either one of two things happens you use much of your
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luncheon time for shopping or you seek to catch up with your work. Cut down the amount of time you give to the
 work or the shopping and add iti to your luncheon.
 No less important is the kind of food you eat You cannot be strong and have ruddy clocks if you make d luncheon out of ice cream or a sundaes supplemented by candy or cake. Ts
 If, you are wise yon will eat sand wfches and salads at noon and take a cupful of hot soup or milk with your luncheon.
 Another point to remember. if your stomach is weak, is that broiled and boiled meats and fish are more digest ible than the same things fried
 Excessive sweets will work havoc with your complexion. disposition and nerves. When you feel the need of re- freshment take a glass of butternlilS an egg beaten up in milk or a small cake of sweet chocolate.
 Warm drinks are far better for you than cold, for they do not chill the stomach. If yor find yourself ex- treinely tired in the middle of the day eat a light luncheon and make up for it by eating a somewhat. heavier meal at night
 Bathing will do much to increase your health and strengthen your nerves. A tepfd bath before going to bed will do much to rest you and put you to sleep. provided you do not take it too warm.
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with a beaded bird lighting on the left side while a white ostrich plume tits front from the back, lending an added height. Indeed every hat featured here has it's own distinction and offers variety of choices to differing tastes and needs. The tricorn that goes with the topcoat is ideal for the busi- ness woman. taupe felt edged around the brirn with a narrow band of beaver. The other chimney pot is sim ply trimmed with moire ribbon and held by well placed jet pin. The dressy smodel is a poke effect set off with ostrich pIumes against it's flat ness, a design which is popular with those who like elegance.
 In the shops one lovely get of furs is reindeer with a choker collar fully eleven inches high. The huff is melon shaped, as all the new muffs of short haired furs have d habit of being. A regal mink coat is fashioned with the stripes running around the body, baya-i dere, instead of the usual perpen- diclllar way The effect is beautiful. Some Of the new suits in novelty clothes of midnight blues have the vests, collars and cuffs embroidered with worsteds, which is a happy change from braid and metal trimmings.
 Vclvets4 are pushing their popularity into loungfng. robes-eyen bath robes. for which corduroys are being delight fully used These robes are silk lined, cut loosely with lxirnono tops and short
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shop windows. Its distinction is gores, alternating in different shaded tones of one color. Our illustration is of two tones of pink taffeta alternating and finished with three tiny ruff1es hanging in sca1lops. The long waisted bodice is e1aborately trimmed with opalescent insertion and fringe, dainty shadow lace yelling the short sleeves and taf- feta foundation. This is the latest de- sign for the debutante's dance frock. It has a close rival in our ethereal gown Of pale yellow silk net The skirt is fashioned full with tiers of net that 1engthen at the back and fall over a scalloped drop of pussy willow satin. The bodice is simple. shoulder strapped with French harebe1ls. while dainty wreatks of bells fall into the mass cf d1rny folds down the skirt
 Broadcloths still hold their own for suitings, and all dark variations of blue, even to greenish tinges, lead in the new models. Our illustration Of the young girls suit is of navy broadcloth with a two inch band of skunk fur around the daring skirt, the box coat the collar and cuffs. Please notice the interesting way the coat buttons Our other suit is an afternoon tailleur of brown broadcloth with a short skirt that shows the high white kid uppers of the good looking boots. The coat is cut on Russian lines, and around the bottom Of the full peplun runs deep
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Add Salads to Your Menus

TT f;7s long been a joke how cats and dogs when out of sorts fly to grass or some kind of green food for relief. The animals know by instinct what only a few human beings are beginning to learn from experience-namely. that nature has provided vegetables Of the leaf order, rich in mineral salts These salts possess a double power; they not only combine with tho acids and poi sons in the body. rendering them pow erless, but they also drive them out of the system altogether
 It is not too much to gay that no great mental moral or physical prog ress can be made without an ample supply of this vegetable food. Salad is the one ingredient oe our regular diet which we cannot afford to do without
 Some people say salad is cold and in digestibles but cabbage. if eaten raw, needs only two and a half hours for ci- gestion as against five hours when boiled The boiling of green foods de- stroys the original organic combination of the mineral salts.
 The blood of a healthy person should be stIkaline-that is. the opposite of acid-and it is the alkaline salts in vegetables which bring about this healthy condition.
 Many thousands of men and women of all ages. suffer from anaenia, from having lived almost entirely on cooked food
 To those iong accustomed to highly favored food. salads will at first seem tasteless, but a liking for them comes with use.
 Salad should be very carefully wash ed in seve raS changes of clean water. This is essential. During washing tFe leaves should be well picked ever and 
 Leaves should be torp. not cut When done, they can be allowed to soak fur an hour or overnight. but not longer. in cold water. to which q little icn'on juice has been added to increase tie crispness of the leaves.
 The Japanese use the petals of many 1owers for salads. Chrysaat3e t3en1uln-s. stocks violots. roses. rasturti uns and dandeliors are especially good. as tt-y possess strong antitoxic powers
 Endive Salad.
 Use tire endive plant as you would lettuce. It is considered better than ettuce. being more bleached and yery .ender. and is best served by itself dressed with French dressing made as 'olIows: Two tables spoonfuIs vinegar md four tablespoonfuls olive toil mixed well: add one pinch of salt and little ed pepper. Pour over chilled endfve 3lant and serve.
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Dress Hints For Plump Girls

"A VOID contrasting colors and na-
 teria1s. Anything that goes to form distinct lines is fatal if one would look slender. Large patterns and wide stripes are equally bad A modest pin stripe is permissible. but the awning effects are not for the well developed.
 Do not draw in the lines at the waist; this only makes more noticeable the fullnessl of hips and bust. The bodice should always be long. If Josephine had weighed 250 pounds we should xNser have had the empire gown. Long waist lines are most important.
 Seek unbroken lines always.
 Short skirts are among the impossi-s biIfties. Every inch taken from the length of the gown is one inch de-
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Luncheon
 Desserts For. Children

ENAIRY APPLEs.-Pare and core enough tart cookins apples to fill a baking dish, cover them with sugar and put a little cold water in the dish also several slices of lemon and two cloves; then pour a little melted butter over the apples and bake them until tender. Serve them cold, with Q blob of fruit jelly put on the top of each and whipped cream about them
 AJnbrosia.-This delicious dessert re- Qgires grated cocoanut, sliced oranges and bananas, sugar and a wee taste of lemon juice. Fill a dish with layers of the different fruits, putting sugar over each one, and continue in this way uu- til the ingredients are all in. Let the dish blend while in a cool place before serving. Fresh cocoanut is needed, and
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sleevea with the underarm fuIInesa held by double straps fastened by huge corduroy buttons. The effect is stump tuous in old rose. gobe1fn blue. pale pink and scarlet shades, while the cor duroy makes a grateful change from eiderdown and quilted silk, which all ways looked so much like mattress padding Those who wish lighter weight robes may find delightful ones of albatross. with graceful backs and cuffs, collars and revers scalloped with white silk.
 The new sweaters deserve a whole story by themselves. They keep the rainbow coIors of the silk ones of sum n1er, which now appear with light wool things over their lustrous eXteriors Among the winter ones are wonderful hand knitted soft wool models that were made by the women of Europe Nothing could be cozier for wear under a coat, their softness taking up almost no room while affording just that needed extra. warmth. One beauty was sage green with bindings two inches wide of palest yellow and pocket to match. Indeed the wool sweater is apt to have it's trimming in contrasting shades. but the solid co1ors have glow and mass that yield to no fads- Some of the high priced sweaters have Luxurious scarfs fully a foot wide and fringed at the ends which win certainly be popular witt -ne gir
 who loves to go toboganning-
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LEGANCE speaks the last
 word in one of the new ma
 teriais for evening gowns. a
 luxury of stripes forty inches wide with a base of chiffon cloth over shot with silver threads. Up and down this are strips of gay little bouquets in pastel shades alternating with stripes of panne velvet These gorgeous na- teria1s come in bounteous toues-soft ye1lows, paIest greens. choice lavenders and delicate blues and pinlxs. So or nate themselves, they need no trina ming. nothing but a beautiful woman to carry them. Also there Is a luxurious new material for evening wraps, fifty inches wide, which with its wonderful 1uster looks just like a short mapped panne silk corduroy. If you look on the back the texture is as soft as a. chif- ion silk This beauty of texture gives a wonderful lightness as weight goes, 50 that this regal stuff may be used for gowns as well as wraps. It comes in all the marvellous new shades-lav- ender. wistarfa, old rose. electric blue and pa1est canary yellow.
 Cotton corduroys in two contrasting shades come with 1usters that vie with silk velvets. The ribs are wide and the tones rich, a beautiful material for dressy fall suits. The checked ve1vets and p1atds are also going into gowns.
 One of our models may be seen in variations in some Of the very snnartest
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if the milk of the fruit is sweet this may be added to the dessert.
 Brown Sugar Sandwich.-For the children necessarily craving and need Ing sweets brown sugar IS an excel lent food to keep in the house. Spread 1t thiclSly on buttered white rye bread and put the slices together so as to make narrow sandwiches.
 Quick Gingercake Pudding.-Tal1e stale bits of nnolasses or ginger cake and cover them with a custard made of boiling hot milk into which two eggs are beaten up. Pour the milk grad ually into the eggs, stirring vigorously all the while; sweeten and pour over the cake. allowing to stand until it has taken up a good deal of the custard. Serve warm or cold.
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ins her proportions to become more and
 more out of perfect drawing.
 Concerning hats. neither the very small nor very large will do for Mrs Adipose Tissue Usually the moderate sized ehapeau with slightly rolling brim is best. An extremely small hat makes a fat woman look ridiculous. Standing wings and high loops Of ribbon form the best trimming! A few visits to a dressmalxer who knows her business will be worth the price and the time. She will give the plump one ideas and suggestions that will make a new and thinner woman Of her