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The Washington herald., 1916-05-28
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Wa1htnEton's first ommunity fo-
rum-the Grover Cleveland-will meet
in the Public Library at o'clock
this afternoon for the last time until
September. Miss Margaret Wilson,
honorary president, will preside. and
addresses will be delivered by sew
eral members of Congress
Holy Trinity Church, Georgetown,
will hold its annual May procession
at o'clock this afternoon The chill
dren of the parish will march
through the streets in the vicinity of
the church. where they will conclude
the ceremony with the browning of
a statue of the Virgin Mary.
The Arts Club of Washington will
formally open its clubhouse, the old
Colonial residence at 2o17 i street
northwest, with a reception from 2
until o'clock this afternoon. The
house has the distinction of being the
only private dwelling in Washington
where an inaugural ball was held.
The Firemen's Association and the
Y. NJ c. A. will hold Joint memorial
service for the deceased members of
the District Fire Department in the
lecture hall of the Y. NJ c. A. to-
might P. T. Moran will preside, and
addresses will be delivered by Sena-
tors Sterling. of South Dakota, and
Norris, of Nebraska
The Vaughn Class of Calvary Bap-
tist Church will hold memorial serv-
ices for the founder of the class,
Francis w. Vaughn. in Rock Creek
Cemetery this morning. The services
will be under direction Of John. A.
Patterson and Harry A. Wood. The
men will assemble at the gate of the
cemetery at o'clock and march to
the grave
The Public Library will be open on
Memorial Day at the usual hours;
that is. the Central Library will be
open from a. m. to p. m. and the
Takoma Branch from 10 a. m. to 8
p. m.
The buildings of the Smithsonian
be open to the public on Decoration
Day, during the regular hours. from
a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
The Southern Society of Washington
will have a meeting in the small ball
room of the New Willard on Tuesday
evening at Sis o'clock for the cleo
tion of officers. to be followed by q
reception and dance. Brig. Gen. Will
liam c. Gorgas. president of the So
ciety, will preside.
The Chevy Chase Citirens' Associa-
tion will hold its last meeting until
October on Wednesday evening, June
Z, at Chevy Chase Schoolhouse.
King David Lodge, No. IS, #. A. A.
NJ, will hold a special communication
tomorrow night at 1880 o'clock at
Brookland to confer the F. C. degree.
The wanderIusters will take . i've
mile hike in the vicinity of Bar
croft Va, this afternoon. The mixers
will leave the Virginia end of the
Aqueduct Bridge in automobiles at
1880 o'clock, led by Mr.. Handy. On
Tuesday an all-day hike will be
taken. under leadership of W. Palmer
Hall and G. A. Gambs.
The Holy Name Society of Holy
Trinity Church will present a vaude-
vile and minstrel program Wednes-
day night in the parish hall. Joseph
A. Kuhn is chairman of the commit
tee on arrangements. Among the
performers will be Messrs. Donohue
King. Gross. Ready, Probey. Leischeir
Edmonston. Kuhn. Daily, Henderson,
Custin. Cooke, Shirley. Smith and
Donovan.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28
purely personal

Commissioner Charles w. Kutz and
Capts r. G. Powell and J. S. Schley
his assistants in the District engineer
department, attended the Army Navy
baseball game at Annapolis, Nd, yes
terday.
Mary B. Mackrill and Ralph Z. VIII
cox. clerks at $500 each in the Bureau of
Census, have resigned.
! Commissioner Louis Brownlow is ex.
pected to return to his desk Wednesday
from Old Point Comfort. where he is
taking a short vacation.
John Wilson, chief clerk of the office
of the surgeon general of the War De-
partment, is recovering from pneumonia
at his home, 101 M street northwest
| Clarence z. Slotter and Merrill K.
I scheirer have been PROBATIONARY appoint
! ed Junior laboratory helpers in the Bu-
reau of Standards at Northampton, Pa.
Mrs. William Frank. Of New York, has
gone to her home, after spending a week
with Mrs. Isadore Grosner.
Mrs. William Wright, who has been Wis
iting Rev. DR.. and Mrs. ]. Paul Wright,
In Washington, has returned to her home
in Baltimore.
| j. D. Sullivan. one of washington's S
prominent real estate brokers, is ill with
pneumonia at his home, 1918 Thirty-frst
street northwest Mr.. Sullivan was
stricken last Sunday.
Mrs. Harry Friedlander, of Atlantic
City. who has been spending several days
with her sister, Mrs. Meyer Loeb in
the Capital, has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs George Hamilton have
closed their winter home and gone to
their country place, known as Stone
bridge near Bethesda, Md.
Walter L. Mallory has been temper
arily appointed a clerk in the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce at Sc
attic, Wash.
to her home in this city after spending
several days with her niece. Mrs Henry
Howard, at Brookland, Nd.
| Mrs. Harry s. Hayward has gone to
her home at Cumberland Md, after Wis
iting friends in Washington.
Col and Mrs. Charles Miles, the former
of whom is principal of the Salvation
Army Training College in New York, will
visit Washington tomorrow and will con-
duct services at $50 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest.
| William NJ. Clemens, secretary % the
chamber of commerce of Mobile Ala for
merly managing editor of the Birming-
ham News. is in Washington for a day or
two, stopping at the Raleigh.
| Milton T. Eglin. secretary Of the local
lodge of the Commercial Telegraphers'
Union. left Washington yesterday for
New York to attend the biennial conven-
tion of that organization at the Cont.
nentsi Hotel, which opens tomorrow
morning, as a delegate from this lodge.
Col John McElroy. past national senior
vice commander-in-chief, and Gen. L.
Glenn. U. S. A, will go to Madison, n. J.,
on Memorial Day. where Col. McEIroy
will deliver the Memorial Day address
Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball, past national
senior vice president, w. r. c.. will leave
for Winchester, Va, tomorrow evening.
where she win deliver the Memorial
Day address at the National Cemetery at
| that point
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28
BLISS ELECTRICAL
STUDENTS BANQUET

The necessity for efficiency in every
walk Of life was the theme Of William
Knowles Cooper. general secretary Of
the Y. NJ. c. A. at banquet of students
Of the Bliss Electrical School Of Takoma
Park at the Ebbitt last night Prof. Louis
Denton Bliss. principal Of the school,
was toastmaster.
Among the invited guests were Skip
with P. Coale. Edward H. Cooley, Mil.
ton NJ. Flanders. John NJ. Sharp, William
NJ. Johnson, Clyde K Creesey, Charles
F. Feery, Edward J. Wilson, and Sam.
uel Hebrew, all professors at the school
Among those present were: G. w. An
derson, H. w. Andrews, A. W. Baker, H
P. Bemis, A. D. Bridgman, ]. A. Buster
8. W. Case, ]. A. Chalker, A. D. Colvin
W. E. Culver, C. K. Davis, T. E. Dun.
stan, J. F, Harrington, F. N. FoIlett. n
E. Hamilton, ]. z. Hensley, o. E. Hoes
H. c. Holden, R NJ. Ichien, e. s. John.
son, ". H. Josey, C. S. Law, w. r. Mar.
tin, H. E. Moore, A. H. Mcdaniel, N. T
McGehee, d. NJ. Noell. D. J. Nolin, H. ]
oMara, ]. F. Jisor, H. H. Prentiss, Thorn.
as Radcliffe @. 8. Rauscher, o. r. Rec
tor. E. E. Rishel, C. R Robinson, C, L.
Seeley, c. z. Smith, ]. c. Smith, r. Nj
Sharp, P. E. Spellman, S. P Surber. A.
E. Swanson. A. A. Turk, H. c. westphal
w. c. Wooley, and F. c. wyckor,
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28
West Virginians Plan Picnic.

President Henry S. Baker, of the
West Virginia Society Of the District,
has appointed the following commit
tee to arrange for the second annual
picnic of the society: William T.
George, chairman; DIR. ]. Ward Man
kin. vice chairman; Clarence H. Nc
Ginnis, secretary; Lorel N. Morgan,
treasurer: Leo B. Russell, FRANKIE w.
Legge. Charles T. Chapline. Herman
c. Hessen, DR.. F. NJ. Smith. Frank G.
Green, A. E. Barr, E. w. vanyetre,
Col. ]. William De Grange, Miss Anna
Fallon, Miss Nellie Hollis, Miss Helen
Mayors, Miss Lola Price, Miss Ada
Bartlett. Miss Katherine Lyons, Miss
Ina F. Nelson, Mrs. H. B. Tritipoe,
Mrs Virginia B. Sheets, Miss, Alice
Engle. The committee has been CALL
ed to meet Friday, June 2, at s o'clock
at the Ebbitt House.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28
DEATH WINS TRAIN RACE.
Retired Merchant Dies on special
Car, Speeding Homeward.

Edward c. Smith. 40 years old. retired
merchant, OF 14 Greenwich street, New
York City, died on his special car,
''Klique," at the Union Station yesterday
morning at o'clock.
Smith contracted pneumonia in Jack.
sonville. He was told he could not live
He desired to die at his home, so his
special car was tackled on the fastest ex-
press train of the Atlantic Coast Line.
Charles Davis, the last engineer handling
the train, pulled into the Union Station
two minutes ahead of time, but death had
won the race. ..-.
The body was sent to New York last
night
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

District Of Columbia and Msryiand-Thunder-
showers Sunday. Monday partly cloudy; moderate
winds mostly southerly.
Observation-Disclosures Sunday or Sunday night
Monday partly cloudy; moderate winds. mostly
southerly.
There will be thundershcwers Sunday IN the
Lower Lake region and the Atlantic States as
far south North Carolina. followed b. gen
srany fair weather Monday. except in eastern New
England. Temperature. will not change materially
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28
TEMPERATURES IN OTHER CITIES.
TIDE TABLE

tBy United States Coast and Geodetic sur,ey,
Todsy-High water. 5:H a. m and $50 p m.
low water. Il midnight and l2oo-a m.
Tomonow-High water. e07 a. n and 6S p.
m. low water 1910 a. m. and 1870 p m
sun AND MOON
Today-Sun rises at ass a. m. and sets at 7y
p m. moon rises at 2:8 a. m and sets at Las
p m.
TomoTow-Sun rises at AS a. m. and sets at
IDS p m. moon rises at 2:S a. m and sets at
ia3 p.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28
$4,000 Fire in Storage House

Fire in the premises occupied by the
Columbia Storage Company, at so5 New
York avenue northwest, did about $4,000
damage to stock and building yesterday
noon. Fire started from the explosion of
an alcohol stove on which one of the
occupants of the building was cooking
lunch.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28
KENSINGTON RAILWAY.

Cheyy Chase cars pass main entrance
Zoo, Country Clubs, Training Camp to
Lake, connecting with Rensington line
to station west OF Wheaton. Most in
teresting trolley ride out Of city. Pest
locations for suburban homes. Chevy
Chase Lake Park Grounds and music
open after MAY 2Tth.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28

Relative humidity-s a. m. 70; 2 p m. IS: 8
p. m. 81. Hours Of sunshine SO. Per cent of
possible sunshine 81.
temperature date last year-Highest s.;
lowest, Il.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28
Steamer Hercules Torpedoed.

London, May T.-The steamship Her
cules, nationality unknown, has been
sunk by mine or submarine, Lloyds
announced today.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28
LOCAL MENTION.

Chsrfte's winner The Property
Man Va today. Also Lauu SsvyeT ir a wuade-Tll
var Truducioa, The Prinos Of Pesos" Sc-slways-5c
Sick Fountain Pens Cured nt Rich
A-os Fountain Pen and Gift shop. l4e9 Pa ave
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28

Flowers for Memorial Day,
An abundance of fresh-cut home
grown flowers at Guides. 12l4 + St
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28

Decoration Day Outing, Luray, May 80
50 round trip. Special train leaves
Washington 500 a. m. Southern Ry-
Adv.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28
Savior of Paris" Dies.

Paris, May T.-Gen. Joseph S. Gal
Iieni, until recently French minister of
war and popularity known as the Savior
of Paris" died at Versailles today, fol-
lowing an operation for kidney trouble.
Where to Spend That Vacation
Solved when you secure copy of South
ern Railways Resort Folder-Ady
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28

Commissioner Charles w. Kutz and
Capts. r. G. Powell and J. S. Schley,
his assistants in the District engineer
department attended the Army-Navy
baseball game at Annapolis, Nd, yes
terday
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28

Mary B. Mackrill and Ralph 4. Will
cox, clerks at $500 each in the Bureau of
| Census, have resigned.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28

! Commissioner Louis Brownlow is ex-
pected to return to his desk Wednesday
from Old Point Comfort. where he is
taking a short vacation.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28

Mrs. William Frank. of New York, has
gone to her home, after spending a week
with Mrs. Isadore Grosner.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28

Clarence E. Slotter and Merrill K.
Scheirer have been PROBATIONARY appoint
ed Junior laboratory helpers in the Bu-
reau of Standards at Northampton, Pa.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28

Mrs. William Wright who has been Wis
iting Rev. DR.. and Mrs. ]. Paul Wright.
in Washington, has returned to her home
in Baltimore.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28

j. D. Sullivan. one of washington's
prominent real estate brokers. is ill with
pneumonia at his home, 1918 Thirty-irst
street northwest. Mr.. Sullivan was
stricken last Sunday.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28

John Wilson, chief clerk of the office
of the surgeon general of the War De-
partment. is recovering from pneumonia
at his home, 131 M street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-28

William NJ. Clemens, secretary % the
chamber of commerce of Mobile Ala for
merly managing editor of the Birming-
ham News, is in Washington for a day or
two. stopping at the Raleigh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-28
ADJUSTMENTS
At the Jefferson

"The Blue Paradise" musical pay adapted from Viennese operetta oy Flu gar Smith, as presented at the Jenersoil theatre yesterday afternoon and last night. won favor by it's pretty love story it's hurnor and Hitting airs.
 The Hungarian school has often been drawn upon for operettas and usually they have met with the approval ol American audiences because the music IS nearly always tuneful, while the gay hte of vienna lends itself easily to colorrul and picturesque scenes on the stage.
 There is a rather romantic love story involved in the plot of ''The Blue Para dise," and, therefore, the sentiment IS more worth while than in the average operetta which Is essentially frivolous.
 Rudolph Stoeger, whom an affair With flower girl banishes to Amerlca-to Chicago-returns after more than 70 years to visit the scenes of his youthful revei- ries. He renews acquaintances With olo friends but the Blue Paradise inn, where he met the girl of his dreams, has been changed into a private residence. A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-28
CRIPPLED
 FOR GAME THURSDAY

Marion, November 27-(Special) The Marion institute eleven has been having a series of hard scrimmages with the company teams in prepara- tion for their game Thank sgiving with the strong team of Chick Springs Mil- itary academy.
 The Cadets will make the South Carolina trip in crippled condition Argo. their star tackle, Is out of the game with a bad leg, while Gib- son is also on the crippled list
 The institute eleven has made good record this year, having been defeated by only one eleven in the state, this being Birmingham college, who beat them to and thus nosed them out of the championship.
 By invading South Carolina, Mar ion is striving to conquer new terri tory and also to build up athletic re- lations between the military schools of the southern states.
 The following men will leave Wednesday morning for Greenville, s. C., via Selma, Montgomery and Att lanta, arriving in Greenville Thursday morning:
 B. B. Clarkson coach G. M Meri- wether. manager; Boykin, Blackburn, Eimers, Williams, Gordy, Willkie. Kir- hy, Wingo, Gibson, H. Drennen, c. Drennen, Reed, Leverton, Parker, Cow art, Leonard or B. D. Holloway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-28
Indoor Life Makes Fat TRY OIL OF KOREIN TO KEEP WEIGHT DOWN, OR TO RE-
 DUCE SJPERFLUOUS

people who are confined within doors and who are deprived of fresh, invigor- ating air and exercise must take pre- caution to guard against over stout ness. as fat acquired by indoor life Is unhealthy and a danger to the vital creams of the body. Lack of exercise in the fresh air is said to weaken, the nxygen carrying power. of the blood, so thst it is unable to produce strong mus cies and vitality and the formation of unsightly and unhealthy fat is the re- suit on a,ho
 mai weight you are daily drawing on vour reserve strIngth and are constant iv lowering yc jr vitality by carrying tbis excess bItden. Any persons who are satisfied in their own mind that fhev are too stout are advised to go to any good druggist and get. box of oil of korein capsules. and take one after each meal and one just before retiring at night , .o44
 ranorted to show a noticeable reduction in weight improved digestion and re- lighter and the skin less flabby in ap- nearance as superfluous fat disappears. Oil of korein Is inexpensive. cannot itniure, and helps the digestion. Any per- sor who wants to reduce 16 or 20 pounds is advised to give this treatment a trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-28
GOVERNOR ID START
 THE SALE OF SEALS
Distribution in WhoIsesale Quantities to Larger
 Cities Begun

The souvenir sheet of Red Cross seals which is to be sold at auction by Gov ernor Henderson to the highest bidder at the Georgia Alabama football game on Thanksgiving Day will be placed on exhibition this morning in the show window of F. w. Bromberg, and, it is announced will remain there for public inspection until the day of the sale.
 The hundred seals comprising the first sheet to be sold at retail in Ala bama have been worked into beauti- full and artistic design and placed in a suitable frame donated by Mir. Brom- berg. The Christmas seals this season are exceptionally attractive, and with artistic treatment of background and rich and handsome frame, the ensemble is of striking beauty.
 In connection with, the grand open ing of the Red Cross seals sale in Ala bama scheduled for Thanksgiving, 1t is announced that this opening ap- plies only to retail sales. Seals in wholesale quantities have been in pro- cess of distribution to different sections of the state for the past two weeks or more.
 In the large cities, including Bir- mingham, orders from mercantile firms for wholesale quantities of seals to be used for December correspondence are already becoming heavy. Several Birmingham jobbers have applied at the headquarters of the. Alabama Anti Tuberculosis league, 220 Empire build ing, for seals in large quantities to be used to stamp the large volume of out going correspondence for the Novem- Der month end.
 One jobber states that the presence of the Red Cross seal this early in the season on bills and other correspond ence will give a snap to the transac- tion that could hardly be supplied in any other manner, and shows public spirit as well as up-to- the- minute busi- ness methods,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-28
What To Do When
 Backache Comes On
Many People Find Quick Re
 lief in Foley Kidney Pills

When backache comes on, and it seems as if you can't stand the pain and pressure in your back and sides. do not feel that you must keep on suffering till 1t wears itself out. It is more apt to wear you out and seriously affect your general health.
 Get bottle of Foley Kidney Pills and start taking them at once. They usually help from the very first doses. For backache Is one of natures danger signals that your kidneys are not in a sound and healthy state, that they are wrong; and when your kidneys are wrong. you may be sure you face serious condition.
 Foley Kidney Pills have a direct and beneficial action on the kidneys. bladder and urinary organs. Their effect is. quickly felt in improved kid- ney and bladder action, and in the passing away of those painful and alarming symptoms. No more back ache, weariness and dragging pains. No moro painful, sleepless nights, having to rise time after time. It will pay you to try Foley Kidney Pills promptly, as did MT. J. w. Etris, R. 2. Cleveland, Ga. who writes us: q suf- fered with a terrible backache. Every time I would lean or stoop over to one side. I'd have painful catch in my back Just over my kidneys. Just one box of Foley Kidney Pills entirely re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-28

friend of Rudolph now makes his home there and his wife is the girl Rudolph loved in his youth.
 There is a daughter who has fallen in love with Rudolph's nephew and Chi cago widow who is Rudolphs partner in business and is strongly desirous Of be- coming his wife. In fact she follows the gay cavalier to Vienna and when he dis covers how time has disillusioned hm he is glad enough to bestow the daughter of his former love on his nephew and marry the widow himself.
 Paul Nicholson, favorite in musical comedy and light opera productions. has the principal part and acquits nimself extremely we'll As the breezy, Ameri- canized Rudolph he is typical of the sue cessful American business man, who still has 8 romantic attachment to the old country. He is a graceful, pleasing ac- tor and a capable light comedian.
 Gypsy Dale as Mizzi and afterward Gaby, Miss Norton as Hazel Jones, the telephone operator, Charles Derickson as Rudolph Oberdorfer, Charles Bowers as Hans Walter, Robert Lee Allen as Jus tus Hampel and Julette Lange as Gladys Wynne, the fascinating widow who con- soles the elder Rudolph. were prominent in the cast.
 The company was well balanced throughout and save for the fact that it was lacking in vocal ability, there was little to criticize. Like nearly all the Viennese operettas, "The Blue Paradise has some bewitching airs which are well worth an encore. The Viennese atmos- performances, recalling many delightful pieces of the same sort, were enjoyed, not so mach for their novelty as the memories they revived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-28
WILL !. RETAIN FRANCHISE
New Corporation to Take Charge of the Lookouts
 on January 1

Chattanooga, November 23.-(special. Chattanooga will remain in the South ern league. The Chattanooga Exhibition company today purchased the local clut from the former owners for a price saio to be s150Oo. Former President Andrews and Vice President Patten, who con trolled practically all of the stock in tht old club, agreed to sell to the new com rany if two-thirds of the required amour of stock was raised by today and al nightfall the energetic canvass, which has been conducted during the past 10 days totaled several hundred dollars above tho necessary amount
 The new company will be formally or ganized tomorrow. Fred s. Sheppard. q local attorney, will be made president ol the club. It is understood that W. GI Foster, a local newspaper man, will bt made business manager and secretary o1 the corporation, effective January l.
 Kid Elberfeld's contract to manage tht club in 1917 will be ratified by the new club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-28
BROWNSVILLE WINS
 OVER JACKSON HIGH

Blountsvile, November 27.--(Special0 The Blountsville Aggies defeated the Jackson County High school here Satur- day afternoon by the score of to o. The lone touchdown was scored in the first period by Green and Bynum kicked goal. The ball was in Scottsboro terri tory the greater part of the game. but the locals lacked the punch to put it across.
 In the final period Taylor for Scotts- boro intercepted forward pass and ran 65 yards for touchdown before he ~as downed by Green. For Blountsville Luth- CT and Jesse Lackey played great de- fensive game. while Green and Ratliff starred on the offensive. For Scottsboro Taylor and Vincent were the stars