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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
PRESIDENT IN ADDRESS
 WILL RECITE LAWLESS ACTS

Tonight it was. indicated that the Pres1- dents address to Congress will be much along the same line-a recital of lawless acts continuing over long period despite pledges and assurances. It was pointed out that it is entirely within the range of possibilities the President may an- nounce to Congress that he has decided to break off relations with Germany, or declare that the last word of protest has been said and that there can be but one answer to continued disregard Of the lives and rights of neutrals at sea. The repeated declaration that the Presl- dent would lay the entire situation be- fore Congress before breaking relations was pointed to in support of the belief that after presenting the case to Con- gross a communication will be sent solemnly warning Germany that more violations of her pledges can have only
 one result.
 It is possible, but contrary to custom, that diplomatic relations might be broken without some communication in the na- ture of an ultimatum. 1t is likewise possible, but contrary to custom, that an ambassador should be handed his passports before his government has had opportunity to make answer to final demand.
 Complications between the United States and Germany began piling up from, the moment the submarine war zone was declared around the British isles. With all Europe afire in war, the eyes of the world were turned upon the United States in expectancy of developments that would threaten to draw the great
 est neutral into the conflict. They were
 not long in coming.
 With the torpedoing of the British liner
 Falaba the first American life was lost.
 Then in quick succession came the at-
 tacks on the Gulflight and Cushing, American ships. The sinking of the
 American sailing ship William P. Frye
 raised another issue but it involved diff
 ferent questions and while it complexed
 the situation, did not assume the threat
 ening features of the cases where Ameri-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
BIRTHDAY PARTY

The home of Mr. and Mrs. w. c. Baty was the scene of pretty hospitality yesterday afternoon when their little daughter, Miss Sarah Elizabeth Baty, entertained a number of her little friends in celebration of her sixth birthday. The guests were received on the lawn, where refreshing punch was served by Miss Maggie Johnston and Miss Margaret Baty. After a series of games the guests were ushered into the dining room, which was prettily decorated in the pink and white tones. A large bow of pink tulle formed the center decoration of the table, while a birthday cake with six lighted candles was an interesting fea- ture An ice course in the pink and white tones was served. Mrs. Baty was assisted by Mrs. c. A. Baty and Miss Jeannie Gould. Those present were: Louis Crotwell George Benton, Ben and Ezra Perry, Nora and Louise Deason Robert and Sarah Jones, Frances Keith, Lucy Reed Ray, J. c. Goodwin, Jr., Req Sherman, Donald Buck, Pearl and Ern- est Milton, Dorothy Waldrop, Roy Ba- ker. Helen Roe, Margaret Baty. Maggie Johnston, E. C. Hines, Jr., Ben Hosey, Elizabeth Ward, Ben and Cecile Ward and Sarah RatV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
GENERAL ITEMS

Mayor l. A Lewis this morning ap- pointed Dectective E. Ross as acting chief in the absence of Chief of Police R. M Childress who was accident1y snot last night during a fight with a negro. All though his injuries are not considered serious they are very painful and will necessitate his absence from his office for several days
 The white sale which will be concucted by the Ladies' Aid society will open Wednesday morning at the Morton hard ware store on Nineteenth street, and a large number of children's clothes, aprons and fancy work will be on sare.
 Everything is in readiness for the open- ing of the skating rink at West Lake Wednesday night The skating rink has just been completed, and is one of the many improvements made at the lake dur ing the season. The formal opening of the lake will be held Friday, April 2S, but large crowd is expected to be in attendance Wednesday night.
 Clerk Herbert Ethridge of the probate court issued marriage license this morn ing to Edward w. Flowers and Miss Alta Brewer.
 There will be a class initiation of the Woodnen of the World Thursday night at the w o. w. hall on Third avenue, at which time 100 candidates will be initiated. The members of the Twenty-sixth regi- ment. uniform rank will be present. They will meet on the corner of Third avenue and Nineteenth street and will march In a body to the hall.
 The many friends of Ed Williams will regret to learn that he is in critical condition at the Elizabeth Duncan hos pital, where he underwent an operation for appendicitis.
 Miss Zelna Lefkowitz will arrive from Nashville Wednesday afternoon to be an attendant in the wedding of Miss Mildred Jaffe and MT. Richard F. Lussier on Thursday, April 27.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19

Dr. F. w Brandon were among the speakers and gave added impetus to the campaign by their words of encourage ment.
 Chairman Rowe stated that all the suburbs had joined in with the move ment and that yesterday the Methodists of Ensley had taken up the work of assisting in raising the required amount Other suburbs of the district will be visited by the leaders in the movement and they are confident that the required amount will be raised by the time the local campaign closes.
 The committee is being ably assisted by the local alumnae of Athens college and the utmost enthusiasm prevails among the workers.
 At the luncheon at 12:30 today at the Hotel Hiilman further reports will be made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
ARMY REORGANIZATION BILL IS PASSED AMID EXCITEMENT
term.
 WANT REGULAR RESERVE

threatened war during their training term.
 WANT REGULAR RESERVE
 The Senate also agreed to an amend ment reducing the proposed term of en- listment in the regular army from seven to five years, and the proposed term with the colors from 4 to 2, thus giving each enlisted man three years in the regular reserve
 Senator Cummins' amendment to in- crease the number of officers in the ord- nance department to 126, instead of the 85 at present, or 109 provided for in the bill was defeated, as was the Hitchcock amendment to fix the number of officers on the general staff at 52 instead of at 3S as at present. or 97 as provided in the bill
 An amendment by Senator Reed pro- hibiting enlisted men from leaving their posts to engage in any civil pursuit for hire, or otherwise, when it would inter- fere with the employment of civilians was passed.
 Upon motion of Senator Thomas an amendment was adopted making 1t a criminal offense for civilians with cer- tain exceptions. to wear an army uni form or to refuse admission to places of public entertainment to enlisted men in uniform Another amendment adopted would require adjutant generals of the 1 National Guard to be residents of the state or territory for which appointed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
Birmingham to Get
 Next J. o. U. A. M. Meet

Gadsden, April 1S.-(Special.)- )-Birming- ham gets the biennial state council of the Junior Order United American Mechanics in April. 191S This was decided before adjournment tonight. Officers elected are as follows
 State junior councillor. J. D. Brown Birmingham; state councillor, E. & Byers, Moulton; state vice councillor William Stephens, Huntsville; state sec retary, E. R. Calhoun, Birmingham; state treasurer, James T. Baker, Huntsville national representatives, A. D. Kirby Huntsville; w. F. Mccartney, Samson. < Resolutions were adopted indorsing the local school tax amendment and urging each council to work for it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
CAMPAIGN WORKERS FOR ATHENS SCHOOL
 MAKE FINE REPORT
Over 5000 Raised on First Day of Whirlwind Cam paign for EndOw-
 ment Fund

total of $900c contributed to tho Athens college endowment fund was an nounced yesterday by E. J. Rowe, chair man of the local campaign committed having in charge the raising of $35,OOO Birmingham's quota of the s125,0O0 to be raised in the north Alabama Methodis conference for the college.
 At the luncheon yesterday at noon al the Hotel Hillman the various campaign workers made report and expressed much encoura cement in the progress O the campaign. Dr. J. W. Johnson, of the First Methodist church, Dr. Ballard an6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
PRESIDENT WILL ADDRESS CONGRESS
 IN JOINT SESSION ON U-BOAT ISSUE

and other casss. Secretary Lansing told the ambassador he would see him again in fe wdays.
 When the ambassador learned Of the Arrangements for tomorrow's joint ses-
 sion, he apparently was as much sur
 prised as the remainder of officials
 Optimistic throughout, even when the
 diplomatic negotiations seemed in tight corners and the much discussed break appeared to be imminent, the ambassa- dor's confidence remained unshaken to-
 night that friendly relations between his country and the United States would coptiu11a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
JOINT SESSION IS
 ARRANGED FOR

Promptly at the hour named the Sec retary went to the Presidents room in the capitol and sent for Chairman Stone and Floor Leader Kern. After la hurried conference they went to the House side and talked with Majority Leader Kitchin. A few minutes later a resolution for joint session was in troduced in the House.
 Does the gentleman from North Carolina desire immediate action on this?" asked Representative Mundell, acting as republican leader in the ab- sence of Representative Mann
 Yes" responded the democratic lead CT. q understand the President has some very important communication to make"
 Without debate or opposition the House at once passed the resoution and the clerk carried it cover to the Senate. Up to the moment the clerk entered a majority of the senators still were in ignorance of the developments.
 Senator Kern, at point in the divid- ing aisle of the Senate and before the vice presidents desk. awaited the clerks announcement of the House res- olution and at once asked for its inn mediate adoption.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
SONS OF VETERANS

Much interest is being manifested in the meeting which will be held Wednes- day night in the courtroom in the Realty building. Judge William F. Fort, Hugh Locke, Thomas Dozier B. K McMor- ris and a number of other prominent men will speak and an effort will be made to reorganize the StonewaI Jack
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
FOUR HOUSES BURNED

Four negro house on Thirtieth street and Carolina avenue were destroyed by fire last night about 10 o'clock, causing a loss of about $500. As soon as the alarm was turned in the fire department rushed to the scene, but the fire had gained such headway before it was discovered that three of the houses were destroyed, and 4the fourth was burning badly when the firemen put water on the houses After fighting fire two hours the firemen start ed back to the station and in crossing a bridge at Thirty-second street and Caro- lima avenue the bridge was crushed and the truck remained in the ditch until 3:30 o'clock this morning when it was pulled out by a large truck. The fire truck was slightly damaged, but was not put out of commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
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islative compromise is the volunteer reserve force, but in that event they confidently expect that the school re- serve will be retained as a substitute.
 The agreement to vote on the bill today vas reached two weeks ago, and Vice President Marshall enforcing the deter imitation of the administration leaders to speed up the preparedness programme ruled that vote was required by mid nisl.t. The general prediction was thai it would be necessary to turn back the hands of the Senate clock in order tc fulfill the technicalities of the Vice Presidents ruling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19

son camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans. A musical programme will be rendered by Miss Beryl Primer, Mrs. Guy Echols, Mrs. J. E. Wright and Miss Irene Jen- kins. The public is invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
Negro Shot

Perry Ellis, negro, was shot and prob- ably fatally wounded last night by a ne- gro known as "Icehouse,' who escaped after the shooting. The negro was shot while attempting to keep his assailant from entering his premises. 'Icehouse" is said to be a .snitch''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
Fine Demonstration of
 Plain and Dainty Dishes
 Given by Mrs. Betty Wilson
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(Continued From Page Nine) crumbs and fry in hot fat. Serve with lemon quarters.
 CUCUMBER DRESSING
 One cup whipped cream. one tablespoon lemon juice, one cucumber, chopped fine, one-auarter minced onion, one-quarter teaspoon salt Whip cream stiff. Lightly mix in other ingredients.
 CHEESE SALAD
 Half pound American cream cheese. one pint whipped cream, four tablespoons water, one teaspoon grated onion, one ta bIespoon granulated gelatine, salt and pepper to taste. Put in mold to chill and serve with cooked dressing
 LADY M'MELLIN CAKE
 One cup butter, two cups sugar, six eggs (whites and yolks) one cup sweet milk, 3s4 cups flour, half cup grape juice, four level teaspoons of baking powder, two teaspoons cinnamon, one heapinG tablespoon cocoa, one cup blackberry jam Cream butter and add one-half the sugar beating until very light. Beat yolks with other one-half of sugar. Sift several times, flour and baking powder mixed together. All this in turn with milk and beaten egg whites to butter eggs and sugar mixture. Mix spices and cocoa to grape juice and add to batter Last, gently stir in the jam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
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summoned Secretary Tumulty. He in- structed him to go to the capitol at 4:30 o'clock today, and not before, and arrange for a joint session of House and Senate at l o'clock tomorrow aft ernoon. The President did not state his purpose to his secretary and in- structed him specifically to inform the leaders he had no knowledge Of the Presidents design further than that important affairs were to be commu- nicated to Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
NO COPY OF REMARKS
 TO BE GIVEN QIIT

President Wilson has guarded with unusual precautions for secrecy the
 words he will deliver. Contrary to cus-
 tom no copy of his remarks will be given out in advance. He will read
 from personally prepared manuscript
 on which he has worked three days, and Of which no copy was made. Some of the cabinet members know but they
 are bound in honor not to reveal the
 Presidents aim before he speaks to Congress, the country and to Germany, The President has refused to tell his
 own secretary, because. as the Presi- dent expressed it. he expected his sec retary would be questioned about it.
 Count von Bernstorff. the German ambassador, calling upon Secretary Lansing by direction of his govern ment, almost at the moment the Presi- dent was arranging the joint session of Congress, was informed that the Sec retary could not discuss the situation with him at this time. It was evident that the ambassador was seeking in- formation of the American govern ments plan, and it had been decided he should not have it.
 The ambassador did state however to Secretary Lansing, that while un- der no circumstances could Germany give up the submarine because it was
 being used in retaliation for Great Brlta1ns food blockade, his country would attempt to use the submarines 1 in accordance with international law and Germany's assurances to the United States He added that in any case where instructions to submarine commanders were violated reparation would be
 made, in accordance with the assur- l iances given in the Lusitania. Arabic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19

cans travelling on passenger ships and
 having no part of interest in the com
 duct of the war were sent to their deaths without Warning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
SENSE OF MEANING
 ELECTRIFIES CHAMBER

sense of its meaning electflhed the chamber, although the senators were 1 In ignorance of it's full purposes and in a tense silence it was passed
 Secretary Tumulty returned to the White House and Congress, as the pos abilities of the Presidents action dawned upon it, was galvanized with a realization of it's significance.
 The Senate, which had settled down to a night session on the army bill, listened attentively while Senator Will Hams spoke of the need of national de- fense and then in quick succession adopted amendments which in effect would eventually create an available fighting force of 100000 men, The re- organization of the National Guard, the creation of volunteer army, mili- tary training in schools and an amend ment to increase the standing army to 250,000 men-a number much in ex- cess of the military committees recom- mendations or the provisions of the
 House bill--were quickly approved and
 the bill itself was passed and sent to conference to adjust differences with the House. There was no visible con nection between the two events, but its significance was remarked upon. There is only one instance in modern diplomatic history in which a breaking off of diplomatic relations between two first class powers has not eventually
 been followed by war. That was the breaking of relations between Germany and Italy and it stands alone as a prec- edent against what diploma lists re-
 gard as the inevitable.
 President Wilson's purpose in going
 before Congress is explained to be in
 recognition of the fact that while the
 executive branch of the government
 has power to break diplomatic rela-
 tlons, Congress alone has the power to
 declare war and the President feels,
 therefore, it should be advised of an
 action in which it may subsequently, be
 called upOn to hear mart
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-11
'ILOVE YOU" BRYAN
WROTE TO GARRISON
Former Premier's Message to
Cabinet Associate One Of
Personal Affection.

Former Secretary OF war Garrison
was in n jolly frame OF mind when ne
left Secretary Of War Bakers office
yesterday after passing two hours or
more twisting up" his successor on the
duties OF his office,
Judge Garrison looked tho picture OF
health, and said he never felt better in
his life. lie declined to answer any
questions bearing on the Mexican sit-
uation, saying. II am a master OF the
people and not a servant. I am In a
position now where don't have to an
Ewer questions, and I propose exsrvts-
ing my constitutional rights."
Judge Garrison said he had received
ga most charming letter from MT.
Bryan several days ago
In the letter, he said. former Score
tary Bryan wrote. I'm or out OF ofhce,
Although many stories were circulated
that Secretary Bryan and Secretary
Garrison did not hit Il on" 80 well IN
Cabinet meetings. the former Secretary
W %cr war sw Sse and tDs
Newspaper men attempted to play on
the word CLOSE" Judge Garrison
laughed heartily and said. That's n
hypothetical question"
Inc tOTIner oeCTothry bhiu ne WTOto 70
MIR. Baker as soon as he heard OF the
latter's appointment. and volunteered to
come to Washington to acduaint him
with the duties OF the office as we'll as
to explain to him the unfinished busi-
ness Of the department.
Judge Garrison joked about his un-
ceremonious exit from the Cabinet. and
said he did not know what became OF
the preparedness speech which he wrote
the day he resigned and which was to
have been delivered at the meeting OF
the Chamber OF Commerce of the Unit
ell States last month.
II think some one stole and later sold
that, speech, said Judge Garrison
laughingly. II wound that speech up
with the expression, And the mountain
groaned and gave forth a mouse The
speech was never delivered, but three
days after II was 10 have been delivered
New York cartoonist drew q picture
and used that very expression"
Tho former Secretary admittedly coyIy
that the expression was not original,
and added that investigation might d.
close that Noah used II just before
going into the ark.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-11
ALEXANDRIA MASONS
IN SPRING REUNION
Scottish Rite Degrees Confer
red-Many Westinghouse
Attend Ceremony.

ALEXANDRIA, March 1.-THE spring
reunion OF the Scottish Rite Masons Of
Alexandra opAnad Las. r'~ht ip Ma
sonic Temple, and in the presence OF q
large gathering OF Masons from Alex
andria, Washington. and northern vlrA
sinia, the fourth and fifth degrees Of
the order were conferred In full form
upon class Of twenty candidates.
The lodge room on the third floor Of
Mason 10 Temple has undergone extern
sive repairs within the past few
months. A stage has been built. seem
cry and electric installation added, and
every convenience installed for the
proper rendition Of the work OF the
ledge.
At last nights meeting II. Noel Gar
ner. venerable master OF Washington
Memorial Lodge Of Perfection, presided,
and the work In the fourth degree was
rendered by the following officers:
King Solomon, Frank w. Latham;
Adoniram. william Lewis Alienj zabud.
Percy d. Gift; captain Of the guard.
Leweliyn p. Chauncey.
In the nth degree the characters
800 - Noio"o' 1NAuB ooiOIHou' ooJu
J. Richards; King Hiram. Frank w.
Latham; Adoniram, Percy e. Clift;
zabud. william Lewis Allen; Jehosa-
phat. Alexander NJ. Sherwood; guards.
e. c. Batcheller. w. 8. Connolly, L. ".
Hardin. II, b. Richards. p. o Cockey.
s. Mel Estes, l.. p. Chauncey, v. H..
Peele. A. ]. Jones, st. c. ID. Shelton.
IL. w, Wiidt. and Leo Ruben.
n. - 1T IL
ninth degrees will be conferred; on next
Friday the fourteenth On Monday,
March q. the fifteenth and eighteenth
will be given; on Tuesday. March 2s,
the twentieth and twenty-first: OH
Wednesday. March 20. the twenty-sev-
enth and thlrtieth. and on March 20 and
81 the thirty-nrst and thirty-second. re-
spectively. The ceremonies will loco
witha banquet to be given in the Vest
minister building.