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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-05
Summary of the News
GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS 1-President Wilson will not stop eff fort for peace on adverse reply. Action on peace note IS dcferred
 again in Senate. Central powers are In control practically of all Dobrudja. Man hunted to solve murder mys- tery kills himself. Tornado kills II school children In Oklahoma town. Alabama is showing great strength I'm armor plant fight. Villa followers to hold meeting to name capital.
 Makers of paper may be indicted on findings made. Mexican problem still unsolved. Effort to extend life of railway committee fought. Lawson changes his mind about going to Europe and will testify on leak charges.
 methods. carried Into Germany are slowly starving. Coal fieIds near Albany-Decatur may be developed. 7-Attorney general may clean up Montgomery.
 LOCAL NEWS million dollars would he cost to establish new train. Babb may lead in campaign for new civic chamber. General manager of Frisco here on inspection tour. Alabama Ruard officers formally invite Governor Henderson to visit and inspect camp Ut Ne- gnles. S 7-Reach agreement on wage dis- pute. l
 FEATURES @yews of the H0vies. News Of sperta. @H11terlal comment. .| Q-0oeaety md Dolly Dalrymple.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-05
Congress Will Be Asked
 to Investigate FunstOn's
 Order as to Revivals

Dallas. Tex, January 4-The discussion aroused last summer when Mai. Gen. Frederick Funston placed restrictions on the holding of revivals in the border camps. will be brought to the attention of Congress, pr. J. B. Gambrill, execu- tive secretary of the Baptist general con ference in Texas, announced today. Dr.. Gambrill said that Representative W. B. Oliver of Alabama would introduce a resolution bearing on the discussion.
 We believe General Funston's atti- tude is an encroachment on religious freedom" said Dr. Gambrill
 General Funston, objecting to the camp revivals, said he did not wish his soldiers be told they were Host"
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FRENCH REPORT

Paris, January 4.-The official commu- nication issued by the war office tonight reads:
 Between the Disc and the Aisne we dispersed an enemy reconnaissance north of Fontenoy and took prisoners. A some what violent artillery action took place in the sector west of the road between Souain and Somrne-Py and in the regions of Douaumont and Cote Du Poivre The usual cannonade occurred on the rest of the front
 'Aviation: About 5:30 o'clock in the aft ernoon German airplane dropped two bombs on Compeigne. One woman was wounded; no material damage was done.
 Belgian communication: Belgian pa trols were active east of Porvyse during the night Today there was spirited ar ti.lery fighting in the direction of Rams capelle. Dixmude and Hotsas."
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President Commutes Sentence

Washington, January 4.-President Wil- son today committed to expire at once the sentence of one years imprisonment at Atlanta, imposed last May upon Mar GUS Dempsey at Jonesboro. Ark, for breaking into a box car and stealing pro- visions valued at about $10. Tn hls applt- cation for communication Dempsey con- tended that his family was about to srarve when he committed the theft.
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Philadelphia January
  Colbert the knowledge Although said written statement local something his effects or detectives
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Famous Estate Sold

New York. January 4.-Tryon Hall, the 100000 estate of c. K. G. Billings, capi- talist and sportsman, known as the 'only country place" on Manhattan Island, has beer sold, it was announced today to prominent New York man. The house was built on the site of Fort Tryon of revolutionary fame, in upper Manhattan. The name of the purchaser is withheld.
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the man to the apartment house where Miss Colbert lived.
 TELEPHONED KYLE SISTERS
 Lewis twice this afternoon tele- phoned, apparently from Atlantic City, tc the home of the Kyle sisters in Ger mantown. His calls were answered by Miss May Kyle, third sister, and Lewis. she said, plunged at once into the subject of the murder.
 What shall I do?" he is reported to have said Isn't this terrible?"
 Did you know the Colbert girl?" Miss Kyle said she asked him.
 "Of course I did not know her. he is said to have replied
 Then why have you not called on
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faile Q ling to vote the Hitchcock resp : indorsing President wn- son S o on in sending it. The resoIu- tio II ; over to come up tomorrow wi prospect of further attacks by iblicans.
 pr Hitchcock failed to secure Q ous consent for vote late to- ", and during parliamentary maneuvering that followed Senator Works gained the floor to make four hour prepared valedictory speech
 Before Senator Works began, how ever, Senator Stone. chairman of he freign relations committee, with whom President Wilson consulted two days ago. said the news had gone to the world that the Presidents note was under discussion and that the Senate should act upon it at once. Senator Gallingers republican leadeH replied that any attempt to force action would not meet with approval.
 After listening to Senator Works for about two hours the Senate recessed until tomorrow, when he will resume The vote on the Hitchcock resolution cannot come at least until he con- cludes.
 LEWIS DEFENDS PRESIDENT
 The principal speeches today were made by Senator Lewis, who defended the Presidents action, and by Senator Lodge, who, concluding his attack be- gun yesterday, declared adoption of the ra ha Ioor ir a o,.yx into international negotiations with which Congress had no legal concern. and no knowledge.
 Senator Lewis answered in detail the criticisms of the Massachusetts sen ator
 Replying to the assertion that the note had been taken as a favorable move for Germany, he said it was but natural that one side or the other to such controversy should So interpret a move for peace, and declared that after all this was no reason to defeat so great an end. He strongly dissented from MT. Lodges suggestion that the adoption of the reslution would mean the dragging of the United States into buTOpedH pOlltlCS, WilH udHSCi tO tHo Monroe doctrine and important do- mestic policies, and accused the Mas sachusetts senator of incorrectly re- citing history to put democratic President in a bad light.
 PRECEDENTS ARE CITED
 This note," Senator Lewis said, "on its very face merely tenders good of fees. When good offices are rendered it is not customary. though permissi- ble. to first sound out the parties. The contrary course oftentimes is adopted lest those involved averse to peace would be busy to intercept it's re- suit
 Tn 1872 when there was war be- tween the United States and England, Russia at that time was in an alliance with England. England declined her offices, and the senator will recall that Sir James Mcintosh announced that the reason was because Russia rendered herself as mediator and not her good offices.
 ..In 1888 the United States instructed it's minister at Paris to acquaint the French government of the readiness of the President to afford assistance in his good offices to bring to an end the between France and Mex ico, this without any previous notice to either party or to their ambassadors. The President said he would feel no
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Berlin Reports That Rus sians and Rumanians
 Driven Out
ONLY NARROW STRIP
 OF TERRITORY IS
 YET TO BE CAPTURED
On Their Eastern Lines the Teutonic Forces Continue to Report Vic tory-Paris Claims to Have
 Repulsed Attacks in West

Except for narrow strip Of land ,ynrd the Moidavian town of CaiIatz. all of Dobrudia has been cleared by the Teutonic allies of Russinn and Rumanian troops. After the fall of Matchin nnd JiIila. the defenders began retreat across the Danube toward EraiIa, and according to Berlin, a peninsula projecting toward GalIstx comprises the only entente troops now in Rumania between the Danube river and the Black sea.
 In Modavia the Teutonic allies, not withstanding the heavy snows. are com tinuing their invasion of the country from the south and west, although along the front of Field Marshal Won Macken- sen in the former region they are meet ing with strong resistance at various points from the Russian and Rumanian troops.
 CARPATHIAN SECTOR
 In the wooded Carpathians the Rus sians, in an attack, captured from the Germans an advanced position north of Meste-Canesci. Petrograd reports that in this fighting the Russians took 600 men prisoners and captured three cam non, IS machine guns and other war material
 OTHER FRONTS
 On the other fronts the operations are still confined to reciprocal bombardments and engagements between small recon noitering parties In Galicia the Austro- Germans delivered several attacks against the Russians, but they proved Raids of German trenches northeast of Arras and in the neighbor- hood of Wytschaete are reported by the London war office, which asserts also that a German attempt against British ItrencSes east of -ArgpenteFs was put down )wsth losses to the attackers
 A German submarine in the Medittr- ranean has sunk the former Cunard liner Ivernia, which was acting as British transport Many of the snip's company, including officers, soldiers and crew, are missing.
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ALABAMA IS SHOWING GREAT STRENGTH IN ARMOR PLANT FIGHT
Opposition in Final Efforts to Win Argue That Lack of Vana dum in District Is Against Selection But This Is Quickly
 Answered Inspection Itinerary Announced Soon
By HUGH w. ROBERTS

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TORNADO KILLS v
 SCHOOL CHILDREN
 IN OKLAHOMA TOWN
Many Others Are Injured and Four Probably Fatally, When Terrific Winds Level Building, Hurling Little Bodies Hundreds of Feet Away. Only Two Escape Unhurt- Many Cas-
 ualties in Community

children killed
  LeeBadwin Blocker today
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VILLA FOLLOWERS
 ID HOLD MEETING
 AND NAME CAPITAL
Report From San Antonio Is Plans for Completely Organized Government
 Are Under Way

Fl Paso Tex, January 4.-Emiliano Zapata will be represented by a delegate named Paz at the meeting which is ex- pected to be held in San Antonio, Tex, Friday or Saturday, by Villa partisans to plan a provisional government for the movement being led by Francisco Villa, according to government agents here.
 It was also reported that pr. Francisco Vazquez Gomez was being considered by one faction as one of the possibilities for provisional President of the proposed government. Hipolito Villa, brother of Francisco Villa, will represent his broth CT at this conference and a number of Villa delegates are to attend the meet ing. An effort will be made at this meeting. it was said, to have Villa is- sue a proclamation giving guarantees to all foreigners and foreign property and conduct his campaign upon lines similar to the rules of modern warfare.
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STORY IS DENIED

San Antonio, Tex January 4-Hipo- Tito Villa. brother of Francisco Villa, tonight denied that there is to be con- ference of Villa adherents here to plan for Villa government in Mexico. When shown dispatch from. Fl Paso, Villa said
 There is evidently grave mistake or an intentional false report, for no such conference is contemplated by me nor any of our friends, either in the United States or Mexico have no intention Of violating any of the laws of the United States. which has given me shelter, and there will be no meeting in San Antonio or elsewhere in the interest of my brothers campaign in Mexico with the idea of setting up government.
 T am reporting each day to the United States secret service agents and have promised them will respect the neutral ity laws as we'll as the other laws of this country believe my brother is right in his campaign to free Mexico for it's people and would do all in my power to help him. But there Is nothing I can do here and certainly it is not my broth CTS or my intention to do anything to offend the United States or the American citizens"
 El Paso, Tex, January 4--Manuel ochua, a Villa general, reported to be In. charge of 800 Villa followers in the vii cinity of Villa Ahumada. was in El Pasp on December % to buy blankets. ahoeb and supplies for his men. according to q local commigsion dealer. sA|
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-05
MAN HUNTED TO CLEAR MYSTERY OF GIRLS DEATH
 KILLS HIM SELF

Bernard w. Lewis, Wealthy Pittsburger, Who Was Thought to Know Something of Brutal Murder of Beautiful Artists Model in Phila- delphia, Faced Death Rather Than Arrest in Atlantic City Hotel School Teach
 CTS Furnish Clue
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Democrats Fighting Hard to Secure Passage of Resolu-
 tiOn of Endorsement
LEWIS MAKES STRONG
 SPEECH IN DEFENSE
Illinois Senator Replies to Lodge and Recalls Precedents to Uphold Move Taken by Wilson in
 Present Situation

Washington, January 4. = The American note to belIigerent powers sugges discussion of peace terms E lebated again today in the Senat n two hours of discussion faile @ ling to a vote the Hitchcock reso indorsins President Will son 6 o on in sending it. The resoIu- tio' II over to come up tomorrow, wi prospect of further attacks bY Ss tblicans.
 pr Hitchcock failed to secure Q ous consent for a vote late to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-05
TELEPHoNED KYLE SISTERS

the man to the apartment house where Miss Colbert lived
The Washington herald., 1917-03-07
Pork.

With the country at the most crit
ical moment in its history, Congress
during its latest sitting seems to have
neglected most everything except
pork Overlooking legislation such
as the passage OF the Sheppard bill
and flibustering and procrastina-
tion have been the other big features
of the session.
A prominent editor said recently
that pork" is a national disease that
debauches both Congressman and
constituency, and is the most subtle
and sinister form of degenerating in
fluence to which a government may
become exposed. The main channel
of this disease is the public build
ings bill
According to a recent tabulation,
OF the Ala buildings and building
sites provided for (nearly all being
Postofficcs), 1872 are in towns of less
than 5000 population. OF these,
only eleven have postofhcc receipts
amounting to $4,000 a year. Ac-
cording to a report made in 1913
by the present Postmaster General
receipts of less than $4,000 do not
warrant the erection of building
by the government The Treasury
Department insists that the limit
should be $4,000. The present Post
office Committee processes to place
the limit at $4,000; yet Of the 1872
towns favored with an appropriation,
So show less than $4,000 receipts.
Whether the evil will ever be elm
mated is problematical, but we are
told by Frank Clark, of Florida, who
is guiding the destinics of the pub
lie buildings, that he hopes to live
to see the day when the govern
mcnt of the United States will not
have a single officer or employe in
rented quarters" This has a pleas
ant sound, especially to States like
Florida, but it is to be hoped that
Mr.. C1ark's desires will be curtailed
to a large extent.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-07
A MATTER OF LANDING.

Edward l.. BurlinEame, editor of
Scrihncr's Magazine. broadly smiled the
other evening when an esteemed citizen
bOdstcd how beautifully he coulo
manipulate an automobile. He said he
was reminded of a court incident along
that line.
During trial on" HaN Witness de-
clared that a chauffeur driving an auto
mnhle at the rate Of forty miles an
hour could stop the ma hinc within
distance of ten or fifteen feet
Tho succeeding witness was classed as
an expert and ratified off his testimony
with the ease of n freshly wound phono-
graph. To him the judge looked for con-
hrmation of testimony of the previous
witness.
Mr.. Smith" said his honor. IF an
automobile were driven at the rate OF
forty miles an hour and the brakes
were applied in such manner as tc
stop it within ten or twelve feet. where
would the driver co.
That. your honor" was the prompt
rejoinder of Mr.. Smith. would depend
very much on the sort of life that tho
driver had been living" - Philadelphia
Evening Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-07
ARMY ORDERS.

tn. following Officer are ordered 70 IrlTe duty
and will report IN perenn 10 the commAnoanI
Army Medical School. this city. for tnHructicn
FYrs. Lieuts samuel N. Browne and Rowland d.
Wo'ra
Cant Verne Las Rockwell is relieved from duty
ss insp,ctorinstxuctnf With orgariZed militia and
will rrp"-t for duty with the OniceIs ReseVe .
Cows Reserve Officers Training Corps, Enlisted
Reserve Corps and CltIBens' Training OanpS.
Osrt Henry ]. McKenney placed On detAehsd
Hic.rs' list and Capt Thomas A. Roberts removed
thNrrfrum
Following orioers ordered to active duty and
will report 70 Army Medical School. this city. for
instruction: First Leuts. Paul N. Crawford and
Edward l.. Moore.
Col. Edwin A Root placed on detached odicsrS'
list
can't. Charles R. Mayo rebercd from detail in
Sie:al Corps and assigned TO the Seventh Cavalry.
First Lieut. Henry R. stn1s honnrably discharged
Cap, Walter H johnson will proceed 10 San
Francisco. Cal. for duty in connection with the
Officers Reserve Corps, Reserve Ofic1S Training
CNoriE Enlisted Reserve Corps and CatLens' Train
Ing Camps.
Lave for three days granted Capt william y.
Ha7en.
MAJ. Hugh n. Wis., detailed for service IN the
ouarterraster CorTs and will proceed u Honolulu.
Hawaii
F,-,t Lieut. Neil O. Finch will rcport to PRESIDENT
# the examring board at Washington, D. C.. for
e1ami"ation IN determine his dtreB for promotion
TrAve for two days is granted Capt, Ellison L.
Gmer
Sccood Lieut.. John W. McDOnald. Assigned to
the Txelfth Cavalry.
O. Mason NJ Patrick assigned to FIrst Rssi-
rncnt Of Engineers.
Sc~-nd Lieut. Frank Z. Parker will nrooeed 70
Washington, D. G., for assignment to duty.
Leave for me month Is grantcd Second lieut..
Frank r. Parker.
,aM Arthur r Dalton assigned n active duty
aud detailed a acting oua1emsster. He will
proceed to Fort SIoc7Im. n Y.
~ viii n the n
manding general. Southern DEPARTMENT. for assign
mott To station and duty.
First Lieut.. Bernhard K. Stumberg relieved
from duty in the Hawaiian DEPARTMENT.
First Lieut.. Benhsrdt K. StumberE honorably
discharged
Capt Charles A Hunt detailed as professor Of
military sricnco ard tactics at the Now Ham, shire
College Of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts.
Durham. " II.
Mai John w Gulick detailed as a member Of
the examining hoard at Fort Monr'e. Va, vice
Mai. George A. Nugent. relieved.
Leave for ten days granted Second Lieut. Basil
u. SpaidnE.
Lave for one month granted Cart. James W.
Everingtnn.
Following Officers Of the Cuast ARTILLERY Corrs
will he examined for promotion: Lieut.. Cols. Daniel
W Ketcham. Thom8s r. LamoresuI Andrew Herr.
ir and PRANK f. Harris. Mas Frederick Il
Johnston. Earle D'A. Pearre. Arthur 8. ConkIin,
James F. Brady, Roderick L. Carmichael and An
drew Moss.
board OF officers Of the Ordnance Department
n cnnsist of Mai Morgan ]. Brett. Cant. Richard
Fl. Somes and Capt. Harry K. Rutherford is
appointed to meet at the Sandy Hook Proving
Ground. Sandy Hook, n. J., March 5 To mark ex-
animation papers of officers examined for detail 70
the Ordnance Department.
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BUSINESS MAN
HAD No idea
WOULD HELP HIM
Had Chronic Constipation, Gas
on the Stomach and in Cen
eral Rundown Shape, but
Dreco Proves Every
Claim Made for 1t.

That Dreoo is about the finest medi-
cine l have ever taken and | am GER
tainly glad / got started on II. l have
not been exactly sick. but have been all
out OF shape for several months. l was
constipated, bilious and had no life or
energy and had just simply to drag my
self around. ] was nervous and restless
and couldn't sleep well My food did not
digest well, but seemed to lay heavy in
my stomach and formed gas that gave
me that uncomfortable. .bloatcd feeling.
couldn't enjoy my time around home
in the evenings on account OF this dis
tressed feeling. l was losing ground
every day. it seemed. and couldn't take
any interest i'm my work.
'Dreco is just what | needed to straight
en- me out. II went right in after my
trouble and ] began to improve almost
from the start. My appetite is splendid
and my digestion fine. The gas no longer
bothers me and 1 never have that bloat-
ed feeling any more. In fact | enjoy
my meals and eat like schoolboy. When
go TO he'd at night | 80 right of to
sleep and wake the next morning feel
ing refreshed and fine. The constipa-
ton is thing OF the past
"Dreco is certainly all right and every
bit as good as you claim it is. and l
am recommending It to many of my
friends" So spoke Mr. John Webb, who
lives at 7os Twelfth street northeast.
Wa shinEton, d. c.
Here is just another case of auto-in-
toxication. Mr. Webb. like thousands IF
other people, had allowed his digestive
organs to get out of shape, and his en-
tire system was filled up with actual
Toisons. which impair the action Of the
WITH organs. rendering them incapable
OF performing their proper function.
People suffering from this trouble ex-
perience a dull, tired. heavy feeling, with
no life or energy. Other symptoms are
a dull memory, sluggish mind, depression
of spirits, nervousness. heada ches and
dizziness. Troubles of this kind should
not be allowed to go on indefinitely, as
sooner or later some of the more i'm
portant vital organs are sure to become
affected.
Get Dreco today from any O'Donnell
Drug Store. Geo. B. Bury in Anacostia.
Allen & Co. in Alexandria.-Adv.
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CIoture.

If the present disgrace of the SEN
ate can lead to the death of the ar
chaic filibuster, it will then have
brought some tangible good.
Hopes are high that some form of
cloture may be effected. The mood
of the Senate today is not tolerant
of a pig-headed minority. 1t is not
tolerant of men whose perversity has
we'll been described as a form of
moral treason" There is no longe,
a blind insistence on Senatorial ira
dition in contrast to the plain de-
mands of the public veal.
There is only one reason why un-
limited debate in the Senate has
come down to this day and age: the
fact that 1t has, for the most part,
been used conservatively, and when
it has been ruthlessly employed to
kill bills, the measures in question
we'll deserved to be killed. Senator
Carter smothered one of the grab"
bills in this way not many years ago.
The hlibuster has always been a men
ace in the hands of an unscrupulous
minority, but the menace has never
been developed to its full proportions
until the present crisis.
As the result of the initiative of
President Wilson, we see the Senate
Fastening to overturn one of its an
cient rules which seemed as immov-
able as Gibraltar itself. The estab-
lishment of modified form of clo-
ture will be counted among not the
least of the triumphs of the Presi-
dent. This man who has shattered
so many precedents and cut so much
silly red tape from the routine of
the government, has again played his
cards so we'll that the Senate, re-
naming one of the Businesses of polit-
ical conservatism despite the upheav-
ais which have weeded out most of
the old Guard and the old school, is
about to introduce common sense and
democracy into some of its rules.
Only a few years ago we heard
Southern Democrats fatty saying
they would never submit to cloture,
because it meant that Northern Re-
publicans would be empowered to in
terfere with their domestic manage
ment of the negro question, and would
reduce their proportionatc representa-
tion in Congress. But there is lit
tie of that talk now. .....
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are so many sudden shifts in the pro-
gram, so much legalistic backing
and filing, as to create skepticism in
some minds as to whether our ships
are to be armed after all. The Presi-
dent need not be afraid of an obso-
lete though unrepealed statute. There
are times when national emergency
rises far above the application of a
forgotten law. and the nation would
sustain him in ignoring such a law.
To our mind the return to a request
to the Senate for authority will be a
blunder in view of the existing state
of public opinion. 'however techni-
cally correct it may be.