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The Washington herald., 1917-04-04

Flowers-Field flowers so much
in demand. such as daisies, pop
pies. corn flowers, and buttercups.
Also wheat in all colors; 7sc, 81,
and sI.aS.
Fancy Feather Novelties in ali
the newest effects. Burnt pea
cock and burnt ostrich in black
and colors; 81, $I.So, $a, and $3.50.
PsIsis THoya-seeond Floor.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-04

Wreaths Of beautiful flowers
Silk Roses. with silk foliage. COM
bincd with fruit. Fine French
linen flowers in small clusters, in
wonderful colorings. Large Flat
Flower Wreaths, such as daisies
and asters. with foliage. Special.
81 and sI.So.
Large and Medium Size Wings
IN black, white, and the much
wanted navy blue: 81, $I.So and $7.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-04
Today's Events

Meeting Of finance committee Of District CHARTER.
American Red crosA wadsworth HOUSE. isoi
Massachusetts, avenue 80 D. N.
Concert for beneht Of BAPTIST Home for Children.
b Brown university Glee Club. bsiiroom. Raleigh,
D. N. .s .l-s
Address on THO Ideal" in shakespssresn cowse
American University. $40 p m
Meeting Of Board Of Education. Franklin School
Building. so p. m.
Meeting to organize = sieerhood Red Cross Unit.
Eighth Street Temple. 71O p. m.
Baby exhibition By Florence Critt-ntou HOPE and
Help Mission, l2,s street northwest
Meeting Of Chevy Chass otizsus' Association,
schoolhouss, . D. m.
Hike TO Aqucduct Bridge BY Christian Dn-
deasr Society. Vermont Avenue Christian Church.
p. m.
Meeting Of Association Of Oldest Inhabitants.
Union Engine Houss. Nineteenth and H streets
northwest. 10 r. m.
Masonic-odris Lodge. No. %. and King Solo
mon. No. 81; Arenas Chapter. No. 10. Order Of the
Eastern Star.
Knishts Of Pythiss-Mount Vernon Lodse. No. s.
and Equal. No. II.
Pythian sisters-Frsudship TEMPLE. No. q
Odd Fellows Eastern Lodge. No. Z: Harmony.
%; Mount Ntbo EncAmpment No g.
IifIstrated talk on American Historical Costumes
Worn By Mistresss Of the White House." BY Mrs.
Rose GouSeneur Hues. Mason House 1905 Twentieth
street northwest. II 80 A. m.
Public msss meeting Of citizens. boys girls.
teachers. and scout leaders Of Saul's Addition.
Pinsy Branch Community and Fifteenth Street
Highlands. In interest Of gardening, Iowa Avenue
Methodist Church. 7:t5 o. m.
Concert by United States Soldiers Home Band
Orchestra, Stanley Hall. go .. m.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-04
AMUSEsfENTs

Belascc-.'Eery Coed Eddie" 2:I5 and 20 p. N
Nv Sational-'Twin Beds" 2:l5 and $40 p. M
Pois-New Poll Players, in Alma. Where d
Sm Live" 2:l5 AID s:lj p. M
B. 7. keitbs-Vaudesille, 2:l5 and s:I5 p. m.
Gayety -Brrssque. 2:l5 and s:T5 p. m.
Cosmos-Vandeyille, 1870 to u30 p m.
Columbia Photcp'ays l0:o a. m. to II D. m.
Strapd-Photoplsys. II a. m. to II p. m.
Garden Photoplays. II q. m. to II p. m.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-04

Japanese children have to learn an al
phabet Of 5000 letters.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-04

A bad breath, coated tongue, bad
taste in the mouth, languor and debility,
are usually signs that the liver is out Of
order. PROF. HEMMETER says, rThe
liver 10 an organ secondary in import
snee only to the heart.n
We can manufacture poisons within
our own bodies which are as deadly a.
. snakes venom.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-04

Last Chance-Hats Trimmed to Order
Todays visitor interview Palas Royal MneT Of the
little paors and be assured hat made Easter
Sunday. Last.moment style and individuality assured
Untrimmed Hats, So, $3.50. $3.50, IS and S6..
Many shapes shown beforeSem Cooe and
Chinese Sailors Large Flat Hats hats with high rolled Sides black
gold. violet biscuit color and navy blues.
Trimmings-The best Al moderate prices
The Washington herald., 1917-04-04

of Esere China and Belgian Split S~s Mans Hemps The
arrangement of the trimmings will sp2eaand the quality of flowers fruit
qu and ribbons, All back-nd eoor. New hats-as
ute syles-many o view for the first time this morning.
Royal FIoer.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-04
A Hat for Every Suit and Dress

and is here t With much md N
heretofore the Be whou os of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
CONGRESSMAN DENT ISSU ES STATEMENT DEFENDING MILITARY
 COMMITTEES PLANS
Continued from Page one)

Continued from Page One) the administration everything 1t asked for. In the beginning, criticism against the volunteer idea was based on the con tention that certain estimable men, from patriotic motives, would volunteer, whereas they would be of more service in the ordinary pursuits of life. To satis- fly the administration on this point, the committee established for the tentative volunteer system the same exemption which the war college demanded should be established for the draft system"
 At present, every member of the Ala bama delegation stands with the commit tee. However, as predicted above, the ad- ministration will probably secure con- scription without the option of calling for volunteers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
FIGHT TO BEGIN MONDAY

Washington April 21.-President Will sons fight to organize a wartime army
 in accordance with the advice of the war
 department and the army general staff will begin in earnest Monday in both
 houses of Congress.
 In the Senate today the administration
 bill was formally started on Its way to a vote. There was some debate par liamentary tangles were disposed of, and the way was cleared for uninterrupted consideration of the measure.
 Tn the House both the majority and
 minority reports were presented from the military committee and the bill will come up Monday, with Representative Kahn, ranking republican member leading the committee minority's fight for the admin istration's plan, unamended, while Chair man Dent, heading the majority of the committee, directs the opposition, urging
 trial of a volunteer system before re-
 sorting to the selective draft of the war department plan.
 The minority report, signed by eight members of the committee, rests for au- thority on letter from Secretary Baker to Chairman Dent, declaring the opinion that any compromise on the department's S plan would be attended by unfortunate results.'
 The majority report, signed by Chair
 man Dent and Il others, says in part: "The bill authorizes, but does not direct the President to issue call for volun-
 teer army of 5OO.OOO in the first place
 and of an additional force of 5OO,O0O if
 necessary, under the law now in exist
 ence.
 "The bill further authorizes the Presi- dent to proceed at once with the regis tration of all male citizens between the ages of M and 40 as provided in the 1 plan of the war department for draft l So that, all of the machinery authorizing the draft of 5O0,OO0 for the first force and of the additional 500,o0O will be put in 1, operation at once.
 Tt will require. according to the testi-
 mony of the Secretary of War before the
 military committee. at least three months and probably longer to complete this registration. In the meantime if the President sees fit, he is authorized
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
GARDEN COMMITTEE
 ID BECOME ACTIVE
Civic Association to Conduct Campaign to Increase the
 Production of Food

Inst one week from today you are going to go up to the rooms of the Br- nfngham Civic association where you will see perched on top of the Jeffer- son County Bank building, 26 floors re- moved from mother earth, real regular garden, though in it's infancy; in fact, it will be 10 days old on that day. At least, that is what Joseph B. Babb, secretary of the Civic association, says, for he in- vites everybody. There will be seed men, fertilizer men and doctors of home gar- dening methods galore on hand to tell you all about how, when and what to plant. and it is bound to be interesting when you come to think about it, for you can look over the city from this muchly elevated garden spot and see practically every garden in Birmingham.
 The food and garden committee met at the Civic association yesterday afternoon and decided to show their baby next Sunday and proud father" Babb is elated, for he has been sitting up nights watching it grow They decreed other things equally as important anent the present campaign for more gardens.
 On Thursday night rousing mass meet ings will be held in Woodlawn, East and North Birmingham and East Lake by the flying squadron of the CIVIC league, the speakers being c. B. McCor- mack, Judge B. M. Allen, T. L. Cannon and others The squadron will fly from one community to the other in automo- piles, and tell the people what is going or in the gardening world in Birming- ham. Patriotism will be sandwiched in to such an extent that the meetings will be lively. The committee will seek the cooperation of the School Improvement societies of each community visited, and enlist their support in the movement that has stirred the city from one end to the other.
 The Civic league will continue it's ac- tiyity in every part of the city until the entire area has been covered and all have been enrolled among the gardeners"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
DR. BURNS MAKES
 REPORT ON HEALTH
 COUNTY CONNECTS
Only One Death Out of Over 1000 Men Handled-Out- door Living and Good
 Food Given as Cause

That the system of working the con- victs is both beneficial and humane is evidenced by the report of pr. W. A, Burns physician in charge of the sev- eral convict camps of the county sub- mitted to the board of revenue. The re- port shows that there was only one death from disease during the year out of over 1000 convicts handled by that department The report shows that during the winter months there were few cases of la grippe and no cases of pneumonia. This fine record is attributed to the outdoor lv- ing of the convicts, the care taken ot them, and the abundance of wholesome food. Dr. Burns points out the fact that the methods used in handling convictf could be simultaneously used by free people. The report follows:
 Board of Revenue. J. w. Gwin, presi-
 dent, City:
 "Gentlemen: The working of convicts on the roads of Jefferson county was begun on April 1. 1913 It has been my custom on each succeeding year to give your body a brief report relating to the health of the convicts during the preced- ing year. While each year of the four has shown wonderful results IS far as health is concerned in handling these derelicts, it remains for the year just closed to make the record.
 ITO summarize, I will state that on April 1, 1916. there were 29S convcts on hand. There were received during the year 74S, making total of 1046 persons he were discharged and escaped, 734 killed attempting to escape, 2, and died from chronic disease 1-total, 737, leaving on hand 309 The average ratio for the races is one-sixth white and five-sixths black. For the sexes there is practically the same average. When one stops to think that there was only one death out of over 1000 persons handled, from disease, which was not acute or in the preventable class, it should forever put at rest the idea that the best of health cannot be had by those whose lot is to belong to the class of people in question.
 ITO further emphasize the health sit uation, I will state that of the preventable diseases not one case occurred during the year.
 Further, during the winter months, only a few cases of la grippe and not one of pneumonia for the entire year. This good health must be attributed to the outdoor living, the care taken of the in- mates and the abundance of food that furnishes the proper nourishment, there fore increasing the power of resistance to disease So much has been said of recent months about health conditions in this county that it Is peculiar fact that the methods used in handling con victs might be advantageously used by the free people. What has been done has been accomplished without any great propaganda for improved health con ditions, but by the exercise of good judg- ment and plain common sense.
 Tn conclusion, wish to thank all who have been and are now connected with the work, including the convicts them selves, for the hearty cooperation given me. Respectfully,
 "W. A. BURNS,
 Physician In Charge"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Roosevelt Advocates Limiting Grain to Be
 Used for Intoxicants

Mineoba N. Y, April 21.-In an address before the Long Island Food Reserve battalion and the Nassau county farm bureau here today, Col. Theodore Roose- welt advocated that steps be taken at once to limit the amount of grain being used throughout the country Tor rne brewing and distillation of intoxicating liquors.
 He advocated also that the use of auto- mobiles for joyriding be stopped so that the nation's supply of gasoline may be saved for government uses, and that the government in case of food shortage, mobilize and conscript men for tilling the soil
 "When we are threatened with short age of foodstuffs, as is apparent in the country wide crop reports today, and when it is our duty to supply food to our allies to our utmost ability he sard, i've should see that needed grain food necessities are not diverted from their proper usage to the manufacture of in- toxicants."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Funeral of Archbishop
 to Be Held Thursday

New Orleans, April 21.-The funeral of Archbishop James H. Blenk of New Or leans, who died here last night, will be held next Thursday morning at 10 o'clock instead of Wednesday, as announced earlier in the day. The ceremonies will be held in St. Joseph's church, after which the body will be taken to the old St. Louis cathedral for interment in the crypt there in accordance with the arch bishops request The body will be re- moved from the archbishopric Sunday afternoon to St. August's church, where it will lie in state until Wednesday after noon. It will then be transferred to St.
 Joseph's church for the funeral services Thursday. Bishop Gallagher of Galveston will say the requiem mass and Bishop Gum of Natchez will deliver the sermon Requiem mass will be said for the dead archbishop Monday and Tuesday in every Catholic church in the city and special sermons will be preached tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Governors of States to Send Representatives to
 Washington Conference

Washington, April H.-Governors of all states were asked by the Council of Ma tional Defense today to send representa- tives to Washington, May 2, for a con- ference on measures of state co-opera- tion in the conduct of the war. Military affairs and the food situation will be the most important questions taken up.
 The governors also were requested to send as delegates the heads of state de- fense councils where they have been created.
 States that now have defense councils or committees are Maryland, Massa- chusetts, New Hampshire, New York. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Caro- lima, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Georgia, Kan sas, West Virginia and Wyoming. Im- mediate creation of others, the council announced, is expected in California, Connecticut and Nebraska.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
NOTED SUFFRAGISTS
 GUESTS AT LUNCHEON
Vice President of National Association to Make Address on Thrift and the Elimination of Waste of Foodstuffs Granting of Suffrage to the Women of Arkansas
 Will Be Celebrated

An event of more than usual interest to the local suffragists is the visit to the city of Mrs. Walter McNab Miller, first vice president of the National Equal Suf- frage association, and Mrs. Alice Filing
 ton, president of the Arkansas Equal Suffrage association. These prominent members of the feminist movement will be the guests of honor at luncheon to be given on Tuesday at the Tutwler and both have a message to proclaim
 Mrs. Miller is in direct communication with D. F. Houston, secretary of agricul- ture, and to cooperate with him is mak- ing tour of the south to advance the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
TELLS BOYS HOW
 TO GET SPARROWS

For the benefit of sparrow hunters Commissioner Ward gave out this hint yesterday:
 For the benefit of inquirers regard ing the English sparrow, advise those who wish to destroy them to get shall low wood boxes. I always use poison box Mix fine grits with powdered nux vomica; place box out of reach of chickens on posts in shade or in hedges or trees. This remedy will kill any fowl or bird matched with closed eyes,
 For red ants, use red pepper on diluted extract of pepperment. A few drops in ant beds will destroy them.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

doctrine of thrift and the elimination Of food waste as suggested by the depart ment of agriculture She will speak in 10 different sections of the state on this subject
 Mrs. Ellington is state president of the Equal Suffrage assoc1acion of Arkansas, the first southern state to give full suf- frage to women, and the luncheon Tues day will be in the nature of a celebration of the breaking of the solid south" so far as women's suffrage is concerned.
 The public is cordially invited to attend the luncheon, and those desiring tickets are requested to call on Mrs. Solon Jacobs, Mrs. Jack Bowron, Miss Leona Loveman, or any of the members of thel ocal as sociation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Bernhardt's Condition
 Favorable" Say Doctors

New York, April 21.-The condition of Madame Sarah Bernhardt, who is ill in a hospital here, was described by her physician tonight as ''favorable'' Her present weakness. it was said, was not due to the operation she underwent sev- eral days ago, but to the run down state of her health for the six months preceding"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Freight Car Shortage on
 April l Was Very Great

New York. April a.-The largest freight car shortage ever reported by American railroads existed on April l. It was an- nounced here today by the American Rail- way association. The shortage on that date was 14S,o59 cars, an increase of 12,97 as compared with March l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Noted Woman Leading in Food Campaign Speaks
 in Jasper
ALABAMA MUST FEED
 HERSELF IS SLOGAN
Waste Less and Produce More Must Be WatchwOrd in National Crisis-Other Dates in
 County

Jasper. April -(SpeciaL)-Mrs. G. H. Mathis of Gadsden delivered an ad- dress to a vast audience in the chau- tauqua tent this afternoon at o'clock. She was introduced by Mir. Frank Willis Barnett. associate editor of The Age-Herald. MT. Barnett paying a glowing tribute to Mrs. Mathis.
 Mrs. Mathis stressed the importance of unity of purpose and effort on the part of the whole community, She said that there was not S0-day sup ply of food in Alabama and that was largely due to the fact that people had turned their attention to iron making. coal mining, furnaces and had simply forgotten the food situation. Such towns as Birmingham, Gadsden, Anniston, Jasper and many others in Alabama do not have as much as two weeks food supply. This is largely due to the fact that the towns had not provided attractive markets for the farmers produce.
 WHAT HAS RESULTED
 As a result in this time of crisis, the farmer made no effort to supply any food beyond his own consump- tion. When it is considered that 90 per cent of the globes population and 95 per cent of the land population Is involved in the mighty conflict now raging it will become apparent what the people of the United States are about to confront. Two men with a machine gun can shoot more shells in one day than 10 men can manu- facture Therefore 1t is clearly seen that the men at the front are of no more importance than the men on the farm or at home.
 ''We did not bring about this war said Mrs. Mathis. "We have been brought into it and if we wanted to we could not get out of it. We do not want to get out It Is war for humanity and Christ, and we as Amer ican citizens are forced to do our part at the front on the farm and at home if we win this humane war
 France and England are fighting for this humane purpose and if they are in it we must help them by fur nishing the food The farmers of Wal ker county are the soldiers of the community. We must soldier for this great cause and do 1t at once.
 STATE BUYS OUTSIDE
 Alabama falls short of feeding her
 by exactly $44 per capita per year; es nessee, SIS. If Alabama and the
 ar cotton growing states, together
 a the tobacco growing states would luce enough food to save this S44
 capita in one year we would save he treasury of the United States
 0,000,000
 ne time is coimng when bale of will not buy barrel of flour the farmers of Walker county a irged to reduce so much cotton
 Ing and plant more wheat, corn 64. other food products. Just as surely as this war is on, what food that has been coming south is now going 10 be sent to the allies and if the south fails to produce it's own food products then you are to be the sufferer. AL ready the wheat crop of 1917 has been contracted for. and the sugar crop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
SOMETIMES A GOAT MAY
 NOT BE A GOAT IN THE END |
American Steel Company Owners Roden Hotel Frame Handed Lemon But Are Now About to Have Some Real
 Velvet on Deal-Demolishng the Ventilated" Hotel

a goat at all but a regular long-headed person with a bunch of velvet handed him on supposed lemon deal. The steel frame work is being razed and though work has progressed only three days three floors have been lowered into motor trucks, and immediately carted away to storage.
 The work will be completed by June 1, and the vacant lot, presenting a com pleted basement less the covering, will greet eyes looking that way soon, and the best ventilated hotel in Amerrca, as Julian Street described it, will soon be on ice
 Figuring that the steel, the erection and dismantling of it, represents an invest ment of 5O,0OO, the profit of s5S, AGO drawn down on a lost hope won't make any of the officials of the American Bridge company hate themse1ves-it is to be hoped.
 The tonnage of steel in the structure is 1880 tons, and its value is estimated on present quotations of s65 per ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22

When the hitch in the construction of the Roden hotel came, the American Bridge company owned approximately s3OO0O worth of good steel that had been riveted into the frame for the proposed new hotel of 12 stories Work stopped, and after the usual avenues for securing payment for the steel had been traversed to an unsuccessful end, the said American Bridge company was universally declared the official goat in the big transaction that tumbled and fell, but that was ap- proximately four years ago. Today, the steel in that frame is worth $10S, 400, and you can't buy it for that as steel con tinues to soar and the owners are storing the great beams. upright posts and gird- CTS, gambling little further on the market. 4
 So the Roden hotel ghost Is about to walk in the right direction, and the W. k. official goat, as heretofore dubbed. is not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
MADAME AIDA
 CLOSES BIENNIAL
Metropolitan Opera Com pany Soprano Brings Week
 to Fitting Close

The recital given last evening at the Jefferson theatre by Madame Frances Aida, the prima donna of the Met ropolitan Opera company, was a fit ting climax to the biennial The week. which will go down in musical history of Birmin gham as it's most brilliant and cultural one. would not have been complete without the appearance of this noted soprano. Assisted by Frank La Forge. her songs struck popular chord and she was repeatedly encored during the evening. Although her pro- gramme included some of the great est compositions of the musical world no numbers received greater applause than "The Star r-Spangled Banner and "Suwanee River" which were sung as encores.
 The programme follows:
 Etude de Concert. Mcdowell
 Frank La Forge Je ne suis qu'une Bergere. .Philidor Amar111 Cacclil Nymphs and Shepherds. ...... Purcell My Lovely Celia. Munro The Lass with the Delicate Air..
 Mme. Aida
 Sinulle (Finnish) ........ Merikanto Kehtolaulau (Finnish) .Jaernfeld Deep River Burle1gn n An Open Secret ............ Woodman Star-Spangled Banner ............. Suwanee River ....................
 Mime. Aida
 Romance ......s s......... La Forge Gavotte La Forge
 Frank La Forge Chanson Norvegienne ..... Fourdrain Fantoches ......... Debussy I Came With a Song ...... La Forge Unrequited Love ............ La Forge Song of the Open ......... La Forge Year at the Spring ................
 Mime. Aida
 Tn quelle Urine morbide; Minuetto- "Manon Lescaut". t".......... .Puccini
 Mime. Aida