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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-05
7T1 HE last recital given by Miss Abi-
 gail Crawford took place Monday

E7T1 HE last recital given by Miss Abi-
 gail Crawford took place Monday S night at Cable hall in the presence of large and enthusiastic audience.
 Miss Crawford introduced two of her most promising pupils in recital, Lucy Parker and Annie Beth Crawford, who were assisted by Ethelyn Hayes, pupil in voice of Mrs. Clara Harper-Steele
 This recital has been looked forward to with great deal of interest both by the friends of the Crawford music class and the young ladies themselves. The hall was tastefully and attractively decorated
 The first number the programme was rendered by Lucy Psrker-"Prairie sketches,~ by Cadman-and was deftly played with understanding and interpre- tation.
 Annie Beth Crawford next interpreted the numbers by Junsen, Chopin and Schuman, in a splendid manner.
 The singing of Ethelyn Hayes was feature of the programme greatly en- joyed Her voice is a clear, ripping so- prano, and the Valley of Laughter by Sanderson and the "Coquette' by Stein gave splendid opportunity to show the wonderful range, fleXibility and sweet ness of her voice.
 
 Mrs. Corrie Handley Rice will give the third and fourth recital of a series. Thursday evening at S:30 o'clock and Sat urday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at Cable hall.
 Miss Augusta Dearborn entertained at an informal bridge party Saturday alt ernoon at her home on Fifteenth avenue, south honoring Miss Jean Marks, charming bride-elect.
 The guests included Miss Marks, Mrs. John Reid, IT, Miss Louise Cunning ham, Misses Martha and Margaret Bradshaw, Misses Susie and Selina Perry, Miss Helen Bishop. Miss Marguer- ite King, Mrs. Marshall Hogan, Mrs. J. D. Moor, Jr., Mrs. Frank Glass, Jr, Miss Dorothy Davis, Miss Carolyn Brown, Miss Virginia Cheatham, Miss Lucy Simpson, Miss Virginia Allen, Miss Lena WiIkerson, Miss Sadie Clark, Miss Eleanor Anderson, Miss Sara Mallam, Misses Amy and Julia Chenoweth, Mrs. Burr Ferguson.
 Mrs c. J. Palmer entertained at luncheon party at the Southern club Sat urday for Miss Jean Marks, whose mar riage to pr. Stewart Henry Welch will take place tomorrow, June 6.
 The table was adorned with baskets of daisies and places were laid for Miss Marks, Miss Margaret Coleman, Miss Virginia Allen, Miss Florence Coffin, Miss Erin Weller, Mrs. Hunter Smith, Mrs. Forney Johnson, Mrs. Harvey Watt, Mrs. Ed Warren. Mrs. Ed Fucker Countess Leonardo and Mrs. Parker.
 -
 The announcement of the engagement of Miss Eileen Bartlett of Talladega to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-05

our brave women of Birmingham todayl.
 If the women of this community do not march today i'll the big Registration Day pa triotic parade, it won't be the fault of Mrs. w. D. Nesbitt, the chairman, for although the preparations for the women's part in the celebration has been arranged on very short notice, Mrs Nes bitt has certainly done her share toward making it agreeable and pleasant for the women to take part She has attended meetings and conferred with those in charge. She has worked like Trojan to get everybody interested and has shown the true patriotic spirit in every way.
 we want every woman in Birmingham who can join in the march," Mrs. Nes- bitt said yesterday. There is no req son why we shouldn't have magnificent showing; it is not suffrage demonstra- ton, although the suffragists have taken an active part in the plans and arrange ments; it belongs to every club and or ganzation in the city. It has been diff cult to get in touch with many of the club women on account of the clubs be- ing disbanded for the summer, but we have tried to enlist the interest of every body so that all will feel that it is their affair.
 'Of course, there are some women who cannot take the long march which is planned Mrs. Nesbitt continued 'but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-05

provision has been made that if these women will assemble at the Southern club corner at ? o'clock they will be in- cluded in the parade as it passes that section of the city, leaving only a couple of blocks to march before they get to Capitol park. In New York at the suf- frage parade and also in Wake Up, America day, thousands of women marched from Washington square to Cen tral park, a distance of several miles, but that, of course, is irksome and our line of march all in all won't cover great deal of territory; the main thing about parades and things of that sort after all is not so much the amount of walking that is done, but the standing around and waiting and that sort of thing, so if those who can't do it all will just be at the Southern club corner they will have a chance to do their part"
 We want the representative woman- hood of Birmingham to join today in the parade Mrs. Nesbitt said in conclu- sion. T think it is as little as we can do in the face of our brave men going to war and risking their lives and fortunes and futures for us, to stand by them on the day when they register hope every woman in Birmingham will realize what a privilege it is to be able to march side by side with the splendid men of Bir- mingham today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-05

A wedding which will come as a sur- prise to friends is that of Miss Gladys Perry and MT Fred Lilies of Patton
 The marriage took place yesterday aft ernoon al the home of MT. and Mrs. John Woodard on South Thirteenth street, where the ceremony was performed by the Rev. L. S. Parrish and was witnessed by only a few friends.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-03-02
r.. r.. NOTES
(From Pratt Union)

The awarding of premiums to road
masters and section foremen on Rock
Island lines for year 1916 for max
ing greatest Improvement in track
under their supervision, as we'll as
the personal and individual efforts
extended during the year for the bet
terment of the property, was recently
completed Every roadmaster nam.
ed in the list receives a gift of 500
and each section foreman $50. Road
master j. H. Logan of the Ell Paso
division received the award and four
section foremen, V. w. Hartley. II.
D. Norris. F. F. Brown and l. Love.
The Rock Island has handled $500
troops since the trouble with Mexico
began. This has been handled along
with the other heavy business and
the work of the employees has been
very commendable for their assist
ance in the matter.
C. G. Stevenson went to Guymon
Sunday evening on No. 33.
Conductor G. c.. Phillips layed off
Friday to assist his family in tenter-
tanning friends from Liberal.
Brakeman Howard Stamper,resum
ed duty Tuesday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-03-02
The Democrat force believe mad

The Democrat force believe in adj
yertising- One hundred postal cards
were mailed announcing the railroad
edition this week. No sooner had
they been circulated by Uncle Sans
mail carriers than the office phone
began to ring, and requests thata rep
resentative call for ad copy were
made. About the time the phone quit
ringing telegram was delivered re-
serving double-page space for the
Hutchinson Terminal Elevator adver-
Using. Things were picking UP in
the office right away and we were
mighty near swamped. If you don't
believe in advertising, try it. 1t will
be good for your business, and the
public will not care whether or not
you believe in it.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-03-02
CHRISTIAN CHURCH MEETINGS
ARE WELL. ATTENDED,

Good weather attending permits
the meetings at the Christian church
to go on with good interest and good
attendance. James Taylor, the min
lister of the Christian church of Scott
City, is conducting the meetings and
has established himself firmly with
his audiences and he is giving them
some exceedingly good sermons. Spec
ial music is also offered and the pub
lie is cordially invited to come out to
the meetings -Pawnee Rock Herald.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-03-02

The Beloit Call passes this one
along for you to figure out: A wo-
man went to town with a basket OF
eggs. The grocer asked her how
many dozen she had in the basket
81 don't know" replied the woman
"but if you take the eggs out two at
a time, there will be an odd one left.
If you take them out three at time,
there will be an lodd one left. If you
take them out four at time, there
will be an odd one left If you take
them out five at time, there will be
an odd one left. II you take them
out six at time, there will be an
odd one left. But if you take them
out seven at time, they will come
out even" How many eggs were
there in the basket? @
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-03-02

search parties were formed, but the
searchers returned without having
got any trace of the truant. But on
the third day thereafter tow-headed
youth OF the community, travel-worn
and dusty, came limping up the main
street of the hamlet leading the lost
animal by halter of pawpaw bark.
How'd you come to find him, when
nobody else could?" was the first
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-03-02

The Rolla Commercial Club cele
brated Washington's birthday by call
ing all hands out to work the road
leading south from Rolla. Being q
legal holiday. the business houses
closed; the business men furnished
a free dinner for the workers. We
shave no report of the work DONE
Hugoton Hermes.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-03-02
@. r. WOOD VISITS LIBERAL

Deputy United States Marshal o.
7. Wood, of Topeka, was in Liberal
Monday on business connected with
his office. and incidentally found time
to visit many of his old friends here.
Mr., Wood visited this office a few
minutes.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-03-02
HORSE SENSE

Among other things, the Southern
mountaineer is distinguished for the
brevity of his speech. In perpen-
dicular town on the Carolina Georgia
line, liveryman advertised by word
of mouth that he would pay IS reward
for the return of horse which had
strayed off into the hills.
Lured by the size of the prize,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-03-02
KANSAS HoNoRs FUNSTON
sunflower State Pays a High Tribute
to Dead General.

, SunfIower State Pays High Tr1butt
to Dead General.
~ Topeka, Kan, Feb. 24.-The state
of Kansas paid tribute to the late Ma
jor-General Frederick Funston today
at a Joint memorial service of the
State Legislature held in Representa-.
tive Hall. Governor Capper presided
and addresses were made by Charles
F. Scott of lola and c. s. Gleed, OF
Topeka, both of whom were personal
friends of the late general At the
close of the service A Battery of the
Kansas National Guard fired the mil
itary salute.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-03-02

The Butler Democrat tells, the story
of the son of Butler physician who
was on the floor intently studying a
map of Colorado. Finally he raised
his head and addressed his mother
Mamma, where is vicinity? The
teacher said to learn about Denver
and vicinity. 1 found Denver, but l
can't find vicinity nowhere"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-03-02
question Of the owner.

qutSLIUH OF tHe OWHeT.
WAL" stated the tow-head, 81 fig
gered, that I'd go whar | would go eff
l was boss, and did. and he had"
Irwin s. Cobb in McClure's Maya
zine.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-03-02

M. E. Dahmer, OF Liberal, Kan, is
spending few days at Missler visit
ing with old friends.-Meade Globe.
Evening star., 1917-03-07
COMMITTEE WILL BOOST
STATE BUILDINGS HERE
National Body to Be Formed tc
Direct ampaign-Interest to Be
Aroused Everywhere.

\ steering committee. which will
national committee that is to direct
the campaign for establishment of state
buildings in Washington, authorized
yesterday at the conference of gov
ernors. held. at the Hotel Powhatan,
will be appointed tomorrow or Friday.
William Mex. clayton of the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations, who pre-
sided at the conference. is consulting
today with leaders of state societies
and local business organizations as to
the organization of the steering COM
mittee. 1t probably will consist of not
more than five members. three of whom
will be representatives of the Board of
Trade, Chamber of Commerce and Re
tail Merchants Association.
The national committee to be organ
lied by the local steering committee
viii consist of one representative from
each state, to be named by the gov
ernorS: representative of the District
Federation of Citizens Associations
and the state societies. and a delegate
each from the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States Southern Com
mercial Congress. Chamber of Com
chants Association of Washington.
Arrangements probably will be made
for a meeting in Washington OF the
national committee, to be held in the
spring or early summer. The plan is
TO begin as early as possible in arous-
ing interest in the exposition project in
the several states and to ask the legis-
latures of all the states for appropria-
tons for buildings here when they
next convene.
Evening star., 1917-03-07
Secretary Daniels Favors
Change in Inaugural Date
and Opening of Congress

In arguing in favor of a change in the
date of the Presidents Inauguration,
Secretary Daniels today said:
TOO much time elapses between the
election of a Congress and its organiza-
ton. Thirteen months is entirely too
long. One of our most crying needs is
for Congress to meet more promptly.
The President ought to be inaugurated
about the first of May and the new Con-
sress might meet the same time or
sooner When the Constitution was
written, providing for an annual meet
ing of Congress and that such meeting
shall be held on the first Monday in
December it was provided also that the
late of meeting might be changed by
law. In those days it took as long to
ravel from New York to Washington as
does now from San Francisco to
Washington. The chief reason for delay
disappeared with the Introduction of the
modern transcontinental railroad and
ystems of communication, and it is
,, 10Th feasible and desirable that Con-
sress should convene earlier The
meeting of Congress and the Inaugural
sion of the President might well occur
Il about the same time.
Evening star., 1917-03-07
TWENTY-ONE GUARDSMEN
TO BE GIVEN POSITIONS
Men of Third District of Columbia
Infantry Receive Blank Forms
to Be Filled Out.

Twenty-one men Of the Sd District of
Columbia Infantry today received from the
District employment service of the De
partment OF Labor blank forms which
they will present to employers who have
announced their willingness to give the
men jobs. These are the first of the 2&5
men who have asked for positions to ne
aided by the service. with the exception
Of several men of Battery b. who already
have been aided.
Col Clarence Y. Saver of the Military
Service Legion. which is cooperating with
the employment service. took the blanks
over to the men this morning.
Instead of q mass meeting of returned
rational suardsmen who desire jobs it has
been decided by T V. PowderIy and Jonn
NcGrew Of the employment service. in
conference with Col. Saver today. to send
a statement of the aims OF the service
to Fort Nyer.
This statement IS to he read to the
various companies of the Sd Infantry and
to Battery \ at assembly either this
evening or tomorrow night. The state
ment. as formulated today by Alr Powder
ly. who is acting director of employment
for the District, outlines the work which
the service is doing for the soldiers and
asks all who desire jobs to 20 to the
department of Labor building and get IN
touch with officials who are working in
their behalf
Evening star., 1917-03-07
WELCOMED IN GERMANY.
Work CT American Physicians Units
Desired by Military Authorities.

BERLIN, Tuesday. March 6. via Lon
don, March 7-The American physi-
clans expedition, under the direction
of DR.. Edward F. Nippert of Cincinnati.
has returned to its base at Duetsch
Eylau, where it will continue it's work
under the direction of the New York
committee. The expedition includes
Dr. Hubert Dunn of Chicago, and Mrs
Vera Hagner and Miss Julia Hoffman,
nurses. from the German Hospital in
New York
The American physicians unit. oper-
ating under the direction of the Ger
man-Austrian Aid Society of Chicago.
has returned to Graudenz in response
to instructions from Chicago. The
unit consists of Or. Frederick Haegler.
DR.. Il. l.. Bowen. Miss Alma Skoog and
Miss Emma G.. Quei, nurses, and Miss
Frieda A. Martini of Chicago, secre-
tary.
The German military authorities were
very cordial in their inSistence that
the American units continue their work
and have given written assurance
that the members will be premitted to
leave Germany whenever they desire
The American unit stationed at Naum-
berp has discontinued its work there
after donating its model hospital
equipment to the municipality.
Evening star., 1917-03-07
TO TAKE POSITIONS
OUT OF POLITICS
Modified Civi! Service Planned
for First, Second and Third
Class Postmasters.
MUST PASS EXAMINATIONS


m"dlu'" 'lNil service loF irS'' Se'-
and and third class poStmasters is be-
ing t,snnad nv President Wilson and
=, ,, ~,
oS'"'"S'S' 'i'"ei'H H"i 'eS'"- Si''i
an executive order expected soor the
three classes of pos;masters will he
.,+..., -....,.,i,,.,ti- e.l,o,.
'' 20 pass ma 0''' -
thtt the lreSldcut may be assisted IN
making nominations.
,vro,t,r w., .,,o,,,;.,..io,s viii bo
conducted ny tht civil service commas
sion is understood not to have been de-
,..r,,fp.d ,7,e.a-,I,.ss oe tho cbony.
post "'!l'" c'i!Nih'S sal" touaN' h"i'iitia-
tions win he made by the President
and confirmed by the Senate as in the
past. in accordance with the postal
laws
Post Office officials said today that the
riau was devised bv Postmaster Gem
ar1I Eurleson as a means OF taking
Evening star., 1917-03-07
MARRIAGE LICEESE NOT USED.
Certificate Issued to Out-of Town
Couple Is Returned.

Void, did not use This irdorse-
ment appears on the >tce OF the portion
OF a marriage license returned today to
COL William =. Hroll. in charge Of the
marriage license bureau The license
proper was retained and only the minis
ter's return and the certificate of mar
riage was mailed to the clerk Col.
Kron suggested tina, the remaining por-
tion Of the document was being held
by the naar-grocm as a souvenir of the
inauguration as he conlded to the clerk
that he had come to Washington for
the dual purpose Of being married and at
tending the inaugural festivities
John Il. Mallard Of ILncolnton, y. C..
VINO said he attained his majority last
June, applied early yesterday morning
for a license to wed Niss Marguerite g
Smyly, twenty years old. of Charlotte,
n c. Rev. Titus L. Davis had been
named as the O,Ec!atius minister. but he
=. tated this morning trlJ the couple did
- II apply to Eim to perform the weddins
ceremony.
Col kro,l canceied the record of the
license
Evening star., 1917-03-07
HARVESTER TRUST SUIT
is BEING ARGUED TODAY
Supreme Court of the United States
Allots Eight Hours to
Lawyers.

Hearings on the governments anti
trust suit to dissolve the International
Harvester Company were continued to-
day by the Supreme Court of the United
States. Three hours is the time usually
allotted by the court for arguments, but
in this case. owing to the Importance
of the issues involved. the time was
extended to eight hours.
In opening the case for the so-called
"HaEyester Trust" Edgar a. Bancroft
of Chicago contended that the proper
tion of trade Controlled. as compared
with competitors. should not cause dis
solution unless the defendants exercise
actual and harmful repression. which is
denied.
That the Sherman laws prohibitions
do not distinguish between good" and
bad" combinations and bar those
which occupy a ''preponderant position
in = given industry is the governments s
condition set for presentation today by
Solicitor General Davis, Assistant At
torney General Todd and others.
Evening star., 1917-03-07
PHILADELPHIAN IS SPEAKER.
Rev. DR.. Carl Grammer at Lenten
Services at Epiphany.

Rev DR.. Carl Grammer of Philadel-
phia is the speaker at the Lenten short
midday services being held this week
at the Church OF the Epiphany, G street
between 18th and 14th streets north
west Rev. DR.. Mckim, the rector, will
fill the pulpit during the next week
series.
At the close of these midday services
the church is observing the pilgrimage
of prayer appointed for the diocese of
Washington and it will specially OBJ
serve it from 3 to 4:3o pm. Friday,
under the auspices of the woman $
auxiliary. A lecture on Lessons of
Faith and Patriotism From the His
tory of the Huguenots' is to be deliv-
cred by Dr. McKim at o'clock next
Wednesday evening.
Evening star., 1917-03-07
? U. S. Buys Field Guns.

The War Department has placed or
ders for forty-siX 9.5-inch field howit-
zers of a type said to equal the IL
inch guns of similar design in use
abroad The Bethlehem steel Company
will furnish twenty-six and the Midvale
Company twenty. They are to be dra
by motor tractors. Department COM
manders have been ordered by the War
Department to report what points un-
der their jurisdiction should be pro-
vided with anti-aircraft guns under the
authorization for purchase of 1870 for
continental United States, for the
Canal Zone and i for the iusuar pos
sessions.
Evening star., 1917-03-07
RED CROSS HAS 1900
NURSES READY FOR WAR
Miss Clara D. Noyes Explains ob-
jects and Development of Vol
unteer Service.

The objects and development OF the
American Red Cross volunteer nursing
service were outlined this morning by
Miss Clara -. Noyes, director of the
bureau Of nursing service of the Ameri-
can Red Cross. at the Mason House,
1906 2eth street northwest, before an
aud cncc composed chiefly of members
Of the Navy League.
/ Miss Noyes said there now are en-
rolled in the Red Cross a sufficient
number Of graduate nurses and civilian
women ready for service to take care
! Of 10000 soldiers in case war should
/ he declared tomorrow. This is on the
estimate that one nurse would he
signed TO attend six sick soldiers. Five
1 tho lSaud graduate nurses are ready for
! the call and a total Of s.0oa women are
enrolled In the Red Cross nursing serv-
! ice.
! When the United States militia was
called to border duty the American Red
Cross furnished 25o nurses. who were
detailed TO accompany the troops
/ '''Uhese women have performed ef-
/ icient service on the border, although
! they have not been mentioned in any
! manner" said Miss Noyes.
| The speaker dispelled the idea gained
by looking at battle pictures, showing.
as She said. the nurse on the first line
OF battle supporting the head OF "A
wounded soldier in her lap. Any pic
ture which shows nurse on the battle
line is posed. she said, nurses are
not allowed 10 approach the line at all
and are kent AT the base hospitals.
Under present peace conditions in
This country" said Miss Noyes. lit is
the object Of the American Red Cross
Evening star., 1917-03-07
TO LEAVE :ERvICE TOMORROW
Details Being Completed for Muster.
ing Out of Battery A.

Battery A. Field Artillery. y. G. d. C..
which returned from border service
Saturday and is quartered at it's armory
on LIST street northwest near Indiana
avenue, is to be mustered out of the
United States service tomorrow. Lieut..
col James J. Hornbrook L. :. a, today
IS completing details for the muster
out and final payment of the troops for
serI ices. officers of the battery today
are completing their paper work and
attending to checking up of their
property.
The 3d y. G. Infantry. quartered in
the barracks at Fort Nyer, Va. today
was sent ont for a drill during the
morning. The parade ground was too
muddy, and the troops, drilling by com =
panies, We're sent on the nearby roads
to have close order drill and bayonet
exercises. After the drill the men are
kept at the barracks until or o'clock
in the aft~rn0on, and then are allowed
passes to come into the city.