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The Washington times., 1917-12-30
lEWGERMAN
IS
FASTEST ON
| WEST FRONT

with the word Of Americas build
. % Of great air fleet bringing cheer
the allied officials. it is also hav-
- it's effect in Germany.
l1lTeuton inventors, mechanics, and
6llitary experts have been pushed to
pacity to improve, the present
N|odeis OF aeros. and to speed up the
Ihilding of thousands Of others TO
met the Americans in the air.
our allies are not rest
sl1Ig on their oars in the work OF con-
truction and experimentation. The
bench have found a method OF illu-
rnation which permits aeros to pa
sd the front on the darkest of
Nights.
I5sRecent developments in flying are
ahoWn in articles In the Popular
silence Monthly for January.
- New German Plane.
The new German Albatross- is de-
esrfbed with interesting illustrations
" being probably the fastest fight
fHg machine on the western front
.Ehe Germans have copied the best
eeatures Of the French and British
Names in their construction OF this
Rrial monster, and have added q few
inpFovements all their own.
IAN engine which develops 49,
horsepower furnishes the driving en-
lfgy for the powerful propeIlers
.4hich send the machine at q rate OF
lore than 130 miles an hour.
sThe lower wing on the new Aba
Loss Is made considerably shol0sr
IAN the upper one. preventing what
4Fiators call Interference" or
fatching'' Of air between the sur
ices
There are also structural reasons
q the shortening of the wing. In
drawing 1t may be seen that the
Lruts are triangular in form, ana
at the rear member Of the triangle
Is directly behind the front mem
IL. It Is obvious that such struts
Ill offer less resistance to the air
Ian a rectangle with diagonal wire
tacing.
THE staggered wing construction
axes it possible to fasten each tri-
gular strut to the lower main
aRm-
NSfsht flying has become q military
cessity for reconnoitering and
mbing. as well as for attacking
ppeLins, which always bomb at
ght- Extraordinary demands are
ode on the skill OF the pilot. A
nding at night can be safely made
lly IL the ground il illuminated or
liding bsacons are employed Were
not for the fact that the average
l1ght sky is not pitch black and IL
zen slightly LUMINOUS, night flying
ould be even more dangerous than
Is Yet on those nights when over
'fngng clouds cut on even this faint
1mtEosity, when everything Is
9SDped in inky bIackness, It may be
9cessary to send an aviator aloft.
Il Now Like An owl
Recently the French had to convert
i4e night plane into something like
y owl, 90 that It can ny even on
lteh dark nights. Like an owl, the
Rchine, with which they have ex-
rimented, Is very slow-an old
ashioned Farman @pushsrN which
The Washington times., 1917-12-30
GERMAN JEWS PLEASED.

THE HAGUE. Dec. 30.-A Telegram
from Berlin to the Jewish Core
sDo1denee Bureau states that :
Zionist, conference there adopted
resolutions Expressing satisfactlgR
That Great Britain had recognized ths
right Of the Jewish people to q na-
tiOnal existence in Palestine
The Washington times., 1917-12-30
OFFICIAL ADMITS
ORDERING NAME OF
mitchell COUNTED

NEW YORK, Dec. 3o.-Sensational
allegations that "a certain district
leader ordered that John ,Purroy
Mitchell ''be counted In" at the may
orally primary last October were
made in a reputed confession an
nounced by Micha Silberstein, chair
man Of the board of election inspec-
tors for the Fifth election district,
through Acting District Attorney
Alfred Tulley.
According to Tulley, Silberstein said
these orders crme when the early
count showed vote hopelessly
against Mitchell
The Washington times., 1917-12-30
EIGHT STRICKEN
WITH MENINGITIS
/. AT CAMP GORDON

CAMP GORDON. ATLANTA, Ca,
Dec. 3o.-Eight cases OF spinal menin,
gifts caused the quarantine Of every
man in the companies where the dis
ease had appeared.
Medical authorities. OF the division
are taking every precaution and have
no fear OF an epidemic. The men like
ly to have been exposed to "caTriers''
are being thoroughly examined and
confined to quarantine until the ex-
piration OF the danger period.
The Washington times., 1917-12-30
GEN. WOODISNOW
ATFRONT STUDYING
TRENCH WARFARE

NEW YORK. Dec. 30.-That Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood is now in France
has become known in this city. He
has been relieved of his command at
Camp unston, Kansas. to familiarize
himself with the training of soldiers
for the trenches a. It Il learned at
the actual front.
While General Wood In in France
Major General Ballou will be in
command Of Camp Funston.
General Wood formerly was In
command Of the Department of the
East, with headquarters on Governors .
Island.
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would fall a ready prey to fast
enemy machine in daylight But how
does it md its way? BY illuminating
devices, of course. They may not be
heavy because the machine cannot
carry much additional weight. There
are three luminous eyes in the form
of searchlights mounted on the lower
plane, as our photograph shows. As
the owl swoops down on its prey,
they hare up and enable the pilot to
single out the target.
But sometimes the searchlights are
inadequate. Greater efficiency is
often demanded. And 50 we find that
the machine car5ies as well eight
Illuminating rockets, four to the side.
They are mounted nearly horizontally
between the wings and are no doubt
discharged by electrical devices. The
mere pushing Of an electric button is
enough. Rushing out with q hiss, far
out In front OF the machine, each
emits q dazzling flare, which suspended
from q small parachute, lights up a
large area through which q machine
may pass. The nare lasts long enough
to enable the aviator to make an
emergency landing IL need be; for
the lights of an airdrome are difficult
to pick up.
Can sight ZePDeIins-
By means OF rockets, IL has become
possible to sight q Zeppelin in an inky
sky. At night a Zeppelin is detected
only by its propellers. 1t is prac-
tically Invisible. But, II the rockets
be aimed in the direction of the be-
traying noise, by swinging the entire
machine, there seems no reason why
Il should not throw real light on the
intentions.
These owl machines seem especially
intended to mother small avions de
chasse, which, because Of their speed,
and maneuvering ability, can
attack an illuminated Zeppelin.
The Washington times., 1917-12-30
AUSTRIAN HELDAS
MAIL SWNDLERS
!. FOE SPY SUSPECT

Whether David L. Neuvirth. 4 native
OF Austria. who was held October Il by
United States Commissioner Isaac r.
Hill on 5000 bond for action OF the
grand Jury on the charge OF operating
q fraud through the mails. is implicated
In the enemy Spy system operating In
this country, will be determined by the
grand jury, which will convene for the
January term after the New Year hoh-
day. District Attorney Laskey has col
lected evidence which he will submit
to the grand jury and which may lead
to unexpected disclosures.
Neuwirth was arrested October by
Post Onice Inspector. and charged with
misuse Of the mails in connection with
q scheme to forward personal letters to
Poles in Austria He was arrested by
Post Office Inspectors Hal B. Mosby and
+. z. Little, after an inspection OF his
room at lis Maryland avenue northeast
Sent No Mail IL Claim.
At the hearing before the United
States Commissioner the fact developed
that Neuwirth was operating under the
name Of the Universal Polish Aid Cor
poration." and that he claimed to have
a man in Holland who would forward
the letters received from Poles through
out this country into Polish Austria.
1t was testified by witnesses that
Neuwirth had received more than 200
letters, which he said he hoped TO
send to Austria, but none OF which
had been sent. The hearing also
brought out the fact that Neuwirth
had left Vienna, Austria. on a pass
port allowing him to travel in Italy,
Germany, Austria and Holland.
Was Held Under Bail.
Although not brought out specih-
cally in the formal hearing it was
the opinion of the postal inspectors
that a native OF Austria who left that,
country to escape military duty as
Neuwirth claimed he did, and man
aged to get out OF that strictly guard
ed country on such a limited pass
port as he carried. should be held on
an ample bail bond.
The letters which Neuwirth adyer-
tised he would send to Austria were
purely personal Testimony showed
that he charged $1.06 to send" the
letters. Neuvirth came to WISH
ington about July l and shortly there
after started his advertisements in
Polish. When searched at police
headquarters when he was arrested n
to become an American
citizen, filed in New York city, from
which city he came to Washington,
was found on him.
The Washington times., 1917-12-30
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The Washington times., 1917-12-30
FRENCH, SWISS, DANES
REPORT FOOD SHORTAGES

Serious food shortage and a large
reduction in rations in France, Swift
zerland. and Denmark are reported to
the Food Administration.
The Washington times., 1917-12-30
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The Washington times., 1917-12-30

An average is mathematically the
fairest thing in the world. Practi-
cally, somebody suffers at one end or
the other. This was demonstrated.
Another point demonstrated by ques-
tions from Senator Jones is that
price adjustment so far has been for
The Washington times., 1917-12-30
Now Like An owl

keeently the French had to convert
t1e night plane into something like
y owl 90 that it can ny even on
teh dark nights. Like an owl. the
Rchtne, with which they have ex-
frimented, Is very sIow-an old
ashioned Farman "pushsrS which
The Washington times., 1917-12-30

The emergency situation was To-
cussed by Chairman Hall at the
great gateways." As all roads lead
to these gateways. their. terminal ia
cilities decide whether business
moves or merely "gluts." Z
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
Our Newest Americans

Wilbur D. Steele, in Harpers Magazine
 At the juncture of the Greater and the Lesser Antilles, lies the cluster of noun tain tops known as the Virgins, and among them the islands of St. Thomas St. John, and St. Croix, still known off cially. while I write, as the Danish West Indies a
 They are afraid. Just as in the other ltttie islands hereabouts one cannot es- cape the sense of an abiding and circum- ambient despair, here one feels a deeper helplessness in the face of the future, a. spiritual prostration dimly repulsive.
 They do not know where they stand and no one will tell them. The flag of Denmark floats over the government house at Christiansted; Danish man of-war lies at anchor in the harbor of Charlotte Amalia, and their king and Parliament sit in Copenhagen. But they are not Danish Denmark has washed her hands of them, quite cIean, with 25,O00,000 pieces of gold. They have no king. They have no president instead and Congress, sitting in diaphanous Washington. And yet they are not American, for the Americans have not come to get them. Who is taking care of them, they ask, and no one answers. It is not a matter of sentiment, of polit- ical patriotism: it is a matter of bread; :; and it is a measure of their character
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

in such an inference from the number of knitted accessories and the forms of knitted trimming one sees nowadays in the shops. To begin with. the vogue of the knitted wool sweater is by no means finished. Women stop in their war work of making socks and muf- flers now and then to knit sweater for themselves of some gay yarn.
 Perhaps the newest thing Is the wooden coat with trimmings of knitted yarn. They are expensive, too, for. of course, the knitted work is hand done, and they are also a novelty. One of a dark dull green cloth, shows sleeves, pockets and waistcoat front of knit ted green worsted and sells for about $S0 Others have only collar, cuffs and belt or collar, cuffs and pockets
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which will endure as long as the islands

which will endure as long as the islands stand.
 There is hope, of course, where there is despair. The boatman who ferried us ashore at St. Thomas asked us with searching wistfulness if we knew when the Americans were coming
 T have been living 54 years sir" he said, poising his oars in the binding sun tall, powerfully built negro. with a grizzled mustache and shining mus cles, he possessed perfection of English which would put a college man to shame. "Fifty-four years" he repeated, in bondage, sirs! Can you tell me, sirs, when the Americans are coming?"
 I felt sober. I murmured something vague about ninety days"-perhaps I said more or less.' My companion for the moment, New Bedford whaler who had dealt with West Indian crews, re- mained singularly untouched. He even showed his teeth in glee
 t'Waiti" he apostrophized the boatman. Wait till the Americans do come. Why, George. my son, you don't know what this bondage stuff means! Why, goll- ding-it! George-you might have to go to work, even!'
 The fellow bent to his oars again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
HATS HAVE BEEN BOE

his stock; it is your business to combat whatever tendency may be shown 10 put you at your worst. Lacking in this strength of character an I knowledge you will come up against stone wall some day and bitterly wonder why women with faces palmer than yours should be considered lovely and have all the dash and spirit that the age commands.
 The milliners have not drawn from as many climes and ages this season as the dressmakers have done. One might have reason to feel that they have been more content than they shoul be with the situation as it has existed for four years. They projected the Russisn turban over the horizon of dress O year ago and it had a remarkable success in certain sec tions of America. but it was too difficult shape for the average woman to uc- cept.
 Two years ago. they exploited the 1S40 hat, but it had less success than any of the new shapes. There was also a strong effort made to bring back the Dresden n.steau in miniature form. with the brim Iii Ted over the eyebl ows, the back filled in with curls or flowers, and ribbon about the chin and over the top of the hat But this experiment met With failure
 The hairdressers made an appeal to the millinu1s for aid in asking them to dc- sign hats that would compel women to have tfer hair dressed and curle1 and puffed out with false hair, but wher- ever the milliners hardened to the ap- zeal of the hairdressers, the result was tuidly received.
 There is no limit to the variety of hats, when one refers to shape, but there is little variety when it comes to startling inspiration The immense oriental tur- ban is the novelty and is worn by women who care to preserve the eastern look in their costumery whenever the oc- cason permits it.
 The original turban is of black satin with a black paradise in front and feathers. It is worn low on the head, showing not flicker of hair except tab on each ear to fill in the haitus between the brim of the hat and the pearl earrings
 Even this shape is an echo of the Russian ballet, for the men wore this kind of hat in Scheherezade as it was costumed by Bakst, and it is a sym bol to amany minds of the Arabian Nights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

of the worsted work and a good many have vests or waistcoats of it.
 Some of the new blouses of Geor- gette crepe are emb roidered in wool of various colors-quite effectively, too.
 Another novelty is the Georgette blouse with collar and cuffs of knitted worsted. The collar is of the stand up and turnover variety and it is held neatly snug with a band of black velvet ribbon. The cuffs are elastic, of course, and cling closely to the wrists. blouse of flesh color Geor = gette has collar and cuffs of bright blue and yellow.
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prospect of selling more hats through the new custom, which calls for cover ing on the head, no matter how low the gown, for evening usage in restau- rants.
 This fashion has played hide-and- seek through the decades. It is in, it is out, and It takes a spry woman to avoid being caught mapping.
 Long ago, we banished hats at the play, to a large extent, although it is not possible to ask the woman who travels to the theatre from long dis tances on trains and trolleys to forego the hat. If she will stand the punish- ment of guarding it throughout an even lngs performance, then 1t is not for the public to cavil at the practice
 The new fashion of adding an orna- mental hat to a distinguished gown when one dimes in public has been taken
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

Probably. it is asking too much of hu- man nature for a saleswoman With a persuasive manner to keep the apple faced woman from buying the drum ma jors hat, when the girls living depends on the amount of sales made during the day; and as human nature is thus consti- to learn what hat she must avoid, what hat she should buy, and override through authority and knowledge whatever per- suasiveness is poured into her ear.
 It is not possible to lay down laws for the buying of hats The tilt of nose the droop of an eyebrow, would smash every rule conceivel and ex- pressed. If woman cannot learn how to buy a hat, she should take up the study until she ish letter perfect and she will save time. vitality, temper and money-a quartet that is sorely needed for more serious affairs in these days.
 It is also quite useless to tell people to determine their choice of hat by their ages. There are women of 50 who can wear the broad-brimmed sailor made for the girl of 20, and there are women of 30 who should really De put into bonnet and strings. Age has little to do with dressing today, probably less so than ever before. No one objects to a grand mother, if she really looks like her granddaughter Two women of the same age might find it impossible 10 wear each others clothes, while the daughter of one could wear the clothes of the other.
 Absolute knowledge of one's type and sufficient character to go ones own way In the choosing of hats is the only road to safety. You may buy what Is fashion abe or what is commonplace, but if its silhouette enhances the value Of your features, brings out the best there Is in your expression and corresponds with the silhouette of your shoulders and hips, then you are well hat-teI.
 HATS THAT ARE IN FASHION It is the miIliner's business to sell you the newest hat in order to get it out of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
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There are women who have tried the shape in amethyst and orange velvet. clinging to the black paradise and some- times using black jet buckle instead of a colored crystal one. but such women are daring and their followers shouIl be few.
 One thing should be we'll fixed in the mind regai dlng this oriental headgear, which is that it should be kept for cere- monial occasions. It is not the kind of hat to wear on the street in the morning on windy day. It may be worn indoors for any day affair, and it has been adopted oy smart women with half-low gowns for dinners and sup pers at restaurants.
 The miMners are enchanted over the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

from the French, who have worn hats in the evening for a century, regardless of the English habit of uncoyering the head and shoulders the moment the clock strikes T.
 These restaurant hats are quite fea- ture of new millinery, and with the ex- ception of the sumptuous oriental tur- ban, they are so broad of brim that they suggest the days of the Merry Widow. Usually they are of black velvet, all though satin has an accepted place. The brimming is as near an aigrette as woman can afford, and if she can run the blockade of the Audubon society she will use a bit of the real thing, if she is the possessor of it.
 As to colors it is difficult to get away from black. It is accepted by every class of society for every hour of the day The trimming is inconsequential. Women have been educated beyond the point of thinking that "a feather, a flower and ribbon are necessary to the accom- plishment of a good hat or the reason for it's price,
 However, with the extraordinary brims LndI no WOlIldll HeSlldLtS lOs dICSPt tAh, season, there is a necessity for putting some spray of flues across the upper surface. These feathers may come from any kind of fowl that walks ori flies, but they must be slender and graceful in outline.
 The one approach to a bit of stiff plumage is the leaflike quill that is at tached to morning hats
 CLOSE HATS FOR THE SPRING Brims may flare never so widely for ceremonial occasions, but they vanish when the street calls. The woman who walks or rides to the shops or wedges her way into the trolleys has no pa tien@e with the kind of headgear that intefSAreS with convenience. The small hat is the thing for the open but it's smallness apparently limits 1t self to the headband and the aban donment of the brim, for. the crown takes to itself width and fullness It not only fits the head, but it covers the hair. and if woman has arching eyebrows to which sonnets might have been written in the middle ages, they are hidden by the straight line of her forehead.
 This is not a supposition; it is a fact. There are actually women who push these hats so far down over arch ing brows that only the tips of the lat ter are visible. making the women look as though they were made up for some fantastic role on the stage.
 And remember this: The headband
  ionable hat Everything else about it is twisted. pulled hither and yon, dipped. tilted and turned. It's very ir- regularties make it possible for every type of woman whose features may cor respond with the lines of her hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

They are suggestive of the days of the Merry Widow and are placed above uncovered should CTS and arms-Street hats cover the hair and give straight line across the forehead, almost hiding the eyebrows Crowns are full and ir- regular in outline The Oriental turban sug- gested by the Arabian Nights is the novelty of the hour and is worn on ceremonial occasions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

It is less than a score of years since the first heavier than air machine suc- cessfully carried a passenger into the air. It is less than 15 years since the art of controlling such a craft was imparted by the inventor Sto another yet today aircraft have been stan dardized and factories sturn them out with the ease that motor car build- CTS produce their product