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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-18
PATRONESSES FOR
DIXIE BALL NAMED
Affair to Be Given BY R. E. Lee
Chapter, U. D. c., Promises
to Be Brilliant One.

The Dixie ball to be given by the
Robert Z. Lee Chapter, United Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy, at the New
Willard. Easter Monday. April 8, prom
Uses to be one OF the largest and most
enjoyable entertainments ever given
by this chapter for the benefit of the
Confederate Memorial Home. The com
mittees are being rapidly formed. and
Mrs. Walter T.. Hutton, chapter presi-
dent, announces the following as a
partial list of patronesses:
Mrs Wade Atkinson, Mrs. w. T.
Baggett, Mrs. Clarence Barnard, Mrs.
Margaret NJ Berry, Mrs. J. ID. Beale,
of New York; Mrs. r. w. Buchanan,
Mrs. Albert Sidney Burleson, Mrs. IL.
F. Cary, Mrs. Lucien Clark, Mrs.
Marion Dorset, Mrs. Goodwin Ellis
worth, Mrs. L. W. Eugster. Mrs. Sam
uel p. FickIen, Mrs. Duncan U. Fletch-
er. Mrs. Thomas Watt Gregory, Mrs.
S. Edith w. Gleason, Mrs. Graeme
Harvey, Miss Mamie r. Heth, Mrs.
Miller Horton, Miss Mary Lee, Mrs.
James Hamilton Lewis. Mrs. Louis
Mackall, Miss Jennie Monroe, Mrs.
Lawton Morgan. Mrs. T. Frank Nor
gan, Mrs. James Z. Mulcare, Mrs.
Frank Odenheimer, Mrs. Clarence j.
owens, Mrs. Leigh Robinson, Mrs.
John Robinson, Mrs. Henry n. Roden-
baugh, Mrs william Roome. Mrs.
Daniel c. Roper. Mrs. Edwin Parham.
Mrs: Elsie Trigg Shields, Mrs. c. Shu-
mate, Mrs. Theodore Shuey, Mrs. Liv-
ingston Roe Schuyler, of New York:
Mrs, Howell Smith, Mrs. Easby-Smith,
Mrs. William S. Stamper. Mrs. S. Percy
Thompson, Mrs. George ,Theobold, Mrs.
A. Waller. Mrs. Horace F. Warden,
Mrs w. A, Wayne, Mrs. Marcus
Wright, and Mrs. A. b. VOORHEES,.
Col. Robert f. Lee and Capt. T. Ra-
leigh Raines will head the following
reception committee: Gen. w. c. Cor
gas, Claude N Bennett, DR.. Clarence
Owens. John NJ. Hickey, A. H. Plant.
Hunter Laughton, Bates Warren. J.
Roy Price, Wallace Streater. Walter
Everett Hutton, William S. Stamper,
and DIR. Oscar Wilkinson.
The young ladies' committee and
the floor committee will be composed
Of some OF the most prominent young
ladies and gentlemen of the city.
headed by Miss Eleanor Moffett and
Miss Hattie Ewing. and Major E. w.
r. Ewing and w. Everett Brockman.
sixth Dance Of Season.
On Tuesday, March 81, Robert E.
Lee Chapter, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, will give its sixth dance
of the season at Confederate Memorial
Home, 1922 Vermont avenue. The
usual dance program Will be followed
under the direction of Mrs. George
Covington, chairman of entertainment
and refreshments will be served by
Mrs. Horace Whitaker and her COM
mittee.
The st. Patrick dance to be given by
the Dixie Chapter of the United
Daughters OF the Confederacy on
"wednesday evening, March 81 at Con-
Tolerate Memorial Home, 1922 Yer
mont avenue, will be in charge OF a
committee composed OF Mrs. A. IL.
Mitchell, Mrs. ]. H. Rose, Mrs. Maude
Howell Smith, Mrs. Paul L. Joachim,
Mrs. Frank Birthright, Miss Mary
Coleman, Mrs. Goodwin, A. ID. Els
worth, and Miss Lillian Morgan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-18

Observation-Disclosures Lodge. No. Is.
odd Fellows-Cantqn Washington, Patriarch
Militant.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
Restoration of Belgium and Other Countries Demanded by the
 EntenteS.
PREPARATION CLAUSES
Retirement of Turkish Empire Tinted at in
 Proposal For
 Guarantees.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Presi- dent Wilson was given the deci- phered reply of the Ententes to his peace note, early this forenoon and he has begun study of the answer.
 No statement has been made just when the full reply of the Enten- te's will be made public by the President or the State Department
 This afternoon, according to an nouncemeut, President Wilson de- clined to believe that all possibility of ending the European war has dis appeared with the advent of the Entente's reply and the German de- claration that her enemies have spurned the peace proposals.
 The President will continue his efforts for peace but from now on they will be guarded carefully from the public.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
Poison Tablets Which Produce Slow Death Were Found in His
 Vest Pocket.
WOUNDS ARE SEWED UP
Horrible Cuts Made in the Throat Take 30 Stitches to Close
 the GapeS.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12.-A sui cldai mania apparently attacked Hao " K. Thaw yesterday according to a statement made at S., Mary's Hos pltaI this afternoon. Besides slash. ing his threat and wrists with a "a, zor the physicians and attendants believe that he might have awallow- ed poison tablets which produce a slow death. These tablets of a pow. erfuI drug were found In thc pocitc,5 CT Thaw's vest, lf he did not 5wS,- low any o' the tablets, ThaW w.II r,- cover and will be taken t5 New York city to answcr to the indict- ment against him of Kidnapping Fred GumP, Jr.
 Thaw sIashc5 h!5 threat ia a hor. ribIe manner and it required thirty ssitches to cIose thc gapcs. Had Thaw trust the razor one.eighth of an inch deeper he would have ac- comPIished his purpose of self-de- struction. Thaw also severed the artery Of his left wrist but this wound did not prove fatal,
 Two guards have been placed in Thaw's room at the hospital. These guardc arc changed every eight hours one remaining in the room and the other outside of the door.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
Bilirgsley Coughs Up.

This afternoon Logan Billingsley unburdened himself to the news papermen and unsparingly told of his meeting with Mayor Gill and Chief of Police Rockingham in the latter's office and of how they enter ed into their deal. Logan Billings ley makes no mention of money paid as revealed in his confession to U. S. District Attorney Clay Allen but his inference it's plain. It was at this meeting that Billingsley secured damaging papers which the police secured in a raid on his Day and Night drug store. These papers were returned to Logan Bililngsley at the time of the first meeting in the Chiefs office.
 Logan Billingsley in his inter- view today said in part:
 q saw Mayor Gill twice in the
 CCon:inuel on pago Two)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
SPECIFIC PEACE TERMS.

London. Jan. 12.-It has been learned by the Associated Press that the Entente reply to President Will son makes specific designation of its terms for peace which includes re- storation of Belgium, Servia and Montenegro and complete reparation for the damage they sustained. and the evacuation of the invaded terri tory of France, Russia and Rumania, with such reparation as IS cOnsid- cred just. The terms also request the liberation of the Italians, Slavs, Rumanians and Czeches from for eign domination.
 While Russia's claim to Con- stantinople is not specifically alluded to, the Turkish clause is considered indirectly to mean the replacement of Turkey by Russia at the Dar- danelles and assurance to Emperor Nickolas of Russia, concerning Po- land are also indorsed.
 The retirement of the Turkish Empire from Europe also is request ed. The terms provide for the re- organization of Europe, guaranteed by a stable regime and founded up- on the respective natiOnalities, and full liberty and security of all the great and small nations.
 While the Alsace Lorraine and Italian Tyrol are not specifically named yet, terms require restitution of the territories previously sev- cred from the allied nations by force or contrary to the wishes Of their population. This is considered clearly to refer to the AlsaCe, LOT raine and Italian TyrOl.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
SECURE 2 PLANTS
 PAYING MILLIONS
 BY NEW MORTGAGES

LEBANON, Pa, Jan. F. James Lord. president Of the American Iron and Steel Manufacturing Company, confirmed the reported purchase by Charles NJ. Schwab. of the Bethlehem Steel Company. of the American com pany's plants here and at Reading. The purchase price was given as $5.- 556.SOO. on the basis of $5S.SO per share for the 10000 shares Of stock represented in the plant and 5ON0G common stock issue.
 The sale is made to the Penn Mary Steel Company. a subsidiary of the Bethlehem Company. Payment is to be made in twenty-year five per cent. mortagage bonds. guaran- teed by the Bethlehem Company
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
LAMBDA NOW ON WAY WITH
 A GOOD LIST
Steamer Sailed From the South This Forenoon Bringing Passengers
 for Alaska Ports.

SEATTLE, Jan. 12.-Steamer AL ameda sailed for the north this fore noon at 10 o'clock with q large num- Der of northerners returning to their home. The Alameda has a large number for Westward and in- terior points,
 The following are aboard the AL ameda for Juneau Attorney-Gen- eral George B. Grigsby, T. NJ. West, Miss r. Ingersoll, Mrs. H. w. Whit man. Ben Guidone and wife, Mrs. S. Fontane, Roy Osborne, Dick Lar gus, A. Stewart, Henry Shattuck and wife. F. Johnson, Martin Olson, w. F. Crumb, H. Ward, Martin Lynch and wife.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
Federal Investigators Are Probing Further in Sensational Graft
 Scandal.
.BILLINGSLEY TALKS OUT
Makes a Statement That duplicates Mayor and Police Chief as
 Protectors.

SEATTLE, Jan. 12.-Extra sen. sations were floating around today in the Federal investigation being made here regarding the illegal li- quor traffic. The new statements by Logan BillingSley which duplicates both Mayor Gill and Chief of fo- lice Rockingham, implying that graft money was passed and showing conclusively that protection was fur niShed to the bootlegging brothers, was one of the sensations and the other was that the Federal grand jury will take recess while investi- gations reaching out in many di- rections will be made which may re- suit in the indictments of Seattle ties of much prominence. COnse- quently there is much speculation today as to whom the plot will in- volve next.
 In any event, it was announced today that the Federal investiga- tion is almost certain to be followed by a county grand jury.
 The members of the Federal grand jury are much stirred over the con tinued attempts to intimidate gov ernment witnesses and there is a probability of several sensation ar- rests if the conspirators do not cease in their efforts to delay justice,
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
SENSATION IN
 SEATTLE HAS A
 SPLENDID END
Yoga Cult Affair Which Aroused the Sound Citizens Has a
 New Echo.
WOMAN MARRiES "DR."

SEATTLE. Jan. I2.-Nlrs. Dorothy Alden Gerber and Ralph N. Rebitt, of Yoga cult notoriety, were married here today. She and Dr. Ruloigh Gerber. a wealthy San Francisco physician, fought for tine past several years in both the Seattle arI San Francisco courts for the custody ot their daughter. Aaaoei.
 The Yugo cut o-.4ir created a great deal of attention in Seattle over Q year ago. The culs headed by pr Rebi,t. had it's headquarters al the BeauX Arts Village oa Lake Was hinclOn across from Leschi Park About two years ago. many of the residents across the lake, oGd in the vicinity Of the village, Tal2 charges that men and women we've ,a the habit of going bathing sarbed in the raiments endowed mortals by nature. About that time Dr. Ger Der arrived in Seattle and discovered that his former wife, a most heautl- ful woman. was a member of the cult, and that her name had been linked with that of Dr." ReDitt, in anything but a tlat.eriug way. Dr. Gerber immediately applied for the custody O, bis daughter, who was with the mother at the Cult village.
 From that time until the affair had been thoroughly aired in the superior court of King County, the Cult colony was before the pub..c's eyes. Testimony was submitted at the trial that Mrs. Gerber and "Dr." Rebitt resided in the same house, a bungalow. owned by Frank Calver., one of the original owners Of the BeauX Arts Village, and a well known newspaper artist of Seattle. pr. Gerber did his best to prove a charge of unlawful COhabitaJiOn" but only succeeded in stirring up trashy stuff which was ruled out f. nally by the Court. The charges fell flat. but the court ruled that the child should be placed in the care of home" in Seattle until the mother proved that she was wor- thy of her daughter. At last aC- counts the daughter was in Seattle, and according to the Judges ruling, owing 10 Mrs. Gerber's marriage, will be placed in the custody of the new Mrs. Rebitt.
 The Yoga hearings brought out the fact that many of Seattles prominent women had joined the Cult and that the manners and religious rites were above reproach although somewhat advanced to present ciyili- zatiOn.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
SUFFRAGISTS INVITED INTO
 WHITE HOUSE
President Orders That Banner Carriers Be Taken in Out of
 Cold Weather.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.-Frcsident Wilson lifted his hat 10 the Suffra- gist sentinels this forenoon, who are carrying banners asking what he in. tends to do for their cause, when he went to the State Department. As he passed the silent carriers he directed that they be invited inside the executive mansion on account of the cold weather which is prevailing. The thermometer registered Il de. grees below zero at ten o'clock this forenoon and is going down.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
ARMY
 HARASSING THE
 GERMAN FORCES

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Jan. F. - Through rain, mist, fog and deep mud the British army is continuing day by day to pound the German line although there has been no distinctiyely spectacular action recently. Daily and nightly trench raids and drumming artillery have continued. Their operations have yielded a constant inflow of prisoners and have kept the casual ty list growing.
 According to stories told by the prisoners the British tactics have har- rassei the German troops almost be- yOnd endurance.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
MEHAFFEY IS
 RETURNING 10
 ALASKA POST

SEATTLE. Jan. l2.--Captain Jos, eph c. Mehaffey one of the mem cbrs of the Alaska Road COmmis, sion. and engineer assistant to Col onel W. p. Richardson, president of the commission. arrived from Wash. ington. D. C., this morning on his way to Alaska. Capt. Mehaffey gave out no interview today but it is un' dcrstOod that he intends to go i'm mediately to the interior and then return to Juneau where official busi ness will call him.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
STOCK QUOTATIONS
STEAMER MOVEMENTS and Mail Information
NOW BOUND NORTH

NOW BOUND NORTH City of Seattle left Ketchikan at noon today. Will be due here tomorrow afternoon with seven days mail. Alameda sailed at 10 a. m. to- day from Seattle. VIII be due Monday. Has 2h days mail.
 SCHEDULED SAlLlNGS Al.Kl is scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow night. Princess Sophia is scheduled to sail from Vancouver tomor- row night.
 soUTHeoUNO SAILlNGS Mariposa is scheduled to sail southbound tomorrow fore noon. Takes mail. Spokane is expected southbound on Monday. Prince John will be due south bound tomorrow night. Takes no mail.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
COAL FAMINE IN TEXAS.

FL PASO, Tex, Jan. 12.-There is not q pound of coal to be bought today ip Fl Paso, owing to a short age that may continue indefinitely the dealers say. Coal has advanced in price from S7.5O to $l5, a ton within the past two months. Deal CTS say the shortage is due to lack of cars and insufficient miners.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
WEAVER ELECTED.

RALEIGH. S. C., Jan. 12.-Gov- ernor Craig has issued a commission to Zebulon Weaver, Democrat, as successor to Representative James B. Britt. The latter will contest the election before the House of Representatives in Washington, D. c.
 To1ay'a News Todcy-In Empire.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
ANARCHIST PLOT DISCOVERED BY FEDERAL OFFICER
 IN SAN FRANCISCO TO ASSASSINATE JOHNSON

FRANCISCO anarchist plot for the destruction of 7 @ S state o m @ GopnU Hiram n Alexander United States District Attorney Edward Franklin o il cnspr destroy government institutions
  kind of eycten
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
LONG TO SUCCEED OSBORNE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Breck- inridge Long, Of St. Louis, proba- bly will be nominated by President Wilson as Assistant Secretary of State to succeed John E. Osborne, Of Wyoming, who resigned recently, Mir. Long is a lawyer and has taken a prominent part in politics
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
FEDERAL ATTORNEY WILL SPRING NEW
 CASE AGAINST B0PP

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. Econ spiracy to use the mails in further ance of murder and arson will be charged against German General Con- sul Franz Bopp if the conviction for conspiracy is overturned. The Unit ed States District Attorney declared that this was the next move.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12

SEATTLE. Ian. 12-The search of the Chicago itsulted this afternoon in finding IS quart bottles of wh!s- key which were shipped in halibut boxes.
 Sergt. Putnam, of the Dry Squad, believes that when the cache left AL aska there were 40 cases but that doubtless mauy bottles were damned down the mouth of the halibut. One of the members of the crew is said to have showed five bottles down the mouth of one 25Opound fish,
 Sergt. Putnam insists on the ar rest of Capt. o. A. Johansen by the federal authorities.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. 12. - Alaska Gold closed yesterday at 1OR. Alaska-Juneau at 71a. American Zine at 3G1a. Butte 6 Superior at 46%. Ray at 2615.
 Chino at 531a.
 Utah Copper at 104%. Copper metal was quoted at 26.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
PEACE NOTE LEAK INVESTIGATION IS
 NOT TO BE CLOSED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-In the matter of the leak inquiry the House Democrats today abandoned their plans for closing the inquiry and recommended the Wood resolu- ton to the Rules committee for fur thcr action without a vote.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
RombardInu GalatZ.

COPENHAGEN, Jan. 12.-German news papers pr:nt telegrams from So- fla saying that the Germans anl Bul. garians are violently bombardng Gal atz, on the Danube, in Rumania, which is still being defended by the Russians and Rumauian5. The dis patch adds that the greater part of the town has been destroyed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
PROF. PARKER IS
 AGAIN HEADED TO
 ALASKA PROPERTIES

SEATTLE, Jan. 12. - Professor Herschcu C. Parker. of Columbia University, arrived here today on his way to Alaska to test several mining fields in which he is inter- ested. Last year Prof Parker went north and visited the Mount McKin- ley regions, also properties around Cook Inlet. Eastern capitalists are interested with the professor in his mining developments.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
FROM
 ALASKA GOES
 DOWN AS FISH
Alaska Fish Boat Has Been Seized and Liquor Found
 with Fish.
MOUTHS ARE STUFFED

SEATTLE, Jun. r.. - The Alaska fishing steamer Chicago, of the Booth Fisheries Co.,, was seized this fore noon by Federal officials and is be- ing searched for forty cases of whis- key alleged to have been shipped from Alaska labeled fish"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
ENGLAND TAKES MEAT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. - The British government has contracted for the entire sup ply of New Zealand meat un- til at least three months after the close of the war, accord ing to reports reaching the Commerce Department from its agents abroad. Higher prices will be paid than the Dominion's export supply com. manded last year.
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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
Weather Conditions in Juneau.

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-03

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-03
DAILY AVERAGE
FOR DECEMBER .
LINES WORTH REMEMBERING.
Advise we'll before you begin; and when
you have decided, act promptly.-SALLUST
OUR WORKOUT LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM.

THE body Of soons who are meeting in our midst anew
will not do il because they built that way but
nevertheless and Notwithstanding they could perform no
higher service for the people of the state than submit
proposed constitutional amendment providing for uni
eamera legislative system We they not built that
way because they like the legislators OF the past who
following the lines of least resistance satisfied with the
existing system and moreover are also benetciaries
thereof They are, for the most part new and nexperi-
enced men in the art satecra and the idea that better
and more scientific busness-like system can be
worked out has occurred TO but few OF them.
The unicameral legislative system to the state what
the commission form Of government Is to the city II CEN
trali.es responsibility and therefore yields better
nomica government.
We have the commission form of government in in
about twenty-five cities in the Most Of them adopted
II from five TO ten years ago. Their people have had
abundant time for observing its operation Go to any one
Of them and seek TO overthrow it for the old aldermanc
system You will likely start 4 riot. Not Of them
would momentary contemplate returning to the old
system.
The same would be true Of the unicameral legislative
system il could but give il trial 1t would be found
responsive to needs productive of efficiency and
economy in the conduct of state affairs that would
look upon the individual who proposed return to the
existing system much in the light know look
upon the who wants to return to the old system in
our cities-as a designing seseeking charatan with an
Ak to grind
The business Of governing state is much on the same
order the business Of governing city, save that it is
extensive, affects people. But in the final
analysis both questions of efficiency and
omy. That being true, why could not uncameral egs
latve body Of restricted membership commission il you
pleasepsriorm the legislative function for state well
q commission for city' Why could not fifteen
twenty high class representative men, coming from the
four Of the state, with greater economy
and efficeecy than the l56 here the bulk Of whom
have had days legislative experience know moth
Ing about the states affairs and here principally to look
after appropriation for public institution in their
district and draw their per diem'