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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-05
TEA EACH AFTERNOON AT TUTWILER

Mrs George w. Wheeler, the popular social hostess at the Tutwiler, announces that afternoon tea" will be served in the Tutwiler "Orangerie" every after noon during the week from to $50 o'clock.
 These teas will be very informal in their nature, just a gathering place for friends, where a bite to eat and cup of tea will be the excuse for congenial little crowds getting together. The teas during the week will in no way interfere with the Saturday afternoon teas on the mezzanine, when music and dancing will continue to be the features, as they have formerly been, and where from 300 to 4oO guests assemble to enjoy the occasion.
 Mrs. Wheeler has successfully launched the Monday evening er-the-theatre dansants' which have proven very popu- lar as well as the Saturday afternoon teas and the innovation of being able to have tea at the Tutwiler every after noon will fill long felt want, particu- larly this season, as so little entertain ing of formal nature is being done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-05
KERR STEWART

MT. J. M. Stewart of Oxford announces the marriage of his daughter. Katherine French. to MT. Alfred Thomas Kerr of Mobile, January 31
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-05
FOR MISS YARBROUGH

Mrs. R. H. Schivner will entertain a few friends this afternoon at bridge in honor of Miss Clara Yarbrough, a bride-elect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-05
MISS INA SHEPPARD WILL
 HONOR MISS YARBROUGH

Miss Ina Sheppard will entertain at Lyric party tomorrow afternoon, com plimenting Miss Clara Yarbrough, bride-elect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-05
MISS LYNCH TEA HOSTESS

Miss Annie Lynch will entertain at tea on Saturday at the Tutwiler, compli- menting Miss Clara Yarbrough. who will be married next week to MT. John k. Titzel.
Evening star., 1918-04-28
NATIONAL BUDGET URGED
BY CIVIC SCIENTISTS,
"0ur Methods Are Absurd" New
York Regent Tells American
Academy Members.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. April 27.-A
before the American Academy Of Po-
litical and Social Science at its annual
meeting here today. Agreement upon
a budget would be one of the great VIC
tories of the war, in the opinion of
Charles Beatty Alexander. regent Of the
University of the State Of New York.
The time is ripe for a national bud
get" declared Mr.. Alexander Our
methods have been absurd and are now
near chaos. We wish to know what we
are going to be called upon to produce"
Representative Swager Sherley, chair
man Of the House committee on appro-
priations. said the President should
send an estimate of the total yearly
expenditures to Congress before appro-
priations are passed.
Mr. Sherley. but the public must not
think that things are being done en-
tirely haphazard" He added that ap-
propriations for 1917 reached a total
Of eighteen and one half billions OF
dollars with about four -fifths expend-
year would be twenty-one and one-half
billions. OF this amount, he said.
about four billions will be raised by
tax and the remainder must be raised
by bonds.
George Creel. chairman of the COM
mittee on public information. Washing
ton. and Norman Angel of London were
among the speakers at tonights session.
DR.. Henry ]. Ford of Princeton Uni
urged support Of the President
in the struggle for administrative re-
form as embodied in the Overman bill
Evening star., 1918-04-28
GUNST0N HALL SCHOOL
HAS BLAZE IN PAPER
Harry Quinn, an Employe, Overcome
by Smoke, But Firemen
Garry Him Out.

Fire in a storage room in the base
ment of Gunston Hall School for
young women. at 1906 Florida avenue.
late yesterday afternoon filled the
building with smoke. alarmed the dozen
or SO young women In the building and
resulted in Harry Quinn. sixteen years
old. employed in the building. being
overcome from smoke for a short time.
but did little damage. Firemen of No.
engine company extinguished the
blaze after young Quinn had lost con-
sciousness in the effort to put out the
blaze before the firemen arrived.
The fire is believed to have started
in stored waste paper. and .firemen
expressed the belief that the blaze
was due to spontaneous combustion
When dense smoke came from the
basement. Quinn turned in an alarm
and then hurried to tho basement to
try to extinguish the Gre. Tho smoke
overcame him. however. Firemen
quickly got the fire under control and a
survey Of the building showed not
more than 800 damage was done.
Most of the young woman students
1t was stated. were In Baltimore ul,
r. shopping trip.
Evening star., 1918-04-28
FOR RELIEF OF VICTIMS
OF GUATEMALA DISASTER
Entertainment Given by Latin
American Colony for Benefit Of
Sufferers From Earthquake.

An entertainment for the relief OF
the, victims of the Guatemala earth
quake was given by the Latin-Ameri-
can. colony here at Carroll Hall. g
street, near 9Th street. last night.
Prominent among those present were
Joaquin Mendez, minister from Guate-
mala; DR.. Santos A. Dominica. minister
from Venezuela, and Dr.. Carlos Ado1fo
Urueta, minister from Colombia.
John Barrett, director general of the
an-American Union. was special
guest and speaker. Two plays Of one
act each, written by Francisco j.
Yanes, assistant director general Of the
PAN American Union, were given-one
entitled "El Collar de Perlas" (The
Pearl Necklace), presented by Miss
Mercedes Godoy, Miss Graciela NJ. Ri
vero. Miss Agnes Dudley and Antonio
NJ Rivero: the other, entitled LA Ter
tulia de Dona Tecla" (Mme. Tecla's
Reunion), the cast including Miss Dud-
ley, Miss Rivero. Mr.. Rivero. Miss Au-
rora A. P. Verdia. J. Torres Lomelin
and B. Porras. jr.
OF H. W. Weber. furnished the music
Plano selections were given by Miss
Dorothee Boucher and violin selections.
among which were Guatemalan airs, were
rendered by Prof. Arsenic Radon Of Qua
temala. Luis Churion, secretary Of the
Venezuelan legation. recited poem, e"Ex-
celsior~ of which he is tho author and
dedicated to Guatemala. .f-.' :
: MessrR Yanes and Churion directed the
plays and Nine. James was in charge OF
arrangements. .- ;.x.,-s :;
Evening star., 1918-04-28
FUNDS FOR BONDS GIVEN
AT BANQUET FOR SOLDIERS
Officers and Employees Of Golden &
Co. Honor E. r. Messick,
Who Enters Army.

The liberty bond fund was given a
boost last night by officers and em-
ployes Of Golden & Co. at a banquet al
Congress Hall Hotel which was ten.
dered to E. r. Messick, manager of the
creamery department, who leaves to-
morrow to enter the Army.
Following a patriotic address by for
mer Senator Scott of West Virginia. in
the course of which he urged that those
who had not subscribed to liberty bonds
should do 80. and that those who had
already secured one or more should get
others. many subscriptions were made
There were fifty-flve officers and em
ployes Of the company at the banquet
table when Ernest H. Daniel. a. stock
holder ip tho company, who acted as
toastmaster, opened the festivities.
Mr.: Daniel made a brief address. in
which he spoke Of Mr.. Messick leay-
Ing the services OF the company to
enter the Army. Others who made
brief addresses were S. c. Redmond
and A. A. Chaplin of the Chaplin -Sacks
Manufacturing Company, and W. r
Priebe, in charge Of the eggs and poul-
try division of the United States Food
Administration.
Evening star., 1918-04-28
BERLIN TREASURES SAFE
IF U. S. ENTERS'-DEPEW
Former Senator, at Reception, Says
History Hereafter Will Date
From 1914,

NEW YORK. April Elf the Amer
ican Army enters Berlin, its historic
monuments and art treasures will be
safeguarded, its houses and shops pro-
tected, and its women treated with re-
spect and courtesy. declared Chauncey
NJ Depew at reception given tonight
by the Montauk Club of Brooklyn to
celebrate his eighty-fifth birthday. 1t
was the twenty-seventh successive year
that the former United States senator
had been thus honored by the club.
1.-THE German people will be sum-
moned to form a government by the
popular will in any form they wish.
Mr.. Depew said. but upon lines which
will for the present and future remove
the threat of a militarism that imperils
the peace Of the world.
Has 1t ever occurred to you that this
tragedy through which we are passing
will obliterate all past history? We feel It
already. History will date from 1914.
The literature which the world tragedy
will inspire will date from that time.
Every nation will be too absorbed in
it's sor1ows, its losses. its burdens. the
problems of its reconstruction and. of its
relations to the rest OF the world and its
future safety to care for the past.
believe this new world will be wholly alb
sorbed in it's craftsmanship and its liter
ature with world which has been de-
vastated and is to be recreated."
Evening star., 1918-04-28
DUPLICATE KEY Thief
GETS $3.50 AND BOND
Several Residents Report Theft of
Cash, Jewelry and
Clothing.

Duplicate key workers, who have
committed numerous robberies in this
city during the last few weeks. yes
terday visited an apartment At 1774 U
street. the home of Mary e. Mccarthy
and Anna Mccarthy. and took $3.50 In
cash, . nfty-dollar liberty bond and a
gold watch valued at $40. The door
OF the apartment was locked when the
occupants left there yesterday morn
ing about 7:30 o'clock and when they
returned late in the afternoon thev
discovered the robbery.
s. n. Meyer, 1881 F street, who yes-
terday morning reported his place Of
business had been visited and ram
sacked. but nothing stolen, last night
made supplemental report telling of
the theft of clothing valued at $S5. q
small bank containing $40 and Sl.7l
worth Of thrift stamps
A robber who visited the apartment of
Miss Emma Fugal. 1901 3Oth street. Fri
day night between s and 9:45 O'Clock.
gained entrance through a window that
was reached by means Of q ladder. The
property stolen included 1924 in cash
and pair Of eyeglasses.
Isaac Winston, 1347 Corcoran street.
reported to the police the loss of a dfa-
mond ring valued at $65. He said the
ring was stolen from a dressing room
at the navy yard.
The theft OF q watch worth $50 was
reported by Albert CastleRan. 2433
18th street.
Evening star., 1918-04-28
DEALERS RESTRICTED IN
IMPORTING GREEN COFFEE

Restrictions on the importation OF
green coffee were announced last night
by the food administration. All dealers
will be required to notify the admin
istration at once the amount of their
entire holdings of Brazilian coffee, in
Guiding that which is now afioat and
to be shipped.
Until further notice no buyer OF
green coffee will he allowed to i'm
port into the United States an excess
of his percentage of. coffee as shown
by the average imports for the calen-
dar years 1915 and 1917. No import H.
cense will be approved or permitted
The order Is declared by the food
administration to be for the purpose
of insuring an equal distribution
Of green coffee based on past require
ments of the trade.
Evening star., 1918-04-28
COLORED GIRLS STORY
STIRS GENERALS FAMILY

Ella Kyle. colored. caused some un-
easiness in the family Of Brig. Gen. T.
@. Donaldson. 1925 Wyoming avenue,
last night. Mrs Donaldson returned
home and found the colored girl ap-
parently dazed. She displayed a note
supposed to have been written by two
white men who had forced her at the
point Of pictol to drink out Of bot
tie after she had refused to poison the
generals food.
sergt Hood of the 10th precinct and
Detectives Sweeney and Beckley es-
tablished the fact that the girl was
playing for sympathy to prevent her
going back to her home in North Caro-
lima. Maj. Pullman, chief of police. has
received a letter asking that she be
sent back to Lowell. N C.
The colored girl later admitted to the
police that she was. SO well satisfied
with her place in Washington that she
adopted the scheme to arouse sympathy
and forestall efforts to send her back
homA ..59
Evening star., 1918-04-28
WILMER C. PLAT AGAIN
NOMINATED FOR MAYOR
Other Officers Selected for Town
Caucus in Takoma
Park, Md.

A town caucus at Takoma Park, Md.
last evening nominated by acclamation
Wilmer g. Platt for mayor. There were
no other nominations
For three councilmen to serve two years
each four names were slated-H. S. Taft.
already council member; Frederick L.
Lewton, Scott Lilly and ]. W. Shade. The
two councilmen, beside Mr.. Taft, whose
terms expired were L. r. Grabill and
E. s. La Fetra. Both declined renomina-
tion and resolutions were passed COM
mending their civic service.
Ben g. Davis. town clerk and treasurer,
presided and J. Bond Smith was secre-
tary of the meeting.
The caucus indorsed r. D. Lille as
justice Of the peace. and the recommends
tion will be transmitted to Gov. Harring-
ton by the mayor.
Resolutions were passed calling upon
the mayor and common council to enter
a protest with the Maryland public
utilities commission against the recent
increase in the price of gas to Takoma
Park by the Washington Gas Light
Company from IS cents to 81. It was
pointed out by Lloyd W. Bfddle, who
presented the resolution. that duting
the time the District had 75-cent gas
Takoma Park was paying S5 cents; and
It also was argued that no additional
expense fs entailed IN furnishing gas
to Takoma Park, for which District
residents now pay but 30 cents
The caucus also passed a resolution,
introduced by F. A. Porterf1eld, request
ing the Capital Traction Company to
complete Its proposed extension to the
Washington sanitarium at an early
date and to run through cars to Ia
koma Park
Mayor Platt addressed the caucus. He
urged greater community spirit and
commended tho passage by the lesis-
lature Of the measure establishing the
Washington suburban sanitary COM
mission.
Evening star., 1918-04-28
HUNS FALL, LIKE LEAVES
ON SLOPES Of KENNEL
Now q War Of Exhaustion, With
Weight Of q Mile Lost Against
Thousands of Casualties.

LONDON. April 27.-The Reuter-
correspondent at British headquarters
in France sends the following on the
battle now under way:
when Nogi reduced Port Arthur
we were told by military critics that
it had been in terms Of life which no
western general would have dared face.
The German high command obviously
ridicules this view; it strews the slopes
of KENNEL with German corpses as
thick as autumn leaves in Vallombrosa
and points triumphantly to the COM
parative handful of survivors who have
reached the top.
.'It is simple problem Of staying
power. The enemy is taxing the Brit
ish as heavily as he can. but In so
doing he is taxing his own relatively.
even more heavily. He Is fiddling Tor
positions which would give him great
er advantage in the use of his nu-
merical superiority. The question is
whether, il he eventually gained these
positions, he would have any numerical
superiority left. We now are fighting
principle is to weigh a mile lost against
the thousands of enemy casualties
.'The general (Foch) is dealing with
the situation WIFI CHAFdCIcISt liz
energy, although as to what. counter
moves he may contemplate there is no
knowledge. The retaking Of Locre by
the French troops was a very dashins
exploit 1t had cost the enemy three
heavy attacks to force his way into
the little village. which stands In the
fork of the Bailleul and Neuve Eglis
roads, and what an unsuccessful
heavy attack implies in losses is known:
stimulated between Mont KENNEL and
Mont Rouge the place is an essential
point to any further advance along the
hill system. For this reason. doubt
less, it was determined not to let the
Germans keep 1t, notwithstanding the
satisfactory casualties figures he had
paid for it.
blue, who are the quickest troops in
attack ever seen. 1eveled their bayo-
nets and followed the lift of the bar
rage. Only a few of them came back.
These were escorting prisoners. what
remained of the German garrison, who
had been rolled back toward Dra-
nOutre,"
Evening star., 1918-04-28
RAIL OFFICES TO MERGE
IN TWENTY MORE CITIES

Following the precedent set in WASH
ington of consolidating railroad ticket
offices. the railroad administration an
nounced last night that such CONSOLE
dation had been effected in twenty
cities in the east.
The cities are New York, Boston,
Philadelphia. Baltimore. Pittsburgh,
Buffalo. Syracuse, Rochester, Whining
ton, Atlantic City. Cleveland. Cincin-
natl. Detroit. Newark. N. J.: Indian-
apolis. Toledo. Dayton. Ohio: Colum-
bus, Ohio: Reading. Pa. and Williams
port, Pa.
Rental of the consolidated ofices will
be $213.000 a year, or $1.070.000 a year
less than present rentals. Negotiations
also are under way looking to consoli-
dating offices in Chicago. st. Louis and
Louisville. and similar arrangements
will be made soon in a number of cities
in the western and southern railroad
districts.
In New York city there will be i've
of1ces-four in Manhattan and one in
Brooklyn.
Evening star., 1918-04-28
Agreement in Sight,

Negotiations Of the State Department
and the War Trade Board with the Meth.
ssrlands government regarding the none.
tary consideration and the amount Of
grain and raw materials to be allowed tc
go forth to Holland in return for the use
Of Dutch shipping seized in American
port. have reached a point where a mutlt-
ally satisfactory agreement has been
brought in sight.
The main concern af the officials here
now is in the outcome Of the n:gotis tions
between Germany and Holland growing
out of the new German demands, which
lrclude the right to transport across I.utcn
territory sand and gravel. part OF which
would be used for military purposes.
officials here said Germany could not
point to Spain's action in supplying
certain goods needed BY Gen. PERISH
ing,s' army in exchange for raw mate
rails from America as a parallel to the
transportation Of military supplies
across neutral country. The grant
ing of Germany's demand in this re-
gard might be construed as a violation
of Hollands neutrality,
Evening star., 1918-04-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. URGED
TOCONSERVE CORN AND COIN
Representative Barley Introduces as War
Measure Bill to Forbid Manufacture of
LiquorGreat Saving Of Foodstu@s.

ana TRANSPORTATION of intoxicating liquors
anywhere within the jurisdiction OF the
United States for beverage purposes.
'"The internal revenue commissioner
Office is charged under the bill with the
duty of its enforcement. Tho attitude
law enforcement Is a sufficient guaran-
tee that 1t will exert every energy to
see that the law is enforced. But it Is
made the special duty of the appropri-
ate federal officers. as we'll as state offi-
GERS in so far as they have jurisdiction,
to enforce the law. In view of the fact
that Jurisdiction cannot be conferred
upon a state court to enforce q federal
law, commissioners of federal courts
der certain limitations.
Saving Of Foodstuffs.
"The desirability of passing such a
bill is obvious. Millions of bushels and
billions Of pounds of foodstuffs are be-
ing consumed each year in the manu-
facture of Intoxicating liquors. Over
two billions of dollars in money are be-
ing expended each year for intoxicat-
ing drinks. This is not only an unjus-
titled waste Of food and money. both Of
which are now greatly needed in the
prosecution of the war, but it results
in an enormous waste of energy and
efficiency, which is a waste of man.
power. These considerations along
with many others which might easily be
mentioned. justify the passage of such
a law at the earliest opportunity.
II shall not press for action upon the
measure until other urgent war legisla-
tton is disposed of and the friends of
the bill have agreed upon q proper
plan Of action"
Evening star., 1918-04-28
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS

ALEXANDRIA, Va. April ga
liberty loan mass meeting will be held
at o'clock Monday night In the Del
Ray school building, Mount Vernon
avenue. Alexandria county. Col. John
G. Capers. former commissioner OF
revenue for the United States. will be
the principal speaker. Others scheduled
to make addresses are Frank l.. Ball
w. c. Cloth, Crandau Mackey and Leo
P. Harlow. Music will be provided.
The estate of the late Isaac Eichbers
has sold to the estate of w. A. Smoot
the three-story brick dwelling house at
ia North Washington street. The sale
was made through Graham & Ogden.
Y. NJ. c.. A. Liberty Hut. will address
the members of the Epworth League of
the NJ. E. Church South at z o'clock to-
morrow night: His subject will be 1.-The
Red Triangle. To this meeting men in
the service are particularly invited.
The committee in charge of the sale
Of liberty bonds expect that Alexandria
viii Monday go over the top" in its
allotment h which elss dao Is s2ssooo. The sale
alumnae of st. Mary's Academy have
voted to purchase a bond.
Attorney General Gregory has written
Mayor Fisher requesting that the mem
bers of the police department register
all German female enemy aliens in
Alexandria.
Frank Roland, fourteen years old. son
of Policeman Charles Roland, of AIS
South Washington street, received a
fractured arm, as the result of a fall
from a bicycle.
The members of Canton No. /, ]. O. o.
F., will act as escort to the Odd Fellow s
tomorrow night. when they attend serv-
ices at the Second Presbyterian Church
in observance of the ninety-ninth an
niversary Of the founding Of Odd Eel
lowshfp in this country.
The members Of the marine band from
Quantico will give a concert Monday
evening in Christ Church parish hall,
and Gordon Reese. a Y. NJ C. A. work
er. will lead the singing.
The Cardinal Athletic Club will use
the grounds adjoining the Alexandria
High School building for It's games.
A concert was given tonight in the
Young Peoples building by the Girls
Glee Club Of the Friends School,
Washington, under. the direction Of
Miss Blanche Polinhorn.
The body of a white man, who was
about fifty years old and was killed
by an unidentified automobilist last
Monday afternoon, has not vet been
identified and is still held at Demaine's
chapel. The man was employed at the
race course at Arlington Park.
Mrs. Rebecca Moore, widow of Will
liam G. Moore and mother of DR.. s. r.
Moore of this city, who is now a major
in the Army, died at noon TODAY. The
for the funeral have not
yet been made.