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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24
 JEFFERSON OFFERS ! MARGARET ANGL|N THANKSGIVING DAY ..BilIeted," Delightful Eng fish Comedy, to Be Given
 Matinee and
 Night. l

Margaret Anglin will be the attraction at the Jefferson theatre on Thanksgiv- ing Day, matinee and night, in her de- lightful English comedy. "Billeted," by F. Tennyson and H. Harwood. There is every indication that the capacity ot the theatre will be tested at the Thanks giving performances, not only on &C., count of the popularity and exalted po- sition occupied by Miss Anglin in the dramatic Armament, but also because she has in "Billeted' one of the greatest comedy successes of her career .Bil- letted' is charming play cast in the mold of high comedy touched with farce The play is in three acts and relates the story of an attractive and engaging widow who has been notified that two aImy officers are to be billeted with her 1he meddling sister of the village vicar discovers that she Ghe widow has mere ly been abapdoned by her husband and therefor nd4fit person to entertain "lonely soldiers under the same roof The widow, however, refuses to be so suspiciously put aside. She may have been abandoned, but she is not an aban- doned woman, and she proposes to pre- vent a threatened scandal To do this she fabricates and forges a telegram to
 
 | her absent spouse. She has no sooner done this than she discovers that the last officer to arrive is the husband him. self. Then follows series of humor- ous complications in rapid succession throughout the three acts. There is a fine flavor of common sense and plausi- bility in their development and both a literary and epigrammatic quality in the dialogue. The widow and husband, who is in the army under an assumed name. are forced, by their pride and social position in the circumstances, to continue the masquerade until their mutual con- fessions of failure to be happy without each other, reunite them. "Bineter'' has had long and successful runs in New York and Chicago and Boston. The central character affords Miss Anglin the l best comedy role she has had in years and she has so perfectly cast and staged ] the comedy that the performances are nearly 100 per cent perfect. The sup. ] porting company includes Harry Barr | foot. Langdon<Bruce. Myra Burlington. I Fred Eric. Sally Williams, Phyllis Erik | ett and Ralph Kemmet. NThe stage dec l orations were made from designs by l Livingston Platt. art director for Miss rAnglin-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24

: Nemesis was a goddess of justice and divine retribution. The word comes from a Greek verb meaning to deal out, dis tribute, dispense. In Greek mythology, Nemesis was a goddess personifying al- lotment, or the divine distribution to every man of his precise share of for tune, good and bad. It was her special function to SC that the proper propor- ton of individual prosperity was pre-. served, and that any one who became too prosperous or was too much uplifted by his prosperity should be reduced ot punished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24

Bastions were invented by the Ital- ian engineer of the sixtkenth century to prevent the enemy frVm collecting ia the ditch around fortified town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24

In three years 21OOO women have been added to the payrolls of the muni- tion factories in England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24

Mrs Mary E. Eppens of Los Angeles. Cal, sold her unusually heavy Aead
 of light-brown hair to get money ro
 buy Liberty Bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24

Dr. Mays Treatment conquers worst cases of Epilepsy, Spasms, Convulsions, Nervous Disor-
 ders. Generous $2. % bottle sent free. STATE AGn DR.w H. MAY, 543 PEARL ST, NEW YORK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24

United Mine Workers m-mbership is 4e2.112
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
ITALIAN PRESS WARNS :
OF GERMAN TRE4CHERY
special Cable to Evening Public Ledgey

x Copvrs0ht, 1918. by NeU York Times Co.
Rome. Oct. 22.-With the execution
of the Osservatore Romano, the oficiai
organ, the press il unanimous in ex
porting watchfulness against German
treachery and urging that the Central
empires be obliged to surrender nm
conditionally. giving up their cannon.
munitions and arms. The Viewais taken
that II would be unfair TO hundreds OF
thousands of young. strong lives which
nave been sacrificed not to include a
lasting peace.
ing:
An armistice must not be a suspen-
eion OF hostilities nor a means to en-
able the Central Empires 10 reorganize
their military forces on their frontier.
20 accumulate new arms, to resist in
the discussions OF peace and eventually
10 begin the war again II must be. in
stead. prelude to a just and LASTING
peace, to be attained with mathematical
certainty. To obtain this the Allies
must take iron resolutions and ask for.
midable guarantees. Only in this way
the declarations of the Central Empires
that they accept peace on the basis o1
the principles enunciated by President
Wilson can be converted into reality"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
TEXT OF LATEST GERMAN PLEA
TO PRESIDENT FOR END OF WAR

London. oct. 22.-T'hc folloicinO u
the tert of the German reply TO Presf'
dent Wilson, as received here bv tctFe'
less:
In accepting the proposal for an
evacuation of occupied territories the
German Government has started from
the assumption that the procedure OF
this evacuation and of the conditions
OF an armistice should be left to the
judgment OF the military advisers ana
that the actual standard of power on
both sides i'm the field has TO form the
basis for arrangements safeguarding
and guaranteeing this standard.
The German Government suggests
TO the President that an opportunity
should be brought about for fixing the
details. 1t trusts that the President
of the United States will approve Of
no demand which would be irreconcil-
able with the honor of the German
people and with opening a way TO a
peace of Justice
Tho German Government protests
against the reproach OF illegal and in
humane actions made against the Cor
man land and sea forces and thereby
against the German people. For the
covering of n retreat distractions will
always be necessary and they are car.
ried out in so far as permitted by in.
terntional law The German troops
are under most strict instructions to
spare private property and to exercise
care for the population TO the best
OF their ability. Where transgressions
occur in spite OF these instructions the
guilty are being punished.
The German Government further de-
nies that the German navy in sink
ing ships has ever purposely destroyed
lifeboats with their passengers. The
German Government proposes. with
regard to all those charges, that tho
facts $50 cleared up by neutral com.
missions.
In order to avoid anything that
might hamper tho work OF peace, the
German Government has caused Or
dcrs to be dispatched to all submarine
commanders precluding the torpedo
ing of passenger ships. without, how
ever, for technical reasons, being able
10 guarantee that these orders Will
reach every single submarine at sea
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22


before It's return.
As fundamental condition foi
peace the President prescribes the de-
struction of every arbitrary power
that can separately. secretly and or It's
own single choice disturb thc peace
OF the world. To this the German
Government rcplies
Hitherto the representation or the
people in tho German Empire has not
been endowed with an influence on
the formation OF the Government
The Constitution did not provide FOR
n concurrence of representation OF
the people In decisions or peace ana
war. These conditions have just now
undergone fundamental change' a
new GoVernment has been formed In
complete accordance with the wishes
lprihcipleD or tne representation OF
the people based on equaL universal
secret ulrcct iranchlse'
Tho leaders of the great parties Of
the Reichstag are members of this
Government. In the future no Gov
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

preclade peace OF justice
II Is believed here that the German
note contains ar implied threat that the
Presidents rejection OF the present pro-
posals will besresarded by the German
nation as Indicative of n design TO de-
stroy II. and will spur the whole people
TO the uttermost exertlons in defense OF
the Fatherland.
Within the last few days your corre-
spondent has been enabled to gather n
number OF Views of the note. which may
be thus roughly summarized:
"Napoo," said one man, using jargon
of the front which is rapidly permeatins
the English language. Another used the
Amerlcanism, Nothing doing" A third
view was that the German reply was so
palpably unsatisfactory that 1t was
bound to have an excellent influence
upon the determination OF all the Allies
to prosecute the war to its proper end.
II gave no chance for pacinst gospel.
1t encouraged the so-called "never
enders and discouraged the so-called
"defeatists" from believing that Ger
many had yet become regenerated. 1t
shows no sign of change of heart Its
voice Is that of German militarism, un-
repentant and indeed satisfied that 1t
has done no wrong. Its professions in
regard to the new Germany are not
worth the paper on which they are
written.
Peace No Nearer
That the note does not bring peace
nearer Is virtually the universal opin-
ion here, and no doubt IN expressed that
America will take this identical view.
The only question which |arouses dis
cussion Is whether or not the President
will consider 1t useful or worth while
to continue the parley with a govern
ment which so obviously speaks at cross
purposes with its intentions that II must
be suspected.
H. NJ. Hyndman. the veteran Socialist
leader. said: II hope that President
Wilson will now see fit to cut this cor
respondence off short lie has given
the Germans chance to act honestly
They have replied with treachery and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
LONDON SEES EVASION
IN GERMANYiS ANSWER
Suggestion OF Opportunity FL. Details Held Detib
crate Misunderstanding Peace
No Nearer

1T Is asserted that there can be no
further discussion.
That point stands foremost in British
opinion. Lord Sydenham, speaking TO
your correspondent before the German
reply had been received, said
Marshal Foch can he the only judge
of the terms Of an armlstlce. That is
soldiers and sailors question. and both
naval and military guarantees must be
taken. We can take no risks In such
matters. and the Germans get prece-
dents in 1874 which we must follow
President Avoided Error
Motke imposed his conditions, and
Rismarck's later regrets arose not from
Of the terms Of the mill
tary armistlce, but from n recognition OF
the political mistakes made In drawing
up the terms of peace The Presidents
included the avoidance of
such errors as the treaty OF Frankfort
registered.
But on the point of n military armis-
tice there cannot he any confusion, ac-
cording to the view taken in representa-
tive quarters here. The German Gov
crnment's hope that the President will
Improve no demand irreconcilable with
the honor OF the German people ana
with opening the way to peace of JUS
tice is considered subterfuge and an
evasion Of the greatest issue of the war.
the destruction Of Prussian militarism.
An arnistlce settled, by Foch and the
other military and naval advisers Of
America and the Allies will doubtless
be unpleasant for German militarisn.
but the President throughout has drawn
the clearest distinction between German
mlitarism and the German people, and
humiliation of the military autocracy, It
il held, is not irreconcilable with the
honor OF the German people. nor does 1t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
The Rose.bush
of a Thousand Years
" MABEL wAoNAuS

NO more fascinating story has been written
in years" says the Spyinsssid Usios Of this
charming new book. Petite. painted. pow.
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in the notorious Jsrdin Mabiiis. Granville
found her there, was fascinated. and trans.
planted her to bis studioS Joiine hsd no
right to enter the forbidden lrouads OF the
monastery but she went. Hes escapade
had far.reachine results that were never cx-
pected, and prepared the way for the besuti-
ful climax ofthf unusual and delightful story.
The areat screen drama. Repsisbsa. with
Nine. NsEimovs 10 based upon this story.
and the book 10 illustrated with eieht FULL
paee photographs showing Nine. Nszimovs
as she appeared in the play. Cloth bound.
Price. rs cents. net by mail. IS cents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
HISTORY GIVES LIE
TO GERMAN DENIAL
Sea Pirates Destroyed Life
boats of Llandovery Castle
and Lydrasia

London. oct. -.
with refer, nee to -he paragraph in
the German not" denying that the Ger
man navy. In sinl,'nG ships. ever pur-
unsely destroyed lifeboats with their
passengers. il is poir-ed out i'm Govern-
men' circles that many cases could be
quoted in reply to this donial.
Two recent cases --e the I.landovery
Castle. the Canadian hosptal ship sunk
fl the Atlantic. and the French steamer
I.ydiana sunk off the north coast of
Spain July lG
The Llandovery Castle was torpedoed
and sunk Off the Irisr coast on the night
OF June -, while returning from Hall
fax with no wounded aboard. The vessel
carried 25S persons including fourteen
female nurses, and only tWenty-four
were saved
After the Lydiaua had been torpadoed.
two whaleboats and raft were lowered.
The German submarine rammed both
boats, cutting them in two After sew
eral fruitlesS attempts, the submarine
eucceeded in sinking the raft and then
disappeared without helping the sur
vivors. Nine men Of the crew of forty
two were picked up later. having clung
10 wreckage for more than a day The
second engineer or the l.Ndland reported
that the crew of the submarine had
laughed at him when he accused them
OF deliberately trying to kill all on
board the steamer
The section Of the wireless text of
the German note referred to. read:
THE German Government further de-
nies that the German navy in sinking
ships has ever purposely destroyed life
boats with their passengers The Ger
man Government proposes with regard
to all those charges that the facts be
cleared up by neutral commissions"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
Special Gable TO EUening Public Ledger
Coputoht 1918, by Nop York Times co.
London, oct. 22.

Special Cable TO Evening Public Ledger
COPYRIGHT 1918, by NotO York Times co.
London, oct. 22.
First impressions of the German re-
ply to President Wilson are that 1t Is
a willful misunderstanding of one os-
sential point of the Presidents note of
the 18th and an evasion of 9TH
ers Tho German Government. II Is held.
assumes what the President distinctly
implied his refusal ,to admit. namely,
that Germany could have any voice IN
determining either the process OF the
evacuation of occupied territories or the
conditions of an armistice. The presl-
dent clearly said that those were mat
tcrs which must be left 10 the Judgment
and advice OF the military advisers Of
the Government of the United States
aid the Allied Governments, and not
n single word In his note, according
TO the prevailing view here. could be
construed to signify an agreement with
the German proposal for a mixed com
mission.
Germany's new suggestion that the
President bring about an opportunity
for fixing the details is held to be a
deliberate misinterpretation Of his posi-
ton.
standard OF power on both sides" haV-
ing to form the basis for arrangements
safeguarding and guaranteeing this
standard" is considered to be in abso-
lutte opposition to MIR. Wilson's view ys
to safeguards and guarantees of the
present military supremacy of tho ar
mics of the United States and the Al
lies in the field" With no agreemen,
on this point and with Germany still
c,a'nihG at least military equality--in
the eyes OF her own people eotaIitv
would mean German military super!oritv y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

trickers; irtis time. seo.-fof ouf iee1sPi
to give The nation a hrir leAd. /. N
''rhe German reply Is mixture Of
threats and cajoiery they yars hoibtins
the black flag with the skull and dsoross-
bones on one mast and the white fag
on the other. | know the German people
well, and ] am convinced that nothing
will come of appealing to them"
Harold Cox. editor of the Edinburgh
Review, said: II think that the Ger
mans are approaching cautiously, very
cautiously. terms which we can accept.
1t is n real gain they should admit, II
only In words, that they will give up
the U-boat warfare. that they will sup
press depredations. and make their coun-
try democratic. But. after all. put
my trust in the fighting man. not the
talker."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
Cassell's Miniature
French Dictionary

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Londra. 91 ottobre CBy I. y. 81

T0HUrH, 7 UIIUUTt 10y T. y. -
la Germania nella sua replica al
Presidente Wilson, circa rultima nota di
pace, accetta le condizioni dell'armis-
tzio come indicate dal Presldente stesso
ed acconsente di lasciare la procedure
al giudizio del capi milltari, dice un
dispaccio giunto oggi da una stazione
radio-telegraAca tedesca.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

Roma. % ottobre.
Notizie giunte dal Quarter Generate
Ttaliano segnalano che lungo le linee
delle montague. specialmente mel set
tori uelV Altipiano di Asiago Q di Monte
Grappa, sono in progresso intensi com
battimcnti di artiglieria. I'm distacca-
mento d truppe francesi e riusciot
compiere una incursione contro lie lincc
austriache sui Monte Sisemol pene-
tratovi ha infitto all'avversario perditc
grsvissime catturando prgionieri e mi
tragllatrici.
Ecco IL testo del communicate ufiiciale,
pubblicato mel pomeriggio di ieri, dal
Ministero della Guerra:
"Considerevol combattimenti di arti-
glieria si sono notati, oggi, mel settore
dell rAltipiano di Asiago ed in quello di
Monte Grappa, \ Monte Sisemol un
riparto di truppe francesi penetro' nellie
linee nemiche ed nf'sse graVi perdite,
catturando prigionieri e mitragllatrict =
"Un posto avanzato nemico nella Fahe
Frenzela fu disperso.'
Secondo una nota ufficiale, ieri resa
pubblica, la nota del Presidente Wilson
alrAustria deve essere rituanuta come
equvalente ad un rifluto di riconoscere
il Governo Austriaco come legittime
rappresentante. del popolo.
Londra, 81 ottobre (By Associated
Press.
La replica della Germanla ALA nota
del Presidente Wilson, il testo della
quale fu oggI ricevuto a mezzo di un
acknowledgements, dice che la Germania
spera che gil Stati Until approveranno
d non fare domande le quail possano
essere irriconcliabili con l'onore del
popolo tedesco g con rapertura di una
via per una pace d giustzia.
La Germania ha dramato dispacc,
con j quail ordina al commandanti del
sottomarini di non silurare pairoscaf
con passeggieri
La Germania protesta coniro laccenno
del Presldente Wilson carca gil Illegal
ed inumani atti. Mega che le navl ted
esche abbianO intenzionatamente di-
strutto battelli di salvatagglo con pas
seggierl.
II Governo Germanico suggerisce al
Presidente Wilson che una opportunita'
81 offra circa la sfstemazione del dettagli
riguardanti revacuazione del terrltori
occupati.
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Expressive English
ey JAMES c. FERNALp, /. ". o.

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The Soldiers Service
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Bishop Of Nancy Dies

Paris, Oct. 22.--Monsignor c. F. Turf
,naz. bishop of Nancy since 1882, is dead
at the Episcopal residence there. He
was born In 1888.