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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
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tary police and drastic legal measuret are enforced. But five sinless miles art not sufficient. Local communities ir general must receive antiseptic treat. ment to make the work of the commit tee really effective. And this is just where the women come in.
 Women folks are on the job of scrub bing the home cities into spotless towns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

Mole skins bring from Is to IS cents each in Aberdeenshire and Morayshire Scotland, and women are being trained as mole catchers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
BURGERS WEATHER-Fair
BU RGE R BUY RUGS ON CLUB PLAN
BURGERS BUY RUGS ON CLUB PLAN
latest Arrivals in New Dresses

Just received shipment of dresses including tri
 cone wool jersey and serges The jersey weaves are de-
 cdedy the most favored fabrics for the winter and these frocs especially beautiful developments of this material in both the tricotine and wool jersey Prominent features of the numerous models panel effects mandarin styles with heavily braided designs, tunics nall lengths smart coarless necs fitted sleeves and wide mandarin style sleeves yarn embroidered motifs frnges in various widths practical straight line
 models with rows of covered bone butons wide sashes and narrow belts Every wanted color is shown in this
 line and striking combinations of contrasting shades. These serge dresses navy and black only and the models shown for the most part styles especially ap
 proprate for street wear Some combined with satin, some fringe trimmed, and some strictly tailored models. Prices: .a1l Ata 4AsAa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
Bargains in Pure Linen
 Table Cloths and Napkins

Al-lnen table cloths in sizes 64-nch 72nch and ST. inch. These are odds and ends and not able to match with napkins in department Are of most celent quality and cannot be duplicated at any price We will close them out at old prices We also have small lot of odd napkins in onehaf dozen sets that will be sold at ''before the war; prices.
 Tewnty-four ainen table cloths, with napkins to match very heavy quality material These bargains and values that we cannot purchase wholesale 72 81 and 9O-nch table cloths and 23nch napkins Prices are less than present wholesale cost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13
Sale of Silks & Cotton
 Handkerchiefs

Crepe de chine handker- chiefs in all colors, also a line of white Shamrock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-13

In the last two months there have been 65 strikes in Canada, entailing the loss of 145.7 working days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-24
Guests Of sauIsburyu.

The Italian Ambassador and Coun-
tess Macchi di CeIlere We're the guests
in whose honor Senator and Mrs. viii,
lard Salisbury entertained at dinner
last evening.
Mrs. salisbury expects to remain In
Washington until some time in June.
when she will go to her summer home
in Maine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-24

Capt. Andre Tardieu, high commits
sioner OF France, entertained at din
ner last evening. Captain Tardieu
was also host at a luncheon yester-
day, his guests being asked to.meet
Admiral Grasset, OF the French navy,
and his aide, Commander Picard. who
are at the Willard for a few days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-24
Fare AULatton
Pictures Dragv
Notable GoqUd

With the French Ambassador and
Nine. Jusserand among the guests
and the Secretary OF the Interior,
Franklin X Lane, and Capt. Andre
Tardieu. high commissioner OF France
in the United States. numbered among
the speakers, the SKY Fighters OF
France" an exhibition OF aviation
paintings by Lieut.. Henri Fare, Of
the French air service, at the Wash
ington Club, will be auspiciously in
augurated this afternoon. Mrs. Frank
Lyon Polk and Mrs. William Phillips
will pour tea.
After the reception and private view
this afternoon the exhibition will be
open to the public for several days,
the proceeds being used to swell the
fund for the children OF French avia-
tors who have lost their lives in the
war.
The Marquis de Polignac is chair
man OF the COMMITTEES under whose
auspices the exhibition is being made
Others on the committee are MI.
James Hamilton Lewis, Mrs. George
Barnett. Mrs. Frank Lyon Polk. Mrs.
William Phillips, Mrs. Alexander
Biddle, Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs.
George Howard, Mrs. Joseph Letter,
Mrs. Eugene Myers. Jr., Mrs. H. H.
Rogers, Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe. Mrp.
George Vanderbilt, and Mrs. Harold
Walker.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is q pat
roness.
Mrs. Robert r. Hit and Mrs. TR. s.
Reynolds Hit have gone to New York
and are stopping at the Ritz-CarIton
Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-24
FLEET employees WILL
BE SHIFTED GRADUALLY

Moving OF the Emergency Fleet
Corporation with its 1900 employees
10 Philadelphia will be a gradual
process. few Offices at time will
be moved. according to present plans.
The transfer will not be. completed
before June 1.
The moving plans are in the hands
OF George r oller, office manager,
who has been commissioned to get
the Offices in their new location with
as little disturbance as possible to
routine work
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-24
THE SOCIALSIDEI

man and Mrs. Winsiow, Mrs. Charles
NJ FfOulke. Mrs. Wilder, Mrs. John r,
acksOn, Miss Helen and Mrs Julian
James. Mrs. Thomas +. Logan had
with her Princess Ghika. Miss Marie
Sims, Mr.. and Mrs. lack Havemeyer.
Of New York. and Don Buenaventura
Caro-, OF the Spanish, embassy.
Larz Anderson turned his box over
to his debutante cousin, Miss Harriet
Peckham, who had among her guests
Miss Halle Davis and Miss Minna
Blair. Mr.. and Mrs. Aksel Wichfeld
had the latter's small son, Clarence
please. with them. Mrs. +. B. Moran
had as her guests Mrs. Walmsley and
Miss Walmsley. OF New Orleans: Cap
tain Resnati. OF the Italian flying
corps; Lieutenant L.abat and Count
de Beaufort, OF the Frenck-high COM
mission.
Among others in the boxes were
Mrs. John II. Merriam, Mrs. Kellogg
Bradley, Congressman and Mrs.
Charles Bennett Smith. Miss Roberta
Bradshaw. DIR. Larkin Glazebrook.
Miss Louise Lacy. DR. and Mrs. A. Y.
p. Garnett. Mrs. Fred Britten, Mrs.
Barker Gummere. Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
chibald BRrklie, Mrs. Charles BouEh-
wi ~ ONNs AAASH -hbA 3 hls MISS
Janin. Miss Helen Welsh, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Lockwood, jr.. Besle r.
Howard. Mr.. and Mrs. Ord Preston,
who had Miss Fitch with them; the
Rev. +. Ward Denys and Miss Denys,
Mrs. Charles B. Howry, Miss Eugene
Pichon. Mr.. and Mrs. Randall HaEner,
Mrs. William r r. Hit, and Brltton
Browne.
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The Vice President and Mrs. Mar
shall returned last evening from a
short visit to their home in Indianap-
oils.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-24
New brazilian Counselor.

T. B. Cavalcsnti de Lacerda has
been appointed counselor OF the Bra
lillian embassy. and will succeed Al
berto de Ipanema MOreiTa, who has
recently been raised to the rank Of
minister and detailed to duty in
Mexico.
The embassy staff has been in
creased by the appointment OF a new
second secretary, Octayio Fialho. J..
L de Modesto Leal. second secretary
Of the embassy. has moved from 1877
will spend the summer months.
=
Mrs. Arthur Eyerson, Of Chicago.
who Is making a series OF short visits
TO friends in Washington, will sail
shortly for France. where she VIII
establish a hospital. She will be &C
companied by a staff OF nurses and
doctors.
Miss Gertrude Myer was hostess at
q small tea yesterday afternoon. en-
PERTAINING in compliment to Mrs.
Henry Loomis. OF New York. Mrs.
Loomis has been giving a series Of
informal talks on the needs Of the
fatherlesS children OF France and
making impasSioned pleas for con
trIbutIons to the organization which
Is working in their behalf.
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Congressman Charles II. Ward f.
In New York for short stay and f.
stopping at the Vanderbilt Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-24

Congressman Charles II. Ward f.
in New York for a short stay and f.
stopping at the Vanderbilt Hotel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-24

It might be- an advan-
tage if the prices of meats
and live stock could be
stabilized. The packer
now has to cope with the
uncertainties of huctu-
ating prices of both cattle
and dressed beef in order
togetan average netprofit
of \ of a cent per pound.
But = elimination Of
price fluctuations, now
regulated by supply and
demand, involves many
difficulties:
Fresh meat is perish
able and must be sold
within a few days for
what it will bring.
When meat accumu-
lates, competition forces
prices down so as to make
stocks move.
When the supply is
short, competition forces
prices up, resulting in
even distribution of avail
able stocks.
Demand for meat varies with
industrial conditions, with sup
ply Of ships for export, with the
seasons and weather changes,
and with supply of other foods.
It varies irregularly in different
parts of the country; it varies
with respect to the different
qualities of meat, and the var
iouS cuts.
The demand for by-products
also f1uctuates.
The supply Olive stock reach
ing the packing plants, as we'll
as its weight and quality, huc-
tuates from day to day, from
week to week, and from season
to season.
The price the packer pays
for live stock depends on all
these varying conditions.
Swift & Company will gladly
cooperate in the carrying out
of any national policy that will
tend to steady the prices of live
stock and meat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-24
NIrs. Lewia EntertaIn..

Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis enter
talned a company at luncheon yester-
day in compliment TO Miss Caroline
Kirkland and Mrs. Arthur Ryerson, OF
Chicago.
Mrs. August Belmont. OF New York.
Is the guest Of Capt and Mrs. Perry
Belmont for several days.
E
Miss Caroline Kirkland, Of Chicago,
is a guest at the home OF Mrs Mar
shall Field for a few days. Later she
will join Mrs. Field, who is spend
Ing several weeks in New York.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-24
DR.. FORBADE At Cuban Legation.

DIR. Alfonso FORBADE, secretary OF
the Cuban legation to Norway. is tenn
porarily attached to the Cuban lega-
tiOn in Washington and is occupying
an apartment at the Hotel Logan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-24

Mr.. and Mrs. d. II. Moore announce
the marriage OF their daughter. Miss
Helen b. Moore. to r. II. HutChins.
The wedding took place on June Il.
1917.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-24

Paul I.e Teller has arrived in
Washington to serve as secretary Of
the Belgian legation.
Albert SergySels is also connected
with the embassy stahf as temporary
secretary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-24
Is ReturpInE from Switzerland.

Mrs. Norman de r. Whitehouse.
who has returned from Switzerland,
where she has been since January
representing the committee on public
informs ton, Is expected in Washing
ton shortly to report TO George Creel,
head OF the committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-24
Luncheon For Visitor.

| Mrs. John W. Falls entertained at
luncheon today at the Shoreham in
honor OF Mrs. B. L. wincheIl. Of Chi
Icago, who Is a visitor in Washington.
The other guests were Mrs. Walter
Wells. Mrs. Ross Gravener, Mrs. Vic
tor Kaufman, Mrs. Fred Britain.
Mrs. Daniel l.. Borden. Mrs. Peters,
wife Of Congressman John A. Peters;
Mrs. Fairchild, wife OF Congressman
wife OF Congressman Thomas B. Dunn.
| =
Miss Mary Phelan and her niece.
! Miss Gladys Sullivan, will arrive on
Friday from California to spend the
rest Of the season with Senator
James D. Phelan.
Mrs. William A. Slater has loaned
her house, 1871 I street northwest,
for a Liberty loan rally this after
noon at 5 o'clock. under the auspices
OF the Woman's Liberty Loan Com
mittee OF the District OF Columbia. OF
which Mrs. Charles HamIin is chair
man. Blanche Bates, star OF the new
play. Getting Together" which is at
Polls this week-and wife OF George
W. Creel. director OF the Committee
OF Public 1nformation-will speak;
and Lieut.. Gitz Rice, who is re-
sponsible for more OF the songs which
enliven the production. will sing.
Lieutenant Rice has seen active ser
vice st the front, has been wounded
and gassed. and Is for the moment
doing his bit in less perilous ways.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-24
FOE PRISONERS BALK AT
UNLOADING U. S. SUPPLIES

AN ATLANTIC PORT. April ri
German prisoners OF war working at
q certain French port went on strike
when they learned they had to un-
load American war supplies from
American transports. but the move
ment was quickly broken up. 1t was
said by a ship captain who has ar
rived here on a foreign liner.
swift & Company's sales OF fresh beef In
Washington for the week ending Saturday.
April 20 averaged 1aS cents per pound
Advt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26

shrapnel fired from below. The Tom
mics called this plane the Cooper
Belly" The armor could stand the
pop of machine-gun bullets from dis
lance and the exploding fragments Of
shells, but could put up no resistance
to the direct impact of a projectile.
A more deliberately armored plane
appeared on the Somme in the spring
of 1917. 1t was Of familiar type, was
almost invulnerable from below, but
was extremely sluggish in it's move
ments. 1t was used chiefly for contact
patrol work-that is, in cooperation
with the infantry for front line scout
ing. The steel plate was concentrated
around the pilot, the gunner being left
virtually unprotected.
The Boche Has
Tried Them Before
Still another machine appeared dur
ing the recent British advance oa Ar
ras. 1t was extensively armored with
steel one-quarter of an inch thick, and
was used for attacking infantry. 1t
was quite vulnerable from above. APP
parently the Boche was working tow
ard a type Of machine which would
protect all its passengers from all di-
rections-which could, in the words Of
the imaginative war correspondent,
"loaf along, not seeming to mind" 1t
was the fact that this type seemed to
have been achieved last week that made
such sensation among airmen.
Now it seems to be true that this
new flying tank is adequately protect
ed from all angles against machine
guns and all sorts of pop bullets. 1t
need not mind" them. But it is not
at all protected against shells and
heavier projectiles, of a type often
shot from Allied aeroplanes. There
are plenty of planes in use to-day
capable of carrying guns which can
demolish the new monster with a
single shot. 1t is only necessary to
bring up these planes and equip them
in order to put the tank Immediately
, upon the defensive. Moreover, the
new German contrivance seems to be
SO sluggish in movement that it can
be outmannuvred without trouble by
almost any other type of machine
The mystery of how mass of armor
plate can be carried on wings is easily
explained, according to Dean Ivan
Lamb, who was for two years with the
English Royal Flying Corps, has eight
German machines officially to his
credit, and was wounded in fight
with one Of the earlier types of ar
mored planes.
The flying tank is not an aeroplane
built Of steel, he points out. 1t is
merely a plane of familiar type,
protected in certain vital spots. The
total weight of this armor is not great.
1t can easily be Offset by a tighten
ing of other burdens, chiefly gasoline
and bombs, ordinarily carried for long
flights. Besides, the armor itself takes
the place of certain heavy parts used
in the construction of ordinary ma
chimes Hence it is possible to build
machine completely armored Gin
vital spots) and send it out to fight
carrying no greater total weight than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26


w York negro regiment won the
French war cross and the
highest praise of the commanding gem
erals few days ago, they merely up
held tradition--too little known-of
gallantry and heroism by negro fight
ers in the American forces for the last
half century. From the time when
Shaw enrolled the first black regiment
under tho Stars and Stripes. till to-
day, when the sons of the freedman
are worthily holding share of the
west front line, the black regiments
have carried their full share of all the
burdens and dangers faced by the
American armies. Against the Indians.
IN Cuba, in the Philippines and along
the border the record has been the
same--and it is one to be envied.
Battling with twelve times their
number Of Germans and cut off from
supports, two negro infantrymen Of
the old 18th New York Regiment, now
the 3esth, performed as stirring deed
OF gallantry as ever graced the honor
roll Of an army.
The black warriors are Privates
Henry johnson and Needham Roberts.
The negroes, armed with rifles, hand
grenades and bolo knives, In the early
morning Of May Is were at an impor-
tant post fifty yards nearer the enemy
than the main line of resistance. In
the pitch darkness Johnson heard
slight sounds behind him and caught
sight Of man crawling on tho edge
Of the barbed wire with which the post
was hedged about. His cry Of alarm
was heard back in main post and Z
star shell was sent up. Almost stimuli
saneously voiley Of German grenades
was hurlsd ct the two soldiers.
Instantly Roberta fell with thres
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26

to the ground, until the enemy was
forced to fee. A good and brave
soldier"
But the citation for va1or by the
French government and the war crosses
that go with it and the joy among their
comrades in the regiment is as moth
ing compared to the pride of their
families and friends that these two
negro boys have been awarded one Of
the greatest honors that any American
soldier has received in the World War.
Johnson's home~was in Albany, and
when his wife heard he was painfully
wounded in French hospital she was
happy in the assurance that he was
being we'll cared for, and in the hope
that some day she would walk down
the avenue by his side while he wore
the French War Cross on his breast
"And his name amt Henry, either"
said Mrs. johnson, who is a stickler
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26
French Craft in Use Against
U-Boats Mounts Gun Firing
Explosive Shell More Than
Match For Flying

Now, adequate armor for the pilot
and gunner by no means implies in
creasing them on every side in solid
steel. 1t is enough to protect your
pilot front and back and underneath,
and your gunner in back, curving these
projections around on the sides. The
.ank on which the pilot sits is his pro-
lection from beneath Directly above
he needs none. for shot squarely
from above is very difficult to land. Ac-
cordingly, you would need four square
feet of armor plate at each side of
your pilot, and another four square
feet in back, fourteen square feet be-
meath the gasolene tank, six square
feet above your engine and four square
feet in back of your gunner. The tests
show that * of an inch is sufficient
protection against machine gun bullets
(protection against heavier guns being,
of course, out of the question:. At IL
pounds per square foot, then, this al
NOR would itemize as follows:
Pounds
Eight square feet two sides for
pilot 9e
Four square feet back of pilot. 4s
Four square feet back of gunner 48
Six square feet above engine 72
Fourteen square feet beneath
Lauk 16S
1oCdl 4oZ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26

ehe reports OF three-eighths of an ;,.,
are exaggerated.) The men sit Ia, !.
their caves, only the head RISING -.
the edge. The guns. protected v,ts
steel screen. are placed on a sw;v.,...
are capable of firing rot onlv 4 ~
points OF the compass, but downv..,
as we'll, through gun tunnel A.
cordingly, the machine has few ss,;-,
spots" which the enemy dare 49,
with immunity, and these spots are : =
tremely hard to hit effectively. N N
probability the men themselves 80.
armor, practice common in ali :,
heavier machines. The total weighs {,
the tank, without passengers or eor;,
ment, may be as high as 1000 pound..
The nocelle itself, Mr. Lamb caleul.t..
carries lightweight square feet Of -
NOR plate, totally 1,o5s pounds g..
hundred pounds of this would ann...
in an ordinary car, so but 4ss norss.
additional need be accounted for
Now the only serious aspect :,
connection with this new bird il =.
fact that at TIE time it appeared th.-.
were no guns then mounted on 'pIan..
capable Of dealing with it. The t.,.
! took the American fiers by surur;..-
that Is the whole of the story.
French Gun Could
Shoot 1t Down
But, Mr.. Lamb points out, there b,,.
Tor months been French aeroplanes On.
Grating IN the English Channel dealing
destruction to hostile U-boats. Then
is, for instance, the voisiu tvc.
equipped with a 37-millimetre gun.
capable of piercing seven-eighths Of An
inch OF steel and of sending any U-boat
to kingdom come. The shell Of this
gun is ID inches long and 2A inches
in diameter at the base. The proiee.
tile has about the diameter of an or.
binary salt cellar AS it pierces the
steel it explodes and throws shrapnel
in every direction. Rumor credits this
she'll with having put many sub.
marine out of business
But just because these vosin ma.
chimes have proved so useful against
. the U-boats, they didn't happen to Be
land-lubbering around Toul, where tie
flying tank appeared. They had no.
previously been considered useful on
land. for they are a bit unwieldy and
OF course no match for the ordinary
aeroplane.
Nevertheless they are quite sgile
enough to take care of flying tank,
which has the grace and verve Of an
elephant. Adequately armored in front
they could face their opponent in
comparative safety, for they could
keep their nose to business most Of the
time and fire their shells with relative
impunity. Instead of the 37-millimetre
gun, Mr.. Lamb points out, they might
carry the new Davis non-recoil gun,
which can discharge projectile IS
| large as three inches in diameter
Shooting two charges at once, bust.
ness shot in front and a blank in the
opposite direction, it neutralizes ii,
kick and serves ideally for heavy
aeroplane use. There are rumors, too
of another and still more Formidable
gun soon to be mounted for aerial use
but we wouldn't for the world let tho
| Boche know about it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-26

for particulars in these matters. cts
Bill, but everybody aroun' here called
him Henry before I got him."
"Bill's not big" she emphasized,
"but believe me he can go some. And
I knew that if Bill ever got to the
trenches he'd put quite few of the
Kaiser's baby killers where they would
do no more harm, and if Bill gets we'll
and they give him chance he'll do
his share in getting the Kaiser him
self. just leave it to Bill Believe me
he can go some!"
Big Reception
Waiting for Him
Private Johnson answered the call
OF his country last summer, when Col
onel William Hayward, former Pub
lie Service Commissioner, organized
the 18th Colored New York Regiment
which was later mustered into the