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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
Our guarantee means
your money back if you IOant it.
We are not satisfied till you are.
If it's new
we have it

We are constantly in the market for new style
IDEAS We know their birthplace. They come
to us from the cradle if they come at all. It's
always new-it's always good if you see it up
stairs-and it's always way yonder better
value, cause nothing is added to cover high
rent, expensive equipment, deliveries, credit
and clearance LOSSES and other wasteful fea-
lures which are foreign to this new idea plan Of
clothes selling.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
Browns Win Easily

Shreveport, Ia, March sI-Score'
R.H.E.
Shreveport .........................
St. Louis Americans ............ IL y
Batteries: Munsell. Napier and Sny-
der, Wells; Liefield, Sothoron and Nuna-
maker.
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Dear jim: What is the standard max
imum weight for welterweights?
142 pounds.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15
THREE ARE INJURED
IN AUTO COLLISIONS

Policeman c. R. Spring. of the
Eighth Precinct and Chauffeur J. ].
Danakahl were injured yesterday
when a patrol auto in which they
were riding Collided with a bakery
wagon in charge of William Escher.
1910 Second street northwest. The
collision occurred at Seventh and T
streets northwest.
George Vawter, age 80 years. 1913
Eighteenth street northwest. an emf
ploye ofythe Sunshine Cleaning Par
lor at 3219 Mount Pleasant street
northwest, was injured yesterday iu
an explosion in the drying room of
the establishment where he wos en-
ployed. He was removed to Garfield
Fosp tai.
Mrs. Ella w. Hodges. of Landover,
Md, was cut and bruised about the
head and body yesterday when an
automobile in which she was riding
COllided with a truck belonging to
the American Railway Express on
Second street northeast. She was
removed to Sibley Hospital.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15
"GO-TO-HELL" WHITTLESEY
TELLS OF LOST BATTALION
United States Lieutenant Colonel Who Defied
Germans in Argonne Forest Arrives
in New York.

ternoon," he continued. They would
come down the hillside through the
brush. yelling like ten thousand dew
lis 1t was useless to look for a tar
get through that brush. They heavcd
down hand grenades. called potato
mashers' because of their shape, and
swept US with machine guns
Huns Drag Dead Away.
1T was impossible to say how
many of them we accounted for with
our return fire. They dragged their
dead and wounded away each night
but we found bodies in the brush
afterward
OF our own number 1O7 were
killed. 1t was impossible to bury
them properly in the rocky hillside
and their bodies were later taken
back for burial.
The afternoon of October 7 they
sent messenger to us. He was
blindfolded and carried white
nag. He brought typewritten
message, reading as nearly as | can
remember:
I'VE have heard the cries of your
wounded. 1t is impossible for Won
TO escape. Why do you not sur
render, in the name of humanity? ?
send back your reply by messenger
carrying a white flag
We'll. we didn't send back any
message at ALL We simply told
that messenger to go to hell
Perhaps he went. I don't know.
: The Germans mrisr have been i'm
formed by their scouts that relief
was advancing toward us, and hoped
TO get us to surrender before our
regiment came ups We ourselves
ala not know that help was so close
at hand. But we stuck on and that
evening a battalion of the 3n7th
made its way to us. Then the Ger
mans retired. Back of us came the
"pole SeVenty-s Division. ad-
NanclnG along the entire line.
We marched out with 81 men OF
my battalion. the First, and 1O7 men
OF the Second under Capt. George C.
McMurtrie. who were unwounded
All the rest of our men were killed
or wounded.
Capt. McMurtrie was a wonder
l don't know what 1 should lave
| done without him. He was wounded
in the knee the second dav of ou
advance, but kept right on, and later
he was wounded by the handle of a
! potato masher' which was driver
! into his back. But he still kept the
men going in marvellous fashion.
And those runners, After severa
had been killed trying TO get wore
to headquarters. I asked others if they
| cared to take the risk. Why, sure.
they always said. That's the way
| they all were.
when we were relieved we haC
not had a bite to eat for four days
Lieut. Col. Whittelsey left tonigh
! to visit his parents at Pittsfeld, Mass
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15
u. S. WILL ANNOUNCE
ANNULLED CONTRACTS
No Sudden Action of Any Kind
Looked For.

There will be public announcement
whenever the government cancels any
contract which was based on the
necessities of the war. This was
stated yesterday in answer to nu-
merous inquiries as to the reports
of cancellation of contracts entered
into with the Curtiss Airplane Com
pany. The reports were denied.
1t was stated generally that only
one contract, and that paper one"
had so far been actually cancelled.
Nothing whatever had been done un-
der the terms of this contract It
was said that the way in which
contra cts were to be cancelled or
modified was definitely and succinct-
ly disclosed in the statement re-
Gently given out at the War De-
partment and which it is understood
was prepared by Maj. Gen. George
w. Goethals.
One of the officials said yesterday
that there would be no sudden ac-
ton of any kind taken and that
when it was taken it would be after
full determination of what effect
it would have on the labor situation
and the interest of the employees who
would be let out.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15
Widow of Colonel Hix,
Civil Var Veteran, Dead

Rye. n. Y, Nov. 14.-Mrs. Caroline
Askin Hix. aged 70. widow of Col.
W. Preston Hix who commanded
the Second Carolina Infantry in the
civil war, died today at the Union
Hospital. Port Chester.
Mrs. Hix was the daughter of
Randall StaInaker, Virginian.
Prior to coming to Rye the family
lived in New York. Mrs. Hix was
a member of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, Daughters of
the Confederacy. and the American
Red Cross, Rye branch. A daugh-
ter, Miss Ross Preston Hix. and a
son, Randall Hix. coal operator in
the Philippines. survive.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15
SPANISH WAR VETS
DENY ABUSE CHARGES
Invite Congress to Investigate Home
for Service Men.

Absolute denial was issued yes
terday by the local organization of
the Spanish War Veterans, of the
charges reported to have been made
of mismana cement and irregulari-
ties in the conduct of the tempo
rary home for soldiers and sailors,
3O1 G street northwest. The United
Spanish War Veterans adopted the
following resolutions:
That the United Spanish War
Veterans. which is represented by
eight of its members on the board
of directors of said home, have posi-
tive knowledge that the alleged ir-
regularities and abuses have no
foundation in fact.
That their confidence in the
proper administration of the home,
prompts them to invite thorough
investigation by any committee ap-
pointed by Congress. or any author
ized organization, having the right.
or interest in the operation of the
welfare of the home, or the treat
ment of its members"
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15
Electric Torch Sewers
Cable in Record Time

New York, Nov. IA one and a
quarter inch steel cable forty feet
under water was severed today in
trifle less than seven minutes es-
taDlishing a marine engineering rec
ord. The cable was cut with an
electrically operated oxy-acetylene
torch, it being the second time that
such an instrument has been used
successfully under water.
The cable cut was one of forty
two used in raising the American
liner st. Paul. which turned partly
over and sank in the North River
between piers sixty and siXty-one
on April 25. 1t was said that 1t
would have taken a diver with a
hack saw more than five hours to
have cut the cable.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15

is thinking of being a member of the
Congress. but 1t is obvious that
decision would depend on whether
his equals in political Importance such
as the rulers in Europe should sit
as actual delegates. Other than Col.
House. there is already an increasing
slate of probable delegates to the
Congress. The most important of
these are G, NJ. Hitchcock, chair
man of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee of the Senate; Senator Borah,
Senator ]. Ham. Lewis, Frederic
Rene Coudert, OF international law
fame; Elihu Root, Charles E. Hughes.
Louis Brandeis, Frank P. Walsh and
former President Taft.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15
PEACE PARTIES
STILL PROBLEM
U. S., France, Italy and
England to Have Greater
Weight Than Japan.

Intelligent anticipation of the
American personnel at the coming
Peace Congress is in progress in
government and diplomatic circles
here.
What the countries and what the
number of the embassy from each
to the Congress will be. does not
appear to have been decided either
here or elsewhere. It is not known
whether the Latin-American coun-
tries which declared war on Ger
many will be represented. It has
been suggested by an important
authority that perhaps the minor
countries in interest would only be
represented by their ministers res
idsnt at the capital, where the Con-
gress will sit. The same authority
indicated that the keynote and
criterion OF all important deliver
ances by the Congress would be
found in the delegations from the
United States, England, France and
Italy.
II will not be a question OF de-
cision. by numbers of delegates but
by the world Importance of the
countries represented.
Near East Important.
1t is believed here that the four
great countries named will each
have greater weight in the Congress
than Japan, although she is now
ranked among the first class pow
ers from the military point of view.
and will probably insist on due
weight being given to her interests
in the German sphere of influence
in China taken over BY her at the
opening of the war. and also in any
changes that may be made territor-
tally in Siberia outside of her prac-
tical prOtectOrate over Manchuria.
In addition to the interests of Japan
in China. the Near East is regarded
as Of more Importance than the Set
tlement of questions which will re-
late to Germany and Austria. 1t
has already been suggested in Eng
land that the settlement of the form
of governments for Syria in which
Is Jerusalem and Mesopotamia will
occupy the attention of the Con-
gress. The settlement of this ques-
ton. which carries with it the fu-
ture OF the Jewish race in the East.
will perhaps be the most important
feature of the disposition of the whole
Turkish and Balkan questions for an
indefinite period.
The principle of self government
and self-selection of forms of gov
ernments. it Is understood, will solve
the Polish, Czecho-SIovak. Hungarian.
Jugo-Slav and other issues that will
be bound to come.
Col House May Remain.
II Is believed that as Col. House
went abroad as the personal repre-
sentative of the President in the ar
mistice matter he will remain the
personal representative of the Pres
1dent until the adjournment of the
Congress 1t is still an open ques-
tiOn whether or not the President
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15

and half outside the fence. One
window faces + street, while the
other offers Ninth street passers-by
an opportunity to purchase stamps.
The booth is made comfortable for
the ticket sellers by an oil stove.
The booth is in. charge of Mrs.
Earl p. Jordan, of Washington, and
Mrs. James G. Zea. of Detroit. 1t
is open from $50 o'clock in the
morning until $50 in the afternoon.
While sales at the booth have not
yet been on large scale, those in
charge are confident that excitement
caused by the armistice will not in
volve any lasting lull in what is
still considered an important branch
of government financing.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15
u. S. MUSEUM PLANS
WAR RELIC EXHIBIT

Exhibitions of war relics are being
arranged by the L. S. National Mu-
scum, and will form one of the i'm
portant collections in the possession
of the institution.
The object of the collection is to
preserve for the benefit of the public
a series of objects illustrating army
and navy activities of all the coun-
tries engaged in the war.
Among the relics to be placed on
exhibition will be flag made by three
scotch women at lslay House, Islay.
Scotland. The flag was used at the
funeral of Americans who lost their
lives when the transport Tuscania was
sunk. Another relic is a flag OF the
Zeppelin I-49, captured at Bourbonne
les Bains October II, 1917
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15
Ouch! RUB OUT
RHEUMATIC PAIN
Rub pain, soreness. stiffness, SCI
ahca right out with st.
Jacobs Liniment.
Count hftvI Pain gone

Count fifty, Pain gone
Rheumatism is pain only" Not
one case in fifty requires internal
treatment Stop druggingl Rub the
misery right away! Apply soothing,
penetrating st Jacobs Liniment" di-
reCtly upon the tender spot" and re-
lief comes instantly. st. Jacobs Lin
iment' is a harmless rheumatism lini-
ment which never disappoints and can
not burn or discolor the skin.
Timber up. Stop complaining! Get
a small trial bottle of st. Jacobs Lin
iment" at any drug store, and in just
a moment you'll be free from pain.
soreness, stiffness and swelling. Don't
suffer! Relief awaits you. st Jacobs
Liniment has relieved millions of rheu-
matism sufferers in the last half CEN
tury. and is just as good for sciatica,
neuralgia, lumbago. backache, sprains
.and swellings.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15
WHY HAIR FALLS OUT

Dandruff causes a feverish irritation
of the scalp. the hair roots shrink.
loosen and then the hair comes out
fast. To stop falling hair at once
and rid the scalp of every particle
of dandruff, get a small bottle of
Danderine at any drug store for n
few cents, pour little in your hand
and rub well into the scalp. After
several applications all dandruff dis
appears and the hair stops coming
out.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15
A Full List of Today's Bargains

allow their children under IL to
work. and to encourage their chill
dren under I6 years, to remain in
school.
According 10 the present law as
quoted by the Juvenile Protective
Association, children under l6 may
work II they procure a permit from
the Child Labor office. children
under Il may not work during the
hours when the public schools are
in session
The Association asks the public
to report to them all cases Of young
children selling or begging on the
streets.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15

New York. Nov 14-Lieut. Col.
Charles w. Whittlesey, whose mes
sage, You go to hell" to the be-
leaguering Germans who sought the
surrender of the lost battalion" on
October rang around the world, again
set foot on American soil today.
Probably nearly everybody who had
thrilled over the vOicing of that def
from A battalion surrounded and ap-
parently certain to be cut to pieces, as
indeed many of it were. expected to
find its commander wea ring a face of
Won HindenbUrg pugnacity and. may
hap. knives, and bayOnets bristling all
over him.
Instead those who were fortunate
enough to first greet the returned hero
saw a strapping young officer, typical
ly American, over six feet tall, gazing
out through a pair of steady eyes. in
which was CLINT OF unmistaka BILE
kindness. He is - years old. grad
uate of Williams College and was a
lawyer before he went to Plattsburg
to train for Uncle SANS army.
I'VE were twice cut off in the Ar
gonne forest" said he today. The
first time was September 26. The sec
Ond time we were penned in from Oc-
tOber until the night of the 7th.
Rations are Exhausted.
we advanced into the heart of
the forest, an almost impenetrable
jungle of underground with about
500 or 700 men of the First and
Second Battalions SOSth Infantry, an
outfit of New Yorkers and westera-
ers. We had exhausted our rations
and before the fresh supply had
been served to more than half of
our men we got the order to ad
vance. Each man carried 22O
rounds of rifle ammunition.
The following day we ran into
stiff resistance at a hill where the
Germans were entrenched and had
mounted many machine guns. Our
course lay through a deep ravine
with hills 200 feet high rising from
its bottom. Company A attacked
the hill and lost all its officers and
most of it's men. The next morning
we went forward reaching our OBJ
! jective, a road running along the
| hillside at p. m. There We biv-
ouaced. throwing out outpOsts.
The spot we occupied was per-
| haps 300 yards long and was thick
| ly wooded. You could see no one
| ten yards away. To the north the
/ NIL rose Sharply above us. Inc
| Germans were hidden there. Below
! us was swamp and marsh to
! which fortunately. we could make
/ our way at night for drinking
water, crawling through the ma
| chine gun fire which the Boche
| sprayed about the pool.
Men are Surrounded.
Lieut. Leake came back from an
attack on the hill led by Lieut.. Will
| helm with ninety men. Lieut.. Leake
! had with him eighteen men. He re-
| ported that Lieut.. Wilhelm had been
surrounded with the rest, while cross
/ ing the ravine, but that they had
cut their way to regimentall head
! quarters. Many of his command were
/ lost. however.
4 That morning. October 3, runners
whom I had sent to our outposts re-
/ turned to tell me the outpost had
| been cut off or captured. We knew
then that we were surrounded and it
was simply matter of sticking there
until reinforcements came up"
simply matter of sticking there"
was the modest phrase employed by
Lieut.. Commander Whittlesey to de-
scribe one of the most heroic decisions
of the war.
THE Germans attacked every af-
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15
WIFE FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE

A suit for limited divorce, the GUS
tody of her infant son. and reason
able sum of money as permanent
alimony was filed yesterday by
Vivian NJ. Smith against her hus-
band. Francis ]. Smith in the Dis
trict Supreme Court. Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith it is said were married in 1914
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15
URGES ENFORCEMENT
OF CHILD LABOR LAW
Juvenile Protective Association
However. Favors CHANGE.

Charging that the preseUt child
labor law is inadequate. the Juve-
nile Protective Association OF the
District has issued an appeal TO the
public to aid in the enforcement of
the present law until the community
unites in securing a better law.
Parents are urged to refuse to
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15
UNIQUE W. S. S. BOOTH
ESTABLISHED IN D. G..
Only Market" of Its Kind Built on
F Street Government Property.

Unique in Washington is the
United War Camp Community Fund
and w. S. S. booth erected in the
corner of the Patent Office fence by
the Washington Loan and Trust
Company.
1t is the only booth of the kind
in Washington erected on govern
ment property. according 10 the
Trust Company officials. and special
permission from the Commissioner
of Patents had to be obtained to
build it. The building is half inside
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15

Taxing as luxury every violin cost
ing over SIS leads the London Chroni-
Gle to suggest that a heavy tax be
put on Instruments under a certain
price, rather than penalize sweetness
of tone.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15

Charles Myers, Russian Pole.
in London, fRed under the alien
restriction order. said he had slept
in the parks every night since
March to escape service.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15

Nail brushes that cost Is cents in
the States bring three francs 50
centimes 90 cents) in Paris drug
stores.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-15
ALEXANDRIA
THE HERALD BUREAU,
A. s. Douiphan.
~ Kins Stre<t.

Alexandria, Va. Nov. IA mass
meeting was held tonight at the
Mount Vernon Avenue School House,
Alexandria County. in the interest
of the United War Drive which was
largely attended. The meeting was
Attorney Frank L. Ball. of Alex
andria County, who made an ad-
dress. and the principal address of
the evening was delivered by At
torney R. Walton Moore, of Fairfax
Courthouse and Washington. Alex
andria County has been conducting
terest OF raising its allotment in
this drive.
The local draft board today was
advised of the new orders of Provost
MArshaI Crowder that registrants
who on September u. 1918 had reached
their 9th birthday must return their
questionnaires, but il is not necessary
to fill them in. Many of the regis
trants today complied with the new
ruling.
The United War Work Campaign
Committee announces additional con-
tributions amounting to $3.50. This
city is considerably behind with its
allotment of $4,000. The committee
in charge, however. expects that the
house to house canvass to be made
Sunday afternoon between 2 and :
o'clock will yield several thousand
dollars and that the deficiency will
be made up.
The surgical dressing department of
the Red Cross of this city will until
otherwise ordered make dressings for
the Alexandria Hospital. The surgi-
cal dressing rooms of the Red Cross
will he kept open at the usual hours
for this purpose.
Funeral services for Linwood Kid
well will be held at O'Clock Friday
afternoon at the residence of his par
ents. 420 North Alfred street. and bu-
rial will he made in Union Cemetery.
Evangelistic services will be opened
next Sunday in the different Protestant
churches.
Col. Harry Cutler. Providence. r. l.,
chairman OF the Jewish Welfare
Board. is slated to deliver an address
in this city Saturday night in the
interest of the united war drive.
r. Oscar Robbins. for the past seven
years a bookkeeper in the First Ma
tIonal Bank. has resigned his position
TO accept a position in the general Of
fees of the Southern Railway Com
pany. Washington.
Howard w. Smith. special commits
siOner, has sold to William Baader.
houses 402 and 1921 South Royal
street Thomas L. and J. Brooke
Carter have sold to Luther II. Cor
nell and wife a house and lot at the
northeast corner of Princess and
West streets.
Capt Louis n. Duffey. of this city,
who recently was wounded in the
hand as the result of the explosion
of a shell has entirely recovered
from his injuries according to a
letter received by his wife from
France.
Charles Z. Hayden, this city. who
went with the old Alexandria Light
Infantry to>Anniston. Ala. and who
went overseas with the Pioneer
Regiment from Admission, has been
recommended for a commission and
is now in the officers training
school. France.
Sergt c. Urban Smith. who has
been home on leave from France,
left last night for Camp Logan.
Tex. Sergt. Smith was the first
Alexandrian to return home from
the battlefront
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1918-05-10
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