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Evening journal., 1918-01-24
COMMUNITY DANCE.

The Thursday night Community
dance will be held in the Y. NJ H. a.
auditorium tonight, These dances, I'M
der the direction of A. G. Becker, gen.
eral secretary OF the Y NJ. H. A., have
proved highly successful.
Evening journal., 1918-01-24
Observation-Disclosures son.

Mayor John w. Lawson yesterday
afternoon married Miss Louise Eber-
hard and Lawrence Bertelson, both Of
Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1918-01-24
D. d. MEsTCOTT DEAD.

SALEM. y. j.. Jan. 2i-Former sheriff
Benjamin R Westcott, Of Salem county,
died suddenly late Tuesday evening Of
pneumonia. He was 20 years old.
Upon the election Of William T. Alif-
nin as sheriff in November he was ap-
pointed jail warden and relinquished his
Evening journal., 1918-01-24
Personal Notes of Interest
In the City'S Social World

Miss NJ Alexander, Miss z. Knots, Miss
D. Montgomery. Miss G. Faulkner, Mr.
Davis, Louis Mogee, William Faulkner,
William Knots.
Evening journal., 1918-01-24
GATELY PAYs FOR PUNCHFs.

Charged with striking a man several
times in the face while at Third street.
between King and French. yesterday,
and then kicking the shins OF the ar
resting offlcer. James Gately was today
fined $40 and costs by Judge Church
man
Evening journal., 1918-01-24

active interest in the livery business to
IN tie nosit'on on Wednesday Of last
week he was seized with the grippe,
Which developed into pneumonia.
Evening journal., 1918-01-24
. CORDON.CROPPFR

Miss Elsie NJ Gordon and William J.
Cropper both Of this city, were mar
ried on January 2i by the Rev. J. ]. Nc
Kenna.
Evening journal., 1918-01-24
rINEn F0n NnscoNnTCT.

Charged with disorderly conduct in
the waiting room Of the Wilson Line
wharf. yesterday, Tobin Murphy was
today lined $40 and costs by Judge
Churchman
Evening journal., 1918-01-24
'NmsTER ANToNIo."

Portraying an unusually picturesque
character. that Of a hurdy-gurdy man.
Otis skinner will come TO The Play
house. one night only, Monday next.
In the picturesque Booth Harrington
comedy, Mister Antonio" Mr.. skinner
recently completed a ten weeks en-
gagement at Powers Theatre, Chicago,
and both the star and the play met
with remarkable success. His engage
ment here Is sure 70 prove one Of the
banner events Of the theatrical season.
Mister Antonio was written especial
ly for Mr.. skinner by Mr.. Harrington
and is replete with comedy. The char
acter OF Tony Camaradonio is said to
be the best Mr.. Skinner has portrayed
since his famous beggar in "Kismet"
The story OF the play centres In
Tony, who keeps a flower stand in New
York In the winter, and travels the
country over with his hurdy-gurdy
when spring comes Tony, who has
just started on his annual pilgrimage,
finds in the bar room a small town
magnate who has fallen into evil ways
and lost his hat, coat and watch. Tony
takes compassion on the stranger. The
scene shifts to a small town in Penn
sylvania, where the man who has dis
eraced himself in the metropolis holds
full sway as mayor, and is running the
town. declares. as the Holly Ghost
would run IT, The mayor Is about
to turn from the town young girl
who had been TO dance the night be-
fore and. the mayor says. has dlsgraced
him and the good people Of the town.
II is at this iuncture that Tony. with
his hurdy-gnrdy, drawn by white
donkey, and with half-witted Joe as his
assistant, arrives in the town. Things
begin 10 happen. It is needless to say
the mayor does not order the girl 10
leave town.
Evening journal., 1918-01-24
At THE GARRICK.

Jack Hart. the Wilmington boy at
The Garriok Theatre this week, is max
ing big hit with his friends in his
"home town." Everybody knew he was
a good singer. a good athlete, a good
football player and a good basketball
player when he lived here and was
one Of the shinins lights Of the Brown
son Library Association, 10 which he
sim belongs, but it took this visit TO
show just how be has progressed on
the stage. He and Jack Clark, a noted
movie star. have a very clever sketch
entitled Waiting for the Wagon, q"
which is featured by comedy and music
and in both lines both members Of the
team are good They have good voices,
which are good in solo and duet work.
Their act looks like a sure IRE winner
in the big show
Evening journal., 1918-01-24
TODAY IN THE THEATRES


THE PLAYHOUSE.
Leave 10 10 Jane"
THE GARRICK.
Vaudeville.
THE QUEEN.
Jane and Katherine Lee in "Trou-
BILE Makers" (Photoplay).
THE MAJESTIC.
Wallace Reid in "Rimroek Jones'"
(Photoplay).
THE VICTORIA.
Clara kimball Young in "Nagda."
Pbotoplay).
THE SAVOY.
Madge Evans IN "Gates Of Glad
ness" (PhOtoplay)
TIE LYRIC.
Musical Comedy
Evening journal., 1918-01-24
"THE MAsOUERAnER.n

There is probably no happier actor
in America these days than Guy Bates
Post First, because he is now en-
trenched as one of the leading male
stars in America, and second, because
the play he is appearing in, THE Mas
querader," at the Playhouse, January
30 afternoon and night, is one Of the
conspicuous dramatic successes Of the
season Posts success, however, did
not come 10 him overnight. and Is in
no sense meteoric. True. his present
stellar prosperity dates from the day
seven years ago when he entered into
a long term agreement to come under
Richard WALTON Tullys management
Previously, however, he had seen long
service on the stage When only 20,
he forswOro an intended career. in law
to play small part with Kyrle Bellew
and Mrs. James Brown Potter In Char
lotte Gorday." Years Of buffeting and
apprenticeship followed. during which
he appeared. among others. 10 the COM
panies Of William owen. Otis skinner.
Marie Wainwright, Kelcey and shan
non and Gertrude Coghlan Post first
began TO attract the attention Of Broad
way managers when he supported Dus-
tin Farnum in THE Nirginian.'
Evening journal., 1918-01-24

The clerks Of the peace and magis-
trates Of the State have issued the fol-
lo,.-ine, rnorrfago 1icensee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
German Accused in
 Notorious Murder Case

' THE latest development in the
 4 Maude A. King murder case is the arrest of Otto Schumann, an in- termed enemy alien, who is charged with having killed Mrs. King by . bullet fired at Gastcn A. Means, the man whose trial for the crime at tracted nationwide attention.
 Students of criminology took a keen interest in the mystery, which was never cleared up, although Means was acquitted Gircunstantial evidence pointed strongly to Means as the guilty man. He was Mrs. Kings con fidential agent and handled large sums of money for her. A will played it's part in this eordil drama and there was another angle provided by the suspicion that Means was a spy for the German government. It will be remembered that he claimed to have been working for the American gov ernment and stoutly protested his in- nocence of all the charges brought against him.
 If it is proved that Otto Sehumann, and enemy alien, fired the fatal shot while trying to assassinate Means, a most unusual case will have an ex- traordinary ending. The ingenuity of fiction writer could not surpass the highly sensational and involved plot which came very near sending Means to the penitentiary. The King murder demonstrates once more the fallibility of circumstantial evidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

Husbands differ from nations in that the least governed husband is the worst governed
 What has become of the old-fashioned loafer who whittled a stick all day long? There is no use trying to giv a mar ried man any advice when he is down town He gets too much of it at home
 Every time princess looks into mir TOT she sees her ideal of feminine per- lection.
 A man never grudges the g he pays to get the knot tied. But it sure hurts tot have 70 pay s2o0 to get it united.
 The girls are going to do what they can to make us forget the horrors of war this summer. They are going to wear n!sh-cut tight skirts and low-cut square-hecked waists.
 The man who is raising family of six or seven kids isn't so particular about the wrinkles in his socks and the creas- eg in his pants as he used to be.
 A satisfactory wife comes nearer be- ing an earthly angel than anything else on this mundane sphere.
 The reason why woman who has five children devotes so much time to her music and singing lessons is because she has to lock up the soap to keep tha kids from wasting it in scrubbing their ears every five minutes.
 This is the closed season for shooting other things. But men continue to shoot the bull and shoot craps every time they get an opportunity.
 Isn't it funny how so many good look ing women aren't so good looking when you get little closer?
 It is wise mar who knows as much about himself as his wife knows about him.
 wedding present. But a can opener would be about the most useful present you could send her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
Newspapers Aluende
 To the Comptroller

MURING the bitter controversy lg between John Skelton Williams, as comptroller of the currency, and the Riggs National bank of Washing ton regarding alleged irregularities, more than three years ago certain of the New York newspapers criti- cized MT. Williams harshly and sought to make it appear that he was prosecuting the bank in question and that his motive was personal.
 Treasury officials and others who knew the comptroller were satisfied that his attitude toward the Riggs National in the governments prose- cution was based solely on what he conceived to be his official duty; but he was target of Wall street and several journals representing inter- ests ininical to the democratic ad- nlinistration kept up their vicious attacks until the case was finally dis posed of in the governments favor.
 The New York Evening Sun was one or tEe newspapers that tried to make it hot for the comptroller. Re gently Mr. Williams wrote to the Sun explaining the delay of three years in taking up with the editor the mat ter of one article in particular that reflected upon his personal and of ficial character. His first impulse, he said, was to seek redress for what he regarded as a scandalous and un- justifiable attack, but he was "re- strained by advice against complicat- ing the case with newspaper contro- versy." Since the trial referred to Mr. Williams has been intensely ab-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
Cordial Welcome
 for Electrocl,emists

THE members of the American
 2 Elcctrochenlical society are lbubbling over with enthusiasm as a result of the wonderful possibilities of electro-power in. the Appalachian Isouth.
 They spent yesterday in the Muscle Shoals district and marveled at what they saw there. Today will be spent in the Birmingham district, and to- morrow the itinerary ends with a visit to Anniston, where demonstration of electrochemistry will prove an inter- esting feature of the weeks survey.
 Some men of science are all theory, with little of the practical in their makeup. Not so with the electro chemists. Several members of the party are recognized as savants. They are eminent in university activi- ties and are at once constructive and progressive. But it is not too much to say that every member of the Electrochenical society, be he of wide fame or little known outside of his laboratory, is as practical in applying theory to modern industry as he is thorough in his scientific investiga- tions.
 Great manufacturers and repre- sentatives of vast wealth are frequent visitors to all industrial centers, but the impressions made upon the electro chemists, here as our guests today, will be of exceptionally far-reaching benefit to Alabama. Their matured reports will mean new influx of capital and new and mighty stride in industrial upbuilding.
 Birmingham extends right cordial greeting to the electrochemists, col lectively and individually
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
S2sxaEsyeM MtI8a.se9H
PARIS

From, the New York World
 Leading the news of the last month has been the story of the valor of those who fight in Picardy. Behind the published TUT of events is the va1or of those who watch, work and wait. In the current Century, John N. Anderson tells of The Patient Parisians It is a surprising story to Mir. Anderson, since the people of Paris are reputed to form "the most unstable. cratic and volatile population of any city on earth"
 We are not afraid of the Germans; it is revolution We fear.' said the wise- acres as they fled from Paris when war was declared and the Germans began to swoop through Belgium. It was a good riddance. Never had the city been more resolute than during the great invasion, nor calmer than during the battle that ended it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
NEW ARMY UNIFORM

New York Correspondent Cincinnati
 Times-Sttar.
 The first sample suit of the new mi form for enlisted men in the army was on exhibition in a downtown clothing manufactory this week. It is said to combine economy with comfort, but it doesn't look much like a soldier suit. The collar is cut low and there are turned-over lapels, as on a civilian coat There are no shoulder straps or sewed- on pockets. The trousers are straight so that laggins may be worn over them. Nearly all Of the distinctive features of the United States uniform are lost in the new model suit, but, it is said, there is a large saving of cloth in making it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
New Shoe Proposed
 for American Soldier

G61 THE Pershing" will be the new
 ' army shoe, according to an announcement made by committees of the National Tanners association and the American Leather association, who are getting ready for a war con ference of the two organizations in New York, May 15 to IT. It will be made to carry out recommendations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03

It IS calmness which has continued: which has survived white nights and black, and airplane raids, bread lines and sugar lines, good news and bad news and no news Paris has shivered patiently through coal famnes. It has stopped playing it's pianos. hushed it's singing save for the choruses of war-trained its feet not to dance. It has made a joke of tobaccoless days. There are no more cigarettes, read one sign, rbut the red wine is good.' And the city smiled grimly and went on working
 Even the children have to do their part. The babies must be declared and in- spected. Those a little older must form queues to get into the schools. Youth must stand for it's turn at employment. on the army lists, before the marriage altar, at the cemetery Waiting is a new course in learning, from the Kindergarten up
 Paris is finding unsuspected strength and resources. By the fires of war, it's Joy-of-lfe tinsel has been transmitted into the pure gold of heroism and sac rifice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
MAYBE

From the Houston Post.
 Geraldine Tarrar has bought a 5000 Liberty Bond for her Pekinese poodle "Sniffles. Of course. that is better than nothing Probably if Geraldine had something that kicked, squadded, yowled for sugar-teats or castoria and made Lou walk him about seevnteen miles between bedtime and morning. mayte Geraldine might buy him $50,0O0 bond
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
HARD PUNCHING
Kansas City Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
 Hard rounding, gentlemen, said the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo. i've shall see who can pound longest
 In that sentiment is the keynote of the war fer the allies. The side that can stand punishment and then come back strongest is the side that will win the final victory. Can there be the slightest doubt that the nations that are fighing for freedom are the nations that can meet the Duke of Wellington s test?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
BULL FIGHT HOOTERS UNHAPPY

New YoIE Correspondent Pittsburg Dis patch
 A man just back from Mexico tells me there are some all-fired unhappy greas- CTS in that city. They are the rooters at the hul fights. In happier days these enthusiasts used to sit in the bleachers and when they didn't like the perform ance would pull up the seats and throw them at the matadors and picadors as the case might be, just as the ball fans shed pop bottles at the umpire when they didn't like his decisions. ut now they didn't like his decisions. But nowl CTS are built of concrete. so the root CTS have to take it out in yammering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03

sorbed," first with the duties his of , flee requires of him in connection with the establishment and operation of the federal reserve system, and later with the new questions and llabors resulting from the war.
 Recently I realized that while l was putting this matter of my own defense aside for other duties," he wrote, q was hazarding my right to appeal to the courts, if all other means of obtaining redress failed me"
 The Evening Sun has made the amende honorable. It says in part:
 The incident of the Riggs National
 bank prosecution occurred more than
 a year. before the present ownership
 and management of this newspaper
 had come into control of it's utter
 ances. While this fact of date has
 no relation to the continuity of jour
 nalistic responsibility, it may have
 some little value on personal aspects
 of the matter. In the second place
 the idea of legal proceedings to pro-
 cure editorial justice is neither nec-
 essary nor of any moment, the time
 limit for a court test of such question
 having passed by more than a year.
 But this fact is of no consequence so
 far as concerns our attitude in the
 matter, which is to do justice to MT.
 Williams voluntarily and wholeheart-
 edly, in so far as justice can be done,
 by acknowledging in these columns
 that the editorial in question never
 should have been printed. It was in-
 temperate in respect to general criti-
 cism and without facts to justify the
 accusation of untruthfulness on the
 part of MT. Williams.
 In concluding it's apology the Sun says: "Mr. Williams was quite right in resenting the article and is quite right in asking that this newspaper retract the accusation of misreprc- sentation by him. This the Evening Sun cheerfully does"
 Mr. Williams complete triumph furnished another verification of the old saying that truth is mighty and will prevail.
 The high esteem in which Comp troller John Skelton Williams is held by banking interests, the press and the public in general, shows that carping critics and small-bore poli- ticians always fail in their sinister methods. It recalls the persistent att 5acks made for two or three years on l Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the | Navy, now conceded to be one of the | pest naval administrators the United | States has ever had. It has it's parallel, too, in the more recent at .acks on Newton D. Baker as Secre- -ary of War, now seen to be an ideal man for his high and exacting posi- tion. The United States has never had an abler comptroller of the cur rency than John Skelton Williams, | Few comptrollers indeed have ap- preached him in genius combined with 1 tireless energy and unflinching cour- age. President Wilson has always | looked for exceptional men in filling the high offices. He was fortunate in securing the services of John Skel- ton Williams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
BORROWINGS

BECkONINGS By Clinton. Scollard.
 They peckon me. they beckon me; After the winters chill white sleep, After the silence long and deep, These turing things. they beckon me. The first anemone; the bee Within the first anemone; The gauzy frail ephemerae, Whose wings are like gossamer. The faint dawn fittings of the fir; The myrrh of hints; the azure blur Of wild phlox bloom May-apple leaves; The swallows underneath the caves m Delft working at their masonry; These turing things, they beckon me! The water spider where the cool Wood srillet make mirror pool. The white birch boil, whose satin sheen Is glimpsed 'twixt tapestries of green That sway like webs the fairies spin And let the sunlight filter in Across the moss. Aye, everything Interpreting the soul of spring That kinles earth to ecstacy; These vital lures. they beckon me Theyf beckon me. they beckon me; l amNuplifted I am thrall To the Great Xjtl behind them all. Q lovely lures tlfht beckDn me!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
THE LAST STRAW

LIilI lLxAoi hAN i! I'm willing to pay this young wom- an the money she demands" said inc millionaire defendant in a breach of promise suit. but only on one con- dition"
 What is that?" asked the plaintiffs lawyer.
 T want her to promise that when she gets the s1O0,0oo she won't turn right around and marry some fellow who claims he was her childhood sweetheart and has waited for her faithfully all these years"
 CREDITORS ARE TROUBLESOME
 Do you have any difficulty in nav ing your debts?"
 None, whatever replied. the i'm. pecunious citizen Where I meet with great difficulty is in not paving them most beautiful residence cities in
  America.
 But even better than any hone or material profit so far as we are con- cerned there is still another side to their coming that is big with possibili- ties for. it's sure to result in an expan- sion of electrochemical and electro metallurgical industries for the pur pose of hastening forward the time when Germany will realize that Ameri. can force and ingenuite are a match for her in every line of scientific endeavor and that while peace is her aim she knows how to wage war along twen- tieth century lines.
 
 It will be we'll for these experts to bear in mind that the south has a com bination of advantages of which they will be able to get only the merest glimpse in the brief survey which they will be able to make on their short trip. But they will bear in mind also that in this heaven-favored region there are resources which make the south the nations greatest asset.
 A session of the society will be held at o'clock in the ballroom of the Tut wiler at which time an interesting pro- gramme on scientific topics well be carried out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
Harding a Financial Hit

Tt seems that W. P. G. Harding has made great hit with the administra- ion," said Bob Ewing, for he just con tinues to pull down big plums when a financier of ability is needed.
 He made great record on the federal reserve board and now President Wilson has further honored him by making him one of the directors on the war finance board, which is going to be of tremen- dous importance in helping to finance the banks and trust companies of the country, and in widening the usefulness of building and loan associations, and in supporting by direct loans essential in- dustries or businesses.
 Its functions will be far-rcnching and an important factor in winning the war. Birmingham ought to feel honored in having one of her citizens so signalIy honored. We all know that Mir. Harding will make good in his new position of trust
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
TURNED BACK
rom the Chicago News.

From the Chicago NeWS.
 German newspapers have begun to con fess that Germany can never win the war, and even von Tirpitz admits that q quick decision must be had if ruin is to tbe averted. That poison gas ''psy- chology" is beginning to blow back whence it came.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
A PERTINENT QUESTION

From tho Nashville Tennessean.
 Open sea cocks. we are told, were the cause of the St. Paul's capszing. But do sea cocks open themselves?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
HEALTH NOTE Pour hot water
 On a germ, If you want to
 See him squirm.
NO REDUCTION

The walters here seem to think . great deal of you"
 "Yes,' said MT. Dubwaite, wearily. , T am still on pre-war basis, so far as tips are concerned"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03

Travelling machine shops. carried on motor trucks, are being used in Eng land to repair automobiles broaen down on country roads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03
A FAIR WARNING

Are you going to take any summer boarders this year? 4
 If any come along, I'll take 'em," said MT Cobbles but one thing has | got to be distinctly understood"
 "Yes?' 7;
 Me an my hired men are goin' to < be powerful busy this summer There 1 ain't goin' to be but one call for break < fast, an that will be at a. m.