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Evening star., 1918-02-13
Fashion Notes From Paris.

Brims Of hats are lined with colored
silk.
Wells Of pale-colored chiffon are
dropped under the chin and over the
shoulders.
Ribbon trims few hats. but soft silk
makes draped crowns.
Pantaloons of jersey weave are Of
fered as substitute for petticoats under
the narrow skirts.
Short jersey petticoats are slit up
the front or back. 1t is not possible to
wear the old kind of petticoat.
Skirts are narrow, but not uncom-
Portable. Hips are not fitted. They
are draped by means of pleats or UNI
brella folds.
The use of wooden beads is wide
spread. Many American Indian effects
are used by the French.
New French wraps are luxurious
dolmans.
There is no decrease in Chinese ef-
fects. Tassels, embroidery. brocade
and all Chinese fabrics are employed
in new French gowns.
Black tulIe dinner gowns, silk net
embroidered, thread lace and other
| kinds of lace fiounces are among the
first French fashions. Restaurant hats
are in high fashion.
Short coats are in fashion, and as
a substitute for the zouave jackets
which every woman cannot wear there
| is one that ties around the waist, sur
plice fashion, and finishes in a big bow
at the back. Sometimes these bows
are lined with fur or made entirely
of 1t.
Plaid gingham collars are worn on
the new serge and crepe frocks. Some
are tied about the neck, handkerchief
fashion. Organdy collars are piped
, with gingham. Filet lace is still in
high fashion for high and low collars.
Young girls are wearing the round
Buster Brown collar with the black tie.
In Europe this is known as the eton
collar and goes with the short eton
jacket. Pque is used for vast ma
1orlty of collars Separate cuffs will
be worn more than ever.
The new sweater is made of narrow
satin ribbon. instead of worsted. The
first one brought to this country from
France contained 1000 yards Of baby
ribbon, yet the cost was less than the
average silk sweater. These sweaters
are promoted by the French to conserve
wool The idea is very clever and will
undoubtedly appeal to hundreds of
women who can do the work at home.
Evening star., 1918-02-13

Five ways Of saving fuel in heating
houses are described in timely report
just made by the bureau Of mines, De-
partment of the Interior.
Director Van H. Manning declares
shortage Of coal. It is the patriotic duty
Of every citizen to save coal in heating
his home. He estimates that there are
about 10000, 900 homes in this country,
and that If everybody uses ordinary IN
telligence and care ton of coal can be
saved easily at each home during this
year.
For the entire country this saving
would amount to about 100000 tons
Of coal. This is nearly as much as all
coal mined in France during the year
1917
Economic Methods.
The report. describes the most eco
nomical method of burning different
| types of coal, anthracite, bituminous
| and briquets. 1t also explains the
| meaning of draft regulations and ne
cessity of studying the furnace.
1t Is suggested that in heating houses
considerable fuel can be saved by keep
| ing the temperature In the house uni
| form and S to 10 degrees lower than
Is customary. Instead OF the Temperature
| being between 20 to "a degrees, it can
be kept at 62 to % degrees without dis
comfort or any danger to health. espe-
cially If the air in the rooms Is kept
moist.
Keeping down the temperature means
saving of Is to 20 per cent of fuel and
may also mean a saving of the doctors
bill. It is also fuel saved by doing less
work.
The American people are urged te
| save fuel by heating fewer rooms IN
the house. In many houses the family
can get along comfortably by keepine
warm three or four rooms instead OF
heating six or seven rooms.
The report further states:
Fresh Air as Health Regime.
IF one stops to think that IS per cen,
| of the families in Berlin, Germany, live
sleep cook and eat in the same room
then living in three or four warm
rooms will seem a comfort. II consump-
tives can get we'll by sleeping outdoors
why could not well people keep well by
sleeping in unheated bedrooms with
the windows wide open?
TN some homes the furnace is started
too early in the fall and is run too late
in the spring. The chimneys of these
homes are belohing smoke and spread
| ing SCOT over their neighborhood. while
Evening star., 1918-02-13

Effort is being made to have all de-
signs large. Immense roses are en-
broidered on jersey cloth and stamped
into satin.
Evening star., 1918-02-13

Pantaloons Of jersey weave are Of
fered as substitute for petticoats under
the narrow skirts.
Evening star., 1918-02-13
Agree on 50 Per Cent.

During a three-hour cross-examfna- :
fion of the witness it developed that
the corporation asked for proht OF
dust per cent on the cost OF the 10
ships to be built, but that Maj. Gen
Goethals. then general manager OF the
Emergency Fleet Corporation refused
TO pay it, and a profit of 3.S per cent
finally was agreed to. II also develop
ed that the contracts for building the
plants provide that the government
either must purchase the Hog island
land from the owners after the war or
continue to pay rental of per cent on
$I706.0o0.
1t had been tentatively estimated the
cost of constructing the yards would be
mates from the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration show figures will be greatly
Increased. Baldwin questioned those
estimates, but said construction of the
yards as a war emergency necessarily
was more expensive than it would be in
peace times.
Evening star., 1918-02-13

Ribbon trims few hats. but soft silk
makes draped crowns.
Evening star., 1918-02-13

Short jersey petticoats are slit up
the front or back. 1t is not possible to
wear the old kind of petticoat.
Evening star., 1918-02-13

Skirts are narrow. but not uncom-
Portable. Hips are not fitted. They
are draped by means of pleats or UNI
brella folds.
Evening star., 1918-02-13

Wells OF pale-colored chiffon are
dropped under the chin and over the
shoulders.
Evening star., 1918-02-13

The use OF wooden beads is wide-
spread. Many American Indian effects
are used by the French.
Evening star., 1918-02-13
Lack Building Experience.

The witness admitted none of the
board of directors of the corporation
are shipbuilders or had actual ship
building experience previous to the for
NATION of the American International
5 concern. The latter concern and its
subsidiaries took over the New York
Shipbuilding Corporation, Baldwin said.
and is closely affiliated with the Boston
firm of Stone & Webster Company.
which has government contracts aggre-
eating $500, 100000
Under repeated questioning as to C-
penditures in building the plant, Mr.
Baldwin insisted that no government
money is being spent without warrant
I'VE are not doing this for money"
he said. Il have a boy over there Gin
France). and do you think would de-
. Jay this work for ono minute on ac-
count of money!"
IF YOU are not doing 1t for money,
then why have you from S6,000,0O0 to
$7.000.000 coming from the govern
ment." asked Senator Johnson OF Cali
fornia-
Evening star., 1918-02-13
Cannot Live on Patriotism.

Because you can't keep a corpora
$fon alive on patriotism" he replied.
Senator johnson asked for the names
OF the heaviest stockholders in the
American International Corporation or
Its subsidiaries. The witness could not
name any other than Frank A Wander
lip Of the National City Bank Of New
York and the Stone & Webster Com
pany, but said he would give the names
at some future time.
Mr.. Baldwin corroborated previous
testimony that fee of per cent is
paid to subcontractors, although there
Is specific provision IN the contract
with the International concern that
there shall be no fees paid to the prin-
cipal contractor. He also corroborated
statements previously made that Stone
& Webster receive a fee amounting to
double the salary Of It's experts where
advice Is given on engineering Ques-
tions.
Mr.. Baldwin declared he believed the
statements of Chairman Hurley and
Vice Chairman Piez regarding misman-
agement at the Hog Island plant We're
exaggerated
Evening star., 1918-02-13

Brims Of hats are lined with colored
Evening star., 1918-02-13

New French wraps are 1uxurio,
dolmanS.
Evening star., 1918-02-13

Black tulle dinner gowns, silk net
embroidered, thread lace and other
kinds Of lace fiounces are among the
first French fashions. Restaurant hats
are in high fashion
Evening star., 1918-02-13

There is no decrease in Chinese ef-
fects. Tassels, embroidery, brocade
and all Chinese fabrics are employed
in new French gowns.
Evening star., 1918-02-13

Every piece Of rubber goods
we sell is guaranteed to give
you full measure Of satisfac-
ton. If they do not, tell US
we will make good If they
don't.
Evening star., 1918-02-13

ssSenate' Water Bottles, full
two-quart size, with a written
guarantee for a full year of
service. If there is a better
bottle made we don't know of
it. Patent unlosable stopper.
The aristocrat of the $3.50
water bottle world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17
EIGHTEEN PLAYERS ]. MAY WIN TENANT Boston Players to Lose Elm
 blems for Part Played in World Series Strike

Chicago, November 15.-Eighteen players will be sufficient to win a major league pennaut next year if baseball is resumed and the recommen- dations agreed upon at meeting of The national baseball commission here today are accepted by the American and National leagues at their annual meetings next month.
 The suggestion of player limit of IS men for the major leagues is in line with the. retrenchment believed necessary during the process of recon struction. both in the sport and man. agement of the game. Lowering the player limit from p to Is men vii, mean the elimination of >'specialists,' and the employment of more all around players.
 The commission decided to inflict severe fines on three members of the worlds championship Boston club for I laying exhibition games through the cast after the worlds series with a team advertised as the Boston Red Sox Js
 Amos strunk, Joe Push and Walter ySchang were the players declared to be guilty of the practice. The decision to withhold the usual worlds series championship emblems from the Boston players because of the part they played in the worlds series strike was re- affirmed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17
SEAGULLS CLUE
 TO SUBMARINES

On Board an American Destroyer in French Waters, September 3e-Corre- respondence of the Associated Press.) Sharks and seagulls, the scavergers of the sea. have learned to follow in the wake of the submarines and watch and wait for the food likely to come from the wreckage of merchant vessels destroyed by the German sea wolves. This fact has been observed by the commanders of American destroyers and is used as a clue to hunt down the Hun at sea.
 The presence of schools of sharks and flocks of seagulls puts the men of the American destroyers Oh the tip-toe of expectation when they are hunting for perisecpe in the path of American transports. One commandef returning to port the other day said: we saw . good many sharks and flocks of seaxulis and these. you know. are a pretty food sign of submarines.
 After several years of stnkings by submarines, the sharks and sea fowl have formed the habit Of following in the wake of submarines, Knowing that food is likely to come from the wreckage. Whether it Is cargo thrown overheard from the freightef or wreckaae thrown up from the torpedo explosion makes no difference; the appeafAncS 6f sharks and birds usually means that there arr, sub.- around"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17
STATE DEPARTMENTS .OF HE NEW GERMAN GOVERNMENT FILLED
Wireless Message to London Gives Names of Various Heads of Departments
 in Germany

Berlin, November 16.-(By Wireless to London. 3:12 p. m.-By the Associated Press.)-ln accordance with the decision of the council of national Ulenipoten- tiaries the departments of state in the new government have been filled as fol- lows.
 Foreign office, Dr. W. S. Solf
 Treasury, Dr. Schiller
 Economics, pr. August Mueller.
 Industrial demobilization, Dr. Koth
 War food Emanuel Wurm.
 Labor, Dr. Bauer
 War, Major General Scheuch.
 Admiralty. Mann.
 Justice, Dr. Krause
 Postoffice, pr. Ruedlin.
 Announcement was made through Copenhagen early in the week of the formation of German cabinet of six members, three majority socialists and thres independent socialists. It would ap- pear from the Berlin wireless dispatch that q coalition cabinet now has been formed, perhaps subsidiary to Chsncel- Tor Ebert and his socialist colleagues.
 Dr. Soff has been German foreign sec retary since the retirement of Secretary Won Kuehlmann. Dr., Schiffer is a leader of the national liberal party and for merly was under secretary of the imper- ial finance ministry. Dr. Mueller is a so- cial democrat and formerly was under secretary of the war bureau. General Scheuch has been Prussian minister of war
 There have been no previous advices from Berlin mentioning a council of na- tional plenpotentiaries.
 Emanuel Wurm is a social democratic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17
PART PLAYED BY
 BRITISH SUBS IN WAR ANNOUNCED
Sunk Scores of Vessels, But Allowed Crews of Every Ship to Get Away
 in Safety

London. November 1e.-Details can now be given of the part which British sub marines played during the war. This service destroyed the following enemy warships.
 Two battle ships. two armed cruisers. two light cruisers. seven destroyers, i've gunboats, 20 submarines and five armed auxiliary vessels.
 Three battle ships and one light cruiser were torpedoed but reached port badly damaged.
 Other enemy craft destroyed were:
 One Zeppelin, II transports. six ammu- milton and supply ships, two store ships, B steamers and 197 sailing ships.
 In no case was a merchant ship sunk at sight. Care was taken to see that the crews of all vessels got away safely
 In addition to carrying out their att taclls on enemy war craft the submarines played an important part in convoy work.
 In the third year of the war one of the British submarine commanders carried out 24 cruises totalling 22,o0O miles, which probably constitutes 8 record for any submarine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17
bIG TRACK MEET
 ID BE HELD HERE Athletic Club Announces Annual Cross-Country
 Race for December 4

The Birmingham Athletic club on December 14 will hold it's eighth annual cross country road race and at the same time will hold United States service team cross-country championship for a trophy which will be presented by the A. A. U. This event is for the cham pionship of the southeastern division cantonments and S. A. T. c. colleges.
 For the Birmingham Athletic club there is a perpetual trophy which must be won twice by the same team before it becomes their permanent property. The Acipco Y. M. c. A. at the present time has won one leg on this trophy
 Gold medal will be given the winner and silver medal to the second and the next eight men to finish will be given a bronve medal.
 The club has already been assured that number of teams from the can comments and colleges located in this district will be entered in the meet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17
NAVAL CONFERENCE
 WAS HELD FRIDAY
 0FF BRITISH COAST
Rear Admiral VOn Meurer Headed the German Dele gation, Consisting of
 Seven Representatives

London, November 16.-(By British Wireless Service. )-The meeting of the German naval delegates with the Brit ish naval representatives took place on Friday afternoon off Rosyth, on the coast of Scotland. The German representatives consist of three delegates from the sail ors and soldiers council and four dele gates from the peoples council, including Rear Admiral Won Meurer.
 The surface warships which are to be surrendered have to be ready to leave German ports seven days after the sign ing of the armistice." That is to say on Monday, November IS.
 The submarines which are to be sur rendered must "be prepared to leave Ger man ports immediately on the receipt of wireless order to sail to the port of surrender and are to be handed over with full complement in a port speci- fled by the allies and the United States within fl days after the signing of the armistice." That is Monday November 25.
 TO GIVE UP ALL SUBS
 All the submarines are to be surren- dered and of the surface warships 10 battleships, six battle cruisers, eight light
  modern type are to be given up
 The 10 battleships which it would be natural to select are the Kron Prinz Wilhelm and Bayern, both new dread noughts, completed since 1916; the Mark graf, Konig and Grosser Kurfeurst, of the Konig dreadnought class, completed in 1914 and 1915, and the Kaiser, Kaserin, Prinzregent Liutpold, konig Albert and Friedrich Der Crosse, all dreadnoughts of the Kaiser class, completed in 1912 and 1913.
 Five battle cruisers, the Derflinger, Hindenburg, Seydlitz, Mo1tke and Won Der Tam, are apparently all that Ger many has available so far as the so- called dreadnought battle cruisers are concerned. The armistice terms stipulate for the surrender of six.
 Eight of the most recent light cruisers are the Drummer. Bremen, Karlsruhe, Pillau, Frankfort, Nuremberg. Koeln and Dresden.
 GO TO ALLIED PORTS
 It is only if neutral ports are not avail able that the German warships are to be brought for surrender to allied ports But there is reason to believe that since the armistice was signed the neutral pow CTS have made it clear their ports are not likely to be available for this irk- some purpose and there is no doubt the surrendered German warships will be brought into allied ports.
 Surface warships left to Germany will be concentrated in one or more of the German ports. They will be paid off and completely disarmed and will be under the/supervision of commission of surveillance of the associated powers. Regarding the German submarines which fled before the. revolutionaries and took refuge in Swedish waters there is no doubt they will have to be surrendered.
 Regarding the Black sea, arrange render of all ships in German hands. It seems now to be practically certain thsy will be surrendered without trou- ble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17
CENTRAL BEATEN BY. FAST ENSLEY TEAM
Lone Touchdown Gives the Steel City Boys Hard
 Fought Victory

The Ensley High school defeated the Central High school in a fast game played at Redwood field yesterday morning, the score being to when the last quarter was up Centrars team was lighter than that of Ensley's mak ing it necessary for them to depend mostly upon forward passes and broken field running. The feature of the game was the consistent ground gaining of Rosenfield for Ensley and the broken field running of Newton for Central.
 First quarter, Central to Enslev Fms ley held for downs. Central makes 10- yard line by end runs. Central held for downs.
 Second quarter. Ensley to Central. Gen. tral held for downs. Ball goes over. Ems ley held for downs Newton makes 5O- yard run around end for Central Gen. tral held for downs. Ensley penalized Tor holding. Ensley held for downs. Gen. tral tries pass, intercepted by Tidmore Tor Ensley, who makes T0-yard run. Third quarter, Ensley to Central Cen tral held for downs. Hood for Crane at quarter for Central Ensley held for downs. Central tries pass Intercepted by Ensley who makes consistent gains around end. Rosentield pulls the pigskin around right end for a touchdown. Ems ley fails to kick goal.
 Fourth quarter, Ensley to Central. Cen tral held for downs. Ensfey held for downs, Spence for Central makes notable gain around left end. Central loses 5 yards. Ensley penalized for yards for being off side Central held for downs. Ensley held for downs, Central tries passes. but fails. Ensley makes suc- cessive gains through the line. Line-ups:
 Central-Doster center; Spence, left half; Griffith, right half; Newton, full- back; Crane, quarterback; Jones, left guard; Bragan, right guard; Robertson, left tackle; Gayle, right tackle; Forbes, right end Fletcher, left end.
 Ensley-Center Mendehall, right guard; i; Kyle. left guard; Wilcox, right tackle; Hoffer, left tackle; Smith. right end; Danch, left end; Walker. quarterback; Cook, fullback; Fillmore, left half; Rosen- field, right half
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17
HOLLAND CRISIS
 GROWING MORE
 ACUTE DAILY
Revolution Expected Unless Means Are Found to AIlay Agitation of Leaders of
 the Socialists

- London. November 16-The crisos in Holland is becoming very threatening, according to private advices received in London Friday, says the Telegraph. The newspaper adds that unless the government is able to speedily allay the agitation of Piert J. Troelstra and other socialists who are believed to be supported by a large section of the workers, a revolution may be expected.
 A dispatch received by the Express from Amsterdam under date of Wednes- , day describes governments circles as be- ing nervous of the socialist threat of revolution, which the dispatch says is regarded as possible
 All measures have been taken to pre- serve order, but in view of the deep discontent, Which is shared by the army and police, apprehensions are felt that events at any moment may take "a German turn.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17
Germans Prefer Prison To
 Be Returned in Exchange
Everything in Way of Transportation Done LefHanded Over Here,' Writes Sergeant Wells Former Frisco Railroad Employe-Explains
 Operation of Trains to Front

The German prisoners do not wish to be returned, to Germany. according to Sergt. William H. Wells, Company c, Fifty-hrst engineers transportation crops who stated that several weeks ago the allies wanted to exchange some pris- oners. and asked the Germans to volun- teer to be exchanged, and not one ex pressed willingness to be sent back to Germany
 Sergeant Wells enlisted in May and was stationed at Camp Humphrey, near Washington, before sailing for France in June. He is we'll konwn in Birmingham, where he has been connected with the Frisco railroad for several years He writes most interestingly of how the French railroads are operated up to the front, connecting with the narrow gauge to the trenches. by men of the American expeditionary forces, as fol- lows:
 Everything here is done left-handed They operate the traffic over the op- posite main to that in the U S A. the engineer being on the eft-hand side of the engine. The new American locofno- tives (called machines in France) are operated on the right hand side. so one can imagine how unhandy everything is, the signals being on the left-hand side of the track from the engineer on an American engine. The tracks are mostly single, although there are double tracks part of the way, and they use a system of manuel blocks operated by a man called chef de gare (station agent from one station to another They run all trains on schedule every 20 to 30 minutes out of the terminal Such a thing as an extra is not knd~n in France.
 ''The caboose is from one to three cars from the engine, and that is where the chef de train tconductor rides. He has rope from the caboose to the engine which is attached to a bell for the pur- pose of attracting the engineers atten-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17
Capture Light Plants

With the American Forces in France, September so.-several complete porta- ble electric light plants were captured from the Germans in the drive which wiped out the St. Mihiel salient, some of which were used by the Americans in equipping the Headquarters of dif- ferent units. One of the largest out fits taken was found in Thiaucourt, the Germans having abandoned the plant without having damaged it in the least Within two days after the American entered Thiaucourt the German motor Americans. The equipment included wires. incaiidesceht lights, lamp shades of metal, tacks and all appliances used by electricians, there being enough material to wire" several villages.