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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24
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1 touching appeal from national Red Cross | for layettes for eastern Europe where 1 the people, particularly the babies, are in great need.
 | Mrs. John London presided at the meeting, which was well attended The | following unit chairmen pledged them selves 10 make layettes: Mrs. H. A. Swope, twelve dozen Mrs. Horton, one dozen; Mrs. Neville, one dozen Mrs. M. $ Scott two dozen; Mrs. Gelders two dozen; Mrs. A. l.. Brown, one dozen Mrs. Temple one dozen; Mrs Harris of the Mother Goose Club, Mrs. J. A. Hood, Mrs. Robert Jemison, Jr., Mrs. Hill house, Mrs. Collins Mrs. Wilcox and Mrs. H. J. Thomas pledged themselves to work, but could not stipulate the amount until after consulting their re- spective units.
 Mrs. Vassar l.. Allen will serve as chairman of l. committee to purchase materials Mrs Neville and Mrs A. L. Brown will be at Red Cross headauar- ters on Tuesday to cut out garments, and Mrs. Robert Jemson and Mrs. Bren- ton Fisk will distribute on Wednesday.
 All women in Birmingham who will assist in making layettes are asked to call Miss Shield. Red Cross secretary at Main 6539, and give the amount of work they will take. The very simplest patterns will be used, and the wartime
 
 well-made garments will be. most ac- ceptable. September 29 is the last day on which garments may be turned in.
 The first distribution day will be next Wednesday at Red Cross headquarters BIT Jefferson County Bank building and the hours will be from 10 to 5. All members of former units are urged to come up and help, as well as other wom- en who willing to assist The fin ished garments will go to the helpless and needy babies in central and eastern Europe. The local chapter will pay for all materials.
 Mrs. Gelders told at the meeting yes terday of pitiful case known person. ally to her. of a man in this country who had at last got in touch with his wife and family on the other side and arranged for them to come to him-all except one little child who has died of starvation!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24
MISS ROUNTREE'S
 BRIDGE PARTY

Miss Selene Rountree entertained yes- terday afternoon at bridge party at her home on Cliff Road in honor of Miss Ada Coleman of Selma, the guest of Miss Emma Lee.
 The guests included Miss Coleman, Miss Lee, Miss Elizabeth Adair. Miss Sa Ah Simpson, Miss Olivia ONeal, Miss Mar garet Tillman. Miss Eleonore Davis Miss Josephine Harris, Miss Evelyn Hoke, Miss Theresa Corey, Miss Jean Marie Sutton, Miss May Harris. Miss Pauline Byrd and Miss Virginia Dixon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24
MISS FRAZIER
 HONORS VISITOR

l Miss Mary Byron Frazier entertained yesterday at buffet luncheon, compli- menting her guest, Miss Augusta Gill, of Albany, Ga, and Miss Pauline Byrd of Enterprise, who is visiting Miss May Harris. Shasta daisies and pink roses were used to adorn the living and dining
 rooms and the table was centered with basket of pink roses.
 The guests included Miss Gill Miss
 Byrd, Miss May Harris, Miss Virginia
 Dru Bonner, Miss Hattie Coleman, Miss Catherine Mason, Miss Mary Hewitt
 Miss Florence Robinson, Miss Sarah
 Vann and Mrs Charles Hewitt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24

Ole Miss, nex' November Whln de Democratic Roost- CT flaps his wings an ber- gins ter Crow, dar won't be no mistake erbout what he
 means when he sez !: "COW)COK-A- DOODLE IDOOw Naw'm!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24

Der of selections today during the luncheon hour in addition to the orches- tral programme.
 This evening the regular Saturday evening "supper-dance' will take place
 Tn the ballroom. these events being en- loved by large crowds each week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24

served at downtown place. The table was decked with summer flowers and bonbons and ices carried out pink and white effect. The favors were corsages of sweet peas and the place cards bore the names of Miss Bonner, Miss Cole man, Miss Mary Ella Cheek, Miss Sarah Yam, Miss May Harris, Miss Pauline Byrd, Miss Mary Byron Frazier and Mrs. J. w. Williams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24
RANDOM NOTES

Miss Helen Macks and Miss Rosalind Macks, daughters of Judge M. Macks of Atlanta, are the guests of Miss Bertha Spanier, 143l South Eighteenth street Miss Helen Fowlkes of Mobile is the guest of her aunt and uncle, Mir. and Mrs Walter B. Fowlkes.
 Miss Bertha McPherson. Mrs. R. G. White and Miss Clara White will leave Wednesday for . trip to New York city. Niagara Falls and Canada.
 
 ton in New York. Atlantic City and Bir- mingham, has returned to Dothan.
 Misses Helen and Caroline Fowlkes have returned from visit to Marion. Miss Augusta Gill of Albany. Ga, is the guest of Miss Mary Byron Frazier. Miss Pauline Byrd of Enterprise is visit ing Miss May Harris.
 Miss Virginia Dru Benner of TAllapooaa, Ga. is the guest of Miss Hattie Coleman. Miss Olivia Parker and Miss Olivia Lathem of Tuscaloosa will accompany the Elliott party on northern and east ern tour.
 Mrs. H. H. Evans and Miss Laura Lee Evans will leave for Greensboro next week.
 Mrs. w. T. Poe. Miss Imogene Poe and Miss Virginia Hanson leave today for Biloxi.
 Mrs. John Williams and son. John. are the guests of Mir. and Mrs. L. F. Will Hams at Tuscaloosa.
 Miss Hattie Lou Blau and Miss Grace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24
MRS. DONOHO
 GUEST OF HONOR

Mrs. Richard Campbell Young was hos tess yesterday at a bridge party in honor of her guest, Mrs. J. F. Donoho, of Bir- mingham. says the Anniston Star. After the game Mrs. Young presented prizes to Mrs Merrill and Mrs. Fred Tyler the honoree was also presented with beau tiful basket of flowers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24
MISS PHYLLIS
 WANTS TO SING

Mrs. Holley Cowherd, who is in charge of the musical programmes at the Tutwiler for the summer, has in vited Miss Phyllis Waits to sing num-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24
RED CROSS UNITS
 TO MAKE LAYETTES

At an enthusiastic meeting yesterday afternoon at the Civic Association of the ex-chairrnen of Red Cross units it was decided to respond to the recent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24
INTER SEE CLUB HAS
 HOUSE WARMING

l The Inter Sc Club entertained last
 evening at a house warming at their l club house on Milner Crescent The
 grests included the club members and their friends. Refreshments were served and dancing was enjoyed by about 100
 members of the younger set
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24
MISS COLEMAN
 HONOR GUEST

Miss Ada Coleman will be the guest of honor this evening at a buffet supper given by Miss Emma Lee at her home this evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24
MRS. LEES ILINCHEnN

Mrs. J. c. Lee will entertain at lunch. con today at the Southern Club in honor of Miss Ada Coleman of Selma, who Is visiting Miss Emma Lee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24

yannah. from where they will go to New York and Canada for vacation trip. Miss Louise Martin will leave shortly for a trip to New York and Canada. Mrs w H. Owings has returned from a visit to relatives in Opp Miss Mildred Schollian is i'll at the Rob- ir son infrmary.
 Mrs Vaughan Shirley and children of Tuscaloosa are visiting friends in Bir- niingham.
 Misses Mamie and Emma Hopwood will spend two weeks in New York Canada and Niagara leaving next Wednesday.
 Miss Nan Williams of Tuscaloosa has come to Birmingham to reside.
 Miss Dorothy Patterson of Albany will visit friends in the city.
 Miss Vallie Jones of Montgomery is the guest of Mrs. c. N Huggins. Miss Annie Daniel of Huntsville is the guest of friends in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24
The Old Fashioned Feather Bed

1 lHHW){ NRITE something about the now almost extinct good. old-fashioned feather bed" said the mere man" out of a perfectly clear sky the other day after we'd been talk ing about Mir. Swinnterton's September and Mir. Walpole's The Secret City" ahd whether we liked the books or whether we didn't.
 Write something about beds slowly and surely becoming smaller and smaller, and more uncomfortable, and more insig- l nIficant narrower and shorter, so much so that I strongly suspect that in time they will entirely disappear"
 And we'll all all sleep standing up," 1 suggested.
 Don't be foolish. Dolly; I'm in dead earnest the mere man replied.
 Have you been made to give up your comfortable bed for some visitor of your wife s?" then asked. .'or have you just naturally nawsty disposition?''
 Neither" grouched the 'mere man..
 Then, what?' begged, growing cu- rious.
 Just this" he went on to relate Not lcng ago I was invited, out to the country home of friend of mine to spend the
 weekend The home is beautiful, one Of the show places of this part of the country, artistic and up-to-date and very pretty and attractive; not one of the mil lion-dollar cottages you see at New port but a nice sed-to-be-comfort- able country home.
 There are several such as that round about this neck of the woods I suggest ed. If there's any one thing that woman knows how to do it is to furnish beautiful, comfortable country home"
 That's the general superstition" the ''mere man" said Comfort being the first thing in furnishing any home. coun- try or otherwise, but in this case the su- perstition has been reversed, and every thing has been sacrificed for artistic ef- feet, comfort and all, and the result is- we'll the words I'd like to use are not heard in polite society, so I'll just say it is 'mell- hess which may convey to YOU some idea of what is intmind.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-21

crowded railroad rooms. I have been
going among them and asking them
questions without letting them know
migrants sitting in the railroad rooms
who had been sitting there all day long,
having been passed by our inspectors
early in the morning.
Last night, l became an immigrant
myself and took my place on one of
the benches of the railroad room. 1t
was long time before an attendant
announced that barge had come to
take us to the railroad station. I fell
in with group that was going to
Weehawken to take train and some
of them told me they had spent long
and tiresome day in the crowded
rooms"
In the work of getting the immigrant
through and out of New York swiftly
Commissioner Wallis will enlist the
aid of the railroad companies.
Immigration" he explained, "no
longer pours itself out in New York
City or into the crowded metropolitan
centers of the East. 1t now flows out
across this big country to smaller
towns; to the mines or the mills. 1t
is highly important for US of the mmi-
grafton service and those working with
us--the railroad people, for example
to recognize this increasing tendency
and to make as good an impression as
possible on the incoming workers.
"That is the very starting point of
curing the country of anti-American-
ism and Bolshevism."
New-York tribune., 1920-07-21
NeaD Commissioner Plays
'sSquarehend" Immigrant
Consorts With "Hunkes and ssWops'' as One
OF Them, and Decides to Make Ellis Island
Motto, Speed the Incoming Cuest-Po Politely''

There is going to be nice new door
mat at Ellis Island with "Welcome"
bsazoned on it, and employees of that
great ante-chamber in which Uncle
Sam greets and sorts out his citizens
to-be will act hereafter in obedience
t" the command, "Speed the incoming
guest--politely."
These reforms will be brought about
at the instance of Frederick A. Wallis,
recently appointed Commissioner of
immigration, who was an immigrant
himself for a few hours Monday night.
So convincing was Mr.. Wallis in his
role of voyager from overseas that
he announced yesterday immigration
officials treated him with as little
courtesy and consideration as they
gave the genuine Square heads"
"hunkies" and "wops," with whom the
Commissioner consorted.
So thoroughly did Mr.. Wallis become
convinced of the need for reform at
Ellis Island that he intends to move
over there from his city home and
spend both days and nights on the job.
Officials on the island, according to
the new commissioner, are adherents
of the theory that an immigrants time
is worth nothing at all.
81 am trying" Mr.. Wallis said yes
terday, "to break up the bad habit of
OBTAINING immigrants on Ellis Island
after they are admitted to the country.
Ever since l took up my new duties I
have noticed great focks of weary i'm
migrants sitting for hours in the
New-York tribune., 1920-07-21
Girl Wins Fight
With Robbers:
Two Men Shot
Party of Six Gives Battle
to Highwaymen Who At
tack Touring Car at 1880
A. NJ. ON Jersey Turnpike
Three Escape in Auto
Fourth, Masked, Shoots
Himself and Is Captured;
Says He Is A. E. F. Veteran
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

Special Dispatch to The Tribune
SPRING LAKE BEACH, N. j.. July
2o.-The ability of young woman to
fight like wildcat. and the enthusiasm
with which she employed that ability
on the Manasquan Turnpike early to-
day, turned what started out to be
hold-up into pitched battle and
eventually into victory for the intend
ed victims.
During the struggle that rolled back
and forth across the road two men
were shot. One of the robbers twice
wounded Charles H. Hankins. of Point
Pleasant, and then in trying to shoot
Captain William Finnegan, Of thes ma
rine department of the Lackawanna
Railroad, wounded himself in the knee.
Katherine Kinney, of Point Pleasant,
had not been raKing his face with her
nails and pulling his hair, the fight
might have had different ending.
Girl Attacks Robber
Hankins and the robber, who said he
was Rifel Merge, a native of Syria
taken to the Ann May Memorial Hos
pital at Spring Lake. The condition
of the former is serious.
Finnegan and Hankins, with Leonard
Foreman, Misses Katherine and Irene
Kinney and Winifred Chafey, all of Point
Pleasant, were returning in Foreman's
touring car from roadhouse near Sea
Girt at about 80 o'clock this morning
when a big machine carrying four
men came roaring up behind them.
AS it passed they saw that one of
the four stood on the running board
his face masked and a revolver in his
hon H. ch +nl J., opI
mans party hooted in reply, believing
it was a practical joke of friends.
But little ahead, the car stopped,
drew up across the road and the
masked man came running back toward
the party. Hankins was the first to
appreciate what had happened. He
leaped with the machine and charged
down the white pathway laid by the
headlights toward the advancing figure.
Bullet Tears His Ear
The man fired as he came on and the
bullet tore away part of Hankins left
ear Hankins dived at his knees and
they both rolled in the du-t, while the
other robbers grappled with Finnegan
and Foreman.
Hankins tried desperately to tear
ant, but the man fired again and he
Collapsed with bullet in his abdomen.
Before the robber could get to his feet,
Miss Kinney was upon him.
His howls mingled with her screams,
Tor she tore at his face and wrenched
at his hair like mad woman. Finne-
gan broke away from the two who
had set upon him and came running
to her aid. The man raised his gun
to fire again, but Finnegan, who is
broad and powerful, knocked down his
arm.
The bullet broke the robbers right
leg and he fell with Miss Kinney still
graphing with him, nor did she let 90
until she had torn the pistol away.
The other robbers then fled, leaped
into their own car, and shot away.
Foreman and Finnegan carried Hankins
to the car, bundled the wounded rob-
Der in, and put on all speed for Spring
Lake.
From there the alarm was flashed to
the police Of nearby towns, but no
trace was found of the three fugitivcs
and their car.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-21
Boy browns in Hudson
Trying to Save Brother
Two Others Sunday Victims;
Patrolman Rescues Fellow
Member of Police Force

Richard Daley, ten, of 1863 st. Mich
olas Avenue, and his brother, Francis,
eight, were playing on the rocks with
some companions at Fort Washington
Point last night when Francis slipped
and tumbled into the Hudson.
While he fell into shallow water, the
current was strong and began to sweep
him from the shore. Removing only
his hat, Richard plunged in to save
his brother. He went beyond his depth
and was drowned.
Francis was caught just in time by
Edward Fletcher, of SOL West 179th
Street. He reached the boy in his
canoe. The body of the drowned bow
was not recovered.
Albert Price, twenty-one, of 676 De-
graw Street, Brooklyn, was drowned
last night while bathing off the foot
OF lOlst Street, Rockaway Beach. He
was seized with cramps.
Herbert Buttery, twelve, of 200 Com
munipaw Avenue, Jersey City. was
crowned yesterday afternoon in the
morris Canal at the foot of Clendenny
Avenue. His body was recovered
Patrolman Edward Mcdonald. at.
Mensa. faensd to the Thirty-hfth Precinct,
manhattan, and living at PIP East
y Elghty-ninth Street, was rescued from
drowning yesterday by Patrolman Ed
ward K. Phillips, while swimmjno at
Ninety seventh Street and Ocean row
BROOKLYN. oi'e'
New-York tribune., 1920-07-21

Jolly, round, red Mr.. Sun had just
begun his daily climb up in the blue,
blue sky as Peter Rabbit approached
the dear Old Briar- patch. Peter was
acting rather queerly. Every few steps
he stopped and studied the dear Old
Briar-patch. Had you been there you
might have thought from Peters ac-
tions that he suspected an enemy might
be in hiding there waiting for him.
Certainly Peter acted as if he were
afraid.
The truth is, Peter was afraid. He
wasn't afraid of an enemy. No, it
wasn't that. But just the same Peter
was afraid. Peter was afraid to go
home. You see, Peter had been gone
two whole days and nights, and he
had a very guilty feeling. A guilty
feeling. you know, will make even the
bravest afraid. Peter was afraid to
face Mrs. Peter.
Instead of hopping boldly in along
one Of his private little paths cut
through the brambles of the dear Old
Briarpatch, he fidgeted about He
hoped over to a patch of sweet clover
and tried to eat some. But somehow
he had no appetite for sweet clover.
Every minute or so he turned to see If
Mrs. Peter was about. All the time he
was trying to think of really good ex-
cuse to offer Mrs. Peter.
Peter knew that he richly deserved
all the sharp things little Mrs. Peter
could say. He knew that nothing could
excuse him for leaving Mrs. Peter to
worry alone there in the dear Old
Briar-patch for SO long. He knew that
it was nothing but selfishness, pure
selhshness, that had kept him away so
long. He had stayed because he had
been having a good time.
But though Peter waited and waited
little Mrs. Peter didn't appear.
After a while Peter began to worry.
Could it be that something dreadful
had happened to little Mrs. Peter while
he had been away? Could it be that
she had grown tired of being left alone
and had gone back to her old home up
in the Old Pasture where he had first
met her as Miss Fuzzytal? Could it
be that he would have to live alone in
the dear Old Briar-patch? Peter
doesn't often worry, but he worried
now. Pretty soon the fear that he
might not find little Mrs. Peter became
greater than the fear of her sharp
tongue. Peter turned and hurried into
the dear Old Briar-patch.
Now. little Mrs. Peter had certain
favorite places where she liked to sit
in the dear Old Briar-patch Pete,
hurried from one to a>s.;--.-s. of .kcst
New-York tribune., 1920-07-21
Japanese Cruiser Sails
For Visit to Annapolis
Officers to Inspect Naval Acad-
emy; Stay Here Declared
Pleasant

The Japanese cruiser Kasuga heaved
her anchor out of the mud off West
Ninety sixth Street yesterday and
steamed from the harbor for Annapo-
lis. There her officers will visit the
Naval Academy and travel overland by
rail to- pay their respects to the United
States government
Captain Heigo Teraoka, commanding
the cruiser, said in farewell that his
stay could not have been made more
pleasant and that he wished he could
stay longer. "You may be sure" he
said, eve will carry to Japan the en-
thusiastic welcome and the spirit of
friendliness we received here"
The Kasuga has been in the North
River week. She came to the United
States to participate in the Maine CEN
tennial celebration. 1t was announced
yesterday that after leaving Annapolis
the ship will proceed to Norfolk for
coal, and that from there she will put
into Havana, New Orleans and San
Francisco.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-21
Aunt Identifies
Body of Girl, l6,
Found i'm Court
Jewess Had Been Missing
Since Day Before She
Was Discovered; Had an
Engagement With Man

The body of the young girl found in
little areaway of tenement house
at 49 Rutgers Street Monday morning
was identified at tAe morgue yesterday
by a woman relative. Her name for
the present is being withheld. 1t is
known, however, that she was a Jewess
who lived with an aunt in the neigh
borhood of the place where she was
found.
The aunt went to the Clinton and
Delaney streets police station yester-
day and reported her niece missing since
Sunday afternoon. After listening to
the woman's story and description of
the girl, detectives took her to the
Madison Street police station to see
the clothes of the dead girl She iden-
titled the clothes as that of her sixteen
year-old niece. She was then accom-
panied to the morgue by Captain Ar
thur Carey for more conclusive iden-
tifcation.
Left Home to Go to Theater
According to the police, the woman
declared that the girl had an appoint
ment to go to a picture theater with a
young man at O'Clock Sunday after
noon and that she had been missing
since. She furnished other informa-
tion to the authorities.
Despite the numerous elements in
the case which point to murder, DR..
Charles Norris, chief medical ex-
aminer, and his assistants still cling to
the belief that the girl was either ac-
cidentally killed or committed suicide.
They base their argument mainly on
the circumstance that the girls spinal
column was broken, in addition to the
fracture at the base of the skull, and
contend that she may have jumped
from window or an adjoining roof.
The easy posture of the body and
the smoothness of the girls clothing
would seem to indicate, however, that
the body was placed by some one on
the spot.
Unknown to Tenants in House
Questioning Of the tenants in the
house showed that none of them had
known or entertained the girl as a
visitor.
The police differ with the medical
New-York tribune., 1920-07-21
Hunt on Trial To-day
For Bergdoll's Escape

A military court this morning will
begin to take testimony in the case
of Lieutenant Colonel John E. Hunt,
commandant of the Castle William
prison, Governors Island, who is held
responsible for the escape of Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, millionaire Stacker
Colonel Hunt is charged with violat-
ing the 96th article of war, in that his
conduct was prejudical to military
discipline and tended to bring disgrace
on the military service by not having
Bergdoll properly guarded.
Bergdoll escaped from the custody
of two prison guards from Castle Will
lam, in Philadelphia, while on the way
to West Virginia, where he said he had
hidden $150,000 in gold in the noun
tains while a fugitive from justice
during the war. At the time of the
escape Bergdoll was serving a sentence
at Castle William.
Colonel Hunts trial will begin at
IL a. m. and it will be an open court
martial. Lieutenant Colonel c. C.
Cresson, trial judge advocate, will con-
duct the prosecution.
New-York tribune., 1920-07-21
Reckless Driver Gets 215
To 5 Years in Sing Sing
Ran Over and Killed Man Who
Was Repairing Car; Court
Refuses Leniency

Joseph Doherty, who ran over and
killed Harry Opperman in his automo-
bile at the Brooklyn end of BROOKLYN
Bridge on May l, was sentenced to Sing
Sing prison yesterday for term of
from two and one-half to five years
by County Judge McDermott in the
Brooklyn court.
Opperman was repairing the stalled
motor of his automobile when Doherty's
machine came along. 1t was charged
that Doherty had been drinking and
was driving recklessly Leniency was
asked in his behalf on the ground that
he was first offender.
Judge McDermott said the offense
was too grave to extend leniency.
"The only way to stop reckless driv-
ing is to impose heavy prison SEN
tences," he said.