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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08
John L. Burnett
To the Voters of the Seventh
 Congressional District

' Before leaving home Mon- day l dictated a letter to the voters warning them against false reports circulated on the reve of the election.
 ' When | reached Crossville | sfound a circular sent by Mir. Brown, which among other lmisstatements said that | was sending out political matter under my government frank hnd on government stationery dn violation of law.
 |1 This is positively untrue. IA No personal or political mat Fer has gone from my office without a postage stamp. The stationery that I used I paid fhe government for, my ex bense account SC shows. N l have paid out nearly $400  for stamps alone.
 When candidates resort to such untTuthful statements 1t Is time for the voters to repu- aiate them at the polls. Very respectfully, JOHN l.. BURNETT. sPaid political advertisement by John r.. Burnett, Gadsden, Ala.) The editor of the Democrat has taken no part i'll this con sressional campaign save to brint as paid political adver- Using such matter as the can | aidates submitted for publica- ion, but we cannot pass the l tbove statement of MT. Burnett py unchallenged.
 ! The editor received one of 1 hese letters himself on Sun l lay, April 16. It was enclosed ! h a government frank enye- 1 ppe and was not stamped. In ] his letter MT. Burnett called $ |ttention to his record and karned his friends against the l econd choice vote.
 l These letters were no doubt  1 ent out by Burnett's stenog- I hpher and he most likely did 2 lot know that they were being
 ent out under the government X rank. But that these letters ] Fere sent out we do not have to 7 hke MT. Browns word for it,
 + Mir. Burnett's statement
 bout it. We have the proof
 he of the letters, unmistak-
 ble evidence.
 The editor of the Democrat is
 either the political enemy of Y fr. Burnett or political friend M f Mir. Brown, but when mis- 4 Eatement of facts is made, we
 elieve it is our duty as an ed
 Or to give the facts when we
 now them, no matter who if
 nrts or who 1t may benefit.
 We are publishing this state
 lent without the knowledge of
 lther MT. Brown or Mir. Bur
 ett. F. G. STEPHENS,
 Editor Southern Democrat.
 The above has just been called to
 ly attention The same reproduced
 IF the benefit of the voters.
 WATT T. BROWN.
 Ragland. Ala. :
 id political advertisement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08
J. Ed Haigler
 Has Good Endorsement

Knowing MT. J. Ed Eaigler and being hi. na stor for nearly two years, my in terest in him induces me to speak in his behalf.
 and takes an active interest in church work
 Ha has taken an interest in the pub lie schools and all things pertaining to the welfare of the people. No one knows better than he the naads of the county over which the Roard of Revenue have jurisdiction and no one is better qualified to fill the
 Knowing Mr Haigler as I do I can conscientiously recommend him to the voters of the county, feeling that they will make no mistake in electing him to the Board of Revenue. Sincerely, REV. l.. c. STURDIyANT.
 Paid political advertisement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08
SHIP ATTACKED BY COMMERCE RAIDERS Venizia, With 40 Americans Aboard, Fired on Twice
 by Enemy

New York. May 1.-The steamship Ven izia. arriving here today from Bordeaux' France, with 40 American citizens aboard. was fired upon and chased for several hours by two commerce raiders while orr the Azores, according to story related when the vessel doclSed today.
 Reports had been in circulation for more than a week that at least one sea raider was operating in the western Atlantic and the news brought by the Venizia caused alarm in shipping circles
 Captain Boniface and members of the erexv of the Venizia were reticent con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08
U. E. MATLOCK For Constable of Beat 2l


 Competent, efficient, careful these have been my watchWords during my 10 years experience in the constable's s office. l have served 10000 attach ments, summons and executions that's my experience. l have never been sued for carelessness or abuse of power--that speaks for my efficiency. II have the inducements of lawyers and leading business men and the good will of the three judges of the municipal court whom I have served I have been chief deputy in the office since 1906. have been faithful and efficient servant and I think promo ton is due me.
 Vote for me for constable of beat '21. l ask your vote on my record. Paid political advertisement by J. E. Matlockl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08
POSSE OF CITIZENS FROM MARATHON IN
 HOTPURSUIT OF THE
 FLEEING MEXICANS
Continued from Page One,

Continued from Page One)
 the top of hill beneath which Glenn Springs nestles Noting their numbers, ! Private Bircl on outpost duty emptied \ his revolver to rouse the camp and then . dashed back to the tent. Sergeant Smyth and Private Croskem jumped to the fly of the tent. Observing numbers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-08

body in the scene apparently caught the deep tragedy of the situation and were depressed by the solemnity of it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-03-09
THE ACHES OF HOUSE CLEANING

The pain and soreness caused by
bruises, over-eXertion and straining
during house cleaning time are soothel
away by Sloan's Liniment. No need to
suffer this agony. Justapply Sloan's
Liniment to the sore spots, rub only a
little. In a short time the pain leaves,
you rest comfortably and enjoy a re-
freshing sleep. One grateful user
writes: "Sloan's Liniment is worth
its weight in gold" Keep bottle on
hand, use it against all Soreness,
Neuralgia and Bruises. Kills pain
% at your Druggist.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-03-09
CHURCH ANNOUNCED MENTS |
Continued from First Page.

Work and My Responsibility" and
"The Urgency of Great Task.
(Neh. 6:3; Luke 2;49; 9:5l;
II 35-37; Matt. 1922, 23).
Outline:
A Man Who Would Not Com
promise.
Driving Straight Toward the
Goal.
The Task That Confronts Us.
The Men Who Would Not Turn
Aside.
Our Part in the Task.
Mid Week Prayer Meeting,
Thursday evening, 7:30 p. m.
Ladies Aid Society, regular
meeting, Friday afternoon, . 30
p. IN.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-03-09
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
Continued from First Page.

that have been cut off. Burn them.
They afford homes for the diseases
and the insects that will attack
your trees if the rubbish is left Oh
the ground.
Cover the wounds with a coat OF
good lead paint. This helps to
keep out the water and prevent
disease and decay.
Spray the trees with a solution
of ! gallon commercial lime
sulphur to 8 gallons of water.
Spraying just after pruning re-
duces the cost of applying the ma.
terial as there is less brush to
cover than at other times. More
over, it is just the right season for
the lime-sulphur spray.
"Lack of paint causes a greater
loss through deterioration than the
aggregate fire loss III ONO for the
past IL MONTHS" asserts Virgil
Overholt of the Agricultural EX-
tension Department, State Univer-
sity, in urging the farmers to ap-
ply paint frequently and literally.
There is no best time to paint as
many think, but care should be
taken that the paints are carefully
mixed and well rubbed into the
crack in the weather boarding.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-03-09
FOUR SCORE YEARS.

Mrs. Martha Meade celebrated
her SOth birthday Thursday,
March ., at the home of her daugh,
ter Mrs. Walter Hum. The guests
were Mrs. Chas. Grubb and daugh-
ter Doris, of Toledo; Mrs. Albert
Kazmier, Mrs. Bert King, Mrs.
Fred Kop, Mrs. Evelyn Ricard and
Mrs. Hum.
Mrs. Meade received a number
of beautiful presents and a nice
birthday dinner was served at
noon.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-03-09
EVANGELICAL CHURCH.
Sunday, March -.

Sunday, March -.
900 clock Bible School under
the direction of Superintendent c.
Leydorf, assisted by a faithful
wide-awakc quorum Of teachers
who aim to make the spiritual end
of the Sunday School count for
much. The orchestra makes every
one feel the enthusiasm of the
school.
10 80, preaching service. Wei
come one and all.
2:30 p. m. each Sunday is a
Especial" Junior meeting. Let
every boy and girl take note.
6 80 p. m, Christian Endeavor,
led by Henry Leydorf. "The
Causes of Failure in Life is the
topic. Everyone has philosophy
of life; what is yours? Everyone
knows about failures from eX
perience or observation. We all
want to learn to avoid them. Now
is your chance.
Z 80 p. m., everybody invited to
the song and preaching service.
Tuesday, I 30 p. m, the Personal
Workers Leagues meet in their
respective rooms. The attendance
last week was large and yet there
is room for you.
Wednesday, 2:3O p. m, March
10, the monthly meeting OF the
Woman Missionary Society.
Thursday, 1870 p. M, mid-week
prayer service. Christian, if we
have Jesus view of the prayer life,
what makes prayer vital? What
merit is there in praying? If you
have faith in God and believe in
prayer come and exercise it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-03-09
PRICES GOING UP.

Although prices i'll every branch
Of business have gone up-many
cases from SO to 100 per cent-that
of the printing business has been
kept as near to the old list OF
prices as possible and all printing
and publishing houses have been
doing business on closer margin
of profit than any other class.
Paper, ink, machinery and type
OF all kinds have been greatly ad-
vanced in price. Competent help
is receiving almost double the
price paid few years ago, and the
printer who hopes to keep his
establishment out Of the hands OF
the sheriff must get in line with
every other class OF business and
boost his prices to place giving
living profit.
The journal desires to give its
customers the best prices possible
on all classes Of work, and we are
willing to compete with any repu-
table printing house.
The printing business In the
country towns is one that seems to
be greatly misunderstood. Years
ago the country editor was re-
garded much like the old fashioned
preacher-an object OF charity
a defenseless creature who needed
an occasional load Of wood, few
beans, little pork and some shah
by clothing. He was supposed to
have barely enough money to buy
paper and ink while his wife
taught "select" school or gave
music lessons on the melodeon or
did millinery and dress making to
support the family.
But times have changed.
"Nobody gives nothin' to no
body" as Sis Hopkins would say,
and the country printer has finally
come to the conclusion that il he
must pay for everything he gets
and pay whatever price the market
happens to be, regardless Of wheth
er he is buying of his neighbor, a
farmer OF a village merchandise
must also charge the market price
for what he sells.
A newspaper sells space, just as
dry goods, drugs, shoes and meat
are sold by those dealers, and the
"space" whether used for "boost-
ing" or any style of advertising
must bring a financial return or
the paper cannot live.
The "Free List" has been sus-
pended by the Journal. "Publi-
city, and Boosting is advertising,
pure and simple, and will be charg-
ed at regular rates, and hereafter
there will be no deviation from this
rule.
In all matters Of charity the edi-
tor makes contributions according
to his means from his private
purse.
Every self-respecting editor de-
sires and endeavors to "boost" his
town and people in every way pos
sible, consistent with business
principles, and there are very few
editors who fail to give value re-
ceived for every favor extended to
them by their patrons.
The journal will endeavor at all
times to do everything possible for
the advancement of the community
in which it is published; its
columns will be kept clean and we
invite the friendly suggestions and
cooperation OF our readers to the
end that we may better serve the
splendid people of our locality.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-03-09
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

Editor Journal:-You may announce
that | will be a candidate for nomina-
ton for second term as Representa-
live in Congress from the Thirteenth
district, at the Democratic primary to
be held in August next.
A. NJ. OVERMYER.
Washington, d. c., Feb. %, 1916.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-03-09
THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1910.
REPUBLICAN ANNOUNCEMENT

Editor Journal:-Please announce
that I am candidate for nomination
as Representative in Congress for tht
Thirteenth district on the Republican
ticket, at the primary.
FRANKLIN P. RIEGLE.
Bowling Green, o.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-03-09

THE JOURNAL Is dated Thursday
but the paper goes to press every
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, In
order that 1t may reach It's readers in
various localities by Thursday morning
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-03-09
SPECIAL NOTICE.

Cards of Thanks, Obituary Poetry and
Resolutions of Respect are published at
the rate of cents per line only. There
will be no deviation from this rule.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-03-09
sunsCRIPTION RATES

One dollar per year II paid in ad-
vance. One dollar and fifty cents If
Not paid In advance.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
Simple Method by Which Color May
Be Restored to Garments That
Have Lost Freshness.

Have you a little pile of discarded
underwear and blouses in n end OF
a bureau drawer-clothes discarded
because they have lost their once pink
complexion and are now a disconso-
late grayish-yellow heap?
If you have such things. take heart.
The blouse that through careless wash
ing or sun OF pe%rspiration has turned
yellow can be made a pink again. The
night gown or pe%tticoat, camisole or
other piece of underlinen can be re-
stored to its original pinkness.
More than that, a white garment
that has grown yellow because of the
water, perhaps, with which it is nee
essarily w%ashed-a surprisingly large
amount of water has a yellow tinge-
can be dipped and made pink to cover
the yellowness.
Now. there are several ways of col
oring white things pink.
One way is to buy a package of red
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
LOST BROOM AND TEMPER
oroeeryman the Center Of Little Trag-
edy Which Newspaper Man Was
Privileged to Witness.

If a contrib had sent this tale in we
should have filed it quick, believing it
to be a yarn, remarks the Cleveland
Leader. But since We were so fortu-
nate as to witness the little tragedy,
IL must be a true story.
He was a fat German-American gro
ceryman. His shop is well out on the
edge OF town. The other morning af-
ter he had filled all his orders and
started his boy out to make the deliv-
cry rounds, he sat down for a little
rest and a quiet pun at his pipe. he
snapped his blazing match through
his thumb and finger, as was always
his habit, once his pipe was going. to
hear 1t zing. This time he didn't no
tice where it fell. A cracking noise
made him look around. and he saw a
broom blazing up. Grabbing the
broom he ran to the street, where he
began to sweep the sidewalk 30 Wig
orously that a half dozen sons of
Italy. who were there waiting for q
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
DANCE FROCK
ESPECIALLY DAINTY IN DESIGN,
AND EASILY MADE.
Net Flounees, So Popular This Year,
Constitute the Principal Trimming
Wide Silk Girdle Should
Be Worn With II.

II would not be possible to find a
simpler or more easily made little
frock for misses and small women
than is shown in this design. The lines
are good and are easily put together
by the home dressmaker, and the Span
ish fiounces can be made of bordered
or plain or n kind of material of
which the frock is built. So many EN-
~broidered aud fancy net louncings are
on the market that one is saved much
stitching and planning when these can
be purchased and merely sewed to-
gether and adjusted tC the waistband.
Here is the secret of a well-titting
skirt. Make your skirt top well set
and the whole skirt will hang prettily.
One of the most popular of the net
%fiouncings for dresses this year is ell
embroidered with narrow braids, such
as soutache, satin braid, rat-tail and
the like. These braids are so stitched
upon the net as to give the effect of
novel hand-embroidery, and they
weight the net sufficiently to make it
serviceable as a flounce. The lining
u lhoSV hOShS may ue VI any COlOT
of silk, or a substitute for silk, and so
the color effect is obtained. OF course.
such ribbons and flowers as are Used
should be of a color to match the lin.
ing or to harmonic with the com
plexion, eyes or hair of the girl. Either
long or short sleeves may be worn,
and the collar at the back may be
omitted. at will, since collars vary so
that a dress for a whole season will
want more than one sort of collar be-
fore the season is concluded.
For young girls sashes are prettier
and more fashionable than belts, and
wide silk girdles. many of them
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

~ AGDAD has been the tenc
- ing ground of generations Of
the most skillful of European
diplomats and secret agents.
and is one of the most important stra-
tegic centers in the near East. 1t is
the dominant city of the eastern part
of the Ottoman empire, yielding little
in Importance to its great sister me-
tropolis on the Bosporus. AS Con-
stantinople is the guarding heart and
brain of Turkey in the west, so Bag
dad is the strength of the empires
eastern defense. Within its bounda-
ries are the administrators, the Off
GERS. the supply depots and the bureaus
for organization, operation and supply,
which constitute the backbone of de-
Tense in the whole Mesopotamia d.
vision of Turkey, says a bulletin of the
National Geographic society.
The ancient city, moreover. lies
upon the natural line of communica-
ton between Persia and the West, and
between the West and the Persian
gulf. Three ancient caravan routes, one
from Khorassan, another up the Eu-
pirates into Syria and the last up the
Tigris into the Armenian plateau and
to the Black sea behind it, were the
elements of Bagdad's trading strength
in ancient times. Today its impor-
lance is almost wholly bound up in
the potential wealth of its surrounding
plains, watered by the Tigris and the
Euphrates. where some of the earth's
earliest civilizations dawned, -four
ished, decayed and shrank into OBJ
livion; and in it's dominating position
upon the limbs of communication be-
tween India, Persia and the West.
Now a Decaying City.
Bagdad the Magnificent is now a de-
caying city. and the years that have
rolled by since Turkish overlordship
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
BUSINESS DONE AWAY WITH
Garments for Small Maidens Have In
dividuality and Charm Which
Make Them Welcome.

Many of the early social functions
are of a character where children and
misses are on view Sometimes they
are to be seer in all their simplicity
of dress and beauty of face at matt
nees of plays written with a view to
attracting the younger generation.
Clothes enter very freely into the
leisure time of the youngsters no less
than into that Of their superiors in
years. They are chosen with just as
much color care and with just as fine
reference to occasion as that which
governs the selection of garments for
the adult wordrobe. The result is that
never have little girls been as we'll
dressed as at the present time.
There is an absence of business
which is indeed praiseworthy No
longer do they look like little old won.
en- cut down to simulate children.
They have styles and individuality ex.
pressed in their dainty frocks. their
tailored coats and their French bon.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08
we'll as empress of the French.-Wash-
ington Star.
MATERIALS FOR THE JUNIORS
List Is a Long One, and Provision Has
Been Made for Every Style OF
Garment.

Tweed, cheviot, vicuna. corduroy
and b%roadcloth form the coat fabric
list. Sometimes there is a border of
plush Stimulating fur, but mostly 1t Is
fur itself that constitutes the trim
ming. Dressy coats of velveteen in
cline to such shades of Burgundy,
Russian green, sapphire, blue and
gold.
For the dressy frock G~eorgette
crepe combined with velveteen, with
taffeta or crepe de chine is favored.
The se%miprincess style is the one
which young girls seem to like, but
no matter what the special lines, al
ways the ensemble remains exceed
ingly simple and appropriate for the
youthful wearer.
Evening gowns are liked in tulle in
several pastel tones mounted owe sat
in. Two-tone taffeta is another fav-
ored material, and there are beautiful
frocks of velvet with Just a suspicion
of gold tracery on bodice and skirt.
Many of the party frocks are provid-
ed with sheer Jokes and sleeves OF
tulle or maline.
For sport wear there are sweaters
of angora or llama wool, with borders
and collars in contrasting color. For
those who like the silk sweater there
are new models in checked or striped
designs. High colors lead in sport
garments, but the girl who is going
to normal school or entering her fresh
man year at college will be able to
select a sweater with a matching cap
and scarf in the school or college col
ors. =
The schoolgirl who is the daughter
of a practical mother has her dress of
plated washable flannel or of serge
completed by boomers of matching
material, which add to the warmth of
the garment without additional weight.
Moreover, there is economy in the
bloomer dress, since the neither gar
ment does not show the soil as quick
ly as the muslin me-. The wise parent
usually provides two or more bloom
ers to a single dress.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

modern Bagdad contemplated mus
tries for the manufacture of native
materials supplied with this fuel. Be-
fore the discovery of oil. Bagdad's in
dustry was hampered by the exorbi-
tant prices which coal brought in this
region, so distant from it's source OF
production-S15 and $40 a ton. BIZ
tumen and asphalt lakes and springs
abound on the northern reaches of the
Tigris, and promise riches to a fu-
ture Bagdad.
Its People Are Shiite Arabs.
The city has a population of about
two hundred thousand, and is gov
erned by a pasha, who is assisted by
a council. The pasha ONE from Con
s%tantinople. There is some difference
between the ruling Turks from Con-
stantinople and the native Arab pop
ulation of Bagdad. as the Turks are
Sunnites and the Arabs are Shiites.
This religious difference has many
times prevented harmonious co.opera-
ton between the Turk and Arab.
The city does an annual trade in
normal times in imports and exports
of about fifteen million dollars, buying
oil, cheap cottons, shoes and other
western manufactures, and selling
hides, wool and dates. Germany, Eng
land and Russia have been the strong
est dealers in diplomacy and COM
merce at Bagdad.
The CITY lies about five hundred
miles from the Persian gulf, following
the course of the river. The Tigris,
like the Danube. is the great water
highway of an agricultural country,
and it is the main artery of Bagdad's
external traffic. 1t maintains, in times
of peace, steam communication with
it's port toward the Persian gulf by
means of one British and one Turkish
line of steamers. Steamer service on
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-08

Well, | should clearly enunciate!
Tomorrow's her birthday. See these
bundles? All presents for her, There's
a pair of trousers made to my meas
urement. three neckties, half a dozen
big linen handkerchiefs, a pair OF
shoes that she could slip down and
sit in, a seven and one-eighth derby
hat, a briarwood pipe. and four pounds
of tobacco. They're all for her." and
the little man laughed till he dropped
most of his packages.
Next forenoon the same two hap
pened TO ride downtown together. and
the little man had his packages
How did your wife enjoy the pres.
ents?" asked the sympathetic man.
Il don't see what business you have
inquiring into my private affairs. sir.
If ] choose to get these things ex-
changed, | don't have to advertise the
facti"