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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
QUIET ON SOMME

Berlin, December 10.-(By wireless) Aside from an increase in the inten- sity of the artillery fire in the Somme region, only minor activities are re- ported along the Franco Belgian front in today's army headquarters state- ment on operations in this war the atre. The statement reads:
 "Western front: Army group of Crown Prince Rupprecht: In the SomS1e sector the artillery fire increased in advancing at night east of Gueudecourt were repulsed.
 Army group of the German Grown Prince: In the Champagne south of Reponnes (Ripont?) our detachments by thrust elected the French from a sap which had been evacuated lsw us and then occupied by them.
 Eastern front: Front of Prince Leo- pold: There have been no important events.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11

trench honor these parties often are un- disturbed until one or the other finishes the task it has in hand. Then it is considered entirely ethical for it to at tack the enemy and a deadly duel en- sues.
 Sometimes the flares show tel1-tale white stripes of tape laid forward in straight lines from German trench. This generally means an attempted raid and the tapes are laid to guide the attackers in the dark and prevent them from getting twisted about, for trench lines are not straight. As 8 matter of fact they are extremely tortuous and even in daylight it is difficult to keep positions clearly in mind.
 It was found early in trench war fare that in the light of flares white faces were shown with uncanny radi- ance, so nowadays various devices are employed by both sides to prevent this. Some captured Germans have their faces darkly painted. Black or brown vails are also worn.
 Dawn paints another phase of the front line picture. Flares and rockets go ghastily pale and green in the light of coming day. The all night vigil has made the soldiers "jumpy" and there is the crackle of rifles all along the line. There are spectres in the dawn, and firing the rifles seems to give the men sense of relief and protection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
BESSEMER FURNACE
 ID BE PUT IN BLAST
One Hundred Guests to At tend Board of Trade
 Dinner

Bessemer December 1O = (Special.)
 Furnace No. of the Tennessee Coal,
 Iron and Railroad company at Roberts
 town, which was blown out for repairs in October, will be again put into blast by December 15, after having been re- lined, overhauled and remodelled. A
 number of innovations have been added
 to the furnace that will make it one of
 the most modern in appointments of any furnace in this district. Rufus Norton. who has been head foundryman of the , four furnaces, has been promoted to a
 position in Ensley, while George Smith
 has succeeded MT. Norton.
 The following announcements will be of interest to the friends of the contract parties: MT. and Mrs. J. Tolliver Roh- ertson of Dolomite announce the en-
 gagement of their daughter Ada Lee to pr. Paul Eugene Gwin, the wedding to take place on January 10 Both Miss Robertson and Dr. Gwin are well known in this city, where they have lived for many years.
 Mrs. James Andrews Shamburger an- nounces the engagement of her daugh- ter, Jane Portis to MT. Walter Whar- ton Mcintyre, the date of the wedding to be announced later.
 Interest continues to grow in the din- ner which will be given Tuesday evening at the Grand hotel by the Bessemer board of trade and all tickets to the affair have been sold. Arrangements have been made to accommodate 100
 guests. Both men and women will at- tend the dinner and an interesting pro- glamme has been arranged.
 Funeral services over the remains of
 Mrs. F. W. Best, Sr., were held this aft ernoon from the residence on Dartmouth avenue and Thirtieth street. the services
 being conducted by the Rev. I. F. Swal-
 low, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Interment followed at Cedar Hill cemetery, with Jacobs in charge.
 Mrs. Best was A years of age and is survived by her husband, two children, one brother, Charlie Simmons of Besse-
 mer; two sisters, Mrs. r. w. Best, Jr., and Mrs John Sparks of Brool1wood
 The home of Mir. and Mrs Seymours
 on Eighteenth street was the scene of a
 pretty hospitality last night when Miss Emma. c. Haley entertained a number of friends in celebration of her eighteenth birthday. The house was artistically ar ranged for the occasion in potted plants, ferns and cut flowers, a color tone of red and green being employed in the decorations. Various games and music were enjoyed, after which tempting re- treatments were served. Among those included in this hospitality were: Miss Sarah Dusenberry, Miss Sallie Perkins, Miss Ezell Davidson, Miss Ruby Spain, Miss Chelsea Seymour, Miss Annie D.
 Haley, Miss Miriam Smith, Miss Fillmore veitch, Miss Margaret O'Steen, Miss Nel- lie Matindale, John Dusenberry, Floyd
 Spencer, Foster Bradley Vernon David
 son. MT. Armstrong, J. J. Haley, Her.
 bert Sawyers, MT. Roper Mir. Newsome,
 Mir. and Mrs. Seymour and MT and Mrs.
 J. w. Leggett.
 The sponsors and maids of the foot
 ball team of the Bessemer High school
 entertained the members of the team
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
HAS TWELVE LIBERALS

The complexion of the new government is F liberals, b unionists, three laborites and the presidents of the Boards of Trade and Education and the shipping controller who have been attached to no parties.
 The most important new officials are the food and shipping controllers. Baron Davenport has been manager of the port O. London, post requiring first-rate busi- ness ability, and Sir Joseph MacLay is one of the great Scottish ship owners. Business is further represented by Baron Rhondda, who is a coal mining magnate, at the local government board, by Sir Albert Stanley, at the Board of Trade and Sir Alfred Mond, manufacturer, as commissioner of works and also by AL fred Cawley and MT. Iillingworth.
 There has been a strong demand for live. experienced men to direct agricul- ture and education. This has been met by the selection of Rowland D. Porthero who is manager of the Duke of Bedford s enormous estates. and of Herbert A. l.. Fisher. who has made a brilliant record
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
ENGLISH CABINET IS
 FINALLY MADE UP
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borne.
 Chief secretary for Ireland, Henry E. Duke.
 Lord chancellor for Ireland, Ignatius J. OBrien, M. c.
 Sir Robert Bannatyne Finlay in ac- cepting the office of lord high chancellor, stipulated that his right to a pension be waived.
 The official list of the new ministry is- sued tonight follows the unofficial fore casts with two or three minor changes MT. loyd-George. Lord Milner, Earl Cur zon and Bonar Law and Arthur Tender son form what is usually termed the war ca binet while the others. who ordinarily have been designated as cabinet min isters were called heads of department
 An important point in this novel or ganization is that it concentrates far more power in tbs hands of the prime minister than the British system has ever known before. Mir. Lioyd-George's proposals to Premier Asauith were for a war council, ct which the premier should not be msmber, although he should have the power of passing on it's work. MT. Lloyd George has not hesitated to place himself in the position more closely resembling dictatorship than he was willing to give his predecessor.
 TO HOLD DAILY SESSIONS
 The war cabinet will hold daily ses- sions, reciting the prosecution Of the war, and the freedom of MT. Lloyd-George, Lord Miner and MT. Henderson from de- partmental duties will allow them to de- vote all their time to the war council. The work of the exchequer and the gov ernment leadership in the House of Com mons will absorb most of MT. Bonar Laws time, and attendance on the House Of Lords will necessitate Earl Curzon's absence from the council So, that MT. Lloyd George, Lord Miner and MT. Hen derson will be the chief directors of the war.
 For practical purposes the government will be a cabinet of four.
 A privy council will be held tomorrow for the swearing in of the minister. The prime minister will make speech in the House of Commons Teusday, in which he will declare the policy of the new government and bill will be introduced enabling the members to take their seats without going through the formality of new election, which the law demands when a member accepts position under op
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
LEAGUE NOT DECEIVED


 Alabama prohibitionists and officials of the Anti-Saloon league in this state were not deceived. They knew the temper of the Alabama voters and they realized the prejudice against a candi- date seeking to represent a district in which he had never lived. Lik kewise they were unresponsive to the pleas Of Hobson that the prohibitionists must support him in view of the fact that his opponent was likewise pledged to vote for the various dry measures.
 This race of Hobson for Congress has been one of the puzzles of Ala bama politics and it was only within the past few days that authorita tive information was secured which cleared up the matter. Up until the present time his friends in this state had been at complete loss to explain his ac- tions. Whether the national organi- zation of the Anti-Saloon league will continue it's effort to control the po- litical situation in Alabama in the fu- ture without regard to the focal of ficia1s remains to be seen. The opinion of prominent prohibition leaders is that under the direction of Brooks Lawrence affairs in Alabama will be handled by the state organization in the future and that the national or sanitation will make no further ef- forts to dominate the situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
PROSPERITY AT HAND TN
 MILL, MINE AND FACTORY

The industrial activity throughout the Birmingham district is pronounced. Not single industry in Jefferson county is idle at the present time. The huge plants of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company at Ensley are running night and day and are several months behind in orders.
 Every blast furnace foundry, steel and wire mill in the district is doing all in it's power to keep apace with the orders now on hand. Owing to the scarcif' of cars some of the mines have had to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11

the home of Miss Vertna Randall on Dartmouth avenue. The house was pret- tily decorated in ferns and cut flowers, carrying out the high school colors of purple and white. Various games were enjoyed, after which tempting refreshs. ments were served. Among those present were: Miss Leila Kate Poyner, Miss ton, Miss Ivy Gwin, Miss Matte Tubb, Miss Willie Rose Jenkins, Miss Leonora Ratiste, Miss Otis Randall Miss Marguer- ite Phillips, Miss Belle Houston, Miss Marie Barron. Miss Mamie Simmons, Miss Eileen Scott Miss Bessie Pugh, Miss Elizabeth Grove, Miss Frances Me Campbell Miss Elizabeth Barron, Miss Hattie Coleman, Miss Minnie Jackson, Miss Kathleen Cahill, Miss Carrie Belle Smithson. Miss Annie Mae Cargile, Miss Bessie Stewart, Miss Jessie Bumgardner, Miss Gladys Randall, George Hazelwood, Ralph Snider, Robert Berry, Perry Ev- ans, Frank Scott, Charlie Scott, Brossie Newman Prof. Collier, R. U. Burke, John O'Rourke, w. C.. Baty, Jr., Joe Lewis, William Winters, Harold Smith. Lewis Oddo, Farris Batson, Prof. Chru- therds, Robert Lee, Fay Randall, Clar- ence Saunders, Alvin Bailey, Eugene Coston, Fred Harrison and Jack Lacey.
 A large crowd gathered at the First Baptist church this evening to attend the stereopticon lecture delivered by the Rev J. Frank Ray, a returned mis- sionary from Japan, who had for his subject Japan" MT. Ray is a very interesting speaker and his seven years work there made him thoroughly fla miliar with conditions and his lecture was most interesting as well as instruc- tive.
 
 The Woman's Missionary society of the First Baptist church will meet Monday afternoon in regular session, Bands No and No. meeting at the church, while the other two bands will meet with re- spective members of each band.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11

as head of the Sheffield university as a progressive educator.
 Secretary Robert Finlay's renunciation Of the pension attached to the office Of lord high chancellor will be a popular stroke. The lord chancellor draws 9lO,O0O in office and a pension of 95000 after his retirement. There has been much discus sion over the cost of this largely orna- mental office recently. Three retired chancellors are drawing pensions, and Lord Buckmaster will make the fourth.
 The measures of the new government for the control of food supplies will be preceded by one for the entire control Of the liquor trade, according to well in- formed sources. Absolute prohibition of the consumption of spirits, except medici- nally, and restrictions on the beer trade are expected. The whole resources of the spirit trade, it is believed, will be put under state control early in the new year and the accumulated stocks diverted to other purposes than drink. The distilla- ton of whisky and gin will be prohibited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
TOO LATE ID CLASSlFy

 A RELIABLE firm wants part time or full time manager for Ensley also Montgomery. Must have abiI- ity, energy and integrity. A small investment necessary. Cash receipts depoAted joint account. Salary and commission will average $50 per week and up. We contemplate es- tablishsng plants in other good Ala bama caties, 15.000 population and over References required with ap- plication. Address, President ABB,' room 2T4, Tutwiler hotel, Bir- mingham until Monday night after 11th, suite 5O1. Flatiron bldg, At lanta, Ga.
 1a-11-7 20 24-27
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11

discontinue the 24-hour shifts, although orders on hand demand full time.
 With iron, steel and coal selling a prices greatly in advance of any pre- vious prices during the past quarter o century, indications point to an un precedented era of prosperity through out the nation.
 Practically every commodity in th' United States is selling at higher prices than ever before. Wheat corn, cotton hay, fruit and practically every product of the soil is in greater demand at . better market than ever before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
DRAWINGS ARE MADE

Montgomery, December 10.-Draw- ings for the derby stake to be run at Letohatchie, held at the Southern Field Trials club headquarters here tonight, resulted in 12 pairs being of- ficially entered for the event. The drawing for the all-age stake and the annual business meeting will be held here Monday night. The three judges of the trials are Russell Perkins of Pomfret, Conn.,, Lee Moody of Bessa- mer, and J. c. Wise of Richmond, Va.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11

of men who followed Him during His earthly life were the 1eaven' that has leavened the whole lump, and through their own and subsequent followers lives were the greater things accomplished
 Jesus healed and uplifted and cleaned and made over again, and his followers who have caught the vision of life for others are doing these same things in various ways. The unselfish giving life is the outward manifestation of the in- dwelling of the spirit of Jesus in the hearts of men"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
SERMON ON ANGER
 BY DR. EDMONDS
Large Congregation Present at Evening Service of
 Independent Church

The evening service of the Independent Presbyterian church at the Lyric last night was attended by the usual large congregation. Anger was the subject of splendid sermon based upon text found in the ninth chapter of Romans. 'Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath of God"
 Citing several characteristic cases where righteous indignation was natural and right. and relating others that by their very foolish and useless giving vent to anger, showed the lack of boise and self control so necessary for the living of life in it's broadest and best sense pr. Edmonds held the rapt at tention of his vast audience. He spoke of the pride, with which men and women parade their tempers and boast about the inherited trait, as if it were a thing to he proud of when in reality loss of tenn Fer is wasted enegy and might be over come as any other evil trait, before it is allowed to marrow and mar charac- ter, as it will eventually, said the rpeaker
 Control power. that is God given, don't allow trifles to upset and rend you, harness the surplus energy of temper into useful work big enough to lose oneself in" were some of the things he impressed upon his hearers.
 ABSORB EXAMPLE
 Speaking along the line of self control, Or Edmonds said that children living in the home absorb not the moralizing talk that is so often indulged in half so much as they absorb the life and char acters of their fathers and mothers, and they in turn become what the example before them. has been daily, not what they have been told to do,- or not do. but what they have seen dome.
 The greater things which Jesus promised His disciples they should do, after He had gone om to His father. formed the subject of the morning, ser mon by Dr. Edmonds at the Temple llmanu-El. Taking as his text the twelfth verse of the fourteenth chapter of John. Dr. Edmonds interpreted the greater things of which Jesus spoke in an interesting and intensely practical sermon.
 Jesus in person led rather a limited, circunlscribed existence, touching only the lives of comparatively few said the speaker, in part, but the living. pulsing spirit of Jesus unseen yet very real and tangible has touched to newness of life and endeavor countless millions who love His name The small company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
Miss Amanda Wortha m

Funeral services over the remains of Miss Amanda Wortham, aged so years, who died Saturday afternoon at the resi- dence of w. A. Smith 712 South Thirtieth street, were conducted from the residence at o'clock yesterday afternoon. In ter ment followed in Elmwood cemetery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
Ada Virginia Chapman

The funeral services of Ada Virginia, the 3-month-old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. w. T. Chapman, who died at o'clock Saturday afternoon at the family resi- der ce, 5313 Eleventh avenue, north, Wood lawn, were conducted from the residence at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon and interment followed in Forest Hill ceme- tery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
Walton q. Rush

Funeral services over the remains of Walton c. Rush, inc 1-year-old son of MT. and Mrs John G. Rush, who died in local infirmary at 1 o'clock Saturday morning. were held from the residence, 206 North Vines street, West End, at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon Interment followed in Elmwood cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
GREEKS ARE HANDED ALLIED ULTIMATUM:
 AMERICAN MINISTER
 SUMMONED BY KING
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ilibaba and Dorna Watra without achieving success. South of the Tro- tus valley they captured height, but did not succeed in gaining ground on one side of Point of irruption.
 Army group of Field Marshal Won Mackensen: The armies in eastern Wallachia are advancing.
 Bulgarian forces have crossed the Danube between Tchernavoda and Sil- istria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
Deaths and Funerals
James Lakas

James I4akas, the S-year-old son of MT. and Mrs. Mike Lakas, died at { o'clock yesterday morning at the family residence. 1900 Eighth avenue, north. Funeral services were held from the res- idence at o'clock yesterday afternoon. With interment in Elmwood cemetery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
DISCOVER EACH OTHER

where. after work of this character, hot cocoa has been sent out to raiders lying under the German parapets.
 DISCOVER EACH OTHER On raids of this sort men are al lowed to choose their own weapons. Rather terrifying trench knives have been invented for the work, but ham mers prove the handy and popular weapon. There are often cases where raiders reach over, grab some half asleep German by the back of the neck. haul him out and hustle him to the home line without disturbing the peace of the stilly night. The captured men have been too startled to utter an out cry until means have been taken to prevent them from doing so.
 Night life along the front line is wierdly picturesque. These are flares, flares, flares, as far as the eye can then leaving the night darker than ever The slightest unusual movement or suggested alarm sets vari-colored signal rockets hissing from the trenches Then comes tho sputtering voice of the vicious machine gun spray ing steel -jacketed pellets of death with reckless fury.
 When driven back to new positions, the Germans endeavor to take advant- age of dark nights to "wire themselves in" They are great believers in the efficacy of barbed barriers. They some times build them eight feet high and to a depth of many feet, all the tan gled mass being affixed to iron posts.
 Sometimes the British also have working parties out. There have been cases where watchful flares have dis closed enemy parties silently but busi- ly engaged very near each other. Through some unfathomed code of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
National Organization
 Behind HObsOn in Race
 Against w. B. Bankhead
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ed was a bitter surprise to the of ficials of the national organization, &C., cording to information received here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11

The sponsors and maids of the foot
 ball team of the Bessemer High school
 entertained the members of the team and a number of guests last night at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-11
WEIRD HAND TO HAND
 TRENCH COM B A T s FEATURE OF SOMME
 BATTLE AT PRESENT
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three hours to get across mo mans land" There have been many instances where after work of this characters hot cocoa has been sent out to raiders lying under the German parapets.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-26
T. 4 $ z. * {: < < < < * @ |: LAST EVENINGS * * PICTURES FINE .:

It is a funny thing that people usually are more interested in pictures of things they know than of those they do not know It is also fact that you are more fond of read ing about something you have wit messed than about something you have never seen. The local pictures shown at the Empress last evening were, therefore, very interesting to the large audience albeit they were not so good from the artistic or mechanical point of view as the others. The pictures of the sea lions, the active glaciers and volcanoes, the whale catching and many others were SO absorbingly interesting that one wonders why cheap and vulgar and aimless fiction is ever thrown on can vas. Seeing those pictures last night was a real treat.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-26
BRINGS NEWS OF THE
 MAYO MINING CAMP

Interesting news of the mining in- dustry and the general activity in tne the distant Mayo camp is brought by Rev. F. H. Buck, missionary of the Anglican church, who has just re- turned from an extensive mushing trip of several hundred miles in that region. He says:
 "Men are doing winter prospecting or mining on quite a number of the creeks. The most attractive new plac- CT creek perhaps is Johnson, where fifteen men are working on claims near discovery. They reported hay ing 5O-cent pens. The creek is small but what there is of it seems quite promising. o. P. Thompson, one of the owners, plans to have a steam scraper in operation next summer Dawson News.
The Seward gateway., 1916-01-26
A DOUGLAS KILLING

DOUGLAS.-Along with the other troubles that are coming lately, a tragedy was enacted on the streets of Douglas last Friday afternoon. Nick Facicelli shot and killed Mike Define. The crime took place on the street, near the Owl restaurant. Facicelli used a 3S-calibre Iver Johnson re- volver. He fired four shots, two of which entered the body of Define, killing him instantly. After the shooting Facicelli ran around back of Hubbard's store and hid, from whence he was taken to the Douglas jail and afterwards to Juneau. The dead man was hurried to Sully's morgu~ Money dispute was the cause of the hlling.-Douglas News.