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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-30
PRESSING GERMANS BACK


Fetrograd, July 29.-(Via London.)
After being compelled to halt their adj
vance for several weeks before combined
Austrian and German resistance on the
northern wing of General Brussiloff' S
front, the Russians have again scored an
important success, and are pressing the
Teutons back along the entire front from
the Kovel-Lutsk railway as far south
as Brody.
Although the official war office state
ment gives no particulars of this new
penetration of the Teutonic lines, it ap-
parently took place south of Kiselin on
a direct blow at the Austro- German army
defending Vladimir-V olynski.
The unexpected widening of the breach
begun at Lutsk in the early days of the
summer campaign that has thus been
effected, is considered moro significant
than the occupation of Brody. which was
a foregone conclusion some days ago.
The fate of Brody was sealed when Cen
eral Sakharoff scored his brilliant victory
on the River Slonevka.
The new Russian attack south of Lutsk
AoS Oiiiy LII -dtCHS V Oly 1iShl, Dut
opens the possibility of successful at
tack upon Koyel from the south, since
an important railway line connects these
points. The proximity of the Russians to
Sokal likewise constitutes definite threat
at Lemberg from that direction. The
chief significance of the new advance.
however, is the fact that it is the FIRST
decisive success scored by the Russians
against German forces in the present
campaign.
Since the first breach of the Lutsk front
the Germans, taking over the defense of
Kovel. had been able to hold the Rus
slams on the line of the Stokhod. The
combined effect of the two Russian adj
vances-toward Vladimir olynski and
toward Brody-now has been to drive the
Austro-G German armies back along a CO.
mile front. The fall of Brody, however,
has not as yet seriously awakened ex-
pectation of an immediate pressing on to
Lemberg by the Russians.
Military critics call attention to the
strong natural and artificial defenses pro-
tecting the Galician capital. II is ex-
pected that the Austrians will make their
first stand in the forests Immediately
west of Brody along the bend in the
Styr.
According to semi-official information.
Brody was taken without artillery prepa-
ration by an irresistible rush of the in
fantry. The onslaught was SO sudden and
unexpected that the Austrians had no
time to remove their enormous depots OF
munitions and provisions, which they en-
deavored to destroy, but a large part of
which fell into Russian hands.
The latest computation of prisoners
taken during the first half of the sum.
mer campaign gives total of $4,000. ac-
cording to Russian officers, who esti-
mate also that the total Austro- German
losses, including killed and wounded. are
close to 100000. On the basis of these
figures. Colonel Shumsky. military critic
of the Bourse Gazette. argues that the
Austro-G German losses since the beginning
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SECRETARY BAKER
MAKES REPORT ON
TROOP TRANSPORT
Defends Use of Day Coaches.
Says Men Had Sufficient
Food While En- Route
to the Border

Washington, July 29.-In response to
House resolutions of inquiry, Secretary
Baker today made report on the trans
portation of national guardsmen to the
border. The inquiries asked for informa-
ton on charges that the guardsmen had
been transported in day coaches, that
their trains had been unreasonably side
tracked and that they We're insuffciently
fed and cared for.
Secretary Baker says the guardsmen
have been in some instances transported
in day coaches, that no cars without
lights were used, and that troop trains
were not sidetracked unreasonably.
Regular army rations more than sufh-
cient for the journey were furnished all
troops, he asserts, either on leaving
mobilization camps or en- route. and that
all cars were inspected to remedy defects
or deficiencies that would imperil health
or safety of troops.
The report says day coaches were used
only in cases where, owing to the ur-
gency of the situation and the large num-
Der of troops being moved at one time.
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Atlanta, July 2s.-Thomas Edgar
STRIPPING. who served as chief of police
Of Danville. Va. for almost four of the
IA years that he was an escaped convict.
was granted a full pardon by Gov. Nat
E. Harris at 6 clock tonight.
Since the first day that Chief r. E.
Morris of Danville was brought back to
Georgia to resume his life sentence as
Stripping, influential attempts were made
through three state administrations to
have him pardoned. All these failed.
however, until Governor Harris went to
Milledgeville in July. 1915. to inspect the
state prison farm. While there one of
Striplings eight children. a girl Of six
ran to him in the prison grounds and
hashfully pleaded to please let my papa
out, because he is sick. and we all need
him so bad" The incident touched the
aged governor, and he promised to send
your father back to you sometime dur
ing his term
After completing an exhaustive review
Of the case, Governor Harris tonight dis
patched a letter to little Bessie Stripping
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TODAY'S AGE-HERALD
SECTION A.

SECl1ON a.
1-Allies are pressing central powers on
all fronts with great intensity.
Deutschland asks protection from
United States on her start.
Steamer Appam to go to her owners
please let my papa out touches
heart of governor.
Secretary Baker makes report on troop
transport.
Ramos explains why Villa escapes.
Two deaths every hour from heat.
Much opposition to naval Dill as
passed by Senate.
Alabama brigade hardens itself Tor
serious duty along the border.
2Tuberculosis Is more menacing by far
than typhoid.
Overton to come back for trial.
3-People of Alabama must provide Tor
needs of flood stricken farmers.
Georgia railroad to be big issue at
coming meeting.
Little interest is being shown in Mis-
sssippi race.
5-Will make effort to reopen streets in
East Lake park.
Board of revenue asked to purchase
two bloodhounds.
Thinks publicity saved city from
greater epidemic.
Property owners adjusting claims.
Citizens asked to aid Syrian fund.
Myr1ck to WISH muscle ShoalS.
7-Georgia house passes highway COM
mission bill.
9-Sharp decrease is shown in typhoid
cases reported.
10-Board of pardons pass on many cases.
Bessemer news.
11-Ensley citizens pay street tax.
City will return street tax if law is
unconstitutional.
SECTION B.
1-Australia's prime minister popular
and 3-Sports.
4-News of interest to automobile owners
and dealers.
9LNews of the movies.
12-what is the matter with Birming-
ham.
SECTION c.
1. and and 5-Society.
4Editorial comment
5-Insanity reports much exaggerated.
6-Britain is again first in China.
7-England and allies muddling through.
SECTION D.
Magazine Section.
SECTION E.
Comic Supplement
SECTION r.
Rotogravure.
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DEUTSCHLAND ASKS
PROTECTION FROM
j. S. ON HER START
Request Is Thought to Indi-
cate Boat Will Leave
Baltimore at Some
Hour Today

Washington. July 29.-Special protection
for the German merchant submarine
Deutschland when she starts out of
American territorial waters, was asked of
the American government late today.
with the intimation that the boat would
leave Baltimore sometime tomorrow. Aft
er conferences between state, treasury
and navy department officials. it was
ruled that no extraordinary precautions
could be ordered. because the United
States views the Deutschland as m ordi-
nary merchantmen.
1t is understood that the applica-
ton for protection was made through
the collector Of customs at Baltimore
and that Captain Koenig. the sub
marine commander desired a coast
guard cutter or naval vessel to escort
him down Chesapeake bay and to the
three-mile limit. Unless steps are
taken to prevent it. the submarine
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TWO DEATHS EVERY
HOUR FROM HEAT
This Is Record Made in Chi
cago, Where There Is
Much Suffering

Chicago, July 29.-Excessive heat killed
one person every 30 minutes here today.
according to reports made to the police
and the coroners office. Heat prostra-
tons were reported by scores and many
accidents and deeds of violence were at
tributed to the high temperature. The
maximum reached was 96 degrees.
Lake Michigan afforded the only real
relief and it was estimated tonight that
hundreds of thousands of persons had
visited the various beaches during the
day. Early in the afternoon several
beaches ran short of bathing suits and
crowds stood in line for blocks-in Lin
coin park for half Underwriting for a
chance to get into the water.
At the Clarendon. the newest municipal
beach, one man was injured and about
20 were overcome by the heat when a
crowd of several hundred persons tried
to force their way through the doors,
which had been closed because all the
suits were In use Twenty policemen were
required to quell the disturbance
Milwaukee, Wis. July 29.-The crest of
the heat wave apparently passed here
today The thermometer reached its high
est point at 9 clock. when 1t registered
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| neighborhood of Pozeres hand 70 hand
| fighting is going on necessarily, accord
! ing to General Haigs official reports TO
the war office. The British maintain
their advance toward the remaining por-
ton of the rising ground between Pozieres
and Bapaume still in German hands.
| Many German infantry units Withdrawn
nized in the forces opposing the progi ess
of the British. This is the probable rea-
| son why the fighting around Verdun, as
shown by the French reports, has de-
veloped into almost purely artillery en-
gagements. Intermittent minor infan-
try attacks, however. have occurred
there, initiated alternately by either side
in which the French met with some
success in gaining ground.
The Russian armies under Generals
Brussiloff and Letchitzky have pushed
further forward in a penetrating move
ment through the Austro-G German line,
and their success is admitted in the
Berlin and Vienna reports of today.
which say:
"Northwestward of Lutsky the enemy
succeeded in penetrating our lines, and
we withdraw behind on the river"
A belated Turkish official report be-
Titles the Russian successes in the eau
casus and describes the capture of
Baiburt and Erzingan as Of little i'm
portance
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EXPLOSION
WAR MUNITIONS IN
NEW YORK SUBURB
SENDS CITY WILD
Thirty Fremen Are Reported DeadFire Started in Ware
house at Communipaw j. and Great Conclusions Soon
Followed Trainoads Of War Explosives Added
Their Gigantic Cannonade to Uproar and
Commotion Throughout Territory

New York, July 30Thrty three Jersey City fremen
reported to have been killed early this morning by terrific
explosion in the plant Of the National Storage company
Black Tom Island, Communpaw N j. where they had
gone to fight fire resulting from explosion just 30
utes earlier
quantities
of allies reported
with sheet flame gained from the mainland by
the of navebe
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y The capture of Brody and the re-
h treat of the Austrian army is equalled,
\, If not surpassed, by the Russian sue
b cesses west and northwest of Lutsk.
I This advance, if unchecked by General
Won Linsengen, seriously threatens
i Vladimir Volynski and makes the rail
\ road junction Of Kovel less tenable for
i the .tustro- Germans.
I While adm ".g the Russian pene-
/ tration of the Teutonic lines north
4 west of Lutsk, Berlin declares that the
advance west of Lutsk has been
!, stopped by counter attack.
\ 10000 PRISONERS TAKEN
4 Petrograd claims the capture OF more
/ than 10000 Austro-Germans in the recent
I fighting in northern Galicia and Volhy-
I, mia. According to estimates of Russian
army officers. the number of prisoners
i taken in the first half of the present
! campaign by the Russians totals $4,000.
/. The same authorities estimate the Aus
!. tro-German losses, including killed, at
l SOC, Oo0
North of the Somme, in France, the
British have gained some ground in the
vicinity of Posieres and the high wood.
The British have beaten off German at
tacks against Delville wood, and the
1r,apch have ctonped Ceru,an attacks to
advance at yermandovillers, south of the
Somme. Berlin reports little activity on
this front. with the exception of the fall
ure of British attacks in the vicinity of
pozieres.
Fighting also continues around Verdun
German attacks on both the right and
left banks of the Mouse have been re-
pulsed, Paris asserts. French troops con-
tinue their advance near the Thiaumont
work, on the rig bank of the river.
There has bee no great change on the
Austro-Italian front nor on the Saloniki
front, where the Seryian troops began
an offensive several days age Sofia
claims the Bulgarans stopped Servian
attacks, while the Servians claim to have
imposed heavy losses on the Bulgarians
In the Caucasus the Russian adEance
against Kharput and Sivas. the present
objectives of Grand Duke Nicholas, con-
tinues successfully, Petrograd reports.
ATTACK REPULSED
London, July 2s-The British troops
have repulsed desperate German counter
attacks ON Delville wood. while in the
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The plant of the storage company
consists of about % warehouses and
three or four covered piers, one of
which is a powder pier. and Edmund /.
Mackenzie, president of the company,
explained that there were no combusti-
bles in the warehouse. He expressed
the belief from the meager information
he had received that the explosion must
have been in trains of munitions which
had been run to the powder docks,
awaiting removal on lighters to ships
anchored in the bay. He declared that
the plant was valued at about $7000.0 900
DIR. Joseph Wilson of the immigration
hospital on Ellis island reported to
Manhattan police headquarters at 3:45
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BRITISH HOLDING GROUND
AT POINT OF BAYONET
French Resisting Attacks AT Verdur
With SuccesS-Russidn Armies in
East Are Forcing Forward
Their Positions-35OOOO
Prisoners Taken in Campaign

Armies of the allies continue hammer the lines Of
the central powers all European fields On the western
front the British and French holding back German forces
British troops have made additional progress the hard
fought Sonme battle ground
Russian forces the front continue their successful
drives against the Austro German lines With Brody in their
hands the Russians report little activity in northern Ga
ca southern Gaica however, the Muscovte armies
pushing forward toward Sasau, important railroad
ter which is not far from Hacz also railroad center
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this morning that two barges loaded
with ammunition lying alongside the
dock at Ellis island were ablaze from
stem to stern. He said they had drifted
down the bay from the direction of
Staten Island. Black Tom Island is
about quarter of the way from Ellis
Island to Staten Island. The patients
in the Ellis Island hospital were or
dered transferred to another island OF
the Ellis Island group.
Explosions on the barges were occur
ring at frequent intervals, although
none of them was especially severe.
A fire boat was standing by and efforts
were being made to confine the flames
to the barges.
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NO DESIRE TO HURRY

But the older heads, the men of expe-
rience, have no desire to be hurled
headlong to the border They are per-
fectly content to mark time here in
Montgomery until those in authority
send them southwark.
And when the Alabama troops do go
TO the border, they will so as soldiers
should go-equipped down to the last
button. There will be no men in patent
leather pumps and derby hats doing
guard duty in the sage brush and cac-
tus as was the case with some of the
guard regiments. We have done Our
turn at that sort of thing here at
home, and are content that it was so.
Better few bedraggled weeks OF
rain here in Alabama for half equipped
battalions, than no water at all in Tex
as or Arizona.
There has been some talk of bad SAN
itation and poor food here in camp and
of sick men and hungry men. AS to
sanitation, it is as good as any one
could expect under the circumstances.
Taking into consideration the unpre-
cedented rains, and the fact that fully
so per cent of the men came here as
raw recruits, with no knowledge of
camp sanitation, the conditions are ex-
celIent. They are far better than is
the case in most cities. One has but
to walk through an alley in Birming-
ham, and any citizens backyard, to
realize the truth of this statement 1
am aware, however, that this degree OF
cleanliness is not sufficient. If any
inspecting officer found camp as filthy
as most people keep their back yards.
and as most cities keep their alleys,
some one in authority would find him.
self in trouble, sure For a modern
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NO CREDENCE TO BE
PUT IN ALARMING
STORIES SENT OUT
Mosquitoes and Flies Are
Getting Under Control
and Food of the Men
Is Abundant
Nv NJ. HARVIE

Montgomery, July 29.-(specinI.)
The Alabama brigade is still marking
time. 1t is dressing it's lines, filling
its gaps and getting ready for the Anal
movement. The men are for the most
part content, for they realize that every
day spent here means that much less
hardship and privation at the border.
For the most part they have read
enough of the experiences of guards
men from other states to make them
thankful that they were spared SINH
lar experiences.
They all want to go TO the border
and beyond-but they do not want to
go there half prepared and half
equipped. 1t is true few of the
thoughtless have begun to clamor for
action and have hauled out that
hoary headed old fraud about want
ing to fight. but not to stand still In
camp These seem to have overlooked
the fact that a soldiers business is
mostly concerned with making himself
fit and in being ready to serve. BY
far the greater part of his time is
spent in waiting for something to hap
pen, and he goes on the principle
that "he also serves who merly stands
ond
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ATTACK REPULSED

London, July 29.-The British troops
have repulsed desperate German counter
attacks on Delville wood while in the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-05-03
TALKS ON THRIFT I
XII
THRIFT

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rich
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| drive want and doubt and care away
[ guarantee those who possess me pros
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| have exalted those of low degree and
those of high degree have found me a
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parasites who double the price of gasoline
and return to Castles in Scotland, there
to spend what has been taken from the
actual producers of this country? Is lie
man who believes in that form of Gov
ternment that has cut the purchasing pow.
er of the dollar in two? Is he man who
looks with favor only upon those who have
something to sell at the expense of those
who buy?
We have lived through Just such adj
minstrations and have turned to the point
Of view favoring the purchaser rather than
the seller. We believe in business of
reasonable profit governed solely by that
oldest of economic laws-supply and de-
mand We believe in a form of Business
that will not make Trust out of the Uni
ted States. In plain English, we don't be-
lieve in Trusts or in men who would run
the Government as Trust is run. We
believe in eliminating as far as possible
the middle man who produces nothing, the
man who deals solely in ''Wind." We be-
lieve in men of the Wilson type-that
there is moral element in Government
lieve in equal opportunities for all and
special privileges for none.
Real Business guarantees the square
tunes and poverty are the greatest enc
mics of any people. So-called Business
Administrations have given us both. That
is not my idea of Business.
l am land holder interested in all
methods Of agriculture that will benefit
my community and my beloved country
the most. | am interested in the men who
work for me and l want to see them pros
porous. The laborer is worthy of his hire
and he should have the full fruits there
of. am interested in developing my boy
in the Science of Agriculture. | would
rather have him possess knowledge than
riches. l am interested in all men who
produce and | am in favor of any form
Of Government that benefits them.
If this is your idea of Business I am
with you, but | am unutterab.y opposed
to so-called Business Administrations such
as Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Roosevelt gave u.s.
Sincerely yours,
Howard P. Sanders.
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WHAT A NERVE!

julius A. Schamhl is threatened with a
schoolmaster opponent in the coming pr
maries. E. K Sampson of Worthington
superintendent of Mobiles county schools
is said to plan on filing soon for secretary
of state Mr.. Sampson has just finished
serving as president of the county super
intendents' state association, and is a
young educator of the hustling type. If
he makes julius Schmahl hustle he will
accomplish something After SchmahPs
easy victory in the 1912 primaries, every
body was afraid to tackle him in 1914, and
until now he had clear sailing for sixth
term.-Charles B. Cheney.
We have a feeling this modern Samp-
son will feel as though he had more than
man-size hair cut when he attempts to
move the pillars of the structure surround
ing julius.
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CHARLES REMEDY"

The Minneapolis Journal of Friday
morning says, "Mr. Lindbergh attempted
to outline his proposed remedy for all
questions facing the United States, in
Guiding preparedness" This is what Mr.
Lindbergh said:
Therefore, my main contention is to
provide remedy. The remedy is simple
Let the law recognize human energy as
the prime source of socialized wealth, and
make human energy productivity en-
ployed the beneficiary of the production.
To accomplish that, we must at least mod
ify the socalled rule of reasonable profit
on vested capital S
After careful study Of the remedy
we've decided the Journals use of the
word attempted was extremely wise. If
anyone can point out the curative proper
ties in the above declaration, we would
be greatly pleased to hear him expound.
And Chas. says it is "simple!'