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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16

The action of the submarine com- mander in treating his vanquished opponents with such unexpected cour- tesy was the subject of much com ment. Germany has proclaimed her in tention to treat British armed mer- chant crews as pirates. In this case even the naval bluejackets and therr officer properly prisoners of war. were set free, along with the merchant crew.
 New York, June 15.-The Moreni, c tank steamer of 4045 tons gross, owned by the Standard oil company of New York, sailed from here May for Baton Rouge, La, whence she depart ed May 12 for Leghorn, Italy. She was last reported passing Gibraltar June 12, the day she was sunk. The Moreni was commanded by Captain Thomas Thompson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
PATRIOTIC WORKMEN
 CAUSE GERMAN BOSS
 TO GET PINK SLIP
Tampa Company President Wouldn't Buy Bonds; Men Strike and Di- rectors Ask Resigna-
 ton Quickly

Tampa, Fla, June 15.-Ernest Kreher, of German descent, pres ident and general manager of local shipbuiiding company, re- signed as president at a called meeting of the board of directors last night. This action was taken following the strike of employees of the plant yesterday, because, it is said. Mir. kreher refused to buy liberty bonds.
 The board authorized the pur- chase of S5OOO worth of liberty today.
 The men are expected to return to work Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16

Washington June 15-American naval gunners have met their first defeat in open fight with German submarine Of ca dispatches today the destruction of the tank steamship Moren abandoned abaze June 12 by her and guard after desperate running fight i'll the war zone which cost the lives of four of her
 bottom 43 survivors picked with their had set them adrft the American skipper his fight and having the nded Ter submarines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
PRESIDENT WILSON
 TAXES A HAND ID
 PASS r OOD BILL
Democratic Leaders Sum moned to White House and Told That Measure
 Must Go Through

Washington, June 15.-Pres- ident Wilson prevailed upon Senate leaders today to expe- dite the administration food control bill, which is to be taken up in the House Monday and which the President wants enacted by July l, before har- vesting begins.
 Senator Martin, democratic leader, and Senator Gore, chairman of the az riculture committee, summoned to the White House for a conference, re turned to the capitol prepared to bring the bill up for action as quickly as pos sitle The understanding had been that the Senate would not consider the measure until after the House had disposed of it.
 Later Senator Chamberlain, senior democrat of the agriculture committee, introduced the bill for formal reference to the committee which was called by Senator Gore to meet tomorrow with a view to an immediate report Senator Gore, although he opposes many of it's provisions, proposed that the committee ,r;r a,,t ba x,;th amendment or recommendation, in order to place it in position for immediate debate
 TO GIVE CLEAR TRACK In order to give the food measure a clear track Senate leaders tonight con sidered displacing the pending railroad priority shipment bill, or adding the lat ter bill as an amendment because ot it's relation to control of foodstuff transportation Such an arrangement might get debate under way in the Sen ate Saturday
 After his conferences with Senators Gore and Martin, the President called Senator Kenyon, republican, and Sena- tor Hollis. democrat, to the White House to further explain his reason for believing prompt action imperative
 Senator Gore sought an agreement in the committee to his plan to report the bill without discussion. but the members are said to be closely divided on the question.
 SEE REPUBLICAN LEADERS After his White House visft' Senate, Martin talked with republican leaders Nc. formal arrangement was reached. but both democrats and republicans saie the Presidents desire for early consid eration of the legislation probably woulc bc met Senator Simmons. chairman o measure after July l, he said would mol object to taking up the food bill ahead of the tax bill. Passage of the revenu,
 (Centinued on Page Twc)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16

order that they may be prepared to rem der signal services of like character to their government when it is called upon again to seek additional credit? It is of the utmost importance that the splendid machinery now perfected shall be available when needed
 This machinery, MT. McAdoo indicated, will be utilized this fall in floating the second loan contemplated under the ST. GOO GOO war finance law. MT. McAdoo said he did not think there would be an other offering before fall The next
 loan hardly will be closed, it is thought. prior to September 30, as installments on the present loan will continue till August 30, and at least 30 days will be devoted to the second campaign.
 The exact measure of the countrys re- response to the loan probably will not be known until next week. In some instances it was estimated that the final count could not be made till late tomorrow night. This count will include only the subscriptions received at the dead-lins ho1lr of noon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16

During his visit to the Senate today there were scenes of enthusiasm similar to those that took place in the Cham Der of Deputies yesterday. The sena-
 tors stood when General Pershing ap-
 peared in the diplomatic box accompanied
 by William Graves Sharp, the American ambassador and applauded him for several minutes. The general had to bow
 his acknowledgements repeatedly. M Rjbot, the premier, alluded to the presence of the distinguished American soldier and called on Foreign Minister viviani to address the Senate.
 vIvIANI ELOQUENT Nf vivinia, speaking at first with great restraint, launched with great beauty of expression into an oration in which he described the refusal of the United States to see the ideals of civilization, of de-
 mocracy and of right in battle with de- structive forces without taking her part, which he declared was a great and mo-
 ble part.
 M Viviani a,luded to the great figure of President Wilson standing behind all manifestations of the passion of justice. He also made touching references to the late Joseph H. Choate. quoting excerpts from one of his last speeches. The rvHs frequently interrupted by
 applause and at the close of his ad-
 dress all the members of the Senate
 l.n4ns again toward General 1 Pershing, clapped their hands and shout ed "Vive Les Etas Unis' 1 PERSHING BOWS General Pershing rose and bowed sew | eral times before the demonstration sub-
 sided.
 1 With the American commander in ad. dition to Ambassador Sharp were Mrs Sharp and her sister. Miss Clough oi Elvria. O.; ALram I. Elkus. former Amer. l ican Amba ssador to Turkey and Mrs | Elkus. and Miss Elkus; Mrs. H. Percival l Dodge of assachusetts John H. Finley 1 president of the University of the State 1 of New York and the French general 1 Pelletier.
 SENATE RECESSES ! The Senate took a recess or half an l hour so that the members might be in- l troduced to General Pershing. and An | toinin Dubost president of the Senate ! escorted him through the immense lobby I Of the Luxembourg palace, introducing 1 him to the n inefs d Estour- 1 nelles de Cons AsaiSs1F Tn the pre- | sontation. M. AAnSh Nit T showing ! General Pershifs fae Nhfa and some 1 of the famous ssxaaex, toeS the Ameri- can commando sa hss rty to his private receptiaM fupra, whe e he talked with General sgSn4nE confidentially concerning the aelpakicn of the Unit ! ed States into ia wAF
 l Later Genera RSrshjMg drove with | IGeneral Pelletio 4o tise Plcf cemetery | where wrea N4s HePps ted on the tomb of LaFay te
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
Many Norwegian Ships
 Are Reported Sunk and
 the Loss of Life Is Heauy

London. June l5.--The sinking of sew eral more Norwegian vessels with con Asiderable loss of life, is reported by the Norwegian foreign office, as quoted in a Nntral News dispatch from Copenhagen. ording to this information the fol-
 pg craft have been sunk by German
 Arines:
 a steamer, 25ss tons gross; crew rescued.
 Cevmst aatlinG vsssel loaded with pit
 's;s ss.s' 'ss <. '::'ss''s s;':' n'::'s. s:@,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16

with the exception of one man, whose body was found
 vinaes. steamer, 1lo7 tons; only four men saved.
 Sylvia. sailing vessel. 14s tons; crew res- cued.
 Candace. sailing vessel, 3s5 tons; crew rescued.
 Paris. June 15.--Four French ships of more than 1900 tons. one under that size and three fishing boats, were sunk by mine or submarines during the week end- ing June H. Six ships were unsuccess- fully attacked during the same period. whil6 103A veseels Gall nations) entered Ffsnch ports qnd 1o15 left.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
THOUSANDS TOO LATE

Thousands of subscriptions came too late to the federal reserve banks These, by Secretary McAdoos instructions, will
 be tabulated separately and the total for warded to Washington. Just what dis position will be made of them has yet to be determined It is possible that where 1t can be shown that their failure to reach the reserve bank in time was due to no fault of the subscriber or the forwarding bank some of them may be accepted.
 Whether the subscriptions are allowed or not, i. is felt that they manifest the willingness of the subscribers to answer the governments call, and should be shown in the total of what the American people offered to take
 l The wide discrepancy between the amount of subscriptions received by fed | eral reserve banks up to Wednesday night and the final is explained by the declaration that the thousands of banks i held back their subscriptions until the l last moment and that hundreds of thou sands of small investors did not go to the bank with subscriptions until the last (Continued on Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
ADMITS RETIREMENT

Berlin, June 15.-(Via London Ike tirement of the German forces at two points on the front in Belgium is re- ported in todays official statement. The Germans were pressed back by the British between Hollebeke and the re- zion of the River Douve and also south west of Warneton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
TREMENDOUS SOVERSUBSCRLP71ON TO
 LIBER TY LOANLS INDICATED AS THE
 TABULATORS TOLL WITH TZfE RETURNS
America Gipes Ringing An sWer 10 Call for Funds 10 Finance War Figures Are Not Complete So
 Heduy Is Work

Washington June 1The American people have responded call for funds finance the with oversubscrption to the 00000 liberty loan of propor tor huge that officials buried beneath landslide of tabulated returns.
 No could say 10 o'clock tonight how great had been the nations answer Apparently it overwhelming beyond the most sangune hopes of treasury officials though only of the 12 federal banks regional headquarters of the oan Atlanta with total subscription of S52593 300 out of minimum allotment of could hazard than estimate of its total The Atlanta figures however final
 RINGING ANSWER TO CALL
  of the small talked this last campaign
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
.K|TCH|N PREVIOUSLY
 WATCHES CHANGES IN THE REVENUE BILL
Author of Measure fingered as Senate Committee Cor rects Horrible Mistakes
 in Proposed Law
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

Washington. June 15.-(SpeciaL) Representative Claude Kitchin, chair man of the ways and means commit tee and democratic leader of the House, does not contemplate with calm equanimity the action of the Senate finance committee in tearing to pieces his rapily considered war emergency tariff bill.
 As a matter of fact Mir Kitchin, whenever the committee strikes out a section of his bill. figuratively speak ing, jumps into the air. emits yell of anger and tears his hair. Publicly he has spoken to this effect:
 If the Senate writes and passes an entirely new bill I will not ask the House to appoint conferees."
 He would not have anything to do with it. The chances are that the Senate bill, when passed, will be iden- tical with the House bill only in re- spect to the enabling clause. Despite the present attitude of Mir. Kitchin, 1t is regarded in Washington as prob able that in the future measure call culated to raise revenue will be writ ten into law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
Hindenburg Line Agair, Broken by
 Intrepid British
Successful Attack is Made On Front Northwest of BuIlecourt and Heavy Loss is Inflicted Am other Blow is Struck at Germans Near
 Messines-French Front Quiet

well as in the Trentino region of the Austro- Italian front and in Macedonia, there has been little except artillery ac- tivity of varying intensities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
Pershi1g Spends His Last Day In aris;
 NOU Goes f0 Front

mill before leaving for ore, with
  wher ho placedaw hon tn tomb of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
Liberty Bonds Ira ed
 in 01 Stock t xchange

New York. Ehe initial transaction il hSs m bonds. trading in W the New York stock oon today, was above pal Nooo sold az par and one nexl lot. $25O,0 900, sold N* {.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16

London, June 15.-The British forces today delivered an attack upon and captured further portions of the Hin denburg line northwest of Bullecourt notwithstanding the resistance of the Germans, who suffered heavy casual ties, according to the official commit nication issued tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
THE KITCHIN PANIC

The kitchin bill, as is now generally known, was a document unparalleled in the history of the government It was admittedly inexpertly drawn. It was tantamount to blanket indict- ment against every business, every fortune every property and every American individual In addition to levy of burdensome proportions on practically every article of use, it provided for an increase of 10 per cent in all existing tariff duties and a tariff duty of 10 per cent on all goods now admitted free of duty.
 Mr. Kitchin declared when the bill was before the House that he him self would vote for it only with his nose. in the grasp of his fingers. He spoke of his Iiberality in welding on account of the national crisis his life- long views on tariff matters. He ad- trSn.>a-. ,,., o, pawa rv9a1 #
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
SEMINARY OF NEWS

New York, June 15--From cables re- ceived the Associated Press makes the following summary of the news from all the battle fronts:
 Field Marshal Haig has again at tackled the Hindenburg line. and captured a section of the famous German posi- tions northwest of Bullecourt
 The British advance in this section is the first determined one made there since the end of the sanguinary fighting which resulted in the capture of the town of Bullecourt by the British and is in the direction of Hendecourt-Lez-C -Cagnicourt The Germans resisted the British stub bornly, but finally yielded after suffer- ing heavy casualties, according to the London war office.
 In Flanders the British have extended their gains astride the Ypres- Confines canal in the direction of Confines and in the region of Messnes, toward Warne- ton, on the Franco Belgian border One hundred and fifty prisoners and num- Der of machine guns were taken.
 Since June '. the British have sue ceeded in occupying the German first line trenches from the River Lys to the River Warnave and have advanced their line on seven-rnile front from 800 to 1000 yards. Berlin officially admits a withdrawal Of the German front line be- tween Ypres and Armentieres, east of Messines, as announced by Field Marshal Hai9 Thursday. z'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
NaUaL
 Gunners Defeated
 I1 Running Fight

Following TwO-Hour Battle, Tank Steamer MOr- eni is Sent to the Bottom by Submarine and Four of Crew Lose Their Lives-German Commander Congratulates Victims On
 Brave Effort to Win
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
ANOTHER BLOW GIVEN

London, June 1.-The British strucK another blow last night on the front near Messines, the war office an nounces. They gained all their objec- tives, advancing south and east of Mes sines and astride the Ypres-Comines canal.
 The British now occupy the former front trenches of the Germans from the River Lys to the River Warnave. As a result of last nights operations and the constant pressure exerted the Brit ish have advanced their line from 800 to 1000 yards on a front Of seven niles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
FRENCH REPORT

Paris, June 15.-Reconnoitering par ties were sent out by the Germans last night in the verdun sector at Hill S0i. and on the heights of the Mouse, the war office announces. They were
 caught under the French fire and dis
 persed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
USING MANURE FOR ALFALFA
Astonishing to See Extraordinary
Growth Where Strip of Fertilizer
Had Been Spread.

Many alfalfa growers claim that ma
nure makes an excellent substitute
for lime for alfalfa. Some have gone
so far as to claim that manure inocu-
lates alfalfa, says a writer in an ex-
change. However that may be, we
have several times been astonished to
see the extraordinary growth of al
falfa where a strip of manure had
been spread across the field for ex-
detrimental purposes.
Recently, 626 alfalfa growers who
had spread manure on alfalfa, report
ed an average yield of SO tons to the
acre, whereas 414 who had used no
manure reported only 3.4 tons to the
acre. A half ton of alfalfa will pay
for considerable manure. Moreover,
manure is applied to alfalfa ground
before seeding.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
In Great Demand.

Movie actors whose physical make%
up resembles some of the great char
acters in American history are in great
demand because nearly all the moving
picture companies are making patriotic
films. Recently three men came out OF
the Metro office on Broadway, and
their appearances were SO impressive
that all the squads and busy actors
not only gave them the once over, buE
stopped and looked at them. One OF
the men bore striking resemblance to
Abraham Lincoln. Another was almost
the image of the Father of His County
at least he looked as George WASH
ington might have looked if he hadn'f
looked the way he did. A third nneEn+,
Der of the little group was ringer
for Roosevelt. These doubles pull
down a salary as big as the stars, il 10
said. The reason why they come 50
high is there are only few of 'em
who can enact Washington, Lincoln
and Wilson.--New York Herald
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
WHY TOMATO PLANTS WITHER
Hardy Than Those Grown in
Open-North Wind Hurts.

Frequently it is found by those who
start tomato plants in a cold frame
that the blossoms which appear so
thrifty and which give such promise
Of future returns wither and drop from
the plant few days after the latter is
transplanted to the open field. Conse-
quently a new set of blossoms must
be developed and the plants lose all
advantage that was theirs in the way
of an early start.
There may be two reasons for. this.
Plants raised in cold frame are
necessarily less hardy than those
grown in the open. If the weather
happens to be sufficiently mild for
two or three days after the trans
planting occurs the plant will adapt
itself to the change. But if the wind
veers about into tine north or north
west and there is. a marked drop in
temperature the shock is too great
and the blossoms 60. Experienced
growers watch for what they antici
pate will be a settled spell of spring
weather-even delaying the removal of
their plants to the open for a week or
ten days beyond the time they feel
the change should occur, in order to
avoid loss of blossoms.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
HAUNTED RIFLE IN TRENCHES
Dugout, Brings Trouble to New
Owner, the Latter Believes.

An officer in the European trenches
writes:
] have heard many ill omens ap-
piled to certain towns or villages.
There is one on the tower Albert, for
instance; while certain dugOuts are
always unducky. 1t is bad omen in
some parts of the line to stumble over
a grave.
During the late offensive a certain
young officer found in captured
trench German snipers rifle with two
small ivory disks let into the stock.
He kept it in his dugout, intending to
take it back to billets when they va
Gated the trench. One morning he
brought it out in the trench to clean,
and Fritz thereupon started strafing,
so that he had to retire again to his
dugout Next day the same thing
happened, and whenever he brought
the rifle out of the dugout shells would
begin to come over. Finally the thing
got so on his nerves that he refused
to let any one touch the rifle. 1t is
probably still in the dugout, for it is
certain that the legend was handed on
to the next occupants.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
GREAT NEED OF FOOD.
No Danger Of overproduction
This Year-Dean Mumford.
Any Surplus Which American Farmers
Can Produce Will Be Quickly Alb
sorbed by Hungry People of
England and France.

While the farmer is being urged to
greater and greater production, he
naturally considers the possibility of
overproduction. Many farmers in
the state have advanced this question.
According to Dean F. B. Mumford in
the Missouri College of Agriculture,
overproduction is exceedingly improb-
able this year. 1t has been agreed that
this country's part in the war will be
largely to- supply food. "Our food
resources have been depleted by ship
ments to Europe and by several poor
crop years." said Dean Mumford re-
Gently, land now with unrestricted ex-
port to the allies, the small reserve
which we have will be further de-
creased. Any surplus which the
American farmers can produce will be
quickly absorbed at wartime prices.
Millions of people in England, France
and other countries at war with the
German powers are in need of food.
They must have food not only for
their civilian population but for their
armies. They are too busy fighting to
provide that food themselves. 1t then
behooves the United States to supply
food.
But it is not alone for the allies
that we must produce maximum crops.
If we should have a poor crop year
throughout the country, our own peo-
pie may actually suffer.
eff Germany is able to continue the
ruthless submarine warfare unhin-
dered, some food will be lost on it's
way to Europe. Consequently the
losses will tend. toward a further short
age and to absorb any surplus even If
there were danger of overproduction."
What would happen if peace should
come within the next few weeks,
Would not the markets be glutted?
In answer to these questions, Dean
Mumford said: at is doubtful if
there will be great decrease in the
demand for food Immediately following
the war. With commerce restored,
every nation which is now at war
will become a market place for Amer
lean farm produce. Those countries
have no food reserve left and they
will turn to the United States to fur
nish food during reconstruction, and
until they can feed themselves"
AS an example of the actual scarcity
Of food in America, Dean Mumford
cites the condition of wheat: "In 1915
the United States produced 10 bush
els of wheat per capita; in 1916 we
produced 6 bushels per capita, but
used 6 1-3 bushels for seed and ordi-
nary consumption and exported 2A
bushels per capita. The present condi-
ton of wheat in the United States is
63 per cent of normal crop. This
is % per cent below the average for
the last ten years. The condition in
Missouri is even worse-59 as COM
pared with the 15-year average of 85
per cent. The latest reports are that
the world crop of wheat is far below
average" Other foods are CORE
spondingly scarce.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-06-08
WORK WHILE IT'S COOL

You'd better speed up on the
work while the weather's still
cool. Statistics show you'll very
likely not get it done when 1t
gets hot.
A person will do is per cent
less physical work at rs degrees
and 81 per cent less work at Sc
degrees than he will at 6S de-
grees when he has full choice of
doing or not doing, quotes K. G.
Smith, extension engineer at
Ames, from an investigation car
ried on by the New York state
commission on ventilation. 1t
was found that the power to do
either physical or mental work,
by subjects doing their utmost,
was not diminished by a room
temperature of Sc degrees. It's
the inclination that lags when
the mercury begins to rise.