The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-26
FRIDAY, JULY 20

The Crowder master key plan of draw
ing for the first army draft is abandoned,
owing to errors discovered. more elabo-
rate drawing was planned, to take place
Immediately.
American troops and Mexicans battle all
day. Five hundred shots are fired across
the border. Several Mexicans were killed
but no casualties were reported on the
American side of the border
A compromise food bill, drafted in BIZ
partisan conferences of leaders, was
adopted by the Senate 90 to 16. The re-
vised bill calls for limited control by
board consisting of three members
The 16 suffragists, sentenced to serve
prison sentences for picketing the White
House grounds, are pardoned by Presi-
dent Wilson.
Germany issues a casualty report of
the month of June. 1t showed that 1919
were killed; 3215 died of sickness; prison.
ers and missing 3S,606. The total official
German lists since the war began are as
follows: Killed or died of wounds, 1,032, :
SO0 died of sickness, 1880; prisoners and
missing. 691. 1866; wounded, 2S25.5Sl. The
naval and colonial casualties are not in
cuded.
DIR. Michaels, the new German chaneel-
Tor, in his address to the Reichstag
Thursday, declared his adhesion to Ger
manys submarine campaign asserting
IL TO be lawful measure, justifiably
adopted for shortening the war. He held
out hope of a German victory
Congress took note of the shipbuilding
row when the Senate passed without de-
bate resolution offered by Senator
Smoot, calling on President Wilson to
furnish information concerning the gov
ernment's ship construction programme.
The government practically decides to
construct two experimental nitrate sta
tons in West Virginia, the chief one on
Salt river, to-cost So, 10000.
Federal officials in Kansas were given
blanket authority from the attorney gen.
erals office in Washington to proceed
in an investigation of the alleged court
plaster plot No concrete evidence has
been found that plot existed, and the
three men arrester on suspicion have been
released.
Mrs. Rena Mooney, charged with caus-
ing several deaths by bomb explosion
here last July, smiled as the jury was
asked to convict her.
At the American training camp in
France, great joys was shown as letters
from America are distrib uted among the
troops now near the firing lines of the
allied troops. 1t was their first mail, and
brought the tidings from home.
The Picking foreign office, announces
that Feng Kwo-Chang has agreed to ac-
cept the post of acting President of
China.
Summarizing the military events of the
past week of the English army and navy,
Maj. Gen. Frederick B. Maurice chief di-
rector of military operations at the war
office, in London, said the British at
the front has been noteworthy only for
the fact that it has seen its heaviest air
fighting in the history Of the war
General Sibert, at the head of the
American army in France, went through
his entire camp the first official in
spection tour he has made. Here and
there he found lack of cleanliness and
proper sanitation which he ordered recti-
fled. Otherwise all conditions were very
satisfactory.
Danger of U-boats grows less as the
speed of vessels increases. A vessel with
a 20-knot speed can outdistance the I'M
der-sea boats in most cases.
Information reached Montgomery that
owners of pyritic ore property in Talla-
dega and adjoining counties are opening
the mines in an effort to supply a de-
mand for this ore and by-products which
have been cut off from consumers by the
closing of the sea lanes between this
country and Spain.