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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
NEGRO TROOPS NOW AT CAMP SHERIDAN ORDERED ID ENTRAIN
Destination of Infantry Bat italian Is "An Atlantic Port" Which May Mean
 Oversea Service

Afontgomery, December 5.-(Specia!.) The Ninth infantry battalion, colored, of Ohio. which caused trouble on downtown streets last month when it received reports that one of it's mem bers was about to be lynched, was given orders Wednesday to prepare for entrainment for "an Atlantic port The battalion believes this means inl- mediate service overseas, but head quarters of the Ohio division an- nounced that this is not necessarily the meaning. Little freedom has been given the battalion since the trouble, which was caused by the inability of the northern negroes to understand southern white persons For several days no negro soldiers were permitted to come to Montgomery.
 The battalion has been in intensive training for more than a month anG Mai. J. C. Fulton, commander, an nouneed that it was prepared for any service it might be called upon to per form. The battalion is made up Of companies from Cincinnati CleVelano' Springfield and Dayton.
 After remaining in command Of the Ohio division only one work day, Maj. Gen. Charles G. Treat, who returned Tuesday night from observation duty in France. left tonight for Ohio, where he will confer with the Ohio state com mission about plans for making the Ire or Ohio soldiers more pleasant.
 Maj. William Parker of Cincinnati, who was chief of staff during the ab- sence of Lieut.. Col. Dana T. Merrill who accompanied General Treat abroad, has returned to command of the intelli- gence department and has been sue ceeded as chief of staff by Lieutenant Colonel Merrill.
 Nine soldiers of the division charged with desertion were returned to Camp Sheridan Wednesday and placed in the stockade where they will be held pend ing trial by a general courtmartial-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06

self, and from heathenism, is clearly proven by this war.
 German efficiency and education have led to human slaughterhouse, and more inhunan beastliness than the world ever
 knew. It has made of Germany an out
 law nation, despised and scorned of man.
 kind. The time is rapidly approachng when to be called a German is dis grace. Repent or die is the growing sen tnent in America. There is no all-suffi- cient power outside the saving grace of the Son of God. When that is lost, all is lost "The fear of the Lord is the begin ming of Wisdom, and everything else leads to idolatry and ruin This is the
 worlds great divide, there is no neutral ground. The command of God was to convince the enemy by having no deal- ings with him even when he wanted to
 be friendly. An enemy is doubly strong when he can trade, because trade is a great sustainer and bolster of continued heathenism, and contaminating influ-
 ence for the right basis of life We should not trade with the enemy, nor fraternize With him here in America any more than the armies do. It is right to cut him in business, in society, in music, in art in his intellectual attainments; everywhere he must feel the sting of strong disap- proval. We must refuse to buy or sell With him: we must treat him as rattle ,, snake, which he is. We are at war for the life and liberty of mankind, as well as for the existence of our own nation. We must be brave enough to lay aside our kindly feelings and go at the grim business of war with the same determined purpose that President Wilson shows We are merely playing war. and sacri- ficlng our men in 8 useless effort if we don't get into the war to help win with every particle of mind, strength and money that we possess.
 In no other way can we win. The world has outsrown idolatry and selfishness and
 we must help put 1t down and hold to lib- erty and the right. Mans humanity to
 man is now making countless millions rejoice. This is the work of the living God, and we are the people chosen to serve in the high and holy place as the saviors of civilization. Let us be up and
 about our Masters business instead Of
 about our own, for the time is short and | each one of us can do or give something. Somewhere we can serve. The grandeur and dignity of service to God and our fellow man is the force to unseat idola- l try and to win this war and save the earth for a higher destiny.
 | This war has reached out into great | world movement and is teaching some vast lessons. The earth is reaching up 1 to higher levels, but 1t must rise by com mon consent upon dead and worthless past Selfishness and idolatry have been weighed in the balance and found want l. ing.
 l Education and efficiency are useful only l as they tend to elevate man morally as | well as intellectually. Intemperance has 1 slain more than war, and prevents useful citizenship. Therefore it must go. Time
 is still in the making, and it does not vet appear what We are heading to, but we know we are going higher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
DO SOMETHING
 FOR THAT COUCH
Dr. Bells Pine -Tar-Honey Will Prove Ideal Treatment

A neglected cough may lead to such dangerous bronchial or lung ailments. that proper attention with Dr. Bell Pine Tar Honey cannot be begun too promptly.
 You can absolutely depend on this remedy as it has proved effective In thousands of cases where a hacking cough, difficult breathing, inflamma- tion or hoarseness were involved. Its balsam and healing ingredients soothe the throat. loosen the phlegm, the
 antiseptic properties check the cold germs and feverish or grippy feelings are promptly allayed.
 Take Dr. Bells Pine-Tar- Honey ct once. not only. for quick and gratifying relief for all distressing symptoms, but to prevent serious after-effeets. Don't let a cough hang on all winter: delay Is dangerous. The flavor is so pleasan that children need no induccment to take it.
 Tear this ad out and take it to your druggist With 25c and he will give you the genuine Dr. Bells Pine Tar Honey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
Military Department of
 State Announces Districts

Montgomery, December 5.-(Special) The state military department has completed the task of dividing the state into districts for the convenience of the medical advisory boards ap- pointed last week and confirmed by President Wilson Tuesday and when
 the second call to the colors is issued early in the year the boards will have supervision over medical examinations in their districts. Physician members of local exemption boards and their assistants will consult the medical ad- yisory boards in all matters which arc not clear to them and when selectmen are not satisfied with local physical examinations they may call in mem- bers of the medical advisory boards. District advisory boards and their Eeaduuarters follow: Mobile--Mobile,S Washington, Bald- win, Escambia, Clarke and Choctaw. ingham-Shelby, St. Clair, Gull.
 man, Blount, Jefferson and Chiffon. Montgomery--Mont Cren-
 shaw, Lowndes. Autauga, Fillmore, Ma : con. Russell.
 reenville-Covington Conecuh and Butler.
 Troy-coffee, Pike. Barbour and Bullock.
 Opelika-Lee, Chambers. Randolph and Tallapoosa. Tuscaloosa " Tuscaloosa, Greene, Pickens and Bibb. adega-Talladega Coosa, Clay and Cleburne. Albany-Morgan, Lawrence, Colbert, Lauderdale and Limestone. Jasper-Walker, Winston, Marion, Fayette, Lamar and Franklin. Afo To oJr Dothan-Geneva, Houston, Henry and Dale.
 Selma-Sumter, Monroe, Wilcox. Dallas, Marengo. Perry and Hale. Gadsden-Calhoun, Cherokee, Eto- wah, DeKalb and Marshall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06

short coats and high collars that en- veloped the chin and ears. Today, we do the same The gown which is shown in the sketch today has the hustle and the braiding, and yet, it remains eX- ceedingly attractive in modern set ting, old-fashioned as it is.
 It is g. street costume that can be worn with a bit of fur on mild day and under one of the thousand top coats of the season on a cold day. It is of bright sage velours de laine, with skirt slightly gathered all round and drawn in shaply at the ankles. The hem is made from a wide band of black satin covered with the soutAching. It extends upward in front to give that peculiar line that is a part of the sea- sons silhouette. There is a high col lar of the braided black satin. and at the end of the tight sleeves are bits of cuffs, also braided. The bodice, as you see, Is quite slim, which Is the demand It must be so when it is put in juxtaposition with a gown that pro- trudes in any way below the waistline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
MEANS WOULD NOT
 HAVE PUBLIC ID
 THINK HIM A SPY
Attempt Is Made to Get Evidence of Detective Burns Before Caro-
 lima Jury

Concord, N. C., December 5.-Through the testinonv of only three witnesses iIl- troduced today in the trial of Gaston B. Means, charged with the murder ot Mrs. Maude A. King, near here last August, the defense sought to disprove the states contention sthat the once wealthy widow of James c. King, Chica- go millionaire, was killed by her ousl- ness agent and that the motive lay Ill the fact that he had disposed of large part of her estate for his own benefit, while keeping his real movements ana transactions concealed from her.
 Alton Means, brother of the defendant was on the stand more than three ana a half hours, on direct and cross-examn- nation and his redirect examination haa just been begun when court adjourned for the day. His story of the death of Mrs. King on a. trip to Blackwelder Spring, early in the evening of August 29, and the circumstances before and after the accident" as he termed 1t, was essentially the same as had been told by other witnesses.
 DEFENSE UNSUCCESSFUL
 The defense was unsuccessful in it's efforts to get before the jury the testi- mony of William J. Burns of New York, head of detective agency, to the ef- feet that the defendant told him, while admittedly the agent of the German gov- ernment prior to the breaking of re- lations between that country and Amer lea, that in accepting German employ ment, it had been expressly understood that whatever information Means ob- tained in his operation of value to the American government, he reserved the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06

New York. December 5.-There is no doubt that the hustle was the signifi- cant contribution which America gave to the seasons silhouette. The name lis so ugly and the drapery itself so in offensive that it is quite pity its de- signers did not feature it under an- other title.
 Those who have not seen it and who have read much of it would be sur prised to see how commonly it is worn in the thoroughfares of New York and how little comment it causes, When Ina Claire wears it in Polly with a Past" every woman in the audience sits up straight and fails to catch every line of the play for 10 minutes; but the gown worn by the actress is the most exaggerated edition of this new skirt. It is quite worth while to forget the play and watch the gown for good quarter of an hour. In Japanese vel vet with two black aigrettes sticking out over the hustle and half belt made of open jet diamonds, this gown is extraordinarily conspicuous.
 That is as it should be. The de- signer the playwright, the actress and the stage decorator put great deal of faith in the riot this frocll would create.
 However, the gowns which initiate this one and which appear in an in conspicuous manner from a soda water fountain to a Red Cross meeting. are so innocuous that one thinks of them as an attractive but simple addition to the silhouette of the hour.
 A BIT OF DRAPERY
 After all, this far famed hustle is merely bit of clever drapery arranged to break the silhouette. Last year, t appeared on the hips. This year, il appears over the spine. That is all There is not the least use in conti- nent of women getting excited over il and the critics calling it return tc days that were dreadful and syles that were impossible. It is easy to arrange by the home dressmsker, in truth. mucf easier to make artistic than the blair chemise frock which must be cut by ar expert to prevent it from drawins across the back in way that is bot1 ugly and absurd.
 Bulloz puts this hustle effect straighf across the front of the own, and we fl America transfer it to the back. Hi: new skirts, which are quite popular have two or three caught up folds run. ming across the front of the figure from hip to hip, then dropping in { cascade of fullness at each side.
 You' can choose between the Amer. ican and the French silhouette when ever you like. Neither one is ugly Both use up a bit more material thar the straight gown, It is possible that the dressmakers who have been adopt ing the hustle were bit dismayed ovei the quiet appearance 1t made among the throng of people. For this or fol some other reason, they have chosen tc put the hustle on gowns of glarins colors, so that 1t will not escape the eye as 1t has been doing.
 A QUANTITY OF BRANDING
 On all these hustle gowns, as in fact on all the frocks of the hour, there is so much braiding that one wonders who is to do 1t, The shops insist thai we have enough workers to turn 1t out by the mile. It is constantly allied tc the hustle and brings back the Ameri- can fashions of nearly years ago Then we wore dark green and ret gowns, heavily braided. with straight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
BANK OFFICIAL RECOMMEND
 THEM

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06

Burns identified a letter from Means to him containing information which ne said he had obtained in his operations for the German government of matters detrimental to the United States and re- questing Burns to delver it to the proper authorities. The witness said he turned it over to Secretary Humility in Phiia- delphia.
 Judge Cline ruled this testimony and letter out of evidence for the time on the ground that 1t was not competent under the present circumstances, though it might be admitted later. It it expect ed it will be admitted when the defend ant takes the stand.
 Counsel for the defense explained that 1t sought admission of this evil dence to disabuse the public mind of the prevalent idea that the defendant had been German spy or sympa- thizer and to show that he was loyal to the American government while acting as the agent of Germany. The jury was absent during the entire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
Palmer Extends Time

Washington December 5.--A. Mitcaell Palmer, alien property custodian. today extended to December 20, the time for filing reports by persons holding prop erty of an enemy or ally of an enemy Tle reports were to have been filed Sto- day. but many persons affected were unable to complete them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
Retailers License Revoked

Washington, December 5-The food ad ministration today issued it's first re- vocation of a retail dealers food H. cense. Morris Singer, a produce dealer here, was charged and found guilty of permitting two carloads of potatoes to rot in ther ailroad yards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
Corporal in Ohio Division
 Is Killed in Runaway

Montgomery, December 5.-Corporal Sharp, aged %, member of Battery A, 134th field artillery, Thirty seventh di- vision of Cleveland, was instantly killed today when dragged from his mount by a runaway team of artillery horses. His neck was broken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
DRESS AND SUGGESTIONS ANNE n,ligaunor.n FOR WOMEN
ny ANNE RITTENHoUsE

The drapery at the end of the spine, which is called hustle, appears so commonly on the streets these days that few give it even second glance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
U. 5. Soldiers In France Want Bull" Durham

War Correspondent Charles H. Grasty. in dispatch from France, August 10th. speaking about the great demand for BULL DURHAM, says, "All other kinds of tobacco are plentiful only what the sol- diers want (Bull Durham) is ecarce"-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
IDENTIFIED LETTER

right to turn over to the Washington officials
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
CROSS EXAMINATION

Burns, on cross-examination, ad- mitted that he had been convicted in a New York court of entering the of fices of Seymour & Seymour, but stated that the judgment had been reversed in the higher court and explained that he went into the offices to place a listening device in his efforts to ap- prehend thieves" who he said had been stealing information from the of fices of J. P. Morgan & Go. Burns said he had been employed for this purpose by the Morgan company.
 Burns declared he turned up the crooks" but the district attorneys of flee prosecuted him instead of the "crooks." Asked why he did not swear out warrants for the alleged crooks himself, he replied, They'd throw me out of court; the powers that be are too powerful for me-"
 The witness said the defendant had been in the employment of his agency from about June, 1914, to June, 19lo, and that he had known him since and his general reputation and character it1 eyno6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-06
PISTOL WOULDN'T FIRE

c. A. Rumbaugh, who testified that he was from Asheville, and a mechan ical engineer, testified that .25- calibre automatic pistol, the type with which Mrs King was killed, the state claims, would occasionally fire when jared, as when dropped on the floor. On cross-examination at the request of Solicitor Clements, Rumbraugh un- dertook to demonstrate this by repeat edly striking the weapon rather vio- lently upon the edge of the rostruni and dropping it upon the floor with out it ever going off" The failure of his demonstration was considered a strong score by the state. Rumbraugh also demonstrated how he could hold the pistol at arms length in his left hand, in reverse position, with his face turned over his right shoulder, and fire a bullet into the back of his head. This was more successful than his oth- CT demonstration.
 Progress today was greatly retarded by numerous objections and argument over adn,issibility of evidence. Both sides have indicated that they have numbers of witnesses yet to be intro : duced and that there will be speeches made by all the dozen members Of counsel participating in the case. It is conceded that full day or more will be consumed by the direct and cross examination of the defendant and q day or more in argument. Those who predict the trial will run into next week are increasing in number.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-14
British Still the Greatest Fighters
On Earth, Declares Frank Harris

visnce and genius is always insubor-
dinate and rebellious.
In a story once found the artistic
symbol for IL:
Put potatoes in a cart and trans
port them over a road. II the road is
long enough and rough enough the
big potatoes will come to the top
and the little ones will go 20 the
bottom.
The road has been long enough
and hard enough in France for the
big British potatoes TO come 10 the
top and the little ones TO 60 TO the
bottom But the censorship has pre-
vented that In the Civil war In the
United States we got rid OF rs gen
erals before we found Grant.
The English have got rid OF only
one general. French, practically for
shooting his oVn men while advanc-
ing: and FrenA had already picked
Haig and Haig is still commander-in-
chief Everyone who knows him
knows that Haig Ia not big man.
but he 10 protected from all criticism
by the censorship. II he committed
fatal fault tomorrow. someone OF
his choosing would be put in his
place. Haig could only choose an
other Haig II takes genius &c rec
ogniEe genius.
II you let Loose war corres
- - saIN 81 -
fghting on the Somme, they would
find a captain Of genius within three
months; someone to lead the Eng
fish; someone 10 do for them what
neither Hsig nor French could ever
do. II Is the censorship with it's
hatred OF truth and love of lies
which keeps the born English fighter
at a low state OF efficiency in the
feld
Think OF a. The censorship was
taken from the Russian despotism
and adopted by the English army
thru the incompetence OF Kitchener
In South Africa. There was no dan.
ger that military secrets would leak
out there TO be used by the enemy
they could only leak out in the Eng.
fish papers, 1000 miles away; but
the censorship was established so
that Kitchener and French might go
uncriticised and return as heroes.
TIL the British get rid OF the
censor they Will never beat the Ger.
mans In the field. tho think II il
ridiculously easy to prove that the
Germans are not such good lighters
az the English.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-14
WOULD ABOLISH
TAX BOARD

Seeking 20 nullify the act Great
ing the state tax commission and
again establish home rule" in cities
OF Michigan. Aid. Burton and
schultzt introduced a resolution In
tho council Tuesday night. authoriz.
ing the city clerk " communicate
with all cities in the state OF more
than $1,000 popuatIon in an effort
to obtain a hearing on the abolition
OF the commission. IL received unan-
imous approval
A second resolution orders the
city clerk 10 ask the legislature for
an immediate hearing on the pro-
posal
The resolutions are BY way OF re-
taliation for the compisslon's action
in boosting the city's assessed val.
uation AMI the proportion OF taxes
Wayne county must pay. After
giving property values an enormous
boost and putting the city in the
billion-dollar class, the commission
then decreed that Detroit should
lay 50 per cent of the taxes OF
Wayne county instead OF ~ per
cent as formerly. In both issues
the commission was upheld my the
state supreme court
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-14

mate and an ungenerous soil. Only
the strongest survived. and these
New EnglAnders or Yankees are the
best lighters on earth. They beat
the English and freed themselves
from English domination
without attributing supernatural
qualities TO the English, II is easy
to understand how they have won
the long struggle for the hegemony
Of the ocean. Placed on an Island
OF the western coast of Europe on
the road to ali the new lands, II was
n matter OF life and death to the
English TO win the mastery OF the
seas II was not a matter OF life
and death for France. II was q mat.
ter OF life and death for France 20
keep her position on the continent.
She ought never 90 have embarked
on struggle with England Tor the
supremacy OF the seas. But she did
embark on II and was beaten and
lost her position on the continent to
boot. aa~s
And now Germany r. embarking
on the same struggle thanks TO the
emperor and her commercial classes,
and II looks as II Germany were
doomed to be beaten In the struggle.
II r. matter OF life and death for
Germany TO keep the lordship Of the
continent: she had no business 20
embark on a struggle with England
for the supremacy OF the seas; that
IL side-issue for Germany. while
Il IN a vital matter TO England.
Now why. in this conflict. has not
England shown her lighting power
on land?
The answer is the censorship
England's weakness has always
been that she has not believed SUN
clently in genius.~aees not trust
genius Her army. according to the
accounts OF her own people, Is al
ways weakest in officers OF ability
weaker even than other aruiies--and
all armies are weak in this respect:
for the basic idea OF an army II
founded on discipline and subser-