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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23
Graphite Industry

Money is plentiful in Linevillc," said A. D. Langston, cashier of :he Citizens National bank "In fact, it Is so plentiful that we have had hard time to lend as much as usual and the bank hasn't borrowed a cent this year as we had no need for it. The crops were very good last year and the graphite industry has turned lot of money loose in Clay county. I am glad that number of men with fam lilies interested in graphite have come to Lineville to live. We have fine munity."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23
Rocky Rond tn Cnhnha

T made the trip from Birmingham to Calera in my car on Friday" said E. P. Kirkpatrick, the retiring prest- dent of the T. P. A. of Alabama, "dnd you can say for me that I wish the members of the board of revenue were required to make the trip daily and pay for their own tires until they put it in better shape. had two blowouts and assisted four others who were in the same fix. You can rest assured that we all joined in a chorus blowing up the board of revenue Tor not doing something to have the sharp rocks rolled down or covered With chert"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23
High school EacuItx

we get new principal and an en- tirely new faculty for the high school at Columbiana." said A. P. Longshore, Jr., the attorney "W. P. Johnson tlle new principal, who comes to us from Springfield comes highly recommend ed and we are expecting great things of him in the upbuilding of the edu- cational interests of the county"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23
Task Was Big One

"The task of the newspapers in giy ing to the public the numbers of the men registered and of those drafted was gigantic one and they have done Pepperman. "When the immensity of the work is considered one at once realizes that much care and work was necessary. The newspapers deserve much credit for the way they have handled the matter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23
sixeen-Year-oIa Farmer

Very few people know that I have a farm." said w. E. Martin. the law yer but I own 40 acres near oxmoor and what's more my 16-year-o boy, Eugene Martin, has developed into d real, sure-enough farmer and is mak- ing a fine crop of corn, soy beans, vegetables. watermelons, etc. He also has some fine cattle and takes great interest in stock raising. I think it's a good sign when city boy takes to gene"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23
Running Full Time

"I just ran up to town for a day." said Dr. R. c. Rains of siluria. '"Tha Buck Creek cotton mills are running night and day and the crops around Siluria are in fine condition and we are all expecting good times in the fail in spite of the war"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23

BEGINNING THE DAY - Lord, change my view of death. May it be a turn in the road, beyond which the watcher does not see. May it be n curtain between two rooms, river between two lands, the end of pain, the surcease of fear, the surrender of sin. May 1t be the hither side of the resurrection, the little valley this side the noun tain of God. In Christ's name. Amem.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23
HOTEL LOBBIES
Going tn France

'I understand that Dr. Walker F. Scott who lives on Altamont Road. and who has been at Ft. oglethorpe, nas been assigned to one of the emergency regiments and will leave soon for France said Hill Ferguson This is bringing the war close home to some Of us"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23

 Save the Meat: Beef, mutton or pork not more than once daily. use freely vegetables and fish. At the meat meal serve smaller por- tions, and stews instead of steaks. Make made-dishes of all left overs. Do this and there will be meat enough for every one at reasonable price.
 We are today killing the dairy cows and female calves as the re- suit of high price. Therefore, eat less and eat no young meat. If we save an ounce of meat each day per person, we will have addition al supply equal to 2,2o0,OoO cat tle.-Hoover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23

It is the witness still of exceliency, perfection.
 --Much Ado About Nothing.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23
UNDER THE WANING CRESCENT

UNDER THE WANING CRESCENT From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Those who look, like watchmen on a tower, for signs of morning in the east think they descry ruinous dis sension between Enver Pasha, Turkeys 5 minister of war. and Talaat Pasha, for merly minister of the interior and now grand vizier. This falling out of rogues and the resultant dismemberment of the cabinet they have dominated would lead to results most serious for Ger man rule in the Levant. Sir Edwin Pears, a 40-year resident of Constan- tinople, who visited Philadelphia last year, lately said in London that the present Turkish government is two- thirds German and that the infamy of Armenian massacre was earnestly op- posed, and in vain, by the Young Turks who nominally govern. Sultan Mahomet V, of course, is mere puppet SOW ereign. If the two strongest and most ruthless wills of the Young Turk party pull different ways, the doom of that party is underwritten and the liquida- ton of Turkey as an imperial power is imminent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23
Montgomery and
 AmmisGom Boom

-AA %1~
 |N CONCENTRATION camps there S were in the south during the Spanish American war. They were considered large camps, but there were not many of them and in com- parison with the cantonments of to- day they were small affairs.
 It did not require a military expert
 to see that the war with Spain would
 be of short duration. This war with I Germany is different. Spain was not | in position to hold out long. Ger many has been fighting nearly three years and it is not whipped yet. While it is not as strong as it was at the start, it's military resources are by no means exhausted.
 The United States has gone into the war to fight to finish. The first great battle between the entente allies joined with the American troops, and the Germans on the de- | fensive, may be decisive, but the
 probability is that it will take many
 battles to give the allies the final
 victory.
 In the meanwhile Montgomery and
 Anniston will be scenes of remarka-
 ble military activity. Montgomery will grow rich off the thousands of
 soldiers that will be quartered there,
 and Anniston will grow still richer; for the latter city has permanent
 artillery rendezvous. The government
 has bought thousands of acres of land l in the suburbs for use of military
 training, and after the war is over the training camp will be to Anniston what the artillery school at Fortress Monroe is to Newport News and Nor
 folk-only on much larger scale. Within the next three weeks sol-
 diers will crowd into Anniston by
 train-load lots. It is estimated that
 35,0 ,000 will be stationed there from
 now until the war is over. When the first increment is trained and ready
 for the front in France, another in
 crement will come on. It will be SO,
 too, in Montgomery. No wonder An
 niston and Montgomery are all agog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23
SM ERHAPS the most serious danger
 Ig in the threatened food shortage

S lies in the scarcity of meats.
 The agricultural department is quoted
 as saying that our preesnt meat supply lis 1oo,ooo,O0o pounds less than that of a year ago. Germany and Austria are said to be almost without meats. Eng Hand and France have two meatless days week and with America and our allies to feed, while a meat shortage faces us, prices have already begun to soar. and will no doubt go higher. It therefore seems probable that the fam lilies of men working on small salaries will have to live without meats-unless something is done to reduce consump- tion.
 The "toads head of diversity if rightly interpreted, and it's teachings followed in the present crisis, will prove one of the greatest blessings that ever came to America. We have | been so taken up with our business affairs that the question of personal hygiene has been given but little con l isideration. It is surely true that the wonderful progress in the science Of nutrition is known to but few of even the best educated people.
 | It has been proved beyond question that the protein clements Cheats, fish, fowl cheese, peas, beans, etc) for the lnutritional needs of the normal adult should not exceed one-eighth the total amount of food consumed. Some of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23
Why Villa Has
 Not Been Captured

| 4NW@ A9SG4A M~c1 @SAA SSA
 SsWLW HY do they not catch
 WV Villa ?" is a question fre- quently asked by persons unfamiliar with conditions in Mexico, says the Mexican Review, which calls atten- tion to the fact that John S. Mosby was sought by large bodies of troops for four years and was never caught. The territory in which Villa is op- erating is of such a nature that it is much easier for him to escape capture than it was for Mosby. Villa is not only favored by the burning deserts and inaccessible mountains of north ern Mexico, where he took refuge when hard pressed by American and Mexican troops, but his influence among the Mexican people is still strong enough to insure him against betrayal.
 Pershing would no doubt have caught Villa sooner or later, if his withdrawal from Mexico had not been brought about by Carranza's protests and the uncertain temper of the Mex ican troops with which he was CO., operating. Yet, it would have been no easy task.
 If Mosby was enabled to wage a successful guerilla warfare for four years and elude large forces sent to take him, it is not surprising that Villa continues at large in a region thousand times more difficult of access than the territory in which Mosby won his fame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23

No communication will be published without its authors name Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23

The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birming gham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23

Entered at the Birmingham, Aiap postoffice as second-class matter un- der act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-23

Daily and Sunday Age Herald, year $500
 Daily without Sunday ...... 6.Oc Daily and Sunday, per month. 70 Daily and, Sunday, three months. 2.OG
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-30
Britain Plans to Stop
All Horse Racing
Jockey Club Anticipates Edict,
and Cancels Derby and
Other Classics
tBy Cable to TIE Tnbun. J

ondon, April 20. 1t is understood
that the government is about TO place
an immediate embargo on horse racing
In Great Britain.
This decision will bring the liveliest
satisfaction TO 80 per cent of the com
munity, who decried the fact that time
and money should be devoted TO such a
sport in the present emergency. The
argument was advanced that the con-
tinuance OF racing was a necessity for
keeping up the best breed OF horses,
but il was generally scorned.
Little opposition is likely to arise, ex-
cept from those professionally engaged
in the sport.
The Jockey Club has anticipated the
governments cdict. and cancelled all
the 1917 racing fixtures which were to
have been run after the first spring
meeting.
The cancellation of the summer rae
ing dates will prevent the running Of
such classic events as the Derby. the
Oaks. the Ascot Derby, the Eclipse, the
Jockey Club and the ST. Leger stakes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-30
Chinese War Move
Expected in 2 Weeks
American Legation at Peking
Entertains Military
Governors

Peking, April pa declaration Of
war against Germany by China is ex-
pected within a fortnight
The special commission for interna-
tonal affairs designated BY the gov
ernment has advised that China enter
the war. The question will go before
Parliament shortly.
The American Minister, Or. Paul
Reinsch. held reception at the lsga-
tion to-day TO twenty provisional mill
tary governors. composing the military
conference which recommended recent
ly that China declare war. The gov
ernors were received with full military
honors by the legation guard, and were
welcomed by DR.. Reinsch and promi-
nent members of the American colony.
The minister made an address, congrat-
ulating the governors on evidences OF
cooperation in all parts of China, and
assured them that they had the best
wishes OF the United States.
General Hsu-shu-Chang responded
for the governors. saying they realized
the United States vas Chins's best
friend.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-30

Petrograd, April GAN anti-pacihst
procession Of about 1000 manned
bandaged and convalescent soldiers, on
foot or In motor lorries, assembled
this morning outside the cathedral, de-
spite the keen frost, and paraded the
streets TO the strains Of the MAR
seillaise."
Scores Of one-legged men bearing
military decorations bravely hobbled
along on their crutches, while many
others were glad to accept the helping
arms Of nurses. The banners carried
in the procession bore inscriptions In
viting "Lenine and company" 10 "get
back to William"
The procession augmented quickly on
It's way to the Duma building, and by
the time it had reached the American
Embassy there were tens of thousands
Of persons in line. David r. Francis,
American Ambassador, delivered sew
eral addresses from the balcony.
Mr.. Francis SAID the JOY OF lUO,UUU,VOU
American freemen in the attainment OF
Russian liberty was only second to the
JOY of the Russians themselves. Russia
and the United States, he added, were
fighting shoulder to shoulder for the
vindication of human rights. The am
bassador dwelt on the imperativeness
of victory for the consolidation of the
freedom won by the revolution. He
said he could not imagine the posi-
bility of a separate peace by Russia
which would involve the loss of all the
Russian people had gained.
NJ. Rodzianko, President of the Dumai
who was in the crowd, was invited into
the embassy, where he stood beside
Ambassador Francis and led in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-30
Americans Win Air
Battle with Germans
Will. Haviland and Charles c.
Johnson Put Enemy Avi-
ators to Flight

Paris. April 29.-American ayiators
again have emerged victorious from
hattie in the clouds with German air
men. il was learned to-day. The he
roes in the encounter were Willis Hav-
Hand. Of Minneapolis, and Charles c.
Johnson, of ST. Louis, who are under
the command OF Lieutenant William
Thaw.
The two Americans encountered a
group of German sirplanes. Haviland
forced one enemy craft 10 an altitude
Of 1000 feet. After a spirited fight
the German machine, riddled by ma
chine gun fire, collapsed and fell.
Almost at the same time Johnson had
a desperate battle with another Ger
man machine. which he put to fight,
evidently in distress. It's fate was not
determined. Several other German air
craft refused battle and escaped.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-30

to a great statesman, but he has
brought our thoughts most vividly
down to the present. The thousands
who have given their lives, French,
Russian, Italian, Belgian Serbian,
Montenegrin, Rumanian, Japanese and
British, were fighting for what they
believed to be the cause of liberty.
There is no place in the world
where a speech for the cause of liberty
would be better placed than here at the
tomb of Washington. But as that work
has been so adequately done by mas
ter of oratory, perhaps you will permit
me to read a few words prepared by
the British mission for the wreath we
are to leave here to-day.
"'Dedicated by the British mission
to the immortal memory Of George
Washington, soldier, statesman, patriot,
who would have rejoiced to see the
country of which he was by birth a
citizen and the country which his
genius called into existence fighting
side by side to save mankind from sub
lection TO a military despotism.
Governor Stuart of Virginia spoke as
the host on Virginian soil.
Washington" he said, Originally be-
longed to Virginia, but his priceless
memory has now become a common
heritage of the world. We consecrate
here to-day a struggle bearing the su-
preme test of the issues for which he
lived, fought and died"
Marshal Joffre, victor of the Marne
and idol of the French people, next
came forward. in field marshsls uni
form. Simply, earnestly, he spoke in
French TWO brief sentences:
"In the French army all venerate
the name and memory of Washington.
| respectfully salute here the great
soldier and lay upon his tomb the
palm we offer our soldiers who have
died for their country"
Joffre Salutes Dead
Two French officers came forward
with the bronze wreath from the
French mission, the humblest and the
highest mark of honor which the
French nation can accord the dead.
Bending over, the marshal passed
through the narrow entrance and SOL
emnly placed the wreath upon the
stone coffin, He then stood silently at
salute, the general who is accredited
with saving France, to the general who
won the liberty of the United States.
AS Marshal Joffre passed back among
the spectators Mr.. Balfour came for
ward with the British wreath of lilies
and oak leaves tied with the colors of
the three allied nations. He, too, en-
tered the tomb and placed the British
token beside the French, while Lieuten-
ant General Bridges stood outside at
salute.
There was neither music nor ap-
plause
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-30
Fire of Russian
Guns More Violent
Pressure Against Teutons In
creased from Riga to the
Black Sea

London, April 29.-Teutonic hints
from the trenches that the Russians
need not expect lighting unless they
started it have apparently fallen on
deaf ears. Russian pressure on the
whole front from Riga to the'Black Sea
has gradually increased to point
greater than at any time since the rev.
olution.
There is no hint of this in the official
wireless from Petrograd, which merely
reports the usual rife firing and scout
ing operations. But Vienna reports
that on several sectors of the Russian
front the artillery firing and bomb
firing have become more violent. Re-
cent war statements from Berlin have
also referred to the developing gum
fire on the northern sector of the line.
On Thursday a German air squadron
flew over Sulina. Rumanisn town on
the Black Sea, and caused heavy fires
along the harbor front.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-30
Gen. Joffre Tells America
France Wants u. S. Army;
His Message Is Censored
'Let the American
Soldier Come Now

"The Evening Telegram" yester'
1oy printed the fOlLotoing quotations
rom Marshal Jofre's interview:
Vivs PAmeriquel Let her send
her soldiers to France at once.
We want the American flag Oh
French soil.
To-day the battle Is raging at
its highest fury. France wants
every possible energy added I,
help drive back the enemy. There
is room for the American army on
the battlefield to-day.
France, which has always ad-
mired the courage and the valor
of Americans, rejoices in the con-
fdence that American soldiers are
soon to be fighting side by side
with her soldiers.
Let the American soldier come
now.
1t Is not possible to train them
effectively anywhere else than In
the theatre of war.
Conditions are constantly chang
ing, and they must be on the
ground TO get acclimated, to
breathe the war spirit, to throw
themselves whole-heartedly into
this great conflict, and to inspire
their fellow Americans now on the
firing line and their French breth-
rem to even further and more glori-
Gus endeavor.
France wants the American flag
on her soil. France has a deep
and abiding love and admiration
for America. Nothing could so
strongly and eternally cement that
devotion and admiration as the in
spring sight of the American flag
on French soil.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-30
Equal Pay Urged for
Women During War

Washington. April 29.-Equal pay for
women who take mems places during
the war was urged by Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait, president Of the Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation. in letters sent to-day 10 cham
bers of commerce throughout the coun-
try.
I'VE contend that the work per-
formed. not the sex of the worker.
should determine the rate Of pay" she
wrote. Furthermore, the women who
take mems places in the war emergency
have likewise TO bear the mems bur
dens in the support of their families. /"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-30
Greek King May
Abdicate, Is Report
German Agents Trying to In
auence Change of
Decision

London, April 3O.-A dispatch to
"The Daily Msip from Athens says the
correspondent has trustworthy infor-
nation that King Constantine is con-
sidering abdicating in favor OF the
Crown Prince.
The dispatch adds that under the in
huence of German agents among his
encourage, however, the decision OF the
King may be changed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-30
Correct Bills Defects

Officers Of the General staff are plar-
ning efforts 70 have several serious
defects in tho bills corrected in the
conference. Some Of the features to
which they object are;
The authorization for allowing draft
ed units Of the National Guard 10
sosp their old designations. The staf
wants the new army uniform intevery
way.
The House provision for spportion-
.ng the draft according 20 population.
The staff wants Tire apportionment ac-
eording 20 the number of men liable
Tor draft. eliminating differences due
% variations due 20 unequal distribu
non OF sex or age.
The House provision for raising lo.
cal units, with the appointment Of
company officers from these units. This
perpetuates several Of the evils Of the
volunteer system, chiefly in making Sc
lection Of competent officers uncertain.
The House provision for grouping
/ units "by states and political divisions
OF the same" This would interfere
With the organization OF the army ac-
eording 70 strictly military efficiency.
The provisions for determining cx-
mption. The Senate bill has none.
be House bill provides for a lawsuit
every case, leaving the first deter
mihstion in the hands of board out
ide the army. and permitting sn ap-
pta % civil court on any possible
fretext.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-30
Soldiers of Russia
March in Protest Against Peace
Thousands in Anti-Pachst Procession When 1t Reaches
American Embassy in Petrograd-Presidcnt of Duma
in Throng Cheering Envoy and United States

cheering for the ambassador and the
United States.
Mikolai Lenine, the Radical Socialist
leader, who recently has been inti-
mately connected with the attempts to
bring about separate peace for Russia
and to whom the inscriptions on the
banners in the parade referred, was to
have attended a great meeting of troops
in the drill hall of the Grenadier
Guards yesterday evening, but did not
put in his appearance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-30
State Department Cuts
Vital Parts from
MarshaPs Speech
He Says Germany
breads Sight of Flag
Victories Sure To Be Won.
and End Of War
Hastened
by Ths Associated Pressl

Washington, April 2e.-Marshd
JOffre told the people Of America to.
day, through Washington newspap.-
correspondents, that France cherished
the confident hope that the flag OF the
United States soon would be flying on
her battle lines.
Victories sure 10 be won by the
soldiers Of the two republics. cncs
more fighting shoulder TO shoulder for
liberty, declared the hero Of the
Marne, would "hssten the end Of the
war and tighten the links Of affection
and esteem which have ever united
France and the United States"
translation OF Marshal Josre's
formal statement issued through the
State Department was expurgated and
did not contain vital passages relstins
to the marshal's previously known de-
sire for the presence of an American
force in France