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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30
Big Macaroni Sales

T reckon only a few people know that Birmingham macaroni is sold nearly all over the south," said Bartow Eberhart, one of the livest travelling men in the district. T cover Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi and northern Alabama, that is hitting them in high spots. The factory in spite of it's doubled capacity cant take care of the trade. l can come pretty near sell ing all it makes, as the demand is so great"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30

quick promotion. The pay has been doubled and no man of breeding or education lowers his social standing in the least when he enlists in the regular army. In the ranks~will be found large number of men on the waiting list for commissions. Fourth of July week may witness marked improvement in recruiting. Let an effort be made in that direc- ton.
 Havre is reported to be consuming more beer than ever, because of the large number of soldiers passing through that port. News like that ought to make American soldiers all the more anxious to start for France
 
 Rough and ready officers are coming to the front in the Russian army, says correspondent. But how rough are they toward the Germans and how nearly ready are they to fight?
 s. * * The latest report from Spain says AL fonso will fight for his crown. How ever, Alfonso won't be able to do much in that line unless the army rallieg around him.
 The government has ordered 200,0CG waterproof shirts for sailors on subma- rines and patrol boats. A bulletproof, nonsinkable shirt would be better still.
 *
 Yesterdays break in the temperature Of the type facetiously referred to by their friends as the beef trust" The cave man didn't have a flivver to ride around in. Perhaps it was just as we'll. Not even flivver could negotiate road in the cave mans time
  A new device which enables ships to gather up mines no doubt fills long felt want, but who's going to give us a practical torpedo catcher?
 * * * Before going abroad to fight for the freedom of humanity, Americans are being asked to give up a great deal Of their liberty at home
 * * It begins to look as if the ultimate consumer will be able to burn more than one small lump of coal at time next winter.
 Those Washington "suffs" who served a jail sentence will be wanting some- body to pin a medal on them next. If the Kaiser can get any comfort out of the activities of militant suffragists in Washington, he's welcome to it.
 * * * If the court would only let him, there is no telling how many foolish questions Alexander Berkman would ask.
 * * While the army needs doctors, there is no particular demand for the impresa- rios of medicine shows.
 * * The existence of the white slave" traffic in New York seems to have been definitely proved again.
 < * X The army is In need of brooms but big guns will be used in sweeping the Germans back.
 * Brazil has entered the war. Now let the Kaiser tremble in his boots!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30

BEGINNING THE DAY-LOrd, friendly face or two in the tWI- light, a few kindly voices, and Thy self; and I shall be satisfied. In Thy great grace keep the light burning before my eyes, and give me some work to do until the cnd' Let not the years drag too long, And when the cord snaps, let me be aware of Thy face. Amen.--H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30
A WORSE FATE

From the Grand Rapids Press.
 The American husband may have some small weaknesses. but We guess his wife is pretty glad she ain't tied up to one of those prince consorts like poor wilhelmina of Holland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30
ssGRlEENS'' AS FOOD

fore they open into bloom, are delicious when cooked as greens.
 The food experts of our government are urging everyone to get acquainted with these wild plants of the fields which grow so abundantly everywhere, and to use them as food in these days of scarcity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30
Field for Exciting Experiences

The soldier always has before him 8 field of rich, exciting experiences" said Edwin DuBose, Confederate veteran, of Company K, 137th Georgia infantry. T very vividly remember a certain exper- fence I had during the war between the states.
 Our troops were falling back to Chick amauga, just before the battle, and were in great confusion one night with the men of the northern army. A comrade and were lying in the grass when an officer drew up and stopped near us. What mount is that?' I inquired. Keep quiet and let's see,' he said. And in a few moments we did see, and what we saw was to our great sorrow. For the officer called out, Is this the 104th Iowa?' It was not until then that my comrade and I learned that we were in a company of enemy soldiers. Of course we had business in another direc- tion, and at last found our own com pany"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30
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F. S.-Go out and take part in the services tomorrow night. It will refresh you physically and spiritually.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30
HOTEL LOBBIES
Has n Bad Ankle

T can't go to the war;" said B. H. Walker. one of the Equitable Life's bright young insurance solicitors, flor l broke my ankle when I was playing tackle on the Howard football team Little did I dream then that-it would one day hinder me from enlisting."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30
Will Leave the Stnte

T work at Louis Saks on Saturdays" said Lee Blackwelder, one of the most popular men ever graduated at Howard college. T am attending the summer school at East Lake to better fit myself for the position of principal of the Tiff ton, Ga, High school, which was recently rendered me. l hate to go out of the state, but it was the best offer that came to me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30
MACEDONIAN BATTLE FRONT

ment the cratic ventures of donkeys that seem to have been put under pack for the first time. Chinese soldiers in pagoda-shaped hats, tipped 7ith brass. butter about at mysterious tasks. Black ish-brown men from Madagascar carry burdens. Moroccans in yellowish-brown swing by under shrapnel helmets.
 New levies marching toward the from, the sweat beads standing ont on their pale foreheads as they struggle under their 60-pound packs. give the road to the veterans of six months service hard, capable. tireless. Overhead the fliers purr on the lookout for the enez my. Big guns lumber along De1 ~e ~ pillar tractors. Ammunition U, j, .,sss.... the road and hospitals dot it. A.sN s,xSSs.- from France and the ..nteef sI , W all the British empire ride ovt orN
 Always the ambulances They are always given the :, i1stssI men who turn ua, the day when, in their turn.s they viii be riding in a Red Cross car toward Saloniki and home.
 At the farther end of the road is Monastir taken last winter by the allied forces in a battle that in any other war would have been set down as great At the sea end of the road is Saloniki, the allied base, where Cicero lived for time and St. Paul shook the dust from off his feet as testimony against the Thessolonans of his day, and where Suleiman the Magnificent built the White Tower, in whose oubliettes bones still moulder of the victims of 800 years of Turkish rule.
 "At right angles to that road, as though they were the bent bow of which the road is the arrow, are half million fighting men of the allied forces. Not many in this conflict, perhaps. Mace donia is rarely mentioned in the com muniques Yet the British did not enn- ploy so many men in South Africa dur ing the whole Boer war. In one day have counted the uniforms of 20 fighting peoples on the road
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30
Much to Be ThankfuI For

I am not given to boastlng," said Louis Phillips of the Burger Dry Goods company. but the truth is busi- ness is good, and there is no reason for pretending that it is not Of course, I am referring to our own and others will have to speak for themselves We bought many things below the market, as we bought ahead and then we had heavy stocks We have nothing to com plain of but much to be thankful for"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30
Many Negroes Leave Chiffon

There certainly was an exodus of ne- groes from Chiffon county" said Sheriff Il. A. Harris, who was recently in the city on business, "and the bad part about It is only few are returning. There is one thing sure, if Chiffon raises a crop of cotton this year it will have to be picked out by white labor, as the few ne- groes remaining in the county are hud- dled about the towns and too lazy to go into the fields as long as they can pick up living without it?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30
THE OPEN-AIR BATH

From Monongahela Republican.
 FOR RENT-Furnished room privilege of bath in Main street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30
BOOZE. FIRST MEANT "DRINK,

Robert P. Utter, in Harper's Magazine.
 The word booze came to us before the fourteenth century, seemingly from the Dutch, in the form ''bous" or house." At that time, as noun or verb, it meant merely drink" and to speak of a gentleman as sy,''bousing'' his wine was not libelous or even derogatory. Somehow it acquired the added sugges- tion of excess and bad company, and by the time of Shakespeare we find it in glossaries of the argot of thieves and gypses. The process may be understood when we think of the sinister meaning we often attach to the simple word drink" which might conceivably run the same course if we misuse it often enough
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30
THEY NEVER REST

necessarily the poets sing,
 Forsooth, a feckless lot; Unto their sounding Tyres they cling, Although the weather's hot. Prosaic mortals fume and fret
 And shirk their tasks at times, But we've ne'er seen bard. as yet Grow tired of writing rhymes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30

Although the weather's hot. Prosaic mortals fume and fret
 And shirk their tasks at times, But we've ne'er seen a bard. as yet, Grow tired of writing rhymes.
 
 BRIEF CORRESPONDENCE When your boy goes to the front he won't be able to write long letters home Henry never was much of a hand to write,' answered Mir. Cobbles. About all he ever did in that way was to specify the amount he wanted and sign his name"
 LOCATED AGAIN What is your definition of an sopti- mist, MT. Jibway?"
 An optimist," replied that gentleman thoughtfully is man who can forget all about the high price of butter when he starts to slaughter a plate full of hot biscuits" ART OBSCURED And this picture is a study of the sea?"
 Yes"
 That's fine cloud effect in one cor ner''
 "Drat the luckt That's a cobweb" 
 SOMEWHAT SIMILAR There is nothing equal to the thrill one gets when he discovers priceless works of art in some long buried tenn pler' exclaimed Professor Diggs, the archaeologist.
 T know just how you feel, professor . said MT. Dubwaite. The other day l dug up two silver spoons while working in my garden"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30

It was a good move when three down. town churches got together and said: Lets go to Capitol park on Sunday nights and preach to the crowds who are absenting themselves from our night services" Drs. Dickinson. Broadly and Fostnr are doing good work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30
THE NEW RUSSIA

Fortier Jones in the July Metropolitan.
 From my window above the harbor of
 Vladivostok I can see, as I write, a
 half billion dollars worth of materials
 lying on the ground Scores of huge go-
 downs were filled many months ago, and
 the torrent of supplies pouring into
 Vladivostok had to be emptied out along
 the harbor streets, in waste places, and
 over all the surrounding hills. The vast
 ness of the congestion is, I suppose,
 unique in the history of commerce, for from my window only small part of the stores lying here Is visible Only Il days
 have passed since the Tsar abdicated
 more than 5000 miles away In distance and 10 days by fastest express in point of time. Perhaps dozen Chinese watchmen are sitting sleeply about within sight A
 block away, at the corner of Vladivos- Russian youth of about 19. I know by his uniform he Is student. He is un- | armed, but about his left arm Is broad white linen band with three crimson Cyrllic characters upon it, showing him | to be member of the citizens com mittee. He is all that is left of Russia s notorious gendarmes and secret service | system. Less than a fortnight ago this student and his colleagues. evolving se- cretely political ideas they dared not openly express. lived in daily apprehen- sion of those spies and gendarmes At any hour, without any real trial, he was | in danger of being exiled for life to a
 place 1000 miles from railway in the depths of the forest primeval. where the l average winter temperature is the lowest l in the world. not excepting the poles. To- day he IS conquerer There is a grim humor in it. He Is the only officer there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30

The Age-Hera1d is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dls- patches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, postoffice as second-class matter un- dsA act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-30

We need churches with outreaching arms. The church of the outreaching arms means, first of an, pulpit Of outreaching arm, an evangelistic min istry, and back of soul-winnind pastors a multitude of godly men and conse- crated women with outreaching arms.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
KERN WANTS TO SEE
WHO WILL ENLIST IF
COUNTRY HAS WAR

Inspired by the threatening war
situation DR.. NJ. S. Kern. former cap
tain of Company L in this city and a
veteran OF the Spanish war is taking
steps to see what can be accomplished
towards forming a volunteer company
in Pendleton in the event OF need.
Acting on his own initiative DIR. Kern
is preparing a tentative list of those
willing to Join a local company. For
this purpose he has prepared the fol-
lowing agreement which he is asking
prospective soldiers to sign:
'-Show Your Colors."
!. the undersigned. to show my pa
triotism. do hereby pledge on my hon
or as citizen Of the United States.
that in case OF call for troops By
the Governor of the State OF Oregon.
or the President of the United States.
To enlist in either the National Guard
of Oregon or Volunteer Service OF the
United States. and should a company
be organized in Pendleton. my pre-
ference is to join such company.
Also my signature Is subject TO the
laws and regulations of the War De-
partment. as To medical examinations.
etc.
Captain Kern has one copy of the
petition. another is in the custory OF
Charles Vinier Of the Workingmen's
Clothing Store and copies are also at
local cigar stores.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
CHURCHILL TELLS
TEACHERS ABOUT
NEW SCHOOLLAWS

State Superintendent j. A. Chur-
chill was the principal speaker this
morning at the local teachers insti-
tute which is being attended today by
about 100 teachers. He discussed the
new school laws, proposed new laws,
qualifications for certificates and
a teachers retirement fund among
other things.
The subject. Measuring for Educa-
tional Efficiency was discussed by
Principal ]. o. Russell OF Athena, supt.
A. 4. Park OF Pendleton and others.
This afternoon the program as sched-
uled consists of a discussion of pro-
fessional ethics by G. II. Robinson OF
Weston and A. f. White and II. T.
Drill Of Pendleton, talks on the teach
ing Of penmsnship by W. A. Ford of
umatilla. Nelly Darr of Adams and
Olive Bovee. a discussion OF the sub
sect, What the school Board Expects
from the Teacher" by Judge q. w.
Phelps. Prin. II. W. Drew OF Helix,
and Grace Frost, and OF the subject.
What the Teacher Expects from the
School Board" by ]. ID. Harrah or
Adams. Jessie b. Brierly and W. J.
Roork
r. f. Chloupek. director of manual
training in the Pendleton schools, has
an exhibition OF the work done in
the grades here In conference with
the course which he outlined for the
state department
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
new HIGHWAY ROUTE
TO La GRANDE NOW
BEING CONSIDERED
Highway Commission and FEDERAL
FOresa Authorities VIII soon Take
Preliminary Steps 20 Ascertain
Feasibility.

A possible new route for a high
way between Pendleton and La
,;rande is being considered by the
state highway commission in con-
junction with the Federal forest au-
thorities and preliminary steps will
be taken soon to ascertain whether
such a route will be feasible. accord
ing to W. L. Thompson. member of
the commission who arrived home
this morning from Portland.
The proposed new route follows the
present road to GibDon and from
that point follows up Meacham creek
to tho north fork. thence up the
north fork To Five Points and from
there to Hilgnrd. This route has been
advocated for some time by Union
county people as one that would be
much shorter than the present route
nv Meacham. Much OF the route
would be through the wenaha re-
serve.
Mr.. Thompson states that the com
mission met with the forestry Off
cials and decided to appropriate mon
ey to meet county appropriations bS
ITmatilla and Union counties in case
the route was accepted. The forestry
officials will authorize a survey soon
chief Forester Graves was present at
the conference.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
HEAVY SHOWS, IN CASCADES
COMPLETELY BLOCK TRAFFIC

snow in the Cascade mountains in
Washington has completely blocked
traffic on the Great Northern and
greatly delayed trains on the North
crn Pacific. according TO news receiv-
ed here today The Seattle passenger
is five hours late i'm its time Of arri-
val at Pasco today and Great North
ern trains are being routed over the
Northern Pacific because of the g. y.
blockade by the snow.
The O-w. r. e. y. was obliged to
operate a rotary snowplow on the
Murray Idaho. branch all day Thurs.
day to Keep the line open. A heavy
gale blew the snow into the open cut
The Spokane & Inland Empire Rail-
road company was Obliged to operate
its snowplows on the. line from Mos
COW. Idaho. to spokane. in the Pnlouse
section. superintendent L. f. Lille
spent the day bucking snow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
80 DEAD. 15O HURT,
100000 LOSS IN,
INDIANA TORNADO

INDIANAPOLIS, March 24.-Thir-
~ nine known dead. and nearly n
hundred and fifty injured with a pro-
perty loss OF two million Is the result
OF n tornado that swept southern In
diana last night. Thirty four bodies
werc recovered at New Albany. The
devastated district Is half a mile wide
and two miles long. Martial law has
becn declared. Looters were ordered
shot ON sight. Fire has started In
the ruins HOSPITALS are oycrflowing.
Many bodies were buried In the dc
bris. The Indianapolis Red CtOss Is
organizing relief work.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24

4 large electric motor of the Mil.
waukee jumped the track in a drift
some miles east of Avery yesterday
while pulling eastbound passenger
train No. is. causing the line to be
tied up for several hours. The west
bound passenger No. Il was detoured
last night over the Northern Pacific
from Missoula to Spokane. arriving
there three hours late. A makeup
train was sent west on time.
apd a flnnger operating all day on
and y flanger operating all da yon
the line from st. Maries to Elk River.
Idaho. where foot OF new snow fell
Thursday morning. Wind was re-
ported blowing 60-mile gale and fill.
ling the cuts almost as rapidly as the
plows cleared the track. Trains were
kept about on time. that last night ar
riving about 80 minutes late.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24

RELIEF WORK TO CONTINUE.
NEW YORK. March 24..-Hamper-
ed. but not discouraged by the Whit
lock Withdrawal, the relief commits
sion fight win continue TO work
through Dutch agents. II am very
anxious that no mistaken impression
be derived from the news given out
at Washington said the commission
official. " the work must and will
continue. The need OF the Belgian
DeaGAe is just as great a. before. II
must be met
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24
SECOND SAFE ROBBER IS STILL AT
LARGE, ONLY SLIGHT CLUES ARE
FOUND TO HELP OFFICERS SEARCH

No trace is reported today of the
robber Moran alias Morgan who
Thursday evening engaged in re
volver battle with Sheriff Til Taylor
and Deputy Olaf Aarhus of Umatilla.
Sheriff Taylor and Deputy, ]. II. Es-
ties arrived home last evening after
searching the sheep camps OF the
north end of the county without
finding any clew.
George strand OF Vansycle. former
deputy sheriff. spent the day beating
out Juniper canyon and he as well a.
other men deputized found but little
to help them in their search. The
man may still be in hiding or he NAV
have caught a train and put consid-
cradle distance between himself and
his pursuers. The officers have
good description OF MIN and hope to
be able to pick him up.
Aarhus Also In right.
Not only did sheriff Taylor take
part in the pistol engagement with
Moran but Deputy Aarhus put in
Few shots, according TO the sheriff
He and Aarhus left Umatilla about
in the afternoon on their velocipede
and made inquiry all along the line
WNNnNuN EuNLtH1 AAANAA ~.
Sandspur where two section men re-
ported two fairly well dressed men
having passed an hour before and in
auired as to the nearest place to get
something TO eat They had been
directed to the section house az Ju-
niper.
Between Sandspur and Juniper
party of o.-w, officials on speeder
had passed the officers and hkewise
passed the two fugitives The latter
figured them as officers and. think
ing they had stopped at the Juniper
section house. made detour along
he Columbia beach 20 avoid the
house. Il was while walking on the
,each that Taylor and Aarhus first
NV them. They got of their speed {
n and followed their tracks along
ne beach Their tracks Tailed cN-
lctiy with the tracks found NJ Her I
niston and they were sure they were Z
in the right trail. The tracks led tu I
ne mouth of Juniper creek where I
he rsbbets had cut back to the raii- &
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-03-24

WASHINGTON, March 24-Brandt
WhitIock has been Withdrawn as
minister to Belgium. America has
Withdrawn from Belgium relief
work which has been turned over to
Holland and other neutraIs, the state
department announced. The Whit
lock withdrawal is regarded as the
forerunner of actual warfare. The
department has considered abandon
ing relief work since the destruction
of relief ships by German submarines.
COMMUNICATION FORBIDDEN
The official statement revealed that
Whitlock has been denied the privi-
Iege Of communicating with the state
department in even plain language.
Americas protest against sinlkings
we're transmitted through Spain and
unanswered. The statement declares
the .'German governments observance
OF other undertakings has not been
such that the department would feel
warranted i'm accepting the response
biIity for leaving Belgian relief work
ers in German occupied territory and
the workers have been ordered TO
quit the country. Holland has agreed
to fill their places. WhitIock official
ly and unOffIcialy has done much 20
keep the relief work going. Chairman
Hoover struggled to have America
maintain the task. The step is taken
today because the task has become i'm
possible.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT r 5----i
The official statement said: "By
direction OF the President. the minis
ter az Brussels has been instructed
TO withdraw from Belgium to Harve.
after consultation with the relief
commission. WhitlOck has been in
structed to arrange for the departure
of the American members OF the
commission. The step, and its seri-
business is fully appreciated. IL is
taken oily after careful consideration
and full consultation with all the I'M
terests involved