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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-23
Repainting the Car

Carriage painting Is not an easy Jop
to be undertaken by the layman. TO
repaint car and do 1t properly requires
experience and care and not merely one
but number of coats OF paint. so IN
Tess the motorist has goodly store OF
"a thence the job had better be under
taken by painter Of skill and expe-
ri
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A War Horse

Taps--What kind Of horse DO you
call that?
Asyouwere--That Is a warhorse.
Taps-A war horse? What is war
horse?
sAsyouwere--It Is horse that had
rather die than run.--Judge.
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that when summoned by the ruth
less, irresistible process Of evolution
to join its weaker friend the horse,
it may lie down with pleasant dreams
of having dcne a great and appre-
ciated service to mankind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25

WA 4TTED-To assist young men in pass
 ing the state board of examination I,,sn o1 pharmacy, also a special course slsen in chemistry and baeteriology III per
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ONE CENT 4 WORD.

LETTERS ey sraph sSar4oesss proesss.
 Main ,,4 4sSs; g;, ! 1928 BEAUMONT Jeff Co., 6los. S-9-22t
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WAN'rED-HELP

MANIED-Iublic stenographer to occupy desk room in office in prominent oftlce building; new typewriter, desk, telehone. sign on door, name on directory or building and name in telephone DOCK furnished; in return will be required to answer q few telephone calls and ques- tions of probably half a Gozen callers day: give three references. Address - 5e cora Aee-HeraId, S-23-3t LY-Blacksmiths. boilermakers machinists structural iron workers, S4oo to S6: helpers, $2.50; laborers, 2 upi men and women cooks; porters; maids; coal loaders coke puIlers; others. Acme Agency, 1S01s 2d ave Call Main Zioz. N MANTED-Locally, colored baker good on cakes as well as bread and pes ap- Div at once; IS white coal miners union men only.
 12 nonunion coal miners, 65c per ton for machine coal, soc on the solid; other po- sitions open. Producers Exchange Bldg 1211a N 21st.
 WANTED-Ten colored boiler maker helpers; also structural iron helpers, local work; 10 experienced colored coal loaders; will attend to handling house. hold goods and send family with you; colored brick yard hands, man to cal- cin1ine walls; also can use water color for same; other openings. Room 42f Chamber Commerce Bldg, Employment Office, Birmingham, Ala. S-2o-3t
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FOR SALE HOMES FOR SALE
AT ENsLEY.

AT ENSLE4. 2017 Bessemer boulevard, Central Park, (cost $500; bargain). 23O0 23d st.. rooms, fur. heat. Groom bungalow on 23d st. nearby. 2225 18th court bedrooms. large lot, 2215 goth ave. rooms. one-half square Minor school. bungalows and 1 cottage at Fairview.
 AT EAST BIRMINGHAM 1017 N. filth st., rooms, like new. 4312 9th ave, N, nice place. 908 and 912 N. 40th st. 4930 and 4932 10th ave-. N. 1915 N 46th st., rooms and bath S21 N. 44th st., Groom bungalow. S21 N 49th st. new bungalow, 1922 N 48th st. rooms and bath.
 AT WEST END. 122f 3d ave. N, 6 rooms. 719 1st ave, N, bungalo. rooms 13 Oak st, rooms and bath. 1206 1st ave. N. beautiful 2-story, rooms. 9o1 Sd ave. N, rooms S02 Cotton ave, 2-story, brown stone. 1216 3d ave, 2storv, rooms.
 AT WOODLAWN. PIG N. fifth st. rooms 230 N. filth st. rooms 53o1 2d ave, N, 2-story, rooms. 347 N. Old 50th st., rooms. fur. heat. 3SS N Old 5Oth st, bungalow, 6 rooms. 6123 1st ave. S-room cottage, baths. 520S Grand ave. 7-room bungalow, fur mace. 5136 Grand ave. 7-room cottage. 507 Wood st. 4 rooms. 6304 1st ave, 5-room cbttage. A few choice places in Norwood and South Highlands. An elegant 14-room place at 2031 Quin- lin ave- suitable for boarding house. Homes for rent in every section of the city
 J. MURRAY NORMENT Phone M. 269 2026 1st Ave.
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FOR SALE

YOUNG ATTORNEYS-F set of Ala bama reprints, Southern Reporter, Cyc, and Corpus Juris, together with codes, dgests. Shepherds Citations, and nu
 merous textbooks for sale cheap; terms if desired; going to Berlin; books crated and stored in Birmingham: all books in cases, H l.. Guin. care Grand Hotel, Chattanooga, Tenn. S-25-2t
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UNBELIEVABLE HELP

WANTED-FEMAL HELP
 WANTED-Young woman for position as stenog- rapher and bookkeeper; must have college educa- tion and successful ex- perience. Forward appli- cation and references i'm mediately to the Superin- tendent Marion Institute, Marion, Ala. 8-l9-tf WAN FED MIddle-age white woman to help with child and homework; no cook ing; good home and fair wages to the right party. Address w. M. Mabson, Jasper Ala S-2o-St
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AUCTION SALE

AUCTlON--AUCTION
 Second hand goods for store, office. home and farm. for sale cheap. we buy. sell and exchange anything. Call or write Southern Auction k Storage Co. 2024 3d ave. H. c. Coed man, Auctioneer. 7-17- 30t-eod
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FOR EXCHANGE

- WANTED-To exchange North Blr- mingham lots in part payment on l 5or 20-acre farm near Roebuck Springs or on Mount Pinson road; will consider Shades mountain. Address 3l9 lst Natl. Bank Bldg Birmingham. Ala. S-2o-3t
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FARM AND TIMBER LANDS

n It.AayI---, IA .t3tue .a3 acies idllu, IL miles from Birmingham; sandy leam 50 acres in cultivation; new house; for Birmingham real estate. Farm rents for st60 ner vear What have vnu tn trade? No mortgage at all w. J. Dan iel .uS Title Bldg.
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FOR SALE-Single-cylin Harley-Da- vison motorcycle in Al condition, with
 Presto tank and light; the first man
 with $40 gets it. A. A Sharp, 222s 2d
 ave. 8-25-2t FOR SALE-Mule suitable for light draying and delivery service. Ad-
 dress F-26, care Age Herald. 8-24-3 -3t
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LANDLORDS

LIST your property for rent wltn us, sasl3u y4u will be satisfied. Clark .Nda Ma ioi'e e1 '11 7
 co 2l0 N. Fist st. Main 6723. o--4-1l
The Washington herald., 1917-07-02
FORMER JUDGE SEEKS
MISSING DAUGHTER
Justice Pomeroy Aids Search by
New York Police.

New York, July 1.-Former Supreme
Court Justice Charles W. Pomeroy. of
Montana, arrived in New York today
and is prepared to remain here until
he has received some definite informa-
ton as to his daughter. Velma Pome-
roy, IS years old, who disappeared
from her apartment last Tuesday
evening under mysterious circum-
stances.
The former Judge took UP quarters
at the Hotel McAlpin and Immediately
set about the work in hand. He sent
a telegram to his anxious wife in
Kalistell, Mont. saying that already
he had met with some encouragement
in his search.
On Tuesday night Miss Pomeroy
went from her apartment to din
ner and early Wednesday morning
her roommate received a telegram
from her dated Communipaw, say
ing she would not be home and
would explain later.
Investigation of the message dis
closed that Miss Pomeroy took a
train for Philadelphia Wednesday
morning and the trail was lost in
the latter city. Her father was
informed almost Immediately of her
disappearance and hurriedly start
ed for New York.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-02
"TAY PAY" O'CONNOR
GUEST IN CAPITAL
Irish Leader in Parliament Sees
German Death Blow.

A death-dealing blow to Germany is
seen by T. P. O'Connor, Irish member
of the British Parliament, who is in
Washington for a weeks stay, In the
safe arrival on French soil Of the
colors OF America.
'I believe that the present Is most
critical period in the war" MIR. O'Con-
nor continued in an interview last
night, land believe that Americas s
timely entrance into the conflict will
precipitate crushing effects on the
Teutonic peoples"
Mr.. o'Conner. better known to his
host of friends here as ''Tay Pay"
O'Connor, hopes TO be able to see
President Wilson before he leaves.
that he may relate to him the present
home rule situation in Ireland.
When asked IL he did not think the
present a ripe time for the liberation
of Ireland. Mr.. O'Connor emphatically
said he did. adding freedom from
both her enemies and from her sons
He dined last night with Medill Nc
Cormick and Senator Phelan, with
whom he is stopping.
In the morning. Mr.. OConnor ac-
companied by Senator Phelan and Mr..
Hazelton, attended church. immediate
ly after which he left for the Mclean
estate at Friendship Heights. His ac-
ouaintance with Mrs. Edward B. Nc
Lean dates back to the time when she
was a little girl crossing the ocean
with her father, Thomas F. Walsh.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-02
j. S. SUPPLIES GERMAN Army
FOOD IT NEEDS TO Win WAR
Imports of Fats from This Country Rations
100000 Teuton Soldiers, Startling State
ment of Food Administrator Hoover.

The United States furnishing Germany with the food products
which it needs o win the war;
Facts and figures showing imports food from the United States
into Germany through neutral made public by Herbert
Hoover last night concve that the United States at the
present time feeding the who stand between her and victory
in this war;
Fat the scacest food in Germany Fat is the most highly
priced Fat the only food the lack of which wa, SERIOUSLY
in the diet of the German people
rats sufficient quantity to ration all of Germany 100000
hshtns men are entering the Teuton empires from Holland and
Scandinavia who get these products directly indirectly from the
United States
The Washington herald., 1917-07-02
URGES FLYING
MACHINE HEAD
Admiral Peary Believes
Aeronautics Should Be
Separate Bureau.

Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary last
night took issue with Secretary OF
War Baker and Secretary of the Navy
Daniels. who declared against the
creation OF Department Of Aeronau-
tics to direct the country's aircraft
program. Rear Admiral Peary, as
President of the National Aerial
Coast Patrol Association, was one OF
the first to point out to Congress the
imperative need for a great fleet or
American aeroplanes on the western
front, and in a letter to Senator
Brady, member of the Senate subcom-
mittee considering the Sheppard-HuI-
bert bill to establish a separate aero
nautical department, he seriously
doubted the wisdom of merely co-or-
dinating the work of regularly or
ganized governmental agencies in
carrying out the project.
The terms cooperation and co-or-
dination which~a are being much used
these days in aeronautical discussions,
do not cover the meaning or the needs
in that field" Admiral Peary said
THE words and the conditions i'm
peratively needed are Capitalization
and concentration. The only way is
to combine under an untrammeled Of
ficial Of highest rank al, of the gov
ernments aeronautical activities.
.', Opportunity Of u. $.
"A golden opportunity is now pre-
sented to the United States to attain
that pre-eminence among nations of
the world which our Importance de-
mands. That opportunity lies In the
air. 1t should be the insistent aim of
the United States to be the first air
CONTINUED ON PAGE two.
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SAYS wilson
FEARED LOBBY
DR.. Dinwiddie Asserts Pres
ident Was Afraid of Beer
Interests Power.

Fear of the power Of the drink in
terests made President Wilson ask
prChibitionists to call of their night
on beer and wine. This is the opinion
of DR.. E. c. Dinwiddie, secretary of
the Anti-Saloon League of America.
The President. said DR.. Dinwiddie
yesterday, was afraid the lobbyists
working for the beer interests would
hold up the food control bill, and en-.
danger its passage.
THE President asked US to protect
the bill aginst the filibuster con-
Quoted by the beer lobby-not in So
many words, of course" said DR..
Dinwiddie. But the real meaning
was because of the threat of the
lobby, You put these prohibition SEQ
tions in, and we will block the fooo
control BILL"
Senator Gore said: THE Cham
berlain amendment does not even
mention beer or wine. 1 have drafted
an amendment which forbids distilled
spirits, but allows beer and wine to
be made at the discretion OF the
President. think this Is the correct
view. do not think the prohibitionists
should be asked to surrender their
standpoint"
The Senate Agricultural Committee
will meet today and vote as to
whether the Gore or Chamberlain
amendment will be adopted.
I'VE have not yet made arrange
ments for introducing a separate bill
preventing the manufacture of beer
and wine," said DR.. Dinwiddie yes
terday. There has been no time since
the agreement was made to take these
provisions from the food control bill.
But while We deferred to the request
Of the President, We have not yielded
our judgment or our determination
to prosecute the campaign. We win
be guided by. the circumstances.
Il am confident we had the fight for
prohibition won, until the request of
the President came. But when the
Commander-in in Chief Of the army ana
navy sets forth what he considers
a necessity in time of war, what are
you going to do? -.
'If the President had made the re-
quest three months ago, or as late as
two months ago, or even IL he had
made 1t three months later. We would
not have yielded. 1t would not have
been necessary for the filibuster- by
the drink interests would have been
exhausted by that time" .
The Washington herald., 1917-07-02
COAL ROW MAY
SPLIT CABINET
High Government Officials
Line Up Following Price
Fixing Squabble.

Has the coal row caused a split in
the Cabinet?
Indications last night were that Il
hasa row of well defined propor-
tions. with Secretary Lane opposed to
line up of Secretaries Baker and
Daniels and Attorney General Gregory.
Probably the most serious con-
sequence that can come out of sucn
squabble Immediately will be the
strained personal relations between
the four members of the Presidents
official family, but other questions
hinge upon the settlement Of the coat
muss.
The Cabinet officials involved re-
fused to discuss the situation last
night. No statement could be obtained
from Mr.. Gregory, and Mr.. Baker, Il
was said, had gone to New York over
Sunday. At the Navy Department u
was said that Mr.. Daniels had moth
ing to add to what he already had
given out.
One point. however, Is certain:
Through the entrance of Secretary
Baker into the coal muss, started
when the Attorney General broadly
limited that he would invoke the Sher-
man antitrust law II the coal opera
tors attempted to fix a price on coal,
no matter how low, the coal situation
Is so muddled as to threaten entire
notification of last weeks delibera-
tions between Mr.. Lane. acting with
the coal production committee Of the
Council Of National Defense, and the
operators of all sections of the United
States.
Representatives OF the coal men
who remained in the city to settle on
she prices Of coal mined west of the
Mississippi said last night that 1t
seemed II the attempts of the opera
tors to answer Mr.. Lanes call to
show their patriotism had been vast
ed. Ii the Department of Justice is
determined to proceed with indict-
ments, they said, there Is nothing to
be done. Nor is there anything to be
done If Secretaries Baker and Daniels
refuse to buy coal at the prices fixed
by the Secretary Of the Interior, Mr..
Fort, of the Federal Trade Commits
sion. and Mr.. Peabody. chairman OF
the coal production committee, and
accepted by the operators.
The coal men point out that while
an agreement was made as to the
price of coal. none was made obligat-
ing the government to buy at that
Drice
The Washington herald., 1917-07-02
CAR OVERTURNS,
Drowning 2S
Victims Lose Lives In Acci-
dent at Niagara Falls.
Recover 20 Bodies.

Niagara Falls. n. Y, July l-Tven-
ty-eisht persons were drowned late
this afternoon when a Great Georss
Route car was hurled into the Niagara
River. A large number Of other per-
sons were injured
Twenty bodies had been recovered
at late hour this evening. A few
persons escaped injury by jumping
and were carried into the sw1riinf
waters.
The known dead are: Mrs. AIics
seastrom, jamestown. n. Y; Miss
Seastrom, jamestown. n. Y; Mrs. s.
w. pale, Arcadia, Fla: Al. Hearn.
Niagara Falls, n. Y. conductor; :.
X. Muck. Indiana, Pa: Mrs. @. +. Nc
Coy. Kansas City. Mo: N. L. schu-
maker. Akron. Ohio.
Among those rescued and IN 81
Mary's Hospital suffering from in
lur1es are: ]. NJ. Seastrom, jamestown.
n. T.; Miss Seastrom: Mrs. @. Nc
Coy South Benton, Mo-: Eta Poole,
cincinnati. Ohio: Mrs. James Kent.
scranton, Pa; ME. H. o. Smith.
Akron, Ohio; - Stantski, Chicaso.
III; Norman Miller. Erie, Pa: A. Nj
Lounall. Pittsburgh. Pa: skimmu-
moni. japanese; Horoda, a Jap
anese.
The accident occurred this side Of
Lewiston shortly before 4 O'Clock ana
was due TO landslide under a trestle
The car was overturned by the
slipping OF the earth and then rolled
into the lower Niagara River Rapids.
Immediately after the accident. a
rescue party was organized. Tbe
capsized car after its roll into the
river, came TO rest between the
cribbing OF a disused water power
system. II was completely upside
down and the flooring was chopped
away TO rescue the injured and re-
cover the bodies Of those drowned.
In Memorial Hospital are Mr.. ana
Mrs. II. G. Slee. of Toledo, who were
married yesterday and were on their
wedding trip. Both bride and bride
groom found themselves in water up
to their chins, and Slee saved his
wife from drowning by holding her
head above the water until the rec
cuers arrived.
Both the conductor and motorlnan
OF the car struck 10 their posts and
went into the rushing water with the
car Conductor Hearn was killed
The Washington herald., 1917-07-02
MEXICANS ORDER TAX
ON FOREIGN GOODS
High Import Duty Goes Into Effect
Necessaries Executed.

Laredo. Tex, July THE new
high import duty OF the Mexican
government went into effect today.
II covers nearly all foreign manu-
factured goods.
At the time the Mexican authori-
ties decided upon the new duties
all kinds OF provisions, including
sugar, flour. and necessaries of
the household were included but,
according to recent advices from
the Mexican capital. these have been
eliminated, the authorities fearing
an increase in the prices OF these
articles might give rise to a food
crisis which might incite the pop
ulace against the government
The import duty on automobiles,
which was considered one Of the
most exhorbitant and prohibitive
ever imposed by Mexico. also has
been dropped.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-02
HUGE NAVAL BASE
TO Be BUILT SOON
Work Viii Be Started at Once at
Hampton Roads.


Secretary OF the Navy Daniels yes
terday took the first step toward the
creation in Hampton Roads OF the
greatest base in the history Of the
American navy.
Under authority OF a Presidential
proclamation. Rear Admiral Walter
Mclean, commandant OF the Norfolk
Navy Yard. was instructed 10 take
possession Of the property included
in the jamestown Exposition site ana
Pine Beach section. adjoining Sc
wells Point. Persons at present re-
siding thereon must move by Au-
gust ].
The base. when completed, will be
the greatest naval establishment IN
the western hemisphere. II will ac-
commodate the entire Atlantic Fleet
Dockage on deep water will be pro-
vided, where the largest ship in the
navy may tie 10 a wharf or go into
drydock. Here the fleet. under war
conditions. could strip for action. safe
from all possibility OF hostile raids.
Congress appropriated $l,sO0.OOo for
the purchase OF the jamestown ana
Pine Beach properties and an ADJ
uonal 81 900 as an initial amount
toward the development OF the naval
base
Work Will begin immedisfely on
quarters for 1000 naval recruits. Sec
retary Daniels declared be expecteo
to have accommodations for several
thousand recruits before the end OF
August and for the entire 1000 be-
fore October.
The requirement OF this property
makes possible the development on
Hampton Roads. the normal anchor
age OF the North Atlantic Fleet, of
one Of the greatest naval bases in the
world" said Secretary Daniels. This
is something we have needed for
many years and ours IS the only big
navy which does not at present pos
seSs such a base"
The Washington herald., 1917-07-02
Sunday Gives $100, ,4S9
70 War Service Funds

New York, July IA total Of Sl0o,-
Ass has been forwarded by the Will
lam A. Sunday Evangelistic Associa-
ton. disposing of the free-will offer
ing by Billy Sunday at the close Of
his campaign here, 1t was announced
by the executive committee today.
The money went to the following:
american Red Cross. Sc. .sSl.Is; Y, NJ.
c. A. work. SO, ,3s1.TS; Y. W.. c. A.
war work, Sc, 800; for baseball suitings
for American sailors and marines,
t426.
The amount given to the Y. w. c.
a. work was designated in the free
will Offering. From the loose change"
collection during the last week of the
campaign was obtained the money for
the baseball suitings.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-02
BRITISH ship
Law PROTESTED
Bunker Agreement" Re,
suit in Tie-up Of Amer
lean Vessels.

Complaints have been made to the
State Department, 1t was learned yes
terday. Of arbitrary action by Great
Britain in attempting to force her
so-cailed bunker agreements on
American ships. The case in point is
OF recent date, since the United States
entered the war. and deals with an
American vessel in coastwise trade.
The British refused to approve the
charter Of this vessel unless the own
ers would agree to devote at least
part Of their ships time to carrying
supplies to England or one of the
European allies through the subma-
rine zone.
the British rule, but the instance now
before the State Department is the
first in which England has invaded
American coastwise routes and sought
to impose her will. In the same con-
nection, II is learned that American
ships are not the only ones affected,
but that neutral vessels plying be-
tween North and South American
ports have heard the same mandate.
The English declare there is equity
in their action. They point to the
fact that the vessels in question are
reaping all the harvests of the un-
precedeDted increase in freight rates
brought about by the war and the de-
velopment of the submarine, while
taking none Of the risks that brought
about that increase-that is, running
the submarine gantlet.
The case before the State Depart
ment deals with an American vessel
bound with a cargo OF nitrates from
a Chilean port to New York. Under
the British mandate. application was
made first to the British consul at
New York and later to the British
Ambassador at Washington for ap-
proval Of the charter. In both cases
this approval was refused because the
ships owners refused to send their
vessel, across the Atlantic when Eng
land might demand. As a result, the
vessel is tied up at a Chilean dock,
and the owners have protested to the
State Department.
Shortly after the Balfour commits
sion left Washington it was asserted
at the State Department that Eng
land was leaving the handling Of
American tonnage to the United
States, and that her bunker agree
ments" no longer were being enforced
against American vessels, as 1t had
been mutually agreed that the United
States was in the best position to
handle Its own shipping.
The English action has the result
Of tieing up vitality needed cargoes
here. but 1t also will seriously cut
down the trade between the United
States and South America.
State Department officials yester-
day said no action had been taken in
regard to the British action and re-
fused to indicate what might be done.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-02
Germans Color News
To Bolster Optimism

Stockholm. July 1.-The Germans
thristing for reliable information from
America, are ponderously studying
microscopically every scrap Of news
sent by the English correspondents
from America. American affairs oc-
cupy more space in the German press
than a few weeks ago, but all news
Is presented in a form calculated to
bolster up German optimism. Reports
from European correspondents are
gone over with a fine tooth comb to
CLEAN pleasing tidbits. and the re.
suits often make strange reading.