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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
WOMAN CREATES
 SCENE IN COURT

Dedham, Mass, December 1o.-Miss Harriet A. varney on, trial charged with the murder of Mrs. Pauline A. Reyes of BrooIline, sprang from her seat today to deny the testimony of Clarke Goodchild, a Providence sec ond -hand dealer. who had said he be- lieved the defendant to be the woman who bought pistol in his store on March 1G of this year.
 ''I never did such thing" she cried. q never was in that mans store. He is swearing my life away"
 Miss Varney's counsel hurried to her side and tried to quiet her, but she seemed thoroughly unnerved, in marked contrast to the calm that has characterized her attitude heretofore
 Judge O'Connell declared recess until Miss Varney was quieted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
.LIGHTLESS NIGHTS LATEST SLOGAN IN FUEL CONSERVATION
Recent Ruling on Electric Signs Has Not Saved Quantity of Coal
 Hoped for

Washington, December 10.-Regula- tions limiting electric display adver- Using have failed to conserve the amount of fuel hoped for by the fuel administration, and plan is under consideration to stop all outdoor light ing, save street lights, at least three nights week
 Institution of "lightless nights' would snuff out entirely the white ways" of cities which now are per mitted to burn all lights, for two and one-quarter hours night. It would darken on the nights to be named all window display lights, theatre fronts and directional signs on shops, hotels and restaurants. On other nights there would be no restrictions whatever against any sort of lighting.
 "The order of November nav ap- pears to be impracticable," said Fuel Administrator Garfield today. Tt re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11

institute for the present will have charge of home economics.
 The actual work of teaching vocational subjects in a number of schools and the offering of teacher-training courses in two or three institutions of higher leaYn- ing will begin January i.
 Among those conferring with the state board and representatives of the federal government Saturday with reference to obtaining federal aid were: City Super intendents W. c. Griggs of Gadsden, w R. Harrison of Montgomery, and F. w.. Hodges of Dothan; c. V. Thompson of Abbeville and J. M. Atkinson, presidents of agricultural schools; R. E. Ledbetter county superintendent of Escamba county; J. Alex Moore of Walker county, c. C. Moseley of Jefferson. J. F.. Hend- ley of Pickens, H. C.McDonaid of Chill ton, and W. P. Johnson of Shelby, prin- cipals of county high schools; R. D. Grim. chairman of the Shelby county board of education, and Miss Ashbaugh, demonstration agent of Shelby county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
STRANGE CRAFT
 ACCOUNTED FOR

Montreal December 10.-News of the safe arrival at Halifax of the Montreal harbor commission steamer Sir Hugh Allan with an oil tanker in tow, solves, in the opinion of shipping men, the mys- tery surrounding two strange craft re- ported to have been seen off Halifax the night before the explosion by the captain of steamship arriving at an Atlantic port last Saturday. The captain said he had nearly run into two vessels, resem- bling a large submsrine in tow of g steamer.
 before the explosion, but her officers and 1rew had been so busy with relief work that no opportunity was found to report her arrival.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
WHAT MONTANA DID

Montana, excepting for Its mineral in ,iustry, is chiefly agricultural. The pop ulation of the state is 376,0O0. Yet farm CTS in that state bought little over s1l;000,0C0 in second liberty bonds.
 xty-six per cent of the population of Minnesota is on farms. But the state did, relatively, better perhaps than any other state, for the people took nearly s4s, ,000,00O in bonds, the denomination of which was less than $1000o. The north ern peninsula of Michigan took s, 3S3, 900 of the bonds and the northwestern one third of Wisconsin, $6.304000. In 300 counties of the agricultural state of northern Michigan, Montana, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, the salesmen were made up of members of the county and township organization. These sales men personally canvassed the entire farming districts going from house to house. Montana subscriptions came at a time when there was almost complete failure of the 1917 crop and in North Dakota the statesmen were obliged to contend with a crop failure which ex- tended to all but few of the eastern counties.
 Some of the work done by these sales men was remarkable for courage and endurance. This Is especially true of North Dakota and Montana. for there were continuous snow and rain in the last week of the campaign which made many of the country roads almost im- possible.
 There is an interesting side light upon the methods adopted by the voluntary salesmen of the ninth district; for, as the result of a splendidly conducted campaign in the Minneapolis schools, 1t was possible to report to the treasury department that e5. 600 school children are either owners of liberty bonds or holders of participating certificates in liberty bonds, the total amount held by the school children in this way being $6e0 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
"A DETAILED REPORT

Some of the details of the report show that a little over II per cent of the aggregate population of the dis trict were purchasers of second liber- ty bonds. It was easy to make com parison between these figures and the average for the entire United States, a comparison which is favorable to the northwestern farmers. For the average for the United States as whole is nine and four-tenths per cent of the population. The returns show also that the second liberty bonds have been placed in seven out of ten homes in the district.
 Approximately 622, 900 individuals bought bonds and this does not include resales to employees of the bonds by the cor porations. How widely distributed this sale was is shown by the fact that in the entire district there were only S59 individuals who bought bonds of denom- nation greater than $10,00o. Yet the dis trict has only three large cities, and with the exception of the mining indus try in Montana, Minnesota and northern Michigan it has comparatively few cor porate enterprises large enough to make heavy purchases of bonds Nearly 62l 600 individuals bought bonds in denomina- tions of less than s10,000 and many of them less than 5000. The aggregate of the sale of these bonds was $S9, ,491, 600
 In the spring when the first liberty bonds were placed on sale, it was re- ported that there was so large a number of farmers who were, either by birth or by immediate inheritance, citizens of some of the countries with whom we are at war that it would be found inn possible to place large number of bonds in these states. Nevertheless South Dakota, which is almost exclu- sively agricultural, subscribed for nearly s12, ,000000 of the second liberty bonds, while the sister state North Dakota, which has no large cities and of whose population 94 per cent are farmers, took of the small denominations of bonds a fittle aver- SQ 0nO 000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
ALABAMA SCHOOLS
 DESIRING FEDERAL
 AID MUST ACT
To Secure Advantage of Vocational Fund Certain Requirements Must Be
 Carried Out

Montgomery, December 10-(Special0 Before any school in Alabama can ob- tain federal aid in the teaching of vo- cational education, ten acres of ground must be made available, $500 must be pro- vided for laboratory equipment, $50 must be appropriated for maintenance, and every dollar furnished by the federal government must be matched from pub lie funds This rule has been made by the state board of vocational education, which will have charge of the distribu- tion of the federal appropriation in Ala bama.
 Following long conference with per sons who desire to teach trades in their schools the rules were made public by Spright Dowell, state superintendent of education and executive secretary of the state board of vocational education. It has also been emphasized that no appro- priation was desired from any source which would bring about the abandon ment of any other form of organized work for the improvement of schools or farming conditions The appropriations must be made so as to increase the states ability along vocational and agri- cultural lines
 Superintendent Dowel1 yesterday an- nounced that the work of supervising the teaching of agriculture, trades and indus tries under the Smith Hughes law, will be done by J. B. Hobdy and J. l.. Sibley, rural school agents, and that Miss Pat terson of the Alabama Girls Technical
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11

stricted illuminated signs to certain hours, making reasonable exceptions of merchants and theatre signs. The evidence of all eyes is that the streets of cities are virtually as light as be- fore these special signs were dark ened. State fuel administrators report in detail on the impossibility of get ting results from the old order. They say it is the tens of thousands of old signs that count.
 "Tightless nights would save coal in large quantities, according to fig- ures before the fuel administration.
 Tt would be a part of the plan to show every citizen the war necessity, and have him join Tn the saving. In every residence apartment house and office building people would be asked to use not more than one-half the usual lighting"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
Airplane Production on Quantity Basis Begins
 and Prospects Bright

Washington December 10. Produc- tion of liberty airplane motors on a quantity basis actually has begun, American army ayiators are in train and the nation is within sight of real and the nation is withi insight of real ization Of the great air fleet prof ect mapped out since the United States entered the war.
 Figures cannot be published but 1t became known today that members of the air board. who returned re- gently from an inspection trip to plants and flying fields are satisfied that another 50 days will see men and machines being turned out at a rate that insures the ultimate success of their plans.
 The first machine-made liberty mo- tor was completed on Thank sgiving day and substantial number of the machines will be delivered this month. The macnine-made product has func, tioned under test as satisfactorily as the handmade motors first construct ed and so far no important defect in design has revealed ftseis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
FARMERS BUYERS
 OF LIBERTY BONDS
By HOLLAND

New York. December 10.-(Special)
 Gradually the details of the sale of the
 second liberty bonds in the agricultur
 al districts of the United States are be-
 ing brought to the attention of the ! treasury department at Washington.
 Some of the reports show unexpected
 results and are especially gratifying lbecause they make it clear that the farmers of the United States made, in- dividually. more subscriptions to the second liberty loan-and perhaps more willingly-than any other industrial class in the United States.
 l Another feature of the reports that l is regarded with qualification by the
 treasury department is that they show | that the farmers particularly of the northwestern grain states are as a whole, thoroughly and even enthusi- astically loyal. There was some delay
 and even some difficulty in persuad- ing the farmers to subscribe for the l first liberty loan, but the salesmen, | many of whom were prominent busi ness men or leaders of industry who undertook to persuade the farmers to | buy bonds of the first liberty loan were satisfied that when a second dffering was made there would be no difficulty 1 in persuading farmers to buy the bonds. The first selling campaign was really educational; the farmers did not | understand what the meaning that lay behind the liberty bonds was. Some of them were almost persuaded that the 1 bonds represented an indirect form of l taxation. But they learned well the lesson that was taught by the sales- | men in the first campaign.
 | The treasury department has just re- ceived a final analysis of the results of the second liberty loan campaign ! in the northwestern grain states and, | particularly in the Ninth Federal Re serve district. These reports show that
 ina Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana the bonEs were bought more freely, sometimes ! even more eagerly, relatively speaking
 by the farmers than by any other class of citizens in any part of the United | States. The report is all the more i'm 1 teresting because in the Ninth dis | trict 90 per cent is in farm lands Nevertheless there was a larger per-
 centage of the population of bond buy CTS and wider distribution to indi- viduals than in any other district in I the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
TOBACCO FUND IS
 NOW UP TO $1533

Contributions to The Age Herald soldiers tobacco fund yesterday brought the. total up to s1533.14.
 Every 25-cent contribution sends a package containing 45 cents worth of smokes to an American soldier in France.
 The fund yesterday stood as fol- lows:
 Amount previously acknowl-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
RELIEVES THAT
 WHEEZY GOLD Proper time to check a cough is at the first symptom. Delay is dangerous

If you are still neglecting your cough, the sensible thing is to stop taking chances and begin taking pr. Bells Pine-Tar- Honey.
 Treatment with this effective balsam You will notice its soothing effect on the air passages from the first dose. As it's maine implies it contains ingred- tents proved to allay inflammation, auiet coughing and tickling in the throat, and to loosen and expel the phlegm. Don't lose time from your work.
 Take dose of Dr. Bells Pine-Tar- Honey promptly and regularly as di- rected. Your cold or cough will he broken up. and it's ill-effects thrown off. The taste is so pleasant, children take it readily.
 Tear this ad out and take it to your druggist with 25c and he win give you the genuine Dr. Bells Pine-Tar-H Honey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
ROyalists Not to Blame

Paris, December 1o.-F. De Nomer Christo, delegate of the Portuguese royal ist party in France, today issued a note contradicting the report tending to indi- cate that royalsts participated in the recent revolution in Portugal. The nott asserts that in accordance with royalis1 instructions the monarchists in Portugal have strictly adhered to the policy oi avoiding any political action which nigh the enemy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
Amendments Come Up Today

Washington, December 10.-Suffrage and prohibition constitutional amendments will be considered tomorrow by the House judiciary committee with indications that the latter may be reported out for a vote in the House between December r and 20. Leaders said the suffrage res- olution might be held up in committee until after the holiday recess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
OLD SOLDIER GIVES RECOMNIENDA \. TVON

Gustav Wangelin. commander of G. A. R. Post Pinckneyville, H., writes: T highly recommend Foley Kidney Pills. which I prefer to all others I have used and consider them Johnny on the spot" Foley Kidney Pills give quick relief from backache, rheumatic pains, stiff, swollen joints, .anguidness, pains in groin and muscles, all other symp- toms of kidney trouble and sleep dis turbing bladder ailments. They assist nature in restoring strength and vital- ity. Sold everywhere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
 Take GraYe,s

The old Standard Groves Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as 3 General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties ot QUININE and IRON. COG.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-21
BRITAIN WILL LAY ALL CARDS
ON THE TABLE.

Washington, April 21.-Great Brit
ain intends to lay all her war cards
on the table when her commissioners
meet with American government
heads. She will present fully and
frankly all problems. These will cover
a wider scope than heretofore an
nounced.
General question Of military and
financial cooperation will be fore
most problem, but other subjects to
be considered are:
Diplomatic questions such as ulti-
mate peace terms, munitions, wheat
supply, general transportation,
blockage Of Germany, communica-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-21

Patrol Serg't Geo. Lyman fired on
cracksmen working on safe in United
Cigar Store, 18th and Blue Island.
They escaped,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-21
d ILLINOIS MlLlTlAMEN
AFTER AUTO THEFT

Springfield, Ill.,, April u. - Four
members of the Sixth infantry were
placed under arrest by local police at
Clinton today, charged with theft Of
an automobile.
The men arrested are: Bernard
BegheOl, Co. l, Morrison; Ed Nelson,
Charles Evans, Fred Strum, all of
Co. 1.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-17
FINALLY OVERTAKEN BY FATE
Neat Comment Made by Brother
Officer When Informed Of illness
Of Well.known Iooter.

Lieut.. Ben L. MalOney, who Is q
well-known figure on auto row and
who directed government motor
truck company in Texas last summer,
tells a story Of the famous Chinese
Boxer campaign.
"A certain officer In the American
forces failed to preserve the high
reputation of his corps in the matter
of loOting," said Lieutenant MalOney.
whereas most American soldiers
earned the respect and gratitude Of
the Chinese by the way in which they
refrained from robbing the natives,
this one officer We'd with the Euro
peans In gathering loot. He was es-
pecially partial to ancient brass and
bronze vases and Jars, which in this
country would be CT inestimable value,
and he literally grabbed up every such
curiO he could lay his hands on.
zone day the star lOoter Of the
Yankee contingent fell i'll and was
sent to the field hospital. Two fellow
officers were discussing his case.
"'What's the matter with Captain
-? inquired one.
"'Oh, suppose he's finally fallen a
victim to verdigris poisoning said the
other"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-17
WANTED BIDS FOR ROAD
. WORK

The Town Board of Finlayson
Twp. will receive sealed bids for
road work to be let in said town
mp to noon on the 23rd day of
May. 1917 for JOBS to ne let az
follows: No. /, Sec. %: No. =
and 3. Sec. 81; No. 1, 5. 6, and
7, Sec. 80; No. s. Sec. 10; No. 10,
Sec. 36: No. II and IL. Sec. 25:
No. ID. Sec. 1; No. 1t. Sec. 5. A
bond equal in amount to the
value Of the job will be required:
plans and specifications are on
file at the clerks office, where
same may be seen. also at the
bank at Askov. The board re-
serves the right to reject any or
all bids. H. Puphal,
35-ot. Clerk.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-17

Department OF the interior. L. $.
land office at Duluth. Minnesota. April
eth. 1917.
Notice is hereby given that Friend y.
Atwood. OF Bruno Minnesota. who. on
March lttn. 1910, made Homestead APP
pl,cation, No. 0S063. for South East \.
OF North East "a. section It. Township
AN. Range Is West 4th 7 Meridian.
has HE'D notice OF intention to make
Five year proof. to establish claim to
the land above described. before The
Register and Receiver. United States
Land office. at Duluth. Minnesota. on
the Goth day Of June. 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses: John
Babe. ef Bruno. Minnesota: Carl Babe,
Of Bruno, Minnesota; Pat Murphy. Of
Bruno. Minnesota: James Catlin. OF
Bruno, Minnesota.
JOSEPH WlNCXEWSKI.
Register.
May 3--June
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-17
Hans Won Bleichroder.

Hans Won Bleichroder, one of thu
two principal partners Of BleichrOder
& CO.. bankers. Berlin. Germany. died
short time ago ut the age Of sixty
four.
The banking firm Of BleichrOder \
Co. came into international prominence
when 1t helped Bismarck finance the
war against France, and Hans Won
BleichrOder was ennobled ut that time
His son. Hans. Jr.. was killed in actor
on the Warsaw front, August 1, 1915.
At one time the son was secretly Ell
gagged to Princess Sophia of Sax-Wel
mar. who committed suicide in 1913 be
cause, 1t was alleged, her father. Prince
William, would not permit her mar
riage. Young Bleichroder studied bank
ing in New York in 1910. The marriage
was opposed not so much because
young Baron Won Bleichroder was be
meath the princess in rank, but be
cause he was Jew and refused to re
nounce his creed. The elder Bleich
roder is said to have been worth more
than $4O.OOO.OOO.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-17
ROCEEDINGS OF SCHOOL
BOARD, DISTRICT NO.7I

Askov, Mimi, April Goth, 1917.
All members present.
Minutes from meeting April 3
were read and approved as read.
Agnes Frokjer was offered the
school for next year but letter
from Miss Frokjer was received
and read wherein she says she
IAN not accept the position next
year as circumstances will not
permit her.
One bid was received for the
'himneys. offering So for the 2
,himneys, but same was rejected.
Motion made and seconded
that it be left to the chairman
md treasurer to sell the fur
naces: carried.
AS Mr.. Dixen again was able
to act as clerk he again took over
he books.
On motion meeting adjourned.
l.. p. Jacobsen, clerk.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-17
carry molds and germs.

carry molds and germs.
Meat, fish, and milk are idea
breeding grounds for such germs
Keep your food covered so that
these bacteria and germs will
have as little chance as possible
to get on your food.
House flies-better called
typhoid file" are among the
dirtiest things that enter our
homes. They fly from sewers,
privies, and manure heaps, carry
ing filth on their feet, which they
deposit on any food on which
they alight. Frequently germs
of typhoid fever are carried by
flies in the filth on their bodies,
and in their excrement fly
specks).
Ordinary cleanliness demands
that flies be kept out of our
homes and away from our food.
Health protection makes it es-
sential to Danish flies. Keep all
food covered, or at least screened
from these carriers of deadly
disease and filth. Destroy flies
by every possible means.
Guard Food Against Vermin-
Rats and mice destroy millions
of dollars worth Of food and
other property every year in
homes or farms, and in business
establishments. Many rats har-
Dor the germs of bubonic plague.
Trap and kill them. Look upon
every mouse as an enemy to your
property.
Eradicate reaches and house
ants. Keep weevils out of
cereals.
Keep your food where such
pests can not reach it.
Keep household pets away
from food.
Store Vegetables and
Fruits Properly
Don't let fresh vegetables or
fruits wilt or loose their flavor
or begin to rot because they are
handled carelessly. Keep perish
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-17
hop~ for Benefit From War.

The Boston park shelters about 1.4OO
animals. ranging from elephants, buff
falo and lions to guinea pigs. There
has been a little falling Off in numbers
since the war began. as the European
dealers, through whom most Of the
supply Of wild animals came, have in
many cases been put out of business
ly that the war will force the business
Of supplying wild animals into new
channels. and. perhaps, bring Amer
lean geological gardens into close rela.
tons with the source OF supply, espe-
cially in Africa, which eXcels all the
rest Of the world In the variety and
abundance Of it's large animals.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-17

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