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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
FIVE KILLED AND
 INFORMALLY HURT
 IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Chattanooga. August 4.-Five per- sons were instantly killed and two others fatally injured this afternoon when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by passen- ger train on the Tennessee Central railroad at Crossville. Tenn. Jack High :. field merchant who was driving the automobile; Mrs. Rosa Cox, Mrs Will liam Hedgecough, Mrs. Philip Vanhoy and Miss Mabel Dayton were crushed to death and Miss Dorothy Nyton was so badly injured she died shortly after the accident occurred. Miss Ethel Hughes. another occupant of the car. received injuries from which she can not recover
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
CrOWder Issues Statement Warning Those Who Fail 10 Respond That Act Would Mean Auto
 mdtic Entry Into
 Selectiue Army
By Associated Press

Washington August 4Regisered who resist the seec tive draft law face military martial for deseon and the possibility execution for assertion in time of The whole military civil power the federal government and the civil power of the states cities counties will be employed bring them to book.
 in Oklahoma anid disturbances the of the
  
 
 
 in to wit the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
KERENSKY GIVEN CONFIDENCE VOTE
 BY CONFERENCE
Meeting Is Held in Petro- grad Which May Decide Fate of New Russian
 Government
By Associated Press

Pctrograd, August 4.-rhe political conference at the winter palace ended at o'clock this morning when each of the five parties represented passed a resolution declaring It's confidence in Premier kerensky and inviting him to form his own cabinet.
 Four of the resolutions declared that new cabinet should adhere to the programme of reform and consolida- tion issued by Premier Kerensky on June 21. but the constitutional demo- crats in their resolution made no mem tion of the programme, which they continue to oppose.
 Premier Kerensky's decision has not yet been received.
 MUCH DEPENDS
 The conference. which probably will be a great factor in determining the fate of Russia. met under solemn cir cumstances in the wonderful green malachite hall of the winter palace.
 The entire cabinet with the excep- tion of Premier Kerensky. who still is technically in resignation, were pres ent as were outside party leaders, in cluding Paul N. Milukoff, M Rodzian- ko and the president of the council of workmen's and soldiers delegates
 Before the meeting began Vice Pre- mier NelSrasoff announced that it was he and M. Terestchenko. the foreign minister, who suggested the resigna- tion of M. Tchernoff until the aceu- sations against him could be cleared up.
 X Before general debate began M Ne krasoff who presided. in answer to a question by M Rodzianko, said the latest breach in the Russian front may have serious consequences. but prob ally the enemy advance would be stopped.
 GURKO DISLOYAL
 General Gurko. M. Nekrasoff added was arrested because in the corre- spondence of Nicholas Romanoff. the former Emperor. there had been dis covered a letter from General Gurko, written immediately after the revo- lution. In it, he said the general as sured the former Emperor that he re- mained faithful to the autocracy but considered it necessary for the pres ent to pretend that he accepted the revolution
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
RUMORS CONFIRMED

For several weeks there have been rumors to- the effect that the Steel corporation. possibly through the Ten-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
ITODAY'S AGE-HERALD

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
President Crawford Off cially Announces Acquire rnent of Sites on Mobile
 River and Chica-
 sawbogue NEWS GRATIFYING TO BIRMINGHAM PEOPLE Will Bring Metropolis and Only Seaport of State Into Closer Relations
 in Tremendous
 Industry

A long step was taken yesterday toward a big ship building plant for Mobile backed by the United States Steel corporation when President George G. Craw- ford of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company announced that the site for such plant had been ac- quired.
 The formal announcement reads as follows:
 "The Tennessee Land company, a subsidiary of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, has purchased several ownerships of land near Mo bile, consolidating an area fronting on the Mobile river and Chickasaw- bogue, suitable as site for ship building plant.
 GEORGE c. CRAWFORD,
 President" Mir Crawford added nothing to the formal statement, but the natural in ference is that this is but the first of the big steps in building plant at Mobile which will ultimately not only be of the greatest service to the gov ernment but which will add to south ern industry in a most substantial way.
 RUMORS CONFIRMED
 For several weeks there have been rumors to the effect that the Steel corporation. possibly through the Ten Z (Continued on Page Elevepl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
Kaiser Must Learn
 Complete Meaning of
 Word Restoration
Lloyd George in Speech Says Until This Is Done There Will Be No Peace e--Draws Picture of Ter rible Fate of America if Germans Were
 Allowed to Make Their Own Peace Terms
By Associated Press

George returned from entente
  German ambition before Great Britain
  ation n.and"l "learnto to utter begin with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05

No official word came from Oklahoma, where the most serious situation pre- vails It was believed the governor, both in his official capacity and as the direct agent of the President in the execution of the draft law, is confident that order can be restored without military aid. There will be no hesitation, however, in employing federal troops If they are needed.
 CROWDER'S STATEMENT
 General Crowder's statement, formu- lated after conference with officials of justice department follows:
 Press reports and other advices re- ceived indicate that in one or two widely separated districts, individuals, misin- formed as to the purpose of the law and misguided as to it's result, are threat ening forcible resistance to the draft.
 There is nothing to resist at this stage in the execution of the law. All male persons between the ages of 21 and 90 inclusive have been enrolled for mili- tary service A preliminary call has gone forth to some such persons. but the immediate and actual object of this call is merely to provide an opportunity for such persons, or for some one eise in respect of them to present to the gov- ernment reasons why they should not be finally ordered to report for military duty.
 PENALTY FOR FAILURE
 'If such persons do not appear and present these reasons. they have simply neglected to take advantage of an op- portunity that was offered solely for their benefit The failure of persons to take advantage of this opportunity does not interfere with the raising of the army and interests the government only as punishable crime of omission. If they do not desire to make any such claims, or, if for any other reason they fail to appear, their names are automatically posted as having been called and not ex- empted or discharged. Automatically, also, they are inducted into the military service and made subject to military law. Failure to appear merely hastens this automatic process.
 CAPITAL DEFENSE
 "When the time allowed for making these claims has elapsed these persons will be enrolled as in the military service. They will be then ordered to appear as soldiers. From this point on they will be under the swift and summary pro- cedure of courts-martial. Failure to re- port for military duty when ordered to
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
By
BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Go To Her Parents.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am engaged to a girl nine
teen years OF age and have
known her for four years. We
have been going out together I'M
til recently. when for some reason
or other her parents have for
hidden her to go out with me
alone. There hasn't been any eI-
PLANTATION on her parents part
except what ] hear from her. as
she is the only daughter. think
the disappearance OF so many
young girls has taken a deep ef-
feet upon them. I am dearly in
love with the girl and know
my love Is reciprocated. II would
simply be useless for US to sep
Arate. | am in a good position
and am well able to support a
wife. therefore ] would like your
advice. s. c. W.
IF you have q perfectly clear con-
science. as your letter leads me to
suppose you have. the explanation
may be what you suggest. In any
event. the thing for you to do is
to go to the girls parents and ask
them II they really mean to sep
arate you from the daughter you
love and want 10 marry. BY the
way, have you ever gone to her
parents and told them OF your in
tentions and hopes In regard to
their dauEhtsrT
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
Lies Charge Account

for fifteen years. He swells out his
nne chest and struts a bit The
rules are for the weak, precautions
for the sickly. and fear for the un-
nt," says Paul. yzuntingly. Why
should i worry? I'm a good physi-
cal specimen"
Paul. my friend. you owe life .
lot that she will collect-and Witn
accumulated interest!
Why do you suppose 80 many
splendid. strengthening men de-
velop govt. or sclerosis. OF the liver,
or other diseases almost as unpieas-
ant to spell and name as to endured
Too many men crumple up suddenly
In middle life. Kind friends call Il
overwork. or brain flag: but Nature.
smiling inexorably, says, No, he's
just paying up for what the indul-
gent world calls youthful follies' or
good time was a patient cred
itor. but hers l am and I'm ootHo to
be poId"
A few years ago a really notori-
Gus woman married q handsome
young multi-millionaire. She had
been correspondent in q lurid d.
vorcs case by the time she was
eighteen. a figure in an intsrna-
tional scandal a year or two later,
one OF the most conspicuous IA,
Vorites OF Broadway before she was
twenty-ive-and then the mistress
OF millions and OF an unassailabls
social position in spite OF IL all.
See all she got away WITH
cried some young girls whose lot
is hard. and a few bitter women.
so you think she's going to
get on without paylng?" said /.
well. we won't go into the fact
that she may be perfectly miser-
able In her own soul, and bitterly
conscious OF the scorn all decent
women feel for a creature who has
taken her happiness so ruthlessly
all along the line. Even IN making
this marriage, she stole her hus-
band from another woman!
she has always let other people
pay for her pleasures-and you
girls envy her. VIII you envy her
- much sVsa to-day VhSa ter
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
Advice to the LOvelOrn

real respect for himself will let .
woman work to support him. In
working that he may be idle. you
are encouraging the boy in his de-
sire for life with ease and luxury,
and in selfish and even vicious
feeling that It doesn't matter who
works for him as long as her work
insures him freedom from responsi-
bility.
You aren't being fair to your
mother when you encourage your
brother in his contemplate stand.
or course she wouldn't want the
boy she idolIzed to turn into the
sort of creature he seems 10 be.
Can't you make him recognize that
he is hnrming no one so much as
himself-that he is spelling his own
future and cutting himself off from
any chance of growing into some
useful and paying occupation which
would let him be a respected citizen
some dayf Can't you stir his ambl-
tion and give him a picture OF him
self as . man who accomplishes
things and 10 looked up to by peo-
pie?
II kindness won't hsip. he must be
forced TO make his own way. He
may have TO learn in the school of
hardship ard advsrsity. but he must
he saved from turning into that
most contemplate OF all creatures,
a man who SIS back In callous bru-
tally and lets = woman slave to
support him.
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
By BEATRICE
FAIRFAX

you that the man she has mArried
is a hopeless drunkard? VIII YOU
envy her at all. a few years from
now. when Nature begins 10 send
IN her bill7-
To-day Beauty, who broke all the
laws OF nature and man and GOD
with seeming impunity. Is meeting
her bills. She hasn't much left to
pay with. Her looks went. and the
world began scorning her and
sneer,ng at her. Her health
couldn't meet the overdrafts she
had always made. Her weakened
moral fibre didn't stand out against,
cheap temptations. Her husband
divorced her-for cause To-day
she is an outcast-old at thirty.
Nature isn't kind. She Is more
memorable even than man-madO
justice; she sends in her bills with
accrued interest and demands full
payment on them
The next time you find yourself
tempted to- draw heavily on your
own stock of health or decency or ,
happiness. stop and figure a mIuuta
Do you want to wait twenty years.
perhaps. and then pay n hundred
fold?
Foolish over-indulEenes IN rieh
foods to-dat-gripps and q months
sickness may descend upon you Q
week from now. -
Pumps and thin silk stockings al
Wlnter-perhAps the bill won't Be
presented for six montns or q year
then 1t may be in terms OF the great
white plague. tuberculosis. ,
Have you ever been IN q restaursnl
whose there were no prices markNA
against tue Ioods.- fou were q ltsA
tie frightened TO order. weren't yoal
You like to know what things GrS
going to cost.
Well. nature has no price tAH
You never know what you are E-rne
to be asked to pay. But whst-ypr
the charge against you Is. yoes ~1fi
be compelled to meet 1.-THE rn1nsv.
price OF to-day's ''yoathfuI foIiHs
The Washington times., 1917-10-19

f.~ HARGE II. please,- That is
the great feminine slogan.
1t enables a woman TO buy
something she can't quite AFFORD in
the fond hope that when the bill
comes she will have saved the
amount that threatens TO swamp
her.
am not going to devote this arti-
Gle to a study of the credit system
In the stores; what I am going to
talk about is llfe's charge system.
Life keeps books for you and me
coldly, mercilessly and with COM
plete efficiency. She doesn't quite
let you pay IS you go. which would
be much the cheapest in the long
run-witness the store which has
no charges and can AFFORD to under
sell because il does its business on
. cash basis. Life is too clever TO
run her accounts on a cash basis
too clever or too cruel. II doesn't
much matter which. since we have
to deal with the fact. not a theory.
You break one of life's rules to-
day in the serene assurance that be-
cause you are young and vigorous
you can AFFORD to make a little over
draft on your health and strength.
You figure II out something like
this: 1T won. hurt me to 90 out in
pumps and thin stockings tonight.
and dance till early morning. and
take a few drinks. and eat II few
indiBestibls messes. au1 drag
through my wo.F tomorrow more
dead than alive. and be up late to-
morrow night. I'm young. 1 can
anord to do that"
But life figures It out something
like this: There's Paul Mason. He's
spending more OF his health and
strength than he has right to.
He's eating ridiculous combinations
of food and drinking too heavily.
Well. I'll just charge that up against
him every time he does 1t. There's
no reason why l should send him the
bill to-day I'll just let the charges
accumulate. and he can pay in
lump sum-"
Paul Mason runs his bill with nfs
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
Make Your Brother Work.
YEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
an = girl Of twenty. seeking
Gdvice.
have q brother who Is Just
-. He is very attractive looking
and OF course the girls are crazy
about him. Having lost both our
parents We were shifted about. I
try and keep home Just as mother
did, but my brother refuses TO
work. Now Miss Fairfax. / can
not keep home on $50 a week and
support two. BY that mean my
brother wants a new suit every
two weeks or hat, shoes. etc. He
does not think that / have TO
work hard az a bookkeeper for
that money. I've tried to tell
him, but he told q young man that
works in my place OF business.
What IL the good of working
when your sister works for you?
] felt hurt over that remark and
1 spoke to him. He says he will
not work as long as he is at
home. II would break my heart
to turn him out, as he was moth
ers' ideal
HEART BROKEN SISTER
FROM what you write, gather
that your brother is a weakllng
who is of that contemplate sort
that gladly permits a woman to
work for his support. In allowing
this. you ara doing the boy fright
full Injustice Ne mAa who has a
The Washington times., 1917-10-19

way to catch . glimpse of the ar
irving notables 50 gorgeously cos
TUNED.
A Queen of Sheba arrived, so
scantily arrayed in chinons, SO gor-
geously be-gemmed that = gasp
went up from the multitude as she
tripped up the carpeted steps, her
tiny feet bare. gave for sandals.
Two huge slaves attended her.
wearing rings in theirs ears and
noses and carrying dreadful look
ing spiked sticks.
A monk came, peering out OF the
shadow of his brown hood. An
Egyptian dsncing-girl. with hair
to her knees and eyes as large As
plums moved with the jingiing OF
many coma
There were Indians and court
beauties, Colonial DANES and
knights IN armor. There was a
tramp in rags and q crowned king
IN velvet and ermines.
As car after car halted at the
door. and the gayly arrayed revel-
lers passed up the stairway be-
tween lines OF powdered lackeys.
the sounds Of merriment grew loud
er and louder. Dance music made
the night gay.
The Washington times., 1917-10-19

I felt q thrill OF Joy through me
when I knew that no other wom-
an was q cause of trouble. am
now sitting by his bedside, where 1
can see his face while he sleeps. He
Is walkingI
when he woke he asked me for his
coat, as he wanted to get something
from the pocket; 1 asked Sister
Agatha, and she brought all his
things. I saw that amongst them was
his notebook, and was going to ask
him to let me look at it-for knew
then that might ind some clue to
his trouble-but I suppose he must
have seen my wish in my eyes, for
he sent me over to the window, say
ing he wanted to be quite alone for a
moment. Then he called me back, and
when came he had his hand over the
notebook, and he said to ms very
solemnly:
'Wilhelmina'-I knew then that he
was in deadly earnest, for he has
mover called me by that name since
he asked me to marry him-tyou
know, dear. my ideas OF the trust be-
tween husband and wife: there should
be no secret, no concealment. have
had q great shock, and when try to
spin round, and ! do not know II Il
was all real or the dreaming OF
mailman. You know have had brain
fever, and that Is to be mad.
JONATHAN PLACES SECRET
IN MINA's HANDS.
1.-The secret Is here, and i do not
want TO know 1t. Iwant to take up
my life here. with our marriage
For, my dear. we had decided to be
married as soon as the formaIities are
complete. Are you willing, wilhel-
nina, to share my ignorance? Here
is the book. Take IT and keep Il, read
1t II you will, but never let me know:
unless, indeed. some solemn duty
should come upon me to 60 back to
the bitter hours. asleep or awake,
sane or mad, recorded here He fell
back exhausted, and I put the book
under HIS pillow, and kissed him. I
have asked Sister Agatha to beg the
Superior to let our wedding be this
afternoon, and am waiting her re-
ply.
"She has come and told me that the
chaplain of the English mission
church has been sent for. We are to
be married in an hour, or as soon
after as Jonathan awakes.
Lucy, the time has come and gone.
I feel very solemn, but very, very
happy. Jonathan woke a little after
the hour and all was ready and he
sat up in bed, propped up with pill
lows. He answered his 4 will firmly
and strongly. I could hardly speak;
my heart was so full that even those
words seemed to choke me. The dear
sisters were so kind. Please God,
shall never, never forget them, nor
the grave and sweet responsibilities
1 have taken upon me. / must tell
you OF my wedding present.
ITO BE Continued Tomorrow)
tCopyriEhtedl
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
PART oNE-(Csntinuedl

PART ONE-(ConttnuedD
" nth strength and determin-
h alton like his, ne might
Wv have done wild work be-
fore he was Gagged He 10
safe now at any rate. Jack Sheppard
himself couldn't get free from the
strait-waistcoat that keeps him re-
strained, and he's chained to the wall
In the padded room. His cries ore at
times awful, but the silenccs that fol-
low are more deadly still, for he
means murder in every turn and
movement.
Just now he spoke coherent words
for the first time:
II shall be patient, Master. n Is
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"
So took the hint, and came too. 1
was too excited to sleep, but this diary
has quieted me, and feel shall get
some sleep tonight.
CHAPTER X.
Letter, MinG Hdrker to Lucy WestenrG
"Buda-Pesth, "a August
MY dearest Lucy
81 know you will be anxious to hear
all that has happened since we parted
at the railway station at Whitby.
Well, my dear, 1 got to Hull all right,
and caught the boat to HomburE, and
then the train on here. feel that I
can hardly recall anything OF the jour
ney, except that knew 1 was coming
to Jonathan, and, that as 1 should
have to do some nursing. I had better
get all the sleep I could. /
found my dear one, oh. SO thin and
pale and weak looking. All the reso-
luton has gone out of his dear eyes,
aud that quiet dignity which told
you was in his face has vanished. He
Is only a wreck of himself, and he
does not remember anything that has
Happened to him for a long time past.
AT least, he wants me to believe
so, and l shall never ask.
HE has had some terrible shock, and
fear ~ might tax his poor brain II
he were to try to recall it Sister
Agatha, who is a good creature and a
born nurse, tells me that he raved OF
dreadful things whilst he was of his
head. 1 wanted her to tell what they
we've; but she would only cross her
self, and say she would never tell;
secrets OF God, and that II a nurse
through her vocation should hear
them, she should respect her trust.
''She is a sweet, good soul, and the
next day, when she saw ! was trou-
bled. she opened up the subject again,
and after saying that she could never
mention what my poor dear raved
about, added: 4 can tell you this
much. my dear, that 1t was not about
anything which he has done wrong
himself, and you, as his wife-to-be.
have no cause to be concerned. He
has not forgotten you or what ne owes
to you. His fear was OF great and
terrible things, which no mortal can
treat Of / do believe the daEr sJIl
thought I might be jealous lest my
poor dear should have fallen in love
with any other girl. The idea of my
being Jealous about Jonathan!
"And yet, my dear, let me whisper,
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
Leaves as Chemists

contains a SUBSTANCES known to the
chemist as chlorophyll green. Chic
rophyll gives to the leaf its smer-
aid tint, and on the presence OF this
tint in the Summer fields the life
of man depends.
Chlorophyll green Is the only sub
stance which can break up rocks
and stones and convert particles of
them into starches and sugars.
This 10 where Autumn begins its
extraordinary work. II the chic
rophyii contained in the plants were
TO perish with the fall Of the leaf"
there would be an end to the veEe-
table kingdom. and man the biped"
would also disappear.
Long before this leaf falls the
chlorophyll Is yielded up to the par
emit stem. also the starch and the
proteids and the denudsd foliage
gives US our Autumn tintA