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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
1000 Empty Freight Cars Ordered Sent SoutEward
 to Move Grain and Lumber

Washington, August 30.--More than | 1000 empty freight cars have been or dered sent to the south and southwes st during the last 10 days by the railroad war boards commission on car service to facilitate movement of grain and Humber, Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the war board, announced today. About 4500 cars were sent to the lumber states and 2450 to grain producing dis tricts.
 1 Since May l. said MT. Harrison. 11s.- APO freight cars have been distributed l to roads needing them most, under the war boards policy of moving empty cars regardless of ownership. | Consignments for lumber movement include the following:
 1 Central of Georgia, 100; Louisville and Nashville. 5e0 Mobile and Ohio, $50; Illinois Central. $50: Louisville
 Railway and Navigation company, 12; | Gulf, Florida and Alabama, 275; Nash vile, Chattanooga and St. Louis, 300; Toledo, Peoria and Western, 150; Georgia and Florida, 75; Southern, 500; Atlantic Coast Line. 1250; Atlanta, Bir-
 mingham and Atlantic, 75; Seaboard Air Line, 400: Charleston and Western Carolina, 300.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
PPA[ACH|AN COAL OPERATORS WILLING ]. ID ACCEPT TERMS Would Be Satisfied With Conditions Imposed in
 Alabama Fields to
 End Strike

Lexington, Ky, August 3o.-Coal op orators of southeastern Kentucky and northeastern Tennessee, where strike is in progress, at meeting here to- day. stated that they were willing to accept the same terms that were made by Secretary of Labor Wilson in end ing the strike in the Alabama coal mines several days ago. They predict ed that the strike would be called off within the next 10 days. Tho operators contended that the miners had ceased their demands for recognition of the union, being content with the opera tors not discriminating against them for belonging to the union.
 The operators. on the other hand, according to statements at today S meeting, are willing to satisfy the men relative to a wage agreement and to hear grievances from the men. They were firm, however, in stating they would not recognize the union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31

men were required to keep them from the danger zone. Finally the police 1e- cided to dynamite the cottage and while the preparations were under way a man was observed crawling across a passageway from the basement window of the cottage to the rear of an ad- joining two-story building. He reached the second story landing of the struc- ture when the police fired on him. He fired in return, then the first deputy superintedent of police shouted:
 Come on down. Wheede; be a good fellow"
 wheede lowered his pistol and shouted back:
 Put down your guns; meet me half way
 The men met half way and Wheede handed over his revolvers. He was hur- ried to police headquarters. search of the cottage revealed a sawed off shotgun which had been used in firing from the cottage, and in a basket $1010 was found, supposed to be part of the stolen money.
 Wheede, according to the police, has been under arrest for counterfeiting. He was the only man in the cottage. Later today Mrs. Wheede and Leonard Shnitzer, her father, were arrested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31

.scmewhere in France without smoke.s Do you know whnt It means to n soldier nt the end of n hard day~ work-without smOkcs
 The AEc- -Herald's tobacco fund offers fine opportunity for ev- eryome to help give the soldier boys In France some of thcir fa- vorite brands of tobacco.
 X :5-cent contribmtion is all that k necessary. though. of course. you can send as much more as you wish. 1'wenty-flve cents will send a package to . soldier which com tains 45 cents worth of cigarettes nnd snokinE tobacco. Each parcel sent contains two packages of Lucky Strike cigarettes. three packaRes of Hull Durham. threo books of Bull Durham cigarette papers, one tin of Tuxedo smskinR tobacco and four books of Tuxedo cigarette papers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31

Wheede was found in cage in the northwestern part z the city. Suspicion had been z 1 toward two inhabitants of the Q ge when it was reported to the p < nat the men had been trying to- GxrA change for large denominatioy v .od pieces and bank notes whiG SS police believe to be part of . 2 70 loot obtained by the bandits.
 The place h. en under surveil- lance since early Morning and Edward Taylor, one of the alleged bandits, was arrested as he was leaving the building But when the officers attempted to en- ter the house they were halted by volley of pistol bullets which felled Detectives George Clements, Torrance Kelly and William O'Neill All received fractured arms. A squad of police, armed with rifles, was summoned and surrounded the building, pouring bullets into the windows and doors. Wheede kept up his fire unceasingly and from all the windows, leading the police to believe that several persons were in the cottage.
 In the meantime thousands of per- sons gathered in the vicinity, at tracted by the firing, and other police
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
PRESIDENT WILSON AGAIN D|SAPPROVES
 CLASS KEMP TON

Washington, August 3O.--In disap . proving a proposal by Representative Shouse of Kansas that all men engaged In agricultural pursuits last March be exempted from military service, Presi : dent Wilson today wrote the congress man that a class exemption would lead to many difficulties and many heart burnings.'' He added. however, that he should like personally to see all the genuine farmers left at their fin dispensible labors"
 The text of the Presidents letter fol : lows:
 My Dear Mr. Shouse: I have your letter of August 25, and realize the very grave importance of the matter however. to making so wide and sweeping a class exemption as you suggest. The matter of leaving the farmers on the farms has been given the most careful and sympathetic at: tention by the war department. and have before me a letter from the Sec retary of War. from which I quote the following sentence:
 General Crowder had foreseen the practical need of enabling men in az ricultural work to remain at thelr tasks until the close of the harvest season, and has ingeniously arranged the details of calling to the colors. so that the men on the farms will prac tically all fall within the last group and will, therefore not have to report for military service until on or about October 1'
 T feel that class exemption would lead to man difficulties and to many heart burnings, much as l should pei sonally like to see all the genuine farmers left at their indispensable labors. Cordially and sincerely yours,
 sWOODROW WILSON.',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
TOBACCO FUND GIFTS COMING
 LN FROM ALL PARTS Or STA 9

Amount previously acknowledged. Bricklaying Dept. By-Product Coke CO, Fairfield ....................... Cash >
 Mrs. Kate Perry Marks, sS6s High land avenue. Birmingham ....... c. G. Rickerson. care Perfection Mattress and Spring company. Birmingham ...........
 Miss Reba Montgomery. 251s Ave nue F. Birmingham ......... Miss Kathleen l.. Moore, Moore land" Selmas... .......................s&. Miss Hettie Sibley. 2772 Hanovef1 | Circle, Birmingham ........ Harry L. Coleman. 1915 Tenth ave nue, south, Birmingham .......... Mrs Harry L. Coleman. 1915 Tenth avenue. south. Birmingham Miss Susan E. Wright. 2S08 North l Twelfth avenue. Birmingham. Dr. A. n Carter. sos Nineteenth | street, Bessemer
 Edgar James. Florence
 Prank s. BlRckford, 1O1l South ] Twenty-eighth street. Birmingham
 Miss Ruth Stucky. Oxf6rN A subscribed. Rirsn'nvn 10
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
Hudson, Wis, People
 Want No Peace Meeting
 Held in Their Town

Minneapolis, August s0-Plans for hold ing the convention of the Peoples Con ference of America for Democracy and Peace at Hudson, Wis, were virtually abandoned tonight by Louis P Lochner, executive secretary of the council who returned here shortly before midnight from Hudson, where he was escorted to train by citizens.
 Where the meeting will be; held IS problematical. MT. Lochner said. He stated that Milwaukee and Chicago were under consideration, out until he hears from members of the council now en route from New York on special train nothing definite would be done
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31

And most interesting of all. each parcel contains a stamped postal cnrd addressed to the person whose :5 cents made the gift to the sol- dier possible. On receipt of the package-which, fy the way, Is carried across the ocean free by the Rcd Cross--thc soldier mails the card back to the person ad- dressed. Thus every person who contributes 25 cents to The Age- HeraId's tobacco fund will receive direct personal messnge from the boys in France.
 The response to the fund so far has been fine. Men. women and children have been sending In their contributions 50 thnt already through this sund enough has been contributed to bring soince and happiness tn over 25O soldiers. How about vending In contributiOnf 1t should be addressed to "The Age Herald Tobacco Fund.v
 The fund fast night stood as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
MERCHANT VESSELS. BEING CONVOYED
 ACROSS ATLANTIC Records Show Only Cnq
 Half of One Per Cent of N
 These Are Lost NEW DEPTH BOMB IS THOUGHT PROMISING Officials Confident System of Checking Menace Elf fectively and Rapidly
 Being Built Up

W a shin ton, August 3d| American naval forces are conl voying merchant craft across the Atlantic, it was disclosed officially today at the navy deS partment, and examination of the records shows that the loss of conveyed ships by sub- marines has averaged less than one-half of one per cent.
 Details of the convoy system are withheld. It was stated. however, that American war vessels are regular ly escorting fleets of British, French or other allied merchantmen across, the protection being supplemented when. the danger zone is reached by' the destroyers and other patrol craft.
 American naval officials believe that an effective system for checking the submarine menace is being built up
 ''s 's'- "HrtainTv Many dewsees
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
Bill to Prevent Gerard
 From Accepting British
 KnighthOOd Introduced

Washington, August 3o-A bill that would prevent former Ambassador Ger ard from accepting the Order of the Bath, with the honors of a sir knight, conferred by King George, was ntro- duced today by Senator Overman and re- ferred to the Judiciary committee
 It would prohibit any. citizen of the United States from accepting any pres ent emolument, office or title from any king or foreign government under penalty of fine of $10,O 900 and forfeiture of citi- zenship.
 The only prohibition of the kind exist ing now is constitutional, but only af- fects persons holding offices
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
Summary of the News
GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS 1-Price of 1917 wheat crop placed at a2.2O. Underwood makes attack on tax bill ms reported. 94 U-bOnt problem Is being solved by America and nllies. Navy league hentlS rctrnct charges against department. Tennessee md Kentucky coal Op- orators willing to accept same terms az made In Alabnmp. Russians who run are to be shot. 1-GeneruI Maurice reviews military nftuntlOn. 5-NIOntgOmery welcomes Ohio troops aud EiveH farewell party to. Ala bama soldiers. % es LOCAL. NEWS. G-Nliners' meeting next Wednesday will mean pence. Attempt made to blow up Aetnn dynamite stOrehOuse. Q indornement for gOvern0rship by prohibiti0nists.
 rec instructiOns in farm methods for yonng people.
 any exemption claims (refused ,ecial features at the community EinE.
 FEATURES. s. ,orts. 4.S aitoFta1 comment. at sciety and Dolly Dalrymple. a~a arkets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
Four French Ships Are Sunk by Submarines
 During the Past Week

Paris. August aO Out of the 9so ships entered and the 1906 which cleared from ports of France during the week ending August 2G, three ships of more than 1900 tons and one of less than 1900 tons were sunk by submarines or mines. Four ves- sells were attacked unsuccessfully by sub marines in the same period.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
After Days of Deliberdtion Committee Comes 10 Com promise Agreement and President Issues An nouncen1ent of the
 Result

Washington August 30A price of s22O bushe fixed the 1917 crop of wheat by President Wilson tonight the of the wheat price committee headed by Dr. Garfield The basis will be Mo- northern spring wheat, ivered at Chicago
 The committee finally agreed late today after several days voting At time today it looked if it would be unable conclusion but just before o'clock compromise reached and the last vote unanimous. price $250
  voting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
Representative Huddleston Exemption for
 Three Jefferson Soldiers

Washington, August so-- (special) Representative Huddleston today had Roland McCool of the Fourth Alabama infantry. West Biocton, and Charles Franklin Boutwell, Alabama ambu- lance corps No. T. exempted from fur 'ther military service because they were under IS years of age, and Claude Eth eridge, Fourth Alabama. of Bessemer, because of four dependent children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
Secretary Wilson Enjoyed
 Visit to Birmingham
 He Says on Return

Washington, August 30.-(Special.) ) ."I enjoyed my trip to Birmingham im- mensely," Secretary of Labor Wilson told The Age-Herald today
 Birmingham is a splendid city with splendid people. met mighty fine gen. tlemen on both sides of the coal con- troversy, the representatives of the miners as we'll as the spokesmen for the operators"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
Spanish Rice Crop Splendid

Valencia. Spain. August sO The rice crop in Spain this year is extraordinarily plentiful. It will require the services of 15.0OO workers to harvest it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31

prisoners of war in Germany are beins under the fire from the armies of their
 Reports made by Russian soldiers who have escaped from Germany and which have been transmitted to the state de- partment, says prisoners of all national ities are being used to work juA behind
 the lines and within range of the guns.
 A small portion of bread, some thin soup and occasionally a bit of meat of horses shot in action comprise their ra- tons. The prisoners have been organ ized into units as carefully as are sol diers. Their work is doRe systematical- ly under military supervision, with long hours and no medical attention. When the Russian soldiers left many of the units had lost by disease prac. .ically half
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
Alabama Senator Attacks Measure as Reported by
 Finance Committee
SAYS IT IS UNFAIR AND
 BEWILDERING IN ITS
 INTRICATE FRAMING
Bankhead Amendment Is Defended as Right Way to Conscript Wealth of
 Nation in War

w a shington, August 30, Declaring the revenue bill pre- pared by the Senate finance committee to be unfair, un- just, discriminatory and be- wildering" and framed in such language that will make 1t un- ineligible to the people of the United States, Senator Under wood of Ala b m a today launched a severe attack on the committee measure and pleaded for the adoption of the amendment of Senator Bankhead, which, he declared, would distribute the burden of taxation fairly and equally.
 He insisted that wealth should bear large proportion of the nations war exnenses and declared he had no pa tience with the money slackers
 Senator Underwood spoke for more than three hours and was givens the closest attention. throughout. He was frequently interrum sy attentive sena- tors who differed from the Bankhead plan. His speech was interrupted by the arrival of the Japanese mission' put rva. resumed Immediately nran the- q q barture or the distinguished far eastern statesmen.
 GIVEN ATTENTION
 Because of his profound knowledge or the American taxation system, due to his long experience as member and as chairman of the House ways and means committee, the revenue law making com mittee of that body, the Alabama sena- +or,s views attracted considerable atten- tion.
 eve are confronted by conditions
 
 in this country today the seriousness
 of which our government and our
 people have never faced before,' Sen
 aotr Underwood began. 'In order to
 bring this war to successfui
 termination it is necessary to send
 millions of men to the battlefield and
 it is equally necessary to levy ana
 raise billions of dollars by taxation
 for the purpose of carrying on the war. It is hard to realize today that a great war is more dependent upon our industrial preparedness and our industrial resources even than it IS upon the men on the battle line. | GIGANTIC FIGURES .The cost of the Civil war was some thing like ss,Ooo,OOo,ooO The first appro' priation bill passed this Congress to carry on the war amounted to 5, 4oo, GOO 900 and we are now advised that We have appropriations in sight that will amount to more than s20,000, GOO, GOO in the near future A part of that money must be raised by issuing bonds, but it is ab- solutely necessary to raise large DOT tfOn or that TeNehue " eoAo'ioii W to the amount of taxation I believe that it is the duty of every patriotic citizen of this republic to respond to the draft on his purse with that same loyalty that our boys have responded when they have been called to the colors.
 "MONEY SLACKERS' CALLED
 Therefore, personally, have no pa tience with the money slackers The man who finds his country in the throes of this calamity, engaged in this great undertaking, who hesitates to respond with his dollars, the man who wants special privileges and special exemptions from Congress at this time in order that
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
Wilson Answer to Pope
 Is Delivered at Vatican

Rome. August s0--Fresident Will scn's reply to the pope's peace proposals was presented at the Vatican today by Count De salls, the British minister.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
PRICE or 1917 WHEAT IS
 PLACED AT $2.2O BUSHEI
Thousands of Chicago People Watch Battle Between the Police and Alleged Bandit

 Edward Wheede murder bullet ntured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31

of their number. No new clothing had been issued to them and in all sorts Of weather they are forced to work in vermin-laden rags. Military overseers,
 the Russians reported, frequently had
 them tied to boards and beaten until they had reached the point of exhaus-
 ton.
 Included in the labor units were Ger
 mans as we'll as Russians British, French BelgIsas arA Poles. Ihe Ger
 mans were those who had participated in food riots or who were physically un-
 fit for service in the ranks. These men were treated very little differently from the prisoners of war. X
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
NAVY LEAGUE HEADS REGRET SPREADING F FALSE REPORTS
Charges Against Depart ment and Labor Growing Out Mare Island Ex-
 plosion Withdrawn

Wnshington. August 3O.--In II state- nounced its acceptance of the report of the Mare Island explosion, and eN- presses regret that, in a former state ment, it gave currency to an opinion that the investigation was being ham pered by the navy department, under the influence of powerful labor inter ests.
 The former statement led to the bitter controversy between the league and Sec- retary Daniels
 DIDN'T MEAN UNION LABOR
 The leagues statement also regrets that in referring to labor influence, It was not made clear that it did not refer to the standard labor unions, but to the Germanized I. W. w
 The statement, issued with the approval Of Robert M. Thompson, president of the league. said the organization is convinced there were mo hampcring instructions or restrictive direction as to the method of investigations.
 While the navy apartment was invest- gating the explosion which killed five and injured more than 30 in July, the league issued a statement declaring a reliable informant had told it that time fuse leading to the black powder magazine had been found, but that the investigation was being blocked by powerful labor in- fluencess
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31

unless absolute proof is avaialbale
 MENACE BEING HEATED
 No boat has been captured by the Americans. It is the best judgment of high officials however, that several have been sunk by Admiral Sims de-I stroyers and they are confident today ! more confident than ever before. thaN the submarine menace will be sub stantially abated as the number of de. stroyers and other craft available for the work is increased.
 ZONE EXTENDED f Reports from London that the sub- marines are working farther at sea than formerly were confirmed by the navy department. It may be that news boats of greater size and better sea- keeping qualities lend to this extensionl of the zone of activities, but it Is rel garded as more probable that the in- creased and increasing vigilance of the anti-submarine forces is mainly re- sponsible. The effect of the increasing patrol of the employment of airplanes land of the addition of new devices to I the anti-submarine weapons has been
 
 to force the U-boats under water to a ] greater and greater degree. Their ef- fectiveness Is limited in proportion. They cannot run down merchant ship of average speed if kept under water They can operate only against ships that almost stumble upon them. And all the time they are under water the are consuming the stored power their storage batteries, decreasing theid range of underwater action and com polling them to come up at night and | lie idle on the surface while their oil engines are used to recharge the bat teries.
 TO SPEED CONSTRUCTION
 The decision of the navy department to spend ss5o.ooo,oo0 on new destroy CTS and destroyer building facilities approved yesterday by President will son. is based on the effectiveness ofS the swift fighting machines as proven
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
Germans Beat Prisoners Of
 War and Compel Them 10 Work i1 Trenches Under Fire

indignit compelled in trench and field the frefr the armies theiro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
MAY RE4JME RELATIONS

The issuance of the statement caused a bitter controversy with Secretary Dan- els, who at once cut all connections with the Navy league, ordered all of it's mem- bers excluded from naval ships or sta tions and refused to accept for the navy contributions for comforts being made for seamen by thousands of women through out the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31
MENACE BEING HEATED

iuch incidents will be naue, .s .u1an. nhna1uan r.nnf is r,-., 1 Z, 1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-31

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 The leas 9 ..-l-l-a pression of regrets now is expected to lead to resumption of relations with the navy
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