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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
GERMAN SUBMARINES SOON TO BE OVERCOME BY SIMPLE INVENTION
London Newspaper Prints Story That American Has Solved Problem of
 UBoat Destruction
B. R. BURTON

London May 26.-The Westminster Gazette published a message from a correspondent, who says the submarine menace is being mastered by a simple method which the correspondent indi- cates is the invention of an American It is giving away no secret" the cor respondent writes, ito say that the
 method, which is reputed to be infalli- ble, requires only a little time to come into full effect and wear the German submarines out. It is model of sim plicity. The press has been liberal ir it's announcement of Marconis device but while extending encouragement tc Marconi it must not be overlooked that the genius who perfected one of the
 most monumental advances in mari time navigation has devoted as unre-
 hitting consideration to the menace and this resourceful American, too, has worked toward the device along inde- pendent lines"
 Asserting that the British have bet
 ter submarines than the Germans, the
 message continues:
 "Only a little time is needed for our
 pre-eminent inventive brains to out
 strip the pirate professors, and by 3
 method which is simplicity itself we al
 ready have the life of the U-boat cam
 paign measured.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27

The Birmingham Y. M. c. A. campaign to raise $25,00O will continue through Monday, with about ssOOO yet to be raised. It is expected, however, that this amount will be completely subscribed to by Mon day night. This money will be used to purchase equipment to help the associa- tion in it's work at the mobilization camps. It has been estimated that the proposed army of 100000 men will re- quire 200 association buildings, 1200 ex- perienced association secretaries, 200 pianos and piano players, 200 moving pie ture machines, 26S,OO0 feet of film day, 200 graphophones and 10000 records, 5000 GOO sheets of writing paper daily, 40'OOO pounds of ice per day, 10000 pens a day and many barrels of ink, 95 automobiles and trucks, magazines by the hundreds of tons, a Bible to every man. It is for money with which to purchase these things that the campaign is being waved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27

Roy Billings, former secretary of the Colonial club, is now on his way to France with the engineering corps. Mr. Billings enlisted in Memphis,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
ANNIsTON

Anniston, May Special. .)-C. M Carmichael, who has been assistant works manager of the Anniston Steel company, has accepted a position as superintendent of the British Forgings company at Toronto, Canada, and will leave Anniston Sunday.
 Before going to Canada, however, MT Carmichael will go to Mobile, where he will be married to Mrs. c. c. Price, formerly Miss Cora Cawthon, who is one of the belles of the Gulf City.
 The Canadian plant of which MT. Carmichael will be superintendent is equipped with 10 electric furnaces and is said to be the largest electric plant in the world.
 w. E. Hamilton, works manager Of the Anniston Steel company, will also leave in a day or two. He has accepted position in Fairmont, W. Va, where he will supervise the con- struction of a steam and electric plant which he will also manage. It is un- derstood that this plant will supply power to the new armor plate plant to be established by tke government in West Virginia.
 w. E. Mitchell, who Is now operat- ing mana ger or the AlaDama GOWer company, will succeed MT. Hamilton, but will be given the title of manag- ing director of the Anniston Steel company MT Mitchell will assume his new duties next week.
 Gordon Wilder left Friday morning for Philadelphia, where he will join a party of college men who are form ing an ambulance corps that will soon leave for France c. c. Moore, for merly of this city, but now at Lynch burg, Va, and Oscar Kilby, son of Lieut.. Gov Thomas E. Kilby, will join the same corps
 MT. Wilder is a graduate of the Uni
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27

Prof J. T. Carter. former principal of the Albany High school has been elected head of the Cullman public schools.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
Wireless Guard Wounded

Norfolk, Va. May 26.-FredericlS Rouch. guard at the Virginia Beach wireless station, was shot and slightly wounded early today in an exchange of bullets with two men who were ap- parently attacking the net around the station. The men escaped. Marines and sailors were put on guard at the plant and a number of suspects rounded up by the department of justice officials. An investigation is in progress, there being doubt whether the men accidsnti- ly ran against the net in the darkness, or designed attempting to destroy the plant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
Rate Case Re0nened

Washington. May 26.-Investigation of commodity rates between Memphis and points in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma and of practices of the rail- roads entering Memphis with respect to bridge tolls and other subjects, was order reopened today by the inter- g. ate commerce commission, on it's own motion. The commissions order follow 8 similar order entered recently by the railroad commission of Arkansas. he dates of hearing will be announced later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
Pershing and three of four children me- frightful deaths.
Clothes Stirred Up Town

In the American Magazine Irwin s. Cobb describes a dude who once vis- ited the town of Paducah. Ky, saying
 "The legs of his trousers were so tight that the veins in his calves showed through the materials, but at the ankles they belled out like two French horns over shoes that were long and narrow and with pointed toes that turned up at the ends like sleigh runners. He had a little yoke shaped steel contrivance which slipped under his coat collar and came down under the lapels to hold them flat and close to his chest You must rem enl- Der those little lapel dinguses? There was a time when all our careful dress CTS affected them
 "On his head was a low, black, rak- ish derby hat, and he wore half of a high collar It was the rear half, the fro-t breadth being shorn away in orGer to give the Adams apple q chance to get out in the open and add to the natty effect. A silk handker- chief hung half way out of his breas pocket and on the little finger of the left hand he had a seal ring bis enough almost for flatiron and he was all perfumed up like one of those pink blotters that they used to give away at the drug store; so that the warmer he got as he moved about the sweeter he was Colored citizens fol lowed him at a respectful distance, dripping with envy and shifting the air until their nostrils smacked"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27

An African frog sounds a call under water that can be heard for several miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
Y. M. c. A. CAMPAIGN FOR FUND FOR ARMY WORK
 WILL WINDUP MONDAY
Fund Is S8000 Short of Required Amount But It Expected This Will Be Subscribed Before Close of Campaign Mil lion Men Have Many Needs and Y M c. A. Is Choice
 of President Wilson for Work Among Soldiers

the ranks would discover three or fouf clean, high minded men in each com pany, organize them and place on them the burden of personal effort among the men of their company until every man was practically interested and tied up with ideals of clean manhood, and then the dens of vice disappeared to large extent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
ALBANY

Albany, May 26.-(Special.)-Th first AL bany citizens to register under the draft law was Robert McCrary of Cincinnati, who claimed Albany as his home. He is p years of age and because of wife and family he claims exemption from the draft.
 Yielding to public sentiment, the Lin coin chautauqua, now filling an engage ment here, has cancelled it's perform ances to Sunday afternoon and night, and will offer instead two free perform ances of a semi religious nature. The Sunday chautauqua performances was de- nounced by the local minister's union.
 The postoffices of Albany and Decatur are now boosting the liberty loan bonds All letters receivd at the local offices are stamped with patriotic invocations for the receivers to purchase the bonds As result the usual crack service has been slightly Impaired because of the additional time required after each train arrives to stamp the letters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
MORILIZING DOLLARS

The Young Mems Christian association is mobilizing dollars to conserve the
 manhood of the enlisted men of the army and navy. The work of the association
 in the army and board ships is about as varied a the men. Lectures and educa- tional classes, vocational guidance talks,
 reading rooms and libraries are the means used to interest and develop the
 men along intellectual lines. Concerts and moving picture entertainments, so- cial functions, chess and checkers. etc, appeal to the men socially, volley ball and baseball, gymnastics and athletics, and various other types of physical work
 take care of the physical man. A large room with tables, plenty of writing pa per, pens and ink enable him to keep in touch with his home and keeps ever be- fore his mind the home folks Great meetings for men and Bible classes fur nish an opportunity for his highest and largest development, anchor him to prin- ciples of right living and safeguard his manhood against the fierce temptations of army life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
APPROVED METHODS

The Young Mems Christian association in planning for this work is prepared by experience, approved methods and as sured resources to serve especially the troops in camp and field, so President Wilson states in asking the association to serve the men of the American army which will be mobilized within the next three months Birmingham has been asked to provide $25,0o0 as it's share Of the s3,00o,OO0 fund required to finance this great piece of constructive effort for the largest interests of the young men who will fight in the war with Germany Atlanta has announced that she expects to give $50,000 to this work. Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville and Chattanooga will not give less than $25,000 each, and Bir- mingham cannot afford to give less than asked for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27
HEROIC FIGHT

M w. Lee of Virginia. who was one of the secretaries on the border for six months, and with the Virginia troops. stated that the fight to keep these men clean while on the border, away from home influences, was a heroic one. He stated that men of the lowest morals frequently led large numbers of men astray, and the effort to stem the tide with such leadership was almost an inn possible task. He said that the associa- ton in it's effort to eliminate these de- moralizng influences from the men of
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-07
u. S. Soldiers
Learn About
French Barrage

AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP
IN FRANCE. Sept THE American
soldiers training N France had
their second demonstration Thurs-
day of artillery FIRE by an entire
French regiment of famous 75's and
. earned something more of the wax
aries ana intricaCies of rolling bar
RACES. annihilating Commandments.
fIinenW erfers. and "flvins pigs" As
matter Of fact. the pigs" made
far deeper impression on the
troops than tho delicate timing and
placing OF he perfect French cur
tain Of IRE.
Fired from nearby trench NOR
tars at very low velocity. the flying
rorkers came am bling through the
air az an ungainly gait and explod-
iu Jr near the practice trenches
with roar that fEec all the air
and the surrounding hills with tor
rife echoes.
Like the Plying Pigs"
The soldiers liked the shells be-
cause they could see them coming
and wait for the big blow-up. The
trim true shells from the FrercI-
75 gums Tipped by so noiselessly
overhead without beiuS seen. that
TIE troops rather were inclined TO
underestimate their effectiveness
until the barrage curtain was fully
built and maintained across a space
of nearly a thousand yards. The
flying PIGS" roared with the ex-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-07
LaborDecIares US. War Aims
Are Most Consistently Stated

MINNEAPOLIS Mimi sept. 60
The American Alliance for Labor
and Democracy late Thursday uuan-
imously adopted resolution de-
nouncing as unwarranted the dec
lsrations Of the Peoples Council OF
America for Democracy and Terms
OF Peace and other similar orgaui-
zatiOns that America has not clear
Is stated her war aims
NO government has ever stated
~ war aims so clearly. war aims
entirely consistent with ideals Of de-
mocracy and internationalism." the
resolution said.
The resolution viewed hy some
delegates as the governments un-
official reply 20 criticisms OF paci-
fists and pro-German propagandists
was submitted after a lengthy ses-
sion Of The resolutions committee.
u was read bv John Spargo. for
mer member of the executive com
mittee Of the socialist party and
adopted almost Immediately amid
applause
Points out German Plan.
70 pointed 20 the German plan
referred 20 by Prest Wilson. 10
throw a broad belt OF military pow
or across the entire center OF Eu-
rope. and beyond the Mediterranean
into the heart OF Asia, and contiu-
ued
The only chance left 20 the mas
ters OF Germany for retaining the
advantages gained, and OF pcrpetu-
ating their own domination over the
German people. is the enactment Of
an immediate peace upon terms ia
vora BILE 10 themselves
Should the German plans sue
coed. America itself thereafter would
be menaced. the resolution said
A committee report was adopte
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-07

plosivc force Of fifteen mch shell.
calm. forth immediate attention
and respect.
1t has been expected that nc
French troops might carry out e.
sham attack under the rolling or
creeping hararge. but al the ldi-
moment the program was changed
as it was thought best that THE
Americans should study barra@e
fire and infantry attacks separately
rather than involve the two.
Therefore. the morning was given
over 20 artillery including trench
mortar FIRE. indirect machine sun
TIRE and all the various exam piles of
military preparation. codcludip-
with the barrase intended TO breaI-
through an enemy counter attach
And Then Thcy FaIl Asleep.
Virtually all the American troOns
IN training saw the demonstration
from neigh boring hill tops Thu,
were intensely interested at Erst. bu.
toward noon some of them rolled
over and fell asleep i'm the midst
Of the din-iust d. tired troopers at
the battle front sleep peacefully
when all the masSed guns are Clat-
terms out a song of hate. II is one
of the strange psychologists OF tue
war that one cannot long watch
even the most intense lombard
ment without soon experiencing 4
certain amount of boredom. TIC
guns seem so precise ard The eN-
ploding SHELLS far away so imper-
SOnal.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-07

recommending that the organization
be made permanent. that an admin
istrative committee Of nine.
charged with power 10 arrange de-
tails Of organization. be elected and
that an appeal be made 20 other or
CARNATIONS and individuals 10 Join
the alliance Opposition developed
TO "a section OF the report prOvid-
ing for the selection Of secretary
and treasurer hy the administrative
committee. on the ground that such
action was autocratic' The OBJ
lection later was withdrawn
Plead for Branch ALLIANCES.
Ia It's appeal the committee calls
upon an men and women of the
the alliance SO that every atom of
strength and every ounce Of re-
sources may be placed at the dis
posal Of the government"
Pointing TO the governments
fairness To labor the appeal states
that an agreement has been reach
ed between Representatives of tire
American labor forces and the sec
retaries of war and navy that union
wages hours and conditions shall
obtain throughout all construction
work for army or navy purposes.
Immediate action is vital" the
appeal continues. urging prompt or
ganization OF local and state
/ branches Of the movement Funds
are needed for the work and we
urge that contributions be made i'm
mediately for propaganda and or
SANITATION purposes
This appeal. labor leaders dc
clared. marked the firing Of the
first gun" I'm the campaign Co stamp
| ont proc German societies and 10
| bring the nations labor forces up
soHdly behind the government.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-07
REPTISE ATTACKS

BERLIN (via London, Sept o.
Two attacks launched last night 10y
the British on the Flanders front
between the Ypres- Poelkapelle road
and Zounebeke broke down with
heavy losses. army headquarters an
noupCed Thursday
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-07

where for year he rived iu the
Canadian army Serst. Strohm was
seriously wounded and is back nome
90 recuperste He fought IN the bat
tie OF Nimy ridge The young sol
dier Describes conditions in the war
stricken country rs horrible and pre-
diets that the war will continue three
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-07

Justice Coviugt9i. # the district su-
preme court. who has just returned
10 Washington after trip west i'm
vestigating the ". W and labor
situation made his report Thursday
to Pres't WHsolf ll4 declined %
discuss IL IN an. way.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-07
BACK FROM VIMY RIDGE:
PREDICTS 3 MORE YEARS

ELCFFToN. Ind. sept Henry
D. Strohm. former clerk i'm the Bluff
ton postoHice has returned 20 his
home here from the French trenches.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-07
GooManu
Operations
The Right Medicine in Many Cases
Does Better than the Surgeons
Knife. Tribute to Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.


Des Moines, Iowa.-"My husband saws I would
have been in my grave today had it not been for
Lydia r. PinBhams Vegetable Compound / suf-
Tered from serious female trouble and the doctors
said l could not live year without an operation
My husband objected to the operation and had me
try Lydia +. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound
soon commenced 10 get better and am now well
mend Lydia K. Pnkham'S Vegetable Compound to
any woman as wonderful health restorer"-Mrs
BLANcHE Mcpherson, 1O3 Lyon St. Des Moines. Iowa.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-07
Another Operation Avoided.

Richmond lnd-"For years and weak from
female troubles that when going had slowly
hands the steps then TO rest The
should
thought would house Nv daughter
asked f. Pnkham Vegetable
with good results did my weakness disappeared,
gained strength moved home all kinds
raised hundreds chickens and say
enough praise OF lydia f. nkham Vegetable Compound"
NJ q. JOHNSTON, Route ID, Box 1g0 Richmond Ind.
OF course there are many serious cases that only
surgical operation viii relieve. We freely acknowledge
this but the above letters and many others like them
amply prove that many operations are recommended when
medicine in many cases Is all that is needed.
YOU special advice write lydia 4.
he
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-07

Years lie intends TO return 10 ac-
tive service when no reeoyers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-05-05
Open Campaign
to Kill off Flies
Early This Year

Kill as many flies as possible when
they appear in spring. These first flies
are the parents of the millions of germ
laden flies that will make life miser-
able throughout summer. One fly
killed early in the spring is equal to
millions killed in August or September.
Endeavor to prevent flies from breed
ing or feeding on the premises. Some
flies will escape because they will
breed in d~ecaying vegetable matter or
in the droppings of animals in the
pastures. However, these will be al
most negligible.
Flytraps are essential. They catch
the flies coming from breeding places,
and thus prevent their migrating to
the house.
Enlist the cooperation of all deal
ers in food supplies. Show them the
danger from flies and what may result
from u%nsanitary surroundings of their
premises. If necessary, p%atronize only
those dealers who keep their premises
and their products properly screened.
They will soon clean their premises
and eliminate flies if the campaign is
brought to them in this financial light.
Endeavor to obtain community CO.
operation in the fly campaign. Do not
be discouraged if a few people cannot
be induced to clean up their premises.
AS soon as they see that the campaign
is effective they will readily cooperate.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-05-05

in the several climaxes as victim af-
ter victim is destroyed by the "tiger-
woman, the play is a commendable
presentation of the woman without
scruples. The rapidity with which
she disposes of her victims rather
strengthens the effect as a vampire
story. and follows out the tiger-like
brutality with which the vampire is
endowed.
Princess P~etrovitch (Theda Bara)
cares only for her pearl ornaments.
Driven by her to extravaganza, Prince
Petrovitch (E. F. Rosemary sells i'm
p~ortant state papers to a foreign spy
Louis DEAN. Betraying her hus-
band to the secret police, with Siberia
as his punishment, and leaving with
her lover, Count Zerstoff Emil De
Varney), for Monte Carlo, she dis
cards Zerstoff promptly when he loses
at the tables. Stevan, the servant, sees
her poison Zerstoff and follows her
to America, where she arrives with
her string of pearls struggled in the
collars of her pet P~omeranians. On
the voyage she brings to her feet Ed
win Harris (Gleen White), who
leaves his fancee's (Florence MARTINI
home, and finally steals his fathers
funds to buy more pearls for her.
The shock kills his father, and she has
Edwin disposed of with prison stripes.
Stavan, threatening exposure, is shot
in the back and accused by her as a
burglar, goes to the same prison.
These two escape in time to interrupt
the final degradation of Mark Harris
(Herbert Heyes), and the dagger that
she would plunge into Stevan's breast
is turned to her own and she died
with her fascinated gaze still upon
the beautiful pearls which have been
her obsession. By her confession be-
fore death, the HAIRLESS are freed of
faint, and Mark returns to his wife
MARY MARTINI and their pretty child
(Kittens Reichert).
Matinee 2.30, admission 10c; Eve
ming, 7 and 9, admission 10-15c. Add
ed Attraction-Shorty Hamilton in
"Shorty Trails the Moonshiners"-2
acts.
Miss Frances Shreeve. who saw this
picture at the Market Street Theatre,
PHILADELPHIA, states this is the best
picture Miss Bara has ever been seen
in and says those who miss this will
miss a good one.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-05-05
Make War On Flies

A fly left undisturbed In May means
a million flies, more or less, alive and
active In June. In their quiet little
way of coming, first one, then another,
we do not realize the nearness of their
season until whole broods are actu-
ally upon US. If we don't keep the flies
out of our houses, 1t is not for lack Of
warnings, for every year we read ex-
hortations backed up by unpleasant
statements Of fact. Statistics even tell
us that for n man killed in battle
ten are killed by the house fly, but
such statistics we are inclined to be-
lieve must have been compiled before
the present a Perhaps more i'm
pressive than figures are the pictures
that some of us have seen, enlarged
photographs of the fly, that exhibit it
as a repulsive creature instead of the
dainty little insect that looks, to ordi-
nary eyesight, made to be admired
rather than detested. But the photo
graph of a fly shows soft little pads
beneath the tiny feet, which catch and
carry thousands of disease germs.
Every llllc lllty oclllc Ol loOd thCS
leave a few of these germs behind to
endanger the health, and even the lives,
of those who eat the germ-laden food.
Thus the first step toward protecting
the family health is to have windows
and doors well screened, and every
part of the house, especially where
food is stored or used, kept scrupu-
lousy neat. Dishes should be washed
up Immediately after they are used,
any sheds or o~utbuildings near the
house should be kept in spotless order,
as that is where the flies may breed,
and a good supply of ammunition for
fly-fighting, homemade fly paper of
nonpoisonous kind, and fly swatters,
must be on hand, to help in the cam
paign.