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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
ANNISTON

Anniston. April 30.-t Specially .)-Ar- rangements have been completed for the entertainment of the Third District Federated clubs. which will be the oc- casion for the assembling of more than 100 of the states most prominent wom- en in this city on next Thursday and Friday, May 34.
 The meetings will be held at the Alabama hotel parlors and the men and women of the city generally will be invited 60 the reception to be given the distinguished visitors on the first evening of their visit in the Model City.
 w. r. Acker teacher of the Wesley Bible class of the First MethoGls, church. has issued challenge to all ether organized classes of Anniston and the state at large to beat the rec ord for church loyalty established by his class, which has given so far S11,- 900 for the Improvements proposed to be made in the church building, which Is no longer large enough to house the growing congregat tions.
 The church itself made a record re- gently when s15,000 was raised Fm l5 minutes and at the meeting of the congregation Sunday this amount was raised to $19,oo0. The First Methodist Baraca class has also been very gen erous, having contributed s2200 of the total amount raised.
 Plans of a special church architect in Birmingham have been accepted and it isy likely that the contraeQ for t,le improvements will be awaged. within a short time. Ptb
 Between s2o,ooo and s25sr> will be spent on the work and in1- iition to this the First Presbyteriaqd iill spend about $20,000 and Parker Memorial Baptist church an amount almost as Ia -ge. This is considered to indicate the growth of the city and the dis position of the people to maintain An nlston's reputation as the Brooklyn Of the south" so named several years ago by Henry Grady. because of it's excellent houses of worship
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01

War time bread prices will reach the Twin Cities tomorrow, local bakers hav-
 ing announced that on May Day they will raise the price of the loaf from to 1O cents. They promise, however, to in- crease It's size.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-17
THIS MEDICINE
 WOMEN VALUE
Positively Relievesthe
 Suffering.
More Convincing Proof.

When Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was first introduced it's cur ative powers were doubted and had to be proved. But the proof came, and gradually the use of it spread over the whole country. Now that hundreds of thousands of women have experienced the most beneficial effects from it's use its value has become generally recog- nized and it is now the standard medi- cine for women's ills.
 The following letter is only one of the thousands on our files. . ..
 Dennison, Texas. = t'I cannot feel that l have done my duty until ] tell what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. l suffered from female troubles so l could hardly drag around and do my work. l was very nervous, and had dizzy spells, heat flashes, and headaches until life was a burden. My husband brought me bot tie of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and soon began to improve. I continued it's use and am now free from all pains and aches that made life a burden. You may use this letter in any way you like for want the world to know what grand medicine Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is. ' Mrs. G. o. LOWERY, 911 s. Barrett Ave-, Denison, Texas.
 Write the Lydia D. Pinkham Medi- cine Co.,. Lynn, Mass, for free advice.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-17
LIBERTY BOND PRIZES
 TO MAXWELL OWNERS
Another Contest for Gasoline Ec3n- 1' Omy Will Be Staged Turnout Country During Month.

Maxwell car owners here have an onportunitv 10 win a Liberty bond, by competing in the s50,000. United States Liberty bond gasoline economy. contest of the Maxwell Motor Sales corporation, to be run all over the United States and Canada from June 16 to 30 inclusive. There is keen rivalry among the entrants here, ac- cordine to John F. Rutherford, the local Maxwell dealer.
 "Every Maxwell car owner is ur- ged to enter this economy contest" Mr Rutherford said today, "and to win Liberty bond # he can. The purpose is to show by the greatest demonstration yet that the Maxwell will go further on gallon of gaso- line than any other five passenger car made. The 800 Maxwell drivers who get the most mileage will win 5000 Liberty bonds-a $50 bond each"
 "The contest for the Liberty bonds is going to result in same great sporting events for our citizens" con- tinued MT Rutherford All owners, who expect to take part in these events. should register with me-. | will provide them with one of our famous red-one-gallon tanks, which will be attached to the windshield
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-17

during the runs, as was done ill the international contest of May 23.
 "The runs here. as else where in the country, are to be made over a 12- mile route and return, the drive to be continued if the gasoline holds out after the 24-mile journey is com pleted. Contestants may select one of three routes to be named by me to make their runs.
 Under the rules. each car must carry three observers, selected by me, who will see that alf conditions and rules are complied with. and who will certify to the mileage made. Women owners may enter the econ olny contest and man! Maxwell dri- vers have. registered as participants.
 The keenest rivalry among owners is being shown. Each Maxwell own CT knows his car is as good as any other Maxwell car. Any. Maxwell chance to win bond as any owner in any other city" declared Mr. Rutherford. Friends of the owners, too, will root for the dierent cars and there probably will Sbe considerable excitement when some of the runs are made.
 Any owner who wishes his car en- tered, but who is unable to drive it himself, may select member of his family to take the wheel for him. The public is invited to witness the tests. Advance announcements will be made about when the runs are to take place and who is to make them."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-17
ENGLISH SCIENTIST
 BIRTHDAY TOMORROW
Sir William CrOOkes Has Done Much to Bring About Industrial lnde.
 pendence of Great Britain.

London, June 16--England's grand old man of science" Sir William l Crookes, to whom the country owes an in calueable debt for it's industrial l independence, will reach his eighty
 fifth birthday tomorrow and the scien- tific societies and other bodies are preparing for suitable observance of the anniversary.
 Sir Williams star first appeared above the horizon as far back as 1861, when he was enabled to an- nounce the discovery oi Thallium, a new element. In the domain of pure science he has also added much to our knowledge of X and other rays. His 1 name will ever be as associated with 1 the Roentgen ray, because it was the 1 Crookes tube" that formed the basis 1 of Roentgen's discovery.
 "Applied' science is. also in Sir Williams debt, for he has added greatly to our knowledge of dyeing
 and calico-printins, artificial ma
 nures, and the disposal of sewage, Further than this, he is one of the
 great champions of Spir;tualism. But
 while the scientific world has placed the highest value on his experiments and discoveries in other lines, it has
 paid little attention 10 the results he has obtained in his work on the occult side of nature.
 | Sir William was born in London and received his education at the Royal
 college of chemistry At P he wa. appointed superintendsn of the Rad
 cliffe observatory at Oxford. He was knighted in 1897. He is a former
 president of the Royal society and
 has been showered with honors by scientific societies and institutions in all rts of the world.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-17
Evolution and Immortality,

There is an element in evolution which epdears it to me and to every man; think 1t throws bright gleams on the question Of immortality. I see that the unfolding series in this world are all the time from lower to high CT, that the 'dea is not reached at any point, that the leaf works toward the bud, and the bud toward the blossom, and the blossom toward the tree, and that in the whole experience of hu- man nature, and in the whole economy of the providence of God in regard to the physical world, everything is on the march upward and onward. And one thing is very certain, that neither In the individual nor in the collective mass has the intimation of God in the human conscience verified and fulfilled Itself. The imrerfection shows that we are not much further than the bud; somewhere we have right to a pre- science of the blossom.-Henry Ward Beecher.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-17
His Bright Idea.

When the European war was in its infancy hangers back" found them
 selves continually taken to task. A grocer's clerk, calling for the usual or. der, was scornfully asked why he was not answering his country's call. Thinking he could sec good customer slipping away an excuse was desper
 ately urgent. Fortunately an incoming customer relieved the position, and q happy idea came his way: Madam" he replied, perhaps if I told you I've not all my toes on ore foot you would scarcely believe it." This aroused the sympathy of the woman, whereupon he got an increased order. Upon telling her husband of the young Han's mis. fortune he coolly asked: "Well, have you7" The feelings of the good lady can be better imagined thar described.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-17

For a few cents you can get small bottle of the magic drug freezone re- gently discovered By Cincinnati man.
 Just ask at any drug store for q small bottle of freezone. Apply few drops upon a tender. aching corn or callus and instantly all soreness dis appears and shortly you will find the corn or callus so loosc that you lift 1t off with the fingers.
 Just think. Not one bit of pain be- fore applying freezone or afterwards.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-17
s Instantly! Coms Stop Hurting!
 2 Corns Loosen and Lift Out My,H No pain! Few drops loosen corns and calluses
 IItNBI so they fall Never let corns ache
 QU twice-No humbug!

It doesn't even irritatc the surround ing skin.
 Hard corns. soft corns, or corns be- tween the toes, also hardened cal fuses on bottom of feet shrive1 up and fall off without hurting particle. It is almost magical. Freezone is a scientific compound made from ether. says well-known druggist here, and the genuine is always sold ill these little bottles packed in aorund, wood case Don't accept unless i ma round, wood case.-Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-17
RID OF A LINGERING COUGH

You can get relief from racking, hacking coughs, from wheezy, sneezy breathing,e from raw, inflamed throat and tight chest. ". G. Glazier, Bent onville, Ark, writes: q can recon- mend Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound. 1 used it for a cough that I had for years, and was said to have consumption but it cured me-" For sale by Mann's Pharmacy.-Adv.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-17
LEAVES BIG ESTATE.

Arundel, Eng, June 5.-The duke of Norfolk, Englands premier Roman Catholic Peer, who died last Feb- ruary left an estate which, for the purpose of probate, is valued at s1,- 5O00OO. He gave $150,C00 each to the Roman Catholic bishops of Norwich and Southwark for endowment pur- poses and several smaller legacies to other Roman Catholic dioceses.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-17
STOPPED HIS BiCKACHE.

George Lawrence, railroad fireman, Kittrell, Miss, writes:- "I used three bottles of Foley Kidney Pills when I was so sick I hardly could stay on the engine, and they cured me. My back ached all the time; kidneys acted sluggish; dull headache; felt sleepy all the time; nervous;' had to rise many times each night For Sale by Mann's Pharmacy.-Adv.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-17
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

The partnership of Hardin * Hardy has this day been desolved by Mir. Hardy retiring. All amounts owed and due by said firm is assum- ed by T. H. Hardin.
 Pine Bluff, June 16, 1917.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-06-17
WOMLN 70 DRIVE
 MILITARY AUTOS BEHIND IhE LINES

Correspondence Ass jt lated Press)
 Paris, June 5.-Between 150 and 2)0 women soon will be driving military motor cars behind tae front. Women have tried since the beginning of the war to enlist in the automobile ser vice. The Club Feminine Auton1o- bile" was the center of this group and it had secured the signatures of sev- eral hundred of the tn )usand women in Paris who hold licenses to drive motor cars. The passive resistance fthe different war bureaus held them back until now. 7,
 The women are obliged to enlist for three months and to agree to submit scrupuously to military rules and dis cipline.' They will in, the. begin,ning replace motor ambulance drivers in the foreign sanitary sections who are transferred to other services. l4afer on they may replace men in other automobile sections. The command ing officers of four 'rs,litary regions have made. applications for women recruits to drive. service ears.
 Much Smaller.
 Comparatively speaking, the aver age miser's soul Is. smaller than a h0Nr1ipu u.hoyrco uOc l,,.rrov
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04
COAL BAR0NS YIELD TO U. S.
Product al Fair and Reason
able Price.

Washington. June 2S.--As a result
Of federal forces set in motion here.
400 coal operators. representing the
great fields Of both hituminous and
anthracite. pledged themselves TO sell
Their product at fair and reasonable
prize 10 be fxed with the approval Of
the national defense councils coal
committee The action of the coal
bBrons followed an all-day conference
with defense councils coal committee.
They were frankly warned by Secre-
tary Of the Interior Lane. Secretary OF
the Navy Daniels and J. Franklin Fort
Of the federal trade commission that
unless they themselves established a
fair selling price their output would
be taken over by the government.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04
U. S. BUSY IN ROBERTS CASE
Mann Act Agents Sift Charges Against
Doctor and Wife's Slayer at
Waukesha, Wis.

Waukesha, Wis. June 2S.-Confirma-
tiOn of reports that federal agents in
trusted with the duty of enforcing the
Mann act have been investigating the
relations of DIR. David Roberts and
Miss Grace Lusk. who killed Doctor
Roberts wife last week. was obtained
here just before the inquest over Mrs.
Roberts began.
A witness has been found who told
District Attorney NJ. S. Tullar and
federal representative that she rode
on a parlor car of the Chicago & North
western railroad in which Doctor Rob
erts and Miss Lusk were passengers
also. Miss Lush is known to have made
a full confession of her relations with
Doctor Roberts and in addition federal
authorities are said to have the leaf
from a Chicago hotel register bearing
the names Robert Davis and wife,
Milwaukee" 1t was said also that Miss
Margaret Frye of Santa Barbara, Cal.
Miss Lusk's closest friend, will testify
for the government If required.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04
NAMES EXPORT BODY
PRESIDENT CREATES BOARD TO
HAVE CONTROL OVER SHIP
MENTs OF SUPPLIES.
POWER TO ORDER EMBARGoES
Neutral Nations Known to Have Been
Engaged In Supplying Germany
With Food and Munitions
Will Be Hit.

Washington, June q. - President
Wilson, by executive order on Monday
created the new export council, better
known as the embargo board. 1t will
have complete authority 10 declare
embargoes on exports from this cO1n-
try and Is expected to prove a most
powerful weapon in dealing with the
neutral nations that are known to have
been engaged in supplying Germany
with foodstuffs and materials for the
manufacture of munitions.
Under the presidents order, the new
council is made up of a representative
of the commerce, agricultural and state
departments and of the food admins
tration. The placing of an embargo by
this newly created organization Will
make II impossible for neutrals TO ex-
port great quantities of fOOdstuns ana
other supplies from this country.
Through this powerful weapon the
United States will be able to follow the
exports form this country all the way
to the ultimate consumer.
The new council win have under its
direction a staff of 200 employees to
carry on the actual work of licensing
exports. This staff will be under lhe
direction of Or. E. Il. Pratt, chief OF
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce of the department of COM
merce. Doctor Pratt it is understood
will be appointed by Secretary of Com
merce Redfield to be representative OF
his department on the council. The
work of licensing exports is expected
TO be under way within "a hours.
Meanwhile the rush to get exports
cleared before licenses are demanded
continues. Shippers fear that the red
tape" of getting licenses for each car
90 would result in serious delays. and
are trying to get all shipments off the
docks before the licensing bureau can
get to work.
The new export council will decide
all questions Of policy relating to ex-
ports. 1t will have the power, not
only to head off shipments of commodi-
ties to the central powers and to neu-
trails but will also have authority to
cut off exports of commodities need
ed at home.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04

Th-cc cities, Minneapolis, Kansas
City and Atlanta. fell behind the min
imum allotment they expected to buy.
Secretary McAdoO announces that
the allotment viii be as follows:
Up 10 and including subscriptions
of $4,000, 100 per cent, or 81 ,296, 6s4,-
$50.
over $4,000 up TO and including
100000. 60 per cent. but not less than
$4,000 bonds, or $336.O61. $50
over 100000 up TO and including
$4,000. IS per cent but not less than
100000 bonds. or 500 pos, 900.
over $250O0O up TO and including
s., 100000 30 per cent hut not less
than S112,50O bonds. or S1S4.3S1 500.
over 100000 up to and including
100000 . per cent. but not less
than S6.00O.0O0 bonds. or 500. 205. 600.
Over 100000 w 10 and including
100000, 81 per cent, or S9.sO1 600.
Subscriptions Of S25, 100000. 2022
per cent. or S10110OOO.
One subscription Of $25. $50 900. 2017
per cent. or s.. 093. 600
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04
COUNTRY is VOTED DRY
HOUSE PASSES FooD-coNTRoL
BILL BY VOTE OF 365 TO 5.
confiscation by President of All Whis-
Ky in v. S. Automatically
to Senate.

Washington, June 26.-The admins
tration's food control bill was passed
in the house on Saturday.
1t gives the president power to con-
troll the distribution of food. feed and
fuel for war purposes and appropriates
S152, 100000 for its enforcement and
administration.
The measure was passed after sweep
ing prohibition for the war had been
written into it.
The vote was 365 to 5. Representa-
tives McLemore, Slayden and Young of
Texas. Democrats, and Meeker, Mis-
souri, and Ward, New York, Republi-
cans. voted Ia the negative.
Those voting present were Hubert,
New York; SABBATH Illinois; Kitchin,
North Carolina; Gallagher. Illinois,
and Esch, Wisconsin.
The bill gives the president power:
l. To regulate transportation, stor-
age, distribution and sale of food
stuffs.
3. To prohibit further distribution of
alcoholic beverages made from grain
anu 10 seize present StOTeu supplies.
I. To prevent willful destruction of
food products or boarding.
5. To prevent Withholding of fuel
from the market or boarding.
g. To prevent control for monopoly
of shoes, clothing and other necessities
of life.
Z. To establish a license system to
regulate manufacture and expectation.
s. To commander all storage and
food supply plants, and fuel mines, if
necessary.
The bill win be taken up in the SEN
ate and administration leaders will
make every effort to force 1t to an
early vote, as it is desired that the
law shall become operative July l.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04
RED CROSS REACHES GOAL
Officials at Washington Say 100000
600 Was Given Fund During
Weeks Campaign.

Washington. June 27.-The Red
Cross announced on Monday night that
il had reached its goal OF Sl0O000,OO0
humanity dollars
"Pershlng day" brought the cam
palgn to spirited close.
Reports from nearly 1000 cities
showed subscriptions during the "A
hours exceeded S1S,0on000. Red Cross
workers in New York renorted S37-
100000 Of its allo+ted S40,000,000, but
the complete figures were confidently
expected to exceed the allotment and
reach possibly as high as S45.000,000.
Outside Of New York city the figures
for the country by sections were as
follows:
New England. Ss0OOO00; Atlantic
states. Sl6,000.OOO. Southern states,
100000; Central states, SD 000,0 /:
Western states, 100000 Total.
100000 coo
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04
1903 SLACKERS PLEAD GUILTY
Illinois Men Admit They Violated
Army Draft Law-Judge Lands
Hears Pleas.

Freeport. Ill.,, June 2s One hundred
and three Illinois "slao kers" were ar
raigned before Judge Lands and
pleaded guilty to violation of the Sc
lective draft law. falling to register
June s. Two others pleaded not gull
ty--one being over age, the other IN
der age. Twenty-Five Others, in jail
at Belvidere, will be arratgned later.
Judge lands iii probably dispose
next week Of tine cases of those who
pleaded guilty. He said that before
passing sentence he would listen to
any excuses the men had to offer for
failing 10 register.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-04
REVEALS KAISER'S BAD FAITH
Official History of United States Peace
Efforts Issued by COMMITTEES
at Washington.

Washington, June 26.-"HQw the war
came TO America" the first of a series
of official statement informing the peo-
pie how this country was forced into
the struggle in Europe, was issued
here. The series. when complete. will
form the American Red. White and
Blue Book"
1t is a tale of broken promises on
the part of the Berlin government
and lays bare repeated plots by VIII
helmstrasse to lnjure and embarrass
this country even while the German
ENJOYS and officials we're pledging
their friendship to Washington.
"We do not know the nature of Count
Bernstorff's report to the kaiser" said
the official historian. 1--WE know only
that even If he kept his pledge and
urged an eleven-hOur revocation Of
the submarine order he was unable to
sway the policy Of the imperial gov
eminent"