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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
Memphis Man Reported
 Among Wounded Troops
 Now Fighting in France

Ottawa, Ont, April 27.-The name of l.. NJ. Good Memphis, Tenn, appears in todays casualty list.
 Memphis, Tenn, April 27.-L. M. Good, reported among the wounded in the Brit ish army on the western front, is the son of Capt. H. B. Good, commander of the United States lighthouse tender Olean- der, who resides in this city Good is 29 years old and enlisted with the Cam adian Engineer corps in 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28

They had scarcely taken the air when the British machines bounced upon them and in the after-tea time fighting that ensued several German machines were seen to crash and eight others to be driven out of con- trol, which are believed to have been destroyed. Between 6 and 8 o'clock the air was filled with wonderful deeds of daring.
 1 There were running fights and gen eral melees. One distinguished young Britisher, who only recently returned f to the air after several months of | rest, deliberately "sat over an enemy airdrome" and watched six enemy machines leave the ground and begin i to climb toward him. He was sitting at 1S,000 feet and calmly remained there until the leader of the challeng- ing planes had attained about 600G feet.
 NOTICED "A STRANGER"
 In the meantime he had noticed that one of the hostile birds was something of stranger. It had a very long tall and a very short base. The Britisher, however, did not stop to worry about 1t. He dived at the highest of the climbers and gave him two bursts from his machine gun. Down went the German in a crash just outside bit of wood.
 While this little action was going on five other Germans had formed be- tween the British planes and his home line. Firing as he came, the Britisher tried to break through the formation but failed
 Then he turned away as if about to attempt an escape toward the south All the Germans started in pursuit One of them soon outdistanced the others and was approaching the Brit fsher when the latter whirled about and fired into the German at point blank range and saw him burst into flame
 NEXT IN LINE
 Next in line was the long tailed. short-nosed stranger. q drove him down. too, said the pilot. but after falling a great distance he flattencd out and was apparently all right"
 young llhaSi-c1ad pilot was car rled far from his own airdrome, but managed to cross the British line
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
Wonderful Deeds Of
 Daring Performed in
 Air by British AUiators

FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT ASSOCIATED
 With the British Armies in France, April 27(Via Lon donhe German armen had of the greatest surprises of their lives late yesterday The day had been heavily overcast until nearly o'clock in the evening when the clouds suddenly hinned and the sun broke through few German machines had been sighted we'll back of their lines during the obscured period but when the shone several enemy squadron which had been housed all day. out stretch their wings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, April 27.-Forecast for Ala bama, Mississippi: Probably local show CTS Saturday and Sunday; Somewhat lower temperature.
 Tennessee: Showers and probably thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday; cooler.
 South Carolina, Georgia: Partly over- cast Saturday, probably followed by local showers Saturday night and Sunday; somewhat lower temperature.
 Florida: Generally fair Saturday and Sunday
 Kentucky: Probably rain Saturday and Sunday; cooler,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
SCORES SPEAK

scores of members spoke tonight under the rule permitting five-minute speeches on amendments. One of the first was Representative Mann, the republican floor leader, who broke his silence on the sub ject of conscription for the first time with an emphatic declaration in favor of the staff bill.
 On the Senate side the debate continued throughout the day and tonight with only occasional flares of interest from the floor and galleries. The leaders have agreed to take the final vote before ad- Journment tomorrow night.
 Minor differences in the measure as if will pass the two houses probably will necessitate conference but the bill is expected to be ready for President Will sons signature by the middle of next week. Then the plans of the war de- partment already carefully laid. will be put into operation.
 Chairman Dent defended vigorously his position on the bill. While this bill was pending before the military committee. ? he said, and while we were endeavoring to the best of our ability to work out a compromise between the conflicting views I was approached with the propo- sition that if you come upon the floor of this house with conscript plan without recognizing the volunteer system that has been the traditional history of this country, we will beat you I went to the President and to the war department and told them that it seemed the sentiment of the House that the volunteer system should be incorporated and that I was willing to go as far as anybody in order to get unity of action and in order to crate and carry on the declaration of war Congress had made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
HOUSE LEADERS AGREE

The House leaders agreed to have a vote immediately after converting tomorrow which would restore the measure to the form in which it came from the war e. partment eliminating the volunteer section substituted by the military committee. Generai debate was closed early in the afternoon With final statements by Chair man Dent, of the military committed for the volunteer section and Representative Kahn of California, the republican member leading the administration fight for the general staff plan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
LAFOLLETTE SPEAKS

Near midnight, when the Senate was about to adjourn, Senator LaFolette took the floor and announced his intention of speaking. He has pending amendments to strike out the draft publication and
 to submit the question of raising an army to referendum.
 Senator LaFollette had a great pile of
 books and papers before him and ap- parently intended to talk several hours. Under the rules a senator cannot be taken off his feet by motion to adjourn, so the handful of senators on the floor settled down for an indefinite stay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
SITUATION CHANGED

But the situation now is that com mittee members have come to me since the report was made by a majority of the committee and told me that I cannot vote for you This notwithstanding that majority of the committee had agreed with my views and had agreed with what was the honest, conscientious sentiment of the House. I believe in the tradi-
 tional volunteer system and I still think
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
CITIZENS OF MORGAN WILL MAKE SURVEY 0F FOOD SITUATION
Committee of Twenty-Five Is Named to Do Work. Decatur to Have
 Parade

Albany, April 27-Cspecial)-Th com nittee of 9 prominent Morgan county citizens appointed by the various mu- nicipalities, following the visit here of Mrs. A. c. Mathis, will conduct a food survey of the county next Tuesday. The purpose of the survey is to find out whether the county will be apIe 10 reed itself and to encourage the planting of additional food crops. Part of the pro- gramme will be to ascertain if farmers are in need of seeds for planting pur- poses, and if they are to supply them promptly and at cost. The committee organized by the election of J. T. High. county farm demonstrator as president, and M. B. Wiggins editor of the Hart selle Enterprise, as secretary. Owing to reports made by Mrs. Mathis and others of the probable consumption by the army and Europe of the surplus grain and meat of the west and middle west, Morgan county is waking up to the big food problem that it is facing and active steps will be taken to stave off the impending food famine.
 Although the big patriotic demonstra- ton originally staged TOT the Twin Cities on May Day was called off, Decatur citizens, headed by Mayor Nelson, have concluded to march the first day of next month. Headed by the band of the Second regiment, Alabama National Guard, which will arrive here Tuesday morning, the parade VIII form on Bank street and will march to Second avenue, Albany, then returning to Bank street, where patriotic addresses will be de Hvered. The Second regiment band of 8 pieces will be stationed at Decatur for sometime, 1t is announced.
 Owing to the fact that the farmers are still busy with their crops, the criminal term of the Morgan county circuit court, which convenes next Monday. will only try jail cases, according to announce ment today of Circuit Court Clerk James L. Draper. The term of court was post poned early in the month in order to allow jurors and witnesses to get back to the farm
 WI. Garnett, proprietor of The Fash
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
DENT AND KAHN ON OPPOSING SIDES
 CLOSE DEBATE ON
 HOUSE ARMY BILL
1continued from Page ore,

to preserve the voluntary method of forming an army is uupatriotically op- posing the President in time of war. As far as I am concerned, when the hour arrives in which this House musr ac- cept every proposition suggested by the President without the crossing of a or the dotting of an i. this member will be glad to surrender his commission and yield place to a more tractaole and amen able individual"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28

1 safely just before nightfall His ma 1 chine was absolutely riddled with bull lets. but he was unhurt Asked to tell l about his adventures. the airman merely shrugged his shoulders and said, "Oh, I just had a bit of luck. that's all"
 This young flier. according to his companions. holds the absolute belief that he will never be killed while fly ing. and with that fatalistic assistance takes the most desperate chances, the result being he is rolling up one of the most brilliant records of the war. ATTACK TRAIN
 Not content with felling 15 hostile machines during their brief flying in- terval yesterday, the British airmen also downed one observation balloon and sallied forth under the stars las. night on a great bombing expedition man trains bringing troops toward tee front Two of the trains were com pletely derailed and the engine of the third appeared to explode
 One of the British pilots during the raid temporarily lost his bearings. He was fired at from the ground, some of the projectiles being in the nature of greenish colored rockets. In the glare of these he saw a supply depot CN'h@SNNAi go one one of his bombs and obtained a direct hit the depot disappearing ini great flame. All the British ma chimes returned safely. notwithstand- ing the darkness of the night
 VARIEG GATED HUES
 The German machines recently have taken on variegated hues Pilots re- port encounterins them in white. brown and red and sometimes striped almost like zebras
 Most of the machines met nowa- days are handled in a manner far above the German average. It is sel- dom, however. that the Germans ever attack the British unless they out number at least three to one
 A lone German pilot. however took fatal chance yesterday against 2 British scout formation which was escort1ng reconnaissance machines. Bx clever maneuvering, at which the hos tlle airman also was an adept. the Brltlsh managed to entice him to at tack one Of their machines from be hlnd. As he did SO second British machine dived at the Germans taii ana down he went, one of his wines breaking off in the deadly descent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
L0caI UdLd 4 hours ending at ' p. m,
Special Bargains
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 Today's Age-Herald

Porters advertise Manhattan shirts in madras, silk striped material and silks, s1.75 to SIP.
 saks' feature mems suits at s15, s2O and s25.
 Loveman, Joseph & Loeb announce the May white sale to begin today. Louis Pizitz is going to sell mems cool summer suits today at $10
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
IN SENATE

Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the debate military committee, made a three
 hour speech tonight summing up the argument for the bill. He said the volun- teer system always had failed and read from history to show Washington 8
 trouble with it in Revolutionary days. 'Lincoln was in favor of conscription," " he added. There were copperheads in every state of the union during the civil war and there are noW.'
 Senator Stone wanted to know if the troops to be raised were to be sent to the European battlefields. Senator Cham berland said he did not know. 'If the
 allies say they need them he said, q am in favor of getting behind them and send ing the troops
 The galleries applauded the statement with enthusiasm, which the presiding of ficer made no effort to check.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
AIRPLANES BUSY

Over the battle line and behind the German positions the wasp-like air planes have been busy aiding the ar tillery in finding it's targets. Both French and British birdmen have bat tied desperately with German air planes to obtain information which only they can get. In numerous fights over. behind and in front of the en- trenchments Anglo-French aviators have brought down 10 German airmcn and sent down 12 others damaged or out of control. Berlin claims the de- struction of allied machines.
 General Maude in his progress up the Tigris now is before the Jebel- Hamrin hills. between the Tigris and Diala, where the Turks have en- trenched after retreating from Sa- mara. Russian forces are on the oth- CT side of the hills and at the south ern tip the town of Kizilrabat is oc- cupied jointly by British and Russian troops British artillery continues to Lombard Bulgarian positions south west of Lake Doiran, Macedonia. while no activity of moment is reported from the eastern and Austro-Italian fronts.
 TIDE HAS TURNED
 The tide has turned and British troops now have real chance to fight. declared Premier Lloyd George in an address at the Guildhall Friday. Dur of Arras. he said. the British gained four times as much ground and cap tured 70 per cent more prisoners and almost 300 per cent more guns than during the similar period at the be :. ginning of the Somme offensive which brought about the recent German re- treat on that part of the front.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
NEXT IN LINE

ion, ladies ready-to-wear store of De catur, announced that he would close out his business here and go to Clarllsdale, Miss, where he will become manager of the Delta Department store, recently or ganized there. The new concern will begin business on September 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28

The ninety eighth anniversary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was observed tonight by Decatur lodge No. 52 with an informal reception at Knights of Pythias hall, Grand Secretary II. c. Pollard later delivered an appropriate address.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
Shacl.letnn WiII Enlist

New York, April 27-Sir Ernest Shack teton, the Antarctic explorer. is going back to England to enlist in the army in France. He so announced on his arrival here today from the west to take ship. Sir Ernest recently arrived in San Fran cisco from Chile where he went after completing his antarctic exploration, be- gun in 1914
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28

Washington. April 2s-At t:9o o'clock Senator LaFollette had been talk ing two hours and there was no in- dication that he was near the end of his speech. There were three senators on the aAor in addition to the presiding officer. Senator LaFollette punctuated his speech with sarcasm and brought
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28

Marvin Rankin, a well known local boy has applied for enlistment in the government aviation corps, and expects to enter training as brdman at an early date Arthur Arantz of Decatur has also volunteered for war duty, and will leave tomorrow for Norfolk, Va, to enter the navy as a mechanic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28

Mayor Payne of Albany announced to- day that he had granted a permit for the showing of 8 moving picture in Al bany. This is the first permit issued since the recent censorship law was enacted, which resulted in the temporary closing down of the photoplay houses of this city. Tt is believed here now that Albany will soon be witnessing moving pictures again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
REAL ISSUE OF DEBATE

As the real issue in the debate Mir. Dent specified this particular: Shall ths individual exert his inherent prerogative of fighting for his country, or shall the government indicate the individuals who shall defend the country?
 The Alabamian declared that if the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
BIG GUNS BOOMING DAY AND NIGHT
 ON FRENCH LINE
tsuo ssud molg psnuI1uoo

Arras- Cambrai road and northward the British have gained some ground and the French have advanced near Hurt ebis and on the Vaucierc plateau as well as at one point in the fight scarred region of MoronVilliers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28

R. H. Wolcott, prominent business man of Albany, was honored by election as grand warden by the state conclave of the grand commandery, Knights Temp lar, held at Tuscaloosa Nr Woleott' s election was received here with gratifi- cation. as he is one of the leading mem- bers of the local commandery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28

policy contained in the minority reports t ~as iiaoe permanent and he indicated that it might be made permonent a young man in the future could not eyerN clse an option in selecting his avocation
 IT his choice be civil life" Mr. Dent sald, the government might order him into the army. If he selects the army as profession the government might order nm into the ranks of ci,,iIinr..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
AGAINST GENERALIZATION

lndirectly he warned against the ten oency towards standardization of power ana an autocracX of militarism in the the possibility of the House faced wit, the necessity of accepting the Senate plh containing the provision for draft ing boys l9 years of age into the service ana the provision destroying local units ID the organization of an army.
 Mir Dent at the conclusion of his ad- dress was complimented by a demonstra- : i tom almost as expressive as that accorded MT. Kahn IVY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28

the majority of the House believes in it.'
 Representative Gardner of Massa- chusetts appealing to the House for the Austin amendment, declared that failure to mobilize Roosevelt in this crisis was deliberate neglect of one of the greatest moral forces ever known.
 Representative Shirley of Kentucky said the amendment would disorganize the army and throw open an opportunity for others seeking like privileges.
 MANN'S SPEECH
 Republican Leader Manns speech was a feature in the long debate in the House. His first remarks evoked cheering rom the volunteer element when he said those in favor of Colonel Roosevelt's request could easily give him that opportunity by voting for the volunteer amendment. But a moment later the applause came from the draft side.
 Those who favor the draft system" |" he said "are utterly inconsistent to matn- tain that position if they give a special l preference to a few adventurers. 'I have reached the conclusion that with the demands that may be made upon us in the war we are now engaged in, where for the safety and honor ana arg nity of the republic we must smite our enemy we ought to start right and make no exceptions and that we ought to adopt the system that all men are equally liable l to service
 Former Speaker Cannon, supporting the volunteer plan, said that his investiga- tions showed that 5oOGo0 men could not be equipped within six months. He said the volunteers wouic come forward as rapidly as they can be equipped. 1 The House adjourned shortly after Il o'clock until Il o'clock tomorrow morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28

WI. Garnett. proprietor of The Fash
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28

George Nelson, alias Albert Johnson, is in the Morgan county Jail charged with attempted forgery It is alleged that he presented a check to the Patterson Mer- cantile company bearing the signature of J. c. Calvin that was spurious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28

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Evening journal., 1917-02-24

VNHE FLODETTE. sO7-sO0 FRENCH ST.
i The ideal small hotel neat, clean and
finely furnished. Running water (hot, coid)
sent weekly. feb23-n.
Evening journal., 1917-02-24
PUBLIC SALES.


DUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
arm, on Pike creek road, Tuesday. February
~, 1917, at O'Clock p. N. sharp, the ioi,
lowing personal property: -Four head OF good
work or driving horses, milch COWS, -FOUR OF
them are fresh, one bull. years old reg
isteredi one SOW, with pigs, 100 chickens,
three farm wagons, dearborn, two market
wagons, buggy, plows. cultvators, harrows:
corn planter drill, potato planter. harness or
an KINDS, forks, hoes rakes, shoNelsi uilA
cans, household goods and many other articles
too numerous 20 mention.
Terms Of sale-$25 and less, cash; over
SO credit Of seven months will be given
the purchaser by giving a bankable note,
with improved endorser or bank, discount
on for cash on all credit sums
MARTIN TOMCHHk.
STIDHAM & son, Auct.
ELLIS HICKS & SONS, Clerks feb21-5t.
DUBLIC sALE-HAVING SOLD ny
Il farm, will sell at public sale at m!
ne idonce, situated on the Concord turnpike
near Sharpley's schoOlhOuse, on Wednesday
March Z, 1917, at 1 o clock, all Of my per,
sonal property, consisting OF two good general
purpose horses, one cow a full line Of farm
vators wagons, cart manure spreader. gram
drill, moving machine. hay rake, Market
dearborn, carriages, harness Of all kinds and
many other articles too numerous TO mention
Hay and straw by the ton, corn by the bushei
six and One-half acres Of wheat in the
ground. 125 chickens, White Rocks and Wy
andottes, l5O-egg Cypress incubator and
brOOder. Some household goods, one large
ice chest. Terms cash.
CHARLES W. DAY.
CLARENCE ORTLIp, Auct.
deb17,21. "a, 25-mar3, -, g..
Evening journal., 1917-02-24
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Evening journal., 1917-02-24
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