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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
NEWS OF ENSLEY

The Ensley district experienced | calm Monday following the anxiety
 of the past week over the coal situ- ation. All miners reported at their ac- customed places Monday morning and
 each mine had it's full quota of men The industries were practically pre- pared for the worst as a large sup ply of coal and coke had been stocked
 The Ensley Red Cross unit No. s1
 will meet at the Elks' hall Wednes-
 day afternoon from 1:30 to 4:3o. The
 hours have been changed to suit the 1 convenience of women unable to at tend in the mornings and a good at | tendance is desired for the Wednesday meeting.
 The exemption board begins its ex- aminations today of the S2o men whose numbers come above 4So It is ex- pected that 140 men will be obtained
 out of this call so that the desired quota-24O--wil be made up. The contest waged for securing | funds for the Italian Catholic church | in Ensley came to a close Saturday night with Miss Katie Perolio of Pratt | City leading. She had secured $215, l the prize awarded her being a dia-
 mond ring Miss Maggie Calma of Ems ley came next with $11G, for which ! she received a necklace with a dia mond pendant. Miss Rosie Guarnere of Bessemer was third. having secured $10S, receiving as a trophy wrist watch Miss Mary Locascio of Birming ham was awarded a dainty gold neck l. lace for the fourth prize. The amount | she secured was sS0.
 Monday was jinx day for Ensley when it came to minor accidents. The first was a city garbage wagon run ming into w. c. Suppler's automo bile. Then followed a collision of two au- tomobiles on Eighteenth street and the third was the collding of a fur.
 niture wagon with a Tidewater street car.
 The women of the Ensley Highland
 Methodist church will hold a cottage prayer meeting with Mrs. Simpson Hamilton, South Park station, this aft ernoon from 80 to 4:30 o'clock. Mrs. T. L. Selman will be leader of the | afternoon and the public is invited.
 the guest of his parents. MT. and Mrs.
 c. A. Birk, on Avenue E. Miss Gertrude Wilson and Garland Wilson are spending the week in Mo bile.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. w. Minor and fam fly are guests at the Hotel Wigwam at Indian Springs, Ga.
 MT. and Mrs. W. E. Boyd and Mir
 and Mrs. J, c. Neeland have returned
 home after motoring through Alabama
 and Mississippi.
 The young people from Ensley, who composed a house party at Drifton,
 with MT. and Mrs. w. A. Turner as
 hosts, have returned home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
Young Boy Injured

Posie Wallace. aged {, who lives at 70, Princeton avenue, West End, was struck by South Bessemer street car at about e:SO o'clock yesterday afternoon at Tus- caloosa avenue and Charles street The boys head and body were bruised and he was carried to the Birmingham in- firmary. where at an early hour this morning authorities stated his condition to be improving. The car was in charge of Motorman Hutchington and Conduc- tor Holloway. The accident was investi- gated by Officers Walton and Kemp. No arrests were reported.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
Dentist Wanted

Capable and conscientious operator wanted for high class advertising prac- tice in Birmingham. Alabama license required. Address M-24. this office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
PRICES OF STEEL ID BE PRESENTED
 ID TIE PRESIDENT

Washington. August 20--Preliminary estimates of steel and copper produc- tior costs were completed by the fed = eral trade commission today and will go to President Wilson tomorrow for use in fixing prices for the govern ments war requirements. Figures asked by the President on the costs of producing other basic materials will be ready soon. Coal costs already have been determined.
 The government and industry have been further apart, perhaps. on the price to be paid for steel than on any other war commodity. At present, all government purchases are made cn tentative price bases with the final price to be determined after the gov ernment has gone over the trade com missions figures. The navy department is paying s65 a ton and the shipping board $50
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
PRICE TOO HIGH

Steel is selling now in the open mar ket for more than S100 a ton and in some instances recently orders have been placed at near $200 Even the pro ducers agree that this price is too high, but they point to the abnormal demand
 The trade commissions recommenda tions, in the opinion of some officials. will make 1t extremely difficult for the government to carry out it's an- nounced policy of seeing that the pub lie as well as the government gets its requirements at reasonable prices
 NO figures on copper production costs have been announced. but the trade commissions report indicates that large profits are made at the present market prices Many govern ment officials hold that metals such al copper, zinc, lead and others should not be sold even to the government al too low a price. Unless good prices are paid they say, there will be no incentive to increase production.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
TRADE REPORT

The trade commissions report. it Is understood, goes more deeply into conditions in the steel industry than into actual cost figures. It recom- mends. it is understood, that the Pres ident designate some government agency to pursue a constant investiga tion into steel costs during the war and to determine the actual cost of production of each government order
 This plan is suggested, 1t is under stood, because of the great difference In production costs in various mills. The larger plants, particularly those that produce their own ore, are shown to turn out the finished product at Q cost far below that of their competi- tors
 In view of this the commission is of the opinion that it will be impos- sible to fix a definite price for steel and that prices must be fixed on spe- cific orders. This. the commission be- lieves, will be a comparatively easy matter, since government orders will be big.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
THE HOUSEHOLD

WAYS WITH BRAN
 We have got so in the habit of count ing the number of calories that various economical foods give us that we have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
DENoUNCEs CENSORSHIP

Senator Johnson took occasion to de nounce the publicity methods used by the government. The Japanese mission he said, arrived on the Pacific coast last week, and for weeks California newspa- pers have been publishing their plans with other information regarding the members of the party. In Washington, however he said, newspapers are only permitted to publish news regarding the missions arrival could be withheld from agents in Germany, adding that he men, toned this example because it was typical of the publicity methods now being employed by the government.
 WANTS TRUTH ONLY
 T ask for publicity and truth in this war and nothing else In return for our sacrifice" Senator Johnson added.
 Senator Johnson also advocated elimi- nation of every consumption tax and in- crease of surtaxes on incomes of more than $1,0O0000. He pointed out that treas sury statistics show 120 persons pay taxes on incomes of from $1 900, 000 to s10, 0O00O0 and more. while the bill proposes a maximum surtax of 50 per cent on all incomes over $500,000.
 Tn this time of stress" he said, "the larger part of these incomes should be used in protecting our land. Oh! The generosity of the Senate to take s, ,0OO, coo from person with a $10,0O0,00o income and hand back $5,000,000 to the poor, i'm poverished person. What an assault upon business. It is a generous, tender Congress, indeed We should take the largest conceivable part of these large incomes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
WAR PROFITS AND INCOMES OF RICH
 MUST BEAR MAIN
 BURDEN OF WAR
Continued from Page one)

only seen fit to take 20 per cent. The estimated war profits, he added, amount to s3, GOO, 600 900, but the bill only levies s562 900 eco or about 20 per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

The young people from Ensley, who composed a house party at Drifton, with Mir. and Mrs. w. A. Turner as hosts, have returned home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

MT. and Mrs. w E. Boyd and MT
 and Mrs. J, c. Neeland have returned
 home after motoring through Alabama and Mississippi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

Mir and Mrs. J. w. Minor and fam fly are guests at the Hotel Wigwan at Indian Springs, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

Miss Gertrude Wilson and Garland Wilson are spending the week in Mo bile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

Russell Birk of Johnstown, Pa, is the guest of his parents. MT. and Mrs. c. A. Birk, on Avenue F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

The women of the Ensley Highland Methodist church will hold a cottage prayer meeting with Mrs. Simpson Hamilton, South Park station, this aft ernoon from 80 to 4:30 o'clock Mrs T. l.. Selman will be leader of the afternoon and the public is invited
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-10
Exact Copy Of Wrapper.
RELIGION in France.

There is no state religion in France,
but the adherentS of any church or
creed can hold their religious belief
and observe their religious practices.
Under the law promulgated on Deem
Der 9, 1905, the churches were sepa-
rated from the state, the adherents
of all creeds were authorized to form
associations for public worship, and
the state, the departments and the
communes, were relieved from pay
ment of salaries to clergymen. For
clergymen of forty-five years of age
pensions were provided. Buildings
used for public worship were made
over to associations for public wor-
ship. The association law of July 1,
1901, requires religious communities
to be authorized by the state, and no
monastic association can be authorized
without a special law in each particu-
lar case. Before the passing of that
law there were 90 recognized associ-
ations, and 753 not recognized. After
the passing of the law, of the 753 not
recognized, 305 dissolved themselves,
and 44S asked for authorization which
was refused by the chambers, or par
lament, to the majority Of them.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-10

ITO report all violations OF orders /
am instructed to enforce.
ITO repeat all calls from posts more
distant from the guardhouse than my
own.
ITO quit my post only when properly
relieved.
ITO receive, obey and pass on to the
sentinel who relieves me all orders
from the commanding officer, officer Of
the day, and officers and noncommis-
stoned officers of the guard only.
ITO talk to no one except in line Of
duty.
''In case Of fire or disorder to give
the alarm.
ITO allow no one to commit a nui-
sance on or near my post.
''In any case not covered by instruc-
tons to call the corporal of the guard.
ITO be especially watchful at night
and, during the time for challenging,
to challenge all persons on or near my
post, and to allow no one to pass with
out proper authority"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-10
CUT OUT CROOKED STICKS
Use of Dead Wood for Fuel Is Also
Applied to Scoundrels and
the War.

Forestry experts in New York, a
state which has given much consery-
ing attention to it's wealth in trees,
urge farmers to help the country meet
the high cost of fuel by making more
use of the dead and dying timber in
their wood lots They are advised to
burn in their stoves and CRATES the
fallen logs still sound enough to be
converted into fire wood and to cut
down and utilize crooked trees obvi-
ously foredoomed to worthlessness as
timber, no matter how long they may
be allowed to stand.
This Is good advice, and there Is a
human moral in the crooked stick part
of it, says an exchange. The same
stress of war times, which led to the
appeal issued to New York farmers
in sitting out crooked men. Some ras-
Gals will profit by war conditions, but
In the broad view of the nations af-
fairs the sound and straight will come
to the front. The country can't take
chances with scoundrels. 1t must cut
crooked sticks out of the life-and-
death work of the war, in places of
authority.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-10
A Near Calamity.

Little Mary was being initiated into
the wonders of the Pullman car. She
and her mother left the city early in
the evening" each occupying big cush-
Toned seat in the car. Mary wished
to know at once where they were to
sleep, and after five minutes explana-
ton by her mother she realized that
they were to sleep in bed, made over
their two seats, which would be COM
pleted by the porter about nine o'clock.
At the next stop a man entered the
car and Mary was forced to give up
her individual seat to him. He had
reserved the upper berth, which she
did not know. The giving up of the
seat was for time enough food for
thought, but she finally burst out with
this question:
Mamma, if we sleep here, and all
those other people sleep where they
are sitting, where is that man going
to Sleep"
"That man." and the rest in the car
laughed. The explanation process be-
gan all over again.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-10
GUARD DUTY.

Just as outpost, advance guard and
patrol work are prominently impor-
tant, all guard duty is serious business
for the soldier. In war time and In
hostile territory it has been an imme-
mortal rule to punish with death sentl-
nels who fall asleep on their posts. And
1t is as q sentinel that the young SOL
der may first contract that sense or
personal responsibility which renders
him not only a valuable member. of his
own company, but also prepares him
for promotion.
No man can rise from private to
first-class private, from hrst-class
private to a corporal, from corporal
to a sergeant, from sergeant or frst
sergeant to commissioned officer, IN
less he has evinced a disposition to
take responsibility. The men least
capable of accepting responsibility lag
longest in the ranks; the men VINO
show earliest signs Of assuming re-
sponsibility-gladiy and capably-wiil
be first to advance.
Guard duty is prescribed In detail In
separate guard manual. This con-
tains many regulations for the proper
performance of this duty; but In gen
eral 1t may be said that guards In camp
or garrison preserve order, protect
property and enforce police regulations.
A tour of duty for the guard is twenty
four hours. out of which sentinel is
ON duty two hours out of every six. He
Is under the supervision of the ohcer
mr. noncommissioned officer OF the
guard. who in turn is responsible TO the
officer of the day.
Guards receive two classes OF orders
general and special. Special orders
rotate to posts with certain peculiarl-
Ties and to particular duties. But the
General orders for the guard, which
every young soldier should promptly
learn by heart, contribute, as has been
said. more than anything else, perhaps,
toward bringing him to realization Oh
his personal responsibility. These or
ders which he should repeat TO MN
Golf from time to time on post, are as
follows: IN
.aTo tahe charge Of this post ana al
government property in view.
'sTo walk my post In military inan
ner. keeping always on the alert anu
observing everything that taxes piace
xithin sight or hearing.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-10
With the Fingers!
Says COrns Lift Out
Without Any Pain

Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind Of 4 corn can shortly be
lifted right out with the fingers if you
viii apply on the corn a few drops of
freezone, says a Cincinnati authority.
At little cost one can get a small bot
lie Of freezOne at any drug store, which
will positively rid ones feet of every
corn or callus without pain or sore
ness or the danger of infection.
This new drug is an ether compound,
and dries the moment it is applied and
does not inflame or even irritate the
surrounding skin. Just think You
can lift off your corns and calluses
now without a bit of pain or soreness.
II your druggist hasn't freezone he can
easily get a small bottle for you from
his wholesale drug house.-adv.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-10
The Wit of MIR. choate.

Joseph H. Coate, the late ex-ambas-
sador to England, had a decidedly
nasal voice, but the New Republic says
it was a beautiful voice, resonant as
some big gong, and his rather unkind
wit was as genuine as his courage.
Every now and then his wit was
touched with beauty, as when he said,
of the freshmen dormitories at Harv-
ard, that all they needed to make
them rivals of the Oxford college
building was ivy and time. Mr.. Choate
took a playful satisfaction in suddenly
chilling auditors whom he had care
fully warmed. Speaking once at a
boys school, three of whose graduates
had acted as his secretaries when he
was ambassador, he delighted his au-
dience by his praise of the secretaries.
After enjoying the pleasure of mas
tiers and boys, Mr.. Choate wound up
by saying something like this: Per
haps I ought to add that all ask OF
a secretary is that he shall keep out OF
my way and shave every day."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-10
One "On" the Teacher.

The school term was drawing toward
it's close in Normal City, Muncie SUBJ
urb, when the pupils of one room were
asked to write compositions on any
subject they might choose, according
to Lee Baird, the principal.
One little boy turned in his compost
ton with the sheet entirely blank ex-
cept for the title. "The Home Life Of
the Fiji Islanders"
Roscoe, why did you choose so pecu-
liar a subject, but choosing it, why
didn't you write a composition on the
home life of the Fiji islanders as you
announce in the title?" asked Baird.
Because they amt any," was the
boys reply, while the other children
who had been let in on the joke, roared
at getting one ION" the teacher.-In-
dianapolis News.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-10
Rat Deadly Disease Carrier.

The Spanish war developed the fact
that the mosquito was the carrier of
yellow fever, writes E. w. Nelson in
the National Geographic Magazine.
Another type of mosquito is known
to be the carrier of malaria. The Eu-
ropean war has brought to almost uni
versal public knowledge the fact that
body lice are carriers of the deadly
typhus and many diseases are known
to be carried by other insects.
Among these deadly carriers of
death and destruction none equals the
house rat in it's tremendous drain on
the prosperity of nations by its de-
structOn of food and other property,
while at the same time it is the dead
lest Of all to mankind as disease
carrier. Within historic times it has
caused the death of untold millions
Of human beings through its dissent
nation Of the bubonic plague.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-10
Variety of Time in Honolulu.

On Papaikou plantation the clock
marks three-quarters of an hour ahead
Of standard time for the day. In fact.
there are three ways of fixing the hour
Of the day on the plantation-solar
time, standard time, and railway time,
writes A. P. Taylor, Honolulu CORE
spondenr The Hilo Sugar company
has put the time half an hour ahead.
At Pahala the Hawaiian Agricultural
company has advanced ali the clocks
80 minutes. Nearly all the other
Plantations on the island have gained
from 10 minutes to one hour. They
may decide TO adopt a uniform time.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-10
APPLYING THE FUNDAMENTALS
OF A SOLDIER.

The young soldier has now been in
itiated into the fundamentals which
make up the fighting man. All war is
a serious business-modern war bust
ness of tremendous gravity. 1t is not
play; with the nation at war, there is
no time for play. America must
realize" say the French generals,
''that she cannot play at war;"
Whether or not America plays at
war or preparing for war depends upon
whether the young American soldier,
individually and collectively, goes
about his training In a spirit of play,
or in deadly earnest. The young sol
der would do well to see the moving
pfctures-if he has the opportunity
delineating the work Of the British in
building up their immense citizen
armies. If he can do so, he will note
at once that they did not play at
war;"
The driving earnestness Of their
training in England-which reached
fruition in France against the linden
berg line-differs entirely from the
undertaken by nation at peace. And
SO in every duty which is now assigned
to the young soldier, however trivial it
may at first seem to him, he must
remind himself that his country is
actually at war-that he must learn
these things for early application in
the battle zone.
r &c, tic aF In
| ing may be altered or modified to suit
the new conditions of warfare, but the
| fundamentals will remain the same.
And these amentals-obedience
| discipline, intelligence, initiative, team
work. esprit de corps-have always
won battles and wars, and will con-
tinue to win battles and wars, whether
against the bow and arrow, the flint
lock or the 42-centimeter gun.
If the young soldier will return to
the first articles of the series, treating
| Of these fundamentals, he will see that
the same principles have run through
out. He will see that his discipline
was as necessary-more necessary
when he was breaking through brush
on patrol than when on parade; that
| his sense of Identification with his unit
prevailed on sentinel duty as fully as
in the school of the squad. Otherwise,
he does not have In him the makings Of
a soldier.
| He will observe that drills are re-
peated again and again not alone to
perfect the men in marching and the
manual of arms, but because the repe7
tition is more and more Illuminating as
to the reasons why, as well as the
methods how, such things are to be
| done. In short, the man who has once
been put through the school of the
company, then has twice the compre-
hension of the meaning of the school
of the squad and the school of the sol
| der.
The young soldier who has properly
| progressed in his duties will find that
his mind has been "bucked up" as
much as his body. Just as he has dis
| carded slack and shiftless habits Of
walking or standing, he will discard
shiftless habits of thinking. Physical
| ly and mentally, he will come to the
scratch. He will remember that he is
representative as well as a defender
| of his country, and he will strive to his
| utmost at all times to do her credit.
"Young soldier, attention-Salute
| the Colors J"