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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-07
Fighting Fourth" Is Proud and Happy That It Is to Be Among the Very
 First to Go
AS VETERANS THEY
 ALREADY FEEL AT
 HOME IN CAMP MILLS
Trip From Alabama Was Uneventful But Men Are All Keen and Eager
 for the Fray
Fly M. HARvIE

Camp Albert L. Mills, New York, September 2.
 Special Correspondence. The One, Hundred and Six ty-Seventh United States in-
 fantry, which until recently
 was the Fourth Alabama,
 has settled down in it's new
 quarters with the Rainbow division.
 The regiment left Montgomery Wednesday, August 29, in eight sec tions, and the first units began to de-
 train at Garden City Friday after noon. The last companies arrived
 Saturday morning and marched into camp in the usual downpour of rain. It is proverbial with the Third battal- ion that no change of station can be made or camp pitched without an ac- compartment of rain. But as the men are all old timers, with year of service to their credit, they bore their trials with true soldierly fortitude Tn a surprisingly short time the tents were pitched and the camp gotten into shape.
 HOLDING ITS HEAD HIGH As all the world knows, or should know, the Fourth Alabama was chosen as one of the four infantry regiments for the
 Forty-second. or Rainbow division
 which is made up of crack National Guard units from 2s states. As a natural consedueuce, the regiment takes itseh \ cry seriously, and is holding it's head high with pride.
 1 The fact that prophet Is never with out honor save in his own country never
 struck us with full force until we arrived here. Back home our friends and fellow citizens hardly know we are living, and
 most of them never heard anything about US or our division. but up here things are different.
 l Ire insignia of the old Fourth Alabama i on q soldiers collar Is universally ac. | cepted as a badge of honor and marx
 of distinction. Modesty prevents my tell
 Ing just how much the division IS though of here in the vicinity of New York. IT. i be one of the "Rainbows'' is taken t mean that we are to be first In France 1 and are ready to fight. No wonder ou l boys look with pity upon those Jesse regiments who must moil and toll in con centraiton camps while we go down to tn sea in ships.
 l As Is the case in war time, when "
 changed station we stood not upon tn order of our going. On the contrary, w folded our tents early Wednesday morn ing and the first section left at noon. B 6 o'clock the last unit was on it's wa, north. Our going was witnessed by small but intensely interested gatherin
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-07
HaLians Engaged
 ir1 Terrific Battle
 on Mountain Top
Gigantic Struggle For Possession of Strong Posi- ton on Isonzo Front is Now in Progress lin Claims to Have Broken Up Attacks in
 Flanders Russians Retreat
HOSPITAL ATTACKED AND 19 KILLED

September 6The
  Nineteen
  men who owereu mo their hospital 20 minutes $50 the evening until 3 o'clock in the morning,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-07
Embryo Officers at OgIe- thorpe Get Detailed In- structions on Hand
 ling BayOnet
KILL OR BE KILLED IS RULE TO GOVERN
 IN MEETING ENEMY
Incident Illustrating How Boys Feel Toward the Flag They Are to
 Defend
fly RICHARD F. LussIER

Camp Walden Mclean, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, Sep tember 6.-(Special. - For the beginning of a happy week of arduous labor we were given a bayonet drill in Pbattalion formation.
 The instructor read to us from an elevated stage several paragraphs from the drill manual which it ap- pears has been considerably changed by the present methods of warfare in
 Europe.
 We were impressed with the fact that bayonet fencing was a thing of the past. forgotten art as it were, and that un- der the stress of great excitement such as is supposed exist in trench attack only determination and firm pair of arms will successfully transfix the en- emy.
 MAKE A SUDDEN LUNGE You must advance ghostlke." said Captain Jones, the instructor. "bayonet
 well advanced and the rifle firmly grasped. Advance firmly. determinedly and when close to the enemy, if he has not disappointed you by retreating. make a sudden forward lunge. Be sure to draw out the bayonet quickly. If lit is caught between bones and flesh
 stick out your foot against the body of your adversary and with this leverage
 withdraw your weapon and be ready for
 the next tempting morsel that presents Itself to you. Much embarrassment re-
 suits in bayonet attacks from men not being able to withdraw their weapons from their dead adversares. As mat ter of fact. if you cannot withdraw the bayonet leave it and look for another l gun from some fallen casualty" l These words spoken calmly were lis- tened to avidly by the collection of law l yers business men and university stu dents of our battalion. These men, to
 some of whom the sight of blood was
 at best nauseating. were suddenly con- l fronted with some of the practical op- eratons of the modern war-and many
 smiled while inwardly wincing at tho
 horror of the whole system of world I thought that makes such conflict as Ills now raging in Europe possible. But then we are in it now--and the only way to get out of 1t is by soundly thrashing the Germans. And the bayonet is as ! good weapon as any with which to kill the boches.
 | ANOTHER GIVES DETAILS But if the calmness of our instructor in telling us of the details of bayonet fighting came as shock to the finer sensibil1ies of the candidate officers,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-07
MOVED GUNS FROM RIGA

Washington, September B.-Dis. patches to the Russian embassy say all of the heavy guns had been taken from Riga before the Germans en tered The brunt of the attack was borne by one Russian division. which held off the Germans with fierce fight : yAus until endorsements were brought 'hp. but they were eventually com : boiled to withdraw. The Russians are retiring to a line from F'riedrichstadt to the Gulf of Riga, which has been heavily fortified. The morale of the troops is said to be excellent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-07
ANOTHER GIVES DETAILS

But if the calmness of our instructor in telling us of the details of bayonet fighting came as shock to the finer sensibili1ies of the candidate officers. the ferocious attitude of Lieutenant Cal- lahan, of our company made us roar for gore Lieutenant Callahan is a young
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Evening star., 1917-09-09


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Evening star., 1917-09-09

Striking evening gown,
black and white satin. One
half of the skirt and bodice is
all white and the other half all
black. This tends to accentuate
the graceful lines Of the gown.
(Centrai News Photo.)
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-08-10
Medina Chautauqua August 1922

Miss Genevieve Brintnall enter
tanned the Ludin club Tuesday even
ing.
That the tussock moth is totally
devoid Of any sense of shame is evi-
denced by its continued brazen ap=
pearance in public places, in utter dis
regard of all the unpleasant things
said and written about it.
Miss Genevieve Brintnall sang at
two conventions at Cedar Point, last
Thursday and Frilay, with a girls
chorus from Cleveland.
The annual reunion of the Daniel
Hyde family will be held on Saturday
of this week at the home Of Sheriff
R. L. Gehman.
The Goth annual convention Of the
Lorain County Volunteer Fire assoc
iation, viii be held in Huron next
Wednesday, Aug. Is, and will be at
tended by the members Of the local
fire department. The convention
was held in Medina last year.
The Cleveland Press of Thursday
evening, in list of marriage licenses
granted, publishes the names of Aus
tin W. Witter and Carrie ]. Miller.
The former is a son of Warren Witter
of Medina.
The following children were taken
to Cleveland Wednesday, in charge of
DR.. Robinson, to undergo operations
for the removal of tonsils: Paul Bran
dow, Paul Berger, Brayton Moore and
Kenneth Baque.
DIR. A. G. Appleby of Valley City,
who recently enlisted in the federal
service, left last Saturday for Fort
Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-08-10

The New York Independent was
the first magazine received at the To-
cal postofice the past week with the
imprint "When you finish reading this
magazine, place a 1-cent stamp on this
notice, hand same to any postal en-
ployee, and it will be placed in the
hands of our soldiers or sailors at the
front. No wrapping no address,"
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-08-10
MEDINA iiARNETS

Market prices are corrected every
Thursday evening.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-08-10
Last Day Of the
ChaUtaUuua

YOU WILL SAY THAT THESE
COMMENTS DON'T BEGIN TO
EXPRESS YOUR ENTHUSIASM
FOR THE WHITE HUssARS. 1T
YOU HAVE A HAT THE HUE-
sARS WILL MAKE YOU THROW
IT INTO THE AIR. so HOLD
TIGHT!
Admission SO Cents
Afternoon or evening" or by sea-
son ticket.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-08-10

Additional Locals on Page One .
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-26
LOOK AT YOUR TONGUE!
IS IT BROAD, WHITE, FLABBY?
YOUR BLOOD NEEDS. zIRON
When Your Tongue Is White and Flabby, 1t Is Sign
That You Are Anemic and That Your Blood
Needs Ziron Iron Tonic, For the Benefit
of Your Weakened System.
Look at your tongue in the mirror!

to be pointed pink, clean and firm
broad white, coated abb it is probably sign that
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bring condition
blood which
the hpophhes lime and other valuable tonic
of trouble
ambition, Indigestion
gastric spirits feeling
under the weather. Ziron help back health?
contains habitoming
reliable enedgood children
Mr. R. L. Poston of Lille La writes: Some weeks ago suffering
chis
danny achd knees down didn't well nights
appetite afraid
in the Spring of the around
help decided
until ie much better did
have of the chil think zron splendid tonic
zIRON at your druggists
to
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supply you a parcel
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-26
CONSTIPATION
And Sour Stomach Caused This
Lady Much Suffering. Black"
Draught Relieved.

Meadorsville, Ky.-Mrs. Pearl Pat
rick, of this place, writes: "I was
very constipated. had sour stomach
and was so uncomfortable. I went to
the doctor. He gave me some pills.
They weakened me and seemed to
tear up my digestion. They would
grippe me and afterwards it seemed
l was more constipated than before
heard of Black-Draught and de,
cided to try it. found it just what l
needed. It was an easy laxative, and
not bad to swallow My digestion soon
improved. got well of the sour stom.
ach, my bowels soon seemed normal,
} no more gripping, and would take a
dose now and then, and was good
shape.
/ cannot say too much for Black,
Draught for it Is the finest laxative
one can use"
Thedford's Black-Draught has for
many years been found of great value
in the treatment of stomach, liver and
bowel troubles. Easy to take, gentle
and reliable in its action, leaving no
bad after-effects, it has won the praise
81 thousands OF people who have used
it NC-135
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-26
MRS. MAURICE HEWLETT FIRST
LICENSED WOMAN WAR AVIATOR

LONDON, November &c. 1t is stated
Mrs. Maurice Hewlett, wife of the
novelist, was the first woman to gain
an air pilots license In England, and
she has now become the first woman
head of an airplane factory. The
factory employs girls and women al
mist exclusively. 1t has just been
completed, a huge group of low frame
buildings covering what was year
ago wheat field. 1t is two miles
from the nearest town.
Girls and women cannot fly during
the war;" said Mrs. Hewlett in open-
ing the new factory, because the ma
chimes cannot be pared to train them
But they can learn to make airplanes
and they are doing so by scores"
Mrs. Hewlett gained her pilots GER
tifcate in 1911, and it was not only
the first granted to woman. but its
number was only 1872.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-26
ATLANTA AUTOMOBILE
THIEF MAKES ESCAPE

ATLANTA, Ca, Nov. 26.-An ordi-
nary case knife, pair of physician's
issors and an iron bar were the IN
ruments used by R. C. Jester, ID
oted for automobile stealing, to bore
way through a fourteen-inch wall
j., the Atlanta police station, where
was missed yesterday.
II Jester is as clever at making his
gct-away with an automobile as he
vas in making his getaway from a
prison cell. every owner of ma
chine in this entire section had better
iaok out for his car when he leaves it,
for Jester is a regular star at this
sort of work.
The police call him king of the
@uto thieves" and say he is wanted In
a number Of Southern cities, including
louisville in the north and Jackson
vile, in the south.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-26
CASTOR B. MEANS
is UP FOR TRIAL

CONCORD, N. H., Nov. 26.-Gaston
B. Means will be placed on trial here
next Monday charged with the murder
of Mrs. Maude B. King, of New York,
widow of Chicago millionaire.
Mrs. King was killed near here Au-
gust 20 last, while visiting relatives
of Means who was her business agent.
A local coroner's jury decided she
accidentally shot herself. After the
body was taken to Chicago for burial
suspicious were aroused which caused
an autopsy to be performed, and the
Chicago coroner's physicians announc-
ed that the bullet wound in the back
OF the woman's head which caused
death, could not have been self-in-
flicted
Means, Mrs. King and several frienis
of Means had gone out for target prac-
tee and Means and the woman were
alone for short time at Blackwelde:'
spring near the field where Mrs. King
expected to learn to shoot with 4
pistol Means told the coroner's jury
that before bending over to drink at
the spring he placed a small pistol
in the fork of tree A moment
iater he said, he heard a shot, and
Mrs. King fell, dying almost instantly.
The pistol lay nearby. He called the
other members of the party, but Mrs.
King was dead before they arrived.
The investigation started in Chicago,
was carried to New York and search
Of Means apartments there disclosed
evidence, which Representatives of the
district attorneys Office said indicated
Means had planned to get 100000
for Mrs. King through an alleged
second will of her husband. The lat
ter in his first will had left her more
than $1,000,000 and had bequeathed
the remainder of Misfortune to chart
table institution near Chicago.
pbdI6L1SuIS IudC MSduS udu pScu COll-
nected with German agents also were
made by New York officials, and a
federal agent attended the preliminary
hearing here in September. At this
hearing, which was the formal reopen
ing of the case by North Carolina Of
ficials, counsel for Means consented
to his being bound over after failure
of litigation by which they sought to
recover the documents seized in
Means home in New York
! Means was indicted November / in
the superior court of Cabarrus country
and the trial was set for November
&c Counsel for Means successfully
resisted attempts of the state prose-
cutor to have the court grant changs
of venue.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-26
SOCIETY
IS ACTIVELY At WORK

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 26.-The first
number of a new German review, the
"Irische Batter" (Irish Leaves) has
just made its appearance in Berlin
1t is published by the German-Irish
Society, which is under the presidency
of Matthias Erzburger, assisted by
Count Westrap and Baron Won Ricn-
thoven. The editor of the journal is
George Chatterton Hill, while st John
Gaffney, former American consul-gen-
eral at Munich is one of the directors.
The first number contains letters Of
congratulation and good wishes from
General Ludendorff and former For
eign Secretary Zimmerman. These
are followed by the inaugural ad-
dress" of the German-Irish Society,
which says in part:
The war has proved that Germany
has very few friends. But the irish
have acted as friends at home as well
as in the United States, and Germany
must not underestimate the value Of
Irish friendship. From the beginning
of the war the American Irish adopted
the German cause with enthusiasm,
and, in alliance with the German
Americans, conducted a courageous
fight for true neutrality.
The formation of this society Is to
supply visible proof to the Irish in
Ireland as well as in America of Ger
man gratitude and German sympathy.
The heroic rebellion of 1916 still
lives in the memory of all of us. The
uprising in Dublin, during which g.
600 armed Irish defed a British force
many times their superior, evoked
lively interest in Germany for the
Emerald Isle and all its inh:a. bi:.;as isi tts
The German-Irish Society will de-
vote its energies to re-opening Ireland
to the world, and especially to Ger
many. 1t will in every way further
the progressive development of the
Emerald Isle in the interest of the
German as well as the Irish people. y
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-26
GERMANS EMPLOYED
IN GREAT ARSENAL

NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Of the 5000
men employed in the great United
States arsenal at Frankfort, one Of
the countrys largest munitioEs-mak-
ing plants, more than three-fourtns
are either. German-born or of German
parentage.
Many of them are known positively
Tot only to sympathize in secret with
the Teuton cause but to oppose the
participation of America in the war.
Owing to the nature of the posi-
lions occupied by these men, 1t Is pos
sible at any time for them to cause
ihheparable damage to the arsenal or
to reveal secrets to the enemy which
would work great injury to Uncle
Sans military plans.
The presence of these workers has
teen and still is a cause Of great en-
harrassment to the government at
Washington, which thus far has re-
moved or transferred a few men hold
particularly responsible positions.
Thousands remain undisturbed
An explosion in the arsenal on Sep
TENDER 8, 1917. did considerable dam
age to property, killed three men and
injured twenty-three The cause was
never established. 1t is one of the
long string Of mysteries that is gem
orally attributed to the German spy
system.
The decided German color Of the
arsenal and surroundings is due
largely to the fact that the suburb
of frankfort, in reality part Of Phila-
delphia, has heen settled for more
than a century by Germans.
One official, whose name Is with
held, fears that Germany placed spies
in the frankfort arsenal years before
the present war broke out. He is
doubtful whether all German agents
have been eliminated from the ar
senal, despite the governments close
scrutiny and constant surveillance Of
the small army of workers. His fears
are very similar to those entertained
by others Unidentified with the arsenal,
This officer is quoted as saying that
German plots and propaganda are
deeply rooted and thoroughly organic
cd, being disected by master mind
who is now in the United States d.
recting the German spy machine, and
that our people should realize this
He then goes on to say that the mo 81
skilled mechanics and toolmakers IL
the arsenal are German, and that {
majority Of the employees are eithel
German or OF German extraction. Be
fore the United States got in the wal
they were In open sympathy with Ger.
many. But he then also says that
ore are no alien enemies in the ar
nal unless r. virtue of forged OF
false naturalization papers.
1t is also stated that first-hand in
formation has been obtained in the
st few weeks as to disloyalty within
ia arsenal for the men, while quie
" thin the arsenal, are not so quiet
when off duty. But they also know
that they are being watched.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-26
Allow Too Much Food.

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 23.-The view
that the German authorities are pur-
suing a policy of bluff at the present
time in granting food allowances con-
siderably higher than are justified by
the crops of the year, seemingly is
confirmed by the recent food debates
in the Prussian Diet It was stat I'd
that it would probably be necessary
to reduce both the meat and bread
rations March l in order to make the
stocks last through.
The bread ration already has been
reduced once, and the extent of the
wheat and rye crops, it Is considered
undoubtedly will necessitate another
heavy reduction in the spring 1t was
stated in the debates that he longer
the reduction was postponed the more
drastic will be the cut
The laboring classes generally are
complaining that the present potato
allowance of pound a day Is made
quate. 1t is said, however, there is
no prospect Of the allowance being
increased, as the surplus will be re-
quired for the feeding of animals in
order to keep alive through the win
ter the indispensable minimum II
cattle and swine, and also for the
production of alcohol required for the
army
The food authorities, according to
all Information reaching here, appear
to be gambling on the chances OF
peace before spring and now have set
great hopes on the results Of Rus
sian and Italian developments.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-26
AhERlCUs SHOWS
ALCAZAR THEATRE.

ALCAZAR THEATRE.
Monday.
Marguerite Clark in The Amazons. -
Tuesday.
Ethel Clayton in "Souls Adrift,' and
"Hearst-Pathe News"
Wednesday.
Louise Glaum in "Idolaters," and
His Foot-Hill Folly
Thursday.
Madame Petrova in The Law 81
The Land"
Friday.
Earle williams and Corrine Griffith
in THE Love Doctor" and Chapter IL
THE Gray Ghost"
Saturday.
Dorothy Dalton in Ten Diamonds
and "A Fallen Star"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-26

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Nov. 26.-The
Rev Walter G. Blossom, former rector
of st. Stephens Episcopal church,
was fined $500 and costs in circuit
court here after he had pleaded guilty
to improper relations with the wife
of a travelling salesman.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-26
NOTICE TO WHEAT RAISERS!

have installed a Motor Truck service tor the
purpose of conveying wheat ami corn to my mill
f,om Americas, and also returning the flour and
meal after it is ground
The truck will be daily at Morgan Stephens
stables Gurpin's old stables wheresal farmers can
leave their wheat and corn for me and receive the
flour and meal back after it is ground For further
information ring 1904.
Your patronage solicited.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-31
Government To Have
Three Yards For
Building Of Vessels
Contracts will Be Let Today and
Other Contracts Signed For
the Immediate Construction OF
Two Hundred Steel Ships
Associated Press BY q. s. Naval ocrn-
munication Servicel

WASHINGTON, August 81 The
Emergency Fleet Corporation announ-
ced last night that IL has completed its
contracts for the construction of three
great shipyards and that the contracts
will probably be signed today. At the
same time, il was said that contracts
would also be awarded today for the
building Of 200 steel ships for trade
with the Allies.
1t is the purpose of the Emergency
Shipping Corporation to be to an ex.
tent at least, free from the necessity
Of depending upon private contractors,
whether corporations or individuals, for
the construction Of the great fleet Of
merchantmen that il required. With
this end in view, three great shipyards
are to be built and equipped and put
into service at the earliest possible mo.
ment. In these will be built steel mer.
ckantmen for Atlantic Ocean service.
Government ownership of these ship
building plants will mean that the gov
ernment can deal directly with the
labor required for the ship construction
that will go on in them. Where the
building is done by contractors, there
is always the danger of there arising
some controversy between capital and
labor, between the employer and the
employed, the danger Of strike, walk
outs or loekouts. Where the govern
ment deals directly with the mechanics
and shipbuilders it can arrange the
wage terms and work hours better than
can the individual and in case Of dire
necessity it could draft the services Of
the men required 70 construct the ships
which are required.
Preparations for the building of steel
ships in these Safeguards and the letting
Of contracts for two hundred steel ships,
does not mean that the plan Of utilizing
some ships Of wooden construction has
been abandoned, for, on the contrary,
.yessels Of both types will be used.