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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05

Capt Pike, Ark, September 4.-(Spc- cial)-In response to orders issued to- day by Major General Sturgis. com manding officer of the Eighty-seventh division, national army, Col Frederick Shaw today opened headquarters at Camp Pike, where he will receive the first increments of the national army which begin to arrive Wednesday. Col 7onel Shaw will be assisted by de- tail of 13 reserve officers, who will be sent from Fort Roots tomorrow. Maj. Loren c. Grieves, division adjutant. yes- terday said that the increment of 5 per cent of the division scheduled to arrive Wednesday, September 5, has been split, and will now arrive in quotas of 1 per cent day for five days, or about 400 daily.
 FROM ALL DISTRICTS
 These men are not drawn from any particular locality, Major Grieves said but come impartially from Alabama Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas Much of the work of preparing for the draft army has centered about the ouartermaster department, and de- tall of s2 second lieutenants was sent to Camp Pike Sunday to assist Major Knox. division quartermaster Among the officers are Lieut.. Walter B. Ash of Rirmingham and Lieut.. John A. Rus sell
 Major Knox reported today that the department has ample subsistence and equipment for the men and Maj. John R. Fordyce, construc- ton uuartermaster, said that there Is barrack room for 10000 troops now available at Camp Pike. Ansentirs section on South avenue between First and second streets has been placed ir complete readiness, and there the first of the national army men will be ouartered upon their arrival.
 PLAN ANNOUNCED
 The plan as announced by General sturgis is to form skeleton organiza- tions for the entire division with the arst arrivals, rather than a few com Tn,ete organizations. and to fill in these as additional men arrive General Sturgis has not yet announced the complete OHlcidl peEsohAeA oA tAs division, although the assignment oi brigadier generals has been made. Te each brigade the reserve officers whe were commissioned here have been as signca. a..d the hrigadler generals ant thir colonels are now working out ths company commanders positions.
 ALABAMA MEN IN COMMAND
 Capt William Frye Tebbets of Mobile who was commissioned in the nationa army here August Is. has been assigned to Col John O'Shea. who will comma nc a regiment in the Tad infantry brigade under Brig. Gen. Van vliet. Colone O'shea is the senioS colonel of the di vision,
 Captain Tebbetts took an active par in the liberty loan movement while ( student officer at Fort Roots. and placed more than $20.000 bonds among his fellow students. Among the first of the reserve officers to go into the active service wal Second Lieut.. John B, Hastings of Mont gomery. who was in the detail of 200 re serve line officers sent Saturday to Waco Tex. to take commands in the Thirty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
AIISTRIANS WANT AID
Summary of the News
GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS 1--Third mir raid made on Engiand' OM~ hundred and seven killed m Mondays attack. ! Runeians continue In full retreat from all lines around Riga. Hen of national army given Ereat s honor in WashinEton. Camp Pike i< ready to rsceive nrst Qu0tA 1-Three companies Alabama troops leave for Macon. Sk LOCAL NEWS 1-Dr. Harrington submits report to medical society. G--First detachment of men for na- tional arnay leave todsy. Meathcrly speech fs interpreted ns campaign keynote.
 Stare is set for genera; flight on
 D. h., 1. P.
 FEATURES s--EdttorfnI comment. e--socIety and Dolly pelrympie. 1-SpeTts. orrMaSketn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
c Chattanooga Car Strike
 Is Hanging on Thread

Chattanooga, September 4.-Watch- ful waiting, aptly describes the street car strike situation here with the pendulum again swinging in the di {, rection of a peaceful settlement for the time being at least. Following the a fortnight ago of hand |controlled, self-registering machines on the cars. the union operatives arc said to have taken vote to strike unless the machines were removed and this situation was later aggravated by the discharge Of men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
Russians Continue in
 Full Retreat On All
 Lines Around Riga
Fly Associated Press

From Riga of Uxku the Russians continue in full retreat those from the evacuated port and arsenal making way noheastward long the coast of the Gulf of Riga those from Uxk and vicinity endeavorng to reach the Riga Pkof PetrogTad railway line Behind them the Russians left Riga partly ame the result of the Ger man shells hurled the before they departed while the smouderng small villages mark the path over which the conngen have passed having been set on fire during the retreat
 of distance or about U niles - m tha evacuated town heing various towns sblv with the landing of troops whose oD,ect Wou m n m off the turn its flank neeoy enure
 the gulf shore region Prince Leopold Of Bavaria Dase
 hv at Penau overland conjunction With the nval forces toward principal port on the Gu o a .rdsavor to seal the fleet inside the gulf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05

shal Von Hindenburg has sent two Ba- varion divisions to the Isonzo front and that the Germans also are hasten ing the manufacture of guns for the protection of the Hermada heights. the key to Triest..
 Although; the infantry activity has come to a pause, the Italians have paid their respects to Pola. Austria's big naval base on the Adriatic, by air Nine tons of explosives have been dropped on warships In the roadstead and on military works, causing great damage
 POUNDING IN FLANDERS
 Field Marshal Haig continues to pound the German positions in Flanders with rain of shells and another big push against the German lines seems imminent The infantry along this front and also to the south are still being kept to their trenches except for raids of minor importance, but which have resulted in several additional gains of ground by the British. Unofficial ad- vices say that behind the German lines in west Flanders from Courtrai to Thourout. the civilian population nas begun an evacuation, realizing the nearness of another British onslausht,
 AISNE FRONT The, Germans at several points along the Aisne front and in the verdun see- tor have again made ineffectual att tenpts to pierce the French line. The artillery duels near verdun continue un- abated.
 Intensive air raiding has been car- ried out by British. French and Ger man aviators. For the third day in succession the Germans nave bombasl the southeastern English coast, in their last rand havnig penetrated tne Lon- don district where explosives wer. ssoecd. The Germans also have dropped a,~li4-.. iii tie region of Calais and Dun kirk in France, while British and rrenca air men have effectively bombed German positions in Belgium and French and German border towns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
Cotton Mills in Many
 States to Fight New Law

Charlotte, N. C.. September 4,-After conference here today of represen- tatives and attorneys of cotton mills located in practically every southern state. announcement was made that probably 12 to IA suits to test the con stitutionality of the Owens Heating child labor law similar to that recently decided adversely to the constitutions ality of the law in federal court as Greensboro would be instituted in as many federal district courts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
HIGH TAX GROUP IS
 DEFEATED ON THREE MORE SENATE VOTES
Amendments by Hollis and LaFollette Conscripting Wealth Are Voted
 Down Quickly

Washington, September 4.--In rapid succession today the Senate bowled over, by overwhelming majorities. three more proposals from the group of senators seeking to increase the levies on war profits in the tax bill.
 An amendment by Senator Hollis to tax war profits only at higher rates and to strike out the finance commit tees new clause levying s42s,oOo,0O0 additional on ordinary excess profits, was rejected, 57 to F. Then, without debate. one by Senator LaFollette to fix flat rate of 50 per cent designed to raise not less than s1,S00, 100000 on war profits was beaten, 50 to IS. The minimum flat rate proposal of 50 per cent of the high tax group presented by Senator Hollis was voted down, 52 n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
President Wilson, With Eyes to Front" Marches in Line of Great Parade BANKHEAD, IN SUIT OF GRAY, w ALKS WITH MAN IN BLUE OF ARMY Men Show There Is No Di- vision in Great Country
 When Outside Foe Is
 to Be Fought

Washington, September 4. The President and Congress of the United States and the allied nations, through their diplomatic representatives, joined today in paying honor to the men selected from the District of Columbia for service in Americas national army raised for the battle for democracy.
 Washington, long used to glittering processions, to the blare of noise of inaugurals, opened it's eyes and cheered itself hoarse at the spectacle. For two hours, while in other cities throughout the nation other thou sands moved ever the first part of the long road that may lead to French battlefields, Pennsylvania avenue heard the tramp of marching men, the jingle of spurs and the rumble of artillery
 STARS AND STRIPES About 26,000 men, women and chil- dren passed reviewing stand before the White House where the President and his guests watched the parade More than half of the long line was in uniform. There were regulars from infantry, cavalry and artillery regi- ments stationed nearby. marines, men from the officers training camp at Fort Myer and hundreds of army and navy officers attached to the depart ments here.
 The Stars and Stripes waved from the reviewing stand, from the build ings along the broad avenue, from the head of every unit and In the hands of most of the civilian marchers. From the corner of Fifteenth street. where Pennsylvania avenue turns
 
 the foot of Capitol Hill was one stream of flags futtering in the breeze and sparkling under a cloudless Septem- Der sky. The President and those in the stand with him were kept at sa- lute continually. No one of the dozens of officers of foreign armies and navies overlooked the tribute due the emblem of the great republic that has lined up on their side to make the world safs i for the principles on which 1t was l founded.
 EYE TO FRONT
 President Wilson himself, eyes 1 to the front, stepping out like l freshly trained recruit. marched l at the head of the long line, sur | rounded by committee of citi-
 sens which arranged the parade. 1 Behind him in unbroken ranks 1 came most of the members of the i Senate and House In such n tribute ! us they probably never have given
 0A any occasion in the long years | since this country cemae n nation. | When he reached the White House the President left the ranks and took his place in the stand by Mrs Wilson. 1 Most of the members of the cabinet. the Japanese mission. Ambassadors Spring Rice of Great Britain Jusserand of France, Minister Calderon of Boli- via and dozens of officers in the uni forms of the armies of the nations that are fighting Germany were in the stand with them. All stood for the l two hours with eyes steady on the spec tacle. The President sat grim and un- smiling most of the time, watching in- tContinued on Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05
NEW STAGE ENTERED

With three setbacks the fight to sub stitute a flat rate for the graduated system of the excess war profits sec tion virtually ended and the contest entered new stage Before the final vot on the war profits section, set by unanimous agreement for late tomor- row, the high tax faction plans an eff fort to raise the graduated rates now in the bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-05

While the Germans were knocAlhs at. the gates of Riga from the West and southwest. hurling shells or all calibres and loosing gas waves against tbn town loyal Russian troops held them back long enough to blow up the notifications at the mouth or the pvina and rage the bridges over the waterway. To the south, swhere the defection in the ranks of the Rus sians was apparently greatest, the Germans, according to the Berlin of- ficial communication. took some thou sands of prisoners and also captured more than 150 guns and large quanu- ties of war material.
 ITALIAN FRONT
 In the Austro Italian theatre the in tensive infantry fighting of previous days seemingly has given way for the moment to reciprocal artillery duels of great violence The cessation in the lighting probably is due to a realign ment by the Italians of their battle line after their rapid advance all along the front from Tolmino to the
 AUSTRIANS WANT AID
 Meanwhile. however. it is reported that a cry of distress has been sent to the Germans by the Austrians, ask ink for men to aid in holding back the Italian advance. AS a result of this apneal. it is said that Field Mar
The Washington times., 1917-07-11
Continue the Inquiry!
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
Secretary Committee Ought Investigate fhorough
Conditions the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing

There is of course qualification always when injustice is
recognized halt is called to misguided policies but
fortunately those who have suffered
Secretary McAdoos committee to be congratulated indeed
promptly reestabshng the eghthour day at
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing But the matter
be ended there Does not the fact that only single
of wrong offer sufficient proof that the management Of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing should be further scr
nized?
The women who have worked twelve hours day, many
iof them against their will, get satisfaction in
the fact that they will not be compelled to work long hours
hereafter but shall the that has been visited them
UNPUBLISHED? And who shall compensate them for the loss
energy the sappng of their vitality the undermining Of
their heath Conditions in the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing be remedied entirely by of the
which simply gives back to the employees Of the bureau
that to which they originally entitled by Secretary
McAdoos committee has announced its intention of nqurng
the question of leave and half holidays Many
hours for days. because her health broke down under the
strain has found that this time deducted from the thirty
days leave granted Government employees by Congress for
cations.
thorough would have treated the employees with
scant courtesy and with such manifest injustice Scores Of
ready to testify statistics brought forward
to show that the number of hospital increased materially
when the overtime first began yet it is being urged
Secretary McAdoos committee has fulfilled all its duties by
merely reinstatng the eghhour day. The probe should 90
further and should be comprehensive 1t would be
interesting to know what the inspiration the sudden
gathering of employees yesterday demanding that they per-
mitted to work overtime The meeting looks suspcousy
arranged with the connivance somebody who was
in beoudng the whole issue by
straton. Obviously do want work overtime
but by their action they rng their health Eight
long enough for be employed whether she wills
1t or not Their enthusiasm desire to make additional
be commended but the long would injurious
to allow exception to the egthour day. investigating
committee should not be diverted Any attempt halt the
the part of the Treasury officials conditions already
suspected to be shameful
The Washington times., 1917-07-11
Happy OpOssum Family
No High Cost of Living. No Worry for Then
Copyright, 1sI5]
Copyright, 1sI7.J

There is charge to the opossum for climbing per-
Emmon tree When she has climbed it she and her family
get all they want to eat Poor old American father living
in Washington small salary cannot climb any persri
tree he did, there would very soon be persimmon
tree trust with rising prices and he would have to climb
down again.
The opossum play dead when danger comes. The
American father cannot play dead when the bill comes for
rent Shoes potatoes -four How happy he would be he
could lie his back and say to the collector Don't see
am dad The opossum does that and deceves the dogs
Poor father can't do it.
Each little opossum carried wonderfully in infancy
by the mother has all it wants to eat always and seat for
each in the maternal dining which Nature provides
There is something mysterious in this world Of ours
Nature holds great things in storthousands Of years from
nowor the Of American parents But for the time
being, Mamma opossum has the better Of it.
It might interest some men and especially
womento cut out this picture send it to members Of Con-
gress with letter saying 81 belong to the opossum family
What, if anything are you doing for me?''
We say that especially should write to members
Of legislatures members Of Congress- governors etc. For
they cannot vote at least WRITE And every
woman who realizes what difference it would make if
had the vote should write least letter day
somebody that could help her to get it She should say
'Whe waiting for the vote which all women should
have and WILL have doing best to get at least
month to promise that he will cast his vote AGAINST
EVERY MAN THAT OPPOSES WOMAN SUFFRAGE"
The Washington times., 1917-07-11
Wherein 1t Really Pays to Be Parasite
By Winifred Black

Women can stand being para
sites. Men are not generous
enough and not self-sacrifcing
enough and not Undetermined
enough to endure it for one week
and stay men.
/ know one Of these "econom-
ieally independent" wives. She
earns her own living and has her
cards engraved Mrs. Mary Cuth-
bert johnson, instead of Mrs.
George Williams johnson. She
buys her own clothes, and some
times she buys her husbands
clothes, too, and the only thing I
notice that is different in her home
from the home Of her sister-who
is also married and who is not
economically INDEPENDENTS that
the economically independent wife
sleeps on a couch in the hall bed
room, while her husband occupies
the finest room in the house. The
woman parasite sister has the
The Washington times., 1917-07-11

most beautiful room In the house
for her boudoir, while her husband
camps in the coy corner in a lit
tie tucked-up den.
The wife who earns her own
living, makes her own friends,
takes her own trips and doesn't
give her husband a chance to say
aye, yes, or no to her about any
thing ought to make a great deal
of her independence. To the inno-
cent bystander it looks as if indie
pendence is just about all she'll
get out Of it.
When a man thinks he's in love
with a woman he's often only in
love with himself, and the minute
she lets him fall out of love with
himself he is likely to fall out of
love with her.
A woman likes to make herself
believe that her husband is her
superior.
know q tall, athletic woman
who happens TO be an actress, and
The Washington times., 1917-07-11

a good actress at that. But once
l saw her play a part Of a Jap
anese girl, and all the way through
the ply she stopped and sided
and bent to make herself small.
She told me afterward that she had
sideache for an hour after the
play.
The average woman bows and
sidles and stoops all her life try
ing to make not only herself but
every one else believe that she is
not quite so tall as her husband.
Oh, yes, it gives her the sideache
and the heartache and brainache
to do it, perhaps. But until we
get an entirely new breed of men
we'll have to go on STOPPING, for
we can never even pretend to con-
quer that strange, capricious, un-
reasonable, illogical thing we call,
for want of a better name, the
"love" of the average man.
Copyright, 1917. by Newspaper Features Co.
Inc. Great Britain rights reserved,
The Washington times., 1917-07-11

A San Francisco woman d.
vorced her husband the other day
because he took her automobile
and went joy-riding with another
woman.
Also he took her jewels out Of
the safe deposit box and lent them
to the other woman to wear.
In the course of the testimony,
during the hearing of the case, it
came out that the couple were
very happy until the woman set
tied a certain income on her hus-
band. Just as soon as she did that
the trouble began.
81 bought a beautiful home for
him." said the woman. 81 gave
him plenty Of spending money,
and I never asked him what he
did with it, and yet"
And yet-why not? What else
could such q woman possibly ex-
pect7
The Washington times., 1917-07-11
slow Can ! Write EditOrials?"
Believe SOMETHING Earnestly.
Write Simply.

The following letter. sent from the University of Chi
cago from whose business home is Shermans De-
partment Store, at stauntor, Ill:
Chicago Ill, No 571S Drexel Avenue
Ny Dear Sir-I am taking up work at Chicago
University in preparation for the profession jour
nalism, especially in the editorial line.
May not ask your advice apropos Of the best
Of developing skill in the writing of editorials?
What is your view with regard to the School Of
Journalism at Columbia University in New York city
agency in the production of efficient journalists?
assure you that reply will be highly valued and
deeply appreciated sSst Yours sin sincerely
There are many kinds of editorial writing-nearly all
quite worthless and it is difficult answer this ambitious
young mans question.
There is the editorial writer who is content merely to
tell what going onke the in the midway who cries
re in the water now and thinks he is forming public
opinion.
There the man who believes that the people want to
know what he thinks and fills columns telling about it. he
Is survivor OF the early General Grant period Like the
body owning the spirit that Dante in the Internal re-
gions, he is dead, but does not know it.
Writing good editorials chiefly telling the people what
THEY think-not what YOU think.
respectable drop of salt water from the ocean tells all
about the If you know whats in that drop you know
what's in the whole Atlantic.
well trained earnest and honest editorial mind taken
out from the body Of the people, tells ABOUT THE BODY
OF THE PEOPLE. good editorial mental machine talks
thinks plans and fights not with ITS INDIVIDUAL SELF
IN MIND but thinking and working for the body of the
people to which it belongs
whose
Thomas Jefferson is supposed to have adopted writing
the Declaration of Independence Iocraes was too weak to
speak in the open air. orators had do those days. so
he gave lessons in oratory, and marvel
Young gentlemen asked him how TO be convincing and
were told: ITO convince others, BE YOURSELF CON
WINGED"
Young gentlemen ambitious for editorial success anx
ious to write that others will believe what you saw Be
LIEVE YOURSELF WHAT YOU SAY Realize that to be
anything you must BELIEVE SOMETHING
Many rich man has bought newspaper hired what
wins ~
millions and why he couldn't make the newspaper CO. The
simple he didn't believe anything in particular
except that ne ought to have power and the he hired
believed anything he wouldn't Let them print it.
When young asks HOW to be an editorial writer
ask, WHY do you want to be an editorial writer?
Do you want to write editorials because there is some
thing that you believe and say you think
that you important and would like the world to it
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