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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22
GREAT CONVENTION
 OF bAPT|STS CLOSES
 IN PATRIOTIC WAY

New Orleans. May 21.---The 1917 con- churches which began here last Wednesday. was finally adjourned to- day afker a stainless flag" mass
 meeting tonight. arranged by the local
 committee virtually all the officers
 and delegates departed for their
 homes. Speakers at the mass meet
 ing who delivered addresses on pa-
 triotism and prohibition included Rev.
 Drs A. J. Barton. Dallas. w. D. Up-
 Shaw, Washington and J. D. Crane. Creenville s. c. Official figures show the convention just closed was the third largest in point of attendance in the history of the denomination. Among the important actions taken by the convention during its six-day ses- sion were: Settlement of the long standing controversy over consolida- tion of church boards by electing an executive committee to act for tha convention between sessions: took first definite steps toward establishing a Southern Baptist ministerial relief 1 fund of $4.000, 900; declared for abso- lute, nationwide prohibition during the war. and selected a committee to urge it before Congress; pledged aid of the members of the denomination to the President and government in the war. appointed commission to deter- mine the question of the legality of the incorporation of the convention and it's affiliated boards; started Il movement for instituting new sys- tenn of finances for the convention and boards and decided to establish in New Orleans training school for home and foreign missionaries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22
TAX ON COTTON IS KILLED
 IN LOWER HOUSE
Under Rule of Underwood, Adopted Five Years Ago, SOutherners Able to
 Defeat Measure
By HUGH w. ROBERTS

Washington. May 21.-(Special) )--Con- gress will not tax cotton this year. The House this afternoon, sitting as com mitteesof the whole, defeated the reso- lution of MT. Moore of Pennsylvania. In regular session, on account of rule of procedure, adopted under the leadership of Senator Underwood five years ago, the proposition cannot be reconsidered Ac- cordlng to Representative Blackmon of Alabama, the slim margin by means of which southerners. voting as body, de- feated the anti-cotton amendment. sug- gests an object lesson which the south ern planter would do well to master The vote against the amendment was 136 to IT,
 There is no question:, said Mir. Black mon but that if the proposition had been considered by the House in regu- the amendment of MT. Moore taxing cot ton $2.5o per bale, would have been en- acted.
 For many years we have been sur feited with oratory dealing with the necessity of dversfication. At last we have an object lesson. There is no aues- ton but that in time Congress will tax cotton. The representatives of cotton producing states are in a minority and representatives of snon-producing states, democratic and republican, are apparently jealous of the fact that We have been able up to the present to protect our chief staple With the boil weeviI and other evils heavy government tax will even tually crush the southern farmer unless he declares and effects an abandonment of the one-crop idea. The, southern farm CT, if he be wise, will immediately begin raising everything that his family and his stock require for food. The vote in the House this afternoon must be con strued as nothing less than the hand- writing on the wall
 Mr. Blackmon ascribes to Senator I'm derwood credit for the certainty that the Moore amendment is dead. Tt is a House rule" he stated, that to revenue bill when considered by the House in regu- lar session. nothing by way of amend ment can be added. This rule was fath- cred and proposed by Senator Underwood then leader of the House, in 1912. If is another example of the remarkable iudp- ment and foresight of the Alabama statesman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22
Period of Comparative Quiet Fellows Terrible Battles of Past
 Two Weeks
ARTILLERY DUELS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS ON VARIOUS PARTS LINE
Austrians Trying to Divert the Italians From Their Attacks, Which Are
 Threatening Trieste

New York, May 21.-In sum- ming up the news from the various war fronts, the Asso- ciated Press says:
 Another of the periods of comparative calm that has al ways followed the attainment by the British troops of their immediate objectives, has fallen over the entire fighting front between Arras and Queant. Here the British now are resting, unhampered by the Germans except by artillery fire on various sectors, COIL. solidating their gains and mak- ing ready for another plunge toward the Drocourt- -Queant switch line. As they rest the British are secure III the posses sion of all the famous Hinden- burg line, except about 2000 yards of it directly west of Bullecourt, where another heavy battle must be fought be- fore the enemy can be dis lodged and sent eastward. Likewise, along the southern end of the line held by the French, Monday passed in comparative quiet, except in Champagne, where the Germans bonl- barded heavily the trenches taken from them by the French in Sundays fighting near Moronvilliers. Neither side launched an infantry attack dur ing the day.
 In the Austro-Italian theatre the Austrians are keeping up their heavy bombardment in the Trentino sector. evidently in an attempt to distract the attention of the Italians from the 1 offensive they are engaged in from 1 Tomino to the sea with their objective | Trieste, Austria's principal seaport on i the Adriatic.
 The fighting is still furious in the
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22

workmen's compensation law, recently declared constitutional, does not ap ply to workmen injured while em- ployed on New York navigable waters.
 The court also declared unconstitu- tional the New Jerseys workmens 5 compensation law-of 1911. which was noncompulsory statute.
 Final decrees holding the Arkansas maximum freight and two-cent pas senger rates confiscatory as applied to the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad were sustained.
 The court also sustained the decis- ion of the lower court which declared valid the formula adopted by western and southwestern railroads as a basis for determining whether rates are confiscatory. after the supreme court had upheld the rates in 1913.
 Provisions of Missouri statutes of 1909 prohibiting railroads fro mixing higher freight rates for a short than a long haul, whether such rate dis. crimination is reasonable or unjust, were today sustained as constitutional by the supreme court
 The court adjourned until June 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22
SW|F TNESS OF FIRE TAXES TIE ATLANTA PEOPLE BY SURPRISE

Atlanta, May 1.-The swftness of the fire took Atlanta by surprise and even after it got under way moving into streets of one of the city's best residence sec tions, the people were slow to appreciate
 the rapidity of its approach. One reporter, telephoning his newspa-
 per early in the afternoon, got a clear idea of it's amazing speed when he said: Ut is moving just as fast as can walk; can just keep ahead of it.'' After the flames had crossed Auburn avenue in a negro residence section, a /. block or so northeast of where it started, and had eaten it's way around Atlanta s circus grounds into the white residence section. the departure of families in every
 kind of conveyance began.
 This moved slowly for a time because people far ahead of the flames could not
 convince themselves that it would reach
 their homes over broad streets and open
 spaces of lawns and trees Gradually, as the fire advanced. crum-
 bling frame structures before it. the de- l tomobiles and trucks piled high with fur niture and bedding.
 Babies riding atop huge delivery wagons with their mothers holding handfuls of
 quickly snatched belongings were com
 mon sights. Men in their shirt sleeves who had fought the fire on neighboring
 houses, sure that it would not reach their
 own homes, got away with only the clothes they wore and many of them l finally were forced to seek a safety zone | to hunt for hours for their families, who had preceded them out of the burning area.
 I One woman saved her baby's bottles l from an ice box and was searching for a cool place to put them | Another man was using telephone on
 the second floor of residence when he
 noticed flame on the porch and, turning
 quickly, tried to put it out with a bucket
 of water. Before he got back inside the 1 hall the roof was ablaze and fell just
 as he got outside.
 Many houses, surrounded by flames col | lapsed in heaps, it was said, before the ! fire aesually reached them. i Harden hose throughout this section
 wafF Freely used to wet buildings ahead
 ot tha lire but the wind and flames car lriea everything before them Water pres
 sufe x some places barely reached to the
 seeena floor and the soaking did little Hooa
 esesll street cars stalled by lack of lp0we were caught in the path and con snnia and hundreds of trunks and piles 1 of N3ture dragged into the streets met 1 fhe S0isle fate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22
Would Fix Coal Prices

Washington, May 2l.--Government regu- latIon of the coal industry, including the fixing Of prices. was proposed by the fed eral trade commission today in a report to Congress charging producers and brokers with exacting exorbitant profits and bla0ing the present coal shortage at consumption points on inadequate trans portation facilities.
 'The prices of bituminous coal, which is a necessity, should be fixed" said the report, according to the same general pnriciple which has been esta blished in the conduct of public utilities. At a time like the present excessive profits should not be permitted to be extorted from the public by producers and distributors of any prime necessity of life'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22
Summary of the News
GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS 1-Atlanta swept by fire with esti- mated loss of $3.OOO,OO0. AnglO-French are holding alpeo all of Hindenburg line. Red Cross starts work Of relief in Atlanta following great fire. Proposed tax on cotton is killed in lower house. 3-Ala bamians do valiant work in aiding Atlanta fire and police de- partments and stop sweep Cf flames.
 LOCAL NEWS 2-Home and foreign missions to be topic of Presbyterians today. Coal men can do valiant service for their country. 5-FHmous copper maEnatc Is great ly impressed by Birmi mingh am district.
 C. F. Avery sees wonderful things In store for Birmingham in the near future. Hitchins ready to begin duties. Street tax must he paid promptly. Bfrming ham Is going to respond to Y. M. c. A. appeal. Many vacations represented ,, Howard class Of 1917.
 FEATURES 4--EditOrfal cOmemnt. 6-Society and Dolly DalrympIe. 7-Sportn. 0-NlaTkets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22
Plotters Against Munition
 Factories Sentenced to Jail

Nay York, May 21.--One year in jail Was lie sentence imposed today upon Eapf Franz Rintelen of the German navs David Lamar and H. B. Martin, epnvis ed yesterday in the fedegal court ot acnspiracy to interfere with ship
 sSs.s af munitions to the entente allies.
 seAf R. Oeland, one of the prosecut- .issf ( 8orneys, said today that Buchan- nm pwler, Taylor and Schulteis. in whoF eases the jury disagreed, would s's Rrnight to trial again in the fall,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22

Atlanta May 2Fe that through approximately 75 blocks the section Atlanta from Decatur street north and northeast Ponce today caused loss that Mayor Cand Ter tonight estimated 000 One Mrs Bessie Hodges died of shock and 50 were treated for minor hurts
 5000 destroyed according Mayor Cander the filtered the burned district tonight The ranged from s cabins ohandoe residences along valued S0000 Many homes this beaut destroyed dynamite which finally department aided fire fighters from half
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22
Small Number Of Casualties
 Red Cross Workers Regard
 As Most Unusual Featur<

Atlanta, May 21.-The small 8number of casualties reported tonight were regarded by the Red Cross and charity workers as one of the most unusual features of an immense fire Some 50 persons had been accounted for tonight as having been taken to hospitals as a result of the fire. Only one death was reported, that of Miss Bessie Hodges. who died of shock. Many of those taken to hospitals were suffer ing from shock. from heat prostration or minor injuries. often received iii moving out household effects,
 The wide area in the sweep of the flames was a scene of almost inde- scribable confusion. The flames moved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22
.SeDenty -fiDe Blocks in Northeastern Port of City, from Decatur Street 10 Ponce de Leon, SWept AWdy. s
 )nly One Fatality Reported ThHEE THOUSAND HOMES ARE
 DESTROYED IN FLAMES PATH

Gate City Issues Statement Which He Says Conagraton Was enta Origin Aayng Wild Rumors of German Incendares red of Homeless People Are Being Cared by Local Red eoss-Outside Aid Is Said to Be Unnecessary Meet ing of Citizens Called to Taxe Action Relieve Situation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22

There were few reports of footing and the only arrest made up to late at night was that of a man charged with attempt ing to steal plano. After that Night Chief of Police Jett and Colonel Moves agreed that no one should be allowed to move any furniture or household effects tonight. Civilians were not even allowed within blocks of the fire area and news paper men who went through with passes were halted at every corner and their credentials scrutinized. The guardsmen from the officers training camp, how ever had only their bayonets.
 FIRES SMOULDERING
 Throughout the burned area, that in some places was only block wide and in others ranged to several blocks, hun dreds of fires smouldered long after mid- night. The wind that blew in a gale this afternoon and swept the flames over sheets of water that fire fighters threw up had died down late tonight, however, and both Mayor Candler and Fire Chief Cody expressed the opinion that there was no further danger. One reason that the fire gained such headway was that firemen were fighting a blaze in West End residence section across town from the big fire that broke out shortly after noon. There were several other small fires in the afternoon and these led to reports of incendiarism.
 NOT INCENDIARY
 German spies," was heard everywhere and Fire Chief Cody intimated that he thought the flames might be incendiary. q have made a thorough examination of the entire section,' Mayor Candler said in reply to questions on this subject, and I can positively state the fire is not of incendiary origin
 The mayo and members of the Cham Der of Comm rce arranged a mass meeting of businesi men for tomorrow morning for raising fund for the sufferers to- night and ie Red Cross and Associated Charities Based scores at the Auditorium armory, churches and private homes. The dest ite were given supper and preparatii $ were made to furnish break fast to 5000
 The fire started about 2:30, and it was past 10 o'clock, following most terrific
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22

in some instances as steadily man would walk. but ever the Ii holders kept ahead of it's march in this way. no one as far as is ki a was trapped in burning house,
 Work of the guardsmen ana men who are candidates for of : places in the new army that a. fight Germany was held to be res sibel for saving hundreds of i'm al as darkness added to the confagi
 Lacerations. bruises, fainting sgse bad cuts from broken binder al sl trunk. strains from moving Nsi furniture. shock and heat prosy tions were the descriptions applies hospitals to nearly all the cases 2 or treated and sent away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22
LOCKWOOD AND DECATUR

flames were under control
 LOCKWOOD AND DECATUR
 Between Edgewood avenue and Deca- tur street at the start of the fire the flames confined themselves to the sec- tion between Boulevard and Hilliard street. At Edgewood they moved east ward as far as Prospect place in spots, wiping out block now and then. Prac- tically the entire section bounded by Hilliard street on the west, Prospect place in the east, Edgewood avenue on the south and North avenue on the north was laid waste.
 At North avenue, North Jackson with a slight cahnge in the wind the fire moved steady on in a northeasterly di- rection. It never got nearer Peachtree street. the main thoroughfare of the city, than seven blocks, although at times momentary cahnge of wind threa tened in that direction.
 Bremen had been fighting a small blaze in the big Atlanta cotton ware house where great deal of military supplies are stored and at the same time six residences in West End were burn ing when the alarm came in from the Decatur street box. As many as could be spared were sent to this section, but it is doubtful if the entire department could have checked the flames that, driven by high kind, fairly ate up the small houses upon which rain had not fallen in many days.
 WHERE FIRE STARTED
 The blaze started in the Skinner Stor- age company's plant, which is almost surrounded by small frame houses.
 When the flames had jumped across Edgewood avenue and were being driven wit incredible rapidity toward the bet ter sections of the city, a general call for aid went out. Fire departments at Chattanooga. Macon, Augusta, Newman, Ga, Marietta, Ga, and Griffin, Ga, were asked to send aid. Fort McPherson was called upon for all the men that could be spared; business houses were asked to send trucks ohaul extra hose and any other supplies and private automo- bile swere offered by the score.
 The 2500 men in the officers reserve corps and most of the members of the
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22
SHARP CONTEST

Washington, May 1.-Two sharp con tests during consideration of the war revenue bill in the House today resulted in southern members killing a proposed tax of sa5o a bale on raw cotton and representatives of automobile manufact-
 tContinucd on Page Two, x
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-22

dozen nearby cities, had failed
 The burned area and wide circle around from which househoders driven guarded throughout the night by Georgia guardsmen and members of the officers serve training camp at cPheson Local police turned guard duty Colonel Moves U S. A. in command of Fort McPherson training camp
 
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Bill Gets the Job

tn. devil -or hv lake OF ire.
On pile ol sulphur kegs;
l!- head was bowed upon hi breast
lii> tail between his lcg~.
A lr,k Of shame was on hi- face
The sparks fell from his eye,
II, had sent h~ resignation
To the Throne up in thc skies.
I'm down and ont" the devil said.
lie said il with ,oh,
There are others that out-cla>s me
And ! want to quit my Job"
"llcIl i-u't in it with the land,
That lies beyond the Rhine.
ru has-hecn and q piker.
Aad therefore resign"
One ammunition maker.
With hi~ bloody shot and she'll.
Know more about damnalion
Than all the inns Of herr.
Give my job to Kaiser William.
The author of thi, war:
Il, understands it better.
\ million times bN far
Il hate ia leave the old home.
The spot | love 50 well:
liui feel that I'm not up to date.
j. ih, au est running hell"
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Bone Grating

uur intensely interesting develop
mcnl of war surgery j., bone graft
l-. Surgery used ALWAYS to be de
-'wcli,c. \, the beginning Of the
"r there were 50 many amputation-
i- rl"rmcd that 'hc cities filled with
r"pplc- l4t now constructive sur
IN ha, Developed consisting of
ting new hour- into I'D hod'c.
With 90 perfect q graft that the hol,
'Hr- mot know the difference. For
u-funec. shin bone has been placed
p. cheek o. tdk, the place of 20
iDctnrcd iaw-bonc and soon became
perfect fit.
By the use Dl electrically driven
Tools graft may be- secured from "a
tibln IN from 10 T. - minute. cut
any size and fitted in few min
L;r- for any part - the body that
crd~ it.-World Outlook.
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The End Of
Your corns
Pain Stops at 0nce--Corn Lifts
of Clean,

There Is nothing In the world ike
"Gots-It" for corns. Just apply y.
lccurding to directions. the pa,n
stops nj once and then the corn
nfts on as clean as whistle No
fuss. no bother, no danger. Gets
H." Sou know. IL safe. Millions
have used IL, more than ali other
"orn remedies combined. and IL nev'
Deming graphic., 1917-12-14
out OF THE
OR D | N A RY @

One of the largest end most sue
ccsstul apartment hotels in New York
city is managed by woman.
knitting IS 10 be taught in the
public schools of Chicago. 1t sounds
better than those eulogies on the
kHiser.
\ lot of eirls are now getting train
ing tha, will enable them TO support
husbands after the war.-Des Moines
Register
NIi-, Carrie J.. Fi~ko, school
teacher Of Lexington. Mass, has re.
tired after 10 years of continuous
service.
Women are working a. section
hands ou the ruad-bed of the Penn
~clyama railroad To keep the line in
operation.
M.-- Svbl Jensen. p wears OF ace,
uiy... secretary of Mavor Magey.
.' Otuh AHu., j., director of cN-
r.o.itc, fer northern Minnesota.
\ woman ic~id.n. on farm N
Deming graphic., 1917-12-14

Films left to be developed or print
ed before 10 a. M, ready same day
$3.50 p. m. IIatten, next to Graphic
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There is no need toT you 10 so
through another day Of corn agony
Eut bc sure vou gct Get at
Accept nothing else. for remember
there T. positively nothinH else as
GOOD "Gota-l,' never igritltos the
live H,eh. u,,fr makes the toe sore
You can 20 about Us usual with
work or pls! while 'Gcta-lt the
magic. does an IN" work. Thou the
corn pcels riFht ou Ike a banana
skin. ana leaves the toe as smooth
ana coru-ilco ms vOur palm Never
Happened before. did ~ Gue-s not
Get bottle OF "Gcts-it' today
ffom any drug store, YOU need plN
uo more than 25c. ar sent on receipt
- price by u Lawrence & Co. 'hi-
'Jru III
sold IN Deming and cc"mmcudc,
Is the worlds hes, corn remedy b,
=. 4. Kiimear Il Co.
liuS~or Drug Go.
Deming graphic., 1917-12-14

Try a Graphic Want Ad-they get
results.
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corporation court in Alexandria. Va,
haS the distinction of being the firs;
woman ever u serve ON n jury in
tho state of Virginia.
Miss Kate +. Turner, recently
dominated ms principal of the Bay
Ridge high school. is the first wo-
man TO be named as head of a Great
q New York high school,
The New York, New Haven aud
Hartford railroad has opened q
school in Boston, where telegraphy,
ticket and freight accounting are be-
ing taught free TO women.
For the first time IN the history of
George Washington University girl
'ndent-Miss Grace NJ. Eddy-now
!, taking part IN the weekly debates
Of the university debating society.
Miss Helen =. Mccormick, New
lork's first woman prosecuting ut
lrrncN, Is advocating women Judges
Tor chlldrcn'> courts, for night
courts and for courts of domestic
relations.
10 Mrs. William Penn SNYDER of
itl~ bursh belongs the honor of HAY.
ug sold more Liberty bonds than
NY other woman IN the United
States Mrs. Snyder sold 93,2S9.s50
'-,rth of the bonds, 900, GOO worth
IDlU. IN small sales.
Mis- Edith Cur,i-s, senior ami
t.l m~haudrN student at the iowa
N.alc College. Amcs, Ia, l. one of
@ -uuad Ia 90 10 the International
Livestock show to take part IN thr
ladent Judging contest. This l. the
~ instance m history where a W.
.uu ha, till,d such a position.
sixty N"nng women employed on
.hr OTIS Elevator company mcchan-
I,a. work IN the Otis Elevator com
N.Y. big olaut m lonkers have
'.,' dJnncd overall. They are
working ou ouuillon, IN the place
of m"n who have joined the army.
l.r "uumuuall-" u- ,hcy have b,cn
named, have been adopted as a mat
Ter Of -atoty for working around ma
rliu,ry
Deming graphic., 1917-12-14

Women are working a section
hund- ou the ruad-bcd of the Penn
-clymia railroad to keep the line in
operation.
Deming graphic., 1917-12-14

Ms Corn Dnft} a deputy in The