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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
JEANNE D'ARO RETURNS

Henry Van Dyke. in the April Scribner. What hast thou done. O womanhood of
 France, Mother and daughter. sister. sweetheart,
 wife, What hast thou done. amid this fateful
 strife. To prove the pride of thine inheritance In this fair land of freedom and romance? I hear thy voice with tears and courage
 rife ! Smiling against the swords that seek
 thy life,- Make answer in noble utterance: T give France all have. and all she
 asks. Would 1t were more! An. let her ask
 and tales My hands to nurse her wounded. do her
 tasks My feet to run her errands through the
 dark My heart to bleed in triumph for her
 sake,- And all my soul to follow thee. Jeanne
 dArc!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Must Increase
Crop PIamtimg

@ECRETARY HOUSTON, head of g the United States department of agriculture, should have the active cooperation of all farmers unions and state commissioners in his efforts to have the food supplies in this coun- try conserved and food production in- creased. The conference with western grain growers to be held at St. Louis this week for the purpose of discus sing the importance of increased corn planting should bear good results.
 This country's winter wheat crop will be much shorter than last year, the recent estimate of the department indicating falling off of 50,000,000; and the crop of 1916 totaled only 607,- 557,0OO bushels as compared with the high record of 1915-a little more than a billion bushels. It had been - hoped that this years production would reach a new high record, but the season has been unfavorable. The great grain states should strive harder than ever to make up for the decrease in wheat by increasing the corn acre. age. The United States has had two corn crops of over three billion bushels --one in 1912 and the other in 1915. It might not be too much to hope for another 3,000,0OO, ,O0O-bushel yield this year, or even 4,000,000, ,000 bushel harvest. Every bushel will be needed and it will bring a high price.
 There should be a large increase in the acreage of potatoes-both Irish and sweet. The crop of Irish potatoes in 1915 amounted to 359, 9,103,000 bushels and of sweet, 78,295,000 bushels. The northwest alone should be able to produce something like 0,000,000 bushels of Irish potatoes this year and the south 1O0,00O,O0 bushels of sweet.
 This question of food production has never been so great as it is now; and it behooves everybody to aid in all possible ways in conserving the supplies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
ELKs' ADDITION

From the Sheffield Standard.
 Age-Herald's special Elk edition was a
 magnificent paper. The front page car- ried the Elk's emblem In the official color, purple. The special articles con- corning this great order were fine. A halftone photo of our. fellow townsman. MT. Ben M. Spielberger, district deputy grand exalted ruler, was given a promi- net position in the edition. The Best
 People on Earth" appreciate the enter
 prise of The Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Great Lawyer and x
 Statesman Passes

>S-9
 ID ICHARD OLNEY, who died at IN his home in Boston Sunday night, was one of the greatest lawyers in this country, democrat of lofty ideals and statesman of large vision. He was in his eighty-second year.
 Mr. Olney had long been a national figure as a brilliant and successful member of the bar, but he came very prominently in the public view in 1893 when President Cleveland induced him to accept place in his cabinet He was first the Attorney General, but or the death of Walter Q. Gresham ir 1895 he was appointed to succeed him as Secretary of State. He was excep. tionally well equipped by learning and temperament for that position He was known as high authority or international law and few men at the head of the state department in post. bellum days have served with such distinction as he.
 MT. Olney was thoroughly in ac- cord with MT. Cleveland on all mat ters of state policy and he gave thu President unqualified indorsement or the message to Congress near th' end of his second administration con corning England's dispute with Vene zuela as to the true boundary be tween that country and British Guinea. It was short, bold docu ment and it's expression and defiance toward Great Britain threw Wal street into panic. The price of stocks and bonds dropped with violence ana
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
3ow1EzMMl19OnslI
P. s.-Plant something.
CONJUGAL COMPROMISE
From the Youths Companion,

From the Youths Companion.
 ''When you and your wife have a diff ference of opinion" said the father who was giving advice to his newly married son, "and you are unable to persuade her that you are right. you must compro- mise. To illustrate my point. will give you a little experiencee of my own. One summer your mother wished to spend the season in Maine, while was anxious to go to the Adirondacks."
 ''And how did you compromise, fath- er?''
 well we stayed from Friday to Mon. day in the Adirondacks. and spent the rest of the summer on the Maine coast'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Getting in Training
UNJUST TAKES

From the Lookout.
 Gertrude" asked the teacher. what were the causes of the Revolutionary war;"
 'It had something to do with automo- piles, but do not understand just what replied Gertrude.
 "Oh. no.' said the teacher, that waa before the day of automobiles"
 'sWell, it said 1t was on account of unjust taxis." said Gertrude firmly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10

the price of money rose from per cent to 8. It looked as if war might be precipitated, but conflict was averted by England's moderation and the ''war scare" was soon over.
 It was the administrators solici- tude for the Monroe doctrine that caused MT. Cleveland and MT. Olney to take the stand they did. They were sharply criticized by financiers, but statesmen and broad-minded men of affaris approved the message, believ- ing as they did that the notice to Eng land to "keep off"-"reading the riot act" so to speak-was timely. At any rate it had the desired effect.
 Although MT. Olney had grown old in 1913 President Wilson urged him early in his administration to accept the ambassadorship to Great Britain. No selction for a high diplomatic of flee could have been more fitting. But the ex-Secretary of State declined on account of age and failing strength.
 Personally MT. Olney was charm ing gentleman-unassum in man. ner and sincere in his friendships. His memory will be cherished by the 4 merican npnn1e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10

BEGINNING THE DAY-My God, how swift are the years! They wheel by as in the night and arc gone. The morning Is spent and noon here and evening approach ing--and what have I done: Oh, the dead days, the lost months, the wasted years! God help me, for the night comes on. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Prospects Are Certain

Never have the industrial plants
 and factories of the Birmingham dis 1 trict been so active as at the present l time" said J. H. Lattuille yesterday. And never have those interested here had better cause to have stronger l confidence in the continued and in- creasing prosperity of this section. The German American war will help in- stead of hinder industries here. Prob ably there was no man living at the beginning of the European war who could fully foresee the effect that war would have on American finances. Some of the most powerful of Wall street 5 financiers were for the time shaken and dumbfounded by the complex situ- ation which confronted us in this country. Few. indeed, had the vision of Napoleon, who more than 100 years ago predicted that the internal strife of Europe would eventually make America the richest nation of the globe.
 'In my opinion, the extraordinary in-
 crease in demand for the output of
 the Birmingham district which has taken place within the last year is only circumstance compared with what is to follow in the near future with America participating in the struggle ''The plants of this district, it is true, have been manufacturing mun1- tions of war for sometime past in large volume, but with America in the arena of war our capacity must be more than doubled. Iron and steel prices will continue to increase by leaps and bounds; and the demand for the finished product will be altogether
 unprecedented and undreamed of. Small
 manufacturing plants will spring up
 and flourish. Citizens who are fortu-
 nate in residing here only need to sit
 tight and work with a steady hand The fruits of industry are sure to foi- fow'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
HOTEL LOBBIES
Recalls old Times

The present military activity vlvfd- ly recalls to my mind the time when | in 1892, quarter of century back, the Huey Guards, Company L, A. N. G.. was brought into existence at East Lake," said William J. Waldrop, cir cult clerk, yesterday. There was no war scare on at that time, and 1t was l only that restless spirit common to all young bucks of IS to 25 years of age that impelled these 50 to 75 young fellows to band themselves Into a military company. Willie I lacked two or three years of being of the 1 minimum age Of IS requisite for join ing the company, I remember well when the Huey Guards and other local military companies went to Montgom- cry, in 1893, I think, to meet and es- cort the body of President Jefferson Davis to Birmingham on it's way to Richmond, it's final resting place.
 "The initial officers of this famous company, the Huey Guards, named aft CT its organizer and first captain, as elected by the members of the com patty WeTes CdpIdlH, fSODeTJ w. I1uSJt first lieutenant, George F. Hart; sec- ond lieutenant, T. Y. Prude: third lieu tenant. Claude Williams.
 "The first two have long since passed. as the Christian Scientists term physical dissolution. The last named is Prof. W. c. Williams, head of the Newton institute, Newton, Miss. My old crony and schoolmate Young Prude, who is engaged in the real es tate business on Twenty second street. is the only original commissioned of- ficer still alive and residing in Bir- mingham. Many Of the noncommis stoned officers and enlisted men still live in the greater city.
 Captain Huey and Lieutenants Prude and Williams were also officers in the Howard college cadet corps at the time the Huey Guards was organ ized"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
ADRIFTT' WITH THE TIMES
DAWN OF LIBERTY

The House of Hohenzollern,
 We hear, is doomed to fall; The vassals of the war lords
 Are stirred by Freedoms call. The Russian giant awakened
 And laid his masters low. Will Prussianism weather
 The storm? Ere long we'll know
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
GOOD EXCUSE

Having any luck with your gardeny' "The best ever," replied the champion lazy man.
 Flows that?"
 ''We've had so much rain lately haven't been able to work it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
KoNsERN1NG KISSES

We're told that germs in kisses turk, But what of that?" said he, Come, let them do their deadly work And take a chance with me-"
 Birmingham Age-Herald. The germs that in the kisses hide May heaps of trouble bring, But after every kind we've tried Oh, death, where Is thy sting?
 Youngstown (O.) Telegram.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
MIGHT FAIL HIM

MIGHT FAIL HIM
 What have you there?"
 "A list of groceries" answered the man with a large family.
 "You probably know what each of those items will cost?'
 "No. I don't know and I don't intend to ask the price before I buy these things. I'm just going ahead and order them be- fore my courage oozes away"
 TACKLED THE WRONG MAN Friend, will you help poor devil who Is starving?" said tramp to an expert dry cleaner.
 Where is he?" asked the dry cleaner. "Im tn feller. I ain't had nothin' to eat in four days
 Nonsense. There are grease spots on your vest that are not a day old" GUESSWORK
 'Do you read for amusement or infor- mation?' asked the talkative man.
 Tn this volume find neither amuse- ment nor information" What are you reading?' What is alleged to be history of the war up to date"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Must Show the Women

'I do not believe there would be half as many complaints about tele- phone service as there gre if women and men. too, for that matter. under stood the operations of the switch board" said George R. Knox yesterday.
 "1n order that a closer cooperation may be brought about between the operator and the patron we have ar ranged to show the women of the city through our plant. We have sent out invitations to the heads of more than 60 women's clubs, asking them to come and bring their full member ship.
 We have had number of accept ances and already more than 100 wom- en have been shown through We have recently made a number of improve ments at the plant and it is pleas ure to show the women not only about the operations of the switchboard, but the conditions under which the girls work.
 T believe that when all of the in- vitations we have sent out have been accepted and the plant has been vis- ited by the women there will be quite an increase ins the efficiency of our force because of the cooperation which will be brought about" A Splendid Concert "The concert given at the Lyric on Sunday afternoon by the Southern School of Musical Art was we'll at tended and gave much pleasure" said J. A. Randy.
 Practically every seat in the house was occupied and the artists were re- ceived with much applause The pro- | gramme was well balanced and bott | the light and classical numbers, frou all indications. were thoroughly ap. | preciated. The piano. the violin ant
 the vocal artists. believe, all ere. 1 ated very favorable impression fol the institution under whose auspice.
 the affair was conducted"
 Getting in Training "A rather funny thing came to m.
 notice yesterday" said John D. Me
 Neel. collector of internal revenue
 You know. from our office we issu,
 a special tax stamp for the sale o
 liquors. And yesterday we had an or
 der for tax stamp for the Bone Dry
 club of Mobile. don't know just wha l the significance of the name of tn l club is. but 1t struck me as being
 rather appropriate name"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
DESERVED IT

| T understand Scribson, the dramatic critic of the Clarion, has been arrested for assault and battery "Yes. But scribson may plead suf- icient provocation and get off with light sentence"
 Was he acting in self-defense?" "In a way. It seems that he throttled a chronic bore who made 8 practice of reading Scribson's criticism and then going around to his office and asking him confdentially what he really thought about the show
 THE RIGHT IDEA Have you made any plans for the sum- mer?' asked the social butterfly. "Yes." replied the patriotic citizen. T want to spend it somewhere in France"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
To Abolish Rank
 of BYigadi@r General

| T INCLE SAM is trying to " heighten the appeal of regular army life to young men of brains and pluck. The inducements for rfen of the right mold to enlist are greater now than they were dozen years ago. Every man in the army from private up to the general officers are better paid than was the case eight years ago, and now radical change is proposed that will make a large num- Der of major-generals. There is a provision in the army appropriation bill to abolish the grade of brigadier- general and have only one grade for general officer office Promotion will be from colonel to major general. That will make a decided difference in the system of rank so far as high honors and high pay are concerned.
 In the navy the grade of commo- dore, with the relative rank of briga- dier- general, was abolished ten years or more ago.
 This country has always had briga- diers, but no other large nation has such officers in permanent grades. The pay of a major-g general is $S000 and there are not a few perquisites.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10

Entered at the BIrmlngnam. Ala, postoffice as second class matter un- der act of Congress, March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Julian Street Writes

and there are not few perquisites. Juliam Street Writes
 About Busy Birrnimghanua II N the current issue of Golfers 0 Weekly Julian Street writes en- tertainingly about Birmingham. Ever since MT. Street began his southern tour his opinions of the south, and particularly of the cities visited by him in this part of the country, have been eagerly read. Birmingham fares extremely well at his hands. He seems to have found much here that stirred his imagination and appealed to his sympathies, with the result that his article on Birmingham is one of the best and most complimentary in the entire series so far published.
 Some of the New York correspon- dents for newspapers and magazines are inclined to be hyper-critical when they get any considerable distance from Broadway. This is sharply em- phasized in the comparisons they make between other cities of the country and New York. MT. Street has shown symptoms of this failing in some of his articles, but he seems to have been genuinely delighted with Birmingham. His praise is worth while and is appreciated at it's true value, because he has travelled about the world extensively and is not the sort of person to grow enthusiastic on short notice
 Mir. Street states that he had some difficulty in obtaining permits for himself and Wallace Morgan, the artist, to visit the great steel plant of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway company at Ensley, but after he con- vinced the officials that he was not a muckraker permission was granted The Tennessee company should fec that it is we'll repaid for any trouble taken in showing MT. Street the won. ! ders of the southern steel industry His description of the steel plant is graphic and shows that he was tre. mendously impressed by it. Also hs pays flattering tribute to the com pany's welfare work among its em ployes and the ideal conditions il which the men and their families live This part of his article will have grea | advertising value for the Tennesse, company, and it will open the eyes o, persons who have thought heretofor, that all laboring people in the soutl
 lived in squalor and filth.
 In his comparatively brief visit
 he was here not more than a day O.
 two-Mr. Street saw all the attractiv,
 features of Birnit ,ham-its beauti
 ful residential district, fine hotels
 broad, well-lighted streets and the in
 dustrial activities which have mad "Busy Birmingham famous through
 out the country and provide a til
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10

Listen: "The best agricultural speak CTS and thinkers of the United States were brought. Tours were made throughout the country. The value of the land as live stock section was hammered into the people. The value .,f planting alfalfa and other legumes and putting in permanent pastures was impressed on everyone"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Washington herald., 1917-10-30
Cecile Frohke

Her story Of a cahareting trip in
Chicago. which ended when her
companions left her to sleep in an
alley. was the start of the police
crusade that has resulted in hun
dreds of arrests and the closing of
many ceuters of Chicago's night
life.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-30
D. C. MUST Be QUIET
HALLOWEEN night
Mai. Pullman Issues Orders to This
Effect.

Those persons who expect to put
John Barleycorn to bed Wednesday
night with great show of gusto are
to be direfully disappointed.
Maj. Raymond w. Pullman, super
intendent of police, is determined that
no rowdyism is to be had in the Ma
tional Capital on that day or night.
Last night he called a meeting of all
the captains and lieutenants of the
different police precincts to meet in
his room in the District Building to-
day at noon.
At this meeting plans will be ar
ranged for the prevention of any vio-
lation of the District police resula-
tions that may arise on that night.
A talk with Maj. Pullman last night
made known the fact that the use of
ticklers and the throwing OF flour and
confetti will be absolutely banned on
the streets of Washington next We'd
nesday night, when at the hour of
midnight the Shepperd liquor law will
go into effect and this city will close
the doors of all its saloons.
Those who acquire an Illuminating
drunk" and are not arrested We'd
nesday night and are seen in public
places the next day with a hang
over" are to be arrested upon sight.
according to a bulletin issued last
night to the commanding officers and
members of the police force.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-30
MONEY LEFT over
FOR ANOTHER loan
Nest Egg Remains for Additional
War Subscriptions.

Sufficient money will be left over
from the Second Liberty Loan to start
the subscriptions for a third loan when
that shall become necessary.
This will De nest egg, variously
estimated from $500, 900, COO to 81, 500, 600. =
900. but the exact amount will not be
known until the liberty loan officials
are ready to announce the complete
amount of the subscription on We'd
nesday or Thursday OF this week.
The government will let the sub
scribers take up s4,O00,OJO,O 900 and then
one-half of the over-subscription.
For instance, If $4,000. 900, 900 has
been applied for by the people of
the country, the full amount to be
sold will be exactly s5.0O0,000 900
the maximum figure set by the loan
committee. The government was
anxious to obtain its minimum
figure of $4,000, 100000. That hav-
ing been assured, all over is con-
sidered SO much easy margin upon
which to depend in the present war
emergency.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-30
German Sympathizer Fined.

New York, Oct. 29.-William Jack.
who said he was a steamship fireman,
was finued SIS in Hoboken today be-
cause he said he hoped the Germans
would sink a former well known Ger
man liner seized by the government.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-30
HUNS SWEEPING ON
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
OF the Russian debacle from within
the ranks of the army was at once
conjured up to all minds. Today these
Ominous words were eliminated from
the same bulletin, which was reissued
In that revised form.
Later in the day came this oficIal
announcement from Rome, which
cheered England and France immeas-
urably:
IAN movements ordered by the gem
eral staff are being carried out quite
regularly, ard the troops which are
opposing the enemy are fulfilling their
duty by keepingiin check his advance
Dto the plains"
This was an explicit, specific state
Jcnt that there is no disorder, no dis
.bedeience. no mutiny, in the Italian
s!my.
That entire units Of the second
; rmy did surrender is not doubted.
Sut no treason or cowardice are to be
blamed for this, every military critic
here believes. The units in question
were composed of men between forty
and forty-five. reserves, who were new
er expected to do any serious front
lighting. Moreover, the guns they had
at their disposal were useless, because
there was little or no ammunition.
Thus, when the great Teutonic ham,
mer began to pound its way through
the passes held by these units. they
were swept aside like SO much chan.
There was no question OF resistance,
nor even of fight. They were swal-
lowed up in a volcano Of hot metal.
and then, IL not blown 10 fragments
by that time, were garnered in the
invading legions that outnumbered
them here. as everywhere on the front,
at least four TO one.