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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-18
MIR. HELFIN,s OPINION

In his speech MT. Heflin said: We, the representatives of the American people, are charged with the duty Of safeguarding American rights and of employing the means necessary to pro- tect and preserve them. The Presi- dents friendly offices, his long and pa tient watchful waiting, and the dove of peace with the olive branch, all seem to be forgotten or ignored by the imperial government of Germany. It is the patriotic duty of members of Congress to give to the President all the power necessary to defend our rights against unlawful attacks.
 T fear that Germany has not un- derstood and appreciated our position. I fear that she has construed our de- sire for peace to mean lack of pur- pose and determination to defend our rights and liberties
 MT. Speaker, the opportunity is ours today to remove that impression If Germany has it. The moment that we remove all doubt as to our unity of purpose and our full determination to protect and preserve our national rights under international law, that moment we will have done more to insure peace and to cause Germany to respect our rights than anything that we can do here today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-18
AFTER PELLAGRA DATA.

Dr. J. Ross Snyder of Birmingham has bcen over in Mississippi gather ing data as to diseases of children
 visiting Jackson and other citiet He Is preparing an article on pellagra for a medical publication soon to he is- sued. and the Mississippi board of health rendered him every possible as- sistance in securing what he wanted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-18
FOR SOLID VOTE

q am anxious that the vote here to- day shall be so unanimous that the nations of the earth will see that we are one against any and every foe. If Germany by her unlawful conduct and ruthless disregard of American rights and honor shall force us into war. have no doubt that we will have some trouble with few cranks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-18

A paste made of kerosene and wood ashes will hurry a slow fire with little danger to it's user.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-18
NO POWER TO DISMISS

| will go down in history as one of the most interesting ever known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-18
INDIANA GAME WARDEN

they ever grew, and is made with less labor and trouble
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-18
AMERICAN HONOR AssAILED


 "The President of the United States, under the constitution. is commander tn-chief of our army and navy and surely no loyal American citizen would have Congress withhold from him the power necessary to defend our rights until Congress could be assembled. The United States Congress gave this power to President Adams more than a hun dred years ago. It gave power of like character to President Mckinley, and we. members of the present Congress. gave to President Wilson all the power necessary to defend our rights against the unlawful attacks of the Mexican bandits. know and you know that we are not going to surrender with out struggle our sacred rights rights and liberties without which the republic cannot last and in the loss of which our national sovereignty is gone. Then why quibble here about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-18

taking the necessary steps to safeguard and defend them? Mir Speaker, I care not what gentlemen have thought or felt heretofore about the war in the Old World Some have thought and felt one way and some another. What l am concerned about and what the country is concerned about is how
 they think and feel now. when Amer
 ican rights and honor are at stake.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

erect which could only lie defined as
dynamic. After our men had become
acquainted with them through personal
experience they stopped calling them
number mines" and called them
"whiz-bangs." There were only two
possibilities of error under Major Gil
days system of simplified medicine.
One was to take whiz-bang for
trench feet and the other to use whale
oil externally for some form OF diges-
tional hesitancy. And In either case
no permanent harm could result. while
the error was as simple Of correction
as the command about face" Blighty
was therefore not very popular with
our battalion. blighty being the trench
name for the hospital
Two weeks and half after we left
Belgium we arrived at Albert. having
marched all the way. The sight which
met our eyes as we rounded the rock
quarry hill outside Of Albert was won
derful beyond description. ! remem-
Der how tremendously 1t impressed
my pal. Macfarlane. He sat by the
roadside and looked round over the
landscape as IL he were fascinated.
boy" said he, we're at the big
show at last"
Poor fellow! 1t was not only the big
show. but the last performance for
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

FRANCIS NJ. HUGO.
when approaching some grade crossing
than to take Il chance which may gain
a moment or two, but which may cost
a life. The observance of the three
words Of caution now rests almost ell
tirely with the motorists. who are trav-
cling the highways Of this state in
greater numbers than ever before.
you can keep on drumming safety
frst' stuff into the ears of some per-
sons for the term OF their natural
lives" said Secretary Hugo, but l be-
lieve that the campaigns of education
are having their effect today. sand even
should the number Of grade crossing
accidents loom up to as great proper
tons as last year Roadway will never
theless have been made when 1t Is re-
membered that there has been SO per
cent increase In the number of motor
vehicles In this state so far this year.
In 1916 there were no less than 125
persons killed and 231 injured on grade
crossing accidents this state alone.
Yet the number was greater In Ohio.
where 155 were killed in the twelve
months, and In Pennsylvania the toll
amounted to 159. In the United States
last year 1896 persons were killed and
3.2G7 were injured in grade crossing
accidents. and of the number fully 81
per cent were autOmObilists.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01
TABERNACLE DISAPPEARING.
Building Sold For Its Timber to the
Bronx Exposition.

New York.-Billy sundays taber-
nacle at one Hundred and Sixty-eighth
street and Broadway is disappearing
1t took 100 carpenters and 100 laborers
nine weeks to build it and cost the VII
liam \. sunday evangclistic committee
SGS,uGn Yearly 100000 feet Of lum-
Der " cd
ThD Wallace, who built the
tabei.. Ought Ii aud the adjoining
building AID in turn sold them to the
Bronx International exposition. The
sum paid was not announced. The
plans for the Bronx exposition require
seventy-two exhibition buildings, In
the construction of which the million
feet uf tabernacle timber will be used.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01
pom BEANS IN MINNESOTA.
Burma Product Mystsriously Appears
In United States.

81 l'aul.-The Minnesota public safe
commission Is discussing the ap
l,LIance Of poison beans in Minnesota.
II has requested the state dairy and
food commission Ia ascertain the
source of their shipment to this state
and to assist In their seizure.
The poison beans. which closely re-
semble navy beans. originally were I'M
ported from Burma. Whether they
were sent to the Uuited States to cause
illness or by mistake the commission Is
unable 10 determine.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01
"OvER THERE
The Thrill and the He'll of
the Trenches, Described
by an American Boy.

Sergeant Alexander McClintock Of Lex
ington, KY, and the Canadian Army Has
Gripping Tale That Every American Will
Read, For He Tells the Facts-Unadorn-
ed. Wounded, a Distinguished Conduct
Medal Man, He Was Invalided Home,
but Is Going "out There" Again to Fight
For Uncle Sam and His Allies. An In
spring, Interesting, Personal Narrative,
Full Of the Spirit and Atmosphere Of the
Trenches.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01
WARNING AUTO|STS
New York State Is Reducing
Number OF Accidents.
APPEAL FOR SAFETY FIRST"

Circular Impresses Upon Reader That
Il 10 Far Better to "Stop, Look and
Listen When Approaching Grade
Crossings Than to Take Q Chanos
Which May Cost a Life.
Albany. n. Y.-There isn't better
safety first" device In the entire world
than the careful automobile driver,
according to Francis NJ. Hugo, secre-
tary Of state, whose office Is co-operat-
Ing with the steam and electric lines
Of this state In campaign to lessen
the number of grade crossing accidents.
which reached appalling numbers last
year. BY means Of small folder In
closed with every registration card
Mr.. Hugo has succeeded in reaching
close to $4,000 automobilists since last
January. The folder Is Of type that
impresses upon the reader that 1t is
far better to stop. look and listen
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

tralians ON the Somme was a remark
able reflection of their fine courage
through all that hell. They went about
their work paying no attention to the
flying death about them.
IF Fritz has shell with your name
and number ON It," said British Tom
my to me one day. you're going to get
1t. whether you're In the front line or
seven miles back: II he hasn't you're
all right"
Fine lighters all. And the Scotch
kilties. lovingly called by the Germans
1.-THE women from hell" have the re-
spect Of all armies. We saw little Of
the poilus. except few on leave. All
the men are self sacrificing to one an
other In that big melting pot from
which SO few ever emerge whole The
only things 1t Is legitimate to steal In
the code of the trenches are rum and
flags" (cigarettes). Every other pos
session In as safe as II It wore a patent
lock.
The fifth article Of this remarka bic
personal narrative will appear soon
It Is entitled:
no. 5.-Woundsd In Action.
This article describes the terrible night
the dead and dying. the loss Of q pal and
the nnal falling Of McClintock In No
Mans Land. Simply. told. II 10 one Of the
most remepkahis descriptions Of . eattle
! ~ . pastlclpaat SySe ~ eeesehes.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01
Puzzled by Old Coin.

Philadelphia. peculiar gold coin.
dated 1906 and about the size Of five
dollar gold piece. has been received by
Receiving Teller Keifer at the sub
treasury. The gold In the coin Is near
~ red. II bears the head Of the God
dess of Liberty. II Is not the product
OF any government mint and must
have been coined by a private concern.
The gold Is of a higher grade and
weighs more than that Of the i've dol
lar gold pieces now In circulation.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01


There was IA Canadian Scot In our
crowd who said that the only word
which described the situation was
"g-r-r-r-a-nd"
There was good deal Of jealousy at
that time between the Canadians and
the Australians. Each had the same
force In the feld-four divisions. Ell
Their force was bigger than any other
army composed exclusively Of volun-
teers ever before assembled. While
belong to the Canadian army and be-
lieve the Canadian overseas forces the
finest troops ever led to war. l must
say that ! have never seen a body Of
men so magnificent In average physique
as the Australians. And some OF them
were even above the high average. The
man that punched me In the eye In an
"estamina" In Poperinghe made up en-
tirely In his own person for the abb
sence Of Les Darcy from the Austria.
liam ranks. don't know just how the
fight started between the Australians
and US In Poperinghe. but l know that
It took three regiments Of imperial
troops to stop IL The most convineins
story ! heard Of the origip u ths bst'
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

pets or dugouts. The communication
trenches were all blown In. and every.
thing had to come to us overland, with
the result that we never were quite
sure waen we would get ammunition.
rations or relief forces. The most aw-
fun thing was that the soil all about us
was filed with freshly buried men. If
we undertook to cut a trench or en-
large funk hole our spades struck
into human flesh and the explosion Of
q big shell along our line sent decom.
posed and dismembered and sickening
mementos Of an earlier fight shower.
ing among us. We lived In the muck
and stencil of GLORIOUS" war, those Of
us who lived.
The German Dugout-and What
They Found.
Here and there along this line were
the abandoned dugouts Of the Ger.
mans. and we made what use of them
we could, but that was little. I had
orders one day to locate a dugout and
prepare 1t for use as battalion head.
quarters. When I led a squad In to
clean It up the odor was so overpower.
ing that we had to put on our gas
masks. On entering we first saw two
dead nurses with our CHASTITY fash
lights. one standing with her arm
around q post, just a. she had stood
when gas or conclusion killed her.
Seated at q table in the middle Of the
place was the body Of an old general
Of the German medical corps, his head
fallen between his hands. The task
Of cleaning up was too dreadful for
us We just tossed in four or i've
fumite bombs and beat 1t out of there.
A few hours later we went into the
scared and empty cavern, made the
roof safe with new timbers and mott
fed battalion headquarters that the
place could be occupied.
During this time witnessed a scene
which. with some others, shall never
forget. An old chaplain Of the Cana
dian forces came to our trench section
seeking the grave Of his son, which
had been marked for him on a rude
map by an officer who had seen the
young mans burial. We managed to
find the spot. and at the old chaplain's
request we exhumed the body. Some
of us suggested to him that he give us
the Identification marks and retire out
of range of the shells which were
bursting all around us. We argued
that it was unwise for him to remain
in danger, but what we really intended
was that he should be saved the horror
of seeing the pitiful thing which our
spades were about to uncover.
IL shall remain" was all he said
He was my boy"
1t proved that we had found the
right body One of our men tried to
clear the features with his handker.
chief, but ended by spreading the
handkerchief over the face The old
chaplain stood beside the body and
removed his trench helmet, barring his
gray head to drizzle of rain that was
falling. Then while we stood by 81.
lently his voice rose amid the noise of
bursting shells, repeating the burial
service of the Church of England.
have never been SO impressed by any.
thing in my life as by that scene.
The dead man was q young captain.
He had been married to lady Of Bal.
timore just before the outbreak Of the
war.
The philosophy Of the British Tom
miles and the Canadians and the Aus.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01
For Representative

n we are authorized TO announce ROY !.
lain; OF Eeweyville District. as a cardi.
oate TOT Representative of BrecEenri6ge
county IN the Lower House OF the Legisls
Primary. Augusta
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01
For County Court Clerk

=, We are authorized to announce ARTHUR
I. BEARD. as candidate for the ONCE OF
county Court Clerk of Breckinridpe County,
subject to The action of the Republican Pri.
mary Election. August 4th
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01
For Sheriff

we are authorized to announce ]. r. CAR
MAN. OF Custer. rs candidate for sheriff of
brerkenridge county. subject to the action
August 4. 1917
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

-, we are authorized TO announce L. ]. MAT
TlNGLY, OF Hardinshurg, as a candidate
for Jsi,Or of Rreckinridge county. subject 10
The action Of the Democratic Primary, tlec-
ton August 4, 1917.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

Itching piles provoke profanity but
profanity won't remove them. Doan'
Ointment Is recommended for itching,
bleeding or protrudipg piles. 60c ct
any drug store.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01
For County Judge

N we are authorized to announce s. r
ffAdYNE; OF iryipg,on. as a candidate for
Sc cupe OF brecRinridge county. subject to the
election Aug. 4. r' " fo'y
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

We are authorized to announce AUSTIN
ARMS. OF Hook Town. near Hardinsf urg as
candidate for Tailor of Rreckinridge coun-
~ subject to the action Of the Republican
Primary election. August 4. 1917.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

we are authorized to announce J. A. GRAY
OF harred. as candida tie for Represen tative
IRE, kinridge county subject 10 the action
4, 1917. august
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

We are auih orized TO announce Julius r.
JACKSON. OF Tar Fork. rs a candidate for
Tailor or hreckinridgs county. subject to the
1917 80 N'"~' ~
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

We are authorized to announce ABE
MEA DOR as a. candidate for reelection TO
subject TO the action OF the Republican par
ty Primary Election August 1. 1917.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

Waare authorized to announce TICE HFN-
DRlCk. OF Glover Creek. as a cardidate for
Ja,!or or trecki' ridge county subject to he
August 4. 1917.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

we are authorized to announce W. W. Bax-
Yer. OF Roctva'e. as a candidate for Repre
se OF FreckiDridge County. subject to
Primary election. August 4 :" '"e
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01
For Tailor

we are authorized TO announce ROE HOOK
as a candidate for Jailor Of Breckenridge
county; subject 70 the action Of the Demo-
1917 's"'' -
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

A FEW days after the bombing
~ raid, which ended so disastrous
ly for us, our battalion was re-
lieved from duty ON the front line, and
the tip we got was that we were to go
down to the big show then taking
place on the Somme. Our relief was
a division of Australians. You see.
the sector which we had held in Bel
GUM was a sort of preparatory school
for the regular lighting over in France.
1t wasn't long before we got into
what you might call the big league
contest but in the meanwhile we had
little rest from battling Fritz and
the opportunity To observe some things
which seem to me to be worth telling
about Those of you who are eXclu-
sively fond of the stirring detail Of
war. such as shooting and being shot
at and bombing and bayoneting, need
only skip little of this. We had an
entirely satisfactory amount Of smoke
and excitement later.
AS soon as our relief battalion had
got In we moved back to Poperinghe
for a couple Of days rest. We were a
pretty contented and jovial lot. our
platoon especially. We were all glad to
get away from the strain Of holding a
front trench. and there were other ad-
vantages. For instance. the altera-
tons Of our muster due to casualties
had not come through battalion head
quarters, and therefore We had In our
platoon sixty-three rum rations night
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

we are authorized to announce FIX
E Enooes. OF Hardinsburg. as q candidate for
County Judge OF Rreckinridge County sub
Primary election. August A. '' g
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

we are authorized to announce ANDREW
J.hnisk ELL. asa candidate for County Judce
OF Bfeckinridge county, suhjf ct to the action
Augusta eiocsion'
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01
No. 4. Shifted to
the SOmme
By Sergeant Alexander McCliatock,
D. G. NJ. 87th Overseas Bait.
Canadian 0ren. Guards.
Copyright. 1917, by the Bell Syn
dictate, Inc

Sergeant McClintock Is an American
bog Of Lexington, Kv., who has seen
service in France, pds decorated for
trarery, ROUNDED, mudlided home and
nop is returning to accept a commits
sion. This is the fourth article in the
series. In the first article he told Of
his training up to the point pherc he
reached the front line trenches. In the
second he outlined the elaborate prepd-
rdtiOns for bomb raid, aud In the
third the disastrous raid rds described.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

we are authorized to announce MOORMAN
DITTO as candidate for County Attorney
ion of the Democratic PARTY i'm Primarv
Election, Saturday, August 4. 1917.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01
Ifor County Attorney

we are authorized to announce W. q. RAIL-
oi haro1nshurg ~ a. candidate for County
the action of the Republican party in prI
mary election August 4.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

We are authorized TO announce MRS.
pAVID PENICK. OF Garfield. as a capdi-
date for Superintendent OF BTeckenridGe
County Schools. subject to the action OF the
Democratic Primary Election. Aug. 4, 1917.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01
Announcements
For State Senator.

=, we are authorized to announce n, II. BAR
hiNGTON. OF Meade county, for State Sena-
sor subject to the action of the Democrats
rarty In Primary election August 4, 1917.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

we are authorized to announce d. M. DUN
E "a OF Meade county. as a candidate for
I me state Senate subject to The action Of the
August 7iecsioh
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

We are authorized to snnoppca w
sSTITH. OF Meade county, as a capdiaate fnr
State senator. subject 10 the action OF the
democratic Primary August 4, 1917. '"e
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01
For Superintendent Of Schools

We are authorised to announce ]. RAJ
EiGH MEADOR. OF CloveFport, rs q candi-
date for Superintendent of Breckinridge
Gov pty Schools. subject TO the action OF the
Republican Party at the August Primary.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-08-01

We are authorized to announce CLIFF N.
perlntendent Of Schools OF Rreckinridge
County. subject to the srtion OF the Repub-
licsn Party In Primary Election, August 4,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-19
THE EFFICIENCY TEST
Is Fully Met by Hoods sarsapariIla
and Peptiron Pills.

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way it is made and of the record it
has achieved, Hoods Sarsaparilla is
warmly recommended to YOU for
rheumatism, catarrh, scrofula, ec-
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Fine results follow this course o.
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Thousands OF families are taklrc
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-19
COTTON PLANTING
MADE MODERATE
PROGRESS IN WEEK

Washington, April l9.-"Cotton
planting made moderate progress in
most Of the southern cotton states"
says the weekly weather and crop bull
letin issued yesterday by the weather
bureau. Preparation of the soil was
under way in the northern districts.
In some sections OF southern Texas.
planting was delayed on account OF
lack Of moisture but In other sections
OF that state where rain fell early in
the week the work wus pushed rapidly.
early planted cotton looks yellow and
has poor stand in Texas. Cotton was
up to a good stand and was growing
well in Florida. Chopping was be.
gun in southern Georgia and the plants
are up in South Carolina and central
Alabama. The termination Is irregu.
lar in South Carolina because Of the
cool nights.