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The Raymer enterprise., 1917-07-26
sHaye You got himr

"Have you got him"
II was Blaze Jones' voice which an
swered this time: "You bet"
Paloma JC-.es was trembling now.
She clung TO Alalre, crying, thankfully:
Its the Rangers! The Rangers !"
Then she broke away and ran out into
the moonlight. trailing her absurd fire.
arm after her.
"Now, boys" the Ranger captain was
saying, II know most every one Of you,
and we amt going to have the least
bit Of trouble over this thing. are We?
I reckon you-all are friends of Ricardo
Guzman, and you just couldn't wait
to find out about him, eh?"
Alaire, who had followed Paloma.
was close enough now to recognize the
two Guzman boys as members Of the
Ranger party. Lewis and his men had
drawn together at the first alarm; Lon
gorio's Mexicans had gathered about
their leader. The entire situation had
changed In moment, and the Ranger
captain was In control Of 1t.
Soon Dave Law and Blaze Jones
came up over the river bank; they
paused. stricken with surprise at find
Ing score Of people where they had
expected no more than four.
Blaze was the first TO speak. "What's
all thls?" he cried. lie peered near
sightedly from one to the other: then
his huge bulk shook with laughter:
Say, do my glasses magnify. or Is
this an open lodge meetln'?'
Dad. Oh, dad" Puloma scurried
to him and flung herself into his arms.
"What you doln' here, kid?' the father
exclaimed. why, you'd ought 10 be
home and abed, long ago. You'll catch
your death of cold. Is that gun loadedf'
Dave Law was even more amazed
than his companion. Recovering from
his first surprise, he took a position
beside his superior officer. Captain
Evans did not seem at all troubled by
the disparity In numbers. One Ranger,
or two at the most. had always been
sufficient TO quell Texan disturbance !;
now that there were three OF them,
he felt equal TO an invasion of Mexl-
can soil, II necessary. In consequence,
he relaxed his watchful vigilance, and
to Dave he drawled:
"We've got most of the leading citi-
zens OF the county. and | reckon some
body In the outfit will be able to iden.
tify Guzman."
'There's no trouble about that sir.
We found him. Pedro and Raoul can
make sure" The sons of Ricardo GuZ-
man stepped forward promptly. and
Law waved them toward the boat land
ing. where the two helpers were walt
ing with Ricardo's remains.
Despite the Ranger captains easy
assumption Of command, the strain
Of the situation had not subsided, and
Longorio drew swift attention to him
self when he said:
ut Is fortunate that l chanced to
learn OF this matter. You have done
me a great service, Senor Law. for |
came to Romero purposely to examine
into the death of this unfortunate man.
But | could learn nothing; nobody
knew anything whatever about the
matter, and so ! became convinced that
II amounted to little. Now-behold
| discover that / was deceived. Or
perhaps there still may be mistake
Blaze Jones thrust his daughter
aside and advanced toward the speak
er. There's no mistake" he declared
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(TO BE CONTINUEDl
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-07-26
I FRIEVD'S
'-''' ADVICE
Woman Saved From a Seri-
Gus Surgical Operation.

Louisville, Ky.-'For four years ]
suffered from female troubles, head.l
aches. and nervousness. / could q
eleep, had no appetite and It hurt me to
walk. II tried to do any work, !
would have to lie down before It was
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-07-26
Quick Action.

Iune-Belle is TO marry Lieutenant
Dashaway.
Jessica-The fibber. Only yester-
lay he told me that he didn't expect
% see any real fighting for six months
Town Topics.
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finished. The doc.
tors said ! would
have TO be opera
ted on and ! simply
broke down. A
friend advised ne
to try Lydia E
Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound.
and the result Is ]
feel like anew won.
an / am well and
strong, do oil my
own house work and
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-07-26

KYnMCV Is deceptive disease
h1AlNL thousands have II
IT'D OTIQT r and don't know II. II
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you can make no mistake by using DR..
Kilmers Swamp Root, the great kidney
medicine. At druggists In fifty cent and
dollar sizes. Sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. also pamphlet telling you about 1t.
Address DR.. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton.
n. T., and enclose ten cents. also men,
tion this paper.
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Tad Lewis and his gang de-
termlne that Dave Law Is too
dangerous to be aIive-so the
plotting takes more sinister
turn. Startling developments
are described In the next install.
rnent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
THE WAR SITUATION

northeast of Mont Haut netted them 8 gain of about two-thirds of a mile and placed them virtually astride the Moron . villers-Naurov road.
 That the fighting in this region has not yet been brought to conclusion is indicated by the official statement of the Paris war office, which announces that artillery duels of violence are still going on. There also has been continuation of the great artillery activity from St. Quentin to the Oise and along the Chemin -des-D Danes. northeast of Sois- sons.
 The London war office Monday night merely mentioned the repulse of Ger man attack east of Arras between Monchy Le Preux and the Scarpe river. The Berlin communication dlsmisses the Arras sector with the assertion that Monday saw only an artillery engage ment of varying intensity, but it goes to considerable extent into a description of the sanguinary engagements Saturday at Oppy, which it is asserted still ~einains in German hands, and north of the Douai-Arras road. The British casualties in this fighting are declared to have been more than 5000, while more than 1000 pris- oners and 40 machine guns were captured, and 10 tanks were destroyed.
 The airmen of all the belligerents con- tinue to carry out spectacular battles in the air and bomb dropping exploits be- hind the fighting lines. Many gallant fighters on both sides have been brought to earth in aerial flights. Berlin claims for one of her fighting aviators total of 52 aircraft shot down since the com- mencement of the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
PLANS FOR TRIAL
 OF I. ]. BATSON
 ARE NOW READY
Will Use Other Escapes as Evidence-Try to Fin ish Case in Two
 Days

Montgomery, April 0.-(Special.) )-Witf pool pages of testimony already written finhl plans for the trial of articles of inn of Jefferson against T. J. Batson, sheriff i. pf Jefferson county, were completed Mon- lay evening and the case will be called nl the supreme court at 10 o'clock Tues day morning. Sheriff Batson will be rep resented by the firm of Borden Burr ot Birmingham, while states attorneys VIII Ie William L. Martin, attorney general, udnd Perry W. Turner, Lawrence E. H1srown and Harwell G.. Davis, assistant stt9rneys general
 A large number of citizens of Jefferson county have already testified in opposl- tion to the states charge that Sherltr Batson has been guilty of willful neglect of duty and is incompetent to manage the office of sheriff. Other witnesses will be offered during the trial here. The tes- timony already received and transcribed by stenographers covers 925 typewriter pages and was received by commission CT in Birmingham in order that there would be no need for the witnesses in Montgomery.
 Although no list of witnesses has been given out because no final returns on the subpoenas have been received, 1t is known that the state has summoned a large number of prisoners now confined in the Jefferson county jail in an effort to show that Sheriff Batson was, incompetent when he appointed employees at the jail who permitted David D. Overton, death sen tence prisoner of Madison county, and other prisoners to escape last month, and that he was guilty of wflful neglect of duty in failing to exercisela a more general supervision over affairs at the jail. Other escapes of the past will be used in sup port of the charge of willful neglect of duty.
 Sheriff Batson will contend that every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
Wondrous Stories Are Told of British Airmen
 Fighting on French Line
(Continued from Page onel

NCOntnueu rom rage One)
 chimes turning about and making for home.
 Another story has to do with the nar- row escape of a young British naval air
 man who sallied forth on a recent bright afternoon to "strafe" German balloon
 that he saw in the air some distance back
 or the enemy's fighting lines. Nowadays whenever British plane crosses the lines within mile or two of a German bal loon station, o s signals ascend and the balloon is hauled down as fast as motor-driven winches can drag it. The l pilot was not to be thus foiled, however When he arrived near the balloon it was only 20 feet from the ground, but | he dived for it. notwithstanding tae pro- I tecting machine guns that were sending up literal fountains of steel -iacketed l bullets.
 l The balloon began to smoke in several | places, and the British airman was div inS at it again when his engine was hit The nervy chap managed to get himself
 home like a wounded pigeon, neverthe-
 less, crossing the fighting lines at less
 than 50 feet. Being naval man, ne officially described his homecoming as "limping into port
 l Several other aviators recently attacked German balloons on the ground. The cor respondent spent most of Sunday on the | battle front. but saw no German bal | looms up after British armen had de- stroyed two early in the morning. l On Saturday afternoon, British fight | ing scout was just taking the air when
 he saw 'Archie'' battery firing at a
 German machine high in the clouds. The Briton deliberately began to climb
 through this fire to engage the enemy, but the latter saw him coming and
 streaked for home The Britisher fol- ! lowed him for several miles firing all the
 while, but finally ran out of ammunition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
America WiUSoonMake Greet Loan to Belgium

Washington, April 3o.-In addition tc loans to France and Italy totaling be- tween s2oo ooo,o GOO or sSoo, GOO 900, the United States will soon make a loan to Bel gium the amount of which is yet to be determined. Unofficial estimates of the size of the Belgian loan place it at ap- proximately s15oooo,ooo.
 Application for Belgian loan was made today, when the Belgian minister, Baron De Cartier. called upon Secretary McAdoo and placed before him tentative estimates as to the relief desired.
 Secretary McAdoo and Assistant Sec retary Crosby discussed the subject with the minister. The details of the tenta- tive estimate were not divulged, but 1t is understood that it contains provision for meeting, in part, the Belgian govern ment's needs in maintaining a large number of refugees domiciled in France, in addition to requirements of a military nature.
 There is said to be wide divergence between the first estimates of the various entente, governments as to their require ments on the final estimates after pro- cess of elimination reached during con- ferences with treasury department of ficials.
 Discussion of the French and Italian needs continued today in conferences among Secretary McAdoo, Assistant Secretary Crosby, the Italian ambassa- dor and members of the French commits sion. Vice Premier Vivani spent more than an hour in consultation with Secre-
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1 tary McAdoo. It was NJ. vicanfs first call at the treasury department and
 much of the preliminary work had been disposed of in previous meetings between his assistants and treasury officials.
 Other members of the French commis- sion discussed the proposed loans infor- mally with the federal reserve board at l luncheon.
 l Indications are that the French and Italian loans will be made within the present week, the time limit announced by Secretary McAdoo last week. The Bel gain loan probably will not be made ! until a somewhat later date. Funds for the French and Italian loans will be raised by further offer of treasury certificates, expected within the next few days. In this connection Secre- tary McAdoo has under consideration suggestion adopted by the federal, re- serve board looking to the gradual Notation of the forthcoming bond issue.
 The suggestion provides for by weekly offering of treasury certificates in blocks of $50, ,o0O,OOO to s25O,0oo000, ac- cordng to the apparent ability of the banks readily to absorb them.
 The certificates may be exchanged for the bonds when the latter are issued. The suggestion also contemplated the of fering of certificates to highest bidders, no bid below par to be accepted.
 Reports from semi official sources that Mir McAdoo was preparing to offer an- other block of certificates tomorrow were said to be premature as to the date of the offering.
 Announcement of the terms of the bond issue, it is expected, will be made within a day or two, unless there is delay in reaching a decision as to certain phases as yet undetermined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
Do Yours Look Like These?

Brown-faced, vigorous, healthy youngsters-si sickness never troubles them.
 Do yours look like theseP
 Or does constipation, the chief foe to a healthy childhood hand- icap them and make them the prey of the many ills that less sturdy little folk are heir top
 Nujol is particularly valuable for relieving constipation in children, as we'll as in grown-ups because it doesn't upset the stomach, cause diarrhoea or form a habit. It acts as . simple internal lubricant, encouraging and facilitating the natural activity of the bowels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
SHEFFIELD

Sheffield, April 30.-(Special.)-Th plan initiated here some weeks since to re- call the present city commission, which Is composed of Messrs. Allen J. Roulhac. Sam c. Cooke and E. H. Craig, has taken definite form. Opposition to the commits sion form of city government in this city on the part of quite a number of the citizenship has resulted In the filing of a petition with Probate Judge N. P. Tomp- kins at TuScumbia,s asking that he certify to the president of the city commission of Sheffield the fact, in order that the lat ter may order election for abandoning the commission form of government. The petition was filed at the courthouse Sat urday and the probate judge proceeded under the law to ascertain that petition contained the names or a sufficient num- Der of qualified voters, viz: three voters for every hundred inhabitants or fraction thereof in Sheffield. It was found that the requisite number were signers of the petition presented.
 Under the law the probate judge has 10 days in which to certify to the presi- dent of the commission his finding, and the latter on receipt of the certificate, must order an election to be held within 40 days. If the return to the old alder manic form of government is successful at the election to be held, the governor will appoint a mayor and the requisite number of aldermen to serve until the next general election, to be held in Sep tember, 191S
 That there is a strong sentiment against commission government in Sheffield is shown by the large number of electors on the petition, yet there is also large number who favor retaining the commits sion form, and the fight Is going to be e cr,irit cd one Tba OnnoSitiop deyalapad some weeks ago and at once began de- termined effort to secure the required number of petitioners
 At the home of the brides parents, MT and Mrs l.. T. Partlow, in this city, Miss Ruth Elizabeth Partlow was united in marriage to MT. Clarence l.. Bryan, the wedding to take place at noon Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
You Need Not
 Suffer from Catarrh

fifty years, will drive the catarrhal poisons out of your blood. purifying and strengthening 1t, so it will carry vigor and health to the mucous mem branes on it's journeys through your body and nature will soon restore you to health. You will be relieved of the |droppings of mucous in your throat, sores in nostrils, bad breath. hawking and splitting.
 All reputable druggists carry s. s. S.. in stock and we recommend you give it trial immediately.
 The chief medical adviser of the Com pany will cheerfully answer all letters on the subject. There is no charge for the medical advice. Address Swift Atlanta, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
No Price Fixing

Washington, April 3o-Heads of the country's largest produce, poultry, butter and egg exchanges were assured by Sec retary Houston today that the govern ment has no immediate intention to fix food prices. They came to Washington to inquire as to the effect of food con trol legislation the administration will ask of Congress. The government they were told, Is asking power to fix maxi mum and minimum prices but contem- plates no move in that direction unless future conditions make it necessary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01

thing human could do was done to hold the prisoners in jail and that nothing i'll the escape of the prisoners could show either incompetency or willful neglect Of duty on his part.
 An effort will be made to finish the case in two days, but it is probable it will not be submitted to the supreme court until Thursday or Friday. The court will sit en banc in the hearing, which will be presided over by Chief Justice Anderson. Justices who will decide whether or not Sheriff Batson is a fit person to continue in the office are: John C. Anderson of Dcmopolis, chief justice, Ormond Somer- vile of Tuscaloosa, Thomas c. McClellen of Athens, James J. Mayfield of Tusca- ioosa, Lucien D. Gardner of Troy, A. b. Sayre of Montgomery, and William H. Thomas of Montgomery, associate jus tces.
 The state has employed the Birmingham Court Reporting company to take the tes- timony in the case and Salem Ford, C. A. Sickle and T. R. Mckee, members of the company, arrived here Monday to make preliminary arrangements for the work. A system will be so arranged that each days testimony will be transcribed be- fore the next days session begins, in or der that it may be ready for use.
 The last person to face the supreme court on articles of impeachment was Pal NJ. Daniels, sheriff of Russell county, who was removed from office on charges of Knowingly permitting the storage of a large amount of liquors at Girard in vio- la ton of the state prohibition laws. Sheriff Daniels was removed last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
But You Must Drive It Out of Your Blood to Get Rid of It Permanently

You have probably been in the habit of applying external treatments, try
 Ing to cure your Catarrh. You have used sprays. washes and lotions and possibly been temporarily relieved. But
 after short time you had another at tack and wondered why. You must rsalize that catarrh is an infection of the blood and to get permanent relief he catarrh infection must be driven eat of the blood. The quicker you come gfn Understand this, the quickef you will get it out of your system. s. S. s., which has been in constant use for over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
French War Mission Will Visit Chicago and the We

Washington, April SO.-The state depa ment announced tonight that the FrenV war mission would leave Washington ! Thursday to visit Chicago, and late would go to Kansas City, St. Loui Springfield, H.; Philadelphia, New Tor and Boston. At the conclusion of tr tour. the party will return to Wasi ington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
HE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington. April SO--Weather cast for Alabama and Mississippi: and cooler Tuesday; "Wednesday
 Tennessee: Fair and cooler Tue Wednesday fair with rising tenn ture.
 Georgia: Thundershowers fol by clearing and cooler Tde Wednesday fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
Local Data

For the "A hours ending at 7}T April 30, 1917: A Highest temperature ..........A Lowest temperature .......... Mean temperature Normal temperature ....... Excess in temperature since Jan. Il Rainfall Total rainfall since Jan. 1 ...... Excess in rainfall since Jan. l :. Relative humidity. a. m. ......
 ? D. m.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01

An American armed steamer--the old tanker Vacuum-has been sent to the bot tom by a German submarine. and it is feared that an American naval lieutenant and some of his gun crew of nine men perished in the disaster. The captain and several of the crew of the Vacuum are known to have been drowned.
 While returning to the United States from trip to Europe, the Vacuum en- countered off the coast of Ireland the submarine which gave her a death wound. Scant details of the sinking are available and it is not known whether the Americans were able to bring their guns into play or if the vessel was tor pedoed and sunk unwarned.
 This is the second armed American vessel that has been sunk in the war zone, the steamer Aztec having been sent to the bottom April 1, as the result of an explosion. Whether she was the victim of a topedo or a mine has not been defi- nitely established One member of the American naval crew or board the Aztec was lost
 The expected battle in the Champagne region of France, following days of acute gun preparation by the French forces which was answered almost shot for shot by the Germans, at last has broken. Seemingly synchronizing it with the somewhat lessened activity on the part of the British against the Germans on the Arras front, the French Monday east ward from Rheims launched an attack over front of about four miles from the south of Beine, to the east of Mont Carnillet and captured several fortified German trenches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01

Delivered at midday the offensive was swift and sharp, and at. it's conclusion the French line had been driven forward
 into territory previously occupied by the enemy to depths ranging in rslatively from 500 to 1000 yards. Simultaneously to the eastward a thrust by the French
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
JACKSON FOR GOVERNOR

MT. Jackson discussed issues, etc.. and
 indicated that the prohibitionists do not like those who running under tha tt
 banner now. He said he probably would
 have other things to say on the subject later. He was in Montgomery on per sonal business. He informed his friends several months ago that he was con- sdering the matter of entering the race as the successor of Governor Henderson.