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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07

Halifax, December 7.-The horrors of an air attack possessed the minds of many when the explosion on the Mont Blanc shook this fortress town to it's very foundations today. There were three distinct shocks. First q comparatively light rumble like seis- mic disturbance startled the city. A moment later a terrific blast made even the citadel quake. Then crash of glass throughout wide area com p1eted the confusion.
 Thousands of persons rushing into the open saw a thick cloud of gray smoke hanging over the north end ot the city. This strengthened their con- viction of an attack from the air.
 It was feared that other explosions would follow and as far as possible the frightened ones were herded in the southern part of the city. S&reat crowds assembled in open lots and re- mained there for hours. until they be- lieved all danger was passed.
 Systematic efforts were being made tonight to identify the dead, but great difficulty was encountered as numef- < ous persons who had been killed has suffered injuries which made recog- hilton impossible.
 Notwithstanding the prompt and generous succor from nearby places, there was much suffering among the homeless tonight. The temperature,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07
DEATHS

Grace Pearl Booth-Age 21, died Thursday morning at the family residence on Shades mountain. Fu- neral services over the remains will be held this afternoon at 2:S0 o'clock from the Second Presbyterian church, Twelfth street and Tenth avenue, south Interment will fol- low at Elmwood cemetery with Johns in charge.
 Mrs. NJ. ID. Washington-AEe 47. died last nighk at local infirmary at 730 o'clock The funeral announce ment will be made later by Woodin Undertaking company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07

fire which caused the explosion was due to the fact that the munitions ship car- ried a deck load of benzine.
 Charles Prest gasoline engineer on the steamer Wasper B, which had been in dry dock, had narrow escape from death.
 We had 80 gallons of gasoline in our tanks when shell from the munitions ship struck us,'' he said. "We had just left the dry dock to go to Bedford Ba- sin to get some plates, and were oppo- site the Lorne club when we saw the Ioma coming down from the basin and the Mont Blanc going up.
 I heard the Belgian steamers whistle blowing. and then I saw the munitions ship was on fire on the starboard side, We tried to turn back to warn the of ticiais at the dry d ,clS, but before we reached there shell struck us. l be- lieve I was the only one of the five on board the Wasper B tO escape as she was blown up. My son. who worked with the dry dock. was killed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07

(COntinued from Page One) than experts who have made the trade the business of their lives.'
 MEDICATION EXPECTED
 Irrespective of the result of the gov- ernmept's plan to pool coal produc- tion, 1t is regarded as certain that in the very near future an order will emanate Nabrogating all existing con tracts As the situation is today, no uniform selling price can be estab lished as long as standard govern ment-set prices cannot be made ap- plicable to existing contracts. The remedy the fuel administration is sad to have determined exists in the ab- rogation of contracts.
 Operators of the country, represent tatives of whom are at present III Washington, view the situation not without alarm They behold their busi- ness in the future conducted on cost -10-percent basis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07
DEATH TOLL IN HALIFAX EXPLOSION
 MAY EXCEED 2000
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Continued from Page One) of their families, and were forced to stand by impotently while what once had been their homes became funeral pyres for loved ones.
 government employe named McDon- aid, who made all speed to reach his home after the explosion, found that his wife and four children had perished. His two-year- old daughter had been killed while playing in the yard of her home.
 Among those killed were the chief of the fire department and his deputy, who were hurled to death when fire engine exploded.
 Scores of those who slost their lives were children in the public schools In the north end. Many others suffered broken limbs and were rescued with difficulty from the demolished build ings. The teachers who escaped injury worked heroically to save the lives of the children under their charge e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07
FUNERAL ENGINEER WORRELL, VICTIM OF
 WRECK, HELD HERE
Southern Engineer Met Death in Collision at Waco, Ga, Yes
 terday Morning

Engineer William II. worrell of Avondale and Section Foreman T. l.. New of Tallapoosa, Ga, were killed and five trainmen were seriously in- jured in a head-on collision of a freight train and work train on the Atlanta Birmingham division of the Southern railway, near Waco, Ga, yes terday morning at o'clock.
 Mir. Worrell is survived, by a widow and two children. He was Mason and a member of the Brotherhood of Lodspotive Engineers.
 Funeral arrangements will be an- nounced later. The body will be re. ceived here by Johns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07
.22 SELECTMEN ID {. LEAVE TODAY FOR
 CAMP P|kE, ARK.
Happy Koerber, Valued EmpIoye of Age-Herald, Answers Call to
 COlOrs

The Age Herald has added another star to it's service flag and at the same time the building has taken on a loneliness, for today at noon Happy will climb on board Frisco train and look towards Camp Pike where he is to train for fighting man of Uncle Sams forces.
 Around The Age-Herald building Happy" is all that is necessary, when
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07
TWO GERMAN AIR
 RAIDERS BROUGHT
 DOWN IN ENGLAND
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(Continucd from Page One) lenses The firing continued for up- ward of an hour, and by it's slacken- ing in one district only to increase in others. it told the now fully awakened Londoners of the progress of the enemy machines, five or six of which made their way through the barrage and flew directly across the city from the south to the north.
 LONDON CENTER UNMARRIED
 There are no reports of any bombs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07
CITIZENS COMMITTEE
 ORGANIZED FOR WORK

| A committee of citizens already has been formed and assistance is asked from l all outside points.
 1 The supplies most needed are glass,
 tar paper, beaver board, putty bedding and blankets The mayors of all towns
 in the province have been asked to rush l supplies to Halifax.
 1 The force of the explosion was felt at Truro, 75 miles away, where windows were shattered. Ali telegraph and tele-
 phone wires were torn down and for
 several hours Halifax was completely l isolated from the outside world | Frank Mackie pilot of the Mont Blanc, declared tonight that the collision re- suited from a confusion of whistles
 sounded by the Ioma. He believes the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07

on announcing the taking of the Me-
 .tta positions, says that in the new of tensive of the Teutonic allies 1,000 Ital- ians have been made prisoner and that more than 60 of their guns have been captured.
 From Berlin comes the announcement thaE an armissice of 10 days to begin Friday at noon, has been arranged for the entire Russian front. In verihcaton of previous reports that the Rumanians were not seeking an armistice with the enemy is a Rumanian official commun- ication saying that attempts by the eneiny to fraternze with the Rumanian troops were put down with shot and shell. De- nial also is made that the new Ukrainian government had opened negotiations for separate peace with the central pow CTS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07
nr the Associated press

The carefully laid plans of General Byng to withdraw hs roops a varous points on salient tenabe positions have been carried ere order and apparently without the Germans havap Hedge of the movement
 
 whch h. British has been alengho of thar Fir tfe ego learGo Gonneleu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07
Tom Owen Bound Over

Tom Owen, negro, who is alleged to have fatally cut J. S. White, another negro Monday morning. was bound over to the grand jury following an investi- morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07
Try Cheney's
 Expectorant

For Your Cough or Cold or If Wet and
 Chilly
 You may have a dreadful cough so your lungs feel sore, and 1t hurts when you breathe, or you may have only a simple cough, or severe cold. asthma. croup, whooping cough. Tn either case get a 25c bottle of Cheney's Expec- torant from any drug store. Directly after taking few doses of Cheney's EExpectorant your cough will get bet ter and a few bottles have cured the worst colds and coughs, asthma. croup or whooping cough.-(Adv.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07
British Straighten Lines Al Catr1brai;
 Big Battle In Haly

General Byng, Following Well Laid Plans, With draws Troops From Dangerous Positions. Austro- Germans Making Desperate Eff
 fort to Break Through Diaz's Front
 on Asiago Plateau, But in Vain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07
THE WEATHER
Weather forecast

Weather sForecast
 Washington, December 6.-Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi: Fair Fri day. Saturday partly cloudy and warmer.
 Georgia: Fair and continued cold Friday; Saturday increasing cloudi- ness.
 Tennessee: Fair and continued cold Friday; Saturday partly cloudy and warmer.
 Local Data
 For the "A hours ending at p. m, December 6, 1917:
 Highest temperature ...... 55 Lowest temperature ............... 4g Mean temperature ...........,.......... AS Normal temperature ................ 49 Deficiency in temperature since Jan uary ......-......-. ................... 4sl Rainfall .................... ....... .0O Total rainfall since Jan. 1 ......... .5S. .73 Excess in rainfall since January 1. ..12. .95 Relative humidity a. m. .............. 64 p. m. ........................ aS
 p. n. ..,........... .......s....-........- b3
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07

As a result of the backward m eaent the Germans claim the reoccI d5ioM af Graincourt, Anneux, Noyelle ar1 the woods and heights north ( darcoins and that their uncontested Fain nas been to a depth of about two aue half miles over front of six asd 9 4ug sr miles. The Berlin war on. as rts that since the German offensive the Cambrai region began, British prison CTS in excess of 5000 and 14S guns have been taken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07
ITALIAN LINE HOLDS

On the Italian front the Austro-Ger- mans are making frantic attempts to break through the Italian positions and debouch upon the plain of Venetia. In the Asiago plateau region battles of al most unprecedented violence are taking place, the Teutonic allies using great array of guns and countless thousands of men in their efforts to overcome the ltal- ian resistance. On the Meletta sector the enemy made some slight advances, but only through the sacrifice of large num- bers of men, the Italians resisting de- terminedly, foot by foot. To the east an enemy attempt to carry the Italian line of defense in the upper Brenta val- ley met with repulse and heavy casual ties.
 The Berlin war office. in a communica
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07
COAL OPERATORS ARE ALARMED AT
 GARFIELD'S MOVE

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-07
EVAPORATION EXPECTED

than experts who have made the trad the business of their lives.'
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-06
IMPORTANT NOTICE

Chicago, Aug. 31.-" Every rail- road in the United States is en- listed in the work of helping the United States win the war, and hereafter every freight car of the Santa Fe system will wear it's service stripes where every body can see them" said President B. P. Ripley. yesterday.
 The service stripes" which will be placed on every Santa Fe freight car will be red, white and blue of equal width. printed horizontally on cardboad, -12 by IS inches. On the stripes is printed in black the freight cars patriot c appeal to it's users:
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-06
Arkansas State Council of Defense

Little Rock. Sept. g. Reports in the hands of Capt. N. M. Cart nell, U. S. Army recruiting of ficer, are that the First Arkan' sas Infantry is 529 short of war strength. He has orders to re- cruit for that organization, and three men have been detailed from the regiment to assist him in the. work. During the past week he accepted a total of 3l re cruits. The Regular Army is now considerably over it's au- thorized strength, and recruits are being received for the re serve and for those regiments which were originally the Ma tionaI Guard.
 During the last few days sev-
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-06
MORE WHISKEY, CIGARS, CIGAR
 BITES THAN EVER
International Revenue Reports Show All Previous Records Broken by Use of
 These Luxuries

Washington, Sept. 3.-All American records for consump tion of whiskey. cigars, cigar cites and tobacco apparently went by the board during the past fiscal year. The preliminary report of Commissioner of Inter nal Revenue Osborn, covering the 12 months ending June 30, shows record tax collections on these and other articles.
 Here are the grand totals of production upon which taxes were paid: Distilled spirits from every source. 164, 1865. .246 gallons. an increase of 26. 100000 gallons oyer the previous year, yielding a tax return of $185,56 055.
 Cigars of all descriptions, 9,916. .901. .113. approximately nine per capita. as compared with 8, 337, 97O.33 the prevlous year.
 Cigarettes, 30,529, ,1O3,5 as compared with 21, ,O87, ,757, ,O7e, an increase of more than 40 per cent.
 Tobacco, chewing and smoking, 445. 763. .206 pounds. an increase of 28. 100000 pounds.
 Even snuff went to apparent new high figures of prodl ction.. with 35,377.751 pounds, an in. crease of 2.20O,o0O pounds in the year.
 The return to the government in taxes on cigars, cigarettes, to bacco and snuff was $1O3, POI .592, an increase of approximately $15, ,0O0. .0O0. or IS per cent, over the previous year. The record figures indicate great nation wide prosperity, officials state, and in the case of cigarettes, tremen. dous growth of the habit among women.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-06
Published Every Thursday
Notice to Cotton Shippers

Washington. D. G.. September 3.-Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the Railroads War Board, au- thorizes the following:
 With the movement of the cot ton crop scheduled to begin this fall at time when combination of government and commercial bu siness will be bringing tre- mendous pressure to bear upon the railroads. the Commission on Car Service of the Railroads War Board. has issued instruc- tions prohibiting the shipping of cottLn in quantities of less than sixty-five bales per car and re quiring as many more to be load ei as the size of the car furnish ed will permit.
 Notice to this effect has just been sent to buyers of cotton to. gether with arequest that they place orders for their require ments on a basis of not less than sixty five bales or multiples thereof. In the Southwest and Mississippi Delta districts, the average car will load sixty five bales and in the Southeast dis trict the average car will load seventy five bales. Consequently buyers are asked to order in multlples of seventy five from the Southeast districts.
 The new England territory will be taxed Ito the maximum capacity of fada alities this fall and
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-06
LOAD ME QUICKLY LOAD ME TO CAPACITY UNLOAD ME PROMPTLY
 AND
 BELP WIN THE WAR

If anybody thinks the hum ble freight car is not one of the most important factors in wal 2" continued MT. Ripley, ''let hi m imagine what would happen in a very short time to Germany, France. England or to this coun try if all freight cars stopped running for month, or even a week.
 While the war lasts there will not be enough freight cars to supply the demand for them, hence the necessity of making every car perform the maximum service on every trip and avoid ing delay in loading and unload ing it. The Railroads War Board reports increasing coop |eration by shippers in this most important natter"
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-06

eral men have been transferred from this recruiting station. Sergt Wilbur .. Jones, Se.'gt. Claude w. Lindsey, and Corpo- rals George c. Ellis, Otto w. Kayer and Harvey O. Theis have gone to Leon Springs, Texas, Sergt Harry A. Vacquerie has been promoted to First Lieuten- ant, and ordered to the 3l0th Regiment of the National Army, in New Jersey.
 Little Rock, Sept 3 Cover nor Brough will meet with the State Council of Defense at it's regular session at the Hotel Ma rion at noon Friday, Sept. IA An effort will be made to secure 8 full attendance of the members of the council. Matters of great moment are to be considered at that session.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-06

the acceptance of freight by the railroads serving the territory north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers will have to be carefully regulated.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-06

T. J. Dacas and w. B. Wells. who have been spending a months vacation visiting friends and relatives in Covington, Tenn. returned Tuesday night.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-06

HOW PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED-FIRsT e largest O
 
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-03
CALLED "PIRATICAL ACT"
Use of Submarines Held by Russ to
Be Violation of World Law.

PETROGRAD, via London, February
2.-The Russian government views Ger
many's blockade announcement as an
arbitrary and piratical act" An ex-
preston obtained from the foreign Of
fee was to the effect that inasmuch as
Germany's fleet is bottled up her only
means for enforcing the blockade is the
use of submarines. From the nature of
these craft and their inability to take
off crews and passengers of vessels it
was stated the use of submarines is q
violation of all principles of interna-
tional law.
The Russian newspapers consider
Germany's blockade announcement a
measure born of desperation because of
failing food. supplies and the failure of
Germany's peace measures.
The VOLTA says the submarine order is
a contradiction of the rules of inter-
national law since the blockade will be
necessarily restricted to the usual
pirate acts"
The Novoe Vremya says: 1.-The main re-
suit of this new German invention will
be not a greater number of ships sunk
but an inevitable collision of Germany
and the neutral countries"
The Rech says: TT will call out more
energetic protests and force neutrals to
take some defensive action against the
German pirates to check this measure
for frightening neutral governments
Counter measures by the allies will an
initiate this German bluff"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-03
SOUTH AMERICA AFIRE
OVER GERMAN THREAT
Brazilian Papers Urge Seizure of All
Teuton Shipping as Insurance
Against Further Damage.

RIO JANEIRO, Brazil, February g.
Commenting on the new German note
the newspaper A Noticia says:
Germany has declared war against
the entire world. The German menace
will bring in it's wake the Intervention
Of North America and consequently that
of South America. North America un-
doubtedly will play a decisive role in
the conflict
..Brazifs first step should be to take
hostage of German commerce in Brazil
to insure her against the further dam
ages which she will suffer"
The Epoca says: Emperor William
has gone mad. Now there are to be no
more neutrals. The entire world will
revolt against morbid Prussianism."
La Razon says; Let us defend our
selves agains the German pirates"
o Paiz comments: Germany is enter
ing upon the final agony. The only re-
suit of this blur will be to ALLEVIATE
the last sympathies of President Will
son himself, who has been seeking a
peaceful solution. The neutral states
ought to put Germany in a straitjacket.
Now we shall see il the United States
is really nation. No nation can re-
main Indifferent to the present situa-
ton We are confident that Brazil will
know how to take care of it's own in
terests."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-03
WOMEN OF NAVY LEAGUE
ENROLLING FOR SERVICES
Register Being Taken for Use of
American Red Cross in Time of
National Need.

The Womans Section of the Navy
League of the District of Columbia, at
the request of the American Red
try of its members for national service
in event of need. There are nearly
10000 members Of the woman's section
in Washington, and each woman is
urged to register at the earliest pos
sible time. The National Service Reg
lister of the womans section of the
organization is open at 1906 goth sire let
northwest from 3 o'clock in the morn
ing to o'clock in the evening.
Hundreds already have enrolled. and
the officers of the woman's section have
informed the American Red Cross that
they will be able to turn over the reg
istry to 1T within months time. These
records are to be kept by the Ameri-
can Red Cross, and by these means in
time of stress every member of the
woman's section who can give service
will be known.
The National Service Register, which
has been open for nearly two years,
records the volunteer activities of
women in time of war as follows: Ag-
culture-Dairying, farming, fruit rails
ing. market gardening, poultry rails
ing. Clerfcal-Bookeeping stenogra-
ply. typewriting. auditing and account
ing. general business training. Me-
chanical-Motor car driving and re-
pairing, telegraphy, wireless telephone
operators. Domestic-Care of children,
care of household. cooking. cutting out
garments, knitting, mending and sew
ing. Observation-Disclosures, first aid,
home nursing. pharmacist, trained
nurse, lawyer, physician, surgical
dressings. trained attendant and trans
lator.
New classes. in first aid. home care
of the sick, surgical dressings and
dietetics, under the direction of the
American Red Cross are to start Mon
day at the Theodorus Bailey Mason
House. 1906 Goth street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-03
Grainger-Heinrich Recital.

In the seventh of the ten-star series
of concerts. r. Arthur Smith presented
Percy Granger, the talented Austria
liam pianist. and Julia Heinrich, soprano.
of the Metropolitan Opera. A large
audience greeted the artists, and was
rewarded by one of the most enjoyable
musical offerings of the present season.
Mr. Granger combines wonderful
technique with youthful buoyancy The
octave work in his opening number
Prelude and Fugue in D major. Bach
Busoni. was deserving of the high
est praise, the left hand, the chief
burden-bearer. traversing the key
board in heavy octaves throughout the
entire work. Extreme power and speed
seemed to be his at will. The dainty
and quiet Romance in sharp. Schu-
mann, was striking example of the
opposite type, and demonstrated Mr..
Grainger's thorough ability to meet the
tons iodine" by Ravel. was an at
tractive descriptive number. followed
by Chopin Prelude in F sharp and
VaIse in fiat. The latter. with its
hands, is always most interesting. and
was rendered in faultless style. Mr..
Grainger's last number was his own
setting Of several Irish melodies, where
his skill as writer augmented MS
ability as a pianist.
Julia Heinrich has a soprano voice of
sweetness and beauty. Her selections
were for the most part songs of the
lighter variety. calling for soft high
tones rather than heavy climaxes: As
her soft high tones were beautiful. the
wisdom Of her choice was never aues-
toned. A group of German songs by
Brahms, List and Grieg; group of
French songs by Faure and Bachelet.
and group Of English songs by Mrs.
Beach, Max Heinrich. De Lange and
Parker completed her part of the pro-
gram The ripping accompaniment of
aTo the Moonlight" by Heinrich. and
"Dutch Serenade," by De LANCE. mas
terfuily played by Mr.: Ellis Clark Ham
mann. the accompanist, made his part
large feature Of the afternoons
pleasure.