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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07

The accusations were substantiated by an appeal for aid signed by 116 Americans remaining in the territory occupied by the rebels. The appeal the refugees said, will be forwarded to the state department at Washing ton.
 THREAT OF MASSACRE
 The threat of a massacre is contained in a statement included in the appeal alleged to have been written by General Bias Maso. The statement Maso Is reputed to have made says: You will holler loudest and we will destroy until your hollering will be heard in Washington and force American in- tervention. We are only fighting now with the torch, terrorizing and organ ixing
 WANT MENOCAL OUT But if Menocal does not step out May 20 we will fight and kill. We are 15.ooe rebels in this province. all well armed, and the whole province will become a wilderness. Your government can pre- vent this by intervention"
 The statement concludes with the foI- lowing message from the generals aid:
 You will notice that we rebels are ne groes to man. You will remember the negro revolution of 1912, when 5000 ne- groes were killed in this province. We remember that, too. and now that we are armed, the death of 5000 defense less negroes in 1912 shall now be avenged in horrible war. I assure you. George Buxton, of Norwalk, Conn. as- serted that the rebels held full sway in. Oriente province outside of Santiago and its ervirons.
 Burning and pillaging," he said are far from infrequent. The atrocities com niitted on the whites in Mexico haven't thing on what has been done and what is being done now in Cuba
 Administrative and military authorities of Santiago, after receiving many ap- peals for aid. did send out several expres- sions. but the rebels withdrew to the for ests and the government forces generally passed them without seeing them"
 CANADIANS EXPERIENCE
 Francis Brake, canadian. described the narrowing experiences of himself. his wife and five children, ranging in age from to 1s They were not permitted to land here because of their destitution pending disposition of their case by the British consul Brake was employed on sugar plantation at Paso Estanca.
 Although only s1 miles from santiago.,. he said, "and certainly within reasonable range of military protection, we were 6of a. TT
 cretly organizing long before the rebellion was begun, swooped down on us and put our homes to tho torch We were driven from the plantation at the point of bayo- nets and We were given 24 hours to leave. but the rebels were in possession of tho railroads, all the horses had been con- fiscated and we saw no means of making our escape.
 "A negro rebel who had spent some time in the states gave us his own horse one night and we journeyed 31 miles over land to Santiago"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07
SUBSCRIBERS TO LIBERTY LOAN ID
 BE GIVEN BADGES

Washington, May 6.-The golden flood of subscriptions to the liberty loan continued to sweep in upon the treas ury today without abate- ment. Officials estimated that since 2 o'clock Satur- day, when the last compila- tion was made, offers had been received by wire totall- ing as much as the big ag- gregate made public last night, s172,000, 0,000. Should this estimate be correct, the total approaches S5O0,0O0,- GOO.
 Thus far only the banks and veal thy individuals have been heard from. Officials believe that a great army of men of moderate means are anxious to invest in the bonds and to this end programme is under considera- tion which will enable virtually every one in the country with only a small amount to spare to buy at least one bond.
 Tt is intended to make the bonds of such denominat tions, Secretary McAdoo announced tonight, and the payments on such easy terms as will give every inhabitant of the land the opportunity to help. Announcement as to the denomina- ticns and payments will be made in a few days
 Consideration of this and other details ir dicates that small investors will be per- mitted to pay for bonds by installments lasting over considerable period of time In this treasury officials have the sup port of many banks, some of which have offered to accept payments as small as 5 month. Department stores and other agencies also have offered to cooperate on this plan
 To encourage individual subscription, treasury officials have approved a design of a button to be worn in the coat lapel, stating that the wearer is the owner Of a liberty bond One button will be given to each subscriber The legend on the button has not been finally approved, but it may read about as follows:
 sI own liberty bond. Do you?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07
No False Alarm Story
 That U-B0at Problem is Being SolUed by Experts

Washington May 5.-Advices from the naval consulting board concerning prog ress made toward finding solution for the submarine menace referred to in New York yesterday by Chairman ". l.. Saunders of the board had not reached the navy department tonight. but were expected tomorrow.
 Secretary Daniels said that while no Information would be made public as to the nature of the inventions that have been in progress he said that American ingenuity eventually would check the un- dersea boats
 MT Daniels spoke however. without knowledge of the specific devices with which the members of the consulting board have been experimenting and his confidence was based wholly upon the record for mechanical inventiveness which American engineers and scientists have maintained for years.
 telegram to the Associated Press from Lawrence Addicks of Elizabeth, N. J., chairman of the special naval prop- lems committee of the consulting board. served to clear up some misapprehension concerning MT. Saunders statements yes terday The message said:
 T fear some of the statements in the morning papers regarding the naval con- sulting board may unwittingIy give wrong impressions regarding progress made in combating the submarine men ace and that conclusions are likely to be drawn that the problem has been either fully solved or given up as hopeless.
 While 1t is evident that specific in- formation as 10 progress made would be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07

contrary to public policy at this time. as chairman of the committee of the board dealing specifically with the marine men, ace feel justified in saying that good and satisfactory progress has been maaa and that we have now under practical trial some novel devices of great promise
 This committee was formed at the time of the break with Germany to taxa over all problems relating to the detec- tion and destruction of submarines ana the defeat of the torpedo and has under i,s airec'ion the various experimental sta- tions devoted to this work.
 Tn addition to this. MT Edison is separately conducting line of experi- ments in his own laboratory. regarding the results of which am not qualified tos speak
 MT Addick's statement confirms the understanding officials of the department have had of the progress being made py the inventors They have been at work for months on various research studies and since the declaration of a state of war with Germany have redoubled their. efforts
 MANY EXPERTS CALLED ON
 In many instances Oval experts have been called into consultation by the board members, or have aided ina direct experiments. Every precautfon has been taken by the department, however, to prevent any l5nowledge of the nature of the experiments from becoming public. That policy win be pursued
 The department is determined that if the hopeful indications from tlle consulting board are borne out. and one or more new ways of meeting
 tCoutinued from Page Three1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07
CONTROVERSY SETTLED

CONTROVERSY SETTLED
 Petrograd. Friday, May a.-(Via Lon don, May 6)-The controversy be- tween the council of workmen's anu soldiers delegates and the provisions. government that for the last 24 hours had threatened such serious conse- quences in which, in fact. the fate of the nation and possibly of the war were involved. has bean settled
 Prince Tseretelli speaking before a tremendous assemblage of soldiers and working men. who crowded the naval cadet building where the coun- cil held a special meeting to receIvc the report of the executive council declared that the government had pre- pared a new declaration concerning i>s foreign policy. which in definite lan-' Euage corresponded to the proclaim ! tion of April g and embodied the views of the proletariat.
 When the speaker declared that tho temporary government had acquitted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07

Tn viewof this it is small wonder that the press reports from Petro- grad assert that German divisions have been withdrawn from the Rus sian front andstarte for France.
 There is no denying that since the British Easter Monday offensive took them by surprise and drove them from some of their most formidable positions, the Germans have fought with great te- nacity and stubbornness, but at what cost they alone can correctly reckon. They have endeavored to meet the en- tente allies superiority in artillery by sheer weight of men, which has meant material deepening of their fortified zone. This. when one line of men has been swept away, there is another and yet another. How long. such tactics can con tinue. how long the German soldiers can endure the whitening blast of artillery which is ever upon them, is purely a matter or conjecture,
 BARRIERS OF DEAD
 German military writers have been re- ferring of late to the Hindenburg line as living. mobile wall. which by means of it's various switch lines and bends back ward and forward as If moving on so many hinges, Now, however, the nen Of the living wall are fighting behind great barriers of their dead.
 x The Germans, in fact, seem to be car rying out their defensive battles with the same unshakable belief in the power of mass that characterized their first onslausht upon the forts at the Belgian frontier and later their futile offensive against vsrdun x
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07

Petrograd May 6.--(Via London )-Petrograd is again of impending German attack it by way of bau army which directs the disposition of forces such attack The warning given by General Korn o commanding the troops in the Petrogad district who in his order of the day, says:
 i've have received reports that the enemy is concentrating large against northern front German merchantmen Lbau ready the ice has melted embrak troops and of the German fleet carry land ing which may possibly be made quite close to Petrogad
 
 consolidating
 
  conformity be ready of movement against Petograd dee outskirts capital"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07
Cuban Negro Rebels Reported Burning
 and Pillaging Homes of Americans
Arriping n NeW York Tell of Fearful Con- diti0ns NOW Existing
 In Oriente Province
 Near Santiago

New York, May 6-Charges that Cuban negro rebels burning and pagg the homes and properties of Americans and other foreigners the districts of Pamao Bayate and Miranda Orente province made by 24 American and British refugees who arrived here today They predicted that there will be the white residents remaining the United States nerene and asserted that the Cuban poweress cope with the situation Most of the refugees escaped with only the clothes they wore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07
Germans Fight Behind Barriers Of Their Dead on The Hindenburg Line


 With tie British Armies in France, May 6.(Via London While the fighting for e last fortnight has wrought compara lively little change geographically along the British front it has, matter of fact been of almost great importance any during the entire It has compelled the Germans throw in such vast number of that comparatively few of the 50 fresh divisions assigned to the front this year by Field Marshal Won Hndenbrg remain scorceo by the flames of the French British offensive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07


 The British assaulting lines in the re- cent fighting, thanks to the overwhelm- ing weight of the artillery behind them, have been in nothing like the strength f the German defending troan~ sar the Germans have deliveA e0up- ter attacks with forces soft usaOes- ing threefold the British hl .Hrs tse ea- sitions upon which the atta We're ds- rected. The Germans had to make n6ae counter attacks across the an. under the very eyes of the British feld Rana and the losses entailed have sinty enormous.
 WONDERFUL SHOOI
 It is not possible to visit sAry in the Arras sector without heariE o fne wonderful shooting they have made u late. There has been nothing like it siiics the war began, so far as the British are concerned, and the khaki gunne Toe. that they are paying off many old ieorea of the early days when the Germs ai'- tillery dominated.
 The cooperation of the airplanes sna artillery in smashing the counter ate cks has been little short of marvellous. 3n4 prying machines have quickly discov, esl the assembling of troops and have 5' minute details by wireless back to ee batteries, with the result that the gu were trained and ready the nome. the gray clad hordes issued from tf protecting trees or village. simpl. sn.othering them under high explosive and sheets of ;eaden shrapnel rain
 When 1t is recalled that, as at Cav relic, there have been nearly score oi unsuccessful counter attacks of this char acter some idea. of the German losses can be had Since the dead left behinc tell the tale, great efforts have been made latterly by the Germans to clear the bat tlefleld of their dead wherever 1t is pos. sible to do so & s ss M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07
Virginia Editor Dies

Norfolk. Va. May e. Harvey l.. Wilson. 59 years old. vice president and editor of the Norfolk Ledger-Dis- patch. members of the Assocaited Press. and one of the best known news paper men of Virginia. died suddenly at Shis home here today from cerchra. hemorrhage. Arrangements for the fu- neral have not been announced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07
GERMANS HURL| THEMSEL YES ON ANGLO FRENCH
Terrible Counter Attacks Are Being Made on New Positions Gained by Allies in Great Advance Now in Progress, But Are Unayailing.
 Paris and London Say Both Armies
 Are Holding All Ground Secured

Paris May 6-Every gain scored by the French in yeser- days brilliant advance northeast of Sosons maintained against numerous heavy attacks last night the of flee announced today Consolidation of this ground has made them of most of the ridge crowned by the Cemndes Danes along front of more than IS miles
 The prisoners taken reached total of $500 have been captured
 violent artillery action has progress northwest of Rems In the Champagne there has likewise been terrific duel of big In this region fortified point of support near Mont Hau captured by the French and held against counter attacks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07
British Maintaining Their Gains


  delivered which entirely failed and similar effort, office British in to
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07

From Lafaux mill to Craonne, the entire Chemin-des-D Danes, with the ex-' ception of very small section, is held by the French who have thoroughly organized their gains in defiance of all the efforts to oust them. Counter attacks were tried by the Germans last night at many points with great masses of men who displayed the fe-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07
Petrograd Warned Of German Attack
 by Way of Libau

Commander of Troops in District Issues General Orders Holding All Forces Ready to Repell Such Advance Which He Says Is Intend
 ed as Soon as Ice Melts Quiet Pre-
 vails Following Recen. Disorders
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07
Trial to Start
 on Its Second Week

,urg. Va, May G.. The srles E. Vawter. former rtechnic institute profos- ssvith the murder of Stock ; will enter upon it's sec
 with but lit.le'
 to be heard. both ths
 ense having rested in d!-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07
French Nolv in Better Positions t0 Continue
 Battle For Laon Point
Associated Press Correspondent at Front Writes of Gains Made and Prisoners Taken Within Past Two Days-Retreat of Germans
 So Rapid That Great Guns Could Not
 Be Moved in Time to Save Them

FROM ASSOCIATED Great Headquarters of the French Armies in France May only have the days of fighting along the Chemn es Danes delivered than 60O0 prisoners the French but have given them positions whence they operate the principal defensive line occupying the crest the northern side of the Ailette valley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07

rocity of despair, but they were beaten back again and again.
 SURRENDERED IN BODIES The verve of the French troops of all regiments was too much for the Germans, who surrendered in large bodies. unable to withstand the French impetuosity.
 The French troops advanced so rapidly that some of the German heavy artillery
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07
MANY MEASURES OF'
 WAR ID BE PASSED. DURING THE WEE K|
Congress, After Days of Consideration, Now Ready to Complete Great Por-
 tion of the Programme

Washington, May 6. Numerous war measures will be perfected or passed this week by Congress. The list to be acted upon includes the army draft, war reve- nue, food control and espion- age measures, the annual army appropriation bill, the rivers and harbors bill and the bill authorizing the Pres ident to put seized German merchant ships into service.
 Conferees on the war and army bill are expected to make their report in a day or two. With conscription as sured, interest in the bill centers on the age limit compromise, which is expected to be either between 21 and 30, or 21 and 35, and the Senate. pro vision which would permit Colonel Roosevelt to organize force for serv- ice in France. The House is expected to agree to compromise on the age limit, but there will be strong fight against the Roosevelt proposal, should it be agreed to by House conferees.
 REVENUE BILL
 The House ways and means committee probably will complete it's report to- morrow or Tuesday on the revenue bill. designed to raise about s1.SOO0co,o0O to meet half the expenses of the first year of the war. Tuesday or Wednesday the Senate finance committee will begin pub lie hearing on the bill and as the House committee meetings were secret, it is predicted there will be flood of appli- cations from persons desiring to be heard and that final action will be delayed for six weeks.
 FOOD CONTROL BILL
 Work on the food control bill will be continued by the Senate agricultural ommittee but it is doubtful if the meas ve will be reported before the House acts
 the Lever bill, already introduced.
 Sebate on the Senate resolution to pro- qiae for putting into service the German tsae chant vessels will begin in the House fofnorrow Republican Leader Mann in slated yesterday on two hours debate ors side, and belief was expressed that ha would oprose the measure in many paftieu!ars.
 sepate committee consideration of the NJ. sex q 1000 war urgent deficiency meas uf 3a ssed last week by the House, will coatinue this week
 A naat vote on the espionage bill prob ahs, srisIs be taken in the Senate early in N,e ~delS. Tomorrow the mail censor- silin sacfton wilkAbe considered first, to bs fs,l ed by a fight over the press cetiSc s.fsn feature.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
Hats, Soc to $4.95

The new styles in .serges. vel
vets. plush. genuine velours
and wooden materials. Sizes
2Its to IS years.
Evening star., 1917-09-09

One and Two Pants Suits, in
hundreds of new styles and
fabrics that will stand hard
wear and tear of growing
bows. Military styles with
the new slash pockets. yoke
and novelty effects; home
spuns, tweeds. cassimeres
and cross-weave fabrics. in
% new patterns. Sizes S to
IS years.
Evening star., 1917-09-09

All the new and wanted shades:
several novelty styles, in
cluding trench models. Sizes
up to is years.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-11-29
The Fremont !.
County Fair

On Tuesday evening, Nov. goth. a
meeting was held in the county court
house to consider the matter OF this
county having a fair. This meeting
was well attended and many districts
were represented. A report was had
from the committee appointed from
the Farm Bureau looking to the organ
ent expressed themselves as in fayos
of an association being formed as soon
as possible.
So far as can be learned this is the
sentiment OF the vast majority Of the
people of this county but as several
Of the outlying districts were not rep
resented and II being desired that this
project should have the support of all
sections and also be endorsed by all
sections. the meeting was adjourned
TO meet at the county court house on
Tuesday. Nov. 27th. Cor the purpose
OF organization
A committee on publicity was ap-
pointed consiting OF E A. Bradbury.
II. H. JtAtlsf abo L. Il. 'Au isusAiA
to act with the Farm Bureau commit
| tee and the committe directed to sp-
point other members in the various
districts OF the county. The following
sub b-committees were appointed
Stockmen--W. Boucher and Dave
Walker.
Forence-J. V. hccandiess and
Lynn Smith.
| Penrosc-A. Cowie.
Rockvaie-Jpo. Kyle. n. Fabrizzio,
Tom Easton-
I Coal Creek-Frank Abbott.
Chandler-A. G. Price.
Hardscrabbie-Mr. and Mrr. r. T.
Dickson. NJ. Haynes. VIM. Lloyd. Mrs.
c. l.. Jennings.
Coiopaxi--F'rank Lamb.
coaIdale-w II. Smith
| Howard-c. W. Stokes. L l.. Free
man. Lon Davis.
HiIiside--Jas. Beiknap, T. @. Bal.
man
Ga,s:eia f,aaa-1Ssssss Canterbury. 2.
n. Nelson. +. w. Biddix.
East Canon-Frank Steinmeier. w.
A. Mackenzie. L. SteEan. +. Z. Lam
huth-
Park centcr-R Houle. w. C. James
Sam Hoffman
Lincoln Park p. Farmer. NJ f.
Snow. c. n. Chase.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-11-29
rAcs raaEs

In preparing them for sugar. they
should be soaked in cool water and
scrubbed with brush to thoroly
cleanse them and remove salt sub.
stance near the tops. They are then
sliced very thin--a krart cutter is
best used-into a keg or barrel and
covered with boiling water The keg
should be covered with heavy can
vass to hold the heat and the keg
shook up at intervals. They should
not be stirred from the inside of the
keg. After soaking for one hour the
fluid is strained OF thru several
thicknesses of cheese cloth and placed
in kettles and is ready for boiling.
The best results are obtained where
brass kettles are suspended over an
outside fire. but in the absence OF
these kettles it may be placed upon
the stove and boiled very slowly. be-
ing careful TO avoid burning. The
scum should be removed at intervals
with a milk skinner and boiling pro-
cess continued until the syrup is of
the thickness desired and scaled while
hot.
This informations is taken from a
publication issued by the United
States department Of agriculture and
known as Farmers Bulletin No. s23.
and a copy will be on file in the
office of the Chamber OF Commerce.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-11-29
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