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The Washington herald., 1917-02-09
Glariuk Bill Posters
Score Hit in Arabia

Flashy. vari-colored American
bill posters are making . hit In
Arabia, according to word received
by the Department of Commerce
from Consul Addison E. Southland,
stationed at Alden.
The average native cannot read
English and European languages,
and the usual descriptive advertis-
ing Ii worth very little.
The fiashy. pictorial poster. with
brightly -colored figures of the arfi-
Gle adver tised, the name Of the
manufacturer, and the brand OF
trademark, appeals to all classes
and is of great value in a district
where few newspapers circulate and
none IL published.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-09
NATIVE SONS MAP OUT
INAUGURAL FEED PLANS

The California State Association met
La st night in the New Ebbitt and formu-
lated plans for the coming inaugural ban
quet to be held at the Ebbitt. February
IA, at 7:3o p. m. Representative Nolan, Of
California, presided The speakers and
guests as announced last night, are:
Toastmaster. Senator James d. Phelan.
Representative Nolan IL scheduled to de-
liver the opening address, Associate JUS
tice Of the United States Supreme Court
Joseph McKenna, Secretary Of the In
terion Franklin K. Lane, Senator John
D. Works, Representative Julius Kahn.
Denver 8. Church, Stanley Benedict. Isa-
dore DocweiIler. NJ. W. Denman, of the
United States Shipping Board. Solos will
be rendered by Miss Audrey Koons and
Miss N. Leclde
The Washington herald., 1917-02-09
SEEK FRIENDS OF DEAD MAN.

Look out for relatives Of DR.. Charles
Fl. Wilson, Of 1870 North Twenty-frst
street, Philadelphia and notify them that
he Is dead" was the word received from
Deputy Coroner Ward. of the Quaker
City, by the local police.
The dead man was an herb doctor and II
is supposed that his relatives and friends
live in the Nations Capital.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-09
VETS" WOULD AID U. S.

Richmond. Va. Feb. s.-If the United
States becomes involved with Germany
Confederate veterans of the civil war will
rally to the support of President Wilson
Brig. Gen. Walker Freeman. OF the Vir-
ginia Division, United Confederate Vet
Grams, today rendered The services Of the
organization to Gov. Stuart
The Washington herald., 1917-02-09
Orchestra Leader Praises Duffy S
n emergencies, when a physician is
not available, Dufy's Pure Malt
Whiskey may be depended upon for
quick relief. Mr.. Max Ankles,
Orchestra Leader, stricken with
cramps at an important engage
ment, is relieved promptly by Dufy's
and enabled to continue playing.

'Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is GER
tainly a valuable medicine to have at
hand in case of emergency and no home
should be without it. Recently l was
stricken with cramps while playing at a
dance in a New Jersey town and thought
| should die, as the nearest doctor was
two miles away l was unable to obtain
any relief until a friend gave me some
Duffy's Malt, which relieved me in a
short time and enabled me to continue
playing l am very grateful and recon-
mend Dufy's Pure Malt as a reliable
medicinal whiskey." Ankles, 1888
Crotona Ave. Bronx. New York
The Washington herald., 1917-02-09
PLAN TO RAISE $4,000
FOR EPISCOPAL CLERGY

whirlwind campaign has been
started by Episcopalian laymen OF
Washington--to raise $4,000 for the
church pension fund for clergy.
Eighty thousand dollars has already
been subscribed and the remaining
$4,000 must be subscribed by March /.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-09
DISMISS IS ALIENS
FROM COAST GUARD

Seventy-hve members of the Coast
Guard Service have been dismissed be-
cause they are not American citizens as
the result of an executive order to the
Treasury Department. ii was learned yes
terday afternoon. Some OF them were
veterans in the service. Even men hav-
ing their first citizenship papers were
ousted.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-09

Some $50 miles northwest OF Winnipeg
a paper mill is being built to turn out 100
tons day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Irwin Cobb and Dolly DaIrymple

To the Editor of The Age-Heralo'
 Irwin Cobb's articles on Billy sun day give me much pleasure as the l opinion of a well l-balanced. intelligent person, is worth while and of special influence, and there is only one lrVln I Cobb.
 MT. Sunday, as an evangelist, is Q | national figure and most unique one He seems to be making the unthlhh- ing world pause to consider the emu of life, and when man accompHshes that much. the studious and thought- ful prick up ears to listen, perhapS' as first. only for criticism
 Dolly Dalrymple's articles on MT and Mrs. Sunday have added new light upon these celebrities; first oe- cause Dolly is a woman. one of quick discernment and cultured mind' woman who has seen the world worked loved and suffered. She car ries one to the heights of humor and pathos with her pen, you laugh and weep with her
 To be a successful writer, the heart must be wrung and bleed only thl5 approach to Calvary immortalize the pen with those truths that touch the heart of the great world, while it is groping in darkness and yearning for sympathy and an understanding mind.
 Dolly is of value to the Age-Herald. It takes woman to comprehend a woman; q shrewd one to enter the heart of man
 The readers of The Age-Herald en- loved some of New York's celebrities through Dolly's pen; her pictures were vivid and real
 The writer saw Billy Sunday so plainly in his jumps and pitches she laughed and laughed, till the blues fled. Then again she saw Ma" Sun day and Dolly holding hands with upturned faces to this preacher; Dolly looking very earnestly now and before she leaves she will have led you to the depths of her being to weep and find through tears the immortal mother heart that saves the world
 ROSA CLISBY JOHN, Edgefield, S. C., May 15, 1917.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
Real Cause nf War

| To the Editor of The Age Herald: wonder how many people in the whirl 1 Of business of preparation for war, in all the rush of the different phases of
 human affairs, are stopping to give
 thought as to why the world is at war Human reason has taught us that all things have birth in a cause which leads to an effect and if this be so surely there must be cause and a good one.
 The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind into fine powder" and so
 Europe is being ground into eternal dust, that nauseating, acrid memory of which will guard the future nations against the wickedness of war forever.
 Some wise and good men see the pri- mary cause of this war as militarism and some as great trade war We can probe deeper even than this if we only will for there is a powerful motive be- hind militarism and trade themselves.
 As I see it supreme, unbrotherly self ishness have given birth to both. I don't believe there is anything wrong in a policing military power of nations com bined together for the enforcement of na- tional peace, neither do I see how the nations can live independently of each other and hence we must have trade and barter.
 The root of the evil is the desire for world supremacy-the insane desire of each nation to be the "cock of the walk" the national lord of creation in all things, financial, social and political, and each nation will use every advantage which lies in it's power to prosper it's own pecu- liar needs regardless of the destruction of the principles of justice or the lives of men.
 | No man is personally responsible for | these conditions. They have arisen from
 the sins of nations and the nations are now being chastened in the fiery furnace ] of Gods wrath which is being poured out upon the suffering peoples.
 We Americans are now about to taste of these sufferings and woes and when all the nations which the Heavenly King has
 gathered together in the valley of Jehoso-
 phat have learned through the class of
 reconstruction that love and brotherhood
 alone can keep nations perpetually alive, then will we have peace and beat our
 spears into plowshares and pruning books and go forth to make of the cleansed earth veritable Garden of Eden" Until then we too, must fight, yea with arms, with swords and guns and cannon UT til the mill has ceased to grind and the gods are appeased.
 LOUIS A. WEAVER. Birmingham, May Is, 19l7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
Unknown Notables

To the Editor of The Age Herald
 History is the faculty of memory ac- tive in corporate community or nation. Only insane men disregard the menoly y of their childhood and the experience es of life, as it passes There is an inl- mortality that men may create for themselves. that we know as history of things done in honor.
 At this time all leading nations are menaced by physical exhaustion of war. Moral and mental energy is taxed to the utmost tension in every civilized nation to preserve itself in integrity. Progress is walks of peace is forgotten. Art. science. the schools the hospitals, the public charities, the temples to the God above. the hearth stone. holy among all. are sacrificed to the safety of the political corpus we call the nation.
 How many people know in tue bounds of the late southern Confed- eracy; how many Alabamians know the origin of these worldwide things?
 At Charleston, S. C.. under command of General Beauregard, was invented the submarine torpedo by which Ger many now saves itself from annil1la- tion and threatens the civilization of the world. It is Confederate inven- tion.
 The inventor was Capt F. D. Lee
 Under command of General Beaure- gard, in Charleston harbor. on October 5. 1863, Lieut.. William Thornton Glas- sell, in command of the David" a tor pedo boat. at 10 o'clock at nigh {, wrecked the then greater ships of War in the world. the New Ironsides com manded by Admiral Dahlgren
 That was the first submarine tor pedo used in naval warfare in the world An Alabamian commanded.
 Captain Lee was, probably, of that South Carolina family that gave Lieut Gen. stephen D. Lee to the Confederate army.
 Lieutenant Glassell was reared and educated on a cotton plantation in Sumter county, Ala, eight miles from Livingston. He attended private tu- tor until he entered Annapolis. thens he entered the United States navy l The unwritten history of Alabama and Alabamians is unsurpassed in the element of human enterprise. i Contemporary were Lieutenant Glas- 1 sell and Admiral Semmes on water. On l land were John Pelham and Henry 1 Clay Reynolds of Monteyallo. Man. 1 others await recognition.
 A lady of Montgomery. Mrs, l.. r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

Mathews, is publishing in serial form history of the state for children, under the title, but very acceptable to all readers. and invaluable to the ar chlves of the state.
 The rank and file of the Confederacy was the most animate thou" spirit that ever moved! Some day the stark truth may be found out. The Kaiser IS indebted to General Beauregard anu his subordinates, Captain Lee and Lieu tenant Glassell. more than he admits or knows
 JOHN WITHERSPOON DUBOSE.
 Montgomery, May 5, 1917.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
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COLLECTIONS
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
WEST END HOME FOR TRADE OR SALE

Here is a fine home in West End that I have to trade for a small farm on Shades mountain, or will trade for a small tract of land. This home in West End is just one block from South Bes- semer car, and the same from West End car line; lot 100x170 feet to an al ley; has 9 rooms and all conveniences, gas, city water, electric lights, phone, nice fruit trees and flowers, and it's an ideal home. Call to see it for your self No. 1928 Lyon ave- West End, or call for agent to show you. James A. Wood, with M. A. Hines, 216 North 21st st. Main 1913
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
ONE CENT A WORD
FOR RENT-ROOMS

RATES-One cent a word = days no sd.
 taken for less than 25c for first tnser- ton. Cash mHat aCcompanZ order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

FOR SALE-New American soda foun- tain and fixtures, suitable for small drug store; will invoice about 5000;
 would sell on installments or trade for automobile. B. F. Borden Cordova, Ala. . 5-20-3t-surwed-s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

FOR SALE OR TRADE-6 acres. cement P walks, electricity. city water, and
 sewer: 300 feet of car line; water to
 irrigate; all level. 109 N. 77th st.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

FOR sALE-$4oO cash and $50 month-
 ly. 9-room, 2-story. suitable for large family or boarding house, on large corner in North Haven. I. K,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
ONE CENT A WORD
FOR SALE

RATEs-One cent a word dayt no ad
 taken for less than @5c for first inHer- tf0n. Cash must accompRRy order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

2-STORY frame, 1330 N. 24th st Make mt an offer on this property. Address P O. Box 453.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

S50U0--One 7-room home on N. 18th st., Norwood, facing east, 60xl90 $SOOO, one 10-room residence, South Highlands near Highland avenue. $5O00, one To- room residence, Brady st. $2000 one lot 60x1S0 feet on 17th ave, s. All the above are positive bargains. Address, ESQ care Age-Herald.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

TWO ngnt housekeeping rooms, bedroom and ldtchenette, unusually attractive, dainty and completely furnished; china, linen, glass, silver, kitchen utensils. light, water, phone included in rent, s20 month, Southside; three car lines, jit- ney; no children. Phone Main 6059.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
STOVE REPAIRING

WE supply castings for all moke3 of
 stoves and ranges and repair them with
 experienced help. S13 N. 2oth st. Robert
 Prowell Stove Go. l-22-t6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

TWO or three completely furnished ol unfurnished light housekeeping rooms private family 1211 South Beech st Phone Main 1099-J.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
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HOP FELLOW for insomnia. headache nervousness, loss of appetite; wonder ful results; regular size pillow, $2, pre- paid. Oregon Hop Pillow Co, Box H. Woodhurn. Ore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

FOR RENTING large, connecting fur nished rooms for light housekeeping, private entrance, to couple without children. Phone West End 297
 THREE furnished rooms, downstairs; hot and cold water bath and electric lights; sl5 per month; or 3 unfurnshed rooms, SIP per month 902 N. 18th st.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

FOR RENT-One nicely furnished bed- room to business women or gentle man in private home. Call Sunday after 10 o'clock. 1406 Nolan ave, Fountain Heights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
FOR RENT-ROOMS

FURNISHED room, modern conveniences
 walking distance from city; one block from Five Points. 9S6 S. 10th st. Call Main 5361. 5-19-4t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

A NICELY furnished suite of rooms for light housekeeping; on ground floor. with private entrance, at GOT North 23d st Phone Main 1423-J.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

THREE new unfurnished connecting downstairs rooms, private entrance,
 near Norwood car and bus; modern
 conveniences. 1231 N. Seth st. Phone 5449-W 6-2O-2t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

ONE nicely furnished bedroom with all modern Gonveniences; will rent reason- able. l2h Beech st., south Phone Main 1099-J.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26

In addition, this intense artillery prepare
ton demonstrated that the gun was again
getting the better of the defensive. Con-
crete works were churned up and the bar
age was so effective in keeping troops in
deep dugouts while the advance was get
ting forward. covered by creeping bar
rage, that the Germans were driven back
,pon Petain's method in the defence Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26

from Vacherauville to Bezonvaux, together
with $4,000 prisoners and many guns.
A. verdun Petain used relatively small
forces. yet so successful was his Deem
h~r attack that the German lines were
abolished for a considerable extent. But
Despite German disorganization his troops
carefully limited their occupation to the
ground that could be easily held and from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26

Verdun-a method very largely born Of
necessity. Then, with their trenches de-
stroyed by the hitherto unprecedented
artillery fire of the Germans, the French
hung on in shell holes, concealing machine
guns in these excavations and maintaining
a line. not continuous but still sufficing to
hold back the German sweep. This is what
the Germans are now doing in consider
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26

which they could punish severely any coun-
ter attack. The result was there were no
counter attacks. At the Messlnes or
White Sheet" Ridge this summer the
British did exactly the same thing. and so
complete was their artillery preparation
there was no German counter attack for
forty hours, and then it was easily snuffed
out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26

Win inc ClOoAhb 'N~'N
..npaign of 1917 on the Western front is
,..ching its climax, while new Hahan
,ssr,ve along the Isonzo is already as
,.,..d both by Rome and Vienna to have
,,s,.d ell records on the Austro-ltalian
,,ort both for intensity Of artillery prepa-
...;o, and extent of line assaulted. In
The present article ! shall confne myself
r.,nlv to the Anglo-French front and en-
S,,vor TO point out the new tactics that
a.. being revealed by the defence and by
N. sttack-and both are in no small de-
cree derived from the methods of the
French commander in chief in his defence
and subsequent offence at Verdun.
There have been for long time two
theories about the way to attack, given the
present trench warfare. One school has
firmly held to the idea that the attack
must be over a wide front, using for
r,yauel the great Mackensen assault at
the Dunsiec. which covered many miles OF
front. This was the method previously
employed by Petain in the Champagne
attack Of September, 1915; this was the
method which Nivelle employed in his re-
cent and unsuccessful grand offensive
,long the Aisne and east Of Rheims.
The Petain Method Of Attack
Another school has advocated an attack
ma relatively restricted front, front of
s-.thing like ten miles, with an even
s-aller front in cases where the opera
ION aimed at taking some specific point.
Thus Pstain's two offensives at Verdun
last year, the British attacks at 'Arras.
Messines, Hill 70 and before Ypres this
year, and the new French attack before
yerdun. In the Somme battle of last
year, on the other hand, there was much
wider front involved in the first days
operations.
Now, it is plain that an attack upon
ten mile front holds out little hope of any
piercing, any breaking through, because
the invariable tendency of such attacks is
to narrow as they advance. In the Cham
ysgne in 1915 the front assailed was
hardly less than eighteen miles, but
Moroccan brigade that got clear through
merged on a front of less than half
sle beyond Navarin Farm and was ex-
animated by the German artillery on the
Ear. Even with a wide front involved,
;ss French failed at the time Of their first
great offensive.
In their operation this spring the French
returned to the old idea and attacked on
very wide front, some forty miles, extend
lng from Scissors to Auberive. east of
Rheims. Nivelle expected 10 break
through, and he and Mangin calculated
hat the French would reach Laon, just as
he French had expected they would
GET 10 vouziers in 1915. Instead there
v. considerable progress, large bag
prisoners and some capture Of guns;
ut the French losses were so great that
isrther attacks had 10 be abandoned, and
fOrt Brimont, one Of the main detectives,
Su not taken. while Laon remained eight
ale: beyond the French front at the END
e. e attack
French Failure Before Lson
Tee reasons for this failure TO break
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26
French Failure Before Lson

Tee reasons for this failure 10 break
through were many; there were mistakes
n'nature that surprised those who know
q. efficiency Of French artillery; there
'Se attacks without adequate artillery
Nsparation; but in the main the drive
'sAsd, i would seem. because the prepare
"a Tor 50 vast an attack gave the Ger
Ns'' ample warning 10 prepare for it. In
-aaiton, the German retreat between Arras
'"' solSsons served 10 release many re
"''sl for By Devastating the ground over
'a'eh they retired the Germans made i.
'"p'ssisls for the Allies 20 attack on the
=" 'font for some months.
retain had opposed tn. April attack in
~" place. and Micheler. who had
manded an army In the Battle Of the
ns. supported his yiev. while Nivelle
~ Aangin urged &. And as Nivelle was
usaaer In chief, he had his way. But
ars cost him his position, a. IL did
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26
Allies Should Win
Military Decision
Before This
TimeNext
Year
Copyright Isl7-The Tribune Association

able measure before the British both at
Ypres and Lens.
We see, then, clearly that the British and
the French have laid aside any real
thought Of breaking through this year. II
is not possible, because the Germans still
have the men and guns to man their lines.
They will have them because the Russian
collapse has released reserves from the
East. Since it is not possible to break
through. as the French experiment in
April demonstrated, the present effort is
confined to inf1icting disproportionats
losses and attaining important local OBJ
jectives.
II will be seen that both in the first and
second attacks before Ypres recently the
advance has been for something like a
mile in each case, and this has been fol-
lowed by the announcement that the OBJ
iective sought has been attained. Then
there comes the pause, new artillery
preparation and new attack, still directed
at nearby objective. The Germans on
their part have quite cleverly set about to
discount the effect on the world Of success
sive advances by declaring that the British
or the French undertook their operation
with distant objective in view and failed
| to attain it. Thus in the first attack at
Ypres, on August /, the Germans saw an
effort to sweep them Immediately from the
Belgian seacoast, When the Canadians
attacked and took Hill 70 the other day
the German official statement talked about
failure to reach Vendin-le-Viel, two miles
/ further to the east and wholly outside Of
Canadian calculations.