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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22
Inquisitorial Body of Mont gOmery Refuses to Aid in
 Cleaning Up City
VICE CONDITION NOT
 BAD AS ADVERTISED
In Report Explaining Refusal to r Indict Operators of Immoral y Houses, It Is Held That City { Can Control the Situation
Rr rnEn H. GnRMLEY


 Montgomery July Y.-(SpectaL )-9n a report to the circuit court Saturday aft ernoon, the Montgomery county grand jury refused point blank to bring indict- ments against vagrants and operators of houses for public women and made a general criticism of William l.. Martin, attorney general, for his activities in fla vor of a clean up of the city. It de- clared that officials of Montgomery are amply able to care for any conditions that might arise and that the proper way of handling the vice problem was now being worked out by city officials ill conference with military authorities.
 Early in the week it became known that there had been a rupture between the grand jury and the attorney general. Hugo l.. Black, solicitor of Jefferson county, who had been brought here to assist the attorney general, suddenly left the city after being here only two days. Then it was announced that the attor- Gley general was not with the grand jury ,&1uch of the time However, no publicity i39 as given to the affair as matters before #he grand jury are secret and cannot be aSslfvulged until a report has been made. fi5 Just what will result from the disagree llent remains to be seen. Raymond B. f 7osdick, whose committee is charged iaith the duty of preparing for the moral al Selfare of tlles soldiers in the camps, in ,formed Attorney General Martin at the ypersonal request of Newton D. BakN, Secretary of War, that the department was determined to move the camp from any city which would not support a cam raign against vice.
 The grand jury declared it's decision had been reached after thorough considera-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22
RICHMOND LAWYER
 HEADS RED CROSS
 WORK IN RUMANIA


 Richmond, Va, July 21.--Henry W Anderson. attorney and head of Red Cross work in Virginia, has been ae. pointed head of the special Red Cross relief commission to Rumania, tor which a special emergency approprla- tion of $200,OO0 has been made. Ore commission already is working in France and another is on the way to Russia. while this third commission is expected to start the latter part of next week A Red Cross unit consist ing of ? doctors and 2 nurses will accompany the committee.
 In addition to MT Anderson, the chairman. members of the Rumamia commission are:
 Arthur Graham Glagow, Richmond and Washington; pr. Francis ". Pea body of Boston, who represented the Rockefeller Foundation in China Ber- nard F1exner Chicago; Dr. H. Gidon Wells, Chicago; pr. Roger Griswold Perkins. Cleveland; pr. Robert c. Bryan. Richmond.
 Authority has been given Dr. Stuart Mcclure, Richmond surgeon, to or ganize the largest base hospital uni; yet formed for service in France with the Medical College of Virginia as the parent institution. Dr. McGuire, nov an aid on the staff of Surgeon General Gorgas in Washington. with the rank of major. will retain that rank as head of the base hospital which will have a personnel of 50 surgeons l5o nurses and 15o enlisted men. The hos pital is the first formed under the new organization plan with a capacity ot 1000 instead of 800. The surgical staff is to be recruited from Virginia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22
FINDS MISSING NUMBER

INOJ NtlSSllNtI IN U MDEh The first purpose today in checking the tally sheets was to discover one miss ing number, blank capsule was found among the 10.500 capsules taken from the bowl one a a time in the drawing. At the time a notation was placed on the tally sheets showing that the blank had come up No. 10,e4 The drawing was carried through, however. without re-
 gard to the blank. the next number an nounced being placed as No. 1O004. It appeared more likely that an empty cap sule had been placed in the jar mad vertently than that numbered slip had been lost. The empty pellet was put
 back each time it came up thereafter With the hope that it would be found to be 10,501 when the drawing was finished. When No. 10,449 had been drawn, how ever the empty capsule was all that remained in the jar and it was known that one slip had not been placed in the drawing. Todays checking showed the missing number to be 4664 in the serial lists of registrants.
 That number will be placed as No. 10,004 in the liability lists on the official rec ords and all numbers drawn after that will be moved down one point so that the present last number, 3217, now post
 ed as No. 1O,449, will become No. 10 800 completing the drawing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22

S. Brandon, Judge Edwin Davis, ". Fl. Hartford, Dr. J. A. Witherspoon. Eastern District-H. c. Adler, J. II. Caldwell, Dr. c. P. Cox. John O'Brien, T. F. Peck.
 Western Distriet-Dr L. L. Alexander, Charles H. Barnett, pr. F. M. McCree, J. D. Martin. c. P. J. Mooney.
 SOUTH CAROLINA Eastern District-William Godfrey, R. c. Jeffords Robert B. Scarbrough, w A. Stuckey, pr Robert Wilson
 Western District-Marion J. Davis, J. w. Gaston, Dr. E. A. Hines, J. E. Me Donald, A. F. McKissick.
 GEORGIA
 Northern District-Dr. F. S. Davis, Thomas B. Lumpkin, James D. Massey, W. P. Raoul, F. J. Reagan
 Southern District, Division No. 1-E. T. Conner, Col. A. R. Lawton Dr. T. M. Mcintosh, L. J. Smith, w. c. vereen. Southern District, Division No. 2 James L. Anderson, w. c. Davis, w. H. Felton, pr. A. A. Smith, John T. Will Hams.
 ALABAMA
 Northern District, Division No. 1-E. W. Gray, pr. R. P. Huger, Hugh McEl- derry, Emmet O'Neal, Priestly Toulmin. Northern District, Division No. 2-Otto Agricola, pr. w. J. Galloway, Sheriff Lacy, John Peebes, R. k. Spragins. Southern District-Joel Golsby, w. M. Newton, Dr. S. s. Pugh, J. J. Russell, H. T. Shelley
 Middle District-M F. Bargainier, AL gernon Blair, John Gamble. A. H. Ran kin, pr. Merrick D. Thomas.
 LOUISIANA
 Eastern District, Division No. IA c. Carpenter, Jeff Miller, John Stadler, T s. Welmsley Theodore Wilkinson. Eastern District, Division No 2-Franll C.. Clark, Walter Guion. E. L. McGhee A. w. Norman, John D. Shaffer Western Distriet-J. B. Ards E. F. Courtney, w. D. Haas, A. P Pujo, J. C. Sartor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22
VILLA WITH 5000 TROOPS IS REPORTED
 MOVING ON TORREON

Juarez, Mexico, July 21-six thousand men, under command of Francisco Villa and Canute Reyes, are reported moving
 on Torreon from the north and the south. Jiminez 131 miles north of Torreon, which
 was occupied by Villa a few days ago,
 has been evacuated by him. General Fran cisco Murguia has moved his headquar- ters from Chihuahua City Reyes has re- centlv been identified with the FelxsD Diaz movement in the state of OaXaca.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22

This Dining Room Set at this price is a rare opportunity to obtain an unusually attractive Dining Room outfit at an eN- tremely moderate price; all pieces are of generous size: of finest se- lected oak; in rich Jacobean finish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22

This and the other Bedroom
 Suites included in this group are of late design; superbly constructed and finished and come in choice of genuine ma hogany, antique ivory and American walnut finish. All suites include bed, dresser, chiffonier and dressing table.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22

Tapestry Living Room Furni- ture is becoming the vogue more and more. and rightly so, as there is nothing more in viting or comfortable This 3-piece set is of superb work
 manship in every detail, and made to sell regular at s115.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22
BIRMINGHAM LODGE
 B'NAI BIRTH TO MEET

Birmingham lodge, Independent Order of B'Nai B'Rith, will meet this morn ing at Temple Emanu--l at 10:3o o'clock for the transaction of important business. President Philip Oster requests every member to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22
Copies of Draft Drawings to Be Ready for Distribution to Local Boards on Tuesday
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boards in 32 of the states and announce nlent of the names of the five men who will compose each of thefl. Some states have six or eight boards to ease the task, federal judicial districts, the areas used for geographical distribution of the boards, being divided into two or three sections for that purpose and separate board named for each.
 These district boards will have no function until the local boards in their territory have begun to certify to them the men found fitted for military duty physically and not burdened with de- pepdents. The higher boards are courts of appeal, either for the individual or for the government, against the findings of the local board.
 INDUSTRIAL EXEMPTIONS
 The whole question of industrial ex- emotion. however, has been turned over directly to these district boards which have original jurisdiction in all cases o1 this kind They will be sole judges ot any registered mans field of greatest service to the nation, whether in the army or in the munition factory, pusl- ness house or other civilian occupation in which he is engaged. Each case Will be weighed on it's merits and the value of the individual, for there will be no blanket exemption to cover other than divinity students government officials or the other classes specifically named in the law. Even they must file affi- da wits, showing their status, to be sup ported in such manner as the board may determine.
 NAMES OF MEMBERS
 The district boards appointed in Ten nessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala bama and Louisiana follow
 TENNESSEE
 Middle District-Leo w. Backman, R.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22
GERMAN WAITER IS
 NOT WANTED AT
 CANADIAN DINNER
New York Hotel Man Com pelled to Substitute Others on Demand
 of Officer

New York, July 21.-With luncheon here today given by the Canadian club, at which Lord Northcliffe, head of the British commission in this country, was the chief speaker, the Canadian High
 anders and Gordon and Mclean pipers' who have been the picturesque feature of British recruiting week, were sped on their way to Chicago where they will take part in similar demonstration.
 Lord Northcliffe said that in reply to a very famous American, whom he had recently heard assert that England would not have gone to Belgium's defense if she had been as distant from 1t as the United States, he had mentioned the one word Canada" whose action in sending of her own free will 100000 men to fight the good fight for freedom and civilizations" will never be forgotten.
 An incident of the luncheon was the ridding of the room, where it was held of two German walters at the instance UT Lieut. Col. j. S. Dennis, in charge oi British recruiting at Chicago. The man. agement of the hotel compiled with his demand for the removal of the two Ger mans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22

In the Clarendon laboratory. at the OK ford, England university museum is a little bell which has rung day and night for 76 years. It Is near approach to
 perpetual motion, yet it's mechanism IS
 simple.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22

New York; July 21.-Messages of greet ing addressed to President Wilson and to
 King George, giving assurances of loy- alty to the cause of the entente allies, were dispatched today by the British re-
 cruiting committee as representatives of British subjects who attended the joint British and American recruiting meeting here last night.
 We are in the fight to the end, to the last penny and the last man." the mes-
 sage to P esident Wilson read, land we rejoice that we arep rivileged to meet in this great city, on American soil and as allies of America in defending the basic principles of civilization"
 The message to ing George said: An audience of 15,000 British residents with many American citizens send your majesty their loyal greetings, assure you l of our love for the motherland, and that we will do our bit in defending her ex- | istence. We rejoice that we are privileged 1 to fight side by side with our American l friends and neighbors'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22

ton. Its reference to the attorney gen. eral and the campaign against vice fol- lows:
 "We have made careful and thorough
 inquiry into the matter of the so-called vice situation After the examination of numerous witnesses and consultation with the local authorities we have de- eided that it would be unwisef or this grand jury to interfere at this time with the plan of control now being worked out by the city commission, board of public safety and the vice committee of the Chamber of Commerce in co-opera- ton with the military authorities of the United States government.
 We would report in ths connection that our investigations have disclosed no such conditions to exist in this com munity as to warrant the assumption that the local authorities are unable to control any situation which might arise. We depreciste the notoriety given by the newspapers as to the so-called vice con ditons.
 We regret that the attorney general las seen fit to advertise to the state and
 to the war department that such a de- plorable condition relating to vice ex- isted in our county and that it was neces- sary for him to take charge of our body and to clean up our town.
 As soon as we convened we sent for the attorney general. repeatedly request ing him to supply the grand jury with witnesses and information relative to any cases which he wanted investigated. He failed to give us any evidence or to re- port any cases as to vice or prohibition.
 "Weeare of the opinion that all vag- rancy eases should be handled by the po- lice and sheriff's departments respective ly, as the recorders court and court of common pleas have final Jurisdiction thereof and not burden grand juries with tEer consideration.
 Fifty-six indictments were found, being the smallest number reported by a grand jury in many months. Only three cases investigated charged violations of the prohibition laws
 MARTIN MAKES STATEMENT
 Attorney General Martin in a warm
 reply late tonight declared that thc grand jury made false statement when it said it had sent for him and repeatedly requested information about vice conditions. He said he was sent for by the solicitor one time Friday and requested to hear the witnesses or examine them. He took the invita- ton as a challenge, refused to go anu in the statement said: "When I go into the grand jury room I go to take charge of it, not to hear testi- mony"
 Attorney General Martin said the grand jury admitted the existence of immoral houses and said it stopped | in it's duty by shifting the burden to the city. There was available to the grand jury evidence of the existence of immoral houses in Montgomery, some of which are tolerated on scv- eral of the main business streets" he concluded Tt was authorized to iil~ dict the keepers and inmates of such houses. It did not do so. It chose all
 attitude of paternalism and protection "a policy of control It's responsibil- ity is to the people of the city and county. It cannot avoid that respon- sibility by passing it to the city gov ernment and the vice committee oi the Chamber of Commerce"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22
OTHER CORRECTIONS

There will be also other minor correc-
 tions to make. Until the official list is published. however no definite stateY .nt of the probable number of revisioY can be made.
 Men allotted by the drawiD< 70 be among the first to appear in z 1T dis tricts to fill district quotas ip force of ST,0c0 men the President IS sum money, will not be advised officially to
 appear for examination before local boards until the master list of the draw | ing has reached the local boards. The names of those to come forward will then be posted and any man who fails to appear when notified will be promptly hunted down and the penalties imposed for evasion exacted. Officials anticipate that there will be very few slackers, how ever
 Word of the registration in Porto Rico came today from the governor, who re- ported that it would far exceed estimates. One hundred and four thousand, five hun dred and fifty-four men had registered when the count was made and additional cards expected by mail will bring the final figure perhaps to 10000 General Crowder is considering the advisability of providing that a separate drawing be held in Porto Rico to cover this addi- tion to the army.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1917-11-23

pes. Sen CT en- Dpper1ig 5fole fol
cnbber &pil16e, life n1in0lt for en-
bber, iom lenere bliber SuItru ol
Mo6er. Scr oabner &binoen er
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ififfet> og bbor bun fan paaregne
beore 9ctaling for lit Mrbejoe ems
/ mango on6re 2ipsjtilIinger. S
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mere 1rp0pe11oig ems Sen bpbne6e
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iao tel ion be16es 9}ro6er eller
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/ &en for Ge6relan6et, fan !;
gjprc bette paa en- be6re Maobe E
pe6 at meloe Jig til Gjenelte / &pin=
oebpren / Set Hebe &ors.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1917-11-23
So 9r,esgnbernprer.
(9lf e. gl. @reultoo).

S ocnnc 1tore Strife 2orOets @i-
1torie bor 5elter-5toterne Min1c.
toto og 5D0 0ofoto ltoaet fltlot
2inic meo on0re Stoter Noropeltel1
/ potriotilf Offerbilje og 9lrbejoe -
ia paa 2il1jc n1eb Ell bpilfen ION
BELT Gruppe al Stater for Sen
Gags Sfplo. Set trgffer fig lao, al
Grigsarbcj6et / begge. bisle State1
lcocs at Mano, loln tilberer Sc ie.
nelt inopan0reoe Sag al 2onbets
Befolfning.
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blep foot gsorge;; n1en ban er belt
lb 9lmerifaner. Sra Sen fprite
Stunb, 2on6et tom arig, bor ban
giort Zig bemarfet peo fine froftge
8eitrpbelier for at orga,1iiere Sta.
ten til pirflontt grbeioe for alle oe
@jpremaul, iont arigsfgrelien fre-
Der. Sons Me0borgere bar bereo=
DiIlig fi!gt bans Opforbring, og SC
ll1e6 norif BLOB / Marerne Bar iffe
itaaet tilbage Yor DC beoite.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1917-11-23
Belgium and France.

No infantry actions of I'M
portance have taken place along
the Western front in Belgium
and France, but indications
point to another attack by Field
Marshal Haig in Flanders and
possibly by General Petain's for
ces near Verdun. On both sect
ors heavy bombardments are in
progress-that in. Flanders ex-
tending from the region of Pass
chendaele up to the Belgium
coast.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1917-11-23

All the enemy forces which
last week crossed the River
Piave near Zenson have been
swept clear of the western
bank in brilliant attack by the
Italians. Large numbers of
them met death along the east
ern bank or were drowned in
their hurried attempt to ford
the stream. Others were bayo-
netted or forced to surrender,
and it was only small portion
of the original force that was
able to make their way to
safety. =.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1917-11-23
Italy.

While the Italians are hold
ing the middle and lower reach
es of the Piave river against
the Teutonic allied invaders
and have thrown back the
greater portion of those who
crossed the stream and gained
the western bank, the enemy
is trying with strong forces in
the north to beat back the
troops of General Diaz, pierce
the line and force a retirement
westward from the river from
the region Of Vidor to the Adri-
attic sea.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1917-11-23
Dynamiting Plot Perils Hun
dreds of Employees.

Lives of hundreds Of employ
es in a big history manutactu-
ring building on West Twenty
sixth street we're imperiled
last Monday night when an
attempt was made to blow up
the building by dynamite. A
bomb, containing six sticks OF
dynamite tied together, was
fastened to door knob. At
tached to the bomb was a fuse
which had been lit The high
wind swung against the cord
igniting it. The cord burned
in two. dropping the bomb and
the fuse. When the fuse hit
the ground the burning end was
'extinguished. This undoubted-
ly prevented the blowing up OF
the building.
One of the floors was occupied
by company manufacturing
army uniforms.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1917-11-23
"Da&1gkr / Am1prika,

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en- 9el al be Stoter, bbor 6e flete
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er prDeet mes ober 200 8illeber.
&clc Bette itore 9eotionolbprf bur
foaet en- meget anerfjenoenbe Om-
tale Nresien baaoe ber 2anbet oe
/ 3anmarf, og hi onerla6er trpltigt
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uofommer, til 2elernes Oon1, ibet
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1fribe til os, laa hi fan foa sSor-
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gpnot. Spor Set finoes gnffe1igt,
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fommenoe &oloni og ion1le 6ens
9iitorie.
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beoltc 5af til alle,e iom poo Sen
enc eller oen an6el, Mao6e pil bipl-
pc til me0, at iaa mango @olonier
iom rnuligt fan fpn1ne me6 3d.
gen. og @erfet 0erbeo blipe iaa
iulolteloigt iom r1uliqt. Ser mana-
Ter Ell &effe @o!onier el,6nlt lom
bi life bor bert fra troos qie11toone
Senbenoeller 9slt moa hi / Jorbir-
oelie lneo bem, bbis set / Set belle
lfal lpffes at foa Sem reprplenteret
! Sarfet u0anife / g(n1erifa" sci
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5tco, lom pil interesiere fig for
at faa oeres &oIo1,i meo / 8ogcn,
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for Gfteri1eeten.
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at fre'nrne Sen be6it mulige Sulo-
ferclle of set itore Mationalperf,
DER angoar ale 9anife / Mmerifo.
sgrbsbieit
11bsiberne.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1917-11-23
grenSielsabn,in

Sobn u. Maber Of Oainneapolis
ier at ben fgoeraIe 8renofels-M -Momi-
1tiltrotio1 uoneb11t til at foreitaa
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8nibington.