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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02
CHURCH NOTICES

The Rev. J. E., Hixon, pastor of the Ensley Presbyterian church, has returned from his vacation, spent In Kentucky, and will hold regular services Sunday. Besides the regular morning service at the Ensley Baptist church the annual business session will be in order. Preach ing at o'clock Sunday evening.
 The Rev. Thomas Lennox, pastor of the Ensley Christian church, will preach at the Il o'clock service and conduct a special meeting of the Christian En- deavor at o'clock.
 The Rev. l.. E. Brubaker will hold the regular morning service at the Ensley Highlands Presbyterian church this morn ing and will combine the evening service with the Highlands Methodist
 The Rev. W. P. McGowan, pastor of the Ensley Highlands Methodist church, will begin series of evangelstic serv- ices at that church this morning. To- morrow the Rev. w E. Faust will arrive to assist the pastor for the remainder of the meetings q
 There will be a Labor Day programme given at the Ensley Community House Monday evening at 7:30 0 clock. Miss Dor othy Grim, who is in charge of the Com munity House, will be hostess for the occasion. The T. c. I. band will fur nish music and refreshments will be served. The public Is invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02

All members of the Graded Union who reside in the Ensley district are requested to attend the opening session at the First Methodist church Wednesday morn ing at 10 o'clock pr. Johnson will lead the devotional exercises and Miss Rosa Strickland will make an address. Each section will have a special section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02
sTt VIII Come or In One Complete
 Piece.,

eelf at once from all corn misery. It Twill peel off painlcssly in one com E pJete piece, any corn, old or young hard ' of soft, or between the toes. any callus, &or any corn that has resisted everything ! else you have ever used. Off it comes like magic. Guaranteed
 All you need is ? or drops of Gets sItp that's all 'Gets-It' is the only safe way in the world to treat a corn or lcailus. It's the sure way---the way that qnever fails It is tried and true-used
 by millions Never irritates the flesh or
 makes the toe sore. It always works;
 .eels- s-corns off Ikea banana skin 25c
 bottle is all you need pay for Gets
 st' at any drug store, or sent on re-
 eibt of price by E.. Lawrence & Co, l-hieago. III.
 ted as the worlds best corn cure by 3Eugene Jacobs Drug Store. Gale Drug z-o f2 stores). BOT First Avenue. and Pratt Station. Pratt City, Ala.-Adv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02
.ENSLEYCLUDWO PLAN YEARS WORK
Labor Day to Be Generally Observed and Stores
 Will Close

With the coming of September and the promise of cooler weataer, th5 hundreds of Ensley women who are banded togeth- Ter in clubs with intellectual improve ment in view, are beginning the. new ears club work.
 Most of the Ensley clubwomen are in- terested in civic work, and many of the improvements in both town and school are due to their efforts. They have not been entirely passive during the warm wealth CT months, but responded to MT. Hoover's call for help in distributing conserva- ton cards; helped in the registration of women in the district in answer to Gov ernor Hendersons proclamation, and have been actively interested in Red Cross workh many of the clubs proposing to intermingle this worthy work with their study all through the year.
 SESAME CLUB
 The meeting of the Sesame club Wednes- day afternoon will mark the beginning of the club year. At the organization of this club five years ago by Mrs. M. V. Averyt history was decided upon as the theme for study and has been continued through the period of the fifteenth cen tury This year the study of history will be continued but will be interspersed with live, present-day subjects, included among them being Alabama's resources and industries
 Mrs. D. A. Echols IS president; Mrs. M. H. McDowell, vice president; Mrs. D. M. Lewis, secretary, and Mrs. w. W. Jarrett, treasurer
 MOTHERS CLUB
 Probably the most interesting of all Ensley clubs is the Twentieth Century Mothers club wkhich holds it's initial meeting September F. This club is member of the Birmingham Council of Mothers Clubs and the National Con- gress of Mothers Clubs. The object of the club is to teach young mothers more about their children from the standpoint of morals psychology and also to do settlement work among children and aid the juvenile court. Important among their subjects for discussion listed in the year book are: How the Child Life of Europe Will Be Affected By the Present War; The First Five Years of Child's Life" ''The Teen-Age." Besides these subjects regarding the child, the members i'll SIudy SOuIHPrn IOlklofe ana some subjects of vital importance to the nation Mrs. H. B. Cowart is president; Mrs. F. c. Cutler secretary; Mrs. J. M. Oliver trea asurer, and Mrs B. T Waites, chair man of the programme committee
 STUDY CLUB
 The Progressive Study club is Ensleys youngest club but as it's name indicates promises to keep abreast The club has chosen for it's years work '.America--Its Progress, Ideals, Achievements and Prob iens. In connection with this study sometime will be given to the study of so- cial conditions, divorce and nature study. This club was organized in February, 1917, by Mrs. Henry Moore The present off oers are: President, Mrs. J. T. Matlock; first vice president, Mrs R. E. Tidwell; second vice president, Mrs Henry Moore; secretary, Mrs. R. F. Mosley; treasurer, Mrs. George Boyd. This club will meet 1S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02
LABOR DAY

Labor Day will be observed in the Ensley district by the closing of all places of business a whole or part of the day No demonstrations have been planned to take place here. The mills will ob- serve the holiday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02
'Gets-lt, '2Drops,
 COrnS Peel Off!
For 25 Gents Peel Off 25 Corns

.sGets-It," the greatest corn discovery of any age, makes ioy-Walkers out of corn limpers It makes you feel like the Statue of Liberty. Buy a 'liberty.' bot tie of "Gets-It' right now-free your
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02

A Nebraska man after Il years of ex- periments has invented device that en- ables a user of a party telephone line to Identify any other subscriber who may be listening to his conversation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02

The Young Women's Missionary society of the Ensley Presbyterian church will meet with Miss Esther Lind on Avenue E Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02

The Ensley Highlands unit of the Red Cross will meet in the Sunday school room of the Ensley Highlands Presbyte- rian church Thursday morning at 10 O clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02
OHIO TROOPS ARE ]. PLACING CAMP
 IN GOOD SHAPE
Health of Men Is Good and Everything Is Be ing Done to Keep
 Them We'll

Montgomery. September 1-(special., Work was started in earnest by the Ohio engineers corps Saturday on divi- sional Headquarters for the Ohio soldiers and Brig. Gen. w R. Smith and staff should be able to move to the new of fees the latter part of the week The Pickett Springs pavilion Is being re- modelled into general offices for General Smith, while the large building formerly used las srefreshment stand will be made into offices
 VERY LITTLE ILLNESS
 New quarters of the depot quarter master have been completed and occu- pied while several new warehouses Of the quartermaster have been completed land will be put into service early In the gaweek. Reports Saturday showed that only eS cases of Illness have developed among .. ~ he S654 Ohio soldiers and only four were f,Iserious enough to go to the regimental ID hospital. The health of the men could not be better" said Division Surgeon Hall, and we are working to overcome any danger of infection from inside and outside the camp"
 TO ERECT "SQUAW CAMP"
 Ohio officers are making plans for the erection of squaw camp, similar to the one maintained for their wives on the border when they were in the service last year.
 Each shack will have one room and kitchen and some will have two rooms, parlor and kitchen.
 Ideal locations have been found and under the plans all shacks will be san- ad FliaS and Qutoes.
 Rain fell Saturday for the first time since the Ohioans arrived, settling two or three inches of dust, which had hi1- dered the work during the week.
 TO KEEP CAMP SLEAN
 seveal medical officers who have been on duty at Fort Oglethorpe arrived Sat urday and were attached to the staff Of surgeons They will be used in the cam paign against insanitary buildings and eating and drinking places, Colonel Fish CT of the army sanitary department has made plans for a complete inspection of the camp and surroundings during the week and if any buildings found in- 4 sanitary or unhealthful they will be closed ] until corrections arem ade.
 MEN GIVEN LEISURE \ All work for the. week was completed at noon Saturday and enlisted men were allowed liberties of the city during the afternoon and evening. Many came. while others remained in camp to await the arrival of the paymaster, who will dis pense about 5000 among Ohio soldiers, Plans are being made to give the negro battalion day off for visit to the fa nous Tuskegee institute, founded by Booker T. Washington. Company c of the battalion had planned the trip for Sunday, but it was cancelled because sat isfactory transportation arrangements could not be made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02

Tbe Cosmos club begins work October with American literature, including the drama, short story writers and dialects, as the topics for the years work. The Declaration of Independence will also be studied from a standpoint of literature. Mrs R. E. Tidwell is president; Mrs R.. F Hickman, vice president; Mrs. c. B. Davis, secretary and Mrs. D. F. Sugg, treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02

J Ellis Brown announced his candidacy for associate commissioner yesterday morning, mass meeting is being con- templated to launch his campaign in good order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02

;, including bunker coal, is causing .-.e rious delay as we'll as financial loss to shippers. An example furnished is the case of a steamer now in port which has already been delayed 30 hours and owners say there is no relief in sight. Absence of a license to carry bunker coal taken on here was assigned as the cause To relieve the situation civic or ganzations of Mobile are urging the government to establish a station here with authority to issue export licenses under the embargo now in force in this X country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02
COSMOS CLUE

Burgin. secretary. and Mrs. Carrie Tur- Ter, treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02
.ile Shipping Is Being
 alayed by License Rules

e, September 1.-(Special)--It was ed in shipping circles here today the new federal regulations re-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12

this respect on the part of the Ger
man high command.
Small success, however, is attending
the crown princes efforts in this d.
reetion, He tried again last night near
Hill 344, but General Petain's forces
held their ground, driving the Ger
mans out OF such advanced trenches
as they managed temporarily to pene-
trate.
British Airmen Retaliate.
London, Oct. ll,=-An official state
ment on aerial operations, issued last
night, reads:
"On tuesday there was little flying
except on the battle front, where a
great deal OF work was done in spite
OF strong gale and thick clouds. The
enemy's new gun positions and other
suitable targets were reported by air.
plans to our artillery, which dealt
with them.
Touch was kept with our infantry
all day and the enemy's troops were
harassed by machine gun fire at every
opportunity. A ton of bombs was
dropped on Staden during the day,
At night two tons were dropped on
the Roulers, Courtrai, Menin and
Ledeghsm Stations, A direct hit was
obtained on hostile train, eaus-
Ing number Of explosions,
'ln the air fighting four German
machines were brought down and two
were driven down out of control. Two
of ours are missing.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12
PEACE TALK KEPT
FROM The GERMANS
Socialists in Reichstag Cite
Army Orders to Prove That
Men Anxious for Peace Are
Given War Propaganda.

Copenhagen, Oct l0.--An uneen-
.sored report OF Mondays debate in
the sReiehstag shows that the social
ist speakers produced a whole series
of instructions from the higher mill
tary authorities concerning the, En-
lightenment campaign" which we're
in direct variance to the principle Of
no politics in the army and with the
general regulation which Lieutensut
General Won Stein, Prussian war min
lister, said governed the campaign. 1t
was asserted by the socialists that the
war minister was unable to contro-
vert this testimony
The socialists also directed atten-
ton to the fact that the general order
for enlightenment against peace was
issued Immediately after the adoption
OF the Reichstag peace res olution,
July 10, showing that the campaign
was directed against the Re,chstag
majority
They brought cut also the fac: that
. conference was called by the war
ministry in the middle OF August to
discuss preventive measures against
strikes and that the strike movement
Of the radical socialists against the
war and food and labor conditions
was still a menace.
Heinrich Dove, radical socialist,
who has returned from the front, re-
ported to the members of the Reich
stag that the soldiers everywhere had
expressed the desire that the war
speedily be end ID.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12
OMAHA P0RTIAS
PLEAD CAUSE OF
LIBERTY BONDS

tons from nurses In local hospitals,
Speakers at club meeting today
were: Benson Woman's club, Mrs,
c. II. Tracy; Eastern Star Kensing-
ton club, Mrs, Halleck Rose, and
Swedish women at Zion church, Mrs,
Ansoa Bigelow.
Executive Committee Revised.
Mrs. l., NJ. Lord will head q COM
mittee which will 90 before business
women's organizations, and Mrs. w,
r Baxter will reach Brownsll Hall
girls. .'.I
The revised list OF the executive
committee includes Mrs, z, M. Fair
field, chairman; Mrs. Warren Black
vel, vice chairman, Mrs. Edward NJ.
Syfert, secretary, and Mrs, w. A, c.
johnson, Mrs e. p. Reynolds, Mrs,
John L, Kennedy, Mrs. L. 5, West
brook, Mrs, ]. 7. Stewart, I'd, and
Mrs George A. Jnslyn,
Gayety Girls Invest Also.
The young women OF the TTwen.
tieth Century Maids" burlesaue show
at the Gayety theatsr, gave demons
stration Of feminine patriotism when
hey subscribed for $500 worth Of Lib
erty bonds,
I'VE want TO do our share to win
this war;" snilingly remarked Juliette
Belmont the ingenue, as she proudly
showed her bond. II believe II is q
splendid investment" she added,
Peggie Irwin bought 500 bond
and Mrs, Nellie Rueling took a $50
bond for herself and one for her little
daughter, Vivian.
One oil the company who has
modest annuity bought a 500 bond,
The total for the company will be
considerably more than $400 before
the week is over.
Fine Way to Save.
These young women are very
much interested in Liberty bonds"
said Manager f, w. Chipman OF the
show, One OF the girls had only $50
to spare, so | advanced her $50"
Manager T. L. Johnson was commits
Z stoned to buy the bonds.
ut is a splendid way to save money.
II one has a Liberty bond, he or she
always has money, because In time
OF stress you can sell it,f was the
comment OF Agnes Foster.
Members of the company are pro-
melting Liberty bond sales ameng the
theatrical people they meet.
They are an o. K. bunch" re-
marked Jim Barton. head liner OF the
company,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12
Ask Resignation Of
Episcopal Bishop
For Stand On War

Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct, H.
The Right Rev. Paul Jones, bishop
of Salt Lake diocese of the Episcopal
church, has been asked to resign his
position, The demand was made by
his council of advice, the vestrymen
of St, PauPs church, and the dean.
wardens and vestrymen of St, Marks
Cathedral parish late last night.
In their conviction that Bishop
Jones had forfeited his right to be
leader of the diocese by his alleged
unpatriotic attitude and his member
ship in associations not in sympathy
with the national struggle for human
rights and the democracy. the vestry-
men at two meetings went on record
unanimously eendemning him for his
stand he has taken towards the gov
ernment of the United States,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12
German Diplomats Land
On American Shores

A Pacific Port, Oct. 1.-THE
Dutch steamer oranje arrived tor
day from the orient with large
number of German and Austrian
diplomats aboard, It was reported,
Government officials, headed by
secret service men, boarded the
vessel. No mairwas allowed to land
and all information with withheld,
None of the passengers was per-
mitted to leave the steamer.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12


dent OF the Nebraska Bankers at the
afternoon session, succeeding Dan
Morris of Kearney,
The following men were elected to
the executive council; Rollie w, Ley,
Wayne; r. A. Cuseaden, Omaha; A.
I. Johnson, Chadron; w, w. Head,
Omaha.
At short session given over to the
American Bankers association the
following Nebraska officers OF the as-
sociation were elected; Vice president,
American Banksrs' association. Har,
vey Ostenburg, Seottsbluff; member
Of the executive council, George K
Haverstick, Omaha; vice president
national bank section, !, R, Alter,
Grand Island; vice president trust
eompany section. George w, Holmes,
Lincoln; vice president savings bank
section, c. A. McCloud, York; memr
ber executive council, 7, l., Math-
ews, Fremont; alternate, !. T. May,
Fremont
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12
General 0bregon Gives
School for Officers Praise

Fort Sheridan, H., Oct A,-Gen-
eral Alvaro Obregon, former chief OF
the CarNHza forces, had enly high
praise for the students at the officers
training camps. which he visited yes
terday, General obregon Is on a tour
of the United States. N---
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12
Russ Take Tuo Kurd
T0UHs and Manu- Men

Pstragrad, Oct. li.--In Kurdis-
tan, southeast Of Lake Van, Russian
troops have been engaged in sue
cessful operations against the
Kurds, capturing numbers of them,
occupying two villages and driving
the remainder to the banks Of the
Great Zab river.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12
Robbers Shoot Express
AGENT and Get $4,000

Hoboken, n. J, Oct. ll,-Four
m~sked robbers held up two Adams
Express company employees, shot one
of them, Ernest Heeker, clerk, in
the back and escaped with money re-
ported to amougt to $4,000 here to-
dau
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12

GERMANS LOSE TWICE In WEST-In an effort to hold up
another British drive Flanders the Germans launched
heavy infantry attacks % against Hags position
Aisne and Champagne Both attacks broke down under
the fire of British and French Both Paris and Berlin
report extremely heavy artillery fire the Champagne 'front.'
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12
Cuthbert Potter Injured
In Automobile Accident

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. l0.--(Special
Telegram,l - Lieutenant Cuthbert
Potter, an Omaha boy, on duty at
Camp Dodge, was seriously injured
in an automobile accident today, His
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12

subscription to the subscriptions an
nouneed at the mass meeting in the
Commercial club Tuesday. Here Is
table of the previous total, with the
four new subscriptions listed:
Previous tetal ,,,............,..1sI49 I49Ss50
N. G, Peters Mill Co. ...,........ $4,000
Loese-Wtss Biscuit Co. ..,...,,.. 25.0oO
w. J. Hyhes Go. ,..,,,..,.,.s,,, 10000
Omaha ceenerage Co. .,........, 1000
Total to date ,E,5bisbo
This does not yet include any OF the
scores OF items of subscriptions taken
by the many committees which spent
the day Wedne day canvassing vari-
Gus sections OF the city. 1t includes
only those companies now making be.
lated reports which they intend to be
ready to make at Tuesdays mass
meeting and which for one reason or
another, they could not announce at
that time.
On account Of the difficulty OF com-
piling the figures coming in from day
10 day from the many committees at
work, it has been impossible as yet
10 get any accurate totals on the re-
suits OF the first days work. The
committees under their various team
heads, however, are still at work
combing the city,
Throughout the state the biggest
part OF the drive will begin next week.
THIS is partly due to the fact that the
bankers, who are all taking part in
the Liberty loan drive, are this week
attending the bankers convention in
Omaha. IL
While at the convention, hewever.
the Liberty lean drive ahead OF them
is occupying a~iarge part of thsir at
tention. This morning the Omaha
branch of the Fedetal Reserve bank at |
Thirteenth and Farnamj streets was
packed with bankers from all parts OF
the state, They took the epportun,
ity TO run down there before their
convention got under way TO ask
many questions as to the campaign on |
Liberty bonds. They bombarded Man,
ager Eastman and others at the Fed.
eral Reserve bank with pointed and |
detailed questions as to how the Fed
cral Reserve bank wants the cam
paign conducted, how the Omaha fel,
lows are conducting their campaign
how they conducted the first one,
where the most successes were at
tanned, and where and what were the
principal obstacles, In fact, they filled
themselves full OF information and
suggestions which they expect to
carry home with them the latter part
OF the week to be put into practice
on the big drive at their respective
homes next week.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12

Ceiralitos, Calf, June 20, 1917.
Bankers Life Insurance Co.,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Dear Ss; Your check for 1904 49, which the matred
cash surrender value of Is pay policy which held in your
company was received yesterday and we'll pleased with my
returns pleased have taken another policy 20 pay this time
and expect to beat it OUT
My oldest boy also carrying 100000 policy in your COM
pany and my oldest daughter thinking Of taking out policy
and have three younger boys who will take insurance when
old enough, If have anything to say about it.
Have paid out in fatea insurance more than enough to
mature ar other policy and Is high cannot keep up so my
money is lost Thanking you'll am yours truly,
W. 0. FOOTE.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12

We wish to contract with new men. Join us and let
us make you some money Write Home Office, Lin
coin, Neb., Dept. H.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12

parents were notified and arrived
from Omaha on one OF the trains late
this afternoon,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12

A satisfied customer means repeat sale. We give
value so as not to sell a man once, but always
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12
BOND
statesmen ARE
WORKING HARD
BeIated Reports Bring Total
Above Seven and a Hall
Million Mark; Bankers
Ask Details.

Liberty bond subscriptions thus far
tabulated in Omaha total $7,sS4,6s0
Four Omaha firms have added their
subscription to the subscriptions an
nounced at the mass meeting in the
Commercial club Tuesday. Here is
table of the previous total, with the
four new subscriptions listed
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12
Gloves for Women

Gloves for Women
Washable leather, suit
able for street wear, in
colors gray, tan, ivory,
Newport and white
Also a full line of Cape
Gloves, $1.25, $l.50 and
$2.25 per pair.
Silk Hose
Phoenix silk in black,
white and colors, $1.25,
per pair.
Black, white and color
ed silks, made with Isle
tops and soles, $l.35 per
pair.
Pure, thread silks, made
with garter tons and
double soles, black and
colors, $1.75 per pair.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12
THOMPSON, ,BELDE1N eco
~ ahe Qaahion Center for 0Vomen' I'D
A CamisoIe
For Your Wardrobe

Beauty in themselves,
describes this new line.
The simple blouse may
be made beautiful and
given the appearance of
another by the change
of a camisole. Very
dainty in appearance
m a d e from beautiful
materials. Prices, $1.75
to $500 each. ,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-12
Mems Handkerchiefs

Imported pure Irish linen
plain hemstitehed-
l9c to $1.50 each.
Hand embroidered initials
35e, soc and 75e.
Cross bar. tape and French
rolled hem handkerchief
sse to $l.2s each.