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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
All Liberty Bonds
 Will Be Purchased

7F the second liberty loan has been U going slowly as compared with the first war bond issue, there should be no doubt about the success of the campaien. which closes this month.
 What has been disappointing to the treasury department is the apparent apathy among wage workers and peo- ple of moderate means. If the sale should be dragging still when "Liberty Day. comes-next Wednesday-there will be a great emergency drive to round up the full amount sought. The banks, trust companies and the big industrial corporations have been prompt to display their patriotism and have responded in fine spirit te all appeals made by Uncle Sam. Ii need be most of them will double their subscriptions next week, ant some of them are ready to do ever more than that.
 But the administration desires t see the bonds widely distributed terri torially and a great bulk subscribe' for in small denominations-s50 an s1Oo.
 Birmingham should make an excel
 lent showing and the indications ar that it will do so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
THE BROADWAY MYTH

George M. Conan, in the American Maga-
 zine.
 New York suffers from the verdicts of people who come with an idea that they are entering a gilded honkytonk, who take a rubberneck wagon out to the phoney mysteries of the moving picture Chinatown, who ask the first policeman where the tenderloin Is, and who want the musical show with the least clothes on. Then they keep the folks at home awake with tales of the vice and shame lessness they saw. They get only the ex- hibition stuff, specially prepared and at tractively labeled for them-and bottled for the trade
 | And it might be recorded here that there is lot of New York and to New York besides Broadway.
 1 New York has many evils that need
 looking after; that is true. So has every other place. Our poor people live 1 in tenements-it's awful. But out in 1 the. country the poor live in shacks with the pigs; that isn't so sanitary, either Our laboring classes toll eight and \
 hours day which is all that the law
 and the walking delegates let them. IT. the country the hired men get up at o'clock and hustle till g the next night
 so they can well shake their fists a the oppression of the masses in thu
 heartless metropolis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
TELEPHONE

BEGINNING THE DAY-May my service, my worship, my prayer God, be not in my thought, gooa work, for which I shall be reward ed. or, for the neglect of which, may suffer harm. May 1t all DC the confession of q contrite heart' the adoration of a loving soui' the affectionate approach of chiid to it's father. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
Southern Exhibits
 at Dairy Show

1N HE National Dairy show, which
 U opens today at Columbus, O., will attract large crowds, and it is good to know that the south will be we'll represented in the exhibits.
 Everything pertaining directly or indirectly to the dairy industry re- ceives attention on the part of the national association, and the best way for progressive farmers to keep up with the latest mechanical devices and dairy economies generally is for them to attend the annual show, which in fact is an exposition that has a ready appeal to the public at large.
 The Southern railway system took lively interest in last years dairy show, held in one of the Massachu- sets towns near Boston, and it has done even more Tor the ColumDus event
 ! According to recent announcement the Southern and it's associated line! are making an extensive exhibit tt
 call the attention of northern farm
 CTS to opportunities in the south fo
 dairy farming. "The high price O
 feedstuffs, on which northern farmer
 so largely depend" says the South
 ern's circular, "has made profitabl dairying very uncertain in man
 northern communities. This condl
 ton, together with the large amour of surplus stock feeds grown in tn Isouth and the success of dairy farm CTS already located there, is causln
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
BATTLEFIELD A YEAR AFTER A British Private in the English Maga-

A British Private in the English Maga-
 zine, Garden.
 have just travelled up the line again for the second time. am not so very far away from the spot where was last time, but the change that has happened since I left the line toward the end Of last year has impressed me very much. have crossed theold battlefield of year ago--the ground that we were fight ing for so hard-and 1t is unacceptable from what it was as I saw 1t last. Ma ture has exerted her very utmost to cover up all the terrible havoc that has been done and 1t Is now most beautiful gar den. It is absolutely covered with flow CTS as far as the eye can reach ana
 the effect is most pleasing. The banks or l the old trenches are covered with white l dog daisies, and the vivid red of great patches of peoples has a splendid enect. l There are thousands of beautiful mauve 1 sweet scabious and pink and mauve dou- l ble poppies The loveliest flower to be seen, however, is the cornflower. It Is such a rich intense blue; there are l whole fields of it. and the sight is most l glorious There are some tall yellow | flowers, very much like mustard, and the
 reddish brown seed of the dock plant adds to the effect. Here and there ars large pools of water, caused by the shei
 holes The trees, too, that were blowr to bits have thrown out shoots to covel
 up the ugly stumps The unlevel natur'
 of the ground adds a great deal to th'
 beauty of the scene; truly a most lovel, wild garden. Last year 1t was horribl l, inferno; this year a veritable paradise
 It proves what Yns Great Gardener eel do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
Fame of nr naxis

T believe you have monument Tn your city erected in one of your parks in honor of the late Dr. w. E. B. Davis,' said Mai. J. E. Runcie T remember hearing one of the famous Mayo brothers pay him very high compliment as be- ing the leading surgeon in certain spe- cialty. just happened to remember that this was his home town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
Wants AlI-Day Shopping

q wish the papers, civic bodies, and women's club would take up the question of creating a sentiment for all-day shop- ping" said Louis Pizitz. "As it Is now, the bulk of the trading is between Ii and p. m., which makes it hard on the salesforce and unpleasant for the GUS toners. do not know just how they can remedy the matter, but if 1t couio be done it would greatly assist the mer- chants and their employees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
ROSA DI BATTAGLIA om Daly, in the Philadelphia :

Tom Daly, III the Fhlladelphla EveH&n
 Ledger. I gonna get away from here -
 So soon dat am able, But Oncla Joe he say: My dear. @
 Com! wait for me, on table," $ Me cen Italia restaurant, ~
 You, mebbe, theenk ees funny, @ But Tow I gonna reach da front - Except mak' som money?? So, ''Ravioli, stew, Coffee; mak' eet two; Macaroni. puddin'. corna starch!' Datsa wat I cry Ala time dat ~ Fen among da tables-ForwArd maze wanta be weeth my Giusepp l So soon dat I am able, @ don'ta like dees goosa-step - l Aroun' da deener table, = I My uniform ees cen deesgrace = 1 Among da macaroni, = But how I gona leave dees place = l Except I mak' som morey2 . l So Salad, fish, spaghat'
 Beef-an playnta fat
 Waternelon, peacha, corna starch, Dat'sa way fight. z
 Morna, noona, night
 Fen among da tables<-ForWaxd mos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
w HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Racing Secretary Busy

l am having a busy season." said Joe Spanier, racing secretary Alabama fairs. " have dates at Tuscaloosa, Dothan, Troy, Meridian, Miss. and Blakely, Ga.
 I'll never forget the first automobile race that was pulled off at the Troy fair. A tire exploded and the machine flew the track and crashed into a house and killed a woman. Fox Henderson, who was president, called the races off, and when they tried to start them the next day ran them off the track. He is big man in his town and when he sets his end to it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

A RETURN ENGAGEMENT Lay aside your heavy garments, Doff your overcoat awhile See the sun is brightly shining Summers back again in style Even though the coal man grumbles, We should worry over that We who have to feed furnace
 To keep warm a little flat. If these balmy days would finger We'd be saving money fast, But we have a shrewd suspicion That they're much too good to last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
Admission Merchant. Bencfiting

''The Anniston merchants are pulling in the long green D said Merlin Herzfeld, who spent Tuesday there. The real need of the place is moro hotels. and this need Is going to be partially met by the hotel soon to be completed by H. l.. Bailey of Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
many northern dairymen to consider southern locations"

many northern dairymen to consider southern locations" The southern exhibit at Columbus has been especially collected and ar ranged "to give a forceful demon stration of the advantages the south possesses in the way of field crop production" Particularly attractive is large display of this seasons corn grown in Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia. Some of this corn is from fields planted in July and cut in ESeptember," thus demonstrating that the southern farmer need have no fear of frost damages.
 Along with the products which are of especial interest to the dairy farmer, the Southern's exhibit in cludes specimens of all the crops raised in sections served by the South ern system.
 As result of the south's display at the last National Dairy show many northern farmers have bought lands and located in this part of the coun- Itry, and that they are prospering goes without saying, for they understand dairying thoroughly and are full of energy the year round.
 Alabama is making fast headway as a dairy state, and the Columbus show will stimulate greatly this inn portant industry hereabouts.
  after November 1. In other words, the , motorist with a penchant for stepping on the gas" simply for the fun of the thing will have to find some other way tc 5 spend his idle time l When a Prussian statesman says Ger raine, he's talking through his hat, h' :. knows he's talking through his hat. ant the allies know he's talking through hi hat
 z A great deal depends on the potato crol of Germany. Now, if an army of potat bugs would invade the fatherland and de ' fy Teuton scientists to exterminate them the war might be shortened considerably
 When Senator Vardaman circulate r of Mississippi these days he makes abou = as much noise as "Gumshoe Bip' Stone l. pussyfooting through Missouri.
  '- There is a tea famine in London. Tn
 suffering there is doubtless intense,
 the average Briton would as soon thin
 ernoon cup O tea. x. <
 The fair Annette Kellermann recent ii took part in patriotic pageant, bu Id strange to say, she kept on a few clothe
 The morale of the Russian navy
 nothing to brag about, yet it seems ab
 to cope with the boasted German navy. IT, o watch the women," says a conter T. porary. As if any normally constitute
 man needed urging to do that. " x no The Kaiser was reported last in Co stantinople. Wilhelm is smashing all re
 ords as an imperial gadabout io It strikes us that Senator LaFoilet is rather bumptious for man W
 hasn't leg to stand on. to MT. Bryan the patriot is making 1e much greater hit with the masses tn ., MT. Bryan the pacifist. )le $ * nd Cheap eggs are promised a year tr' ,,, now. But who wants to live F mont
 without eggs?
 +o In two years from now the house :. Hohenzollern may be sadly in need of pairs.
 War could be worse. There are no j;
 bands at the front.
 * * el- MT. Jawn McGraw has lately b' ire doing some deep and possibly bit
 thinking.
 TAKING HIM SERIOUSLY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
r.xINc HIM SERIOUSLY

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
 New York humorists are working for Mayor Mitchell" says the Birmingham -Age-Herald But why? Mitchell IS no iole
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
Smokers Patriotic

have very few complaints against the recent raise in the price of cigar cites" said Pryor Plumlee, the genial cigar man at Third avenue and Nine- teenth street. "The main increase is that on cigarettes, the 5-cent packages now being 6 cents, and the Decent packages F cents It certainly Is bringing the brown coin back into usefulness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
Washington Bureau. POT Hibbs Build

Washington Bureau. 2o7 Hipos 6u'AN- ing. rso. European bureau. Henrietla Covent Garden, London. Eastern business office. Rooms 70 ~ , 50. inclusive, Tribune Building Ne" York city. western business Tribune BuMling. Chicago. The o' beekwIth Special Agency aSeh'S foreign advertising.
 ~~ Member of the Associated Prcas The Age-Herald Is the only mornine and Sunday newspaper in Birmins nan carrying the Associated Press oAs- patches. The Associated Press Is exclusivels entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited 10 II or not otherwise credited in this pape. and also tho local news puonshe' herein.
 All rights of republication or spe- cial dispatches herein are also fe- served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
A DISAPPOINTED MAN

A DISAPPOINTED MAN Time was the Kaiser figured 2 That he could whip the woriu' . Into the shock of battle His mighty legions hurled. Then waited for the triumph That he was sure to get; Alas for Prussian glory, The Kaiser's waiting yet.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. The Kaiser must now greatly miss, Kind words for which he's yearnep' The reason-it is simply this Our Senate has adjourned
 Savannah Press
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
Had Record-BreaIsing openinE

We certainly have every right to be pleased with our branch here" says Dan Lahan, local manager of the National Dollar Shirt company. we had an open ing that smashed all records made by any store anywhere owned by this com- pany."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
PAINFUL CONFESSION

"Is your ice cream pure7'
 "we have the purest ice cream in town, ma'am."
 "But the dealer across the street says the same thing about his cream"
 "Alas, na'am, I'm sorry to say It, but there are people in business who have no regard for the truth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
THERE'S \ DIFFERENCE

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Camp Mcclellan Dry as Sahara Headline.
 Dryer There are oases in the desert.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18

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 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
TIMELY MATTER

s.rhis is a naterianstio age," remarked MT. Dubwaite. 'rNcw, can you imagine a crowd of street loafers gathered around a poet while he roads from his own worksf''
 ..why. yes,p replied MT. rwoonle. TT the fellow happened to be one cf the baseball poets and were celebrating the world series in snappy sonnsts. dars say he would draw a large crowd"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
THE BRIGHTER SIDE


 THE BRIGHTER SIDE CT must say that Jibway is one of the most optimistic men I have ever met" Tn what particular"
 He has been rubbing hair tonics on his bald head for 20 years
 "And still hopes to grow hairr' "No but he says the exercise has de- yeloped his arms and shoulders"
 LIGHT WORKER "These farmerettes are showing people that a girl can do something else be- sides firt."
 T don't know about that" replied the cynical old farmer. T had one or them hired here last week and all she did was to flirt with her job"
 A FINAL FLING
 "A confirmed golf player died in our town yesterday" well, what about itY Even . soii player has to die some day" "Just before he breathed his last he rose on one elbow and said: .Forer but there was such a cynical look on his face, members of his family thought he might have meant four as that many doctors were at his bedside"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-18
DocTBINE OF CHEER
;litbers calls himself a hedonist."

"Glithers calls himself hedonist "Is that so? What's the party em- blem?"
 "why-ef-the smile that won't come off. 'T
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
DENY PLEA FOR HIGHER RATES
interstate Commerce Commission Says
There is no Reason for a Hori-
zontal Increase Now.

Washington, June 3O--The Inter
state Commerce Commission today de-
nied the plea Of the railroads of the
United States for a horizontal increase
Of 10 per cent in freight rates.
In its decision the commission indi.
Gated its willingness to increase class
rates in the Eastern district approx.
mately IA per cent. Since about one.
fourth of the freight handled is moved
under class rates, the decision virtual.
~ allows the Eastern lines about 4
per cent increase in gross freight
venue Increases sought in rates on
coal, coke and iron will be granted.
The commission found, as a result
OF the extended hearings, that the car
riers generally show a substantial and
increasing financial prosperity and
that have ample resources with which
to conduct transportation.
Little sympathy was given the ar,
guments of the roads that were vic.
tins Of war prices, the commission
holding that the carriers have profited
by the mobilization of troops.
The commission suspended the pro.
posed tariffs until October 2S. but it
indicated that no rehearing of the case
will be of value at this time, and sug-
gested cancellation of the tariffs.
The commission finds that the
gloomy forecasts of jeopardized in.
comes, see by railroad officials early
in 1917, have not been borne out by
the figures available for later months.
The proceedings were brought in
March, when the returns from Febru.
airy were just being made. February
was one of the worst months in rail.
road history. The subsequent months
have shown increasing revenues, while
expenses have, in many cases, failed
TO mount to the extent the carriers
officials feared.
The decision points out that the car.
riers' comparisons have been made
largely with those Of 1916. which was
the banner year in railroad earnings.
and adds that the 1917 income might
be considerably diminished without
necessarily indicating a danger point
in earnings.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
MUST FURNISH OIL TO NAVY
Secretary Daniels Orders Producers
to Send Supplies at once-To
Fix Price Later.

Washington. July EFFECTIVE to.
day Secretary Daniels has ordered all
oil and gasoline companies to furnish
to the government such supplies of
oil and gasoline as the navy needs
the price to be fixed later
This arrangement is to stand until
September l, by which time the navy.
with the aid of the federal trade com.
mission, expects to have the oil and
gasoline price worked out with the
large oil producers. Each big com.
pany is given an allotment Of oil and
gasoline and told TO supply ii. The
Kansas and Oklahoma companies are
included.
Advance payments, under the Dan.
iels order, win be made for fuel oil
delivered at Port Arthur, Tex, at the
rate of S1.26 a barrel and SlOS a bar.
rel at San Francisco.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
Big Increase in Exnnrts.

American exports in May were
ralued at S551, 900, 900. a gain
Of nearly $21, 900 over April,
according to a statement issued
by the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce of the De-
partment of Commerce. The to-
tai exports for the II months
ending with May were valued at
nearly $6,183, 900, 900, the high
est figure ever recorded for any
one year.
Imports for May were valued
at 1921, 100000 the greatest to-
tai for any one month in the
history of American commerce.
For the year ending with May
goods to the value of So, 100000
were imported into the United
S-tates-another record.
Merchandise entered free of
duty in May amounted to 71%
of the total, and for the ~
month period to $685..
The imports of gold in May
were $685. OO, 900 and the ex-
ports $58,OOO,O 900. The net i'm
ports of gold for the IL months
ended with May were $776,OOO,-
600.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
MAY Be CIVIL WAR IN CHINA
Washington Receives News Of At
tempt to Restore the Manehu by.
nasty in That Country.

Washington, July 3.-The restora-
ton Of the Manchu dynasty in China
has been demanded of President Ii
by Gen Chang Msun and other mill.
tary leaders, according to State De.
partment adyices from Minister
iieinsch today. Civil war in China
Is feared if the m~ilitarists have the
power behind them that they seem
to have.
The monarchial coup dictate came
just at the time when peace was be-
ing restored in China. The militar-
lists, who had set up a separate GOV
eminent at Tientsin in order to force
President Ii to dissolve Parliament.
and the southern provinces. which
had threatened armed resistance to
such action, had finally come to.
modified their demands and
united behind President Ii IN a coali.
ton cabinet.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
WINES AND BEER WILL STAY

Washington, June 30.-Interyentiou
Of President Wilson today checked the
bone dry" national prohibition move.
ment in Congress. Confinement OF
prohibition Legislation to distilled
beverages withou, interference with
manufacture OF beer ard wines, II is
generally agreed, will result.
Prohibition leaders were asked by
the President, in order to prevent de.
lay in passing the food control bill.
to drop their fight against the mana
facture of beer, wines and other light
Intoxicants, With a formal response
from the "drys" deferred. Senate lead
ers Of all factions quickly reached an
understanding to limit absolute pro-
hibitlon TO distilled tpirits.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
Are You One of Them?

There are a great many peo-
pie who would be very much ben
Gifted by taking Chamberlain's
Tablets for a week or disorder
ed stomach. Are you one of
them? Mrs. M. R. Scarf, Bald
winsville, N. Y, relates her ex-
perience in the use of these tab
lets: 81 had a bad spell with
my stomach about six months
ago, and was troubled for two
or three weeks with gas and Sc
we're pains in the pit of my
stomach. Our druggist advised
me to take Chamberlain's Tab
let's. | took a bottle home and
the first dose relieved me won
derfully, and | kept on taking
them until | was cured" These
tablets do not relieve pain, but
after the pain has been relieved
may prevent its recurrence.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Secret investigation by government
agents has disclosed a great conspir
acy to destroy or hinder shipping ON
the Great Lakes and thereby DELAY
organization of American armies and
check the flow of food and munitions
from the western states to the AT,
lantic coast.
The Greek destroyer Doxa. man.
ed By French officers and crew. has
been blown up in The Mediterranean.
Twenty.nine mon, including all the Of.
ficers, were lost, an official report
from Paris says
General Chang Hsun has inform.
ed President Ii Yuma Hung that he
must retire, because the Manchu En-.
peror Hsuan Tung has been restored
to the throne. Hsuan Tung has issued
a mandate announcing his succession
to the throne of China.
Members Of the Senate agricul,
tural committee and Herbert G.
Hoover, food administrator, were in
conference recently at the Capitol
discussing amendments and measures
to expedite the iood control legisla.
tion.