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The broad ax., 1917-02-24
Rrifieh laiaa

Great Britain is an island In which
are located the countries Of England.
Scotland and Wales. Ireland is an is
land by itself. These two large islands
together, with the numerous small is
lands adjacent, constitute the British
isles
The broad ax., 1917-02-24
Too Much.

Doctor-Have you tried counting up
to 1907 Insomnia Patient-Yes, but at
forty remember that's the amount Of
your bin, and at eighty my wife's new
gown gets my goatlExchange.
The broad ax., 1917-02-24
In an Emsruency.

Tripplets-What did your chauffeur
do when your wife tainted? Abbens-
He didn't do anything till some one ID
the crowd hollered, "Give her an
Then he got his pump.-Town Topics
The broad ax., 1917-02-24
When It's True.

There's no sentiment in business"
he said coldly.
mot when you want to give some
body little the worst Of it." the other
fellow replied.-Detroit Free Press.
The broad ax., 1917-02-24
She Meant We'll,

The late Sir Wilfrid Lawson, the
nSid apostle Of Temperance, while on
Q week end visit made the acquaint-
esee OF sharp young lady q seven.
y when On leaving hs aid: New.
" oser. No have ben taking some
INA ] an sure Jon have no des who
laR"
"a - have 10 i,atas nissy
- zen sFs u eslsAratpd
s9Ase'-Lsala onsAaA
The broad ax., 1917-02-24
lahatAna, ShAlla

When q lobster is about to shed fits
shell the latter splits down the back
and drops or In two equal parts. Then
the tail slips out Of the shell like a
finger out Of q glove.
The broad ax., 1917-02-24
More Than Serious.

Eulalia elderly heiress) - Do you
think the baron regards me seriously?
Rosa-Seriouslyi Why, my dear, every
time I mention you he looks positively
sad.-Efiegende Blaetter.
The broad ax., 1917-02-24
Keen Sense Of Smell.

The aborigines Of Peru can In Inc
darkest night and In the thickest Wo0o'
distinguish respectively Q white m,n'
Q negro and one Of their own race "
the sense Of smell
The broad ax., 1917-02-24
Nothing Particular.

Mrs. Benham-What sort Of looking
woman Is shel Benham-Oh, I don't
know. She has ons Of those standard
faces, with mouth. nose. eyes, etc
Chicago Herald.
The broad ax., 1917-02-24
Men and Wemsn.

Men ought to b mighty good % W
men. for nature gave them the Dig ~.
Of the log to hft and mighty n
strength to do Il with.-Lincoln.
The broad ax., 1917-02-24
Raal Lena

The Giri-Do you really love ma, Or
do yoQ only think sol Ths Roy-oh. I
really love ysui haven't thought. A
deuced thing about it-ExehaneA
The broad ax., 1917-02-24
Well Trained.

your daughter did wen to Lard ts'
young millionaire"
Il savs her q good bushes
ttun.-Puck.
The broad ax., 1917-02-24
Natural prsfsrsnoa.

DO you believe much In wives 10 or
dsfr
-Td rather have one ready maid
Baltimore American.
The broad ax., 1917-02-24
Tfahtwad.

Miss B.-what a frightful night for
Q dance! But, Of course, you've q taxi?
Frugal Suitor-Well, not exactly, but
I've brought you rubbera-Ltfa
The broad ax., 1917-02-24

Deliberate With ca1tioa. but scs vsen
asciaons yieh VIII e.ic,eusnses q
oppose with frn1sR -.
The broad ax., 1917-02-24
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Coed Nlahk.

He-Let me stay IN hour mere, dear;
Just IN hour BY ths clock. she-But
BUtA the clock DOESN'T ased Company.
Penn Tnth.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
SECTION A

= t1 1-The Jacob Jones. United States de- stroyer. is sunk and GA men are miss ing.
 Italians engage in terrific struggle to hold their lines. Halifax life loss is now placed at 40ao Csaston 5. Means is subjected to grill- ing on cross examination. Ecuador joins nations at war Revolution is reported in Portugal. 2-Judge Teasley announces his candi- dacy for governorship. 4--Editorial comment. Ned Brace. 5-Important ruling made by local suu. committee. Says home guard movement should be Retail dealers ask fuel board to rush coal. Extra features at community sing C. Frank Carpenters letter. 1Sitrate district towns booming like mining camps s-Food preparedness bureau will maks fight for funds.
 SECTION B. 1-Sports 2. 2 and 5--Ncws of auto world H. Amusements
 SECTION (. 1-e-4-a--Society Dent talks about universal militars} shipbuildng company buys more land in Mobile. & Fashions 9I-sds Mary letter. To- Dolly Dalrymple, |, Birmingham may become musical center of south. It. Markets.
 SECTION b Colnlc supplement-
 SECTION E. Rotosravure. 4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
WINTER
 STORM 0F YEAR
 SWEEPING SOUTH


 Washtantorb December S-One of the severest storms of the year was pass ing down the St. Lawrence river lo | night the weather bureau announced causing widespread snow in the north and rain in the south, the precipitation covering practically one third of the United States
 Nesh casterly gales were exper- fenced during the day on the Atlantic coast from IIatteras to Nantucket and westerly gales on the lower lakes, while there was marked fall in tenn perature from the. Ohio valley south ward to the gulf and the readings to right ranged from 25 to a5 degrees be - low the seasonable average. The cold Wave is expected to extend into Flor ida with temperatures near freezing in the southern ervd of thatAstate. Snow will continue tomorrow in northern New England and along the lower lakes. the forecast said. Tn oth- er sections the weather will be fair. hSS with temperatures 10 to 20 de- sgrS<S below tonisht's readings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
ITALIANS ENGAGED w TERRIFIC
 STRUGGLE TO HOLD THEIR LINE
Austro-G Germans Throwing Tremendous Pressure on Front il, Effort to Break Through to the Venetian Plains Claim 16,0O0 Pris- Oners

New York, December s.--From all ca bles received the Associated Press makes the following summary of the news from war fronts.
 Military interest centers at present on
 the Italian front where the central
 powers are declared in Rome dispatches to be developing their maximum mill- tary effort of the war
 F The terrific struggle still finds its focal point on the Asiago plateau, where Field Marshal Conrad Won Hoetzendorf's army, reinforced to great strength, is trying to force the passes which lead to the Italian plains. His troops, so far lin the fighting, have captured some 16, ,Oop~ Italians, according to the German reports, and have succeeded in pushing l a distance into the Italian defensive po- sitions.
 ITALIANS BRAVE ! The bravery of the Italian troops, who have sacrificed themselves in large mum bers in blocking the enemy advance, has | kept the holding line intact, however, as lit receded. Even the heaviest enemy masses thrown against the defenses, seemingly regardless of losses, have not sufficed to effect a break in the chain lof strong positions in which the Italians ! are now continuing their stand. | There has been little fighting in the Hast "A hours in the other war theatres. The Cambrai area. in which the line has shifted rapidly as the British and Ger man armies swung back and forth over lit in the last few weeks, is witnessing :; a let-up in the intensity of the activities probably prepara tory to the breaking out of new engagements. The French front continues virtually stagnant.
 Iii the east the front from the Baltic I to the Black sea is auiescent under the Influence of the armistice negotiations. These have been suspended seven days. Iaccording to advices from Petrograd, so that the allies max have an opportunity to express their attitude toward the par l ley influence.
 NEWS FROM RUSSIA With Russia, where the Bolsheviki are stin in control of the reins of govern lment, there are rumors of internal de jyelopments of potential importance. One such is to the effect that former Elm | pcror Nicholas has succeeded in effect linz his escape. Little has developed as to what action the moderate forces ot lthe nation may be contemplating in lcon,batting the Bolshevik measures, one of which is reported to be the inpend- lins repudiation of all of Russians for leigr loans.
 I Tho Americsn navy has suffered the floss of the new type destroyer Jacob lJones. torpedped and sunk while on pa Itro duty in the war zone on the night
 of December Is, with but y of her off
 cers and ciew known to have bee,
 saved out of a total of approximateIs
 1ao on board.
 Ecuador Nas joiucd the important group of soath American nations whtct { haze brokep relations with Germany
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
Sixteen of Az Survivors

Washington, December S.-Ten of the 42 survivors from the Jacob Jones are as follows:
 Lieut.. (junior grade) John K. Rich ards.
 Ensign Nelson N. Gates.
 Assistant Surgeon l.. +. Adamkie- wciz.
 Charles E. Pierce, fireman.
 Timothy Edward Twomey, seaman. John c. Johnson, seaman
 Henry A. Stutzko. Chief machinist's s mate.
 Edward F. Grady. fireman. second class.
 John J. Mulyaney, seaman.
 Myron Flood, seaman. The other four survivors reported besides Commander Bagley and Lieu tenant Scott were: X Chief tBoatswain's Mate Clarence Mcbride, wife Florence Mcbride, Syr- acuse. N. Y Coxswain Ben Nunnery, father Fred A Nunnery, Edgemoor, s. C.
 Chief Electrician Lawrence G. Kel- ly. next of kin not given
 Fireman Joseph Korzeniecky, mother Anna Korzeniecky, Suvive, Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
The Jacob Jones Torpedoed Tn War Zone and OnlU 42 of CreW Are KnoWn
 10 SurDiDe
10 SurDIDe
BRA VIZ MEN ALREADY
 HAD WON HONORS
Commander Bagley, Brother-in-Law of Secretary of Navy, and Five Others Are Picked Up Off Scilly Island-Navy Authorities Are
 Hopeful That Others May Yet
 Be Reported Saved

Washington December 8.-Lieutenant Commander David Worth Bagey and Lieutenant Norman Scott among the survivors rescued after the sinking of the American destroyer Jacob Jones by German submarine in the Thursday night The navy department advised late tonight by Vice Admiral Sims.
 These officers warrant officers and two enlisted men named in the adnras dispatch survivors in addition to the 37 previously reported saved.
 It is now established the five line officers the de stroyer were Harry Hood and 63 missing.
 Sims report that Commander Bagey and the five other saved with him got away in motorboat and were picked up and landed uninjured at the Scilly Islands.
 submarine chases
 first American warshp to fall American to Lieutenant other IS enlisted November 29
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
Six Mess Halls Burn

{ Greenville. $. c, December & Six mess halls of tho Thirtieth division nationa, guard, at Camp Sevler were destroyed N ire early today. The fire occurred III tho infantry regiment that isIs com posed for the most part Of outfits from North Carolina.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
FROM BLACK SEA ID BALTIC GUNS
 REMAIN SILENT For First Time Since War Began Absolute Quiet Reigns on the Entire
 Russian Front

Petrograd, Friday, December 2. Today. for the first time since the war began. not a single shot was fired on the Russian front from the Blpck sea to the Baltic. The cessation of officially began at noon, when the To-day armistice, signed last became effective. Notice of this truce reached the armies on the northern and western fronts yester- day. where the Russian war office communication declared that there had been no hOstilities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

The Richmond district i'll the nortn end, where the poorer people lived extends along the narrows, Q channel that the French munition ship Mont
 Blanc. inward bound with a govern ment pilot aboard, was rammed amid
 ships by the Norwegian steamer Imo,
 proceeding outward bound with car-.
 go for the relief of the Belgians.
 How this crash, not of itself serious,
 ripped open on the decks tanks of
 benzine that trickled down to the en.
 zine room and started a blaze that
 wrecked part of Halifax, rever will
 be explained to the satisfaction of the
 people here, who are still dazed by
 the terror of the gulnt blast that cama
 when tons of high explosives sent a
 wild roar far out to sea, shook the
 very foundation of an area of two
 and half square miles and stripped it bare.
 Nearly every house in the district fell with crash. In nearly all of these fires started and men, women and children, mostly children, were crushed to death or mangled under the debris which a mon1knt later was d roaring flame
 CITY DOES NOT REALIZE There was no chance of escape. The horror surrounding the burning to death of hundreds who were unable to
 move is realized here. but this town has not yet awakened to the enor-, nous loss of life. Estimates of 15e0 dead accepted heretofore as high secIn far below the mark after travelling over the Richmond district. where the brunt of the blow feH..e~ 's Some idea of the powerful havoc of | the explosion was gained as the cot respondent viewed scores of trees, bnrIy of trunk that literally were snapped in two 10 feet from : tho ground Big brick structures camo down with smaller ones of frame, but l it was in these modest dwellings that ithe greatest loss of life occurred Fortunately it happened before hun dre6s of children had gathered at the 1 big school, in the heart of the district. which was wrecked. But most of these i same youngsters were caught whiie playing about their homes.
 SHIP CRUMPLED MASS
 ]! The steamer Mont Blanc nam lnever to be forgotten here. lies across | the stretch of water from the section ! it laid low, a crumpled, blackened hear ] Nearby, hard on the beach, where it i was driven by the explosion, iies tne lcrtppled relief ship, and nearer still 1.-the Canadian cruiser Niobe stands witA no apparent sign of damage. Other and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

smaller ship hulks offer mute evil
 dence of the disaster, while 1400
 freight cars on the water front were burned to the base.
 All over this wide area the story
 is the same. There is sloping hin
 that runs down to the water and at
 the top a church still stands with ev-
 cry window gone, it's walls cracked
 and it's steeple leaning like the Tower
 of Pisa. Around and about on every
 side are the black and charred ruins
 where most of the congregation lived. Further to the edge of the devastated area another church escaped, but ey- cry window frame was ripped out clean.
 DRIFTS OF SNOW It was almost impossible to make progress over the streets because of the great drifts of snow. It lay deep upon the wreckage and tonight it had turned to a solid mass of ice that defied the attempts of searchers to dig through with picks.
 How long it will take this ice to thaw nobody knows. In any other time the
 blizzard yesterday would have caused much suffering, but coming on top of the thousands of volunteers, not person.
 ally afflicted, and demoralized all .ef- fort for concerted searching.
 Right in the heart of this area fires, starting Thursday, blazed tonight like
 bonfires and the crowds moving along the rough snowpaths caught something that made the atmosphere well night unbearable. It was the odor of burning flesh.
 FLAMES LEAVE NO TRACE The flames leave little trace and this fact may give substance to the new Of fcal estimate of 1000 dead There was
 no accurate census of the population of Richmond district Families came and went and when whole families were lost there was no ono left to report their deaths. The Halifax man who has not looked upon this section can no more approximate the death toll than can the Boston man. Picture two and a half square miles of homes torn down by an explosion and then left to the fury tof the flames. and the person 1000 miles away can ret an idea of the extent of the disaster
 There are dismantlcd buildings in the rows of streets that have not yet been | dragged down. The walls lean at dam
 gerous angles, and window blinds. coated
 with ice kept up an all-day Tapping as the wind swept through There are piles
 and piles of sdins that no available force at presen hcre can clear away in weeks. Not much will be found to hep solve the tmaddening riddle as to the
 number cone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
{ lJ .tilt MEANS SUBJECTED ID GR|LL|NG BY
 NEW YORK MAN Defendant, Accused of. Mur- dering Mrs. King, Goes
 Over Long List of
 Transactions

Concord, N. C., December S.-Gaston B. Means on trial in Cabarrus county court for the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, was subjected to long hours of grlling cross examination today by Assistant
 District Attorney Dooling of New York,
 but when he left the stand tonight he apparently was as fresh and as confi- dent as when he began three days ago
 the recital of his version of the death
 of the wealthy Chicago widow
 Today's cross-questioning carried him down through his long recital to the time when he purchased the pistol with
 which Mrs. King was shot. States at
 torneys believed his hardest ordeal was
 yet to come, the cross examination on
 his testimony dealing with the actual
 shooting. That will be started when he
 returns to the witness stand Monday
 morning.
 Y SHARP TILTS
 Sharp tilts between counsel for the
 state and defense began with the open-- ing of court and finally Judge Cline or dered the county sheriff to stand within the bar ito preserve order. The judge announced that this would be the court s and witness day. This apparently suit ed Means and his answers were given in a confident manner. often with a knowing smile to the jury when he had scored a point in answering the cross examiner.
 Means examination today took him over the long trail of his various and sometimes spectacular financial transac- tions from the time he became connected with Mrs. Kings business affairs until the time of her death. He never acted |, f1,,Si ina l. a I never was given power of attorney by her. However. he advised herr as to the handling of her funds.
 SOME EvASIVE. ANSWERS Frequently Means answers to ques- ]! tons were prompt and positive but al-
 most as frequently they were evasives or ais answer was that he could not recall
 without refreshing his memory from re- ceipts and other documents which were l not in court. Often he sought to place 1 the burden for their absence upon the 1 prosecution, alleging that he left them, in I his New York apartment and tbat they were taken in the raid by the police sof 1 New York.
 l The name of Mrs. ] B. Foraker Jr., wife of the son of the late J. B. For aker, former senator from Ohio, was brought into the case late today bs' Mir Dooling when lie asked Means if he ! had not won thousands of dollars from Mrs. Foraker in New York with loaded dice. Means indignantly declared that
 he never threw 'sloaded's dice or won a i thousand dollars of; any other amount either from Mrs. F6raker or Mrs, King. 1 lie also asserted on cross-exannation l that he had never owned ~a pistol in his | life and that the only one he eve, ! bought was the one for Mrs King and I 1rafn which he previously lad asserted l she accidentally killed herself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
Rate Hearing Postponed

Washington December S,<Hearins on westerr raiIfoad appIjea tons for i5 per cent ir,crease in freight rates. set for December | was tpdefinitely postponed today by ths. interstate colpmerce,s com mission at tle request Iof tue railroads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
400 OF 1000 BODIES
 HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED

Late tonight authorities in charge of the various morgues announced that about 400 of the 1000 bodies had been identified.
 But the outstanding fact that has been faced by the local authorities with a courage that challenges the ad- miration of their kinsmen from sonth of the border, is that 10000 persons are destitute and of the number per haps one out of seven is suffering from injuries which in many cases are bound to prove fatal.
 Tonight the work of organizing the various relief units into a workable whole with a general direction that would avoid duplication of effort and tend to the greatest efficiency. was well under way.
 Federal, provincial and Red Cross aid, supplemented by volunteer units
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
White Blanket of
 SnolU NolU Wraps City of Horrors
Correspondent of the Associated Press Tells of Utter Ruin of Halifax and Says People Do Not Yet Realize Just How Great the Loss
 of Life Has Been

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS
 KNOWN TO BE THOROUGH

That both Admiral Sims and the Brit fish authorities have taken every possible < step to find additional survivors was re- { rarded as certain. The sea in the vicinity or tho scene of the tragedy undoubtedly was searched again and again on the chance that other ratts m,ght bo picked up with men. living or dead A patro, of the nearbyA coast also will be main tainea{
 Secretary Daniels said hrst word of the loss of the destroyer had come to him Just before midnight last night It was the bare announcement Of tho fact He inffediately Tabled Admiral Sims for a dffailed report and the ihrief reply made fShlic today Twas rcceivll this morning. Traditional details will 'he announced IS Fthey arc received.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

Admiral Sims terse message reporting the loss of the Jacob Jones did not state how the attack was made. It IS known, however, that the Jones was on patrol duty between 400 and Se0 miles off shore. What vessels accompanied her was not revealed. but Admiral Sims re- ports showed that one vessel rescued 30 men and another seven. They sent tnis information by radio and 1t was immedi- ately transmitted to Washington.
 DANIELS STILL HOPES
 OTHERS MAY SURVIVE
 Secretary Daniels stoutly held to his hopes that other patrol craft possibly without wireless equipment. had rescued more of the destroyer's company. MT. Daniels showed plainly the strain of his personal anxiety, as well as that over the greatest loss to the navy thus far Tn the war. Commander Bagleys mother has lived for several years at the secre- tary's home. With her daughter, Mrs. Daniels, she was stunned by the news of the disaster. Another of her sons, Ensign Worth Bagley, was the only American naval officer killed in the war with Spain. He, too, was on a destroyer, being killed by a. shell aboard the Wins low in the attack on Cardenas. Cuba, in April. 1898.