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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20

Washington, August 19.-The legislative programme remaining for the extra ses- sion of Congress has assumed such deh- mite form that leaders tonight expressed hope for vacation about September l5. or not later than October l.
 Included in the programme for disposal within the next three or four weeks are:
 MAIN FEATURES
 The g, ,oos COG, 600 war tax bill.
 A new war budget authorizing about s7, 800, ,o0o. .00o,o0O in bonds. porbably at per cent, for new loans to the allies and to retire the s3oOO,Ooo.ooo of S1z per cent bonds already authorized and pro viding for s2o0o,OOoooo worth of certifi- of small denomination war savings cer- tificates.
 A deficiency appropriation measure ag- gregating between s6O0o.0 600 and ST. Ooo,0ooooo now being prepared by the House appropriations committee.
 The administration trading with the enemy bill. which passed the House July Il.
 The administration measure for insur- ance of soldiers and sailors.
 The Webb export trade bill peace resolutions in the Senate, extension of the espionage act and several minor measures.
 NO REAL OPPOSITION
 Most of these measures, leaders be- lieve, can be disposed while the war tax bill is in conference Should obstructive
 
 portant bills some may be postponed un- til Congress reassembles.
 Passages by the Senate this week of the war tax bill is expected by leaders of both parties. but many members be- lieve it will go over into next week. To- morrow the Senate. having disposed of virtually all minor questions. will enter upon decisive and vigorous disputes over the incomes. war profits. publishers and consumption tax provisions. Senator LaFollette plans a lengthy speech tomorrow. in an effort to increase the income and profits rates. with Sen ate sentiment strong against for a higher levy on war profits.
 PEACE DEBATE COMING
 Immediately after passage of the rev. enue measure. Senate leaders plan to give short time to peace debate, on resolution of Senator LaFollette and others. Administration and some re- publican leaders expect to overwhelm- ingly table pacifist proposals. probably in open session.
 Tn the House, the "gentlemen's agree ment," under which business has been suspended for several weeks. will expire this week. Next Saturday the ways and means committee will take up Secretary McAdoo's proposed new war budget and the House will reassemble the following Monday prepared to dispose promptly of both the bond issue and the new war appropriation measure under prepara- sion.
 Senate committees will meet tomorrow for action on the trading with the enemy. Webb export and espionage amendment bills.
 Confirmation of most of the 200 major and prigadier generals recently nomi- mated and of former Representative Vic tor Murdock of Kansas to the federal trade commission also is expected dur ing the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
German General Talks
 of ssthe Next War; and
 Is Cheered in Prussia
yon LiebertT Says They Must Hold Flanders Coast, Keep Colonies
 and Maritime Bases

Amsterdam. August 1s. General von Liebert. in speech at Rathenow, Prus- sia. is quoted by the Deutsche Tages zeitung as saying:
 ''We cannot sign a peace before we have the Flanders coast, q colonial e:n- pire and maritime base. Should we not realize now. we must prepare to work for it after the war in view of the next war"
 General Ilebert's speech was loudly cheered by his hearers. but 1t wac criti- cized by the German press.
 yorwaerts declared: This may pro- long the war until Germany has been so beaten even our pangermans cannot think of next time.'''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
New Siberian Residence
 of Deposed Czar Given
 in Formal Announcement

Petrograd. August 1s.-It was of hcially announced today for the first time that the new residence of Nicholas Romanoff, the deposed Russian Empsr- or. is at Tobolsk. western Siberia town which recently achieved dubious publicity in revolutionary Russia as tho birthplace of Gregory Rasputin. the mystic monk. who wielded remarka- ble influence over the ex-enperors family up to the time of the priests assassination in Petrograd last Decem- Der.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
Only One Man Known
 to Have Been Killed
 in Canadian Explosion
Monetary Loss of Munition Company at Rigaud, Quebec, Placed at
 Two Million Dollars

Montreal, August 19.-Oniv one person is known to have been killed by the ex- plosions which destroyed the powder plant of the Curtis X Harvey Co. limited. at Rigaud. near here, yesterday. Six workmen were injured severely. This statement was made tonight by T. H. Curtis, director of the company.
 The dead man is Gordon Shortrede. a foreman employed at the plant. Search for other bodies was continued, but the condition of the smouldering ruins ham pered the work The monetary loss was placed at $2,oo0,o0o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20

strike has been called for Tuesday at Middlesboro, Ky. David Robb of the United Mine Workers, with offices at Pineville. Ky, makes the statement that of the 1s.oOO strikers. $500 have been re-employed in mines recognizing the union F. G. Davis, United States mediator, after a five days investiga- tion. has forwarded his report to Wash ington. It's contents is not divulged. No mines in the Middlesboro district are now working. Operators say that not a single rino of consequence has signed with the union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
l.. & N. Is Carrying Out
 Order of Commission
 As to Atmore Connection

Mobile. August 19,-L.ouisville and Nashville railroad officials here were informed today that work has begun at Atmore connecting the Gulf. Florida and Alabama with the rails of the for mer system. This is in compliance with an order fro mthe Alabama public ser vice commission given on | plea from Atmore merchants
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
Krupp Workers Strike

Amsterdam. August l9.-The Lokal Anseiger states that several hundred workmen employed in Krupps' Madge- burg plant have gone on strike owing to the arrest of one of their leaders. The deputy commander in chief in- formed a deputation Of workers that the man under arrest was accused ot high treason because he had distrib- uted handbills melting workers to. Btrike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20

The enemy Is adopting the system of scattering his advance forces over a great depth Cunningly constructed strongholds among the myriad of shell holes along the front now conceal in- numerable small and more or less iso- lated garrisons of men who formerly fought shoulder to shoulder along great stretches of picturesque ditches, through which communication was not broken for miles.
 REASON OF CHANGE
 This alteration has been brought about by the evergrowing preponderance of British artillery which has buried the German front line trenches under an avalanche of shells and has left the de- lenses nothing but heaped furrows of earth and has made the famous dugouts veritable man traps in which countless thousands have lost their lives without a chance of fighting back.
 DEUCE OF STEEL
 The continuous deluge of breaking impossible and as the Germans were gradually pushed back they, of neces- sity, were forced to invent another mode of stemming the ever advancing tide. So 1t has come to the depth of defenses upon which the German depends in many places rather than the strength of his first line trenches. The recent allied offensive east and north of Ypres disclosed many examples of this new scheme of fighting, which bids fair to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
BRITISH ADVANCE 5OO YARDS NEAR TYRES ON 4 FRONT OF ABOUT ONE MILE Germans Continue to Attack French in Vosges and on Aisne Without Success AVIATORS OF ALLIES ARE WORKING HAVOC IN REAR OF TEUTONS Many Positions Back of Lines Are Successfully Bombed--Raids Ex-
 tend As Far Away As the
 Dutch Border
ITALIAN OFFENSIVE

Vienna, August 2o.--tvia London) The Italians have begun another big offensive against the Austrians in the Isonzo region of the Austro- Italian theatre where fighting is in progress over a S7-mile front, running from the region of Tol- mino to near the head of the Adrl- atic sea on the Carso plateau. This information Is contained in the war office communication issued to- day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20

f trenches have been made untenable or where British attack is expected one finds the new order of things. The new first German lines often consist of strong outposts concealed in shell era ters or corpses and a considerable dis. tance apart.
 Back of these outposts are chains of shellhole nests, each nest consisting of two or three craters connected by under ground passages that often lead to dug outs As the entire territory Is pitted with holes, this is easy of accomplish ment and 1t may be presumed that the Germans figure it will be hard for the allied observers to pick out the de- tended shelholes from the thousands of others scattered about.
 ELABORATE CARE
 Where time has allowed, the Germans have made the shellhole defenses with elaborate care. Each nest is heavily protected by barbed wire. and the cham bers beneath are reinforced with tim bers and concrete. In these the infantry Turk with machine guns and rifles. ready to rush out and begin firing if an att tack is launched against them.
 HAVE REAR EXITS
 Many of the shellhole nests have rear exits underground, which lead back to
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
Count Bernstorff Named
 to COnstantinOple Post

Amsterdam August 19. Count Bernstorff. tho former German ambas sador to the United States has been appointed to the post at Constanti- : nople. according to the Berlin vos- sische zeitung. He will leave Berlin immediately.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
Canadians Bring fo
 Triun1phant Close
 Their Fiercest Fight
Since Capture of Hill 70 Brave Colonials Have Been Compelled to Stand By Almost With out Cessation to Repulse Furious
 Counter Attacks of Germans
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
TROUBLE WITH BULGARIA.

The terms of the pope's note and the Reichstag resolution against com pulsory annexation continue to trou- allies and it has been found necessary to explain to Bulgaria again and again that Germany would interpret the acquisition of Macedonian regions al annexation. Vienna dispatches say the government newspapers declare emphatically that it is impossible to cede foot of soil to Italy. but oth- erwise little vehement objection to the pope's note is heard from Austria
 VIEWS OF REvENTLOW
 Count von Reventlow in the Tages zeitung continues his cynical discus sions of German policy. He avows, in reference to the popes phrase on the justice for might of arms. that the moral law exists for the Germans only so far as It applies to the German enl- pire and nation. The writer says the Germans cannot consent to a reduc- tion in armaments. which alone nave made possible the existence of the en- pire and the. possibility of it's moral activities.
 CANNOT BEAR BURDEN
 Count vop Reventlow adds that Germany cannot bear her own war burdens and that, therefore, she can not renounce indemnities and that guarantees for BeIgium's independence cannot be found. He also says that the carrying out of @the papal pro- gramme would mean an end to the middle European alliance and Ger many's ruin.
 Annexationists mass meetings con- tinue to Lombard Won Hindenburg, Chancellor Michaelis and Admiral Scheer, commander of the battle fleet. with protests against the Reichstag peace resolution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
Row is Now Going on Be- tween Two Parties in
 Germany
COUNT REVENTLOW
 IS LEADING JUNKERS
No Annexation and Disarmament is Obvious to This Element Who See Ruinous Taxes After
 the War is Over

Copenhagen. August 19.-The pope s peace proposal now is being dragged into the field of party politics in Ger many and made the subject of con tention between the Pan-G German an nexationists and advocates of a mod, crate peace. George Bernhard in the Berlin Vossische zeitung says the pope's action has cleared up one of the mysteries connected with Ma
 thias Erzberger's recent peace cam paign in the Reichstag and that the adoption by the Reichstag of his reso- lution was to pave the way for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
Germans Are Changing Methods Of Defense AM Along Western Front
First Line Trenches, Which Fall Easily to Allied Artillery, Are Giving Way to Gu ~ingly Con structed Strongholds Among sJriad of
 Shell Craters Which Are s5ess isoned
By the Associated Pre-

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
Rx the Associated Press

AIthough for the most part the Brit ish and French forces In Flanders and in the vicinity of Lens are engaged in consolidating positions won last week from Grown Prince Rupprechts the British near Ypres have made another udvnnec on mile front to a depth Of about 500 yards and also in the somme region have renewed their nt- tacks with ndvantage. Tn the latter ,naneuyer Field Marshal Haig's men lSucceeded in taking positions near
 yehy, inflicting heavy losses on the
 FIGHTING IN VOSGES
 The Germans have been feeling out the strength of the French lines in the vosges mountain region, where, after heavy bombardments, they de- livered attacks against the French around Badonviller and north of Gel les-sur- -Plaine. Their efforts however, went for naught under the fire of the French guns and rifles.
 Likewise along the Aisne front and N1 m the tcIQuus SCCLOl e 4Sh6 SAAS 4~~--->-~N of the River Mouse. continuation o' the attempts by the German crown prince to break the French lines met with the usual result-failure.
 AIRMEN WORKING HAVOC
 The air1nen of the allies are work ing havoc with the German fliers and on German positions far behind the et-~ afx Ca ffI1.d d " the French airmen accounted for " German aircraft and the British fliers seven, which were completely de- stroyed or forced to land inside tho Teutonic lines. badly battered from machine gun fire.
 EIGHT FAIL TO RETURN
 Eight British machines failed to re- turn to their base.
 In aerial raids behind the lines al lied machines have bombed numerous towns, railway stations, cantonments, tho raids extending as far as Selzaete. near the Dutch border. IS miles from Ghent. which also receiv 2 a visita- ton. M
 Amsrican aviators beloi Eing to the Lafayette squadron took prominent part in the French raids and per formed notable execution. One of the Americans. Corporal Willis of Boston, was missing from the squadron when 1t returned to it's base.
 GERMAN AIR RAIDS
 German airmen also tried their hand at slipping through the British air pa trol and bombing In this they were successful. but the score was againsM them in the end, for the explosive they lcosed fell on a British prisoner clear ing station. killing 10 Germans and infitcting further wounds on nine men of their army who had already met with hard usage at the hands of the British gu. s4{
 EASTERN FRONT
 There has been q considerable stif fcning in the front in Rumania and also in Russia in the region of Wilma. South of Grozechti. southern Moldavia, the Russians have made a stan0 against attacks of the Teutonic allies and repulsed them. and in the Slavic sector also have beaten off attempts by the invaders to take further ground. In the Lake NarSc district of the Wilma front the Germans endeav- ored to win Russian trenches. but their attack broke down under the Russian barrage fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
SHELL CRATER NESTS

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-20
Legislative Programme Re- maining for Extra Session
 Assumes Definite Form
PEACE RESOLUTION TO
 BE DEBATED BRIEFLY
This Will Not Be Taken Up, How ever Until Revenue Bill Is Disposed of-Much 9th
 CT Business

Washington. August 1e.-The legislative programme remaining for the extra ses- sion of Congress has assumed such def- mite form that leaders tonight expressed hope for vacation about September l5. or not later than October l.
 Included in the programme for disposal within the next three or four weeks are:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-11
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Sharp County record., 1917-10-12
Talking About Sharp County

Several young men from this sec'
ton have been at Evening Shade
during the past several days taking
the physical examination for war
service. So far as Sharp county
is concerned, 1t appears that the
army Is being raiseA very slowly
If all our young citizens ore physl"
ally deficient what Is Going to be-
come of the race hereY-Cave City
Items in Sharp County Record.
Something decidedly wrong, some
place. In this paper will be found
another reference to the Sharp coun'
ty men drawn by selective draft
and the showing made Is most uo'
favorable. We have seen many
IF the young men drafted and they
are as fine q lot Of men as can be
Sharp County record., 1917-10-12
eat HORSE MEAT IN OHIO
People OF Cincinnati Buy Dobbin
Steaks At A Dime A Pound.

Horse meat has received the
stamp of approval of the city Of
Cincinnati and the first horse meat
shop has been opened, The meat
sells readily at ten cents pound,
Cincinnati is the first city in the
United States to approve the use OF
horse meat as a war measure
The first shop was opened by
Fred Frye as the Peoples Meat
Store" and 20 "Old Dobbins," halt
and lame we're butchered and sold,
They were cut up into sausage and
sold as juicy steaks.
Frye deals exclusively in horse
meat. He says that he will con-
tinue to sell it to the poorer classes
of Cincinnati at ten cents pound,
as long as as he can buy horses for
$40 each. lie says that he can Get
the same amount of steaks and sau'
sage from a $40 .h)rse as he could
from a 500 COW. Therefore he can
make a profit selling at the low
Gqure,
Sharp County record., 1917-10-12
Should Test Scales

Commissioner John H. PAGE calls
attention to Act No. 252 Of the Acts
of 1913, which requires all dealers
using scales for business transactions
to have their scales tested and sea-
ed on or before September of each
year. Although 1t Is known thtt
many scales have not been tested
this year, many dealers are net
aware that they are subject to a
fine for failure to do so. The scales
must be tested and sealed by the
county authorities.
Sharp County record., 1917-10-12

found in any section of the couE-
try, and we believe just as willing to
don the khaki as any in the state
And it is not conceivable that they
are physically inferior to the men
of other counties, There must be
something wrong, and it is not with
the applicants for enrolment as
soldiers. The examining and ex-
emption boards doubtless misunder-
stand orders and instructions. Any
way, there is something wrong, and
it's not all with the boys who stood
examination -Batesvile Record.
Sharp County record., 1917-10-12
Try This On Your Cow.

A few days ago, W, L, Holbrook
a travelling salesman Of Newark,
N, j., told the Journal scribe low
to prevent milch cows from eating
bitter weed" that ruins so much
milk and butter. lie said that II
ordinary sorghum was rubbed on
the cows lips Of mornings, the COW
would not touch the weed, Who
will try this aud repoItY-lmboden
Journal.
Sharp County record., 1917-10-12
SENATOR LAFOLLETTE

houston, lex, OCt. l.-ouuSC var
Ter T. Burns of the United States
District Court, in charging the feder-
al Grand Jury at the beginning of
the October term today, after call
Ing by name Senators Stone of
Missouri, Hardwick of Georgia, Var
daman of Mississippi, Gronna of
North Dakota, Gore Of Oklahoma
and LaFollette of Wisconsin, said:
III | had a wish | would that you
men had jurisdiction to return bills
Of indictment against these men.
They ought to be tried promptly and
fairly, and | believe this court could
administer the law fairly; but have
aconviction as strong as life that
this country should stand them up
against an adobe wall tomorrow
morning and give them what they
deserve.
IF any man deserves death it is
q traitor. wish that | could pay
for the ammunition. | would like to
attend the execution, and if | were
in the firing squad | would not
want to be the marksman who had
the blank shell.
deliberate judgment, supported
by the head and having a warm
reflective spot in the heart, prompts
these words"
The above language, we judge, is
about as strong as the public has
ever known to come from one Of
fetal concerning another. Is the
Indictment deserved? Another ques-
ton is, has the federal judge the
moral right to take advantage of the
position he holds to make more
scathing remarks about another
than any reasonable part of the
public will believe he would say to
the other partys face if he had the
opportunity, in spite of his bold as
sertions that read so murderous.
Just now Senator LaFollette is be-
ing roughly handled in various parts
o p" country because of his atti-
tude on war legislation, and there
can hardly be any doubt that he
has acted unwis.ly. The course of
Senator Kirby of this state appears
to US to be more consistent. Like
Senate LaFolette, Senator Kirby
opposed declaration of war, as he
had perfect right to do, but since
war has been declared Senator
Kirby has supported such measures
as are calculated to bring the
war to a successful termination in
favor Of this government.
Any man or any official had every
right in the world to speak his oppo-
sition to the policy of this country
goine into war, in spite of the fact
that when that question was before
the country great many people
were willing to browbeat all those
who opposed war. But when war
comes and the country is in trouble,
( there ought to be no division among
citizens, especially among officials
who make laws and provide means
Tor prosecuting the country's battles,
n Those who throw cold water on the
plans Of the government, so long
as those plans are for the best inter-
este Of the country at large, are
commiltinG a grave error, if not
rendering traitorouS service to the
enemies OF the country
Without n dts5euiB'G vote. dele.
gates TO the California State FEEDER.
ptiou Of Labor last week adopted a
\ resolution endorsing Senator Lal'oll,
ette, asking for him the right TO ex-
press the views "or IN intelligent
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