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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
GOVERNMENT WILL
 PROTECT ALL PLANTS FILLING WAR ORDERS
Names of Those Engaged in Manufacturing Lumber for Ships and Canton
 ments Not Given Out
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

Washington. August 2.-( (Special.)- )--Af l nouncement of industries engaged c manufacturing lumber and other m rial for ship and cantonment constru will in the future be withheld.
 It is understood that the reaso. withholding, such information is fear lest plants aiding in war preparation be de- stroyed. It is reported that within re- cent weeks 15 establishments have been disabled either by fire or explosion, and that 2 others are in a state of enforced idleness as result of l. w. w. ac- tivity.
 Information to the above effect followed the simple announcement today that new contracts have been awarded by the ship ping board for millions of feet of lumber with which to construct the merchant marine. From every section of the coun- try, prominent lumber manufacturers have come to Washington. It is under stood that the orders will be prorated as equitably as possible, and that all Alabama concerns will be given share of the business.
 Washington, August 2,--(Special )-Capt. M H. Jordan and Captain Oscar w. Underwood. Jr., Alabama officers, are in Washington. Captain Jordan is taking a course in intensive trench training and on his return to Alabama will instruct soldiers in ah art, which soon they will find. necessary. Captain Underwood states that Alabama troops are prepared for service in France and are impatient un- der continued idleness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
KORN|L0FF PLACED IN COMMAND OF
 RUSSIAN ARMIES Succeeds Brussiloff, Who Resigned Generals Want Politics Kept Out of
 Conduct of Troops
GENERAL IS SATISFIED


 Petrograd. August 1.--Gen. Alexis A. Brnssiloff, commander in chief of the Russian armies. has resigned. Gen. 1+ G. Korniloff. commander in chief of the Russian armies on the southwest ern front. has been appointed gem eralissimo. General Tcherenlissoff. commander Of the eighth army, haa been appointed to succeed General korniloff on the southwestern front. London. August 2--According to Petrograd dispatch to the Post. Rus- sian army commanders had confer- once at headquarters recently and eventually sent an ultimatum to Pre- mier and War Minister Kerensky that unless the army was kept outside of politics and treated merely as fight ing machine they would resign as be- ing unable to carry on the war vic- toriously. The correspondent believes the suggestion will be accepted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
INSANE PATR0LMAN KILLS POLICE CHIEF
 0F NEW ORLEANS
Following Shooting of Jas. w. Reynolds, Three Other Officers Are Wounded.
 One May Die

New Orleans August "A suspended patrclman. Terrence J. Mullen, 31 years old. believed to have been insane, shot and killed Superintendent of Police James w. Reynolds. probably fatally wounded Capt. Garry o. Mullen, the pa trolmans cousin, and wounded George Vandervoort the chiefs secretary and Detective George Dillman, in police today. Patrolman Mullen was captured after being wounded in the hand knee and thigh, as he tried to escape from the building. At least 50 shots were fired by. the patrolman and the police officers and detectives seeking to stop. him.
 Captain Mullen was in a hospital to- nieht and physicians stated he could not survive his wounds. vandervoort and Dlllman were not seriously wounded. Patrolman Mullen. held under guard in the hospital under charges of murder, was expected to recover.
 Chief Reynolds was shot and killed while in his office early today in the presence of several police officers and detectives, Patrolman Mullen had been under suspension for a month owing to suspicion as to his mental condi- tion and he apparently became angry at Superintendent Reynolds when he de- cliired to give him money from the police benefit fund without the doctors cer- tificate The patrolman killed Chief Rey holds at his first shot and notwithstand- ing the officers and detectives in the superintendent office and others in the building began firing at him, the pa- trolrnan shot Captain Mullen twice in the chest and vandervoort in the head be- fore he was wounded and captured Dijlnan received a slight wound in his cheek from a stray bullet
 The slayer several years ago was treated, n a private sanitarium for men tai diseases. In the hospital, he made a statement saying, I'm sorry had to do it, hut it's natures law; its bread and meat with me. that all there is to it.; but I'm sorry.
 The funeral of Superintendent Reynolds wi,, Le held Saturday morning,
 Senior Capt. John F. Boyle was named acting superintendent of police by the of public safety.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
Z MORE AMERICAN
 SHIPS REPORTED
 U-B0AT VICTIMS
French and Italian State ments on Losses at Sea for Week Show a
 Total of Six

St John, N. B., August 2.-The torpedo John Twohy was reported here today.
 The John Twohy, of 1109 tons gross. owned in Philadelphia, was last reported in marine advices at Mobile, on May I. She was then commanded by Captain For syth. The schooner carried a crew of nine men.
 London, August 2.-The American schooner John Hays Hammond has been sunk by the gunfire of German sub marine. All the members of the. schoon- CTS crew were saved
 The John Hays Hammond was a schoon- CT of 1s2 tons gross and was built at Essex. Mass, in 1907.
 London, August 2.--It was reported at the American consulate here today that 24 members of the crew of the Ameri- can steamship Motano. which was sunk by German submarine on July 31, lost their lives
 Rome August 2.--ltalian vessels lost as result of submarines last week num- bered four sailing ships, according to an official statement. which says 6l0 ships entered Italian ports and 536 departed.
 Paris. August 1.-Two French ships of more than 1900 tons and one vessel under 1900 tons were sunk by mine, or sub- marine, last week, according to the week. ly shipping summary given out by the French admiralty last night. Three ships were under attack.
 During the week 1908 ships entered French ports. while i0,2 sailed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
Summary of the News
GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS 1-Germans make terrific counter att tncks fin Flanders. hut fniI to win hack positions lost to the allies. German Emperor. nervous, calls war council.
 Great army of women will be orr ganixed in Russia. Great heat wave is broken, hum dredn are dead. American troops and French peo- pie are fast friends. Two more American ships reported U-BO.* victims. Insane D. ~OIman kills New Or leans pOA chief. Norway willink to barter ships for food.
 House will delay submissfOn vote on prohibition. 2-GOvernment will consider privately owned ships.
 AnnistOR ix swept by storm. Camp Sheridan at Montgomery Is being rushed to completion. Southern cotton mills break all records. 3-New .sfloor'' tax is added to sugar. coffee and ten.
 LOCAL NEWS 2-Immense crowd attends opening of Enst Lake park. M Miners fix August 20 ns aate to strike if negotiations are not under way.
 Hotel men take steps to care for visitors to AnnistOn. Alleged forger taken to Chfcngo. Realtors proud of efficiency cup. Draft notices are muiled from sixth draft division.
 FEATURES 2-Review of iron and steel market. 4-EdltOrial comment. 6-Society and Dolly Dalrymple. 0-Sp0rts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03

In addition to the heat victims in New York city. Jersey City reported F deaths Hoboken and Jamaica 3.
 Parks and beach resorts were again overcrowded and thousands planned to spend another night in the open. Scores of factories and business houses again virtually suspended operations The stock exchange and the cotton and pro- duce exchanges announced that they would be closed all day Saturday and most of the brokerage houses and banks in the financial district also will close.
 Mayor Mitchei ordered that streets in the congested parts of the city be flushed more frequently and the department .of water. supply announced it would furnishl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
 HOUSE WILL DELAY SUBMISSION VOTE ON PROHIBITION Sheppard Resolution, Which Passed Senate, Will Not Come Up at This
 Session

Washington, August 2-National prohibition by constitutional amend ment was hung up in the House to- day by the prohibition leaders them selves
 The resolution to submit the pro- posal to the states, passed yesterday by the Senate, was put out of the programme for the present session and will not come up until the regular ses- sion in December.
 Plans to reconvene the democratic caucus and reverse it's decision to con slider only war Legislation were aban- doned because 1t was believed della, ing action until next session will help the prohibition cause, Z Representative Randall of California. the only prohibition party member of <<-sso tsss7-rs 1- p-~> rA~e~A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
AMERICAN MEDICAL UNITS TAKING PART IN FLANDERS FIGHT

British Front in France and Belgium, August 2.--America played a small but important part in the battle of Elan ders A number of American surgical teams who were brought to the front from the base hospital by the director general of the medical service, worked side by side with their British allies in caring for the wounded
 Each team consists of surgeon. anaesthetist, nurse and an orderly and they have been doing excellent work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03

an additional million gallons of water. Scores of hydrants in the tenement dis tricts will be turned on for several hours each day while the heat wave lasts.
 Washington. August 2.-The heat wave in the east. broken tonight by scattered showers, shows slight probability of an imminent recurrence. according to the experts of the weather bureau. No inn mediate relief is promised, however, for the west, while a climb in the mercury is expected in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
 High temperatures continued until late today throughout the east. Boston and Baltimore reported 9S and New York, Philadelphia and Washington 96.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
Aviator Falls to Death

2 Mineola. N. Y.. August Cap,, Ralph |. Taylor, in command of tht training section of the aviatio sisna. corps here, lost control of his airpiane today and plunged 800. feet to his death. Serg. Thomas Pell who was in the machine with him. suffered q broken jaw and internal injuries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
NORWAY WILLING
 ID BARTER SHIPS FOR FOOD SUPPLY
Mission to America Makes Proposition to Save Their Country From Starvation
 Following Embargo

Washington, August 2.-Full informa- tion concerning food conditions in the northern European countries has been asked of the neutrals by the United States in notes handed to their dip- lomatic representatives here.
 The American governments plans for rationing the neutrals through its con trol of exports will be finally determined after replies are received. The infor- mation sought concerns the exact food needs Of these countries, their food pro- duction capacity and details of their ex- port and import trade of the last few years.
 NO RE-EXPORTS
 The intention of the United States is that only actual food deficiencies will be made up from America and assurances will be demanded thas no American-pro- duced food is re-exported to Germany
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
Dr.. Ross c. Speir Named
 Lieutenant Medical Corps

Washington. August 2.-(Special) The war department announces today the appointment of pr. Ross c. Speir of Furman as lieutenant in the medical corps under orders to report to Fo1t Sam Houston. Tex.
 pr. Speir is a member of the Ala bama legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
Applicants Presented

Washington. August 2.-(Special) As applicants for positions on the staff of the judge advocate general, Allen H. Merrill of Eufaula and J. R. Prince of Mobile were presented today to Sec- retary Baker and other officials by Senator Bankhead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
Great Heat WaUe Ls Broken Al Last;
 Hundreds Are Dead
It is Estimated That in New York Alone, Number of Victims Will Reach Near Thousand Many Business Houses and Factories Closed to Give Employees Relief High Tenn
 peratures Continue in West

2Thundershowers cooling breezes late today  late however to avert
  hundreds poraions Dr. declared that of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
BERLIN EASTERN REPORT

Berlin, August 2.-(Via London.) Austro- German troops have made fur ther advances in Bukowina and are now standing before Kimpolung, says today's army headquarters announce ment.
 North of Czernowitz and south of the Dniester they are approaching the Russian frontier.
 The Russian Carpathian forces are now in retreat between the Prueth and the Kelmen mountains. the statement reports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
RECRUITING BUREAU

Already Petrograd, Moscow and kiev. have formed regular recruiting bu- reaus and established barracks under istration subject under a newly issued order by Minister of War Kerensky to the staffs of the local military dis tricts. The government has issued arms ahd complete equipment to the women and has appointed male commanders and instructors. and in view of the spreadegf the movement it is planning en fighters.
 In Petrograd a new battalion is be- ing raised by the chairwoman of the new Womens' Military league, a uni- versity student Miss Fromenko The spacious engineers palace has been turned into a barracks in which FOG girls and women are already in uni form out of the 1900 so far enrolled. For the remaining places in the bat talioh there are 1900 applicants.
 PRETTY COMMANDER
 In the entrance. hall today there was gathered group of recruits whose ordinary feminine attire. long hair and the cropped heads and masculine bear ing of the girls already in uniform, The chief of the battalion. Miss Fro menko, youthful, personally attract iv# girl, &fter organizing the bat- taIion, will herself 20 to the front. The girls are for the most part be- tween IS and 30 years of age Some are married women with children and latter striking figure is Madame Sofie Vansa widow of colonel killed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
GERMAN EMPEROR,
 GROWING NERVOUS,
 HOLDS COUNCIL
How to Hold Front in Bel gium Evidently Becoming Problem in Face of
 Offensive
By the Associated Press

It is assumed that a war council of the high military and naval leaders in Germany, called by Emperor William to meet in Brussels, had as it's ob- jective an analytical survey of the offensive, which, if it is car- ried out as planned by the all lies, would prove a menace to the German holdings in Bel gium, and especially along the coast.
 Wednesday was the date for the conference, which was to have been attended by Field Marshal Von Him denburg, chief of the imperial gen. eral staff; Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, in command in Flanders; the German crown prince and others, including Vice Admiral Von Capelle, minister of the navy, whose naval bases on the North sea would be af- fected by a success to the entente al- lied arms.
 Nothing as yet, however, has come through to indicate the trend of the discussion or concerning any decision to counter the allied plans arrived at.
 RAIN IMPEDES ALLIES s While the rain and the morass have served to hold the entente allied forces in leash, preventing resumption of the great offensive of Tuesday, they have not been effective in keeping the Ger nNns from throwing counter attacks with large forces of men against several newly won sectors of the front held by the British and French troops nor in bring ing about cessation of the violent ar tillery duel along the entire line.
 CONCENTRATION POINT
 Crown Prince Rupprecht evidently con- siders the British gain northeast of Ypres the most important made in Tuesday s battle, for upon this territory he has concentrated the strongest of his coun- ter offensive operations in an attempt to regain the lost ground. His efforts, however, have gone for naught, the Brit ish artillery and infantry fire raking the advancing forces mercilessly, putting an end to the attacks and adding materially to the already heavy casualties the Ger mans have suffered.
 WAIT FOR GOOD WEATHER
 There IS no indication in either the British or French official communications
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03

Oh, yes, sir, was the prompt reply.
 And onions and tomatoes?' ques- toned the general further.
 Yes sir
 And beans?
 sYes, sir
 Then what do yer want?'
 Nothing. sir."
 GENERAL IS SATISFIED
 General Pershing smiled and moved away, satisfied that that particular com pany was doing very we'll in war time and in the war zone.
 At another company kitchen the cook said the only complaint he had to make was that the eompanys share of canned salmon had not been forthcoming regu- larly.
 What do you get as a substitute?" asked the general
 Well, of course, sir, we get bacon, replied the cook, somewhat subdued.
 Any other complaint?" the comman- der inquired.
 There was none, and again the general passed on completely satisfied with pre- yallIng conditions.
 Many troopers saw General Pershing for the first time in their lives His visit was so unexpected at certain points of the far-flung training area that the sol- diers specuIated at first whether he was Pershing. Several times they referred the dispute to the correspondents ac- companying the officer.
 T knew 1t was Pershing all the time, boasted one old trooper, because l saw his picture in the paper and he looks just like it."
 MUST BE SMARTER
 General Pershing gave orders looking to little smarter set-up of the men in the future. A great majority of the troops now in France are recruits in the regular army and many of them are learning the art of soldering for the first time They are doing remarkably well, but being plunged into actual war training all at once they naturally have neglected some smaller details that would seem unimportant to the uninitiated. but that go a long way toward establishing and maintaining the morale of an army. General Pershing late in the day found time to visit the war correspond ents headquarters and was entertained there. He will visit one and perhaps two of the American hospital units in the American zone tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
GERMANS MAKE TERRIFIC COUNTER ATTACKS LN FLANDERS, BUT FAIL TO
 WIN BACK POSITIONS LOST TO ALLIES
Kdiser'S Commanders Arc Not Sparing Men In Ef- fort 10 Hold Line Which
 Protects Submarine
 Bases On the Coast

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
FRENCH REPORT


 tinues in Belgium, says the official statement issued this afternoon by the French war department The Germans last night made two attacks to the east and southeast of Rheims, but both failed. On the left bank of the River Mouse there was a violent artillery duel. The Germans last night attacked in the sec- tor of Avocourt wood without success, and several attacks in Apremont forest, southeast of St. Mhiel, utterly failed. The French official statement today reads:
 In Belgium the bad weather contin- ues. There was great artillery activity from east of Braye- En- Laonnois to west of Craonne. In the region of Allemant, in the course of local operation, we took 24 prisoners and one machine gun. To the east and southeast of Rheims the enemy attempted two surprise attacks without result.
 "On the left bank of the Mouse, there was violent artillery action and toward 3 o'clock in the evening the Germans renewed their attacks. but without re- suit, in the sector of Avocourt wood. Enemy surprise attacks in the same region occurred also in the Apremont forest southeast of St. Mhiel, but these utterly failed.
 There is nothing to report on the rest of the front''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03

in battle, whose two sons have been wounded.
 PEASANT GIRLS JOIN
 Sixty per cent of the members are peasant working girls of sturdy phy- sique with hard features and tanned faces, who. unlike Miss Butchkareff's followers, all were subjected to se- we're physical tests before being ac- cepted.
 "The organization of the battalion" said Miss Fromenko today. will be similar to that of the male fighting forces. It will have a regular staff, it's own transport and medical service, it's own signal corps and machine gun company with four guns, to the working of which our girls take read fly. Finally, there will be an expert scouting detachment of 26 Cossack girls, magnificent riders since child hood all of whose fathers or husbands are at the front. In the battalion are ice in mems units. three of them hav- ing been wounded. These are inval- uable as they thoroughly understand the drill and camp life.
 HIGH OFFICERS MEN
 Many of our girls nave been at the front as Sisters of Mercy. All the of ficers of the battalion of high rank will be men,
 Remarking on the efficiency of the recruits their chief instructor Captain Loskoff said:
 T have drilled hundreds of men sol diers. but l do not hesitate to de- clare that these women learn with speed. This is true not only of the educated girls but also of the peasant girls, some of whom are entirely illit- crate. Their overmastering motive is the patriotic desire to save Russia from ruin. Many of them display d zeal and ardor worthy of Joan of Are"
 Next week the battalion will go into camp for field exercises and prac- tice long marches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03

; etrograd, Wednesday, August l.. elayed).-As the result of the heroic
 gnduct at the front of Miss Vera
 ,utchkareff's female battalion, the for the creation of a great woman's army. is progressing through 'But Russia like wildfire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
GERMANS CLAIM VICTORY >,

Berlin, August 2.-The German battle line in Flanders has been moved for ward as a result of successful counter attacks, army headquarters announced today. The hostile attacking forces ef fected no gains. and suffered heavy losses in the face of the unweakened German defensive, it is declared
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03

Petrograd, August 2.-Between the River Zbrocz, on the Russo Galician frontier and the Dniester river north west of Kholin, the Russians yester- day abandoned their positions. says the official statement issued today by the Russian war department.
 The Russian forces also retired in an easterly direction between the Dniester and Prueth rivers.
 West of the Putna river, in the Car pathians, the Russians were pressed back In the Moldavica region. Rus sian troops took the offensive and drove the enemy, capturing some pris- oners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
PETROGRAD REPORTS

Petrograd, August 2.-German forces have occupied the UskulI bridgehead, on the northern Russian front, 15 miles southeast of Riga, according to reports received here from the battle front The position had been evacuated by the Rus sians
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03

"In the course of the morning and again this afternoon the enemy made a series of violent but unsuccessful at tempts to recover the ground lost by him northeast of Ypres
 Regardless of the increasing severity of his losses, strong bodies of his troops repeatedly attacked our position from the Ypres-Roulers railway to St. Julien. In every case his advancing lines were broken up and dispersed by our artillery barrage or repelled by the steady fire of our infantry.
 Parties of our troops raided enemy trenches last night northeast of Gou- zeaucourt and inflicted many casualties"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-03
Great Army Of Women
 Will Be Organized e d Throughout Russia
Success of Brave "Battalion of Death Already at Front Causes Movement to Raise Large Force
 . Spread Like Wild Recruiting ,E.S Bureaus Are Established and Work ex is Under Way

. in battle. whose two sons have been