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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-17
SATURDAY

Spencer Square Fannie Ward IA
The Crystal Gazer";; Keystone COM
edy. Whose Baby?"
Majestic Marian Cooper and r. A.
Walsh in Innocent sinners Ameri-
can troops in France.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-17
IN the Movies.


Spencer Square Fannie Ward In
The Crystal Gazer": Keystone com
edy. Whose Baby 2"
Majestic Bryant Washburn IN
SINNERS Baby, also comedy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-17
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Opening Aug L with La Sale Must
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for two weeks engagement.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
COTTON TRADING
 WAS DEADLY DULL
 THROUGHOUT WEEK
Notwithstanding Small Mar ket Value Remained Firm and Closed Shade Above
 Previous Period

,, New Orleans, February 6.-Last week
 was dull one in the cotton market, with trading broken up by two holidays, but the tone was steady from start to finish
 and prices were held above the level of the previous weeks close throughout. At the highest active months were 59s to 66 points up, and the close was at a gain of 33 to 42 points over the preceding week s final figures.
 The main steadying influence came from statistics which contained to develop shrinkage in supplies, a small movement into sight large takings and fairly large
 exnc-+ movement, in spite of all shipping
 difficulties, fostered bullish sentiment, but
 buying was held within moderate limits by the continued uncertainty over inter-
 national politics.
 Friday was first notice day for March,
 and it brought tenders of only 600 bales
 out of a stock of over 100000 Premier Lloyd Georges speech before the Brit ish House of Commons had a temporary unsettling effect, but the market stead jed again on the weekend.
 | At all times a good spot demand was reported, put tradlng In the actual stull was small. chiefly because of the firm ness of holders. The trade this week will watch closely for new developments | in tho spot department, but the genera | idea seems to be that trading will be re- stricted until international politics be- come more settled. The strained rela tions between this country and the cen tral powers seem bound to be the domi- l hating influence in the near future and any news affecting the situation is likely to have quick effect on the market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
STOCK AND BOND VALUES IRREGULAR
 AND DEMAND DULL
Dealings For Week Were Were Only Moderate as Traders Are Awaiting
 On Foreign Situation
By Hop"

New York, February 25.-The stock market traversed familiar ground last week. the moderate dealings being all most wholly influenced by the foreign situation.
 Greater tension in the relations be- tween Washington and Berlin and the uncertainty attending the relations between the United States and Austria Hungary were overshadowed only by the increased restrictions upon im- ports announced by the British gov- ernment. That Great Britain's drastic embargo will be detriment to Amer icas export trade seems accepted
 Inquiry for securities from invest ment sources continues disappointing. The status of the bond market prob ably will remain doubtful pending def mite announcement of financing for emergencies by the federal govern ment
 Sales during the week of large amount of Bethlehem Steel short term notes and the decision of the Southern Railway company not to sell bonds but to issue notes to meet impending ob- legations and pay for necessary im- provements were significant features of the narrow demand for high grade securities.
 In stocks the more prominent were subject to irregular fluctuations. In the main rails were firmer than in- dustrials.
 Banking interests continue to dis courage anything like a revival of last years extravagant operations in the stock market, although they say a crisis in the situation with Germany is likely to be followed by another boom in equipments and munitions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
Francis Joseph Knew His People

From Francis Joseph and His Reign,
 by Ebert Francis Baldwin, in the
 American Review of Reviews.
 Thus, on the personal side, during the 6S years of his reign the Austrian Empe- ror-who has now died at the age of S6- gave to the world a grateful sensation. for, in a self-advertising age like ours, he was one to whom a tendency to pose and a liking for the lmelight were equally foreign. The result was what might follow in any country-a popular and deep-seated respect for the monarch This was evident, no matter where we saw him-at the Hofburg at Vienna; or going to and from Schonbrunn, his es- tate outside the city; or in it's summer home at Ischl, in the Salzkammergut; or in some provincial town, like the one above mentioned, where, though on Bo- hemian soil, the Kaiser was acclaimed, as was his due, by subjects of many racial sorts. who all had confidence in him.
 They had this confidence because he trusted them. This was well shown dur ing Vienna riot. He refused to order out the troops to quell the uprising, giv- ing as reason to his surprised minister of war: Man, you must be crazy. know my Viennese-meine Wienerkinder and that is not the way to deal with them.' The Kaiser. a Wienerkind him self, won out. Instead of sending the rough Croat and Pole soldiery, as the unsympathetic war minister had pro- posed, he sent the military band of the regiment called the Hoch-und- -Deutsch- meister. a Viennese regiment, and, what is more. the orchestra went without es- cort and unarmed. The riot broke up in dancing and gaiety. Francis Joseph did indeed understand his Viennese.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
Conquering Pneumonia

Burton J. Hendrick in Harper's Maga-
 zine
 Detailed investigation has shown that there are four distinct types of organisms which, injected into the hu- man body, will produce the disease known as pneumonia. Under the micro scope these organisms all look alike; only delicate laboratory tests disclose that they are really different species The workers at Rockefeller hospital prosaically describe them as Type |, Type II, Type III and Type "; years of investigation have made the ex- perfmenters so expert that, a few hours after isolating culture from the human throat, they can definitely determine to which type it belongs.
 For the first time the scientific world now understands this disease. Pneumonia is no longer a bacterial outlaw; it obeys the usual rules pre- cisely as do diphtheria and tentanus. The great point is that pneumonia is not one disease-it Is four diseases. And these four diseases although the physician can notice no essential diff ferences in their bedside manifesto tions, differ greatly in their virulence. It is true, as Pasteur and Sternberg discovered, that about 60 per cent of normal human beings constantly car ry the pneumonia germ in their mouths and throats. But the Rockefeller work CTS have discovered that it is only one species of pneumococci-Type IV-thau we have always with us The reason that we can go about so encumbered and yet seldom have the disease is that this type is the least virulent of all four. It's disease-producing power is so slight that most of us earily re- sist it; If, owing to a weakened con- dition, it actually starts the infection, 1t usually runs a mild course. Nearly all of us have become familiar with pneumonia in this attenuated form, and these are usually cases of Type W, the self-inflicted type. But the other three kinds-the more severe forms of the disease-are not perpetually lodged in the fauces of the average citizen. If we are afflicted with one of these organisms. 1t Is not a case of auto inoculation; the infection comes from without just as much as If it were smallpox or the bubonic plague
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
BIG BUSINESS IN ROLLED STEEL IS
 MARKETS T'SFEATURE
Main Interest Centers in Shipbuilding Material, Tin Plate, Wire and Tubu-
 lar Goods

New York, February 25.-Business in rolled steel continues extraordinar- fly heavy, although fewer orders are being placed for domestic railroad equipment and large foreign orders are held in aebyance. Interest centers more in shipbuilding contracts, wire products, tin plate and tubular goods.
 Railroad equipment orders in the last few days call for 142,000 tons of rolled steel products. The rail mills have booked 67,000 tons of rails, in- cluding 5o,000 tons for France.
 Export inquiries continue most inn pressive. brt it is significant that one large Italian interest has temporarily withdrawn from the market. Several new inquiries for ship steel have come out for 100000 tons. Fifteen thousand tons of shapes are wanted by Great Britain for boats building in Japan and independent Japanese inquiries to- tai 15,000 tons of plates. France has placed contracts for 12,000 tons and one Italian inquiry for 10000 tons is unsatisfied. The most interesting de- velopment, however, is the purchase of plates from the Bethlehem Steel company for building boats for the Cunard line, the contract prices for which are close to $3,000,000 each. Each requires 10000 tons of plates and 5000 tons of shapes.
 An extremely heavy demand for wire products is evident on both domestic and foreign account.
 The Bethlehem Steel company has sold 250.000 boxes of tin plate. In- quiries are still in the market for 100000 boxes of bridge work for the Pennsylvania road. Merchant sales of pig iron amounted to 190,000 tons, in- cluding 100000 tons of southern foun- dry at an advance of $1 per ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
Treasury Report

Washington, February 25.-Conditlon of the United States treasury at close yester- day showed: Net balance in general fund $6S971,S ,S71. Total receipts s3,329.s7s. Total payments s2,s26.4 The deficit this fis- cal year is $161 291, ,506, against s57, ,455, ,57s last year, exclusive of Panama canal and public debt transactions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

Heat is the chief essential for plant growth, and one of the principal factors in making soil warm is good drainage. The surface soils of well-drained lands are almost invariably several degrees warmer than those of poorly drained lands. Drained soils also warm up faster after cold spells and much earlier in spring. 1T is certain that dynamiting heavy soils will pay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
WANTED-AGENTS

Belt Automobile Insur- ances association, the largest in the world, is now issuing an accident policy that covers all accidents of automobile drivers. Pays $25 week.
 Cost $7.50 a year-no dues, no as
 sessments. Resources nearly $1,000,- 000 Territory now available. Ad- dress The Belt Accident Dept, Ei Paso. H. 2-25-2t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
SPECIALISTS

DRS. DOZIER & DOZIER. Specialists in Nervous, Blood, Skin. Fa- male and Genito-U Urinary and all Chron- e Diseases of Men and Women. 1o20h 1st ave. Birmingham.
 6-29- -eod-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
ANNOUNCEMENTS
READY FOR BUSINESS! NEW HOTEL EDWARDS

SD AVE. AND s17TH ST.
 Conveniently located, modern, all rooms steam heated. with hot and cold running water; all are out side rooms. single on en suite, with & or without baths: low weekly or Y monthly rates E. T. Milligan, Prop. kPhone Main 1866. 2-25-7t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
FARM AND TIMBER LANDS

FOR SALE-By owner perfect S0- acre tract unimproved in south Bald win county; two miles from Mobile bay and 16 miles from Mobile. Price $25 per acre. Will clear, all ready for the blow. for $10 per acre. Orange. pecan and farm land. Write for full particulars to H. L. Misamore, Fair
 hope, Ala 2-l4-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

There are a number of women miners employed in Bohemia and their average rate of pay is 2S cents a day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

L.OST-W Wednesday night. between South
 ern club and Louisville and Nashville McD." Ample reward. Advise telephone Main 41s2 after p. m. 2-24-7t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
w. B. LEEDY REAL ESTATE & INSUR- ANCE COMPANY 112 N. 21st Street. Phone Main 4776.

SIX and per cent money to loan on real estate. Clark-Malone Realty Co.,, 210 N. 2lst st. Main 232. 2-22-7t
 SIX PER CENT LOANS
 On farms in Jefferson and adjacent countless; residence and business property loans in Birmingham. Bes- semer and larger north Alabama towns. 5h to per cent. M. H. Sterne Co.,. 414 First Natl. Bank bldg.
 1-22-mo -ths-t If
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
ONE CENT A WORD

RATES-One cent word a aayg ns aa. taken for Iens than 2Bc for first tnser. tion. Cash uMst rccompsnv order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
PERSONAL LOANS
MONEY TO LEND

We are prepared to make quick loans at 6. and per cent, secured by first mortgage, on improved business or residence property in Birmingham and desirable suburbs for three or five year term. The security governs the rate. No red tape and no delay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
wANTED-SITUATION

Ads under the head of situations wanted are free to deserving ones. except on Sundays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

D[0NE CENT A WORD
FOR SALE

HATES-One cent a word a days no ad. taken for less than 2Sc for first fnser. tlen. Cnsh must accomDany order,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

FOR SALE-Bungalow in walking dis tance; modern; all conveniences; owner will sell at a sacrifice; must leave city.
 Address N-65. care Age-Herald. 2-24-2t REGISTERED hogs and pigs, Poland Chinas, Berkshires, Duroc-Jerseys,
 Hampshires, Tamworths, OICs. Pigs, bred gilts, young boars and sows. I can furnish Just what you want. Registra- ton papers furnished on every hog.
 Ben H. Vance, Memphis. Tenn. 2-24-7t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

WANTED-Furnished house, April 1; ; travelling man. Phone West End 53S.
 2-25-1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

MAIL films to F. w. Bromberg. Birming- ham. Developed free. velox prints.
 s-s-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
OST-STRAYED-STOLEN

case, near Chestnut Hill. Finder please return to H. M. Edmonds, 104S S. 31st st. O no O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

FOR SALE-By owner, desirable lot in Central Park; attractive price for quick sale Address H. L., 125 Carter st..
 Chattanooga, Tenn. 2-25-4t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
FOR SALE

RATES-One cent a word a day, ns a&
 taken for less than 2Sc for first inser. ton. Cash mMaf .ccompany order:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
KODAKs

KODAK finishing by mail Films deveI- oped free. Lollar's Kodak Parlor. Lyric Bldg. Birmingham. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

MORTGAGE LOANS
 We buy first mortgages, or negotiate new loans on Birmingham real es- tate; rates reasonable; call and see us Title Guarantee Loan and Trust Co.,, Title Bldg, 3d and 21st st. 12-6-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

MONEY to lend on real estate at low
 rates of interest; bring your abstract.
 Leonard-Rile -Co.. 725 Woodward 5-S0-t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

BY man on machine forging and all kinds of drills and mill work; have worked for corporations; go anywhere and at once. Address F-66, care Age-Herald
 2-2S-2t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

FOR SALE-Cheap, one 35-light Pilot" acetylene lighting system, in excellent condition. Address P. o. Box 216, West
 Blocton, Ala. 2-25-3t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

THE LARGEST stock used
 machines in the south; !; prices right; terms. Robert
 Stubbs, 1905 4th ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

WANTED-Coal miners, coke men and laborers; no labor trouble: we ship to Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennes- see. Apply to Employment Office, No. 1 18th st. near A. G. s. depot P. O.. Box 16S. Bessemer. Telephone 8.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

BIRMINGHAM government clerk exam nations March 26; $75 to S120 month; 1; sample questions free. Write Franklin Institute. Dept. sc, Rochester, N. Y.
 2-1S-20t- sa-su-mo- we'd fri
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26
MONEY TO LEND

WE negotiate loans and sell real es- tate. Can handle desirable farm loans Mcconnell, Anglin. White. 2Uz6 Sd ave.
 10-29-tt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

WANTED-Position; have had about 10 years experience as retail grocery clerk; will do anything; must have work; can furnish references. Address G-65, care Age Herald. 2-24-2t-sat-mo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

WANTED-Position by colored man with one leg Prefer house work; can fur nish good references. Am good worker. Address Y-65, care Age-Herald.
 2-26-2t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

WANTED-A nice white woman wants
 a position as housekeeper. Phone 1204-J Woodlawn. 2-26-2t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

|NoTTCE-We can furnish nice. fresh eggs and poultry at all times. H. G. & s.
 A. Slade, Magnolia, Ala. 2-24-4t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

COLORED man wants job as cook; have been cooking for the railroad 15 years and have good experience about cook ing. B. M. Morgan, 2711 Ave. D., S.,
 Birmingham, Ala. 2-26-2t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

YOUNG man, age p. neat appearance,
 good habits, must have employment of some kind at once; strictly sober, re-
 liable; well acquainted with city and
 suburbs; reference. Address F65, care Age-Herald. 2-24-2t-sat-mo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-26

COLORED man wants position to work in garage, drive truck. porter in store or chauffeur; honest and trusty; work at once Emmett Reese, 406 S. 18th st.,
 Birmingham, Ala. 2-26-2t
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-18
AN ENTANGLING ALLIANCE.

This Is the time Of year, remarks
most confirmed pacifst ought to con-
sent to one entangling alliance-a
federation OF birds and men in the
war on insects. When man gets thru
muzzling or hanging the royal blood
drinkers of his own species, he will
find two real wars waiting for him.
one is ihe war on disease bacteria
and the other is the fight against in
sccts. In the latter struggle, on which
his food supply depends, he has no
such friends or helpers as the birds.
The early pioneers had little trou-
bic with insect pests-and why? Be
cause the myriads of birds in the
wilderness devoured the creeping and
crawling things before these could
feed on the newly planted crops. But
these pioneers, or rather their de-
scendants and followers, went out and
killed the feathered sentries which
were safeguarding the fields, and the
insect hordes came in. They will stay
until we conclude treaty with our
natural allies against the common foe.
Let the birds alone nine months of
the year, and put out food for them
in cold weather. Doubtless they cat
a bit of grain and spoil a little fruit
but they pay for 1t millionfold
Even the hawk or owl which now
and then snatches chicken has
earned his meal by destroying ver-
min. and without the help of the
smaller birds. all the sprays known
to science would not save our agri-
culture from ruin.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-18
RICHES \ M\TTER OF WILL.

-r,,,.. ..ro ,,roo l,i,5s or rovertv-
,.,.ar,, 80 nrrso or mind or of heart
Some Of MS suffer from dcstitution
r., .., ~, mara of ,h.so cIosses lint
.s,1 irdoo1 10 tho Iot or the man who
c,, law claim to riches in no ono Of
.no nro. r,r,,cuI,rs Poverty Of
,,,so ,s tho mos, nsistcnt because
.'.,..,, .,,, ,.,,,,, ,.,,o,. r,ssinr q toIer-
.,,,, ,,,.,,r.o horo on cortb without
,,..,i,h ~ mind o,. boort thon he can
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.,.,i.s l,,ro c>istcncc yot ortor all
,.,,.,,,,. ,, ,r, r.sroct is comnoro-
t,o rh,i man is Moor whose re-
snur,os v,u mot moot his demands
ia ,r,,. no dr,,,ipo , nrincolv SALARY
ar ho o,1o g., si, ,t cosc and clin the
..,,,,,,..,,, - h,,. hords I'm, ,plcss tboso
..,.I nj, s,ti,tior for the dcsiros "
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-18
CRITICS REBJkED.

There arc some things that We are
in the habit Of considering to be so
or not So without taking the pains
to inquire as to the merits of the
topic considered People are after all
"a good deal like sheep when 1t comes
IN rouou;rr tbo 1cadnr osneci,lIv
,,.h.r.,or tho le,d,r has ,lre,d,
.tr,pc,bcr,d himself with q rcspecta-
Mo r,li,uirc We oro accustomed ~
.,,.o things os tu,tter of courso
sir,rl, b.c,nso somobody has soid so
.o,5 ,,.,. ,r, to, l,z,. r,c,t,lly ia oithor
rrovo a. cr contradict Il If ,s much
.,,si,r +, accent tho dic,,,m OF Mrs
cr,ri, Than tn snidv tho morits of u
,rost,r out fo, ourselves. tbon he
si5os n 10 much moro ",onventionoI"
and rcsncctnble. with n great many
~ ms n is more desirable to.be re-
sroct,bIc than to bo right
r,,r., ,.o,,, ,ctcr vcors mon b,ve do.
.ci,f,,.l against f,molS fashions and
whom tho craze for low nccIls and
sb,rt sl,;rts c,mc into voruo tboir
doclamotIons changed into howls of
righteous C2) indisnation. None ot
thcm ever ATTEMPTED to urge logical
mr. truthful objection TO either style.
but contcntcd themselves in the main
with rcltoration of the outworn and
discarded and discredited appeals 10
"a sense OF "decency' so-callcd. In
other words all their hue and cry
was that because it was different 1t
must necessarily he wrong. Even the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-18
ssARRINGE MD GENUS.

a recent magazine story has for its
moral the idea that marriage .s fatal
to the development of genius. It tells
how two young men whose souls
burned with the heavenly fine. one a
poet and the other novelist spoiled
the promise OF their careers by talk
Ing unto themselves a VITO apiece
The inference is that the struggle TO
get along in the world In a material
and prosaic sense smothcrod their
genius under a load OF workaday re
sponsibilitcs tin they ere kong became
lust ordinary tn-bucket broad-win-
ners without tho ambition or the op-
portunity to give the world the bene-
Fit Of the intellectual and artistic
riches which dwelt within their souls.
This is truly a dismal view to take OF
the case. for it would lead to the in
evitabe conclusion that there is a
warfare between the material and the
ideal and would lead to the inference
that a man can never reach his great
est possibilities in the world of art
and letters unless his mind Is en-
tirely free from material cares.
That such is partially true is unde-
niable, as / is dcplorable. We would
not believe any such a teaching had
we not personally known Of cases in