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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
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r. S-I visited the army camp at New Orleans and I know the soldier boys well come the Y. M. c. A. workers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
RARE THINGS

Most everything on earth I've seen, But if might have one more wish, Said neighbor Obadiah Green, "Td like to hear a singing fish"
 Youngstown Telegram. 'Ive travelled far and wised up some, But ere I quit this place of strife" Said Oscar Grimm to Peter Glumm, I'd like to see happy wife
 Toledo Daily Blade. I've travelled over field and lea, As far as one can when ones broke, But I should love to live to see A joker who can take joke
 Houston Post. I've seen a lot within my day. I've seen a lot of funny folks, I've never seen the freallish jay, Who never laughs at his own jokes.
 Peoria Journal. I've .traveled round this land bit, But I should like, before I die, 1t To see a. man who will admit That women wear their skirts too high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24

Entered al the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter un- der act of Congress. March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24

The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24

and they will not be handicapped in any particular Heroism is a splen- did thing, but valor alone cannot win the battles of today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald Will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address.
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24

SIGN SHE'S WAITING "It's o'clock in the morning. I must go home"
 Don't you suppose there's storm brewing at 'home?" T can't tell until I see the domestic barometer"
 What do you mean by that?' "If there's a light burning in certain upstairs window I'll prepare for the worst"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24

Washington bureau. POT Hibbs Bulld- ing.
 European bureau, Henrietta street. Covent Garden. London.
 Eastern business office, Rooms tS to 50, inclusive. Tribune Building, New York city; western business o1Ilce' Tribune Building. Chicago The D. C' Beckwith Special Agency, agents TOT foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
LIKES THE CHANGE

LIKES THE CHANGE He dances with the debutantes And frolics day and night; In cabarets and midnight shows He takes 8 great delight. And does he mourn the good old days"
 Like other wealthy men? An, no. He says: "Im playing now, But I was working them
 EXTREME CASE I've met some cheeky people in my lifetime, but uibson beats them all" What has he done?' He wanted to have his picture taken and asked permission to pose in my library so a background of books would make him look like an intellectual giant"
 SLIGHTLY SARCASTIC Are you afraid the government will commander your automobile?" "'Afraid?' !" sneered MT. Gadspur. "oh. yes. I'm afraid of that happening in the same way that fear burglars will carry off the cuckoo clock my wife bought at a 1O-cent store"
 SOLVING THE PROBLEM "The Gadders have moved 10 times in the past seven years"
  They must be hard to please" "It's Mrs. Gadder's fault. MT. Calder started fierce family quarrel when hs suggested that they fit up a. moving van with a few conveniences and live in that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24
HARD WORK

What have you there-a list of social ecgagements7"
 NO, indeed" replied Miss Flinders This is 8 list of photoplays I must see today, in order to keep abreast with
 r5 the times" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24

Before the greatest audience of the Baptist convention, Dr. Len G. Brough- ton, one of the worlds most noted Bap- tist ministers, said Friday night that he had volunteered as a chaplain for serv- ice in the training camps of the United States soldiers and was ready to go and help at any of the Y. M. c. A. headquar- ters After a great appeal that left hun dreds of men, fathers of volunteers in the American army and navy, weeping, Dr. Broughton led more than 5000 listen CTS to pledge themselves to pray unceas- ingly for the soldiers of our country un- til this world conflict is over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24

Mrs. I. J. Van Ness, wife of the editor of the Southern Baptist publications, i'll the woman's meeting at New Orleans told of the narrow escape from death at the hands of drunken soldier which her son experienced in New York hospital recently, when the man, crazed by liquor. fired shot at Dr. Allen Van Ness, who is with the House of Relief in Hudson street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24

It is known to every student of hu- man nature that those who have been irdulging in drink are much more apt to be led on to the twin vice of impur- ity, with exposure to those vice diseases which are admitted to reduce the effi- ciency of the troops to an alarming eff feet. It was stated in one instance in the present war that one troop was more incapacitated for service from this cause than were the soldiers on the firing line from the bullets of the enemy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-24

The call has come to us who remain at home to serve these young men in the army camps in a way that will add to their comfort increase their capacity as unstained from the severe temptations of army life through an agency which has been selected by the United States gov ernment to safeguard the young manhood of the army camps of this and other lands.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03
J. J. Chapman Is President OF Tenn
porary Organization Which Was
Affected Last
Night.
ANOTHER MEETING SOON
At This Time Organization Will be
Made Permanent-PIans for
Club Are Being
Perfected.

The Keokuk AID club, which has
been planned for month, became q
reality last night at meeting held
at the keokulk Industrial association.
A temporary organization was az
fected, which will become permanent
at meeting to be held soon when
speakers from out Of the city and
representatives of the national body
can come here for organization.
The officers of the temporary organ
ization are ]. J. Chapman, president,
j. E. O'Hare, vice president, and 4.
R. Ralston, secretary-treasurer. II
vas decided that the coming meet
ing of the Keokuk Retailers league.
]. o. Boyd should address the league
members on behalf of the AID club.
The permanent organization will BIO
made in the near future. This meet
ing will be an important one, and
will be held at the Hotel Iowa with
supper preceding the business SEES
sion. The Keolluk Ad club will al
filiate with the Associated Advertis
ing clubs of the world. The matter of
sending a delegation to the conven-
ton at st. Louis in June was left to
the meeting for organization.
Every one who attended the meet
ing last night spoke favorably for the
establishment of an ad club here.
Tho members were enthusiastic and
the club commences under the most
favoring circumstances.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03

A remarkable handle features new
pan for making pies. which also is
perforated, the gases generated pass
ing through the holes 30 that the
pastry is lighter and dryer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03

York Winter Garden success with Al
Jolson. Frank Carter. Lawrence
D'Orsay. Claude Flemming. Kitty
Doner and a cast Of metropolitan
fayorites was presented to capacity
house at the new Orpheum theatre
Tuesday evening.
The production in all its detalis
was the finest musical show which
has been presented to Galesburg
audience in years. The audience
liked Mr.. Jolson with his inimitable
drolleries and his splendid song hits.
It liked Frank Carter and his singing
and dancing, it liked vivacious Kitty
little Kitty Doner and all the rest OF
them and it was not backward about
letting the fact be known. Mr.. Jol-
son was repeatedly called back and
in the second act responded to the
continued applause with speech
which convulsed the audience. IL
has been sometime since Galesourg
people have been privileged to wit
ness production of this type with
such metropolitan flavor in local
PLAYHOUSE and Idanager Olson OF the
Orpheum Is to be commended for his
enterprise IN securing 1t Tor Gales
burg-Advertiseme
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03
Watching the Score Board
rUniSsA Pres Lssssd Wire ssHvies1

Yesterdays hero-Jim Thorpe. The
famous Indian slapped out the hit
which scored the only run of Jim
vaughn and gave Fred Toney no-hit
victory.
Walter Johnson again had the pleas
ure Of seeing his team mates make no
runs while he pitched a good game.
The Yankees won it, to O..
Raw Fisher, veteran of the New York
staff, pitched the game and raped out
q hit that paved the way to the sec
ond run.
Red Ames. held the Pirates to two
hits, winning to 0.
Three pitchers looked alike to the
White Sox and they trampled on the
indians, to 8.
George Dauss turner. in another well
pitched game and the Browns sue
cumbed without run.
Milton Stock contributed three
doubles to the 2 to l victory Of the
Phfllies over the Braves
The Dodgers jumped into champion
ship form as they battled the Giants
and Ferd Schupp to fourteen inning
standstill.
Four shut-out games, one of them
hitless game for nine innings, went
on the major league records today.
Fred Toney and Jim Vaughn, be-
tween them, made new baseball rec
ord IN hurting their hitless duel
Vaughn spoiled his day by allowing a
pair Of blows in the tenth.
Besides the Cubs. the Pirates,
Browns and Senators failed to score.
Red A1nes and Ray Fisher, two vet
Grams, applied the whitewash in two
cases
Tony is the third major league hul-
er to go ten innings without allowing
a hit. Mcintyre of Brooklyn, held
Pittsburgh hitless for ten innings
August /, 1905, and George Wtltse, of
the Giants. accomplished the feat
against Philadelphia on July 4, 1908.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03
Fred Mitchell Has Chicago Team In
Third Place, TWO Notches
Above Its 1915 Finish
Ina Place.
HAS YOUNG PITCHERS
Manager Has MIxsd New Material
With Veterans and Has
MAds Formidable
Team
IBY Ia. q. HAMuToNl

UNITED Press Stan Correspondent
NEW YORK. May 3.-The Chicago
Cubs are about to prove the myster-
1ous dopster was right when he deolar-
cd It was Fred Mitchell to . great e1-
tent and not so much George Stallings
who whipped the Braves into their
1914 championship.
Mitchell has the Cubs in third place.
two notches ahead OF their finishing
point last fall and. despite the fact
that Fred Toney upset them without a
hit or run. they look good to stick
around among the leaders for while.
Il fs enough to scatter grey hairs
around managers head to watch two
OF his very best ball players get all
tangled up IN broken legs. and to wit.
ness another injury to another star.
Mitchell started with Workman at
short stop and Safer at first base. Rol-
lie Zeider is holding down Wortman's
lob and Fred Merkle Is doing the first
basing.
The combination II working and
winning ball games for Mitchell. The
performance Of Jim Vaughn against
tho Reds IN holding them hitless TO,
nine innings, finally to falter in the
tenth, was not nearly SO unexpected
rs the sterling exhibition given BY
Fred Toney.
Mitchell has gathered bunch OF
young pitchers. thrown them together
with q few veterans and is presenting
baseball team ready to do battle
with the strongest the league has to
cHer.
So far the Cubs have not come into
contact with the powerful eastern
clubs and 1t is little early to say
what may happen when the collision
does come, but Mftchells' record so far
doesn't look encouraging to the east
ern half Of the national league circuit.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03
HOLLWEG MAY
LOSE HIS JOB
German Chancellor 10 Outstanding
Figure In European War
News Today as He Can
not Please All.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
LONDON, May 3.-Whether Ger
nan Imperial Chancellor Won Beth
mann-Hollweg is to make a peace
proffer or not, the German statesman
was an outstanding figure in the
European war news Of today. Mes
sages from Germany as to the peace
speech were conflicting. some insist
ing he had deferred delivery Of the
address, others that he would make
announcement today as scheduled.
But whether or not he talked, all
news from Germany reaching Den,
mark and Holland today indicated
that the chancellor today is facing
his greatest crisis politically. He is
under fire from the conservatives
who oppose electoral reforms; he is
mistrusted by the socialists because
he hasn't gone far enough in promise
of reforms; he is blamed by other
parties for mal-administration of the
food control.
Reports of new peace offer from
Hollweg have crystalized this oppo-,
sition The junkers and big manu-
facturers fear Hollweg may try to
announce Germany's willingness to
make peace by returning the indus
trial sections of Belgium and France
she now holds. Hindenburg is being
advanced by this class of Hollweg's
enemies as his logical successor
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03
FIRST BASEBALL
GAME OF YEAR
Company L and Independents TO Meet
Sunday Afternoon at
West keokuk
Park.

The Company L baseball team and
the Independents will pry the lid OF
the local baseball season Sunday at.
ternoon at 800 o'clock at the West
keokuk baseball park
Both teams have players that are
rated high and the game promises to
be fast one. The line-ups follow:
GO. L. Independents
vaughn ....-........ Alden
c
B. Semones Buar ......... Bawien
p
AtK1ns Mullfgan
1b
e. Semones .......... Breitenstein
2b
burch ......... .-....-.-....... Tally
3b
SIS
f. Semones .,........-...... Fowler
If
CT
Tellar ................ Brtdsewalter
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03
NO WAR SECRETS
ARE HELD BACK
CONTINUED from page ~

er strength and has fortified It.
self by every possible mixture of
brute force and science, Is not
easily broken.
81 was talking today with an
American citizen who left Aus
tria with your ambassadorial
train three weeks ago. He tells
me that the Prussians and Bavari-
ans long ago discounted the en-
trance Of the United States into
the war, being Enthusiastically
ignorant Of the speed with which
you will be able to make your
preparations. But on the other
hand, the Austrians and Hungari-
ans greatly regretted having
come to the parting Of the ways
with America and their newspa-
pers were permitted so to say.
"You ask about Ireland and l
appreciate the stimulus that
would be given the campaign in
America were the Irish question
settled. There is however, no
difficulty between England and
Ireland. It should be remembered
that the difficulty is between the
Ulster protestants and the south
and southwest Catholics. Mr..
Lloyd-George is devoting a great
amount OF time IN an effort to
bring about union among Irish
people themselves. We hope no
less than you for an early and
satisfactory settlement.
Throughout the British do
minions and in France and Italy
there is a complete understand
ing Of the fact that the entry OF
the United States is the most I'M
portant event in the war since
the days Of August, 1914. am
sure that our government quite
understands that lack of frank
ness between the allies would be
disastrous. They know too that
In any case, truth and the news
can only be held up for week
or two and that truth suppressed
would eventually leak out and
SOW suspicion throughout the
United States.
gave for the submarine ton
mage figures which believe will
very shortly be made public, 1
know of nothing In the way Of
news OF importance, either on
land OF sea that has been with
held by the British censorship
during many months, except the
details of one or two signal sue
cesses with certain new war i'm
plements, the nature of which
the government is wisely hiding
from the enemy in the same
way that 1t kept the great secret
of the tanks"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03
A. E. Feldman of This City Would
Eniist Company or Brigade
II Place for Them
10 Found.
MAYOR WRITES LOGAN
Adjutant General VIII be Asked If
There 10 Any Place Where
These People Could
be Ueed.

The services OF a company or sew
eral companies of deaf mutes of Iowa
viii be offered to the government dur
ing the war. il Adjutsnt General Lo-
gan will approve plan which was
presented to Mayor Ed s. Lotion and
Judge w. L. Mcnamara of the super
Tor court today by A. q. Feldman, a
Keokuk man. who has been boy super
visor at the Iowa school for the deaf,
and who has recently resigned.
The mayor has written letter to
Adtutant General Logan outlining MI.
Feldman's plan, and asking il there
Will be any place in the service for
such an organization as is proposed.
Nj. Feldman finds that deaf mutes
are used in the European armies, and
he would like to form a similar organ
ization here.
The deaf men around Omaha and
Coe~cil Bluffs are enthusiastic and
would volunteer for services in what
ever branch they could be of use.
They are most Of them, able bodied
and as stretcher bearers, perhaps, in
the Red Cross, ammunition passers
On the battle held, Or cooks or mem
bers of the quartermaster's depart
ment, they could be put to good use,
other than on the firing line.
Raise Iowa Brigade. =
It has been suggested that an Iowa
company or brigade Of deaf mutes be
raised. Mr.. Feldman is enthusiastic
over the idea, and would be able to
undertake this work. He has been in
the national guard. having been a
member Of Company L OF Keokuk. He
fs thoroughly trained in the deaf lang
uage, and was boy supervisor at the
school at Council Bluffs. He resigned
from this place in February. At that
time he said he had conversation with
many Of the afflicted men in Council
Bluffs and Omaha, and they were en-
thusiastic over possibilities Of aiding
their country then.
The plan Of Mr. Feldman's will be
laid before the adjutant general of
Iowa. with the request that he lend
his support to 1t. or at least give Mr..
Feldman the address Of the proper
parties to communicate with Mr.
Feldman presented his plan to sever
al local people, including C. R. Joy,
chairman Of the Red Cross chapter
here.
The highly developed instincts OF
the deaf people, and the fact that they
are trained to point of sensitiveness
for almost any emergency would make
them good soldiers, Mr.. Feldman
thinks. Some of the army commands
and they would be as we'll drilled
course the deaf mute depends upon,
and II they would be as we'll drilled
and as capable as soldiers possessing
all their senses, he thinks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03

The following poem, written DS
Joseph Code, was delivered by hin
as a greeting to the Very Rev. James
W. Gillespie at the program held III
his honor In st. Peters hall Tuesday
afternoon:
Long years ago, saint was born
On far Judean shore.
And Christ did choose him for Ills OWL
For then and evermore.
But time has flown since long ago
He labored for the fold.
Nor did he stop nor seek to rest,
Fen from the winters cold.
Yet now today we have with us
A James Of lates days.
A James Of later days.
Along life's thorny ways.
Oh. what would be our school this day,
If absent should you be?
And naught we'd hear your merry
voice?
No one can answer me.
With such a pastor, friend and guide,
How thankful should we be.
And this is what we pray, my friend,
God bless and anchor thee
Beside thy patron far above
Where angel choirs proclaim
The glory Of a pastor kind
Our own-a James by name"
But may that time be far away
And long your stay be here,
Among the ones who love you 50
For MANY a happy year.
So be with us in rain or shine,
In SORROW and in pain.
And when you're called o Father
dear,
Farewell, we'll meet again.
Thus have we come, your children,
here
To greet you once again
A happy feast day with your friends
From beginning unto end.
Awake, fair flowers in vale and dell
To grace the highways bare.
And fill the morning air with scents
OF perfume sweet and rare.
Ye sun above, shine out upon
The world all fresh with dew;
Form with the clouds and vaulting
sky
The red and white and blue.
Then, sing! sing! sing!
o birds of fairest May.
Oh, let thy sweetest songs ring out
On this his festal day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03
THIEVES BREAK
IN TWO STORES
Butter, BScon and Fifteen Pennies
Missing From O'erien Grocery
This Morning - Broke
Through Rear Window.

Thieves broke into the O'Brien
grocery at 700 Palean street, and the
Ewers meat shop at 1122 Main street,
last night. At the former place,
three pounds of butter. two small
pieces of bacon and fifteen pennies
from the till were taken. Nothing
was missing from the meat shop.
The shutters of one of the rear
windows of the grocery were forced
and the window broken by the
thieves. At the meat shop a rear
window was forced.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03

Lewis weighed 22S pounds and Olin
220.
Seven thousand persons, including
many women. watched the bout,
which continued until after l o'clock
this morning.
In the preliminaries. Paul Martin
son defeated Paul Schulz and Benny
Ruebens beat Billy Shober of Indian
apolis.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03
ADJUSTMENTS,
Al Jojson Tomorrow

Robinson Crusoe. Jr.," which
plays only two weeks of one night
stands during the entire season,
travels in a special eight coach train
with its own complete Winter Gar.
den orchestra. and numbers near,y
200 persons in its entirety, comes 10
the Grand tomorrow night. The
Galesburg Republican-Register, where
the attraction appeared last night,
says:
Robinson Crusoe. Jr.," the New
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03
Lewis Gets Decision.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
CHICAGO, May 3.-Ed (Strangler)
Lewis was declared winner over John
DIN early today. after they had
wrestled two hours and thirty-seveu
minutes without a fall, when the lat
ter complained of a lame shoulder
and conceded the match. Lewis was
the aggressor throughout. The work
of both men was so clean that Frank
Gotch. who refereed, had sinecure.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03

After a Chinook wind melted snow
piles on the hills around Helena, newa-
boys picked up $40 worth Of gold
nuggets washed onto the paved
streets by the water. The nugget
stunt is Helena's long suit ever since
Last Chance gulch mothered the
town
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-03
GREETING TO
REV. GILLESPIE
Poem Read by Joseph Code at Pro
gram Given In Honor Of
Pastor Tuesday
Afternoon.

The following poem, written by
Joseph Code, was delivered by him
as a greeting to the Very Rev. James
w. Gillespie at the program held in
his honor In ST. Peters hall Tuesday
afternoon: