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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22

 "The next step will be the certifica- tion of the results of the drawing to 4557 local boards and the application by each board of it's chart to it's serially numbered list This need consume but little time and, when done, the order of priority of the nearly 100000 regis trants to report for examination will be revealed. Such additional drafts as may be ordered by the President will be filled by calling men In the order of their es- tablished priority and no further draw ing will ever be necessary. Each local board upon receipt of it's chart and, . upon notification by the governor of the quota to be raised by it, may proceed ' at once under regulations already pro- mulgated, to summon men for examina- ton.
 RACE TO BE SWEETEST
 We have now passed the stage in the execution of the selective service act when we must have concert of action by the states. In raising state contingents < the race is to be the swiftest. T cannot let this opportunity pass without adverting to the very great value of the assistance which has been X Eso earnestly and eefficiently rendered by the press
 sWithout the systematic campaign of ! public information that prepared the { country for the registration, the enroll ment of 10,000000 men on the fifth day of June would have been impossible. The, Agenerous support of the newspapers through the period since registration day Nis appreciated and only the most thor ough efficiency could have placed upon the streets, within few hours after the |3drsl number was drawn, lists for each 8registration district, showing the names #of the persons who would be summoned @for examination on the first call of the \ local boards"
 N REGULATIONS ISSUED H General Crowder also made public the 8text of the regulations for their appli- gcation which will accompany the master 6lists. The only new feature shown is the plan for handling cards that are
 Hound to have duplicate numbers or are
 k kotherwise confused, and also of dealing with those received July 10 when the < local boards closed their lists to begin numbering.
 By the plan worked out these addi- tional cards will be given an order of, ! &their own by lot and will then be added to the lists of the districts from which they come and be affected by the draw | ing precisely as though they had been [rSceived and numbered before the boafl Elists were closed. Where several cards \ Dear the same serial number. one will
 be drawn from the group ana retain tn, E duplicated lumber, while the others Will he regarded as unnumbered and the pro- ! cess of adding them to the lists be foi- lowed
 DISTRICT BOARDS NAMED Another step accomplished during the Kday was the appointment of the district tContinued on Page Nine)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22
Makes Exhaustive Compari- son of Merits Offered by Tennessee and
 Warrior Rivers
BASES CONCLUSION ON WHAT IS BEST
 FOR ENTIRE STATE
Nitrogen for War and for Fertilizers Essential to Continued Existence
 of the Nation
By HUGH ". ROBERTS


 Washington, July 21. Especial. )-What are the facts in the controversy be- tween citizens of Alabama regarding the relative merits of Muscle Shoals, in the Tennessee river, and the Warrior river, as available sites for the nitrate plant which the government pro- poses to construct?
 The average citizen, it is apparent, knows very little in respect to the technical advantages the one point might possess over the other. En- gineers who have investigated both seem to differ. Senator Underwood, who for five years has fought in Congress for a government-owned nitrate plant for the manufacture of explosives and fertilizers-an who believes that such a plant should be built at Muscle Shoals-has stated the case as he sees it.
 In his statement he compares from government records the Warrior river and Muscle Shoals. He refers to the re- port of Engineer Little, who investi- gated the Warriors availability and re- ports of otker engineers who have studied and rendered verdicts on Muscle Shoals Without severity he criticizes the dedue- tions of General Black who submitted the recently discussed report to the in terdepartmentai board.
 The statement of Senator Underwood must either be successfully critized and refuted by fact and evidence, or accept ed as final. It will either precipitate live newspaper discussion or put to an end the newspaper controversy which, with transformation as to basis, has been raging in Alabama.
 DEDUCTIONS MADE The deduction made from the state ment of Senator Underwood is that by certain omissions Engineer Little pre- sented the Warrior in light trifle too favorable and that General Black ex- | ceeded even the estimates of Engineer | Little
 1 The senator points out that in esti- l mating the average flow of the Warrior, 1 Engineer Little failed to include in his series of years three very dry years, the | figures on which, he adds, were obtain able He points out, too, that Engineer | Little in providing for dams ranging from 14 to 150 feet failed to note that
 when the low dams were overflowed | their power would be eliminated He l states, further, that Engineer Little evi- i dently did not take into consideration the 1 fact that in constructing certain dams navigation in the Warrior from one to two years would be stopped.
 AS TO GENERAL BLACK | In dealing with General Black, Sena- 1 tor Underwood refers to the possibility (Continued on Page Six)
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-03-02
10 TO 20 KILLED
IN TRAIN CRASH
First Fatal Wreck on Pennsylvania
Line in Years.-Accident Oc-
Cured After Midnight


Philadelphia-Fr 10 to 20 persons
were reported to have been killed and
a number injured in a rear-end col
lision between the Mercantile Express
and a freight train on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad at Mount Union station,
between Altoona and Harrisburg.
The accident occurred shortly after
midnight. The passenger train was
discharging passengers at Mount
Union, a regular stop when the freight
plowed into the steel sleeper on the
rear, which was forced Through a
wooden coach just ahead. Virtually
all the occupants of the wooden coach
are believed to have been killed.
The two coaches were so tightly
jammed together that it was some
time befoe it was possible to extricate
their occupants.
The relief train was sent on east
with the PASSENGERS who escaped in
jury. All passenger cars remained on
the track while the wrecked freight
cars went over the embankment.
1t was the first fatal passenger
wreck to occur on the Pennsylvania
rail road in several years.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-03-02
MARKET AT SPOKANE.

The real handicap to enlarged. dis.
tributive operations at the present
time is the overtaxing of transporta-
ton facilities through the enormous
acquisitions for the movement of
freight. Delayed deliveries, added to
the complications of the prevailing
merchandise scarcity in many lines,
complexities the problem of the re-
taller, the jobber and the manufac.
turer.
Provisions.
Butter - While there has been no
change as to prices, quotations still
holding at 41@43c, the undertone is
strong with supplies scarce and de.
mands fully adequate to absorb all Of
ferings at full prices.
Eggs Market is some firmer with
quotations up soc to 81, caused by
cooler weather and shipment of sup
plies to eastern points.
Dressed Meats-Market is still very
firm and high. While trade in fresh
meats is running well above normal,
SO far as money is concerned, there
is falling off in volume Of consump-
ton, due to almost prohibitive prices.
Poultry-Market is holding at about
the same level as last week with no
change as to prices. Supplies are just
about adequate to meet demands.
Quotations are still held down some
what by cold storage stuff on the mar
ket.
Lard and Cured Meats-From the
highest prices ever touched for hogs
on the hoof, down through the list,
values have gone soaring, the advances
in hams and bacon being accumulated
by scarcity and light receipts at pack
ing centers. Lard holds at same fig.
ure as last week.
Fish-Fresh is scarce. Practically
only offering of salmon and halibut is
frozen stock, but the situation is ex.
pected to improve soon with the move.
ment of halibut to the northern banks.
In smoked and salt fish the Roundup
Fisheries Co. reports good supply
on hand for the Lenten season.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Apples-Jobbers report the apple
market in better condition this week
with stocks cleaning up pretty much,
and forecasting advances. The mar
ket at Chicago shows a strong tone
and at New York prices are firm with
market good.
Other Fruits-Both fancy lemons
and oranges are firmer Florida grape
fruit is up another notch this week
and quoting at $5@5.50. Cranberries
are nearly over, with the price down
TO 50 per barrel and 1926 per box.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-03-02
IDAHO SNOWSL|DE
KILLED Is MINERS
SLEEPING VICTIMS BURIED IN
RUINS OF CLUBHOUSE AT
NORTH STAR NINE.
OVER l6 INJURED SERIOUSLY
Disaster at Mine ~ Miles Northeast
of Hailey-Rescuers Face Peril
) Danger Of Another sIiwe,
Workers Are Recalled.

Boise, Idaho-Fifteen men were
killed and Is injured when a gian
snowslide destroyed the clubhouse
compressor houes and warehouse Of
the North Star mine, IL miles north
east of HALEY, Idaho, at $3.50 O'Clock
Sunday morning.
The Dead.
Bodies of these men have been ia
ken from the debris:
John Fleming, Elton G. Cooley
Jack Vaughn, James Peterline, Phi
WEIGH, John Purnell, Frank P. Man
gingo, Roy Judd, Sam Labarge.
The following six men are miss
ing and all are believed to be buried
beneath the slide:
John Kistle, John Hearn, Jack Nc
Kelvey, Emmett P. Russell, w. r
Motley, w. S. Schmidt
Injured.
On the list Of those injured is Ton
Jay, mine superintendent; A. E. Woo
is in a precarious condition, with hi!
back broken and hip fractured. 9th
erwise on the injured list are:
George Lee, Jack Lindsey, l.. O
Beeson, Bert Judd, e. G.. Jones, ]
R. Carter and Pete Peterson.
Immediately upon receiving new:
of the disaster special train convey
ing physicians and rescue workers
was run from HALEY to Gimlet, from
where the party was obliged to trav
ell six miles to the mine in sleighs
1t is reported that three of thi,
number are dangerously injured. Thu
bodies of the dead were left at thu
mine temporarily.
The disaster is the worst in the
history of Wood River mining. o.
the men, killed Fleming, Labarge ant
Russell leave families living at Hail
ey. Vaughn, Kistle, McKelvey, Welcl
and Echmidt are HALEY men, Man
gingo was timekeeper at the mine.
Slides Numerous.
A fall of two and one-half feet Of
snow during the previous three days
followed by rain, has resulted in nu
merous slides in the North Star dis
trict, many in places where they
never were known to occur before.
At the time of the accident the
Federal Mining and Smelling com
pany had so men employed at tn,
mine and lis at work at the mill
two miles below. The officials hav,
announced that because of dangerou
conditions prevailing they will clos,
the mine for the remainder of tn,
winter.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-03-02
SPORTING ITEMS

Golf is one sport where age and
build are not important.
Wisconsin has blacklisted Freddie
Welsh on account of shady ring work
The National league magnates have
decided to pension John d. Day.
The annual meeting of organization
will be held March at Grand Rapids.
Peoria is after the A. B. G. tourney.
Thomas w. Murphy of Poughkeep
sic again leads the list of winning
drivers in the harness racing cam
paign of 1916.
The Northwestern league baseball
magnates will meet in Spokane on
Tuesday, March 6, to take up the work
of adopting schedule for the 1911
season.
A worlds record is said to have been
broken at Denver recently by Robert
Wheeler of Denver in a 24-hour roller
skating endurance race, in which he
Travelled 2S1 8-14 miles. The record
it was claimed, was $50 miles, done in
Paris in 1908.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-03-02
MARKET REPORT
Portland.

Hogs-Higher; bulk of packing
grades, $12.25@12.35; heavy packing
$12.3o@12.5o; light packing, $1,000
1875; rough heavies, $11@11.5o; pigs
and skips, $11@11.50; stock hogs, SIC
oil.
Cattle-steady; steers, prime light
$9.35@9.6o; prime heavy, $9.25@9.35;
good, $s.75@9.25; COWS, choice, SITS
@s; medium to good, $7@7.75; ordi.
nary to fair, $6,50@7; heifers, SEQ
s.25; bulls, S4.5o@7; calves, $e@1o.
Sheep = Steady; lambs, east OF
mountains, $12.75@13; lambs, valley
$12@12.5o; lambs, good, SLIPS @11.75;
prime wethers,. STOCKHOLDERS; choice
ewes, s9.25@o.75; heavy ewes, $s.75
OOPS.
Hogs-Prime light hogs, $4,000
1875; medium to choice, $12.25@
1890; smooth heavy, $11.75@12:
rough heavy, S11.25@11.5o; pigs, un.
der $50 pounds, $9.5o@11.5O.
Cattle-Prime light steers, $9.25@
$50; medium to choice, $s.6O@S.s5;
common to medium, $6.75@s.25; COWS
and heifers, $s.25@s.5o; medium to
choice, $7.6O@7.S5; common to me-
dunn, $3.75@4.75; calves, $6.75@9.25.
Sheep-Prime lambs, $11.50@12;
good lambs, $10.75@11; wethers, $3.50
@10; ewes, $4,000.
Chicago.
Hogs-Steady. Bulk, $12.35@12.75;
light, 1.9O@12.7o; mixed, $12.35@
1885, heavy, $12.35@12.s5; rough,
12.35@12.50; pigs, $9.5O@11.
Cattle-Steady; native beef cattle,
$7.s5@11.90; stockers and feeders,
$6.25@9; cows and heifers, $3.50
1920; calves, $9@13.
Sheep-Steady; wethers, $4,000
1215; lambs, $12.40@1470.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-03-02
MILK DEALERS CONVENTION
Inland Empire Dealers Elect Officers
at Spokane

Inland Empire Dealers Elect Officers
at Spokane
Milkman of the Inland Empire have
adopted a constitution and bylaws
bristling with. the latest efforts in ref
ernedums and provisions to protect
the common mixers.
Officers Are Elected
Officers were elected as follows:
President, H. S. Findley, Cheney
Wash.
Vice-president, Arthur E. Hooper,
Farrell, Idaho.
Secretary-treasurer, B. e. Smead
Opportunity, Wash.
Executive committee, Robert Gray
Post Falls, Idaho; David Munroe, Spo.
kane! J. /. Graham, Palouse, Wash.
The question of forming COW test.
ing association came up, and IS men
gave their names as ready to join.
They represented a total of 493 cows.
The plans will be worked out in con-
junction with ounty Agent ]. r. Shinn.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-03-02
SUMMARY OF THE
WORLDS EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS OF BOTH HEMI
SPHERES BOILED DOWN TO
LAST ANALYSIS.
ARRANGED F0RQU|CKREAD|NG
Brief Notes Covering Happenings In
This Country and Abroad That
Are of Legitimate Interest
to all the People.

Germany is to tax bachelors higher
than family men,
Vladivostok is facing a coal famine
because of the great demand for ships
to carry ammunition.
A prayer for relief of the food sit
uation was delivered in congress Sat
urday by Chaplain Couden.
The equivalent of $50 ton for coal
is perhaps the maximum reached dur,
ing the present crisis in Paris.
German submarines continue to sink
entente ships. The total tonnage sunk
Friday as reported was 25,456.
James w. Gerard, former ambassa-
dor to Germany, left the Spanish cap
ital Sunday evening for Corunna.
The British government is just now
buying 50,O00,O00 pounds OF tea,
years supply for the army and navy.
1t constitutes one of the largest tea
purchases on record.
An amendment to the sundry civil
bill appropriating 100000 for an in
vestigation by the federal trade com
mission of the high cost of food pass
ed the house Saturday.
The Union Pacific railroad has de-
cided to insure against future trouble
from snow blockade by the construc-
ton of permanent concrete snow
sheds. costing approximately $4,000
The Ferguson bone dry liquor bill
passed February 10, and the anti
cigarette bill passed on the same day,
became laws in Texas without the
formality of being signed by the gov,
ernor.
In the Ancre region in northern
France British troops have made fur
Their gains There has been little
activity on other battle fronts. While
Berlin admits withdrawing some OF
the troops from mud-filled trenches
London says British gains were made
on both sides of the Ancre.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-03-02
German Casualties Reported.

London.-Casualties in the German
army, exclusive of colonial troops,
reported in the German casualty lists
in the month of January, 1917 total
led 77,534 officers and men killed,
wounded, prisoners or missing. The
casualties bring the total of Germans
killed and those who died of wounds
or sickness to 9SS,329 and the total
casualties since the war began to
4 OS7. 692.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-03-02
$1,000, 900 Fire in Louisville

Louisville, Ky.-Damage aggregating
more than $1,000,000 was caused by a
fire here Sunday which destroyed the
elevators Of the Kentucky Public Ele-
vator company and several score of
freight cars. approximately 100000
bushels of wheat, corn, rye and oats
were destroyed.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-03-02
BIG OCEAN LINER
SUNK BY TORPEDO
CHICAGO WOMAN AND HER
DAUGHTER ARE AMONG
THE DROWNED.
WAS NOT GIVEN WARMING
Passengers and Crew, Numbering 309,
Saved With Few Exceptions
Washington Officials Deeply
Concerned.

London, Feb. 27.-It has been defin.
itely ascertained that two Americans
were lost on the Laconia, according
to the Daily Chronicles Queenstown
correspondent, when Mrs. Mary e.
Hoy and her daughter, Miss Elizabeth
Hoy, of Chicago, were drowned by
the swapping of boat
A steamer brought 267 survivors to
Queenstown early on Tuesday, who
were rescued from eight boats. The
passengers versions of the number
lost differ. Some say 25 were
drowned and others not more than TO-
Four Americans are among the sur.
viving passengers; one of them is the
Rev. Joseph Waring of Baltimore, who
was completely exhausted when
brought ashore.
Believe All Saved
The Cunard company announced
that there is reason to believe that
virtually all on board the steamer La
coma were saved.
AIICIISdIS OH DOdTO
| Twenty-six Americans, six of whom
were cabin passengers and 20 mem.
bers of the crew, were on board the
Cunard liner Laconia, from New York
February 18 for Liverpool, with Is
passengers and crew of ZIG, when
the vessel was sunk by a German sub.
marine Sunday night. One casualty
as yet unidentified, was officially re
ported by the Liverpool office to the
lines officials here.
Names of the American passengers
and their address, as given by the line
here and confirmed in part by rela
tives in the United States, are:
Floyd P. Gibbons of the Chicago
Tribune.
+ Mrs. F. e. Harris, wife of Lieutenant
Colonel Frank E. Harris, United States
coast artillery corps, stationed at Fort
Du Pont, near Philadelphia.
/ Arthur T. Kirby, cambridge, N. Y.
Mrs. Mary E. Hoy, Chicago.
Miss Elizabeth Hoy, Chicago
The Rev. James Wareing, registered
from New York, but said to be from
Norfolk, Va.
Carried No Explosives
While details of the cargo of the La
coma are withheld under a recent rul-
ing of the customs officials, it was
| learned at the office of the company
that the following items were among
the principal commodities carried:
One thousand bars of silver, 10000
bushels of wheat, 2843 bales of cotton
1408 boxes of fresh fruit, 5000 tons OF
shell castings and other war supplies
and 5000 tons of provisions. 1t was
positively stated by officials of the line
that there were no explosives on
board.
In addition to cargo and passengers
the Laconia carried 5000 bags of Uni
ted States and Canadian mail, 1900
sacks of which had been transferred
from the American liner st. Louis. The
Laconia, sailing on the same date the
Holland-Aferican liner Ryndham re.
turned to port, after being turned back
from her voyage to Rotterdam by the
submarine menace, had on board nine
of the Ryndham's passengers.
Had One Defense Gun
The Laconia, when she left here,
was armed with one defense gun,
founted aft. The report that the ship
was torpedoed at night and without
warning indicates thtt there was no
opportunity to use the defense gun,
according to officials of the line.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-03-02
Convict Renton Bank RobbersI

Seattle.-F. j. Dusky was found
guilty in the superior court here of
having participated in the robbery in
October, 1915, of the Citizens Bank
of Renton, from which $1400 was ia
ken. Dusky's conviction resulted prin-
cipally from testimony given by his
divorced wife, Mrs. Eta Mcdonald,
and by A. j. Rounds, confessed ac-
complete.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-03-02
Stop Canadian Women

Halifax, N. S.-Twenty-five Cana
dian women and children who arrived
here on a steamship from the United
States for Europe were taken off by
government officials under a regula-
ton which provides that women and
children may not sail for England at
present. Three American women were
permitted to continue the voyage.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-03-02
PEOPLE IN GERMANY
UNITED ON WARFARE
WILL STAND TOGETHER so LONG
AS ENEMY INSISTS ON MAX
ING SEVERE DEMANDS.
AMERICANS REPORT HOME
Loyalty to Cause on Part Of Aus
TRANS Is Now Causing Some
Troublesome Would Annex
All Captured Territory.

Berne, Switzerland.-(Fr staff
correspondent of the Associated
Press)-There is no doubt in the
minds of Americans who have come
to Switzerland from Germany since
the severance of diplomatic relations
between Berlin and Washington that
the German public today presents
solid front. Any danger Of serious
internal disturbances such as has
been limited at in publications out
side of Germany is regarded as be-
ing as remote as it was many months
ago. Nevertheless the state of pub
lie opinion has become a pressing
problem, especially during the last
few weeks.
From these Americans some Of
tunities to study internal conditions
in Germany, the following informa-
ton, representative of their general
ly expressed views, has been OBJ
| tanned:
Looked Like DoubIe-cross.
The attitude of the German people
became more of a problem when the
break with America occurred, not be-
cause Of any overwhelming majority
opposed to the break, but because
it followed SO closely on the heels of
the widespread peace talk, coming at
! a time when the yearning for ces-
sation of hostilities had lately re-
ceived such enormous impetus.
| There exists in Germany cynical
though not disloyal, minority, which
| frankly believes the peace offer was
not made in the expectation that
| peace could be brought about, but
for the purpose of heartening large
but only potentially dangerous STRAIT
UNI of the population which is tired
of war This section has been an
tagonized by the unsilencable and I'M
comfortable Pan-German element that
has clamored for the annexation of
everything thus far conquered, or at
least for very material increases in
territory. Although naturally unor-
ganized, this stratum is very extens-
i've. 1t has taken the attitude that
the war and the causes thereof are
none of it's affair, and that annexa-
tions would be of doubtful value A
majority of this element is indiffer-
ent whether Belgium is retained or
returned. 1t longs with increasing
anxiety for peace.
Peace Party Is Growing.
The growing opinion that Germany
can not hope to obtain all that is
desired by the extremists and the
passionate desire to have it all over
with on any reasonable basis, and to
get the members of the families back
home, has brought into being in the
last few months a more or less pow
erful peace party The cynics ar
que that the government, recogniz-
ing the existence of this faction, de.
cided on a moderate peace offer,
which, if accepted, would please the
peace advocates, even though not en-
tirely pleasing the Pan-Germans;
while, if rejected, the result would be
unification of the people and oblit-
Grafton of the chasm between the
peace faction and the Pan-Germans.