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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-10-31
Official Cablegrams Received at
Capital Today Indicate Disposi.
tion to Bury All Differences and
Win the War.
CENTRAL POWERS HOPE TO
FORCE AN EARLY PEACE
Drive Is Regarded as the Last
Desperate Attempt to End Hos.
tilities Before Fourth Year of
the Conflict Begins.


Nv AsfoctAied Ffeee
evidences Of the unlGying effect upon
the Italian people OF the Austro-Ger-
mar offensive Is shown by official
cnblegrams received today
Socialists have shown a disposition
fur truce in political struggles in
order to strengthen the people in re-
-istapoe to thine invasion, The paria-
mentnry socialistic group has had sew
eral meetings to consider plans of co-
operation with the government and
only await the return to Rome Of
their leader. Turiti to take action.
MoanW lille they have let It be known
that they are disposed to support the
government 90 any extent short Of
actual participation and the abandon
men' of socialistic aims and idenls.
The Austru-German offensive is re-
gnrded as the last desperate attempt
of the central powers by crushing
Italy 60 force q peace before the
fourth winter OF war begins
Military experts IN Rome are point
ing out that the enormous mass OF the
enemy may menace the italian rear
lines of al advanced positions. This
numerical superiority Of the enemy
along the entire Italian front makes II
necessary 90 mass the Italian forces
by drawing back tho arch front and
| shortening the lines which are now
diyitcd and uotchod along the isonZu
| While this will consolidate and
| strengthen the Italian lines IN" enemy
| limos viii diminish In strength as they
| advance as they will he obliged 10 use
| q large fore, 90 maintain their com
] municationN and viii lose the impetus
/ ,f th. first l.4b
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-10-31
ct NRD, SENI,N MEMBERS of
CIiEM. AND piIDT pEliiSiiilb

Washington. oct. al 6. Mcneil
of plaiuyiow Mass who was q mem
her OF the armed guard seven mem
hcrs ct tho GROW and q French pilot
ll iof whom were reported missing
when the American steamer Iucken-
hlch was sunk pctohor ! Z have been
given up as lost
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-10-31
500 SQUARE MILES OF TERRITORY WRESTED
FROM ITALIANS SINCE BIG DRIVE STARTED
GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN TROOPS CONTINUE
PURSUIT OF CADORNAS S SHAT TERED ARMY,
UO|NE FALLS INTO THE HANDS OF INVADERS

Central Powers Are Driving Through Plains of venea the
Direction Taglamento River While Another Army Is
Trying Through the Italian Defense in the Carnc Alps
Since Wednesday the Foe Has Occupied More Than 800
Square Miles of Territory Formerly Held by Italy United States
France and England TO Rush Aid.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-10-31

The first American httery was al
most walked upon before IL was dis
covered II was 50 well hidden un-
Ser the trees and with foliage about IL
on q low hung wire netting Under
she net water dripped steadily Some
OF the guuners were digging another
pit iu the mud oiongsidr their hidden
gun.
Through the foliage in every direc-
tion the ground was undulating, At
that moment there was flash of
flame through the mist II was the
crack of .Ia gun. and following II
clusck came tho noise of the shell
rushing through the air. becoming
fainter and fainter as the projectile
went ON its way 60 the German posi-
| ton over the crest Of a hin farther
away The mud digging artlilarists
continued their work. without even
loolSing M
4 lieutenant from Georgia emerged.
| tie was the officer who directed the
! first shot He ied thr way down the
| slippery muddy hill TO a dug out
covered over with sand bags and
| logs There We met lieutenant from
| Indiana OF the same battery who
directed the first eighteen shots ot
| the war against Germany from az
/ oNetrAtttou mint
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-10-31
Correspondent Pays Visit to Per-
shings Troops in the Trenches
and Finds sammies Engaged in
Actual Warfare.
MEN ARE wALLowING IN
MUD OF EASTERN FRANCE
Nevertheless They Are Enthusias-
tic and Exchange Shot for Shot
With the Germans Indiana
Man Fired First Gun.


By Associated Pt-ss
With the American Army In France.
Monday oct Pa delayed. The
firlt Americans tu establish contact
with ,he Germans today are bathing
la the muI Of eastern France. They
constantly are under fire ana CON
stantly have their guns on the enemy.
american shells have been hurled
into German territory and they have
exploded near the enemy line.
ON hill to the right of an Ameri-
can officer catardets of mud are to
be seen 70 one eide an American
officer IL looking out ON the scene
through his field glasses He IN Ivy
ing to see what damage has been
done by the artillery to the enemy and
his harhed wire entauglements
Closer to the enemy IN the first
lire trenches IS the infantry with the
shells of both American and German
guns whizzing over their heads. The
| men are rubber booted and ponchoed
! Rain mixed with SNOW. pelts their
helmets No clothing, however. tx able
To- withstand tho wind driven drops
OF rain and SNOW but gunners and in
| fantrymen. although they are wet. are
satisfied. feeling that the honor OF
! having been the first Americans In
| action Is more than sufficient re-
| compertse Tor their discomfort
The correspondent reached the
! American position after "A long motor
| ride through she'll battered towns
Leaving the motor in one of the
towns he walked the rest of the way.
Motor cars attract the eye of the
! Germans aud they are likely 10 drop
"a half dozen shells in the direction
| that any machine * seen
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-10-31
NEW MEXICO WEATHER

Fair tonight aud Thursday; not
much change In temperature,
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-10-31

pn tho other side of the hill was
found the first Gun fired. The muddy
gunnerS were hard nj work cleaning
their gun
"fhs was the first gun fires In
the war said the munu neuten.Bt
.rhe sergeant Inside the pit there
fired H."
Looking into the pit IN, lieutenant
said.
sergeant whore are you from"
a husky voice replied
'l'n from South Bend. Ind
Are you Irish e' asked the ,lcu-
tenant
$50 SIR the sergeant hughingly
| replied.
AZ This ,'me orders canio for his
gun and others of the battery placed
| iu nearby hills IN sight and sound OF
! each other 90 commence firing The
gun "u the farthcst hin went of with
"a roar ana faint stream of smoke
| was blown backward from the Sit.
Inside me pa In which the correspUn-
dent stood q voice shOutee out the
range figures and the lieutenant re-
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-10-31
LOCAL WEATHER

Maximum. sc; minimum. - range,
ss. Sa. M. gs north wind. clear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-21
Impressive Incident

Commissioner John R. Hornady. was very much impressed with an inci- dent that took place at Powell school on Thursday when the flag raising ex- ercises were being conducted in East park.
 "Dr. Phillips called upon every child in the crowd of foreign birth to raise their flags" said Mir. Hornady. About 1 ? of them responded. Dr. Phillips then asked for those of French. Italian and Greek percentage, born in the old coun- try, to raise their flags as he asked for each nationality. As each child raised his flag he was cheered by his schoolmates. Finally he asked If there was German born child in the crowd and little girl raised her flag. Inl- mediately her welcome became pro- nounced as the cheers were more lusty and lasted longer. showing that the proper spirit exists among the school children toward the Germans and I was mighty glad to see it." stated Mir Hornady
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-21
South Carolina Editor Here

Charles O. Hearon, editor of the Spar tanburg Herald, and a member of the state highway commission of South Carolina, came over to attend the ses- sions of the Bankhead Highway associa- tion. The other Spartanburg delegate was c. T. Lundgren.
 "Spartanburg county is in exception ally good position for reaping the har- vest of the good roads sentiment we have been sowing for years" said MT. Hearon. The county has authorized a S10Oo,000 bond issue for roads and we think we already have some very ex- ceptional highways.
 Some people make fun of good roads meetings and say they are all for poli- tics, but I believe in encouraging them. In order to get roads built the main thing is to arouse sentiment in favor of them and one of the best ways to get this sentiment. is by the publicity that is always given to organized effort of any kind in behalf of improved roads
 That is the reason I encouraged the called National highway from New York to Atlanta, and why I made the whole trip by automobile with the scouts. Much of the national highway is em- braced in what is proposed as the Bank head highway. But I am for them both. They both pass through Spartanhurg, and some of South Carolinas best counties, and they help to stir interest in the ! cause of good roads generally"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-21
Forgot Past Differences

"If Judge Brandon is not the next governor of Alabama 1t will certainly not be the fault of the people of Tus- caloosa," said Murray Cannon, prom inent wholesale grocer of that city. Tt is really surprising how strong the people of his home town are for him. You know. we fall out among ourselves in local and county fights and get mad and wrought up polit- ically, but when it comes to a Tus- caloosa man against some candidate from elsewhere in the state, we all forget out past differences. Just to prove this, Judge Brandon a year ago was candidate in rather warm race for probate judge. Now his opponent at that time and all his leading support CTS are for Judge Brandon for gov ernor."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-21
Wi l Have Good
 Markafing Plans

INNE of the handicaps to crop " diversification when the cam paign in this state was started was the lack of adequate marketing facili- ties. Two years ago hundreds of en- terprising farmers, acting on the ad- vice of those in charge of the diversi- ] fication movement, raised surplus of vegetables and feedstuffs, but they had difficulty in selling their prod ucts and some complained that they were forced to sell at an actual loss ! what they had produced. Such condi- tions will not exist this year.
 The reason farmers gave for mak- ing cotton their sole money crop was because there was always a ready market for it at quoted prices. In order to sell food and feedstuff crops at a profit an organized business-like movement was needed-a community of interests that would bring pro- ducer and consumer closer together. Such Alabama will have in connection with the food preparedness campaign directed by men of business and farm- ing experience and widely known for their public spirit.
 The railroads are ready to specialize in these "better marketing" activities. There is to be cooperation all along the line. All the farmer is asked to do is to plant more of everything to eat. Whatever he produces will be in demand at high prices-prices that would have been scarcely dreamed of a half dozen years ago.
 The first-class marketing condi- tions about to be established will be made permanent. And with the new system in operation agricultural Ala bama should enter upon an era of un- paralleled thrift.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-21
Gentry Urges Good Roads

T. R. Gentry, commercial superinten- dent of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company, with supervision over Alabama and a large part of Geor- gia, is one of the prominent delegates attending the good roads meeting
 MT. Gentry has taken leading part in the good roads movement of Georgia and throughout this section and was chair man of several tours conducted in Geor- gia. He stated that his interest was a part of the announced purpose of the Southern Bell company to cooperate ac- lively with all of the movements in its territory in any effort to improve con- ditions or develop the country.
 We have long since realized" said MT Gentry, that without the good will of the communities in which we operate our company cannot secure the develop Is necessary to enable us to fulfill the functions involved in performing the ma ximum duty we owe as public serv- ice corporation. It is therefore our pol icy to cooperate with local and sectional 
 movements looking to the improvement of the different communities and it is in conformity with this policy that our rep | resentatives are encouraged to join and !, take an active part in the work of local commercial bodies.
 we believe that the present plans for developing good roads not only in Ala | bama and Georgia but throughout the 1 country mean increased prosperity and 1 improved conditions, all of which will re- 1 suit to our benefit and to the benefit oi
 every business enterprise in this section
 Personally, I am gratified to see such
 an active interest in Alabama and to ob-
 serve the splendid character of business
 men who are putting their shoulders tc l the wheel to carry it through
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-21

Some men spend 30 cents celebrating
 the fact that they found a dime.
 A smart clerk always shows a man
 the best he has first and shows wom- an the best he has last.
 We will have female juries some of these days. And Heaven help a woman defendant if she is better looking than any of the jurywomen. You can't blame a woman for get ting sore when she allows herself to be married for her money and then discovers that she hasn't any Most of us neglect our own chances while we sit around and figure out what we would do if we had the other fellows chances.
 It is impossible to learn how to play
 a cornet or violin by mail. But some fellows keep right on trying.
 Children are getting too smart now adays Some of them want the Easter rabbit and Santa Claus and the stork to produce heir Eskimos. Give some men a cheap cigar and they will do more for you than they
 would if you gave them a dollar. A man can be conceited. But there 1 is hope for him as long as he doesn t think he is as handsome as the heroes in the movie fillums seem to think they are.
 It isn't a pleasant thing to say. But 1 it is a fact that it is hard for news paper to print a desirable obituary without taking unwarranted license with the facts.
 Why is it that a man is not ashamed | to do things that he would be ashamed to be caught doing? | When a woman wants her own way, everybody else tries to keep out of it. A man regards a first as toy. And
 as soon as her freshness begins to wear off he seeks a newly painted speci- men.
 | Oh, we'll By the time the reformers have limited our beverages to nut sun daes and seltzer, we expect that Con- gress will have passed law making tangoing felony
 1 Did you ever receive letter with a
 postage due stamp on it that was really
 worth the money? Neither did we.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-21
German Drive
At PeGr0grad

E7T HE report that Germany is plan
 N ming a drive on Petrogradi with the object of cutting off the capi- tai from the Russian army, will prove something of a disappointment to those optimistic persons who had an idea that the Kaiser's generals had their hands full in trying to check the allies on the western battle front.
 That the British and French are making progress there can be no doubt. Just what General Von Hin denburg is trying to do is not yet clear. Such terms as "retreat to victory" mean nothing whatever to the person who knows little about modern strategy. Even the experts seem to be puzzled, but there is no denying the fact that the straighten- ing out of the German line has been accomplished at considerable cost in men, guns and terrain and there is no indication that the retreating { .rmans have yet been able to make permanent stand.
 The announced campaign in the north, with Petrograd as the objective point, will call for large army, which will be supported by fleet of German warships. Naturally, the Germans want to strike hard blow at the Russians while they are be- leved to be badly disorganized as a result of the recent revolution. That the Germans are able to undertake a venture of this magnitude at a time when they are supposed to be waning in strength and facing inevitable de- feat, is to say the least, surprising.
 The world may shortly see another exhibition of German efficiency in a new quarter which will bode no good to the Russians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-21
SELF-CONvICTED

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
 Once a city man of convjvial habits got into difficulty in small town. Indeed, he found himself haled before the local magistrate.
 ''The constable" observed the city man to the magistrate, seems wonderfully certain about the details of my case. How is it he doesn't call his fellow officer to corroborate what he isays?"
 There's only one constable in this vl- lage, sir" explained the magistrate
 But I saw two last nght"' indignantly asserted the accused.
 Exactly" said the magistrate, smii- ingly broadly; that's jest the charge against your
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-21
Preparedness in
 CIeyelamd's Time

|WNTHEN Grover Cleveland became
 WV President for the first time in 1885 the democrats were strong on party tradition but they lacked in- sight in certain policies touching con structive statesmanship. MT. Cleve- land was a tariff-for-revenue- only democrat, just as Senator Underwood is, and majority of the party stood by him on that great economic issue; but he proposed another issue of high importance, that of building a large, modern navy.
 He had an able Secretary of the Navy in William c. Whitney, but he needed a forceful leader to stand for his administration in the House of Representative ;n the matter of | large naval programme. And he found the very man he was looking for in | Hilary A. Herbert of Alabama.
 Colonel Herbert had been member of the committee on naval affairs, though not the ranking member. But he was the only one among the demo- crats who believed in big navy; and he was courageous enough to say SO. The other members of the committee had been known either as "little navy men" or "weak kneed men," At Presi- dent Cleveland's request Herbert was appointed chairman of the naval com mittee and he fulfilled admirably the administrations expectations. A mod ern naval policy had been proclaimed by republican President before MT. Cleveland's incumbency but the ac- tual work of building it got it's start under Cleveland, with Herbert as one of the important factors.
 In message to Congress Cleveland stressed the necessity of strengthen ing the national defense, which was then pitifully inadequate. And in that message he spoke soberly and with characteristic breadth of mind when he said that nation with weak defense was country with a weak foreign
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-21

for selective conscription was a masterly
 analysis of a subject that is engaging the
 attention of thoughtful people. After
 can fail to stand by the President. One
 may not always agree with Oscar Under-
 wood, but one thing is sure. he has the
 courage to stand by his convictions even if he has to stand alone. He is big
 man and Birmingham and Alabama is
 justly proud of him.
 Some timid folk counseled me not to
 have a representative of the negro race
 on the programme. They were awfully afraid it was bad policy. Some said if nothing more was done, he would be sure to be hissed. Poor timid souls! I'm sorry for any southern man who knows so lit tie about the white men of the south. 1 felt sure that when I stated that from a asking that they be permitted to take part, that the white citizens of Birming- ham would appreciate the motive and be glad to grant it. Instead of being hlssed, oscar w. Adams, editor of the Birming- | ham Reporter. who spoke for the col ored man, was applauded time and again His speech was shot through with pa | triotism and every one present at the conclusion felt that the negro could be l depended on to do his part. When he spoke of how southern white men had I trusted their wives to the care of faith i ful slaves while they went to the front
 to fight, that the negro filled the ground
 and looked after his masters interest
 and carsd for his mistress and the little ones, it was too much for an old-time 1 darkey, who exclaimed, T sho did do tha very thing" It was too much for the
 crowd, and they gave the venerable pa trarch a hearty cheer.
 1 Hon. Frank s. White touched tender spot in the hearts of all by his glowing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-21
HYMN BEFORE ACTION

From panic, pride and terror, Revenge that knows no rein, Light haste and lawless error, Protect us yet again. Cloke thou our .undeserving, Make firm the shuddering breath. In silence and answering
 To haste thy lesser death! An, Mary pierced with sorrow, Remember, reach and save The soul that comes tomorrow Before the God that gave! Since each was born of woman, x For each at utter need True comrade and true foeman- Madonna, intercede Fen now their vanguard gathers. Fen now we face the fray AS thou didst help our fathers. Help thou our host today! Fulfilled of signs. and wonders,
 In life, in death made clear Jehovah of the Thunders,
 Lord God of Battles, hear!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-21
Ssrez1gtEa of Gerrraams In LaGim-Annerica

]. ~ HESTER LLOYD JONES, pro- NJ lessor of political science in the University of Wisconsin, sets at rest fears that have been felt quite gener- allF- in the United States that German colonists in Latin American countries might be able to control the govern ments under which they live and cause serious trouble to the United States.
 Writing in the New York Herald Dr. Jones says:
 It is assumed that Germans are active in the political life of all the Latin American republics and that they are present in large numbers. Leaving Mexico out of consideration-wher it appears to be true that Germans are now both active and influential beyond what is to be expected from their num- bers--there is not a single Latin American country in which the
 
 prove truly disquieting. Germans do not play an active part in local politics. To be sure the government military schools in Chile and Ar getina are headed by German in- structors, and the local army dis M cipline is German. but in general German influence in politics Is negligible. Germans have confined their energies to commerce, in which they have made a highly creditable showing.
 Germans are most active in Guate mala and they are strong in Mica ragua, but President Cabrera O Guatemala is friendly to the United States, while American financier' have powerful influence at the Mica raguan capital, which can be patrolled if need be, by American marines Germans are most numerous in Chile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-21
HOTEL. LOBBIES
May Crowd Birmingham

"Gadsden is going to crowd Bir~ Alabama before many years unless the bigger city keeps a good move on her said Clyde Stevenson, president of the city council of Gadsden. who<was here yesterday Really. our city and the surrounding district is undergoing a constant development and new an nouncements of industrial plants and enlargements of existing ones are be- ing made frequently. The outlook is bright regardless of the war situa- tion"