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Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-10
PRESIDENT WILL
PLACE GUNS UPON
AMERICAN BOATS
Executive Also Summons Con.
gress to Meet in Extraordi-
nary Session Sixteenth
of April.
ACTION TAKEN AT ONCE
Newspapers and Gable Com
panies Asked to Suppress
Data on Armament.
CABINET BACKS UP CHIEF

Washington, March 9.--President
Wilson has decided to arm American
merchant ships under his constitu-
tional authority and also has called
special session of congress for April
10. The proclamation for the extra
session was issued at the White House
this afternoon. The president said he
was calling congress because so much
necessary legislation was pressing for
consideration.
1t was learned definitely that some
American merchant vessels sailing
for the submarine zone will be, armed
by the government at once. Pre-
liminary arrangements have been
completed and it is expected that YES
sells will be ready to sail in the near
future.
Won't Be Made Public.
The names of the ships which will
be armed will not be made public by
the government and are not expected
to be published in the newspapers.
The following statement was is
sued:
"Secretary Tumulty stated in con-
nection with the presidents call for |
all extra session of congress that the
president is convinced that he has
the power to arm American merchant
sh;ns and Is free to exercise Il al
once, But so much necessary lerisla-
tion is messing for consideration that
he il convinced that Il i for thr best
interests Of the country to have an
early session Of the sixtv-f;fth con-
gress, whose support he will also need
IN, ali matters collateral to the de-
tense of our merchant marine"
s;sr. D., .,,m..;on 1, IA
-, ' :"
ING president signeo the prociaina7
uon ior tne extra session wlile.Jylng
~ ped win 2 colo' he also approved
iqe statement given out az the Whise
Rouse oroers ior carrying out tne
presiuehts DECISIONS 10 arm ships
were Immediately sent 70 the Navy
department.
MI, wilson hts 'he oaekihg OF tne
ehtre caoinet Ill taxing the step.
Huhs ior aiming merchantmen nave
pen assembled a navy YARDS along
lne htiahtic coast ana everything IS
ready @ :, 70 &C. earfy II. % ou. Lne pol'cy an
horhcea ny ;nS ptesiuent
,,nes, y va tbe 10. ms,.suausrs vsuer S
to refrain from publishing any infor-
nation whatever of the nature OF ar
mameut of ships and already has an
pealed to the cable companies TO sun
press all information OF ships cross
lac the Atlantic in either direction.
Recause az the passage bv the
house of the armed neutrality hill and
the signing Of the manifesto anproy-
inc s,,ch steo bv ma;or;tv nf tbe
senate during ;ts last session he nres-
ident feels he has congress and Tie
country behind him AZ soon as
congress convenes Additional lep;sla-
tion ON the question will be asked
for.
Under tbe hill passed near the cnd
of the last session The amount of
money at the disnosal of the govern
mcnt war risk bureau for insurinu
American sb;ne wae Increased "a SIS.
O0000O Under the nresent rulc of
the bureau the government does rot
insure shins carving arms ar ammu-
nitions.
r.u., r.,.,,
-, ah " 's,e''.
The presidents. proclamation call
ing the extra session OF congress fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-10

Hundreds of people ,
will b e | o o k in g
through the Room to
Rent Column Of The
Bee on Sunday.
Call Tyler 1000 and
have Mr.. Addison
write an ad for you.
Your room will be
rented quickly.
The price is only
One Cent Per Word
Why pay lnorsa
aAssss
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-10
Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday.


Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March /,
and compared with the last two years:
Normal temperature. re........,.......3 80
Excess for the day. 12
Total deficiency since March l...... 6
Normal precipitation ........., "a inch
Deficiency for the day........ .O4 inch
Total rainfall since March l.. .02 inch
Deficiency since March l...... .33 inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916. .27 inch
Excess for cor. period. 1s15.... 1.22 incehs
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-10

II indicates trace Of precipitation.
L. A. WELSH, Meteorological.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-10

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
Kentucky-T Tennessee Miners Demanding .'Fair Wages

Knoxville, August 20-Through an ad- vertisement published on Monday by the miners union, mine operators in the Tennessee Kentucky strike region section for the first time became aware Of the claim that the men are making a de- mand for flair working wage" through recognition of the union. This, the operators declared to be incompatible with the circumstances inasmuch as the scale in the Tennessee-Kentucky region was higher when the strike was declared than is the union scale in the Ohio re- gion A statement given shows food cost and comparison of wages paid in the two sections.
 Present conditions of want among the striking miners, which are few, are cared for by the local mines. The mine workers officials claim that there is not any unrest among their men. There Is evidently no desire among the operators to be drastic in forcing the issue as it is said that if they should ask for the company owned houses rented by min CTS the funds of the local union would last but short time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
c. A. R. Meeting in
 Boston Brings Thousands

Boston, August 2O-Thousands of veterans of the civil war and their families here to attend the fifty first national encampment of the Grand army of the Republic were officially welcomed to the city tonight by Gov ernor Mccall and Mayor Curley. Oth- CT speakers were former Gov John l.. Bates Commander-in-C Chief w. J. Pat terson of Pittsburg and Department Commander Daniel E. Denny of Massa- chusetts.
 A conspicuous figure among the Union soldiers today was a man ill Confederate gray-Maj. Frank M. Bur- rows-now in the government service at Washington, but formerly of the Culpepper minute men. Major Bur rows, hale and hearty at 7s years, was apparently the only Confederate sol dier at the encampment. He expressed the opinion that the Confederate vet erans should hold a meeting in Bos ton.
 The National Association of Patriotic Instructors, an affiliated society, adopted resolutions favoring enact ment of laws by Congress making the "Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem and designating June IA as an nual Flag Day in recognition of the making of the first American flag by Betsy Ross in Philadelphia, June 14, TIT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
SELECTION BOARD
 MEMBERS GIVEN
 TERMS IN PRISON

New York, August 20-With two former
 members of local draft exemption board No. 30 sentenced to two years each in
 the federal pententiary at Atlanta after they had pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to obstruct the selective draft law, federal attorneys announced late to- day that speedy justice would be sought in case of KaIman Gruher, a dentist, in dicted as an alleged "go-between." The government charged that Gruher ar
 ranged with drafted men for payment of money in return for false exemption eer- tificates.
 Louis I. Cherey and pr. A, s. Bern field are the former members of the board who pleaded guilty,
 After Gruher had completed his testi- mony attorneys for the defense and the government announced that further evil dence would be brief and Judge Manton expressed a desire that the case be given to the jury at noon tonorrow. Gruher testified that his dealings with Cherey and Bernfeld consisted solely of efforts to have his son exempted He declared his son was only 19 years or age and had registered by mistake.
 Previous testimony by Abraham Lefch-
 er on whise information the govern
 ment started the investigation. was to the effect that Gruher informed Leicher
 he could get a certificate of exemption If he paid Bernfeld $500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

ranks and in fights in the air with German protecting machines, Il of which were sent hurting to the ground.
 ITALIAN PLIERS
 Likewise the Italian fliers are giving their infantry valuable support. more than 200 of them being engaged in at tacking with bombs and machine gun fire Austrian troop formations behind the line At last accounts the Italian guns were energetically proceeding with the work of destruction of the new po- sitions taken up by the Austrians, en- deavorlng to blast road through the defenses in order to make more easy the march of the Italian troops toward Trieste, Austria's principal seaport, ly- ing at the head of the Adriatic sea.
 FLANDERS SITUATION
 The situation in Flanders and in north ern France is virtually calm, as com pared with last week, but both the Brit ish and French continue to make sallies at various points and to strengthen the positions won in the recent fighting. The Canadians around Lens daily are biting further into the German line and now have the coal center virtually surrounded, except on the east. Even on this sector the Canadian guns have the range and are making almost impossible any movements of the enemy from or into the town. The entente allied air men still are carrying out raids on Ger man positions in Belgium, many tons of bombs again having been dropped by them.
 In Rumania the Austro-German have forced back the Rumanians on both sides of Oituz and Trotus and Trotus valleys, according to the Berlin official statement In the former sector more than 15o0 Rumanians and 30 machine guns fell into the hands of the invad- CTS, while in fighting on the Sereth river POGO more prisoners were taken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
Munitions Department of
 England Doing Much

London, August 2o.-Col. Winston Churchill, minister of munitions, has begun the reorganization of the Brit ish munitions department, In state ment tonight he said the department now is employing 100000 persons and the headquarters staff is lS,50o and that it is controlling an expendi- ture of between $500, 900, 900 and f7oo,- 000,0o0 year.
 Colonel Churchill said the work the department has done has made the British armies the best equipped and most formidably armed in Europe.
 But" the minister added, after these great efforts and in the fourth year of the war we no longer are tapping stored up resources of the na- tional energy or mobilizing. We are applying them for the first time to the war The magnitude of the effort and achievement approximates continually the limits of possibility Already In many directions the frontiers are In sight and it is necessary, therefore not simply to expand but to go back over the ground already covered ano by thrifty and harmonious methods glean further reinforcement of war power"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
CALOMEL TODAY,
 SICK TOMORROW Dose of nasty calomel makes you sick and you lose a
 days work

Calomel salivates! It's mercury. Cal omel acts like dynamite on sluggish liver When calomel comes into con tact with sour bile it crashes into it.. causing crampints and nausea.
 If you feel bilious. headachy, const- pated and all knocked out, Just go to your druggist and get a 50-cent bottle of DodsonS Liver Tone, which is q harmless vegetable substitute for dan gerous calomel. Take spoonful and if 1t doesn't start your liver and straighten you up better and quicker than nasty calomel and without making you sick, you just go back and get your money.
 If You take calomel today- you'll be sick and nauseated tcmorrowi besides, it may salivate you. while if you take Dodson's Liver Tone yor will wake up feeling great, full of ambition and ready for work or play. It's harmless, pleas- ant and safe to give to children; they liAe ir.--AdV.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
WATCH THE COLOR 0F YOUR SKIN
Yellow Means You Need Calo- tabs, the New De Nauseated Calomel Tablet That Is En- tirely Purified of All Nau- seating and Unpleasant Elf fects.

Feel mean, look yellow? Your liver is out of fix, The poisonous bile is being retained in your system ou need a good dose of calomel, for it is the only thing that will do the work,
 Why not try Calotabs, the new and improved calomel tablet that is as de- Ightful to take as it Is beneficial in cleansing the liver and purifying the system? Calotabs contain all of the valuable medicinal qualities of calomel but are entirely freed from the un- pleasant and dangerous effects. One tablet at bedtime, a swallow of water that's a1l. No taste, no griping. no nausea. You wake up in the morning feeling fine, with a clean liver and a hearty appetite. Eat what you please no danger.
 Calotabs are sold only in original sealed packages, twenty doses for thirty-five cents. The finest medicine in the world for bilioasness. indigestion and consti patton. So fine that your druggist is authorized to refund tho price as guarantee that you will be thoroughly delighted with Calotabs.- Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
GADsDEN

Gadsden, August -(Special)- )-The tax list in Etowah county this year will be much in excess of that of any previous year. It will run between $1300o, 600 and $13.5o0, eco, according to Tax Assessor W. C. Sitz. Last year the total was SIP, 453 o99
 The second draft call, which may be made tomorrow by the Etowah county board, will include 400 names, according to opinions of board members, expressed today.
 Rev. D. I. Purser, Jr., of the First Bap- tlst church, has asked for a months leave of absence to accede to request to work at the Anniston camp among the soldiers.
 A total of "A true bills, 50 of which were for failure to work the roads, has just been returned by a grand jury at Pell City.
 Robert c. Gillian, 37 years old, died early Sunday morning at his home on Walnut street as result of bright's dis day evening by Dr. D. I. Purser, Jr., of the First Baptist church. MT. Gillian Is survived by his mother and the following brothers and sisters: W. S., T. B., H. G.. and S. H. Gillam, and Mrs o. R. Eatman, Misses Katherine and Annie Gillian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
Thompson, Who Acts as
 Head Knitting Instructor,
 Issues Rules to Knitters

Washington, August 20-Divisions of the Navy league and the Daughters of the American Revolution, under whose auspices some 30O,00O men and women have been supplying comfort garments and articles to the navy, were notified today of new channels through which their contributions may be delivered now that all connection between the Navy league and the navy has been of ficially severed as the result of the con troversy between the league headquar- ters and Secretary Daniels.
 The notice was in the form of letter from Robert M Thompson, president, to the woman's section and comfort com rnittee of the league, the Daughters of the American Revolution and it's local organizations.
 Tt is absolutely unimportant through what channels the garments reach the sailors, but 1t is important that they shall receive them,' said the letter. II therefore, request and direct that for the present and in default of other instruc- tions by the navy department, you send the garments intended for the men of the United States navy to Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, 1916 Sixteenth street, Washington, D. C., who, acting as an individual, will secure the delivery of the garments to the ships that you may des- ignate.
 Our allies are pressing us to supply them with additional garments for their sailors. Such of you as are willing to work for the allies will please divide your shipments into two parts, sending one part to the comfort committee of the Navy League, Washington, D. C., for delivery to the allies; the other part going to Mrs. Frazer for the men of our own navy
 knitting instructions, pictures, samples of wool, etc, and we will act for you in purchasing wool. All officers of the league will act in their personal ca- pacities in helping the work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville, August 20.-(Special )-No tices have been sent to 169 Madison coun, ty men by the county exemption board that they have been passed into the na : tional army. This is the first batch of men passed and few Of them offered claims of exemptions. The board will finish it's work early this week and 1t is not expected that it will be necessary to draw more men in order to make up the quota of 40 men from Madison county.
 The first and only attempt that has been made in Madison county to organize opposition to conscription for the army has fallen through because of precau- tionary investigation which was made by federal officials. A meeting was called at Wicks schoolhouse, In the northern part of the county, to protest agains the draft and notices were posted sev- eral days in advance throughout the com mGnity. Federal officials conducted al
 nvestiga ton but were unable to learr who had posted the notices and the meet. ing was never held
 Clyde Brandon of the Merrimack Man ufacturing company was seriously in iured when the steering gear of his au tomobile broke and his car plunged int telephone pole at Lilly Flagg Bran don was badly cut by shattered glas from the windshield.
 Milton Baldridge of Huntsville, wht went with the Harvard university stu dents to the officers training camp q Plattsburg, N. Y., has been recommends for commission in the aviation service according to information received by rel atives here. He will be given specia training at Washington. Young Baldridg is the only son of pr. Felix Baldridg of Huntsville, who died in June.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
MEMBERS SELECTION BOARD SENTENCED
 ON PLEA OF GUILTY
New York Eastside Men Admit They Were Try ing to Obstruct the
 Draft Law

New York August 2o.-Dr. S. J. Bern field and Louis I. Cherey, indicted mem bers of exemption board No. 99, today entered pleas of guilty to a charge of conspiracy to obstruct the draft law when they were about to be placed on trial. They were sentenced to two years each in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta.
 Kalman Grueher, not member of the board but indicted with them on the same charge, elected to stand trial
 The specific count in the indictment for conspiracy to which Bernfeld and Cherey pleaded guilty charged them with accept ing bribe of $500 from registrant to exempt him.
 It was disclosed, however, by Assistant United States District Attorney Stan ton that they had accepted $Sooo in bribe money. He told the court they had paid back a portion and had promised to make good the balance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

Sharp, decisive blows have gained for the French positions held by the Ger mans on a front of more than Il miles extending from the Avocourt wood east ward across the River Mouse and into the Bois de Chaume, while the Italians after bombardment of an intensity rever having been experienced in that theatre, have levelled Austrian defenses crossed the ruins and also the Isonzo river and now are at deadly grips with the enemy along q front of about S7 miles,
 12,000 PRISONERS
 Nearly 12,OOO prisoners already have been counted by the French and Ital- ians and doubtless this number will be materially augmented when full details of the fighting are at hand. In addi- ton the Germans and Austrians lost heavily in men killed or wounded and in guns and machine guns captured.
 The new territory taken by the French embraces positions that have literally weltered in French and German blood, in battles that have waged to and fro since the German crown prince started his most costly enterprise, the attempt to take Verdun, which resulted in utter failure as a military maneuver and cost the lives of tens of thousands of his men.
 POSITIONS TAKEN
 Notable among the captured positions are the Avocourt wood, two summits of Le Morte Homme, the Corbeaux wood and Chapneuville, all of which were held, notwithstanding vicious counter attacks by the Germans, which were broken up by the French fire with heavy casual ties to the enemies. French airmen materially aided the infantry in the press forward, sweeping forces and emptying their machine guns into the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
Auto Stolen

The Nelie five-passenger automobile of 2. l.. Brown. 1903 Highland avenue, was stolen from in front Of the Bijou theatre between and 10 o'clock last night ac- eording to a report made at police head quarters. A description of the car was given and officers are seeking the miss ing machine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

natural effects were enhanced by burst ing shells, while flares almost nces- sanity arose. making the surrounding area brighter than day.
 DISTURBING SOUNDS
 The only disturbing sounds were the
 terrifying sereeches and the whistling of smaller shells and the train-like roar of
 larger projectiles, whiie the dull thuds of trench torpedoes reverberated along the ground
 The French troops awaiting the order to advance were not in the slightest dismayed by the difficulties of the task confronting them. They knew that this was unsuitable terrain for attacking forces but the fullest confidence reigned among them.
 Facing them were German divisions which had been massed for resistance to any effort the French might make to extend their circle of territory around yerdun, which the Germans call the door to the heart of France The French not only pushed the German intruders back as far as they intended but took many prisoners from chosen German reg iments.
 ALL THROUGH NIGHT
 All through the night the German arr tillery had poured thousands of shells of every calibre into the roads and com municating trenches leading to the front. They introduced novelty in the shape of 15-inch shells containing enormous shrapnel bulls which burst overhead scat tering pieces far and wide. But the dis position of the French troops was so cleverly contrived that they suffered little Verdun itself received hundreds of shells which simply added to the destruction in the city. All the ground within eight miles of the front lines was strewn re- peatedly with shells containing a horrible new German gas known as mustard gas" affecting the mucuous membrane and any portion of the body which was exposed, causing terrible blisters. as it's base was sulphuric acid, and bringing a slow and painful death if it entered the lungs.
 The avators were busy as soon as the light permitted and the correspondent saw two German machines shot down by gunfre, while German airmen who make a speciality of attacking observation bal looms twice attempted to destroy these but were driven off on each occasion. Information comes from various parts of the line that the French have in several places gone farther than was originally intended and that the prisoners taken number into the thousands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
SECOND INCREMENT
 SLIGHTLY CHANGED

Washington, August Rehabilitation of the second increment of draft troops was today changed from September b to 19, and the third increment from September 30 to October 3. Mobilization of the first increment will be as previously an- nounced, September 5.
 The postponements are said to be due to delays in the local boards in getting their quotas ready for service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

A jury in the Morgan county circuit court has returned a verdict ir favor of the defendants in the suit of F. D. Young of Houston, Tex, vs. Officers Riggsby and Bass of the Decatur police force Young was arrested by the of ficers in 1916, and sued for s1o,000 dam ages because of this fact
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
Summary Of Outstanding DeUelopmets In News
 From Various War Fronts

With the successful of German ground Flanders, the 
  near the headMa he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21
TIE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, August 2o.-Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi: Fair Tuesday except showers along the coast; Wednes- day partly cloudy.
 Georgia: Fair in interior; showers on the coast Tuesday; Wednesday partly cloudy.
 Tennessee: Scattered thundershoWers Tuesday; Wednesday partly cloudy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-21

James Rainey of Falkville Is the sec ond Morgan county man to waive his claim for exemption from military serv- ice. He at first notified the selection board that he would claim exemption on account of dependent relatives.