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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
Birmingham Makes Large Strides
 And Other Sections Prospering
Districts Increasing Stead-Coa Production Showing Signs of Improvement of Investors Still Focused on Alabama
 Graphte-Great Activity Muscle Labor Situation

Shoals distl jet is becoming more set tied Sheffield and Florence are stridlng forward One hears less complaint oi labor shortage, notwithstanding the con- tinuous demand The boom is solid and every town within 90 miles of Muscle Shoals is feeling the effect of it..
 Alabama $ graphite industry is still attracting the attention of industrial in- vestors There are rumors of big deal that will bring millions of dollars of cap ital to the graphite fields.
 Outside of the principal industries, a good deal is being done to pro- mote agricultural economies in thls state. Tine packing houses now in opera tion are highly profitable to the men who invested their money, and the grow era of hogs and cattle find a nearby market, which benefits them beyond measure. Alabama needs more packing houses, and it needs grain elevators Tn the grain growing counties. These things will come. and when our agricul- ture becomes thoroughly abreast with all modern marketing devices, farming win be more than ever alluring.
 All n all, the year 1918 will be great year for Alabama. Prosperity is in fuli swing and its hum will not soon cease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
COMMUNIQUE

Washington. July 14-General Pershing' s communique for yesterday, received to- night at the war department, said there was nothing of importance to report on any sectors held by American troops The statement follows:
 "Section A-There is nothing of import ance to report.
 "Section B-In the Chateau Thierry region July 10 to Il there was activity lon both sides, mostly that of infantry A German patrol, numbering 40 and equipped with light machine guns, opened fire on the American lines near Torcy and was driven back, leaving at least three killed Our own patrols were very active. German artillery fire was mucn lighter than on the previous day Few German airplanes were in operation. A patrol of eight German planes attacked an American photographic mission at $ o'clock in the morning seven kilometres behind the German lines
 The Marine sector experienced a de crease in enemy artillery fire and aerial activity and slight increase in trans port movement July 10 to Il. Our artil- lery fire continues very much in ex- cess of hostile fire Fire and explosions in the vicinity of Jaulginne were evil dently caused by our artillery. An en- emy patrol of six men was fired on by our troops and disappeared
 "The Lorraine sector was unusually quiet July g to 10. with decrease in enemy's rifle and machine gun fire and aerial activity. There was an abnormal movement of men and indications of work in his rear areas.
 Tn the Woevre, July s to 9, enemy ma chine gun and rifle fire were very active along the entire sector. The enemy $ anti-aircraft batteries heavily shelled the allied planes which persistently patrolles the enemy's lines all day. German aerfal activity was slightly increased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15

I feel fully justified in my enthusiasm concern it when l receive verbal state- ments and letters in every mail ex- pressing thanks, and thousands of un- solicited testimonials indorsing Plant Juice,s1prove beyond all question of doubt that it does all that is claimed of it." said the Plant Juice Man, who has his headquarters at Nortons $ Drug store, Second avenue and TWen- tieth street, where he is introducing the new herbal stomach remedy.
 MT. H. l.. Hodges, one of the best known coal miners in this section of the country, having been engaged in and residing at Republic, Ala, where he has a wide acquaintance, recently gave the following:
 For the past 10 years I have suf- fered with stomach trouble; my liver and Kidneys were also affected and l had terrible pains in my back; I had dyspepsia so bad that I could not di- gest my food and it would ferment in my stomach and cause gas to form; I was so nervous I could not sleep at night, had dizzy spells and headaches and was always constipated. l had terrible rheumatic pains all through my limbs and was in constant agony had no ambition or energy to do my work. Plant Juice was the only medicine to give me Tellel, IL lOOh luc dSuSS anu pains away and l have fine appetite and can eat all kinds of foods. I sleep well at night and am not constipated. Plant Juice is the only medicine for me and I am glad to recommend it to others.
 The Plant Juice man is at the Norton Drug store, corner Second avenue and Twentieth street, where he is daily meeting the local public and introduce ing, and explaining the merits of this remedy. Free samples giyen.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
POSTPONE WORK
 OR FIGHT RULING

Fort Worth, Tex, July H.-Awaiting a reply to a message sent Maj. John C..
 Towers, supervisor of draft in Texas, the local draft board has postponed making a work or fight" ruling in the case of Roger Hornsby, Fort Worth boy who has
 been starring as shortstop for the St Louis Cardinals. Major Townes is await ing definite ruling from Provost Mar shal General Crowder. Hornsby con- , tributes to the support of an aged invalid and contends that he has no earning powers in any line that compare vita his earning power as a baseball player.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
Essential and Nonessenhal
 ActiUities In This War Time

Where shall line be drawn as to es- sentiaI and nonessential work in the great contest in which we are engaged? is the question asked and discussed by the Manufacturers Record.
 Some lines of business activity should of necessity go on, though nothing should be done which hampers the power of the government to produce the things needed for tho winning of the war.
 Building operations not essential for the welfare of the country should not be encouraged. Under this would come, in our judgment, the building of expensive schools, where present facilities can he made to answer; the erection of church buildings unless absolutely necessary to meet the needs of the community for the preaching of the gospel; the building Of courthouses and kindred operations by counties and cities, and the building of expensive homes. We do not believe that any man has a right to build costly dwelling at the present time, however great may be his wealth. If of necessity he must build a dwelling, it should be as inexpensive as possible to meet ms actual needs until after the war has been won. There are some municipal improve ments. such, for instance, as few which are now under way in Baltimore in the tearing down of dwellings in order to widen streets or to create parks, wholly unjustified. The government should have the right tc suppress such work
 But there are other improvements i1 the way of the building or extension or waterworks, or sewerage systems, or of hospitals, or of moderate homes needed for working people and others of limited means which must be built from pa- triotic standpoint, because they strength en the health conditions and maintain the life of the nation in that way. Here and there extensive repairs must be made to properties in order to keep them from going to ruin; and in the aggregate there is a considerable amount of build ing work which should be encouraged by the government, and which the most pa triotic citizen will feel justified in hav- ing dons.
 The governments call for labor and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15

for raw materials is so tremendous that it is difficult to draw the line and say
 where ordinary business interests are
 justified iu expanding their operations,
 and where patriotism demands that they
 shall meet the conditions of the hour.
 There are many men of extreme pa triotism who feel, and we think justly that the curtailment of necessary activi- ties such as we have outlined should be
 as small as possible, consistent with the actual needs of the government. Should the government press its elimination or new construction work and new enter
 pMses to the point where a large number of business men doing work essentially important to the country should be driven out of business it would lessen the nations prosperity and make it i'm
 possible for the people of the country to
 finance the war without great hardship.
 
 We must of necessity build many thou sands Of dwellings, We must maintain in good condition those now in existence,
 we must enormously expand our manu- featuring facilities, our agricultural ac- tivities, our transportation interests by rail- water and highway. All of these things must of necessity be done
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
ENEMY
 PLANES DESTROYED

London, July 14.-The British aviation communication toright says:
 Twelve enemy airplanes were de stroyed by us July 13 and four were driv- en down out of control. Three of our machines are missing.
 "A good deal of reconnaissance and ob- servation work was carried out by our airmen in the fine intervals and four and half tons of bombs were dropped by them during the day
 'On the night of July 13-l4 our bomb ing machines were very active. More than 100 bcmbs, weighing in the aggre- gate 19 tons, were dropped upon enemy camps railway lines, trains, transports and billets. All our night flying ma chimes returned safely
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
Mississippi's Clay
 Deposits Valuable

Jackson, Miss, July H.-(Special {, Clay deposits, said to be as fine as any in the country, have been found by Dr Heinrich Refs of Cornell university iIl Tallahatchie county, Mississippi The clay is useful for a multitude of war purposes, and it is expected that the ex : tensive fields will be developed as soon as the report of the expert is made pub lie from Washington.
 Clay of the sort located by Dr. Refs was formerly imported from Germany in large quantities, and there has been a shortage in the material since the war began. Large clay fields exist in seT- eral of the north Mississippi counties. and it has been known for many years that a good quality of potters clay was to be had there
 A detailed report of pr. Reis' findings is expected to be made public here shortly by the state geological survey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
BIG CANE CROP FACES
 SHORTAGE OF LABOR

Reports from an parishes in the Louisiana sugar belt at the end of June
 says New Orleans special to the Manu-
 facturers Record. fix the condition of the
 cane crop at 95 per cent of perfect and
 the corn crop condition is 96 per cent of
 normal. The corn acreage is approxi-
 mately per cent better than that of
 1917 The cane acreage is about the same
 percentage less than last year.
 Such wonderful sugar district pros
 poets from an agricultural standpoint
 were never before known. In the midst
 of all of these causes of rejoicing, how
 ever, comes the added 25 per cent sugar. cane intrastate rate approved by the
 state railroad commission, and the labor shortage is Gaily growing more and more
 menacing to 8 full harvest this fall
 The growth of the crop, which has been
 so amazing to even our gray haired sugar
 men, is all the more wonderful when it is considered that this great progress has been made notwithstanding the dearth of field labor and the naturally
 consequent lack of proper tilth and culti- vation. In no parish is it possible now to get the maximum degree of cultita- tion desirable.
 MOSl pI lI5 IlelQS are more or tess
 grassy TOW, and will remain so until something is done to solve the labor problem. Not knowing yet what they will be allowed to sell sugar, for the planters are powerless to offer any wage 1 inducements to the negroes. Negro wom- en, who have always been powerful ad- l juncts to the men in the field, are now l becoming somewhat unwilling to work in | the manlesS fields.
 1 The government has refused a low rate
 from Mexican border points to the sugar
 and rice districts, by which it was thought to make it financially possible tc | import labor from south Mexico to avert | disastrous harvesting crisis. One l planter who produces both rice and sugar | said that the river rice crop, which IS | the large output of Honduras grade rice , raised along the Mississippi river, can not be saved with the small supply of | labor now available. More men are need- i ed he declared. A great many moro 1 men are needed for harvesting cane than | for harvesting rice. This river rice crop will be the first food crop harvested Ill south Louisiana this year. Ii should be- gin sometime in August. Government officials here are being overwhelmed with appeals fer help by planters everywhere, who see a record breaking cane tonnage 1 in danger Of great loss in the sugar par | ishes this fall. A St. Landry planter said | that the whole situation could be summed up in this one sentence: The question of gathering and saving our crops is our greatest problem"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15

opposed, produce the very calamity t pro- poses to obyiate, namely, drastic de- cline in the price of cotton. If there is anything which would surely break the market, it is a belief that the banking facilities were unable to cope with the situation. If anyone wished to break the market below the cost of production ne could have no better weapon than a con fession oe helplessness on the part of southern bankers and an appeal to Uncie sam to wrap his arms around them lest they be submerged Fortunately, this confession and this appeal are unwar- ranted by the facts of the situation. 0n the contrary, the outlook is not serious. nor even alarming, unless the trouble hunters and calamity howlers shall make it so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
Cologne Gazette Publishes
 Brief Biographical Notices |Of Many German Generals

Amsterdam, June 12-The Cologne Ga- zette publishes brief biographical notiees about a number of German generals Wno have been named recently for the first time as having command of armies on the western front.
 General Won I-arisch, now figntlns against tine French, had been retired pe- fore the war. but is now again in active service.
 General Wlchura fought in 1915 on the west front in a minor command, ana vas also mentioned once last April Tn connection with an attack on the Oise- Asne canal.
 General Won Winckler, s2 years ola was divisional commander of the Prus- sian guard before the war. General llse before the war was it command or a brigade of garrison artil-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
Graphite Crucibles a
 Restricted Import

The war trade board, by new ruI-
 ing, has placed graphite crucibles upon
 the list of restricted imports All out standing licenses for the importation
 of graphite crucibles have been revok ed
 as to ocean shipments after July Is, 1918. and no licenses for the importa- : tion of this commodity for shipment , after that date will be granted for the rest of the calendar year.
 Imports of graphite are already pro- hibited, the result of this restriction having been to develop an adequate SUD- ply of graphite within the country. The action of the war trade board in restricting the importation of graphite crucibles is complementary to the re- striction upon the importation of graphite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
Christian Endeayor Union

Memphis, July 14.-Rev. Francis l.. Clark, D. l., founder of the Christian Endeavor union, reviewed the growth and work of the organization at the clos- ing session of the all-south convention here tonight The F states represented had led the world in growth. he asserted The closing day was marked by a sunrise service and denominational meetings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
MINER OF REPUBLIC
 < SUFFERED AGONY
Says Plant Juice Took All His Aches and Pains Away;
 Now Is Feeling Fine

"Plant Juice, the new herbal system
 tonic, ~.is an internal remedy and is one of the best preparations ever for mulated for revivng a worn out and disordered stomach and giving tone and strength to the entire ststem, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15

Only six Presidents were less than 50 years old when they took office: James K. Polk, 49 years; Franklin Pierce, 4S; U. $. Grant. 46; James A. Garfield, 4s; Grover Cleveland, 4, and Theodore Roosevelt, 42
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15

In social circles of the celestials the family of the bridegroom makes pres ents to the family of the bride of va rious articles few days before the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
TOO lATF: ID Fl iSSlFY

WANTED-A good second hand type writer; terms and price reasonable. L. B. Standenmire, Frisco R. R., Pratt City, Ala
 LOST-$25' reward; Elk pin, set with five diamonds. Return to Frank Hammond. Birmingham Ledger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15

Concrete boats may be used by Ca madam and Alaskan fishermen in the orth Pacific. At Scale Cove. near Prince Rupert E. C., shipyard is building small concrete boat. the first of it's kind constructed on northern waters.
 The boat is to be small gas engine launch. but it's builders hope to turn
 ous larger craft later on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15

London, July 4.-The report from Field Marshal Haig's headquarters in France tonight reads:
 By a successful local operation car ried out during the early part of the morning English troops advanced our line east of Dickebusch lake and captured more than 2s0 prisoners.
 ''On the remainder of the British front there is nothing to report.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15

Prof. J. A. Fleming, in lecture at the Royal Institution. London, to juv- eEile audience, said that not many boys and girls knew that when they cut an orange with a steel knife and silver fork current of electricity passes through their hands. The acid in the orange asd on the steel and the orange acted as a voltaic cell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
Haig's Night Report

| lery at Cologne. Later he was chief of 1 staff of the Fourth army.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-22
War Summary of United Press


of Chateau-Thierry, thence southeast
ward toward the Marne, in the direc-
tion of Jaulgonne. One Paris newspa-
per declares the Germans have fallen
back to Vauvardes, five miles directly
east of Grissoles. Between the Marine
and Rheims French, Italian, and Brit
ish troops are progressing in Courton
and Roi woods, and in the valley Of
the Andre.
The French and the Americans have
turned the Germans own canon against
them south of scissors.
Prisoners say the Germans will make
a stand at Fere- -Tardenois, on the
line of the Ourcq, IL miles north Of
Chateau Thierry.
Pieardy front-British troops made
gains yesterday southeast of Hebu-
terne. north of Albert, and Franeo-Brit-
ish forces carried out successful min
or enterprise last night south of Vii
lers-Bretonneux, east of Amiens.
Flanders front-The British made a
successful raid north Of Bailleul. Hos
tile artillery was active in the Locre
sector.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-22
A DAGGER
In THE BACK

That's the woman's dread when she
gets up in the morning to start the
davis work. "Ohl how my back aches
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ment of the Netherlands having grant
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-22

CONTINUED from page one)
This line has been the Germans
chief reliance for supplies for the Cha
teau- -Thierry region. It's cutting ex'
plains in part the retreat of the Ger
mans from Chateau-Thierry.
Twenty thousand prisoners are now
in allied hands, according to official
estimates. Nothing official on losses
has come yet.
Secretary Baker today confirmed
that crossing of the Marine has been
accomplished by the allied troops. Very
substantial gains Of territory have
been made, he said, both in the Cha
-Thierry salient and farther east.
While the situation changes rapidly,
all changes of the past few days have
been favorable to the allies, Baker
said.
There has been no recent substantial
addition to the number of prisoners and
is no exact estimate of prisoners OF
war material. But it seems quite clear,
Baker added, that very large numbers
Of prisoners and war material had been
secured.
While Baker was stating that seis-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-22
Wonderful Performance
OF Maxwell Truck

Setting out on the most strenuous
test of durability and long distance
staying qualities that coula be picked
from the highways of the Unite d
States, a Maxwell truck, stock model,
rolled away from San Francisco early
Wednesday, loaded capacity and head
ed for New York City-34OO miles to
the East.
The truck, transporting military
supplies enroute from Australia to
France is undertaking in its run a
transcontinental day and night grind
out of which new record for durabil-
ity and mechanical reliability for the
distance from San Francisco to New
York is to be striven for.
Ray +. McNamara, the world famed
pilct, is at the wheel, this being his
tenth trip across the continent but his
initial negotiation of the distance at
the steering end of truck. His mount
has been styled the Maxwell Military
Express.
Mcnamara will push the Maxwell to
the utmost in an effort to finish the
run in "a averaging 100 miles a
day.
off this truck will stand up through
100 miles a day, transporting its cap
acity load of military supplies, and
reach New York with record to that
effect it will have surpassed anything
ever put on wheels for durabilit and
reliability" Mcnamara said as he left
San Francisco. Il expect the truck
to do that"
The run and the results of the test
will be followed with interest by bus
iness men along the route, as the time
of its schedule for passing through the
various cities is to be made known in
} advance as far as it is possible