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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-18
TROUBLED WITH l 1 ECZEMA 3 YEARS
 Burned So Could HardIy|
 Stand It. Cuticura Healed.

Fl had eczema on my head and it got all over me. 1t was in biisters and my scalp was sore and the breaking out burned so badly could hardly
 stand it. could not work and could not sleep. My hair fell out, and had the trouble for three years.
 "Then used Cuticura Soap and
 Ointment. They gave relief in short while, and used three cakes of Soap and three boxes of Ointment when I
 was healed" Signed Miss Apple Gilkerson, Wayne, w. Va, Jan. 1s, IS. Having obtained clear healthy skin
 by the use of Cuticura, keep it clear by using the Soap for all toilet purposes assisted by touches of Ointment as needed. Cuticura Soap is ideal for the complexion, is so delicate and creamy.
 Sample Each Free by Ma,i. Address postcard: "cstcura, Dept H. 1esten." Sold everywhere Soap &c. Ointment 26 and 5oc Talcum 25c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-18
$1, 100000 Must Be Subscribed By Noon Tomorrow F Birmingham Goes
 "Ouer the Top" In Liberty Loan
Chairman Murray BrotUn Issues An Appeal to ProspectiUe Bond Buyers

All Individuals Who Have Promised Buy Fourth Liberty Bonds Who Contemplate Buying: left unless brought initial all
  We forward and make their Remember, "dosted in' have made subscription A me promise is of n O value until carried Liberty Bond workers notified check the within the int limit.
 to determined to in This have that decline subscribe because they holding them back for the boys We considerably million We scription Yours pr the Liberty 'Loan
 MURRAY
 Chairman Jefferson Fourth Liberty Loan Committee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-18
Roy Cohen Has Story in
 Saturday Evening Post

Octavus Roy Cohen. short story writ. CT and magazine contributor. resi- dent of Birmingham for the past three years, and formerly on the repertorial staff of the Ledger, has in this weeks saturday Evening Post a most enJoya- able negro story under the caption of "The Missing Clink," which he admits was taken from scenes and characters Tn and around Birmingham.
 MT. Cohen resides at Terrace Court with his family, he having married Miss Inez Lopez of Bessemer. It is understood that a series of MT. Co. hens stories will appear in the Post from time to time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-18
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION CLOSES
 SCHOOLS FURTHER
Employ Two Agricultural Teachers, Establish New Schools, Award Trans
 portati0n Contracts

Two new schools were established at Weller mines near Johns, one for white and one for colored, and an appropria- tion of $2400 was made towards the salaries of two teachers of agriculture, under the smith Hughes act, one to be located at the county high school and the other at Alliance, by the county board of aQducation yesterday 1t was also decided 10 continued the schools closed for another week The board made a request for state aid in the amount of s4O0 for the construction of a new school at Sardis, as well as $200 for repairs on the Mount Pisgah school, On account of the crowded condition at Lttleton the board authorized an ad- dItional teacher.
 pr. N. R. Baker, county superintendent of education, read his report for the preceding month. which shows the at- tendance this year to be slightly in creased over that of last year. c. A. Mooney was elected a trustee of the Littleton school to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of J. P. Hall.
 Ccn5acts for the transportation of pu- pills were awarded as follows: w. E. Vines, from Hubbard to Maxine; o. l.. I.edbet- ter and R. E. Thomas. from Nation Springs, Gardendale and Lewisburg to county high school; c. H. Brown, from Pleasant Valley to Rocky Ridge; J. H.. Hopkins. from Rock Creek to Concord; {; IN. M Sudduth, from Newcastle to the county high school.
 comparative census report submitted at this time by Dr. Baker shows total of 3e.6S0 pupils in the county schools this year over 29,l45 in 1916 In addi- ton there are 51.l1S pupils in the Bir- mingham public schools this year. as compared to 4o.4sS in 1916, and 6070 en- rolled in the Bessemer schools in islo. This makes a total of 93,S4s pupils en- rolled in the public schools in Jefferson county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-18
HEALTH OFFICERS REPORT

the issued for deaths either nothing be in considerable the best that shall activities limit accomplished in individual we'll excluded from the sick room
 strongly wearing masks by all whose of people large degree of protection. BOWLING, D.,
 HeathO Officer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-18
Private SantOra Is
 Wounded in Action

Private John Santora of Company F, l61th infantry. has been slightly wound ed in action in France. according to information received by his brother, Jo- seph Santora, of 11a1 Third avenue. For weeks Private Santora has been in the thick of the fighting on the American sector and, according to relatives, this is the first injury that has befallen him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-18
Down tue Home Stretch
 With the Liberty Loan
By BoB M'DAvID

By Dorothy, hat didn't really need it. but" You it's six blocks off, here taxi" Waiter, bring a planked steak with" "What 'es Bil can't take with bedes "Naw, seega he olaa4.u oaIaa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-18

right was his only comment when ms attention was called to the slowness oI the three counties that are considerably behind in their sales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-18

When Baby is Teething GROVES BABY BOWEI. MEDICINli will correct the Stomach and Bows. troubles Perfectly harmless. See al rections on the bottle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-18
LARGE ACREAGE IN ALABAMA

According to figures compiled by MT, Ross, based on reports received from organizations interested in the matter, there are several hundred thousand acres in Alabama either subject to over flow or from which the timber has been cut and which are now unoccuped and useless for any purpose. that can be reclaimed and converted into profit able farms.
 MT Ross stated that 250,0O0 acres of this kind of land have already been offered to the government and 1t was for the purpose of getting offers for other available tracts that he had come to Birmingham
 Practically all of the land in Ala bama so far offered to the government is in the piae regions of south Alabama and along the gulf coast
 After the conference President Crow der stated that he would send question naires to the different localities in north Alabama and If possible put MT. Ross in touch with the owners of any prop critics that may be suitable for de- yelopment along the lines indicated.
 The Southern Pine association, mem bers of which own hundreds of thousands of acres of land in east, south and west Alabama, from which the timber has been cut, Is cooperating with the de- partment of the interior in this move ment, and through it's agency large percentage of these lands has already been offered to the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-18
$70O,00O Subscribed to Loan Yesterday - Best Days Work of Campaign.
 More Ginger Today
CONFERENCE ALLIED
 ARMY GENERALS TO
 BE HELD TODAY
United Commercial Travel CTS Turn Live Wire Or ganization Loose on City
 and They Get Results

When the generals of the allied armies met yesterday afternon to re- port the days activities and compare notes on the progress of the fourth Liberty Loan campaign they were in- formed that the total sales in Jeffer- son county up to that time, according to figures given out by Auditor F. Hopkinson Smith, were $7,900,O00, with S1,400,000 to go before the county's quota is reached.
 By far the best work of the campaign was done yesterday when S7o0,0Oo of bonds were sold, and this record IS expected to be bettered today, and then tomorrow the final day, the general say they will hang up a record that Will startle the people of Birmingham. The Allied armies and other workers nave been up against a stiff proposition dur ing the last week with several ot thelr soldiers and workers sick with the grippe and many prospects laid up With the same affliction. but undaunted they have stuck to the job with the result that the quota allotted Birmingham and Jefferson county is now in sight.
 After listening to the reports of the generals, County Chairman Murray Brown expressed the greatest confidence in the success of the campaign and announced that tomorrow night, after the work is all done. he expects to cable the Alabama boys in France that Bir- mingham and Jefferson county have nuna more "POna over the -OD.p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-18
HOW TO GET WE'LL

Afflicted persons should not get out of bed or return to work for several days after their temperature is normal and un- til the bodily resistance is built up suf- ficiently to insure against relapse. Like measles, the most dangerous time is after the fever has gone
 The best protection that can be taken against the disease is to avoid coming in contact with those who are affected.
 In a letter accompanying the rules MT Davidson says: Medical authorities now advise that spraying of the nose and throat is liable 70 cause irritation and destroy the mucous which nature sets up in the nose and throat as pro- lection against infection, therefore, ad- wise the discontinuance of spraying the nose and throat.
 They advise that two or three drops of 10 per cent solution argyrol dropped in each nostril while ,ne head is turned back may do good and that an ordinary dropper be used for such purpose, Warning: Argyrol stains almost an in- delible black; therefore, cloth or paper that can be destroyed should be used to blow the nose and expectorate on after using the argyrol."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-18
GOVERNMENT SENDS.D|STRICT RALLIES ROSS HERE SEEK|NG.OF WAR WORK DR|VI DATA ON LANDSPOSIPONEDbY BY "F[Us
Idea Is to Plan Homes for Soldiers When They Re
 turn From Europe

Under provisions of an act ofeCongress agents of the department of interior of the United States, are making survey of the cut-over and wet lands of the country, with the view to reclaiming them and providing homes for the sol- diers when they return from Europe. Congress last spring appropriated S100,0oo to defray the expenses of collecting in formation as to the land available for the purpose, and Secretary Lane inn nediately thereafter started agents out over the country collecting data.
 D. w. Ross, agent of the department of agriculture, came to Birmingham yes- terday for the purpose of interesting owners of large tracts of land in north Alabama in this movement At his re- quest President Arthur c. CroWder in- yited a number of local men interested in corporations that own large bodies of land and individual owners, to meet MT. Ross at the Chamber of Commerce at o'clock in the afternoon. A dozen or more responded.
 MT Ross explained that while the plans for reclaiming and improving the cut over and wet lands, nor the method of colonization had not been worked out, yet it was the intention of Secretary Lane. if authorized by Congress to do so, to divide available tracts of land into small parcels and sell them to such soldiers as might want to settle on farms, at reasonable prices and on long time payments, perhaps 30 to 70 years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-18
DAVIDSON ADVISES MINERS ON HOW ID
 AVOID INFLUENZA
Instruction to Those Ali. flicted Also Given by Sec retary Coal Operators
 Association

There was a decrease of 26.116 tons in the production of coal in the Birming- ham district last week. compared with the week before, the output for the two weeks being 3S2, S46 and 409,022 tons, re spectively
 This decrease Is attributed largely to the prevalence of influenza in the min- ing district, which seriously hampered operations at many of the mines, and the same conditions continuing the pro- duction reports to the district represent ative of the fuel administration are not expected to show any improvement for this week.
 In view of the serious condition at the mines, where large numbers of the min CTS have been laid up with influenza, and the scarcity of physicians and nurses, Secretary J. l.. Davidson of the Alabama Coal Operators association, has prepared tained from physicians, for the proven ton and treatment of the disease.
 INSTRUCTIONS AND RULES
 Among these rules are:
 Avoid travel on trains and other crowded conveyances.
 Avoid crowding or congregating in meetings especially indoors.
 Eat wholesome, sustaining food in sui. ficient quantities to keep bodily resist. ance up. but avoid overeating.
 Keep all doors and windows open in residences and congregating places. Do rot get overloaded or chilled. Drink plenty of water before breakfast and at frequent intervals during the day.
 Use mild purgative frequently.
 Affected persons should go to bed inn mediately and send for doctor. Per sons having the least fever or cold should immediately go to bed and stay there flor three or four days after tenn. perature becomes normal This is most important, as great danger lies in an in. fected person not going 10 bed until the bodily resistance is so low that pneu' monia may get in its work. No work man should attempt work if he has cold or the least bit of fever; but Ioafing around outside of the bed in such eases is as dangerous as working.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-18
CONFERENCE OF GENERALS

Field Marshal J. Frank Rushton has called a conference of the generals of the allied armies at headquarters in the Jefferson County Bank building at
 10 o'clock this morning, at which tint
 the "acid test" will be applied for ths
 detection of any possible deficiencies
 that may exist, Safter which a number of new features for the last day of the campaign will be discussed and ap- proved. The generals are urged to be
 on hand promptly at 10 o'clock, as the campaign executive committee will meet at the same place.
 Members of the United Commercial Travellers organization, who entered
 the campaign last Monday, have re- ported sales amounting to $80,000, with several teams yet to be heard from. On
 the first day $50,900 of bonds were sold by the following team; John Crockett Frank Nichols, C.. R. Heath, s. Ting ley, E. P. Kirkpatrick, J. P Moore, H R., Guillam. Walter B. Mills, Bruton Snuff Brown. Henry Minot, E. M. Cous- ns, c. c. Hayes. w. D. Hammett, P. C. Slaucen, F. L. Winter, J, M. Bowman " IS Rridoac apdsR n Rock
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-12
PRESIDENT TELLS RUSSIA
%SMERICA Is HER FRIEND
% WILL STAND BY HER

regarded here as by far the strongest
and most sympathetic message yet given
the Russian by any ally.
How itw ill affect Britain and Japan
is question. Britain has been inclined
to let Russia drift on to her own de-
struction.
AS for Japan, the message is con-
sidered in many quarters as tant.
TO friendly suggestion that any inter.
vention she attempts in Russia must be
temporary without aims at territorial
conquest.
Wilson's message forwarded over
night to the Moscow American consul
general for delivery to the soviet Is ses-
sion is believed likely to cause some
surprise in the allied capitals.
The soviet congress has tremendous
decision to make-whether it shall rat
ify the Russo German terms. Reports
have differed as to what the congress
will do, but it is felt here the president IS
message may be the inspiration needed
to induce resistance.
Meantime the Japanese-Si prob
lem is darkened insofar as official ut
terances here are concerned, but tho
general thought still is that she and
China are preparing for Intervention
despite American opposition thereto.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-12
PERMANENT fund FOR
salem RED CROSS
VIII Try Te Secure Monthly
Payments Into Fund Ar
range for Campaign

A campaign to create a permanent
fund flowing into the treasury of Will
amette chapter of the Red Cross month
by month will be inaugurated in Sa-
lem in the near future, according to
plans announced a5 q meeting last
night of the committee recently APP
pointed to devise ways and means of
replenishing the Willamette chapter
treasury.
The committee, consisting of Walter
A. Denton, chairman; TheO. Roth. z.
Z. Fullerton and c. o. Rice, have di-
vided the city into thirty nine pre-
cincts ana appointed a captain for each
precinct. The object of the campaign
will be to secure a definite sum which
will be paid into the chapter treasury
each month for the duration Of the
war. The fund thus created win be
permanent and will not be exhausted
at intervals, neeessitating repeated
drives. The amount is to be used for
civilian relief work and in purchasing
Red Cross materials and supplies.
The thirty nine captains appointed
have been notified that they "have
been drafted for service and command
ed to report al headquarters - for fur
Jner OIubIS. n meeting VI All taPtaAH
and the committee has been called on
Thursday evening at O'Clock at the
Commercial club rooms, at which time
the plans OF the campaign will be
worked out in detail. Each captain is
TO appoint as many assistants TO aid
in eanvassing his precinct as he wish
es-
The captains and the precincts which
they have charge Of are as follows:
W. W. Moore, Center street to n.
Mill creek. Church street to river
G. G.. Brown, Center street TO n. Mil
creek. Church street to railroad.
G. II. Burnett, Center street TO Court
street, Church street TO river.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-12
Message Is To Soviet Which
Today Must Act On Ger
man Peace Offer
By Carl D. Groat

(Unlted Pres Staff Correspondent
Washington, March 12.-ln what is
regarded an eleventh hour effort to
beat the Germans and their aide, Lenlne,
of their shameless Russo-German peace,
the United States today is pledged to
an enormous bargain-to do its utmost
to restore Russia IS place i'll the sun.
minus German domination.
This is the pledge President Wilson
has made in a message to put the Rus
sian soviets, sitting today to ratify OF
reject the Lenine pact.
Last week President Wilson was
doubtful about making further over
lures with the Russians.
The split between Trotsky aud l.eH-
inc, however, apparently determined
him that there was chance that a
friendly word from America would help
the Russians to cast aside the German
terms and do something toward fight
ing the Germans. Trotsky's break man
ifestly was the result Of disagreement
with Lenine s proven treacherY TO the
revolution and the single word of en-
oouragement from the leading democ-
racy, Amefica, may be all that is needed
W piOFOiiJ ldtlIlSdtlOA VI iuC blSdl y.
Wilson s pledge is:
~ beg to assure the people of Rus
sia through the congress that it (the
United States) will avail itself of every
opportunity to secure Russia once more
complete sovereignty and independence
in her own affairs and full restoration
to her great role in the life of Europe
and the modern world"
This means that America intends to
fight ON to such point that, sitting in
the final peace conference, she can de-
mand of Germany the REIMBURSEMENT of
territory she has plundered from help
less Russia.
Wilson adds that the heart of America
goes out to Russia in its attempt to
be forever free from autocratic govern
ment and to be its own master. While
pointing out that this nation is now in
a position to take up the fight to free
her, the pledge to aid in the future is
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-12
These Will Be Fed Into the
Military MIL" In Small
Groups As Needed
LABOR ON FARMS TO BE
DISTURBED BUT LITTLE
War Department Outlines
Plans, bv Which Selections
VIII Be Made

Washington, Mar. 12.-Eieht hun
hred thousand men, the socalled "sec-
ond draft, will be the national quo
ba to be fed into the military mill in
small groups from week to week or
month to month as needed, according
ITO official announcement today.
This vast number will be divided in
ITO state quotas and with certain ex-
neptions it will be drawn from class
bne to make raplacements in existing
mnits and to furnish the needed sup
iporting regiments for the present army
Hen thousand young men-skilled ar
itisans-some of whom may not be in
hlass one, have been asked of the states
ALREADY by Provost Marshal General
Erowder, and 10000 other young men
will be sumoned this summer to go to
Eechnical aho1ls Tor special fitting.
Agriculturists will be given deferred
rating
No date is set for the second draft
Nhe system precludes the fixing of a
hefinite date, for the plan is to feed
lin the new men as occasion requires
THE situation depends upon a number
Of elements. Emptying Of Fcall will
100000 to that camp. Special Nneed for
Replacement troops in a certain divis-
ion will demand call for another cam
Itonment. The groups thus fed win be
comparatively small covering probab
ay the entire year 1918.
The calls will be in part dependent
on pending legislation in congress. As
mow arranged, the draft is considered
-
land as working the least possible dis
Eruption to industry and agriculture.
Official Statement
The war department statement to-
day says:
''The state of the preparedness of
dhe army to ,assimilate recruits varies
from day to day and from week to
week and the most scientific manner
lOf recruiting the forces will be to with
draw them from civil life as fast as
they can be assimilated by the army
and no faster According to this plan,
men will be inducted into the service
lin very amalI groups ItppOrtioned
among the various states from week
10 week or from month to month as
they are needed.
"In order to distribute the burden
huutllN UNCI lllt NdIIOuS SJubtSS HOW-
ever, it was necessary to make arith-
metical computations of the share Of
each state and it is not practicable to
make these computations for such
small numbers. For mere bookkeeping
facility therefore, it is necessary to
assume a total of considerable size and
to apportion it among the several
states as their immediate burden. This
Eotal is called national quota and
the various shares are called state quo
tas. The announcement of the quota
docs not mean that any such great
number Of men will be called to mill
6ary service at once and, indeed, has
no necessary relation to the date of
call, for the reason that constantly
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-12
VON HINDENDURG HAS
DELAYED TOO LONG
HIS SMASH IN WEST
Has Allowed Americans To
Increase Their Strength
Beyond His Own
By j. w. t. Mason
(Written for the United Press.)

(Written for the United Press.)
New York, Mareh12.-America sol
diers in France are now ready to block
a German offensive. Won Hindenburg
has delayed too long his plans for risk
ing a western drive early this year.
General Pershing at last is in position
TO make America S power play a decis-
i've part in checking any effort Of the
Germans to break through in the west.
The American overseas troops have
reached the stage where they can be
called upon instantly for service on a
major defensive scale. The increasing
frequency of American raids and the
constantly enlarging sectors held by
General Pershing forces demonstrate con
clusively that the preliminary training
period has been left behind and the
Americans are now true craftsmen of
the trenches.
Won Hindenburg no longer has any
serious chance Of smashing through the
west line. 1t is even improbable that
he has been able to transfer from the
Russian front to the west an aggre-
gate number of troops for an offensive
this year appreciably exceeding the
the number Of Americans in France now
ready for defensive fighting.
Under the new powers Of the Ver-
sailles military council as initiated by
the American general staff, it has be-
come possible for the troops Of any ma
tiOnality on the west front to be moved
to new sectors on orders from Yer
sailles. If, therefore, Won Hindenburg
was to try the impossible and order an
offensive against the French OF British,
General Pershing may be found leaving
his own sector and fastening to the re-
lief Of America IS associates in the war.
But the possibility of. Won linden
burg's attempting this task decreases
with every day of the approaching
spring. Americas strength along the
west front is now probably increasing
faster, propOrtionately than is Ger
many's. The military power Of the
United States heneeforth must be taken
iHte serious account by Germany, which
means General Pershing has become the
great enigma for the kaiser's general
staff.