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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
GOOD
 ROADS MEETING
Mobile Will Entertain Con- vention o nMay IA, 15, 16 and 17-Many Invita-
 tions Mailed Out

Every indication points to the fact that the spring meeting of the Ala bama Good Roads association that will meet in Mobile May 14, 15, 16 and F will be largely attended and much en- thusiasm aroused.
 Secretary ]. A. Rountree, who has been absent for the past six weeks touring the west and promoting the two annual meetings of the United States Good Roads association and Bankhead National highway, has returned home and taken active charge in promoting the meeting at Mobile. During his ab- sence w. B. McAtee, secretary of the Mobile Welcome Tourist club, assisted President Craft in the promotion work
 Secretary Rountree announces that over 5000 invitations have been sent out to good roads advocates, probate judges, county commissioners and road officials in Alabama, Mississippi, Louis- jana and Florida inviting them to att tend and participate in the same.
 President Craft and Secretary Rore tree have sent an urgent invitation to Gov Charles Henderson to attend and also issue proclamation calling upon the people interested in good roads to attend.
 An invitation has been extended to the road department at Washington to have representative present. The Alabama state highway commission has been invited to attend in a body. A we'll attended meeting is expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05

Louvain in the summer of 1914. The world is at peace; sunshine, laughter and the glad business of everyday rule. Here is Marcas, the mighty blacksmith of Louvain, who lives in faith and friendship with his people, with his pretty daughter and with his little son. In g palace in Berlin lives an- other man He was twice king, IS times duke, twice prince, nine times count besides bishop, William Ho- henzollern, King of Prussia, Emperor of Germany
 Then comes August, 1911, when the "maddog of Europe" spoke the word that set the world afire Comes the crash, titanic, colossal, staggering. Joy died. hope fled, desolation became su- preme. Upon that day the world passed into twilight
 From that time on through all its seven reels, "The Kaissr--The Beast of Berlin" holds the audience tense and breathless. There is the Kaiser arro- gant, strutting, cruel, surrounded by his men of blood and iron;" the Kai- ser struck down by the young officer whom he insulted; the Kaiser fondling the soft, white hands of the ladies of his court; the Kaiser tearing up the
 scrap of paper that is the sacred guarantee of Belgium's neutrality: the Kaiser decorating the officer who sank the Lusitania; the Kaiser shouting an- grily at Ambassador Gerard the Kaiser with the fear of God in his soul as the legions of the allies advance across the Rhine; the Kaiser trapped and des- rairing amid the ruins of his fallen throne; the Kaiser led prisoner and delivered into the handA of the people of Louvain.
 It is not a war picture-"The Kaiser The Beast of Berlin"-nor did it cost s1,0O0,000, but when you have seen it you know why VIZ are fighting and you know that America will never yield to peace until Prussian autocracy has been stamped out forever
 Public interest has been aroused to such a high pitch by the announcement that "The Kaiser-The Beast of Berlin is coming to Birmingham that the man. agement of the Alcazar theatre is pre- pared to handle the theatres biggest crowds in its history when this great win-the-war picture opens at the Alcazar Monday for weeks engagement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO DECIDE FATE OF
 ANNISTON COLLEGE
Proposal to Change College Into Pre- paratory School to Be Taken Up. Programme of Commence
 ment Exrecises

The fate of the Presbyterian college at Anniston will be decided at meet ing of the board of trustees of the school to be held Wednesday, when final action on the proposal to change the college into a preparatory school at the close of the present scholastic year will be taken. This proposed change has been under consideration for some time owing to the increas- ing indebtedness and the inability to arouse sufficient interest among the supporters of the school to maintain it..
 It is understood that the majority of the board favor the junior college idea and the selection of Rev. David Park of Pratt City as president of the new institution.
 Preparations for commencement ex- ercises are going forward in the mean time and it is announced that John R. Hornady. member of the city com mission of Birmingham, will deliver the commencement address, while Rev. A. Grady Harris, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church of Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Spotlight Turned Upon Greed
 Of Kaiser in Startling Picture
Most Stirring Spectacle That Could Be Given the Ameri can People at This Time Is "The Kaiser-The Beast
 of Berlin," Which Comes to Alcazar for Week

Viewed from one standpoint, 'The Kaisere is the worst indictment of a nations ruler that was ever displayed on screen or in story. It shows the Kaiser for what he is-a mad brute who plunged the world into blood and sorrow that he might satisfy his own lust for glory. It is a picture that threatened, that caused attempts to suppress it by wire-pulling in Wash ington, that caused German agents to attempt to destroy it and yet which has triumphed over all objections.
 Viewed from another standpoint. "The Kaiser is the most stirring spectacle that could be given the American Heople at this hour-a fight ing tonic that makes the blood boil It is a picture that set New York wild, picture that helped to defeat the La- Toilette forces in Wisconsin. picture that has stimulated recruiting where ever it has been sown, a picture that is dead sure to arouse any American audience tha sees it to a very frenzy of enthusiasm.
 From II a. m. to II p. m. daiy "The Kaiser-The Beast of Berlin" will be shown at the Alcazar in continuous performances. For the occasion the management of the theatre has se- cured the services of first-class or chestra that will play patriotic music throughout the showing of the film. Without music. '"The Kaiser" is blood stirring enough; with music it is cer- tain to set the walls shaking with cheers.
 The picture opens with the scene laid in the quaint Belgian village of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
LAWYERS PLEDGE
 AID ID SOLDIERS
 WITHOUT ANY FEE
Government Has Appealed for Aid to Stop the Exaction of Elk
 Orbitant Fees

The lawyers of the country have been appealed to by the government to aid in suppressing the evil already be- ing practiced by interruptions agents and attorneys, of charging eKorb1tant fees for presenting to the bureau or war risk insurance claims for pensions, allotments and insurance accruing un- der the war risk insurance act. for deaths and disabilities suffered by American soldiers and sailors.
 The following named members of the Birmingham bar have pledged them selves to aid any person entitled to such pension, allotment or insurance, to pre- pare and file his claim and procure payment of the same, and to render such aid without compensation of any kind until Congress enacts. legislation to suppress this evil:
 First National Bank Building: l.. R. Hanna, Charles F. White, George D.. Finley, Blanton Higgins, H. A. Dickin- son, John T. Glover, Robert J. Wheeler, Alex Graham, Ivey Lewis. Henry R. Howze, Luke F. Hunt, R. J. Mcclure T. D. McGaughey, Felix E. Blackburn, John c. Morrow, Vassar L. Allen, Har- ris Burns Frank W. Smith, Charles A. Calhoun, c. J. Dougherty, W. L. Wooten, J. Wiley Logan, Joe c. Hail, w. NJ. Woodall, w. A. Jacobs Paul Savage, w. M. Walker, R. H. Scriv- ner, Benton K. Fiske, F. D. McArthur, Clark Williams, F. D. Smith. A. G. Smith, John London. George Yancey Frank DoIninick, Clarence II. Mullins Lee Bonner, c. A. Avant Jerome Ed- mundson, K. E. Cooper, c. J. Prosch, l.. A. Prosch, S. J. Bowie. E. H. Caba- miss, Phares Coleman, Phares Coleman, Jr., R. E. Smith, Morris Loveman, John c. Carmichael, Alex M. Garber, H c Selheimer, Fred G. Moore, S. l.. Sin mott, R. L. Lange. George P Bondu- rant, Nicholas Lallas, J. M. Hanby, J. Howard Perdue, John w. Altman. Erie Pettus, Reuben Chapman, Claude Rit- ter William Wynn, J. Reese Murray, Graham Perdue, J. T. Stokeley Thomas J. Judge, R. H. Tnach, Frank E. Spain, J. Q. Smith, w. E. Howard. E. N. Har- Till.
 Jefferson County Bank building: Hin-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05

ton E. Carr. W. H. Wolverton, Frank s. White, w. s. Burrow, Thomas Dozier, Albert Latady, Ellis Epstein. w. K. Terry, J. l.. Drennen, W. R. c. Cooke, w. H. Anderson. w. E. Martin. Jesse F. Stallings, G. R, Harsh, Palmer Daugette. trank $. White, Jr., D. D. Trimble, Ar thur w. Herman, W. T. Hill, D. A. Greene. Frank Deedmeyer, J. R. Mont gomery, Richard V. Evans, Oscar Hund- ley, Joseph T. Collins, Jr., Alvin M. Douglas, w. A. Jenkins, w. T. White, R. Dupont Thompson, F. B. Latady, J. D. Pope, James Weatherly, M. A Dins- more, Forney Johnston, c. J. Griffith, Edgar Allen, L. J. Haley, Carl Coker, Roy Mccullough
 Empire building: John P. Tillman, Charles E. Rice. E. L. All, J. A. Simp- son, William Rogers, Hugh Morrow, M. NJ Edwin, T. A. Mcfarland, J. D. Ruker, F. M. Brown, Lee c. Bradley, John $. Stone John M. Bradley. w. Bew White.
 Title Guarantee building: Arthur L. Brown, James Barton, John Denson, Griffin Lamkin, E. J. Smyer, J. Mex Long, Roy E. Perkins, J. H. Ward, A Leo Oberdorfer, Frank s. Address, Mac lin F. Smith.
 American Trust building: V. J. Nes- bitt, John B. Weakley, Victor Smith, w. H. Smith, Needham A. Graham, Jr., N. L. Miller, Samuel D. Weakley, John F. Burnham, W. H. McCary, James L. Dav- idson, Edward T. Rice, David S. Ander- son, T. J. Wingfield, William Vaughan, John R. Boyer.
 Brown Marx building: John W. Cham blee, Ray J. Emmerson, T. A. Sauls- bury, Louis Silberman Augustus Ben- ners, John S. Hoskins, Borden Burr Farley building: B. M. Allen, Hugh H. Ellis, Richard H. Fries, J. M. Jer- rell, T. A. Murphree, B. c. Burkhart. Cor T,,,r ram, Lee Cowart, w. P. McCrossin, s. Max Abelson, J. M. Russell J. G. Davis. c. B. Powell, Lucien c. Bower. w. K. Brown, E. A. Brown. R. w. Price, Charles E. Wilder Roger W. Sny- der, Samuel Wilder, J. M. Gillespy, Hem ry Upson Sims, Benjamin Leader, J. T. McAllister, D. S. Ewing, Fergus Mo Carthy, Hollis B. Parrish, H. J. King, Jr, George E. Bush.
 Ensley: Robert L. Daniel, D. J. Fium- mer Charles w. Sanders and Henry G. Sanders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05

Tigers Win Track Meet Princeton, N. J., May 4.-Princeton de- feated Columbia in dual track meet here today, 661a to 421a.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
MAY 12 DESIGNATED
 AS MOTHERS DAY
White Flower to Be Worn as a Token
 of Love and Remembrance

Mothers Day." Sunday, May 12, will be observed as a national celebration.
 In bill prepared in 1914 the second Sunday in May was appointed by Con gress, the first celebration of Mothers Day being held in Philadelphia in 1908. The observance had become so general throughout the states after five years that it was made national celebration. Congress then passed bill providing that "the second Sunday in May shall hereafter be designated and known as Mothers Day, and it shall be the duty of the President to request its observance.
 A white flower is worn on Mothers Day. being regarded as a token of love and remembrance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Lloyd George, Back From
 France, Praises Americans

London, May 4.-Premier Lloyd George, who has returned from his visit to France, in which he attended the ses- sions of the supreme council, and went to the front, spoke enthusiastically today of the American troops.
 "A good number are already there" said MT. Lloyd George. Many more will pour in steadily during this month. The French who saw their fighting in the battle iowo. down the line said they were first-class fiyhting material, full or courage and rssourcefulness and all very keen"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
o. E. S. CONFERENCE
County Eastern Star Meeting to Be
 Held Tuesday at WOodlawn

Woodlawn chapter No. 110, Order of the Eastern Star, will be hostess to the Jefferson county o. E. S. conference which will meet in the Woodlawn Ma sonic temple on Tuesday. May 2. There will be three sessions, the coAference opening at 10 o'clock. There will be a ssbOx" lunch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Premier and Former Premier Tell of the
 Austrian Peace Move

Paris. May 4.-Premier C1emenceau and Former Premier Briand appeared yesterday before the foreign affairs committee of the Chamber of Deputies and gave the body information on the subject of peace soundings, made by Austria last year, as developed re- gently in the publication of letters written by Emperor Charles to his brother-in-law, Prince Sixtus.
 Premier Clemenceau, says the Echo de Paris. declared in the clearest pos- sible terms that tat no time" was there any real possibility of peace, nor could at any time the tentative proposals made by Austria under that be more explicit. whatsoever in form. if taken seriously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Passno, Bill Passes

Washington. Ma 4,-The House to- day passed the adri lstration pass port bill. requiring all is-rons enter ing the United States to have gov- ernment permit and giving the Presi- dent broad powers in restricting en- trance to and exit from American ports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Brighten Up" News

About one cents worth Of Sherwin- Williams Prepared Paint will give square foot of surface two coats of the best weather defying protective paint in the world The Brighten-Up Paint Store. Phone Main 2S4--202l Srd Ave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Automobile Blue Book

Every motorist should own one. It tells you every crook and turn in every road throughout the country, the exact e mileage by your speedometer, and every thing a real automobile en- thusiast should know. Call in and look over this valu- able book. If you live out of the city, write.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-21
HOME FOR
WAR BABIES
IS SOUGHT
Their Mother Dead; Their Father In Ser
vice Of His Country; Red Cross Has
Children in charge

Some home in the county may Of
fer fireside to two little war chill
drtn, girls four and six years old,
Nlo may soon be able to prattle Of
daddy "oyer there" Their faith
ers soldier and their mother is
dead.
Mrs I. II. Dwyer, chairman of the
home service section of the Red
Cross chapter here, listened to the
story yesterday of young father
who had just enrolled in the Nation
al guard and promised him that be-
fore he had gone to the border OF
France his babies would be taken
under the great shielding wing OF
her department and put into a homF
or homes worthy OF their presence
They may be either adopted or kept
untn he can return from war to care
for them, the father stated TO Mrs
Dwyer.
When giving up his daughters tc
the Red Cross the man said he had
been their only counsel for several
years and had tried to keep the fam
lily intact after the death Of the
mother. But he was subject to the
draft and he preferred to enlist
Tho father has given up his kiddic'
and fircside-tho children have Civ
en- their home and daddy-"until i
nuris.'
Detailed information concerning
the children can be had by conferr
ing with Mrs. Dwyer at Red Gross
headquarters in the federal building
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-21

Muskogee, Okla, June 2I--"Ilf
be in Paris, June 2S," says the kai-
ser and the Oklahoma War Savings
committee asks this question:
"Where will you be-"
June 2Sth is National War SAY
ings Day in America and the kaiser's
threat has brought forth an urgent
appeal to the people Of Oklahoma.
The appeal follows:
THE person who refuses to sign
the War Savings Pledge will go on
record as being unwilling to help
keep the kaiser from making good
his threat to be in Paris, June 2Sth.
That person will go on record as
refusing to stand back Of our army
and navy at a time when the cause
of humanity is depending on the
strictest efforts of every man and
woman in America. Such person,
regardless of his intentions, will find
THAT tAio lpe dllg Will W 4ACSNhtAeNi
because in refusing to sign the pledge
to save and to economize he will be
disobeying the mandate of the pres
ident. 1t is unthinkable, when the
welfare and safety of our heroic sol
diers and those of our allies are de
pending on the support which is cx
peeted from those at home. that
there is one loyal man or woman
who will refuse to sign the W. S. S
pledge.
"The public will listen with sean
patience to the person who claim
that he cannot afford to sign
pledge or who utters the thoughtles
statement that there are too man,
campaigns. The public viii not to-
eiate these two attitudes. There i
no man or woman in Oklahoma VIII
cannot invest at least $4,000, an
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-21
WHERE WILL YOU BE ON
june e? WIS S. PLEDGE
DRIVE TEST OF LOYALTY

the great majority can invest consid-
cradle more in War Savings Stamps.
Each individual will be expected to
pledge the maximum amount he or
she can save daring the year. AS
far as campaigns arc concerned, un.
til the monstrous German power
which planned and precipitated the
most dreadful war which has ever
scourged the earth, is shattered,
there cannot be too many campaigns.
Until we have rid the world of the
curse of German lust for power, we
can expect and must welcome cam.
paign after campaign for the cause
of victory.
"And because the w. S. s. cam
paign is test of loyalty we know
that every person in Oklahoma will
rcspond-will proudly enlist in the
army of savers which President vii
sen has called for-will sign the
pledge cheerfully and gladly. with
feeling of deep gratitude that in
this way we can partially rcquitt
tho heroic sacrifices which our fight
ing men are making"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-21
Was the Campaign Of the
Chickasha Cotton Choppers
Just Case of Can1oufla9e?

noon that field was in mighty bad
shape, choked with weeds and grass.
At sundown last night, it was clean.
In both these instances as in others.
not one of the laborers received q
dime for his work, nor expected it.
There were of course instances,
many of them, where the choppers
received the regular scale of wages
for their work. This was whore the
farmer had money with which to pay
and where he would not have ACCEPT
ed the services of the laborcrs 9th.
erwise 1t was expected that people
able to pay should do SO.
1t is possible that thcro may be a
few individuals who are spreading
the camouflage in the truo sense Of
the word. There may be a few
slackers, but II is going to be dern
ed unhealthy for the guy who does
lot of boosting for the game, who
throws out his chest, giving it his
hearty endorsement and all that sort
q, thing then can't show a cou>
pie of blisters in his hands, support
ed by witnesses that he has been to
the cotton field. And it is going to
be still more unhealthy for the fell
lew who knocks the proposition. The
Council OF Defense might get after
him, but his danger lies in the fell
lows who have been out thore "on
the firing line" and have lost gal
Ion or SO of sweat in an effort to
comply with the rulos of tho Coun-
Gil and of their conscience
II is probably true that some cut
down the cotton and left tho cookie
burrs standing, because they didn't
know the difference, but they we're
on the job doing their best and they
are not going to limp around with
every muscle tied in 2 double bow
knot and sec some Stacker lolling
al ease and telling how fine a thing
he thinks it is for the town folks to
go out and help the honest farmers
clean out the cotton crop. That ap
plies to doctors, lawyers, business
men, cotton men, lounge lizards
and the rest.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-21

Is this cotton chopping stunt cam
outage?
The question was put many times
yesterday before o'clock and in a
few isolated cases il is still being
asked today, but the echo is becom-
ing faint.
If going forth in force and attack
ing and turning weed patch into
a cotton field is camouflage, then
the drive of the Chickasha men yes
tcrday was certainly camouflage to
the nth degree. If saving the crop
Of woman who has little baby
and sick husband and who, despite
these 'misfortunes is battling on
against odds that she could not hope
to overcome is camouflase, there
was lot of camouflage spread yes.
terday.
Innumerable instances are on rec
o,d, but it IS necessary to mention
only one or two typical ones. First,
farmer had planted something like
SO acres Of cotton. 1t had been plow.
cd once Then he got sick He was the
father Of a baby only d few months
old His wife hRcLed up the team
and started in on that cotton field
to give il the second plowing. A
hoe had not touched the entire field
and day by day the grass and weeds
mounted higher Yesterday after
noon shortly after O'Clock, automo-
biles began to arrive at that field
and soon total Of 81 men armed
with hoes were ut it hammer and
tongs. When they arrived, the wo-
man was plowing in tho field and
had one of her babies in her arms.
Before that crowd lett at s o'clock
last night, all but acres Of that
cotton field were cleaned. A detail
is on the job today finishing up
those five acres.
Another case was where the man
and the woman were both sick. Their
crop was in bad shape and there was
no chance for them to clean it out.
1t is practically the only crop they
have. They had no money with which
to hire the work done. Yesterday
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-21
NEGRO DRAFTMEN
LEAVE FOR CAMP
FUNSTON KANSAS

Three negroes, Acy Walden, Dink
Hightower, and Sam Johnson, rep
rcscnting Chickasha's eolored draft
increment for this call, left yester-
day for Camp Funston, Kansas, to
enter service. These men were pick
cd from five class registrants called.
No further instructions concerning
lie work Of rccIassifying white reg
istrants to increase draftable rolls in
the county have come from the ad.
jutant general but letter stating
that this information would be
ready for mailing soon was receiv-
ed by j. d. Holloway, local board
clerk today. When these are deliv-
cred, Glass l week will be started
and the re-examination of all regis
trants in deferred classes will be
on. Serial numbers and classified
tion forms for the 1918 class will be
here soon, it is thought
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-21
PUTS
OVER BIG
PIE SALE

The Norge community believes in
w. S. S. and they likewise believe in
nice juicy homemade pics, as was
shown last night at the W. S. S. pie
social held in the new Norge school
house at which time pies sold for a
total of $120O.
Tie bidding was spirited on every
pie and the high mark was set by
George Thomas when he kicked in
exactly $20J for the privilege of eat
ing-well of eating the pie that he
wanted to cat The next highest
mark was reached by Mr.. Allen,
Frisco agent at Norge, when he de-
posted sos for pic. Several pics
brought $100
Speeches were made by Judge r.
L. Davenport and W. II. Donahuc
OF this city. the spell binders being
Successful in tanning the flame OF
patriotism to the extent that the
crowd, already patriotic, was willing
to go the limit for w S. s. pies OF
anything else that would help licH
the Hun.