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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
sCATHING DENUNCIATION

The Rev Middleton s. Barnweli fol- lowed in a scathing denunciation of Congressman Huddleston's actions and utterances in Congress since the dec- laration of war. He read from two speeches made in Congress by MT. Hud- dleston, one against the declaration of war and tl,S other against conscrip- tion, and said if he had kept copies of the other speeches made by the Bir- rningham member he would read from them, for they were all of the same tenor all against the administration n, all against the things necessary to sue cessfully prosecute the war.
 He started by saying he would read from a German textbook in which it was stated that Dewey was sent Into Manila bay and that the American navy was sent to Santo Doming" on missions of conquest at the behest of big interests and then the speaker corrected himself, saying. NO, l am
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08

as does every other young man who goes into the service, and he said he knew Birmingham would back hin, up. He mentioned the splendid things the old Fourth Alabama regiment now 8 part of the Rainbow division. has been doing, of the plaudits heaped upon 1t hv England and France, and Of the curses of the Germans.
 .aThink three times before you elect a congressman,' he urged, "and get one ,,bo will renrasent yOu."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
COMMITTEE PLANS
 MANY ACTIVITIES FOR COMING DRIVE
Headquarters of Woman s Division of War Savings
 Committee on Ground
 Floor of Tutwiler

Headquarters of the womans division of the city War Savings committee will open Tn the rooms in the Tutwiler hote!, recently vacated by the Red Cross cam paign committee, Manager Shireman Of the Tutwiler having donated the use of the rooms for that purpose. This com mittee has arranged to establish " booths in as many stores in Birmingham next week where Savings Stamps and ] Baby Bonds will be sold by women and girls
 The poster section of the committee has replaced nearly all Red Cross and Liberty Loan advertisements with War Savings posters. This committee has been exceedingly active the past few days. Chairman Morton Simpson and his associates. Bert L. Blach Raymond I<lotz. Brown Parkes, Phil Oster and Herman Rich. have issued this appeal:
 WAR STAMP POSTERS "Go to the local w. s. s. headquarters at 233 First National Bank building and get as many War Stamp posters as you can use.
 Remove all Liberty Loan. Red Cross | windows, as there is no longer need If them, and replace with War Stamp pos- ters,
 Put the War Stamp posters in your windows as prominently as your patriot ism tells you should be done"
 In connection with this appeal 1t IS also requested that all local firms who have not been supplied with rubber stamps for imprinting the w. $. s. sic gan on their mail, send to the office CT the secretary of the local w. s. s. puo- licity committee 1928 Jefferson County Bank Bldg, and procure one. The use of this rubber stamp is considered ish- portanl, as through 1t countless thou sands of people are being reached every day wifil an urgent appeal to buy w. $. s. Today"
 WINDOW DISPLAYS The window trimming committee. Sam Friedman, chairman, and Stuart Riddle, secretary, has decided to offer three prizes for the best window displays. First prize three War Savings Stamps; second prize two War Savings Stamps; third prize, one War Savings Stamp. Letters will be sent to all merchants re- ouesting them to make War Savings dis plays in their windows during the wesz Of June "A.
 Carl Coker of Birmingham. who has l just returned from Tuscaloosa, reports | great interest in that city. The nler- | chants closed up their places of business Thursday and went with their clerks to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
Negro Agitator Is GiUen
 Coat Of Tar andFeathers
 h "BLoody Beat 22''
Vigilance Committee Take in Hand White Man From Illinois and Local Negro at Negro Meet ing Near North Birmingham
 Warned to Leave District at Once

Little Africa and is considered. in some respects, very undesirable sec ton
 The machines bearing off the two agitators did not stop until Bloody Beat 22 was reached. at which time the 'kidnaped" prisoners were marched out upon earth again and after severe session of questioning and cross questioning, it was decided to let the white man leave this section of the country without the new dress which had been prepared for him. The negro. however, was taken into the graveyard surrounding Walkers Chapel and after bath in warm tar, was given covering of feathers. He was then told of just what was thought in Birmingham of anyone trying in any manner to obstruct the war programme and the fact was made clear and evil dent to him that if his face was ever seen in this vicinity again it would not be tar and feathers, but q neck tie party that awaited him.
 HOUSE WRECKED
 Hale had his house in Oxmoor wrecked several weeks ago when a can of dynamite was exploded under
 
 the explosion however, as the explosive was placed under the rear of tho house and his family was in the front part at the time the charge went off
 The negroes about Collegeville are badly scared and it was stated by one of the vigilance committee yesterday that the situation had been tolerated just about long enough, and that dras- tic action was necessary to stop the agitation.
 It has been known for some time that this agitation work was under way, as Crow has been in Birmingham two or three months From the general out look about Collegeville last night it is not likely that another attempt of this sort will be made any time i'll the near future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
MAKE SACRIFICES

MT. Watkins said the time had come
 for him to make a sacrifice, to leaN~ his wife, who was also anxious to go over there and do her part. and his little daughter who wanted to fight the big old Germans, and that the time would come when all the young men
 must make sacrifices. He said the time would come when the young man ,yho failed in his duty to his country at this time could not walk the streets of Birmingham without hanging his head in shame.
 He told of being in Washington a few days ago where he bad gone to arrange for entering the service, of being told at the war department that the quickest way to get in was to see his congressman, and that when he made no response the official asked him where he was from When told that he was from Birmingham the off cer said, "'Then see your senator"
 He said he wanted to go lover there"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
OFFICIALS IN CHARGE
SPECTACJILAR RISE

Mir. Taylor. who will be the gutd- ing hand in the new alignment, has had a most spectacular rise in the transportation field He began not many years ago at the humble po-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
WINDOW DISPLAYS

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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19
TROOP SUPPLIES
3 MONTHS AHEAD

men is entitled to his full allowance,
and it must go forward to him wher-
eve he is. So that besides the vast
daily stock there is the question of
unfailing daily delivery, first by rail-
ways and canton trains, and then to
the individual soldier.
Besides this 100000 pounds of food
moving forward daily to the troops,
each man carries with him two days
emergency ration, 5 pounds to the man,
an additional 100000 pounds of food
for an army of a million men. OF the
emergency ration, carried on the back,
there is outstanding every day 2,O0O,-
600 pounds of corned beef and 2,000,-
600 pounds of bareback, 100000 pounds
of sugar, 62,500 pounds Of coffee, 90
600 pounds of salt, and 100000 pounds
Of solidified alcohol for heating and
cooking while on march.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19
BY E. M.

mo boys, I'm not so very tired"
said the Y. M. @. A. secretary. aust
a little after a week of that" indicat-
ing with a wave of his hand the coun-
try behind, from which came %incessant
sounds of artillery and machine-gun
fire.
But he was dead tired, and the am
bulance driver who vas giving him
a ride knew IT. The secretary's head
bobbed from side to side as the ambu-
lance thumped along the rough road.
At intervals the Y. NJ. @. A. man slept,
roughly reused whenever a shell-hole
Jolt threw him against the side of the
vehicle.
The ambulance was stopped by the
side Of the road so that the driver
might tighten a loose bolt.
81 guess I'll lie down for a minute
while you are working" said the Y. NJ,
G. A. secretary. In a second he was
sound asleep by the road.
An hour later the driver shook him.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19
E WRITING CRAZE

under his cot 1--WE got to write to ma
and pa, Kittie and Johnny Boggs over
at Canton, o. Then, 1 owe Nell John
son a letter. And I've got to scribble
a few lines to Uncle Abe and Aunt
Minnie. After that I'll answer those
letters of Bill and Tom"
Writing materials-paper and en-
velopes-are lot always plentiful
where the doughboy is stationed, and
for a while it was doubtful whether
the last of his correspondence list
would receive their letters, for the
supply in the small town stores was
Dol exhausted. But the Y. NJ. G. A.,
ranged to supply all contingents. 1t
sent out seven million sheets of writ
ing paper and some 100000 envelopes
a month.
With the tremendous growth of the
eXpeditionary force, orders have been
increased and the estimate for next
year is 100000 900 sheets of paper and
60,O00,000 envelopes.
This means that the Yanks will use
about 720 tons of writing materials
100 tons of news and comfort for the
folks at home.
And when the censor officers stop to
consider it they grow weak, for it is
their duty, along with everything else,
to censor the letters and see to it that
the soldier uses discretion and doesn't
mention things of military Importance.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19

says I might as well make a regular job out Of It and take a good name while
I'm about it,
zone of them says ought to call myself Jack Dalton or Hal Chase, II some
thing with a punch in II. Well, l figures that it's the good old Irish Ia that
gets a bloke furthest in this newsboy game, o I took the Iishest name I could
think of. l considered Clancy and Murphy and MCGOWAN, but 1 figured the
name with a punch was MuIigan. And when you introduce the name of Multi
gan with Larry-oh, boy!
"Yer see, 1 was all out of luck with the Fritz Schutze stuff taggin' around
after m e. 1 was dom business downtown until my associates gave me the gate.
Guess they thought was a Boche or something like that Anyway, 1 decided to
change my name and locality and here 1 am uptown to start a new life"
Larry Mulgan" is a typical West side boy of sixteen. He a born in
that section and so was his father.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19
YANKEE BAPTIZED ON A RUN
Made Chaplain Hurry Because He
Wanted to Catch Up With
His Company.

With the American Army at the
Marne.-A long line of d~ust-covered
Yankees were pushing their way
through a shell-battered village near
Chateau-Thierry toward a ridge of
hills from which came the rumble of
artillery fire. At a crossroads they
came upon a chaplain, waiting beside
a broken-down sidecar. One of the
doughboys fell out of line and walked
rapidly up to the crossroads,
"Say, Chaplain, baptize me quick,
will you?" he urged. Wen be in the
line tonight! !"
The chaplain walked away from the
sidecar.
do you belleve"-he began.
Eyes, sir, l believe everything !" in
terjected the boy; but I've got to
catch my company. Can't you make 1t
quickr
In less than a minute the ceremony
was over and he was running up the
road.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19
I school two years ago and placed him

Domnlcks parents Withdrew him from school two years ago and placed him
in business.
When war car Dominick informed his parents he would enlist. They
would not hear of it. So last July, after taking n active part in the cehbra-
ton Of the Fourth, Dominick enlisted in the state guard. He said he was eight
cen. and might safely have said twenty-eght.
For a while he only did duty att the armOry, drilling and the routine work
of the rookie. Toward the latter part of the month he vas ordered tt dc guard
duty upstate. He was given real cartridges. Two days passed watching for
German agents; then he was called into the tent of his captain and informed
that he was discharged. He went home to learn that his parents had had him
removed from the service.
Then Dominick was arrested for parading in the uniform. Magistrate
Reynolds heard the case an held the boy for trial at special sessions. No
proof of the boys age was before the court Later at special sessions, his age
was determined and the case was transferred to the chndrens court
Justice Wrktn seemed inclined to deal severely with the boy. He said:
"If 1 find that this boy deliberately paraded about tin uniform I shall send
him to the house of refuge. 1 am a stckler for respect for the uniform and
this boy showed nc respect when he refused to return the uniform to the state
and continued o wear it without the right"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19

did you eve notice how cross a kid is when it is cutting its teeth, and do you
suppose those Germans who killed babies Eve were human beings. He
reckoned not, and for that reason he was dead anxious t get across and do his
bit by knocking the daynghts out of some of those baby killers.
None the less interesting is the fellow who has tried to get into the army
and faled. l met n o. these, too. He told me that he had been put into
class 8, and showed lie his card, too He found, however, that If he loafed
around the depot he could meet a lot of men who had seen actual service or
who were o n their way to the trenches, who had a great many interesting
things to tell him..
And not the least interesting of everything one sees about the station
are the girl war workers. who come, with smiling lips, to do their bit" They
smile 1 say, which shows that they arrive without knowing the current prices
of Don and board.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19

unatainable treasure that she would give her life to OWE, that another woman,
who had been enviousy staring at the bronze slippers, the plume and all the
stylish godbrown clothes of her, followed the gaze Of the princess to see, for
her self, what royalty could be craving that royalty couldn't get. Then she
understood, for:
On the opposite side of the car sat the faggot girl who had flown the
woods long enough to make a date with a famboyant youngster whom she
doubtless called cher Teller" She was tawdry of dress. One cheek was
around her neck was dirtgray, and her knuckles were grimy. But her cheek,
when it got a show va the oval that Greek Phidas put OF his statues. Her
neck was like the snow drift that distinguished Annie Laurie. Her skin was
of the velvety pink of roses that grow in memorys garden. Her teeth were
white splendors. And her yes were midnight suns. All that and some more.
Nature, in a freak of extravaganza, had squandered enough beauty on the
faggot girl to have gone around among a dozen, and then, in a n economic ft
had skimped on the poor dear princess.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19

SAILOR SYMPATHlZES
WITH LORD BISHOP

Queenstown.-The Right Rev
erend Doctor Browne, Lord Bish-
op, is a person of consequence
as his title might indicate.
He had settled himself com
fortably in the corner of a first
class compartment when, just
as the train pulled out, a happy
and carefree crowd of American
sailors piled into the compart-
ment.
They were on leave and every
body's friends.
Are you a priest?" asked
one.
II suppose I "a at one time
was the good-humored reply of
the man who was known
throughout the land as Ibis
lordship."
swell, I was a chief gunner at
one time" the jackie replied,
but l have been disrated also
through booze!"
A.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19
"Y" NAN NEEDS SLEEP

Sorry to wake you up" he said,
but / absolutely must be getting on.
I'm likely to be court-martialed now
for being so long on this job, but i
would rather take a month and a
month than have robbed you Of that
sleep. l decided that the war could
go on for an hour without me, while
you tore off 40 winks."
This is just one of many Instances
showing how the Y. NJ. @. A. stands
with the army. That driver had vol
UNFAIRLY risked getting into trouble
with his commanding officer because
he knew the Red Triangle man need
ed sleep.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19

Tours.-The American army In Eu-
.ope could be fed and clothed and all
Its creature comforts looked after for
three months if not another pound OF
supplies was secured. This was the
statement made here by officers Of the
army quartermaster's department,
which directs this mammoth work of
supplies.
1t gives an Idea of the vast stock
Of reserve stored in the
miles of warehouses stretching from
the coast inland to the fighting line,
and it is a comforting assurance, too
that this huge reserve will be kept
up through the coming winter period,
so that the American soldiers warmth,
as well as his food and clothing, Will
be fully looked after.
Some Big Job.
1t is q huge undertaking to feed a
million men even for a single day-a
million men scattered to a thousand
points, In trenches, on battlefields and
camps, along 300 miles of front and for
a depth of 500 miles. And when are
added housing and clothing and the
period is extended through the win
ter months of cold and frost, with the
prospect that another million or two
of men may be headed this way before
long-with these elements one gets
some idea of the magnitude of the
supply problem for a million or more
men.
Here at the center of the system,
where the receipts are regulated and
the distribution made, there was an
opportunity Of learning some Of the
details of how the system operates.
In the food branch alone it takes
over 100000 pounds of food every
day to feed the army. This prodi-
gious daily consumption of food EN-
braces 1000 pounds of flour baked
into a million pounds of bread every
day, $4,000 pounds of fresh beef,
$4,000 pounds of potatoes, 100000
pounds Of sugar and 125,000 pounds of
tomatoes. The pepper and salt for q
single day is 1880 pounds.
Army coffee is roasted at the rate
of 10000 pounds a day, and it takes
10000 pounds of solidifed alcohol to
cook this coffee through the month.
The beef is the bulkiest product
used each day, and occupies q daily
space of $4,000 cubic feet, or about
the dimensions of a business block, OF
solid meat. Flour comes next, requir
ing $4,000 cubic feet of daily space
and potatoes about the same.
A Few Daily Items.
These are only a few of the mali
Items. But the list runs all through
the many requirements of the over
sea army ration, with vast quantitie.
In each case. Here are some of tn,
other daily items: Bacon, 225,OOt
pounds; beans, $4,000 pounds; rice
$4,000 pounds; onions, 100000 pounds
evaporated fruit, 10000 pounds; jam
10000 pounds; milk, 62,500 pounds
vinegar, 10000 pounds; lard, 4O,OOt
pounds; butter, $1,000 pounds; syrup
10000 pounds.
These being included in the over
sea ration, every one Of the million
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19
w CHAMPIONS ARE WE'D
to Make Useful Combi-
nation.

Kansas City, Kan.-Two Kansas
champions, the best pastry cook in the
state and the best dishwasher in the
state, were married here recently.
Francis A. Davis, seventy, a veteran of
the Civil war and chief pastry cook at
the Soldiers home at Leavenworth,
Kan, and Mrs. Ida N. Wilson, forty
nine, a widow employed as a dishwash-
er at the home were the parties.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19

swell" solloquized the officer. "duty is duty" So, unnmbering his gun,
the officer crawled through.
Shiverng and quaking in a far corner of the cellar were the fugdves, the
hodup men, Emanuel Enos, eleven, of 515 Clinton street; Ray Cadarr, eleven,
of Fortysecond street. and Henry Coyle eleven, of 354 Smith street.
After the cars began to u again on Flatbush avenue the policeman
learned that with the aid of a potato knife and a cap pistol the three boys had
held up Henry Engvaldsen, nine, of 21s East Fort ysecond street, on Church
avenue, near Fordeth street. and taken a quarter from him. Then. REINFORCED
by friends the victim of the hoIdup chased them all the way to the hole into
which the boys ran like cottontals pursued by houn' dogs.
Justice Wilkin, successfully maintaining his gravity, heard the story In the
chndrens court and paroled the "hodup men" for sentence.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19

become irish. mo, I dIdn't consult no
courts about changing my name" he
said when asked about the matter. 81
just changed it and let it got at that.
That's all the courts would have done
and it would have ost me a lot of
money. I'm leery of them legal birds.
I settled the matter out of court and
now I'm Larry Mulligan. I give the
thing a thought before I took the
name, though. I talked the matter
over with a couple of pals and they
handed me a lot of bum advice. They
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19

whisked along the street at a rapid rate and stopped when it swerved INTO a
building. Later it was buried in the ruins of the structure.
Clothing and furniture were driven in every direction. A few telephone
poles just outside the storm are collected material like a magnet.
The entire east wall of the handsome home of NJ. Glammerstad, cashier
of the First National bank, wa sliced off, exposing the living room, dining
room and bedroom furniture and the bathroom. The occupants escaped injury
from flying debris by falling o. the floor. From son other hon a coal
scuule came flying into the parlor and dropped N top Of the plano.
Mr.. Glammerstads automobile standing in the yard, was hurled a block
down the street and wrecked. A large tree standing two feet from a pump
was snapped off nar the ground and then torn to pieces, while the pump was
unframed. Clothes from the closets were picked up by the gale and exchanged
for sticks of wood and picture frames from the neghbors' homes.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19

Women, although modulated, attracted
the attention Of passengers near by, as
any foreign tongue will. There is al
ways something tantalizing in hear
ing someone talking brightly while you
yourself are utterly unable to under
stand a thing that persons says.
Persons on the a listened, but
very few, indeed, were able to under
stand a word. Women looked curl
ously at each other. and would have
paid another fare. I'll bet, to have been
able to understand what the French
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-19

fine capacity IF mothers helper" The young private came whenever he was o
leave and everything grooved along beautifully until N day he had to conhde
to Mrs. Officer in anxiety in regard to his wife. He had money enough for all
expenses, but
Mrs. Officer put n end to his worry right there. She knew more about
the case han he 6d-and he vas not to worry; a nice oom had been engaged
at the hospital and everything was suret to go rght-which it did.
After a bit the officer and his wife brought the mother and her baby home
and waited on her as tendeny al if she had been their w daughter-and,
from the start, you. couldn't tell which woman owned the baby.
All sorts of happy luck car happen to a young couple, so, naturally, his
being made a corporal was just a matter of course-ikewise the Endorsement
of the baby given by the fellows from camp who came especially to see it.
but--
The really worthwhile thing about the incident was the reputation by
the officer and his wife of the salted-down class distinction that puts the mis-
tress a mile above the maid-to say nothing about: the good common sense Of
an army big gun who could see in the young private something nor human
than a automaton wound up to salute.