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The daily Alaskan., 1918-08-03

Washington. saturday.-A report was received by the American war department today from General Per shing. according to anannoucement made Oy Chief Of Staff March to the members of the Senate Military com
The daily Alaskan., 1918-08-03

Zurich. - Reports here state that ten German soldiers were found murdered at Kiey, and that the situation in Ukraine is growing steadily worse.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-08-03

London, Saturday. - A report from the front states that Plessier wood has been burned and that the erman force which has been defend Ing it 's now surrounded.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-08-03

Paris, saturday.-It is believed here by officials who have made a study of the battle field that the Germans will not be able to hold Vesle, but mugr recross the Aisne, as the capture of So;ssons has open ed the way for the allies to debouch in the German rear.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-08-03
.PERSHING ESTIMATES AMERICAN
 CASUALTIES TWELVE THOUSAND

mittee this morning in which the commander of the American eN- peditionary forces in France est- mates the American casualties dur ing the present drive to be in the neighborhood fo twelve thousand men.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-08-03

Washington, Aug. 3. = It was announced this morning by General March, chief of staff, that ast result of recent transfers ofSAmeri-
The daily Alaskan., 1918-08-03
PERSH|NG HAS ONE MILLION MEN
 UNDER HIS COMMANDIN FRANCE

can divisions which have been. bri' gaded with. the British forces ia France, General Pershing now has under direct command more than one million men.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-08-03

Berlin. - The war office reports desultory fighting in France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-22

outlook is that the government vii.
 about October or November enter into contracts for 1500 or possibly 1600 loco motives for delivery during 1919
 That the government does not antici- pate an early ending of the war is evi- denced by their having entered into con. tracts with H. s. Kerbaugh, the great railroad construction contractor of Phil adelphia and Minneapolis, and the Seims. Carey interests of St. Paul. to construct 40-mile railroad to Port Angelev, Wash, from Lake Pleasant, to open up the finest Of spruce timber for airplane construction It is proposed by the gov 'ernment to build out there sawmill Of I15O,0O0 feer per day capacity, and which will be by far the largest sawmill in the world, and plans are being drawn, so that in the future the government can draw from it's own unsold timberland in Washington the necessary logs and man. ufacture same into airplane, shipbuild ing and other material. This one item is notice to the whole world that Presi- dent Wilson has in view the construo- tion of all classes of units for thorough preparedness for the future, by the United States of America, taken in con net ion with the construction of big plants in West Virginia and at Neville Island, Pa, for the manufacture of ar nor plate and ordnance, and in which he has the backing of the people, except a few milk-and-water congressman, pol
 iticians and pro-Germans, and it is hoped by all patriotic citizens that in in the congressional elections this year the former may be completely eliminated, and experienced business men of un- questioned honesty and reliability elect ed in their stead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-22
THE HUM OF INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTH
Strong Protest Made Against Discontinuance Of Railroad Aid to Southern Development

New Orleans, July 21-(Special.l
 Threatened discontinuance of railroad appropriations for agricultural develop. ment work in the south has led to earnest protests being filed with the na- tional railroad administration at Wash ington. Landowners organizations in a number of southern states, facing the possibility of serious curtailment in their activities at the very time when it is most necessary that the resources Of the south contribute their maximum to the nations food supply, have become Thoroughly alarmed. Southern congress- men and senators are being fmportuned to take steps to insure the maintenance of constructive work on which hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent, and to sec that organizations which have been brought up to high state of effi- ciency ty years of trained effort are not suddenly thrown into the scrap heap, and the results of their past labor dis sipated.
 On behalf of the southern settlement and development organization, which since 1912 has been one of the leading Factors in the upbuilding of the south, G southern senators have joined in 9 written appeal to William G. McAdoo, director general of railroads
 The undersigned says the letter to MT. McAdoc, senators of the states Of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Ken ssucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ala fbama, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, Ar kansas and Texas, desire to call to your attention tho necessity of providing for the intensive development of the new agricultural and ,rdustrial resources of the territory within the above men Rioned srates during thesperiod of fed eral Gontrol and opera. lion of the railroads oi khe country, for the effective prosecution Et the war if for no other reason.
 -''Whhc the subject to be discussed ap- plies immediately to the territory lylng within that section O the country reo- Resented by the senators. among others,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-22
Movement Of Iron Ore to Lake Ports Said to Be Satisfactory

times the amount guaranteed. It is the last page or the report however, that we find q more significant paragraph ! tucked away to the effect that in addi- tion to the royalties to be paid by NJ. A. Hanna & Co and Jones Es Laughlin, they are to pay to the Great Northern Iron ore properties all the cost of the devei- opment which has been carried on by the Great Northern Iron Ore on the leased properties, as well as taxes paid on them"
 The movement of iron ore to the lake ports, especially those of Lake Erie, is very satisfactory so far this season. due somewhat to the limited amount of wheas
 and other grain being shipped, as com pared to other years, giving much greater tonnage capacity than usual for ore shipments.
 Monday, July 22 at the Hollenden hotel Cleveland, Julius H. Barnes of the Unite States food administration grain corpor- ation, and the lake vessel men, are to meet to arrange for moving the late grain crops from ports at the head of the lakes and also fix the carrying
 charges to lower lake ports, and which
 will probably be Az cents per bushel up to November 30 In 1917 cents was paid upon cargoes loaded after November.
 due to the greater risk to vessels from
 hard storms. Coal from mines in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylsf nia has
 been coming in good volume to Lake
 Erie ports for shipment in vessels carry
 ing ores down to those ports to upper
 lake ports, due, it is claimed, princi :,
 pally to shortage of coal cars, meaning
 heavy loading of coal to upper lake
 ports, if it can be had, and late carry
 ing season. The universal kick about
 shortage of coal cars is to quite an ex-
 tent due to shortage of locomotives, and
 it is expected that the 1450 locomotives ordered by the government 60 days ago, and which it is expected will all be de- livered by December 30, will aid ma- terially in the handling of traffic. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-22
By RALPH 10. wHITAKER

Florence, July a.-(Special )-Work on Muscle Shoals Dam No. 2 will officially begin on August s, at S:30 p. m., whea appropriate ceremonies will take place at the dam site and at the engineers headquarters at the postoffice building in Florence. This date and hour has been designated by Mai D. A. Watt, in charge of the construction of the dam.
 The committee in charge of the Flor ence centennial celebration, which be gins also on August s, is busy on other details. The historical pageant which is to be the artistic feature of the centen- nial, will be held Friday evening, August 9, at S:90 F. m, on the campus of the state normal college. A representation of the Indian mound at Florence will be placed at point on the campus that is nearly surrounded with a gentle slope and the ground about the artificial mound will be utilized as a stage, Each scene is under the direction of one 1T more of the ladies of the pageant com mittee, and the entire production will be directed by Miss Cora Bell Morse of New York. The pageant is given for the benefit of the American Red Cross. The following is the synopsis:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-22
Sheffield to Haue Adequate Union Passenger Station and
 NeU Up-to-Date Hotel

In Tuscumbia the Thomson hotel has been taken over by the company and renamed the Craig hotel. The building is now being renovated and newly decorated and will be equipped throughout with new furniture, mak ing it highly attractive and modern in every respect It will fill a long felt want in Tuscumbia.
 The capacity of the two hotels will be about 100 guests daily, and both will be under the active management of Mrs. P M. Cunningham
 The city commissioners of Sheffield have decreed that all slot machines, dancing halls and "forty-nine' camps, which have been flourishing in the city for the past several weeks, hence forth shall not be permitted to do bus mess here. Instructions have been given the police department to see that the new regime is put into effect inn m mediately.
 The local police department now comprises seven officers. day and night forces headed by Chitf Lee Weatherly. The local department is making it hard on offenders and especially on "boot- leggers," who have sought to ply their trade here. During the past week number of these liquor vendors were rounded up and the fines collected net ted the city about $1500.
 Another one of Colbert county's cities is benefiting as a result of the development here. The town of Leigh ton. located on the Southern railway, 10 miles east of Sheffield. is fast be- coming sort of mecca for the work CTS and business men, who are con nected with the goverpment nitrate plants The Southern operates splen- did schedule of trains from Sheffield east and besides one of the best mac adamized highways in this section ex- tends from Sheffield and Tuscumbia to Leighton. which is being used by those owning automobiles.
 A number of families have taken cottages in Leighton. The hotel there is being patronized as never before and likewise the Leighton merchants are benefting by the increased patron. age
 Leighton is in the heart of the agri- cultural section of Colbert county. and it's people are of a hardy. progress sive sort. Some of the merchants there have been in business a quarter of a century or longer Indications now are that the town is going to do some growing" on it's own account.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-22
Y. -oNTAINE LITTLE

Sheffield July 22-(Special )-An- houncement is made here that the train dfspatchers and office forces of the Southern railway will be moved from Memphis to this city August l. The dispatchers' headquarters were former ly located here. but about 10 months ago the forces were transferred to Memphis. These offices would have been re-established here sooner but for the difficulty of providing houses for the large number of employees. However, this problem is now in fair way of being solved, and as soon as the offices of the new freight station which the Southern is building are completed, the divisional headquarters of the road will also be moved from Memphis to Sheffield. according to Statements made by officials of the road who have been here several days.
 It is understood that the Southern railway jointly with the Louisville and Nashville and Northern Alabama lines, is planning modern and adequate upion passenger station to be built at Sheffield. It is known that the off einls of the Southern are fully aware of the pressing need of a new and more Adequate passenger station at this point, which has become one of the most important on it's lines.
 The location of the new building has not been fully determined upon, but it is not unlikely that it will be built at point almost midway between Sheffield and Tuscumbia, although the Southern owns splendid site not far from the present station southeast of the City. which may be utilized.
 Certainly there is a pressing need here for a new union passenger sta ton, and hopes are entertained that the roads will not longer defer the matter of building it.
 ss- Sheffield and Tusoumbia each will soon have new hotels to take care of Ahe visitors to these cities. These hotels will be operated by the Craig Hotel company. which has just been or eanixed in this city by E. H. Craig, P. M Birmingham, Miss Naomi Widrig and Mrs. P. M. Birmingham.
 { The company will operate the Hen- Aerson hotel in Sheffield, which is a new building now nearing completion. and which will be equipped with every modern convenience, being located on Montgomery avenue near First street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-22

whose names are attached hereto, all
 sections of the country, the nation as a
 whole, are vitally cocnerned in this sub
 ject.
 "The railroads under private operation
 have extended large sums of money for
 the development, agriculturally and ln-
 dustrially, of territory traversed by ,he
 resT ective lines of the railroad. It was regarded as a duty to the public they served 10 make expenditure from earn ings fer this character of development
 Tn addition to the expenditure of large sums of money made through the agricultural and development depart ments of the railroads for the purposes above outlined, an organization known as the Southern Settlement and Develop ment organization has been well or ganized force in contributing to work Of this description in the section espe- cially represented by ,he undersigned senators who are interested in seeing the activities of this orga anization con- tinued.
 Tt is not alone to the continuation of this organization we ask your attention, but the purposes of our appeal to you are very much more farreaching than the support of this one contributory agency for the purposes we now discuss. The question of the new development of t.ie resonrces of this region as a nat.orai asset in this time of war is paramount"
 The Southern Settlement and Deyel- Cprnent organization was chartered oy the legislature of Maryland in 1912, and at the same session of that legislature m app- -opriation of $S0,00o was made out of the public funds of the state toward It's support It has since been main tained by the railroads and has been the means of large appropriations of money being made for agricultural and live stock development both from states and by individuals, not to the organization direct, but to landowners associations and orsa nizations which it has been tie means of creating. The total acreage of lands owned or controlled by members of associations local to their own te'fl- tory which this organization has been the mears of forming aggregates lSs92,- 70 acres, and the memberships of these assoc tions number upward of 4000 per sens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-22
Southern Industrial Field
 Continues 10 Attract Large
 Blocks ofInUestn1ent Capital

house for parts will cost Sl,W0,OO. Other plant buildings and all the plant ma chinery will cost s50O,0Oo
 Dairy products will be manufactured by the Frozenpure company, Richmond Va, chartered with sl,250,O00 capital.
 Steel steamships will be constructed by the Fabricated Ship corporation, Rich mond, Va, chartered with $1,00o,Oc0 cap ital.
 Land will be developed for orchards by the Shenandoah Orchards, Staunton, Va, chartered with s300,OOo capital by New York investors.
 Details have been determined for the plant of the Southland Tire and Rubber company, Fort Worth, Tex, the first unit to cost within $250,OO0. The size of the first unit will be 900xS0 feet, and the daily capacity will be 1500 automobile tires and tubes.
 Mines will be operated by the Gopher mining company, Oklahoma City, incor- porated with s2Oo,O00 capital by Lawrence. Kan, and Oklahoma City investors.
 Brick and tiles will be manufactured by the United Brick and Tile corpora tion, Elgin, Tex, chartered with S175,- 00o capital
 Plans are under consideration for or ganizing a s125,0OO company by A. E. Welsh, Enfield, Ill.,, for building ship yard for wooden ships at Tarpon Springs, Fla.
 Wooden schooners will be constructed by the Anclote Shipbuilding company, Tarpon Springs, Fla, organized with shipyard site on the Anclote river.
 A refinery with daily capacity of 1Ooo barrels of oil will be built by the Power Oil Refinery company, Wichita Falls, Tex, organized with $125, ,000 capital.
 A $1O0,0CO glass manufacturing plant will be built by the Brownwood Glass Manu- featuring company, Brownwood, Tex, organized by Birmingham, Fort Worth and Tulsa manufacturers.
 Mining properties will be developed by the New Discovery Mining company, Oklahoma City, incorporated with s100OOd capital by Oklahoma and Texas in veStorS.
 Cotton products will be the output of the Marcella Cotton Manufacturing com ps.ny, Eufaula, incorporated with $10O,0oC ca pital
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-22

Baltimore, July 21.-(SpeciaL)-Mo than sSe,oOo,0eO will be the cost of man. ufacturing plants announced during the for the government, these big establish ments being additional aids toward win ming the war. All available facts as to the financial and physical features of these industries are published in the Manufacturers Record.
 The investments includes a S20. 600 OOD arsenal at Edgewood, Md a slo.ooo, ,Oov cellulose plant at Cumberland, Md: a $5,000,000 byproduct coke plant in the Birmingham district; three $,5OO,0o0 fac tories for naval guns. explosive shells, etc. at St. Louis; s1,5Oo,OO0 motor repair works at San Antonio, Tex. and a sl.- 0Oe,OOe aviation field at Aberdeen, Md
 by-product coke plant costing s, GOO, oOO will be built in the Birmingham dis trict by the Sloss-S Sheffield Steel and Iron company, Birmingham. There will De l20 ovens in this plant and the prod uct will be toluoI, benZol, sulphate of ammonia and other chemicals which the government will take for the manufac- ture of munitions. This plant is ex- pected to be completed within F months,
 
 in the company's furnaces, while it's gas will probably be purchased by the Bir- mingham Gas company
 Three a,5Oo.000 plants for manufactur- ing naval guns, shells etc, will be built and operated at St. Louis under the direction of the war department. Two of these will be additions and the other will be for the new plant. The last named will be built by the Scullin Steel company and the others by the Moon Motor Car company and the Mcdonald Engineering company. All buildings to be of reinforced concrete ffreproof con- etruction.
 Plans and specifications have been com pleted for the $1 50O,O00 motor repair plant which the war department will build at San Antonio, Tex. The main building will be 800 feet square, of steel frame, with glass sides and concrete floors and roof This structure and the storage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-22
Rapid Progress Being Made on
 Sawn1iN Plant at Sylacauga

The work on the big Wisconsin-Ala- bama Lumber company sawmill is now rapidly forging to completion, says the Sylacauga News. In recent weeks the long dearth in labor has been relieved to some extent and rapid progress is now being made in all departments.
 The laying of rails and ties for the new railroad was begun Monday and already more than mile has been put down The grading on the southern end has nearly reached Marble Valley, and will be supplying of logs as soon as the ma chinery is ready to turn.
 The premises around the mill are rap idly being turned into a lit1Ie city; a number of homes built, and of modern design and convenience. Streets and have been laid off and graded and some cement sidewalks built. A com plete sewer system has been installed and temporary water works now in op- eration The we'll to supply the new city has been located near the main saw mill building and boring began Wednes- day. The company has a guarantee of ample supply of the purest water. The new hotel of some 50 rooms has been opened to the public. It is run under the management of Mrs. Helen !Odell and Mrs. l.. Mills, formerly of Massachusetts. These ladies have had charge of some of the best hotels in the east. The en- tire building has been handsomely fur nished and no convenience has been ovec- looked.
 The commissary building is perhaps the most modern in the south. It will have it's own refrigerating and ice plant and all other necessary conveniences.
 The building of the plant has been handicapped by the scarcity of labor. but the work or fight" ruling is bring ing them in now and work is being rushed. A few more skilled men are needed and these obtained there will be no more delay. If no unforeseen ac- cident occurs the big industry will begin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-22
Bx JAMES F. SLATER


 The outlool. for more expensive iron ore from the mines of Michigan, Wiseon- sin and Minnesota is interesting to northern and western blast furnace and steel plant interests, and should be to similar interests in the south.
 I am pleased to submit for the benefit of readers of The Age-Herald statistical matter rega rding the situation at the head of the great lakes, conditions, etc, from the 1917 report of the trustees of the Great Northern ore properties. It wilt be noted that in addition to the agreed royalties, the lessees contract to pay the large sums exepnded in development work and taxes, adding a considerable percentage
 The chief points of interest are the disclosures of certain terms in connec- ton with the new leases of ore lands the trustees have made since the report for 1916 was issued. The first of these features, says the report, ''is the state ment of the minimum amount or ore to be shipped in the year 1918 under tha various leases This shows that the leases to the Hanna Ore Mining com pany require a minimum shipment for the year of 750000 tons, while the Jones x Laughlin Steel company contract re- quires the same minimum shipment. This provision puts more favorable light than generally understood on tn , Great Northern Iron ore situation, for It seems good deal like an assurance of income. Of course, there is every proba bility that the tonnage of ore actually shipped will be much greater than the agreed minimum as long as the steel trade keeps active In 1917 the minimum figures undey the old leases made prior to March, 191z. were S25,00O tons, while tho tonnage actually shipped under these leases was 3,485,916 or more than four
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-22

of checking up every miner, good re- suits are expected; but the miners are patriotic men and when they realize a larger production is imperatively de- manded, they will speed up voluntarily, just as wage earners in general are doing.
 The souths agricultural prospects are unusually print. Immense crops have been grown and in spite of farm labor short age, they will be harvested
 Prosperity in Alabama was never at such @ high level as it is now It is estimated that the value of farm prod ucts in this state will aggregate some thing like sSOO, ,000,oOo, which would be fully $90O, ,OO0,OoO more than the value in 1917
 Enormous pay rolls in Birmingham Sheffield, Florence and other industrial ceEters and the high prices which food crops command will make Alabama flush with money.
 Truly, the year 1918 is of the red letter class, materially and financially consid. cred.