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The Washington times., 1918-06-29
Old Washington
NJ. z. s. writes:

NJ. F. s. writes:
"Oh, Periscope, how well do l re-
member! But you made a mistake.
Dorsey's Hotel was on the south
west corner Of Seventh and ! streets.
Then came the wagon yard, and the
stable was on the southeast corner
Of Eighth and l streets.
There was a double track up
Eleventh street The cars going
east turned at o street used to
live on o street, between Ninth and
Tenth streets. bob" BARR lived
next door. bob" DOWNING
Robert LIZ lived round the corner
on Ninth street, and ROB McMUR-
RAY on the corner Of Ninth and N
streets.
%You could hear the car bell q
square away, so you had time to run
in for hat and books for school, but
II the car was near we would wave
to the driver and he would stop the
car right in front Of the house. II
we were a little slow he would yell,
Hurry up; you will be late
eve could ride to the corner Of
Fourth and / streets, and then Il
was only a short distance to walk
to the Seaton School. At 8 o'clock
there were two cars on that corner
The Washington times., 1918-06-29

Judge Jim OSh an - - ;.
dollar smile came to town recently.
He SAYS he hates to leave that farm
Of his over by Norbeek
Jim has a theory about eggs and
bad street paving that ought 70
have consideration
"The worst street in Washington
In Georgia avenue" says he, ~and it
Is so bad that farmers jolting over
that pavement cause the yolks OF
eggs to break. which makes people
believe they are cold storage eggs
That's a WONDERFUL alibi for
the farmer, isn't It!
I hear that GEORGE BOYD went
fishing once at Great Falls, and, fall
ing to get any fish, he bought some,
but had the misfortune to purchase
Ash that live only in salt water,
which damaged his fishing reputa-
ton quite some
Speaking Of farmers, ED BRADY
the rising young barrister, has gone
in for agriculture somewhere IN
Virginia
C. LESTER SWEENEY, Commits
sioner Gardeners secretary, wears
white trousers with extra heavy
creaSes.
The Washington times., 1918-06-29

Judge JIM PUGH and his million
dollar smile came to town recently.
He saws be hates to leave that farm
Of his over by Norbeek
The Washington times., 1918-06-29
Why Do They Attack Henry Ford?
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Continued First Coumnl
barely enough pay for what he eat in order work
again the next day.
That will be the subject of another editorial
For today think over the of Henry Ford. Don't
forget that what applies to Henry Ford applies equally to
workman who opposed the theory that few private
individuals should exploit the people of this country and
own the public properties of the country
TIE profteering monopoiss day is soon to end, lucky
they escape in possession of what they have ALREADY
stolen. And they know it-much to their bitterness.
The Washington times., 1918-06-29

The Smith family was on the lob
Wednesday, and the Kaiser IL Just .
thousand dollars nearer to the event.
ual licking thereby.
The Washington times., 1918-06-29
HEARD AND SEEN

waiting for the pupils. One went
north, and one went south.
In those days you knew Almost
everyone you met; If not to speak
10, you knew BY sight" I
"a. Note. This rsfsrones 10 hsirfnr ~
ear bell bloek On, 3ear yOunGsF gsnaraiioo,
means hat thsre werp horss oASS IN thce8
days; each herss having Jlngling bel I'D
70 his neck, ! ramambsr.
The Washington times., 1918-06-29
Oxcart or Tnin?

Oxcart OF TRainy
From personal expefience,S sSvs
A. +. Fox, Il can't believe that tie
Western Union used only trains for
carrying their supposed wire mes
sages.
Zone wire from Petersburg, Va,
reached here on the fifth day aftef
1t was sent. One from New York
reached here the third day out, and
one sent from Philadelphia at 6 D. n.
reached me the following day at
2:46. am Of the opinion that they
were carried not by wire. not b.
train, but by an oxen cart"
The Smith family was on the fob
Wednesday, and the Kaiser IL Just .
thousand dollars nearer to the event.
ual licking thereby.
G. n. LUEGENE, who Is Thrift
Stamping at Keith's Theatsr, Ept q
w. s. 8. subscription for $500 from
Thomas Smith and another $500
from Mary Wallace Smith, and in
addition about $500 more from =
lot OF other people whose names are
other than Smith.
Ever notice the easy manner n
which ROLAND ROBBINS manages
that adding machine on Keiths
stage?
What's the matter with the salty
matches they sell you nowadays3
The other day I was startled to
hear a man behind me humming the
tune Of "The Cat Came Back" How
ever, 1 dug down In antiquity and
answered him with Listen to My
Tale Of Woe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
WOMEN WORKERS WONDERFUL
 FOR STATE
Miss Katherine Ridgeway, Noted Chatauqua Lecturer, Sergt.- Major Lowery As
 signed to Alabama

One of the best speakers enlisted in the cause of the fourth Liberty Loan has been assigned to Alabama by Mrs Lump kin. sixth district chairman of the wom- en's committee, and she will be here next Monday to begin tour of the state, under the auspices of the womens committed She Is Miss Katherine Ridge way, who has acquired quite reputa- tion as cbatauqua and lyceum speaker
 Having heard of Miss Ridgeway's ef- fective work in Chicago and several vest ern and central west states during other campaigns, Mrs. Philip Oster, state chair man of the speakers bureau of the wcmens committee, put in a call for her services, and yesterday received a letter from Mrs. Lumpkin, stating that all ar- rangements had been made for Miss Ridgeway to come here.
 She will make her first speech at a luncheon to be given at the Tutwiler hotel next Monday by the mems com mittee to the rainbow division of the allied armies. Her next appointment will be at Decatur and after that she will make speeches in four or five other cities in Alabama.
 Mrs. Oster also received information that Sergeant Major Lowery of the Cana dian army would be here next week to speak under the auspices of the women's committee of the fourth Liberty Loan. He will speak at the luncheon and then accompany Miss Ridgeway to the other cities where the state committee has promised to send her.
 Sergeant Major Lowery served in France, was wounded in battle, returned home and is now in the United States, under an arrangement between the Unit ed States government and the Canadian government, in the interest of war work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25

l eyed suspiciouSly by our fellow guests who sErniised that we were foreigners and were not quite sure whether or not we ought to be there. In the middle Of the afternoon we were stopped by a | EIiddle-aged peasant shouldering an ai- tiQue rifle. AS he was apparently more frightened than we were we should have ignored him and proceeded but for the
 fact he had stretched rope across the entrance to a small bridge which we had
 reached. When he heard we were Amer jeans, he asked us whether we knew his Cousin Karl. who was in America, and upon our declaration that we did, he allowed us to proceed without further questioning!
 From that time on we couldn't go more l than few hundred yards at stretch without being stopped by a similar rope or chain across the thoroughfare. My Kaiserlicher Automobile club card, driv- ing license and a few other papers of an official-looking character usually served to clear the way for us In one village we came to we noticed posters ordering mobilization and all work was stopped while the people stood around in groups and discussed the situation. We were glad that our English accent was not yet drawback.
 About 5 o'clock that afternoon we ar- rived in Frankfort. The whole place
 
 mobilization posters and their resent
 ment against the French was being aroused by "extras," which were handed out without charge, announcing that the French had already dropped bombs on ! the railroad at Nurnberg and that French officers in autos had over-ridden the bor- ders The ridiculous statements about French fliers dropping bombs on the rail- road at Nurnberg had not the slightest foundation, of course. Although the ma. chimes have since been greatly improved, think only one has thus far succeeded in penetrating as far as Nurnberg. The older people who had lived through the war of 1870 had interested audiences for once while they related past experi- eHces and gave advice as to what prepa- rations to make. A possibility of food shortage seemed to be uppermost in all minds, and the groceries were stormed with eager buyers Salt suddenly jumped to 75 cents a pound and other things in proportion.
 The stores were quickly depleted of everything edible, and the practical hans frau who never before had bought for more than one meal in advance and had never owned more than two pounds of flour at a time, filled her pantry to the topmost shelf and then started to store things away in her trunk-room up under the roof.
 FOOD IN GARRETS Almost everyone in towns of any size
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25

I like this country fine, but it's some hilly. I thought Alabama was hilly, but nothing to compare with this. All the villages are in valleys.
 Some of the boys are having humps and measles, but I don't have that to fear.
 l wish yea could send me some candy. I'd give my months salary for all the candy l could eat. We can't buy sweets here
 How is Roy and Alice? And tell all the Manchester people hello for me, Chess I'd better stop now, it's about time to go up and fix my bed. Say, I've got an excellent bed now. was out walk ing and found a hay-stack in an old field and so smother fellow and l have been taking our blankets up there and sleeping on the hay. Believe me it sure- ly is softer than the concrete floor we have been sleeping on. No more now. Much love to you all from your son,
 KARL Write me: Pvt. Karl T. Hare, Co. l.. S24th Inf, S1st Div, A. E. F., Somewhere in France"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
TEAR DOWN FRENCH SIGNS

On Monday morning the streets were filled with excited crowds destroying every sign with a French word on it and looking for spies. The papers had an- nounced that the country was full of French spies, womeL as well as men. l saw the crowd stop an automobile. take a woman out and literally tear her clothes to shreds before the police suc- ceeded in rescuing her from the mob and took her to the police station. The gen eral supposition was that all the men spies were masquerading as women and the first thing the mob did was to pull out hair-pins to see whether the hair was real
 On Monday evening we managed to edge our way into the last through train to Berlin. We were sidetracked innum- erable times to allow troop trains to pass through, and we were required to keep our windows closed so that no enemy pas- senger could drop bombs on the bridges we crossed. It was hot August night and the lack of ventilation was most op- pressive.
 Our compartment was crowded with of- ficers on their way to join their regi- ments and very grand and important they felt in their yew field-gray uniforms which may have long been put away in moth balls for just this opportunity, put which took the German people as well as the allies completely by surprise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25

in Germany lives in an apartment and each family has a key to a portion or the attic, which is divided into as many parts as there are apartments in the house. Later, when food really became scarce, robbing these attics became a popular profession, and it was necessary to make room for the valued stores elsewhere. They were then moved to the "gute stubes-good room, the sugar being locked away in the writing desk and room being made for the butter next to the cherished war bonds in the safe.
 Or Sunday. August 2, all the gasoline in the country was commandeered, and we heard of many American tourists being put out of their cars in the cities and even on country roads, no matter kow inaccessible to trains they might be. We accordingly decided to stow our car away in an old wagon-shed attached to hotel and sought to return 10 Berlin by train
 At the railway station there was such tremendous crowd that 1t was quite impossible to get anywhere near the ticket office, and anyway no promise could be given as to trains to Berlin.
 Frankfort had always been a busy rail road center, but it had never witnessed anything like the rush of German Naca- tionists coming home from switzerland and from the various German baths, people of all nationalities hastening out of Germany, and the long train-loads of troops being hurried to the frontiers
 Trunks and bags were piled high in every available space and it was months before that enormous pile of baggage was finally sorted out.
 We decided to defer our effort to reach Berlin until Monday, since there seemed no hope of getting away that day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
MAN OF THE SYST
 WRITES HOME

Karl T. Hare of Manchester. who is in the s1st division, writes his mother. Mrs. Lela Hare, as follows:
 Somewhere in France, Sept. 5. 1918.
 Dear Mother-How are you? I am do- ing fine. We are still in the little vil- lage I spoke of in my last letter. Don't know how long will be here. l am just as happy as can be and as said everything is so new and interesting to me and we had such wonderful trip. I enjoyed every moment of the time (ex- cept was sea-sick about ten minutes).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
Belgium Relief Bundle Day
 Taking Like Girls Debute Party

The old clothes are coming in quite nicely.
 Belgium Relief Bundle Day is taking in Birmingham just like a rosebud's debut. and it looks like one party will co to bring Miss Birmingham out.
 The automobiles are spending their days collecting the bundles that they are piloted to by the white flag hanging on the door-the balcony or the porch pest.
 Mrs. Robert Thach is chairman of the committee having in hand thss bundle day proposition. and she is very much pleased with the success of the first days haul in by the cars collecting the old clothes for the Belgians.
 The work will continue today and tomorrow. The following schedule will prevail
 Today the bundles will be collected in the territory west of the A. G. s. rail-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
PERSONAL

l.. H. Bonn, formerly attached to de- tail of military police from Camp Me Clellan, and on duty in Birmingham. was recently commissioned lieutenant in the fourth officers training school. Lieu tenant Bonn left Birmingham in May to take the course for machine gun officers at Camp Hancock. Ga. He has received his assignment as ap instructor in that camp,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
The Worlds Deepest We'll

From the Peoples Home Journal.
 The deepest we'll in the world, more than 1863 feet, is being drilled for oil near Clarksburg. ". Va. Its depth-con- siderably more than one mile and one- third-exceeds the height of Mount Wash ington (e2s3 feeD. and of Mount Mitchell (6711 feet. the highest peaks in eastern United States,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25

load. This includes Elyton. West End. Fowderly, Graymont, Earle Place, Oven tor and Pratt City Mrs. Eugene Nun ger, phone Main 2O81, is captain os this terrific ry Bundles will also be collected on Wednesday in the following territory: Fourth. Fifth, Sixth. Seventh and Eighth avenues from Fourteenth street to Twenty-sixth street, Fountain Heights North Haven. north of Eighth avenue from Nineteenth street and HuntsvlIee avenue to Thirty-ffth street and Vanderbilt road. including Norwood- Mrs. Win Young, phone Main S359, is captain of this territory.
 Tomorrow Miss Augusta Clark, phone Main l090 will collect bundles in the following territory: East of Twentieth street and south of Avenue G and Clair mont avenue, including Highland avenue and vicinity. Mountain Terrac and AL lamont road, Miner Crescent and An derson Place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25

Almost everyone in towns of any size
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
Or. Dopis Tells of IndignHies Hedped on Foreign Women
 Charged With Spying
WAR WAS A SURPRISE
 TO OPEOPLE IN GENERAL
Began to Devour Their Stored Up Food As Soon !: As First Reports of Constant Victories
 Began to Come In
Chapter XVIII GERMANY IN WARTIME
By DIR. ARTHUR DAVIS

While the German people have always been thorough cord w the Kaisers ambitious project which significant y described by the popular sogan Deutschland uber aes when the great which to achieve ermanys aims commenced it almost much surprise the Ger 1t to the of the world They knew evltabe and they looked forward eagerly Der Tag
 when arrived the hustle and excitement say panic which developed throughout Germany that III some cases it approached the udcrous.
 Obviously the people ignorance the plans their warbarons in order that hostie might pete surprise to them and give color the tention that the forced upon Germany
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
START FOR FRANKFORT

The next morning we started for Frank fort. As we passed through village after aSillage. war preparations became more sand more evident. Measures were be- Ing taken everywhere to arouse enthus- iasm-young men gathered on school steps were singing patriotic songs, stu dents were marching and speeches were being made in the market places.
 ss At Fulda, where we lunched, we were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25

50 little thought did we give to the complexities of the political situation that on Friday, July 31, 1914, my wife and l started off on a motor trip We had heard so many rumors of war within the previous ten years that we saw no reason why an amicable solution should not again be found as it had always been before.
 PASSES THE KAISER
 On our way out the Charlottenburger Chaussee we passed the Kaiser and the Kaiserin driving to Berlin from Pots dam at about sixty miles an hour, and 2 there were other indications of activity. but we attached little importance to them.
 At the Golf club, where we stopped for our clubs, we were told by the steward that the soldiers in all the bar racks in that vicinity had been moved several days before nearer to the bor- tders to make room for the reserve troops who would be mobilized on the following day. Old Hermann, the steward, was usually pessimfstfc and we put little cre- idence in what he said.
 When we reached Potsdam, however, and saw thousands of tons of coal heaped up between the railroad tracks which were ordinarily kept clear, we realized dthat preparations for war were being made in earnest and we stopped to con- stler whether it would not be better after all to return home. Such was our ignorance of war that we decided that even though it were not advisable to motor in Belgium and France, where we were bound, that we might safely plan a tour in the Black Forest in Germany.
 We had left Berlin late in the after : noon. In the evening. when we arrived at Gotha. we found that the younger walters in the restaurants and hotels had already left and that the older TO serves expected a general call the next rlav
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25

The Brazilian government hAe adopted a number of measures for the encour- agement of sheep and goat raisin<
New-York tribune., 1918-06-21
Irish Are Unfairly
Treated, Says Paper
Gaelic American" Calls Action
Of u. S. Attorneys Of
fee Persecution

"The Gaelic American" in its issue
of yesterday makes violent attack on
the Department Of Justice for what it
terms clumsy attempt to "hammer
the Irish of the Hudson front" The
attack includes also the United States
Attorneys Office, which is charged with
persecution and not prosecution where
lrlshmen are concerned.
I'm trial proceeding as this arti-
Gle is being written the most extraor-
dinary unfairness has already been
shown" says the paper, which is edited
by John Dewey. "a man charged with
an offence which is punishable by "a
maximum penalty of two years and a
fine is first brought before the grand
jury to testify, is then indicted and
held i'll bail Of 100000. which, of
course, is prohibitive, and without pre-
cedent in the history of the United
States. This is persecution, not prose
cution. 1t insures that, whether the
trial proves the man guilty OF inno-
cent, he shall have severe punishment
inflicted on him before he faces trial.o
New-York tribune., 1918-06-21

thus appropriated by the agent instead
OF resulting in low prices to the gov
ernment.
Under another plan the agent oo-
tanned bids addressed to the govern
men from several concerns. These
prices were then communicated to the
favored bidder, who presumably paid
the largest commission, SO he could
revise his bid before it was submitted
to the government, by the agent, with
those of the competing clients. In
some instances the agents are said to
have put in their own bids in competi-
ton with their clients, thus playing
sure for either a profit or commits
sion.
One concern wrote its agent it would
pay commission of S per cent, but
only with the understanding that he
would not give the government a lower
price than stipulated. In other words,
there was to be no commission split
ting in favor of the government.
Attempts of brokers to cvade gov
ernment regulations and defeat the
Administrations purpose of elmnat-
ing the middlemen and profteers are
illuminated by various letters sent out
ters recitc the governments desire
that all contracts be made directly with
the manufacturers, and say officials
are frowning upon dealers, jobbers
and middlemen, and for this reason we
are gradually disseminating the prac
tice of bidding in our own name"
Ask for Letterheads
The letter suggests that the brokers'
Office be made branch of the factory
and handle all business in the manu-
facturer's name, but on commission
basis The business thus transacted is
on the manufacturers stationery, and
all mail for the manufacturer from
the government is to be addressed to
him at the brokers' Office They ask
for supply of the manufacturers let
terheads and say one of the first things
they will do will be to circularize the
government purchasing officers, "'rith
whom we are in touch.''
That some manufacturers have long
realized the evil of the commission
system, both to themselves and the
government, is evidenced by letters
such as the following, received by the
Department Of Justice before the
departments Investigations became
known:
"Why should it be necessary for the
government to patronize sucl, curb
stone dealers, who have not a dollar
Of their own invested? 1t is evident
that either the manufacturer or the
government must maintain them IN
their business, and we fail to see any
reason for their existence. Since we
have been placed on the bidding list,
we have had more requests from sucn
New-York tribune., 1918-06-21

ernments. After short speeclf by r.
4. Mccarthy, former Mayor of San
Francisco and delegate from the car
penters, reiterating confidence in what
President Wilson would do for Ireland.
the Cannon amendment was voted down
and the committees resolution carried
unanimously
The conventions action to-day in
directing President Gompers to visit
England, France and Italy and the ia
vorabie action on a suggestion to keep
permanent representatives of the fed
Grafton abroad mark the first definite
step in the campaign to line UP the
labor forces of all countries against
the radical socialist influence.
All the officers were reelected by &C
claim this afternoon except two vice
presidents, W. p. Perham and James
O'Connell. who were replaced by
Thomas A. Rckct, president Of the
United Garment Workers, and Jacob
Fischer, of the BARRIERS Union. Allan
tic City was chosen rs the place of the
1919 convention. The convention ad-
journcd late this afternoon.