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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-25
dent WILL FIGHT
I new DRAFT BILL
BEFORE CONGRESS
Says Crowder's Plan Unfair
to States With Small
Alien Population
CLASS ONE SHOULD
NOT BE EXHAUSTED
Albanian Votes to Report Measure
Out of Committee So as to Get
1t Before House for
Amendment

Washington, March 24.-(SpeciaD
There is going to be an issue in con-
gress as to the manner by means OF
which the next draft quota shall be
selected. General Crowder, provost
marshal. has succeeded in having re-
ported by the House committee on mil
itary affairs a bill giving him au-
tnority to exhauts the first classifica-
ton composed of unmarried men and
in every other respect eligible men be-
fore drawing from the second CLASH
fication.
This bill would operate disadyan-
tageously against those communities
or states which have no German pop
ulation. For instance, 1t Is estimated
that for every SO Alabamians compos-
inE the first classification there are
is Minnesotains and 10 Wisconsins
Under the Crowder bill, in other
words, Alabama would furnish three
times as many men as Minnesota and
five times as many as Wisconsin. FOR
Alabamas German population IS lirn-
tied and German people as rule do
not compose part of the first classi-
fication.
BILL Is hEIf Oh1E ELL
The military committee OF the House,
OF which an Albanian is chairman
reported the bill
The chairman, Mr.. Dent, voted to re-
port the bill. He voted to report 1T
in order that it might be taken from
committee and put before the House.
Ee opposes the bill. He thinks 1t un-
fair and unreasonable and believes
that it should be beaten. AS mat
tel of fact. it is the consensus OF
opinion that in the discussion before
Congress General Crowder will be Sc
verely criticized. He is a republican
and is considered partisan repuo-
lican. Some think that he would make
the democratic administration unpop-
ular although on account of the inter-
national crisis such opinion is impos-
sible of support.
DENTS STATEMENT
Mr.. Dent stated this afternoon that
he had been authorized by his COM
mittee to ask Mr.. Pou, chairman of
the rules committee, to report the
Crowder bill with the provision that
it be subject to any germane amend
ment 1t is his idea that it should
be amended in such way that a
state will be given credit for all men
it has furnished and that the draft
will be directed on a percentage basis
against all men whether or the first
OF second class who are subject.
If this bill is so amended Alabam-
ians of the first class will>have oppor-
tunity to stand upon equal footing
with men of the same classification
from other states, otherwise every
Al.bamian of the first class will soon
be drawn into service.
II am wiling" said Mr.. Dent, this
afternoon. that all Alabamians take
their chances. This Is proper. But l
am unwilling that Alabamians, because
Alabama has no German population, be
subjected to palpable inequality
will support any equitable amendment
to the Crowder bill
Il voted to report that bill simply
because 1T was unfair that it be re-
tanned IN committee for an abnormal
period. 1t should and will be amended"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-25

Jasper, March Especial 1.-The
Sheffield Iron corporation will light
approximately 500 beehive coke ovens
here within the next two or three
weeks, according to Superintendent j.
II. Lasseter, who is rapidly complet-
ing the repairs and installation of the
necessary equipment to make coke at
the plant of the company, which is
known as the "old Sheffield com
pany's ovens.
The opening of these ovens for the
making of coke will mean much to
Jasper There win be employed some
thing like 125 to $50 men constant
1y and the fact that the plant is just
across the creek from Jasper proper
makes it an asset to the town, as
there will be no checks used in pay
ing off the men, only the company's
checks on local banks, which will be
the same as cash.
Superintendent Lasseter is rapidly
whipping the ovens into shape, re-
habilitating them and making addi-
tional improvements that will un-
doubtedly make Jasper permanent
coke-making center. Just where the
company will get its coal is not yet
decided, but 1t is understood that
mines adjacent to Jasper in Walker
county will furnish an ample supply
for the constant operation of the ovens.
l. J. Wilson, assistant superintend-
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Rod of organization had passed, and it
was ready for business.
New companies which qualified to do
business as corporations during the
week by filing statements with the Sec
rotary of state and the total amounts
paid in follow:
Richards and Richards Auction and
Storage company, Mobile, $1,000; Dyer
Delchamps Grocery company Qnc.), Mo-
bile, $500; The Stag 1nc.), Gadsden,
soft drinks. $4,000; Young and Hill Drug
company, Tuscumbia, $500; West Ala
bama Lumber company, Tuscaloosa,
$4,000; North Alabama Gas and Fuel
company, Florence, $15o.ooo; C1lum-
biana. Garage, Inc, Co1umbiana $4,000;
Yellowleaf Coal company, Chelsea,
$4,000, Producers Grocery company,
Mobile. $4,000; Beers Printing COM
pany, Montgomery, $4,000; Young-Johns
Lumber company Hurtsboro, S2l,000;
A. N. Lands Drilling company, Mo-
bile, $4,000: Southern finance COM
pany. Inc, Birmingham, $4,000: Black
Warrior Coal company, Birmingham,
100000; Wabash Coal Mining conf
rany, Inc, Birmingham, $4,000; Sand
stone Coal Mining company, Birming-
ham, $1,000; Dye Washburn Hotel COM
pany, Inc. Birmingham, $4,000; Blue
Bird Water company. Birmingham,
$4,000: Barbour Plumbing and Heating
company, Inc, Birmingham, $4,000:
Fairfield Steel company, Birmingham,
$4,000; Federal Coal company, Bir-
bingham, $4,000: Sulfiron Medicine
company, Birmingham, $3.50; Standard
Paving company, Inc, Birmingham.
$1,000; Cullman Coal company. Bir-
mingham. $4,000.
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Sheffield Iron Corporation VIII
Light 800 Behiue OUens at
Jasper Within Next 3 Weeks
Rehabilitation of Ovens and Plant Nears Completion
to $50 Men to Be Employed 40 or SO Houses Be-
ing Built and Repared-Jasper Welcomes
Activities of the Company

emit, is in charge of the repairs and
construction of houses and before he
completes mis- building programme
there will be 40 or SO houses built for
employees superintendent Lasseter is
confident that all of the old labor
that formerly worked at these ovens
can be taken care of IL they Will re-
port for work within the next two or
three weeks.
The company has not operated these
ovens in several years. The plant had
been allowed to run down, and it was
learned that Mr.. Lassetter did some
slrewd work in getting back the ma
terial and equipment that had been
hauled away from the plant by those
who,S seeing it idle, confiscated It, or
One feature of this part of his work
road steel rails, which had been doing
underground duty for some years
There will. be a curtailment of ex-
perse in the operation of the plant
under electric power drive and this
viii undoubtedly make its operation
continuous. 1t is said that the oper-
ating cost will be the cheapest in the
district.
This property is owned by the old
Sheffield Iron corporation, of which
Mr.. Clutch is general manager. Wig
orous activity marks the movements
around the old ovens. and Jasper will
rejoice when the fires are lighted and
coal begins to turn into coke.
Jasper is prosperous at this time
ard the addition of this pay roll week
ly in cash will be received with due
appreciation by the local merchants
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Lieutenant-COl Wells
Reported Killed in France
Was an Albanian

Huntsville, March "a. - Especially
Lieut. Col William 8. Wells. of the
third cavalry, has been killed some J.
where in France. according to cable
grams received by Huntsville relatives
Saturday. Colonel Wells is survived
by his widow, who is a daughter of the
late Congressman William Richardson
of this district. He was veteran of
the Spanish American war, having or
ganized company in Huntsville in
the spring of 1898 and gone out with
it as first lieutenant. Later he served
in the Philippine campaign and was
commissioned In the regular army.
Colonel Wells was a captain when the
United States declared war against
Germany.
Several business and professional
men of this city are organizing new
publishing corporation which will take
and run the Mercury the oldest daily
paper in this part of the state. The
new corporation will start with cap
ital stock of $4,000. f. D. Johnston
will be editor, Roy O'Neal. managing
editor and p. O. Aiken, business mana
ger. The Mercury, which has been
operated under a receivership appoint
ell Ky the federal bankruptcy court
during the last five months. was sold
at public sale. e. d. Johnston buying
1t in. 1t will be taken over by the
new publishing company Immediately
when details of its organization are
perfected. 1t Is understood that ex-
tensive improvements are to be made
In the paper and that It will be ag-
gressive in the campaign against rati-
fication of the prohibition amendment
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FORMER HEIR TO
RUSSIAN THRONE
SAID TO Be Ill
His Mother Asks Permis-
sion to Send Him to
Sanatorium
ARREST OF BUREAU
CHIEFS is ORDERED
Eleven Men in Food Ministry Are
Charged With Speculation and
Other Crimes-Kiey Is
Isolated
Nv the Associated Press

Moscow. Thursday, March 2l-Former
Fmnress Alexandria has requested per-
mission from the soviet government to
send the former heir to the throne 10 q
sanatorium in southern Russia. for his
MUSICIANS say that his sojourn in 81
IBERIA is impairing his health. The gov
ernment commissioners are considering
the application.
M. Dibenl1o, the former commissioner OF
marine, has been imprisoned IN tHe
Kremlin, charged with failure to OBEY
orders and advance while COMMANDING
troops sent to resist the German entry
into Narva. He will be tried by revo-
lutionary tribunal.
ARREST OF OFFICIALS ORDERED
Orders have been issued for the arrest
of Ii heads of bureaus in the food min
istry. charged with bribery, specula-
ton, the Illegal appropriation of money
and incompetency Several of the &C
cused men escaped before the order to
arrest them could be carried out.
Prices Of manufactured articles in
Russian cities fell slightly with the sign
ing Of peace. but food prices were not
affected. The shortage of money is
forcing the merchants to sell goods to
raise actual cash for their expenses, and
this is said to have been partly respon :
sible for the decline in price. Wooden
goods and heavy shoes are dropping in
prices, probably in part because of the
mild weather.
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Never Has the South s Industrial
Progress Been So Great AS Today
High Activity Marks Birmingham DstcLabor Situaci
Here Satisfactory Attracting Large
Capital and n Army of Workmen-Rapid Growth

tilizer for the entire south, are now
attracting investors from every part OF
the country to say nothing of high
class labor. Sheffield is naturally a
great Mecca for all classes of people.
1t is already one of the great show
places of the country.
Large industrial towns have sprung
up like mushrooms in various sections
and have been widely written up.
Some of them were considered marvels
at the time, but there is nothing of the
mushroom character in the phenomenal
growth of Sheffield. On the contrary,
permanency is one of it's chief marks.
1t is already a large city, but 1t will be
many times larger six months hence,
and only the most ardent prophet can
picture it big enough 20 years to come.
Never has the south come so well into
it's own as is the case now. Top-notch
prosperity is the rule in every state from
Virginia to Texas.
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The Fuel Problem in China

I TONI the CHRISTIAN l1eEdlu
Mrs Calvin Wight. a missionary at
Tangchowfu. tells OF famine conditions
in China. She writes: Between us and
the sea Is field of the tall grain we
call gaoliang, which has been almost
completely stripped of Its leaves by the
poor Of the city. trying to find fuel for
their kitchen fires. When we cut our
millet. the poor came out in families,
and the hired reapers seemed to take
them all for Ruths. for each woman and
child had handfuls of purpose and
went away with baskets and armfuls
of grain. 1t seemed pity to stop
them. but the memory of 100 mouths to
feed led us to send them word to wait
until the reapers were done. So the
cleaners sat in groups among the
graves. or by the roadside. and waited.
When the last stalk was cut and car
I ied OF. they bounced upon the land
and raked it bare. We had our lawn
cleared Of wild grass for nothing. as
the cleaners were only too gladto pull
up the roots for fuel"
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coal mine in the Blue creek seam, with
capacity of 1900 to 1000 tons day, and
that it would install 1900 K. w. turbo-
generator at the Ensley furnace plant,
furnished but another evidence of the
scope of the company's vigorous expan-
sion policy.
Work on the Tennessee company's
mammoth construction operations at
Fairfield and along Possum valley Is be-
ing pushed rapidly. The demand for
labor was never so great as now, put
the ranks of the workmen this stu
pendous rush job are fairly well filed
up.
Sheffield and Florence, which came
into the strong spotlight when it was
known that the government would ex-
pend vast millions on the Muscle Shoals
development and build an enormous nj
trate plant that would mean cheap fer
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-25

BENJAMIN Franklin's Pennsylvaria Ga
zette was the first American newspaper
to print cartoon. There were rumors
|of possible war with the French, which
resulted in a call for a meeting at Al
hany OF. the representatives OF the Brit.
ISL colonies. Franklin was one Of Tho
commissioners, and to increase the force
OF an appeal for united action. on Ma,
10. 1854 printed cartoon representa-;
snake cut into eight parts. the head
|resenting New England and the 4 Z
seven parts the various colonies ouG
Of New England. The legend rest
or die
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German Army Transport
Is Sunk By Mine and
All On Board Are Lost
Vessel Was Carrying Troops and Guns Aid in Alan Is
land Campagn-Admiral Won Meyer Is Said
Have Perished

London, March, 24.-Finlanders ar
irving at Stockholm on the gunboat
Svenskund say that the German trans
port Frankland struck mine and sank
at Noorland, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Stockholm
Tie transport was crowded with SOL
diers, cannon and munitions and, ac-
cording to tho dispatch, the entire
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numbering 1853 head Of cattle were
inspected A total of 1885 herds num-
bering 1882 head of cattle were quar-
antined.
Two hundred and twenty-seven hogs
We're shipped to the Birmingham Pack
ing company by the Bullock County Live
stock association, j. A. Mcleod, secre-
tary, Union Springs. The hogs Melted
the farmers SETS after freight charges
and all other expenses had been paid
Four hundred and twenty three hogs
were sold at sl3.1o at a public co-opera-
1--WE sale at Eufaula, the hogs bringing
the farmers who raised them an aggre-
gate of little more than $4,000. rhe
buyer was the Eufaula Farm Products
company. The sale was held under the
auspices of the Southeast Alabama Live
stock association, which has arranged a
number of successful cooperative sales.
good lot of hogs, consisting of 457
head, were sold for an aggregate of more
ehan Ao,oO0 at a public cooperative sale
at Slocomb, Ala. February 28. -Four of
the hogs weighed more than 400 pounds
each The hogs were bought by T. r.
Cox of Slocomb. Farmers in the vi
entity of Slocomb have sold $4,000 worth
OF hogs since October To- and expect to
sell about $4,000 worth more before the
end of the season
W. L. Reynolds, proprietor of Cotton
wood plantation, Allenville, Ala, will en-
large his dairy herd, now numbering
more than 100 Mr., Reynolds is complet-
ing milking barn that is S6x200 feet.
G. n. Lewis, Eufaula, Ala, and Leon
. Dubois, Porto Rico, have purchased a
plantation of 1000 acres near Eufaula
and WI engage in raising live stock and
in diversified farming
A carload of Is steers weighing 100t
to 1000 pounds each. was shipped by
Martin O'Rear. Route 2, Jasper Ala
to the Birmingham Packing company
A trainload of hogs and cattle was
shipped to market from Enterprise. Ala
the value of the lot being estimated al
$4,000. The train was operated as a
special
Three carloads of beef cattle were re.
Gently shipped from Eufaula to market
at New Orleans.
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At a 'frugality dance" in Montclair.
N. j.. recently. those wearing patent
leather Shoes silk stockings or high coll
lars were fined five cents each for each
offense, those wearing marcel waves. 10
cents. while wearers of evening dress. or
costumes" had to pay rs cents to the
management. A considerable amount
was raised for war relief.
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Hurley Well Pleased

washington. March 4.-(SpeciaL)-T
sound OF the AK and the saw is ringing
louder in the great southern pine forests
today than ever in history. The saw
mnt operators have all returned to their
respective mills after their recent con-
ference with, Mr.. Hurley, head of the
shipping board. The mill men convinced
MT Hurley that no delay in furnishing
ship timbers could be laid at their doors
and they were given the assurance that
the shipping board after learning more
,of the details of the work would give|
= better cooperation So we'll was|
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crew, all of the soldiers and Admiral
Won Meyer were lost
A Stockholm dispatch dated March
% said that another German transport
had been blown up by mine near the
Aland Islands and that the transport
FARMLAND, which came to its rescue
was damaged severely by another ex-
plosion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-25
MONEY is SCARCE


| M Meniinsky, the commissioner of
finance, has been endeavoring to re-
lieve the shortage Of the circulating me-
dunn by having the government pay the
Petrograd workmen in checks, but the
workmen have refused to accept them.
| The soviets in many cities are forcing
tho merchants to deposit their receipts
| in the banks and are making levies on
the capitalists to provide the banks with
currency.
| Cant. Leo Schmand and Lieutenant
Berger representing the German Reo
Cross, have arrived In Petrograd, where
\ thew are working with the Swedish le-
cation in an investigation of the con-
dition of German war prisoners prepar-
atory to their exchange
KIEv IS ISOLATED
| Kiev has been virtually isolated from
Russia since the German occupation of
the city. Herr Mumm is directing al
| fairs there as Germany's special repre-
sentative. Direct train service with
Berlin and Vienna has been established
1 and the newspapers are printing chilly
German dispatches. German money Is
circulating freely, with the rate of ex-
change. 70 kopecks to one mark. Ukrain-
liam prisoners are daily arriving from
Germany and Austria.
There is an unconfirmed report that
Prince Lvoff. the former premier, has
been arrested at Tumen, Siberia, and
taken to Ekaterinburg. Prince Lvon'
relatives say he had nothing to do with
the alleged plots to create a separate
Siberian government, and was living
quietly and avoiding participation IN
politics.
A Petrograd dispatch on March IA re-
lported that Prince Lvoff has been ar
rested by the commander of the Rus
sian northern front. He had previously
been reported as having formed new
government in the east and planning to
enter Siberia with the Japanese. should
they intervene.
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CONGRESSMAN BANKHEAD'S
LETTER

Mr.. Helm stated to the correspon-
dent of The Age-Herald that 1t was
entirely natural that he should have
received some replies speaking unfavor-
ably Of his proposed candidacy. He
added that he expected some replies of
that nature to find their way into the
office of Senator Bankhead. AS an il
lustration of his point, he declared that
he had knowledge of positive char
acter that since the mailing of his let
ter, John II. Bankhead, Jr, son of the
senator, had mailed letters to individ.
uals supposed to be closely welded to
the senator, urging them to see that
replies from their section to Mr.. Helm
were of a most discouraging character
His intimation was that copies Of this
letter alleged to have been written by
Mr.. Bankhead had been returned to him,
just as some of his own had been re-
turned to Senator Bankhead.
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head. comprised very small per cent
OF his total number of replies.
Some of his replies, however, judging
from copies which reached Senator
Bankhead, very frankly advised him to
let well enough alone" very Wig
orous letter from the western half of the
state discussed the points which Mr..
Heflin attempted to score against SEN
ator Bankhead, and on each took issue
with Mr.. Helm. This writer declared
that while it is perhaps true that ships
could have been purchased three years
ago cheaper than at present, there was
a principle involved in the legislation,
which then pended, more precious than
dollars. The writer also declared that
he agreed with Senator Bankhead that
il the government found it necessary to
fix the price of all commodities, cotton
should be included, and ADDED that II
cotton was a staple of the middle west,
southerners woulG be willing, on account
OF the international crisis, that its price
be fixed. He made the point, too. that
Senator Bankheads support of the ad-
ministration in Its war policies had been
Z.
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| numbering 1888 head Of cattle were
inspected. A total of 1885 herds num-
bering 1882 head of cattle were quar-
antined.
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A carload of Is steers, weighing 1000
to 1900 pounds each. was shipped by
Martin O'Rear. Route 2, Jasper, Ala,
to the Birmingham Packing company
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Not case of cattle tick infection &C.
enrred in Jefferson county in February,
- shown by the report of Dr. r. T..
jackson, in charge of cattle tick eradi-
cation work In that state. The report
shows that the eradication work n be-
ing completed in 81 Alabama counties.
~ fhese counties . total Of A.sl7 herds
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-25

A trainload of hogs and cattle was
shipped to market from Enterprise. Ala,
the value Of the lot being estimated at
$4,000. The train was operated as a
special.
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G. n. Lewis, Eufaula, Ala, and Leon
Dubois, Porto Rico, have purchased a
plantation of 1000 acres near Eufaula
and WI engage in raising live stock and
in diversified farming