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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30

University January 29.-(SpecalJ The basketball team of the Univer- sity of Alabama will make an inva-
 sion of Birmingham next Wednesday night. when the strong team of the Birmingham Athletic club will be met on the gymnasium floor of the club. Hard practice has been given tho team for the last two weeks and a splendid showing will be made if an actual victory is not scored
 Every man on the varsity team will probably be a Birmingham boy and this will add great interest to the con- Moore will be used at forwards. Both are veterans of last years team and are sure and reliable. At center will be Marvin Mccullough, also a mem Der of last years team. Mccullough can get the knockoff on almost any center in the south; is a sure shot, and one of the gamest fighters that has ever worn an Alabama uniform. Walter Agee will be one of the guards, and the other has not been definitely decided on. These four men are all veterans of last season and their experience will count for much iu securing a victory. At the other guard number of likely looking can didates are being tried out. Felix Blackburn and Bob Hamrick are ma.<- ing fine showings, and the final choice will probably be between them. John Cochran is also making a favorable impression and will be given an op- portunity to show what he can do in real game.
 The substitutes that will make the trip have not been selected. Harry. Jones, a Central High school scrub -f last year, has been playing good brand of ball Aston, Kennedy anG Ehlbert are also good scrub forwards that may be put in the game. Fowler Dugger will be used as substitute for Mccullough at center. There are 8 large number of guards to draw from, among them being Bonner, Wingard. Cochran, Blackburn, Hamrickr and Tay- Tor.
 The team will be light but very fast Four of the regulars have had experience of former years and have played together before They have thus developed a splendid teamwork, that is expected to sweep all opponents off their feet The old Alabama fight has been instilled in large doses and there will be plenty of spirit behind the team. The B. A. c. will meet the surprise of it's life in the light and fast Alabama team and. will do well to get away with a victdry by small margin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
Camp Wheeler Notes

l Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga.. January 29 | l(Special3-Among the 400 or 5c0 enlisted
 men specialist ordered to Camp Han cock will be found many expert motor 1 truck drivers, mechanics and other skilled workmen, who at one time prac- ticed their trades in Alabama. The names of the men who are to leave for the Pennsylvania division have not been ma de public the list being checked closely l for the overseas service.
 | A detachment of more than 100 members If the division selected from different units. will be sent east to join battalion l of engineers soon to sail for France. The order designa ting the men to make
 up the detachment will be issued in q | few days. Together with the fact that | the division is short 6000 men the send 1 ing of so many men from the division | to fill up the gaps in other divisions is l taken to mean that the division will not leave here until summer.
 1 Ninety million dollars worth of insur- ance has been taken out by the enlisted meH of the division. The total sales for the past week was nearly $20000,000. A campaign will begin the first of Febru-
 ary to get all the men in the division l insured with war risk policy After February 12, men who have been in the service more than 120 days will not be allowed to buy war risk policy.
 1 Mai Charles J. Morris, commander of ] the second battalion of the 1sSd infan-
 try has been discharged from the serv- 1 ice on account of physical disability. ! He has been member of the Dothan military company since 1898. He is con sidered one aof the best rifle shots Tn l Alabama. In civil life he is i'll the real estate business.
 l The health of the camp is better noW than at any time since the pneumonia l er idemic began several months ago, Coi. | l.. C. Duncan division surgeon, saio
 that in comparing the reports from other camps with that of Wheeler he thought | that his report was the best at the present time. Mai. c. F. I4und or sos ton, has been made chief surgeon at the bs SC hospital
 | The following Alabama men were sent t, the general hospital at Ft McPherson: | 18th field artillery. Horace l.. Foss' wcodsey Parkham. Frank o. Blair. Bor- tram Penner. Eugene B. Thagard. James H. Iorimer: 1t7th field artillery. John | T.. Milton. Simon Keller, Win'am I. Me
 Clellon, Benjamin A. Smith F2ra Kirk land: 12sd infantry, HorsNs Nllai&ser. Nel- son Beasley Arthur Btsss re NJ. Tins. James E. Moncrief HH.t eker,
 Joseph H. Puckett A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
Bakers Given Until February 3 to Begin
 Making "Victory Bread'

Washington, January 29.-TO give bakers time in which to prepare the food administration tonight extended until February 8 the time when ba- kers must use at least per cent of other cereals than wheat in all bread baked by them. This percentage must be increased as rapidly as possible un- til February 24, until they nre using 70 per cent of other cereals. No ba- ker. however, will Dc entitled to ad- vertise his product "yictory bread' until he has reached the 20 per cent ratio.
 Hye flour may be used in making the "vfctory bread" until March 3, but after that date 1t will be placed upon the same bnsis as wheat. because rye flour is now being shipped to the allies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
NASHVILLE

Nashville, January 29.-Tonight the Cumberland river here registered 44.5 feet and rising. The forecast is that the stage will reach between AS and 50 feet on Friday. The highest point ever reached by the river here was 506 feet, which occurred in 191o. The flood stage is 40 feet.
 The weather bureau states that if there should be a heavy rain tomor- row that the wholesale business sec tion Of the city will be flooded. The water is now in the basements of some business houses. Several streets in the north and east ends of the city are flooded and some people have been forced from their homes, There Is no ice in the river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
REMEMBER THE
 FOOLISH VIRGINS
 AND PAY POLL TAX

Only three more days remain for the payment of poll taxes for this yenr. The office of Tax Collector Hawkins is being kept open every night remaining for the payment of the taxes, until s o'clock, and in case poll tax payers arrive will stay open until all nre given an opportunity to pay up.
 There has been an unusually large eleventh hour rush on dnr- ing the past two days. It Is under stood that one of the local civic organizations sent out a form let ter yesterday to every man who has registered, but has not paid his tax, urging him, on the strength of the extraordinary importance of the coming elections. to not fall to attend to thia important duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30

Offsetting this loss of American yes sells, most of which were sailing ships, the United States since February 1 has added to her merchant marine by the seizure of former German and Austrian owned ships a total of 107 vessels, hay ing gross tonnage of eS6,494, leaving on the credit side of the American ledger in the account with the central powers a net gain of 515, ,433 gross tons. The loss of life caused by the sinking of the s American ships was more than 300 per- sons. however.
 The percentage of sinkings of Ameri- can ships compared with the number Of vessels which have sailed through the war zone successfully is small. Records of the department of commerce show that for the period beginning with Feb ruary, 1917, and ending with December l, there were cleared from American ports in the foreign trade ships aggregating 17,73S 900 net, or approximately 24.S34, 46o gross tons. The number of ships mak- ing up the total of tons was not made public by the department
 OFFSET LOSSES
 Further ofYsettlng the loss of tonnage occasoned by the submarine warfare. the United States through the shipping board requisitioned in American ship yards 42s vessels totallng more than 100000 gross tons and contracts have been awarded for SS4 ships, a large num- Der of which are under way and are be- ing rushed to completion. In addition, the shipping board october 15 last American vessels of over 250O tons dead weight capacity, which were already afloat, and immediately assigned them to the task of carrying supplies for the allies and the American forces abroad.
 Included in these requisitioned ves-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
State Capital Notes

Montgomery. January 29.-(Special) The state highway commission has gone to Huntsville for it's annual meeting
 which will be held Wednesday. R. E. Spras gins of Huntsville chairman of the commission, has been out of the state with his wife, who has been ill, and
 has recently returned to Huntsville. For
 this reason he could not come to Mont
 gomery at this time. Plans will be
 made for the work of the commission
 during the year and the report of w. S.
 Keller, state highway engineer. will be received
 Montgomery, January 29-(Special) Governor Henderson Tuesday issued an order granting a full pardon to J, F, Stacey of Monroe county and restoring 1 his civil and political rights. Stacey served term in prison for a minor fel- ony and since his release has made a submitted to the governor. The state | board of pardons asked that he be given his rights again.
 Jimmie Bartlett of Madison county. who had been convicted of assault with 1 intent to rape and sentenced to five years, was given a parole. He has served
 about two years and his prison record
 has been good
 Camp Sheridan, Montgomery. January 29. 9.-(Special. )-s.After three weeks of con- finement in camp, Ohio soldiers will be granted more freedom following the is- suance of instructions Tuesday for the T ..,, tablished January g. Passes will be is
 sued more freely until surgeons are cer-
 tain there is no danger of a spread of
 smallpox among the soldiers. Then the
 restrictions will be cancelled
 The decision to reduce the restrictions
 following the receipt of a report that civil authorities had done all in their
 power to prevent the spread of small
 pox and that practically all persons who
 work where soldiers would >congregate
 have been vaccinated. Mayor w. T. Rob- ertson reported to camp authorities that about 11,0O0 persons had been vaccinated
 It is believed all soldiers will be all lowed to. come to the city again Satur- day, which is the weekly half-holiday.
 Montgomery, January z9-(Special)
 The state board of equalization has started an investigation of the causes leading up to the resignation of the en-
 tire board Of equalization of Lauderdale
 county. The board rendered it's resigna-
 ton in body and g representative of the state has gone to Florence to maAe a personal inquiry. Newspaper reports are that the board quit because the state board ordered it to increase property val nations to 80 per cent of their market valuations after 1t had been agreed that all property should be assessed at 60 per cent.
 | F. c. Marquis. the only member of the state board in the city Tuesday. said this was an error and that the state board had not ordered an increase to 80 per cent and could not do so under the law. We did order revaluatons' in , Lauderdale and other counties, but not to 80 per cent" he said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
WINTER FLEET OF
 bOATSAT PADUCAH
 SWEPT DOWN RIVER

Paducah, Ky, January 29.-Descend- ing ice gorges in the Tennessee and Ohio rivers, converging here today, swept the writer fleet of packets and other craft from their moorings at up-river points and in the Paducah harbor and carried it on down the Ohio. Appeals for help from persons marooned on the ice-bound craft plainly were heard as they were taken past this city.
 What was said to be fairly accurate revised list of the vessels swept away at Paducah was given out by the vari- ous interests affected tonight. It in- cltdes with their value, the following steamers:
 Alton, sl0O,Oo0; Grey Eagle, s1oO0oO Peoria, $l00,0Oo; Spread Eagle. s9oOCo to sl0o00O; Black Hawk, s75,000 Rapids, $20,- 0o0 and City of Clarksville, $l20OO.
 In addition seven or more towboats were torn adrift. with an estimated to- tai value of $2o0,000. Barges, dry docks and smaller craft owned by the Aver Lord Tie company, valued at s160oOO were lost, as were barges of the Arrow Transportation company, estimated to be worth s5O0o, and miscellaneous barges and small gasoline craft representing an investment of $50,000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
PADuCAH

Paducah, Ky, January 29.--More than dozen steamboats, a number of small CT craft and at leasy two dry docks, variously estimated in value from $500 Ooo to s1000,000, were torn from their moorings by ice gorges at lower Ohio and Tennessee river points today and to- night either have been sunk or are float ing in immense ice floes near the june tion of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers in imminent danger of destruction. A majority of the packets and towboats. believed to be safe within the shelter of the Paducah harbor parted their ca bles and swung out into the rushing flood Vessels, such as the Bald Eagle and the Grey Eagle of the Eagle Packet line of St. Louis, each valued at Sl00, 00o, and among the largest steamb oats on the Ohio, were churned by the ice and finally sunk near Metropolis, Ill, Approximately 15 miles from their start ing point
 Meanwhile reports from up-river points told of melting snows, swelling tributary streams, the formation of other ice gorges and the probability that when they broke they would release flood of water that was expected to cause still further damage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
HARD PRACTICE IS HANDED UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL SQUAD Crimson Five Will Battle Athletic Club Wednes-
 day Night in An
 nual Game
Club vs. Alabama

Coach Spencer gave his squad of basketball candidates a stiff work put last night in preparat tion for the game tonight with the University of Alabama. The tilt will start promptly at SEQ o'clock. The university team is composed entirely of Birmingham boys A large crowd of alumni are expected to attend. The usual dance will follow the game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30

sels were 21 ships in Great Lakes trade and in addition there were com : mandeered "A steamers building on the lakes for foreign account and ready for launching. Virtually all of these were brought to Atlantic coast ports and Immediately put into service.
 ANOTHER DIFFICULTY
 Another difficulty which faced the United States in the task of putting to sea vessels to offset the ravages of the U-boat was the repairing of the "willful damage" done to the former German ships by their officers and crews before the ships were seized. This cost millions of dollars Indicating that the task has been attended by success, the statement was made today by a prominent official connected with the shipping board that every seized vessel has been com pletely repaired and is in service.
 Many of them have made as many as three and four round trips through the war zone.
 GERMAN SHIPS ATTACKED
 iGTce OI the lOIneI Gci lldu NSSSoi1 have been the objects of successful attack by the German submarines.
 The Actaeon, formerly the Adam sturm. and the Owasco, formerly the Allemannia, were sunk and the Ar menia was hit by a torpedo, but was saved after being beached. Several former German ships have been at- tackled but escaped.
 The announced sinlkings of British ships for the year up to and fnclud- ing the week ending January 23 have been 1033 vessels, of which 763 were over 1900 tons and 270 were under. The joint losses of France and Italy have averaged three to four large ves- sells weekly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
KNOXVILLE

Knoxville. January 29.-The Tennes- see river at this point reached sta ge of PAP feet at o'clock tonight, which may be the crest of the flood The French Broad is already falling. A tide of 20 feet was registered at Rog- ersville, on the Holston river No dam age was done locally, The tide lacks six feet of coming up to the record of last March. which is surprising in view of the unprecedented snows and warm rains
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
ARMED ESCORT SHIP
 MECHAN|C|AN SUNK BY GERMAN TORPEDO

London, January 2s.-The admiralty an- nounces that the armed escort vessel Mechanician was torpedoed and stranded in the English channel January 20, and has become total wreck. Three officers and 10 men of the crew were lost.
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destruction of the pipe lines from the West Virginia fields.
 Richmond, Va, January 29.-Dis- Judgements of ice gorges and snow drifts in the, mountains of Virginia yesterday and today are responsible for widespread destruction of prop erty, including the loss of river power dams, steel highway bridges and rail- way trestles.
 Traffic on the Virginia and South western, the Virginia and Carolina and other railways in the vicinity of Bris tol is obstructed and power and man. ufacturing plants in upper Tennessee and western Carolina was put out of operation as a result or the floods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
BRISTOL

Bristol, Tenn. Va, January 29.-No trains can be operated on the Appalachian division of the Southern railway for at least the remainder of the week. ac- cordng to reports here tonight on ac- count of the washing away or more than 15 bridges and trestles and numerous slides and washouts. following heavy rains and the thawing of snow on the mountains. This division operates into the coal fields and is the main fuel feed CT for the Southern system.
 More than 500 feet of trackage through Natural tunnel was washed away. Two trestles at this point also went down At lronton one bridge was demolished and 50-foot slide destroyed the track Another bridge was washed away near the iron furnace at Big stone gap and between Big Stone Gap and Appalachia there was a 500-foot slide and five bridges were washed away Between Ap- palachia and Saint Charles six bridges went down and there were a number of slides.
 Work trains and men were rushed here from the Asheville division and repairs are being pushed. Officials hope to have part of the line in operation by Fri day. There were one or two small wash outs on the Knoxville division last night, but they were quickly repaired. Two small bridges on the Mountain City di- vision were repaired today and operati resumed. The Bulls Gap and Gate City division was in operation today after small damages had been repaired.
 The Virginia and Carolina railroad, operating from Abingdon, Va, to Boone, N. C., it was reported here has sus pended operation on account of the washing away of two bridges.
 Two small brides were washed away on the Big Creek Park Interurban line out of Bristol.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington. January 29.-Weather forecast for Alabama: Rain Wednes- day, colder southern portions; Thurs day colder and probably fair.
 Mississippi: Fair north and west; rain southeast portion Wednesday Thursday probably fair.
 Tennessee: Cloudy Wednesday; probably rain or snow east portion Thursday rain or snow and colder.
 Georgia: Rain Wednesday and prob ably Thursday; colder Thursday.
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ee II0es Are Casing
 Floods in Kentucky
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alized railroad traffic. Creeks in the vicinity of Corbin are at flood with riortion of that town under water.
 Louisville's supply of natural gas, it wrs a might be cut off through
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
69AmericanShips
 Sunk During Year
 ByGermanU-Boats
More Than 300 Persons Lost Lives When These Merchantmen Go Down-Taking Over of Enemy Vessels Shows Net Gain of Ton
 mage Despite Activity of Submarines

New January of launched allied Friday there have been sunk by submarines 69 American totang 71061 compilation of
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PERSONAL

w. J. Dangaix arrived in the city yesterday from New York and is regis tered at the Tutwiler. He will remain here several days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
Local Data

For the 24 hours ending at D. m., January 29, 1918:
 Highest temperature ....... Al Lowest temperature ........... 35 Mean temperature ............ Al Normal temperature ......... 46 Deficiencygin temperature since
 Jan. l ................... 272 Rainfall ........... 80 Total rainfall since Jan. ...263 Relative humidity a. m. ...... ST
 12 noon ............... 73
 D. m. ............... SC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
Officer Dies

Indianapolis, Ind, January 2s-Lieut Col Robert P Youngnan. discharged recently from the federalized Indiana na- tional guard, because of i'll health, died at his home in Crawfordvlle, according to a message received here today. Tuber- cuIosis was the cause of death. Lieuten- ant Colonel Youngman went with the h. diana troops to Hattlesburg, Miss, and remained there until relieved from duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
CINCINNATI

Cincinnati, January 29.-Everything is se- for the expected break-up of the ice pack in the Cincinnati harbor which, according to the estimates of old-time rivermen and also of W. c. Devereux, local government weather forecaster, probably will take place sometime to- morrow
 The ice is moving down the Ohio river at practically all points east of Mays Vile, Ky, and the gorge probably will
 break there early tomorrow. The break here should follow about 12 or 15 hours later, providing the Licking river, op- posite Cincinnati holds, which is doubt ful, If the Licking runs out" it may
 start the ice from it's present confined bed here before the water from above reaches here.
 While the ice is moving out of the river on swell of rain water coming out of the Big Sandy, Guiandotte, and kanawha rivers and rolling down the Ohio. carrying ice and river craft with It, there is not enough water in sight to flood the river at Cincinnati, according to the weather forecaster who esti-
 mated that the crest of the rise will not pass 45 feet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
PITTSRIIRG


 Plttsburg, January 29.-Ice in the Monongahela river, which, from it's source in the mountains of West Vir- ginia to Pittsburg, has been frozen since January ?, the longest period on record, began to move out into the Ohio river shortly before midnight tonight The amount of ice passing into the Ohio at that time, however. was slight and riv- ermen were of the opinion that colder weather along the lower course and tributaries may have stopped for the time the passage of the gorges which are reported to have caused considerable damage in the vicinity of Morgantown and Faitmont w. Va. Steel companies. whose mills line the river southeast of Pittsburg for 15 miles. reported the loss of numerous barges. Nine barges belonging to the Diamond Coal company and loaded with 102 900 bushels of coal were torn from their fastennes tonight and were floating down stream among the ice. Coal tipples along the river for miles are reported to have been torn away. The yalue of tipples wrecked by the ice WIS estimated at $100,000 A towboat owne1 by the Pittsburg Coal company sttrsk an ice gorge while doing rescue NorlS nong the river craft and over turned Many houseboats and other sYrsl craft were reported to have been lsva2t away.
 Ilse Allegheney river was holding firm tonight and the ice in that stream is not e&peeted So pass out for sometime. Riv- CT onAitlons in general were hopeful ton lg IS Solder weather is forecast for tomnrfuF
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-30
crin Fnllowa the snow

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