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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
Street Car Employees
 Seeking Other Fields
Service Hampered By Wholesale Designations of Street Car Men-Company Contends It Cannot Compete
 With High Wages at Industrial Plants

In the last week or 10 days some thing like 100 employees of the street railway department of the Birming- pany have surrendered their badges and gone to industrial plants, either in Birmingham or elsewhere, where higher wages are paid. This has re- suited in further crippling a car service that was already admittedly bad.
 According to information obtained from an official of the company yes tercay, 50 men quit the company last Friday and an equal number on Satur- day. Sunday and yesterday still others gave up their positions This made it necessary to cut out several cars. lens then the schedules and in general rearrange schedules on almost the en- tire system.
 From all indications there is no re- lief in sight. The company has con tended for several months that it cannot afford to pay the men any more than it is now paying them; the men say they cannot live on the wages they are receiving and unless some hope of increases are held out they will go to other places. In the meantime the people of Birmingham and the Birmingham district depend ent upon street cars to get to and from their places of business and eln. ployment are suffering the inconyeni- ence of long waits. delays in reacn- ing their homes and their businesses, and in riding in cars that are over- crowded.
 The company contends that until it can increase it's revenues it cannot in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
TURNbULL CAPTAIN
 0F SIGNAL CORPS Former Local Manager of Bell Telephone Company
 Gets Commission

News comes from Louisville, Ky. that D. F .Turnbull, general manager of the Cumberland Telephone company there has received appointment of captain in the signal corps. This news will be received with great interest by his many friends in Alabama. He hay ing made his home in Birmingham for nine years. later going to Atlanta, and then to Louisville, where he has re- sided for the past three years.
 The best wishes of his friends here will follow him in the army. The Lou isville Courier-J ournal of last Friday, contains the following:
 Daniel F. Turnbul, general man. ager of the Kentucky division of the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph company, has received advices from Washington that he has been com missioned captain in the signal cor. s. X MT Turnbull has been with the Bell system for 20 years, starting at the Richmond, Va, exchange. He was promoted to various positions and three years ago was made general manager for the Kentucky division cf the Cumberland Telephone and Teie- graph company. and came to Louis yille. During his absence he has been authorized by First Vice President J. Epps Brown of Atlanta to announce that L. K. Webb. at present commer- cial superintendent in Mir. Turnbuirs 8 office will be made general manager. The position of commercial superiu- tendent will not be filled. and no otis- CT organization changes at Louisville or elsewhere are contemplated.
 MT. Turnbull has been ordered to Washington by the chief signal officer for assignment in the next few days. He hopes to get across at the earliest possible moment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03

] It will 2. or today and every day unti' october l. not only in Birmingham, out all over the state.
 But must get back to my text I said the "Pe.shing Patriot was the most pop
 ular individual in Alabama Now, I'll tell you why.
 I stood at one of the booths for lit tie while and watched a stream of me-i, women and children walk up and buy War Savings Stamps and have their names put On the roll. Some bough, one, but many others two and three, and several 10, h and 20 Stamps. didn't lave to be told that something
 was gong or at every booth and ever. enrolment theatre in the state T felt 1t in my hones," as Aunt Mandy says. I feel, too that we are going to get that roll of 1,o00.o00,o0O we started aftor.
 The idsa is a big band wagon-everybods wants to be in it.
 Think of roll of a million names going to our toys on the battle line, every namo with at least s4.2o behind it, and tnos.- sands and thousands of them with that amount multiplied many times. Our Alabama boys are bear cats'' now. What will they be when they get this news from home? So I know if you didn't get on the roll yesterday you'll be there today. I thank you for the "boys'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03

crease operating expenses; that under present conditions the present re- ceipts from the 5-cent fare barely meet legations and charges.
 Company officials admit that their service is bad and they say that it will get worse unless they are given relief They have a contract with the em- ploye that does not expire until next September, and under that they are not required to pay the men within several cents an hour of the wages they are now getting. The men agree that the company can do no better by them, and they say they will not strike. But they are quitting, some of them every day.
 ' Recently the federal war labor board after Investigating conditions in sev- eral cities. held that street car em- ployes were entitled to more wages than they were receiving. but when it came to the question of higher wages the board decline to act, claiming that it had no authority. The operating companies were referred to the mu- nicipalities with whom they have con tracts or to the state utilities boards of their respective states.
 Submitted to a vote of the people of Birmingham in July the a-cent fare proposition was voted down by an overwhelming majority. The board of city commissioners refused before the referendum election to grant the in- crease, and since the election it has not been before them
 Whether the company will take the matter up with the public service com mission of Alabama is not known So far as the public knows no steps in that direction have been taken up to the present time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
WOMEN URGED ID SACR|F| |CE VACATION . FOR WAR ACTIVITIES Mrs. McAd0O Makes Appeal to Women for Immediate
 Service in the Liberty
 Loan Campaign

Women who are accustomed to talk ing their vacation in the early part of September, or prolonging one on which Mrs. w. G. McAdoo, chairman of the national womans Liberty Loan conn mittee. to return home and get to work preparatory to the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign. which opens September 2s.
 Mrs. Solon Jacobs, chairman of the state woman's Liberty Loan commit tee, yesterday received a copy of the letter sent by Mrs. McAdoo and will forward copies to all county chairmen within the next day or two. The let ter follows:
 The actual campaign for the Fourth Liberty Loan will begin on September 2S, but the preliminary work in your section should begin not later than the first week in September. In order that this work may be done adequately we request that you be at your post not later than September 5.
 We realize that this will, in some states, place a hardship upon you. The extreme heat of early September in certain sections of the country has resulted in a vacation habit among thousands of women who are now in terested in the Liberty Loan campaign. We feel, however, that the sacrifice of your vacation, if it comes at this time, is so petty compared to the sac ritices of our soldiers in France that we need only bring to your attention the fact that our country needs your immediate service in order to have you respond to the call Very truly yours, NATIONAL WOMAN'S LIBERTY LOAN
 COMMITTEE, Mrs. w. c. McAdoo.
 Chairman"
 Mrs. Jacobs is receiving very encour- aging reports from county chairmen of the woman's committee, among those coming to her yesterday being one from Mrs J. R. Thomas of Marshall county, who stated that her workers are anx- ious to begin the campaign. She has named Mrs J. Harvey Johnson, vice chairman; Mrs. w. F, Irwin, chairman of distributing committee; Mrs. w. D. Morgan, chairman of press committee, and Mrs. w. M. Ross chairman of the speakers committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
ARE
 NEEDED FOR DRIVE
Liberty Loan Automobile
 Committee Asks Loan of Machines for Campaign

At a meeting held in the office of the Drennen Motor company last night Chairman Hubert A. Drennen and his automobile committee and County Chair man Murray Brown, of the fourth Lib erty Loan committee, considered the mat ter of securing automobiles for the use of committees and workers during the cam paign.
 It was reported that there is general disposition among owners of automobiles to place their machines at the disposal of the committee at such times as they may be needed. The committee will be compelled to use great many machines during the campaign. as it will be essen- tial that the county chairman and off cers of the allied armies keep in touch the committees and workers at all times while the campaign is on.
 At Il o'clock this morning Mrs. Angus Taylor, city chairman; Field Marshal J. Frank Rushton, County Chairman Mur- ray Brown and Secretary Claude Estes or the Liberty Loan committee and Sec retary Bert Meadows of the allied armies, will hold conference at headquarters in the Jefferson County bank building. as which time the status of the Associa- tor of Business and Professional Women in the campaign will be discussed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
DOUGHBOY WRITES
 OPTIMISTIC LETTER
Heaven. Hell or Hoboken by Christ mas" Is Latest Slogan of the
 Tanks

According to Mississippi soldier now hammering the Huns in France the latest slogan among the doughboys is Heaven. hell or Hoboken by Christ mas!" The letter was written by Pri- vate sylvan Loeb of Jackson. Miss, and addressed to A. c. Crowder, president of the Birmingham Chamber of Com |merce. It was replete with enthusiasm and optimism-
 While to some people there may be Ia touch of the sacriligious or irrev- |erent about thts expression. no one
 can say 1t is not expressive" said MT. Crowder. Furthermore. if you grasp the point of 1t, 1t contains en- courag emsnt for us as reflecting the opinion of our soldiers that they will be back home by Christmas-time. We all devoutly hope this may come to pass. although as things look now it would seem to be too good to be true"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
LANDING FIELD AT
 STATE FAIRGROUNDS
Work on Levelling the Ground for Airplane Landing Place Has
 Commenced

Tractors, scrapers and other equipment needed in leveling the ground and put ing 1t in condition for use as an air ship landing field are being delivered at the state fairgrounds and as soon as the corn crop raised on part of the inclosure is gathered grading and level ing will begin.
 The corn will be gathered this week and the fairgrounds are expected to be ready for any aviator flying this way to land there within the next three or four weeks
 The work of making the fairgrounds into an airplane landing field is being done under the direction of General Man ager P. A. Fenimore of the Chamber of Commerce. When it is completed avia- tors at the training fields at Montgom- cry, West Point, Miss, and at other southern places will use the fairgrounds as a stopping place in their flights from one field to another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
SCHOOLS PREPARE FOR FALL OPENING Local Colleges and Semi naries Announce Course
 of Instruction

September Is is the day set for the opening of the Birmingham city schools, as well as the colleges for the 191S-1s session. and the week preceding the opening of the public schools Jefferson county teachers institute will be held in the temporary building of the Gen. tral High school. The institute will open each day at 9 o'clock and will close at 3;l5 and every teacher in Jefferson coun- ty will be required to attend the ses- sions, which will be held under the di- rection of the superintendent of educa- ton.
 The Birmingham-South and How ard colleges will open on the same day and the new students training corps will be inaugurated at both colleges this ses- sion. While officers in charge of this work have nor yet been named, J. B. Rorie has been named assistant professor of Birmingham-Southe college with J. H. Couliette, A. H. DeAmpert, John Roy Carbon, Hugh O. Smith and John Faust of the students has been appointed leaders.
 The library of the Birmingham South ern college will be largely increased with the 10000 volumes from the library of the Southern university, formerly located at Greensboro, which will make it one of the best college libraries in the south The laboratories will also be greatly ben efited by the additional scientific equip ment.
 Howard college will have home eco homie course for young women students Under the direction of Miss Long, as well as course in piano and voice under Mrs. A. H. Olive.
 Miss Hattie Morton will have charge of the Louie Compton seminary and the Margaret Allen school, she having
 ken over the latter and will operate t, ..though the two schools will remain two separate institutions
 On September F the Highland School for Girls, located at the R. D. Johnston home on Twelfth avenue, south, will be- giE it's fall term. Prospects are very bright this session for the largest at tendance in all of the educational insti- tutions in this city in history
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
WOMAN'S HOME GUARD
First Drill Tonight of New Company
 at Capitol Park

recently organized by q number of wori en of this city, will make it's first public appearances tonight when they will drill at Capitol park
 This company has been holding regular meetings cn Tuesday and Thursday nights at the Civic association for sew eral weeks where they have been receiv- ing instructions The members of the home guard will wear uniforms of cotton khaki a.ld it is expected they will make 2 splendid showing on this their first ao pearance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued in the probate office yesterday: Porter G. Williams of Avondale to Miss Lola McCool.
 w. w. Wooter to Mrs. M E. Ad- cock
 w. c. Shirer to Miss Sadie Julians- Lieut.. David D. Crawford to Miss Miriam Pratt Smyer.
 j. A. Walker of Avondale to Miss Jettie Lee Williams
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
Status Of Pershing
 Patriots Explained
By JOHN SPARROW

The hacst popular individual in Bir. minghasn and all Alabama today is the "Pershing ratriot."
 PershlnS ratriots are divided into TWO great armies. the one lover thetep ard the one here at home. Both are indis- pensable to winning the war
 The Pershing patriot over there" can't stay in tae fight unless he is backed mp by the Fershing patriot here at home.
 The "Iershing Patriot" enrolment plan of the Aieoama War Savings committe. gives everybody in Alabama the oppor- tunity to get on the roll that's going to be sent to General Pershing and our Alabama boys.
 And it looks like everybody in Ala bama Is soing to seize that opportunity like trout snaps up a fly.
 Just buy a Wa Savings Stamp, $40, and you are on the roll of honor as easy ard pat as can be.
 The enrolment started in Birmingham Saturda.J night in the booths operated by the lailes of the Order of the Eastern Star.
 The enrolment proceeded steadily all day yesterday in the booths in charge ,,f the wotaan's division of the War Saw ings committee and in the enrolment stations established in the retail stors by City Chairman Joe Loveman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
Community Labor Boards
 Organized in 43 States

Washington. September 2.-Community labor boards, which are charged witt general supervision over the recruiting and distribution of workers for war pro- duction, have been organized in approx imately 1000 industrial centers, in 4; states and the District of Columbia, the department of labor announced today. Five states. Alabama, California, Idano, Montana and Vermont have not yet re- ported.
 The boards are organized under the d. rection of the United States employment service and consist of representative os that service as chairman and one each of the employers and employees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
Four-Minute Men Named
 hy Chairman Crittenden

Four-minute men throughout the state are being thoroughly organized under the leadership of State Chairman |T. J. Crittenden, and A, M. Naples is making a tour of several counties as- sisting in the organization of the four- minute men. As result of his efforts five new county chairmen have been appointed, as follows: T. F. Nichols Randolph county; Henry A. Feel, Coosa county; the Rev Carleton A. Preer, El- more county; R.. E. l.. Cope. Bullock county and Eugene Ballard, Autauga county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
RUSHED WITH BAYONETs

We rushed them with bayonets and they turned and fled. You could hear the boys arguing which one had killed that one. They were as cool as If they had been back at home and they rushed on needless of heavy barraEe and machine gun fire.
 When we had driven them 1e miles we had several wounded, but very few killed. Some of the boys were wounded two or three times before they would go to hospital They were carried off the field crying, not from the wounds. but because they couldn't go on with the company When we established our line. we had only a few left, and I was one of the lucky ones, didn't get scratch. all though several buttons were cut off of my blouse by machine gun bullets and my gun was shot out of my hand Couple of times.
 'I can't say too much for the way Captain Wyatt led us on and F com pany owes her success to him and lieutenant Greet. Captain Wyatt was
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
Ashville Man Commissioned

Lieut. James B. Embry of Ashville las been assigned to 1ssth depot brig ade. Camp Sherman. O. Lieutenant Em- bry has recently been commissioned sec pnd lieutenant at the fourth training camp at Camp sherman. Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
U-Boats

have caused steamship lines to discon- tinue giving blanket insurance on coastwise shipments, so
 Mir. Shipper it's up to you to protect your shipments We issue V Blanket marine policy covering your ship- ments all during the year.
 JUST PHONE IFS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
GADSDEN AND DECATUR

Company F from Gadsden and Com- pany E from Decatur were the only companies of the 167th in the front lines, as all other companies were back in support and we did not have to call upon them. We had five men killed and 25 wounded slightly. The two com panies received great praise from Gen. eral Foch, the great French general. We were relieved few nights later by the French and we were sent to another sector, where the Marines had done such wonderful work.
 'Tne Germans were on the run on this sector and the Rainbow Division relieved another American division and we drove them 12 miles.
 "The old Fourth Alabama fought as
 our forefathers did. New York was fighting on our left and Iowa and Ohio on our right. We drove them IF miles and Alabama was always in the lead. We had to stop several times and establish line and wait until our Hanks caught up with us.
 Company F was represented in this big drive and we let the Kaiser know that Gadsden had raised some scrap pers. When we lined up waiting for the word to go, the Boche were trying out some of their eight and 10-inch shells on us and when Captain Wyatt gave the word Cover the top) there was great shout from everyone and we got them started across a bis wheat field
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-11-21

mercy, a frightened squawk. There
is nothing fraternal about it. A COM
rade is the man beside you, shoulder
to shoulder. He shares your hardships
and your perils. His cause is your
cause, and your fight is his fight. BY
no possible course of reasoning can an
open enemy be transformed into a
brother in arms. The German fight
ing man, when hard pressed. when
cornered, when suddenly overcome by
the sickness Of fear and the nausea of
approaching death, filings up his arms
and screams like hurt child. There
Is nothing more than this in the
''kamerad" appeal The German SOL
der regards it as an ingratiating
word, an emergency claim to univer-
sal brotherhood, a knock at the door
of mercy. a verbal life preserver
If it is to be used in the present cri-
sis as an admission of abject surren-
der. we'll and good. but there can be
no comrade flavor about it. There
must be no suspicion OF fraternal
1t might be we'll to revise a fine old
adage into Beware the Huns crying
Kamerad!'"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-11-21

boys around town." There is the viii
lage barber, the printer, the baker, the
clerk, and all the young fellows who
make up the social element in small
communities.
War was declared. The Holton
cornet band yearned to demonstrate
it's command of tune in large way.
So the leader wired the headquarters
Of the marine corps in Washington
that the band was at the service of
the nation. Conceivably the eyes of
the commanding officer popped out
just a little on receipt of this tre-
mendous information. But he made
a note Of 1t.
An inspector went to Holton and
listened to the barber and the baker
and the others as they ripped off a
march. The band was recruited as q
whole and shipped off to Washington.
Well, Chateau Thierry and Belleau
wood aren't so far from Holton that
the band couldn't make itself heard
back home For when 5000 out OF
5000 marines fell in those most mem
orable Of American conflicts the VII
llage bandmen dropped their horns and
went over the top with stretchers.
And every last one Of them has
been decorated for bravery.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-11-21
death VALLEY MYSTERY"
Noted Character, Still Carries a Sack
of High Grade.

Many things have been found in
Death Valley and many strange things
that were never there have been re-
ported to have been found and among
the strange things that really do eX-
ist there is Scotty, the Death Valley
Mystery" the man of the special train
to New York and odd career. People
say Scotty never had a mine in Death
Valley, but now the same as ten and
more years ago, when Scotty was IN
his prime as a mystery and sensation
he still has the rich ore, newly mined,
and shows it exactly the same as in
those days.
Scotty Is now, as for many years
past ranching in the Death Valley re-
gion, according to the Goldfield News.
He raises cantaloupes, watermelons,
figs and many other things, including
peaches and grapes. He is said to
have a big ranch.
Living on the ranch with Scotty are
"a Mexican and his wife; that Is, the
Mexicans wife.
Scotty without a sack of ore OF
mysterious origin would not be nat
ural and when seen recently the mys-
terry had with him large sack, which
according to an experienced miner
who saw it, was newly mined and ex-
ceedingly rich. Scotty says he has q
mill that he can transport anywhere
ON the back of one of his mules He
now has five mules. Where Scotty
gets the ore is as much a mystery as
ever, but he does get 1t and, accord
ing to reliable people, it Is as high
grade ore as was ever mined.
The last time lScotty was in Gold
held was some years ago and since
mat time the town has not been hon
ored by his presence. Then he was
apparently in poor health, but nov
ne Is reported to be in the best o.
health. He was in good spirits then
VI vice versa, and is reported to b.
the same now.