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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06

From the Toronto Mail and Empire.
ssrievously shaken" the British army.
His 50 o, 30 divisions did shake the q
divisions in the United and Fifth armies,
but failed to upset their balance, and
the ether two-thirds Of the British army
has not even been joggled. If the Ger
mans have not accomplished more than
shaking a part of the British army, their
mighty offensive has had rather indie
Cisi.e course
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06
TAKING A CHANCE

How do you pronounce 'bolsheviki?"
"In tell you how it is with me- re-
piled Mr.. Twobbe. I'm like the British
officer whose glib swearing impressed a
Tommy Whenever I'm called on to
pronounce 'boisheviki I open my mouth
and let it say what it likes
so FAR AND NO FARTHER
Politics makes strange bedfellows.
they say"
THAT is not to be taken literally"
said the experienced campaigner. MANY
man who is running for office will
shake the grimy paw of voter, but
wouldn't share the same room with him
under any consideration"
LANDLORDS ARE GREEDY
"Tbis returned traveller says Washing
ton is beehive"
. Must be something in that
"Yes?"
nowadays seems to get stung."
WAITING ACouITTAL
Impressive stiffness reigns in court.
Spectators come from near and far;
What do these weighty things import?
husband shooters at the bar.
PROOF OF AUTHORSHIP
'The senator's speech was an able ef-
fort"
'Unquestionably."
DO you suppose he wrote it himself,
or lis private secretary
81 noticed it contained several gram
NAUTICAL errors the senator usually makes,
SO guess he wrote it himself
PAUL COOK.
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Mothers whose babies balk at the new
time schedule have appealed to the New
York World for advice. That's ticklish
problem to solve Moving up the CLOCK
one hour means nothing in the life of
balky haby
If the British, French and Americans
succeed in v-alloping the Germans by the
Fourth of July, we may be able to give
our undivided attention to the bout OF
Professor Willard and Professor Fulton.
y. y :.
a German member of the German no.
bility is quoted as saying that ne is
coming 10 America when the war is over.
lie won't find the latch-strng hanging
out as IN other days.
!; r. x
The fact that mules don't take kindly
to war is further proof of a mules sound,
common sense No matter how the war
ends, it won't liberate a single mule.
* y j;
If he is in partnership with God. how
ia the Kaiser going to explain the rainy
weather which slowed up the German Of
fensive in France?
y & X
The s>natorial election off his hands.
there is nothing in particular to prevent
Victor Berger from standing trial for
dis'oyalty
You've Heard that the worm will turn.
That old adage is true. The Armenians
have raised an army and are doing some
fighting.
At the rate he is going, General Perish
ing will soon have to employ an orderly
to carry around his surplus medals.
81 =, \
Count Czernin's latest peace "feeer
bore what was at one time in the world S
markets we'll known trademark,
~ y y
Birmineham's Liberty Loan campaign
begins today. Have you any Stacker dol
'aas in your pocket?
y. :; i.
II might be possible for man to Shout
"Ioch der Kaiser!" in Milwaukee anc
get away with it.
* X y
Highballs are so cents and up in New
York. Another item in the high eos
of living high
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06
Good Roads
Wartime Necessities

TN view of the continued railroad
u congestion the demand for i'm
proved facilities for river transpofta-
tion becomes all the more insistent.
Waterways should be used to the full
est extent, and especially important
is it that traffic on the Warrior De
developed by adequate barge lines
and terminal equipment at convenient
points.
Next in importance to river trans
lportation is highway haulage by
heavy motor trucks. In states having
paved roads the truck is now used ZOE
short hauls and is sffording large
measure of relief to the rail lines.
But taking the country at large the
concrete or paved highway IS the eX-
|ception rather than the rule. Most
Of the so-called good roads--those
kent in repair-are good for farm
wagons and automobiles, but they will
NOT stand the strain Of the freight
truck moving at ordinary speed.
In the south there has been lull in
highway construction. What is being
done is done with government aid,
and under government supervision.
But the mileage is comparatively
small.
Z A new forward movement is about
to be started in Alabama, and at the
good roads conference in Mobile next
month motor truck traffic and paved
highways as military necessities Will
receive chief attention. There should
be large and representative attend
ance at that meeting.
y. ). =
4 Theatrical managers are figuring on
aholishing runways in theatres because
they reduce the number Of seats that can
be oesalied The tired business man
declares the runways must remain and
chores beauties must frolic thereon.
X y \.
contemporary thinks farmerettes
lend charm to rural occupations No
doubt they do but what most people are
interested in is their practical utility
+, y !: =
! il II safe e assume that no member q
Won H{naenburg's STAFF has the courage
to remind him that II is now April 8
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06

THE lawyers are at last waking up to
the fact that there is no better way to
get acquainted with one another and to
keep in touch with the bar than to meet
once week at lunch," said George Bon
durant, the well-known attorney. THE
Thursday luncheons are growing in inter
est and in attendance. There is always
one really worthwhile address and many
happy talks Birmingham is fast becom-
ing known abroad as the lunch town IS
hard to do anything without at least
starting it at luncheon or dinner
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06
WHEN YoU COME IN

Francis Ledwidge. in the Century Maya
zine.
fire
Crackles upon the hearth invitingly:
The household routine, which was wont
to tire,
Grows fun OF novelty.
And talk of matters wonderful and
strange.
OF books and travel customs old which
dare
III we With inner wore our care refute.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06
Sunshine for Bapfists

The Baptist rally recently held at the
Civic association, in which nearly 200
Baptists from all over, the district sat
down to a dinner, proved such an en-
joyable OCCASION said Hubbard Stamps,
that the committee having the rallies
in charge met and decided that the next
rally would be in the nature of day
out of DOORS and arrangements are be-
ing made for a picnic at Avondale park
on June IA, at which we expect to have
more than 500 present"
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services of desirable stenographers,
typists and other office workers and
all sorts Of skilled labor, but wher-
ever an. employment agent is estab-
hshed home demand is given prefer
ence. Since the service has been in
Operation here-only five days-em-
ployment has been found Tor 800
people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06
SHAKESPEARE DESCRIBES KAIsEI

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
1t is the quality of all great authors
that they write that whicH becomes apt
to conditions of character and OF clr-
cumstance of other times. They have
Universally which makes for appeal 70
posterity. Shakespeare is richer IN tins
quality than any other author In the
life of everybody who speaks the Eng
lish language there come junctures that
cause the lines Of Shakespeare to ring in
the brain. A great sadness. some bit Of
hrmor, or political condition viii take
US back to Hamlet" to Sir Toby
Belch. or to one Of the historical plays.
And how apt is this quotation from
Macbeth. No contemporary words ut
tered denunciatory of the Kaiser so COM
prehend the spirit Of the German ruler
and Of his militarstic class as these
lines in which rMalcolm' tops off his
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
SURE. HE WAS RIGHT


lis seldom you meet with an everyday
wight
Who doesn't look wise and say, "sher-
man was right"
OF course we all know that warfare is
not play,
That every good soldiers determined to
Stay,
Nor recks of the carnage when great
cannon roar
And the plains where men struggle are
crimson with gore.
Therefore, why repeat what the whole
world comedies,
In sermons and songs and in all kinds Of
screeds,
Ding-donging the subject from morning
For don't we al. know that old sherman
was right?
AN oFT-ToLD TALE
whats going on here?'
some of Dubwaites facetious friends
are holding little celebration
"a birthday party?'
"Tn a way. They are commemorating
the anniversary of Dubwaite's tfavorite
anocdote."
PERFECTLY NORMAL
How does prohibition work in this
town.
Like a charm. some of the brethren
say"
That's fine
Eyes, A great many of our prominent
citizens. now get up with the same kind
OF heads they go to bed with
BEATS A CLOCK
| wake up early
Every morn,
Thanks to my neighbours
Auto horn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06

From the Syracuse Standard.
The estate of James Stillman, the
New York banker, is estimated at
$50,00o 600. Under the war revenue act
the federal government will take SILL
.722,000 Of this amount as a war tax.
Under its inheritance tax the state will
take $2,014 900 While the cost of living
II high, the cost of dying is for the
ricM man higher still
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06

HE,LL co TOO FAR s1ME DAY

From the Nashville Banner
st. Louis has a mysterxus thief who
has been stealing the iFpn covers Of
man holes on the street& Some day.
perhaps. he will get real venturesome
and try to steal the unRn depot and
the police viii get hinA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06
LITTLE HOPE COR BoLo

From the Macon News.
The highest court in France has re-
lected the appeal Of Bolo Pasha from the
death sentence imposed By military
court-martial. 1t looks as if Mr.. Hearst S
dear dinner companion would have to
die
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-06
EVERY IxcH 4 SOLDIER

From the Providence Journal.
Maj.-Gen, Leonard Wood is officially
declared 70 be physically fit for service.
overseas. and there Is a strong pHblic
conviction that he is fit in all ether
essential respects.
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Cook Against Change

so far as l am concerned. and so far
as my household is concerned, the chang
ing of the clock has worked but little
inconvenience said John G Henley,
but a howl went up from the cook, who
protested that she was afraid she would
be sandbagged en- route to her work
before daybreak. I dare say the cooks.
as class, are none too pleased over
the change"
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SONGS FROM THE SLUDGE

into half-horrified laughter Then, as
suddenly, he discloses the heroism OF
humble ceeds and the beauty thai is
'floundering in the mirk.
But no less than Ledwidge. Sassoon
possesses the poets release-the ability
to escape into world Of his own erea-
ton:
have no need to pray
That fear may pass away;
scorn .he growl and rumble oil tae
fight
That summons me from cool
Silence of marsh and pool,
And yellow lilies islanded in light
o river of stars and shadows. lea me
through the night
Siegfried Sassoon has been lying
wounded IN an Edinburg hospital, and %
now ready to rejoin his regiment. May
it be written in the stars that he come
back from the trenches to the "sfnall
fire-lit ROOM" the shining garden eoiors
that he may sing for us the ssseCret
music he has kept in his mind Mean
while lie goes out to rejoin those VITO
through their anguish have won spirit
ual freedom. He has written TO a friend:
l know
Dreams will triumph though the Lar's
Scowls above me where | go,
You can hear me; YOU can ming.e
Radiant folly with my Jingle.
Wars a joke for me and YOU
While we know such dreamsN are trCe.
test of sMacduffs'' loyalty by declaring
that he would be the vilest Of kings.
NAY, had I power, | should
Pour the sweet milk OF concord into helr
Uproar the universal peace, confound
All unity on earth
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE


six Days Labor
We had a new cook at our home
lately that we were very much pleased
with said Mrs. Mary Hard Willis. rshe
managed her work splendidly and worked
Tor us week, and when my mother
came down to brea kfast Sunday morn
ing, she found the table all set and ar
ranged for the meal and under her plate
the following lines: Six days shall thou
labor and do all that thou has to do,
and no COOK
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BEGINNING THE DAY - Lord.
let me, with my Master, find my
happiness in nature and friendship
and the common life of my fellows.
Lead me with him to the joys OF
good reading. quiet thinking, hon
est, kindly speech and brave deeds.
show me also the fountains that
well up from serving men and from
pleasing God. Anen.--H. VI. IL.
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New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
Spain Regulating
Her Cotton Industry

The Spanish government, by royal
decree, has authorized the creation of
committee for the regulation, impor-
tation, distribution and consumption of
cotton in Spain to work with the ap-
probation of the Minister Of the Treas
ury and to have the following powers: ::
To establish rules for the i,nportation
Of cotton, to distribute among mer-
chants and manufacturers cotton now
on hand and that to be imported IN
regulate the reduction of work in snin-
ming and weaving mills, in case the
government should adopt such meas.
ore on account of insufficient stocks.
to act as arbiter in all questions aris-
ing from the fulfilment of contracts
among cotton merchants, spinners.
weavers and purchasers of manufact
ured articles; to fix the selling price of
cotton, and te advise the government
regarding rules to which the export of
manufactured articles into which cot
ton enters as primary material should
be aubiected.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
Threatens to Sue City
To Enforce Pier Lease
Counsel for Hudson Dock
Company to Fight Rescind-
ing of Contract

William L. Wemple, counsel for the
Hudson Dock and Terminal Company,
whose lease of Pier So. North River,
was rescinded by the Sinking Fund
Commission yesterday, declared he
would bring action against the city
and the commission within day or
two to compel performance of the con-
tract.
Mr.. Wemple appeared before the
Sinking Fund Commission and opposed
the resembling of its action of April
II, when it approved the recommended
tion of Deck Commissioner Hubert to
lease the pier to the Hudson Corpora
ton for $4,000 annual rental. The
lawyer contended the city had entered
into a contract with the company and
had no right to back out of it.
The Occident Dock Company, present
lessee of the pier, which obtained a
temporary injunction restraining the
city from letting the pier, is also ex-
pected to bring an action against the
city Since the original action of the
Sinking Fund on April II bids ranging
from $50 600 to 1000 have been re-
ceivcd for the pier lease. An appeal
from the order of Justice Greenbaum
appointing referee to hear the case
is pending
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
In strial
Cotton

There was active covering for over
the weekend in the cotton market yes
terday morning. Apprehensions of un-
favorable weather in the South as we'll
as the sensational extent of recent de-
clines, probably served to stimulate the
demand from shorts, and an early de-
cline was followed by advances of some
~ to 81 points. July contracts, for in
stance, sold up from $3.50 to 1851,
closing at 26.4l, with the general list
closing firm at a net gain of 20 to so
points.
The market opened firm on the cables,
with first rrlces IA to 40 points higher,
der renewal of liquidation or other
pressure. There were two or three
May notices, but that month was rel
atively steady, selling no lower than
26.O3, while later months broke 10 or
Is points under Thursdays closing
figures. These early offerings were
soon absorbed. however, and the mar
ket advanced sharply later in the morn
ing on coverings, while there also ap-
peared TO be some support from trade
sources. The talk of larger spot offer
one of the features OH the advance was
the widening of near-month premiums.
/ The weather map showed low tenn
peratures in the Northwest, which
some of the local map readers thought
might work down into the belt before
Monday morning. There was also COM
plant Of too much rain in the eastern
belt, and as prices showed tendency
to steady it was pointed out around
the ring that the progress OF the crop
recently had not been altogether ia
vorable. The reports on acreage pros
poets were issued, one of them indi-
eating an increase OF 90 per cent on
the average for the belt The other
report pointed to increases in acreage
ranging from 10 to SO per cent in Ala
bama and Mississippi, with decrease
Of from S to 10 per cent in Tennessee
The extraordinary range in these fig
ures was more conclusive than other
wise. but was supposed to reflect a
widely varying attitude among plant
ers in different sections. Neither Of
the reports seemed to have any impor-
tant effect on the market, the advance
being generally attributed to thr
stronger technical position and cover
ing.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
$4,000 in Wichita
Shout Welcome to
Secretary McAdoo
Kansas Liberty Day Rallies
Show Soul of John Brown
Still Marches On
By Ralph Block

En- route with the Secretary of the Treasury
WICHITA, Kan, April 26-Kansas
born in freedom and consecrated by
the lowering spirit Of John Brown
spent Liberty Day in rededicating
itself to the causes for which America
is fighting the war against Germany.
Hutchinson greeted Mr.. McAdoo at 8
o'clock in the morning with an audi
ence of more than 1000. Newton
turned ont a thousand railroad men
to hear the Secretary in their shops
and then gave him couple of thou
sand more at later meeting Wich-
ita, too, made Liberty Day a holiday
and turned $4,000 people out on its
streets to show how unquestioned and
answering is its faith in the fight.
Kansas always is an amazing state !;
bit Of transplanted New England; :;
Intelligent, preoccupied with questions
of conduct. unimpasioned until its
ideals of liberty are attacked and then
ready on the moment to shed its blood.
Mr.. McAdoo semed to understand the
Kansas mind when he told his Newton
audiences: I'VE are not covetous
people: we are covetous only Of the
ideals on which our civilization is
based, and those ideals we'll maintain
if we have to lick a thousand kaisers. /"
But Kansas is important for more
than its spirit; it is important because
out of it must come so much Of the
the cry Of France and Italy, and Kan
sas is where the wheat is being grown
more than a hundred million bushels
of it this year if the clouds and the
winds are benehcent.
In Kansas you actually meet some of
the humility of spirit that some trav-
ellers talk about. The Kansan is natu-
rally an optimistic person. He has rea-
sou TO be. Didn't he come out into
what was once desert of grashop-
pers ard tornadoes and turn it into one
of the wealthiest areas in all of these
United States? The saying used to be-
in God we trust; in Kansas we bust"
but now it is very hard to find any
one doing any busting in Kansas,
though brief survey of Kansas tends
to show that the Almighty does big
business out there. The Kansan beat
out the grasshoppers and the wind
storms that swooped across his plains
He has long memory and he is smart
enough to know the United States has
big job ahead 1t is this that makes
the Kansan appear to be humble; it
is the humility of the fighter who in
tends to lick the other fellow and isn't
going to endanger his chances by tax
ing too much for granted.
so Kansas is awake. They conscript
wealth out here, and German strain or
must come across with
its proper purchase of Liberty bonds
or show good reason why. John
Browns body may lie mouldering in the
grave, but his soul goes marching on.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-27
Knickerbocker Crews
Reviewed by Mann
Youngsters Drill Like Veterans
at 9th Annual Reception

Youngsters in their teens drilled like
veterans at the thirty-seventh annual
reception OF the Knickerbocker Greys
yesterday afternoon in the 7th Regi-
ment Armory, Park Avenue and Sixty
sixth Street. The youthful regiment
was reviewed by Brigadier General
William A. Mann, commanding the De-
partment of the East.
Clad in grey coats and white duck
trousers. and led by a military band,
the boys executed company and bat
talon formation and passed in regi-
mental review before army officers and
a committee of veterans graduated from
the Knickerbocker ranks since the or
ganization was founded in 1881.
After the military training gained
as Knickerbocker Greys, 150 men have
gone into the military service of their
country. 1t was in honor OF these that
a service flag, the gift of Mrs. Charles
D. Dickey, was presented to the COM
mittee, of veterans by Major General
Daniel Appleton