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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-06

St. Louis, September 5.--Corn, No. ?. S64; No. white, s1.7S; September, s16l asked.
 Oats, No. ?. nAc; No. white, 721kc; September, 72aa asked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-06
New Orleans Futures
Spot Cotton

New Orleans. September 5.-Spot cotton, steady. 75 points up; sales on the spot, 1Oss bales: to arrive, 800; low middling aoc. middling. & 75c; good middling, 35 25; receipts, 2145; stock. 2Sl, ,299.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-06
Chicago Futures
Cash Grain

Chicago, September 5.--Corn, No. vel. low, N.6S; No yellow. s1.69@1 65: No. 4 yellow, $1.55ta1. .6O
 Oats, No, white, 7Oa7oi4c standard, 701s@71c. timothy, s6oOa9.oO; clover nominal a Pork, nominal; lard, s27.10; ribs, s23 75 k124 25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-06
Port Cotton

New York. September 5.-Spot cotton, quiet; middling, S5.5Sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-06
Bonds
Money Market

New York, September 5.-Mercantile paper, 6 per cent. Sterling, 60-day bills, l.721a. Commercial. 60-day bills an banks, 4.72; commercial, 60-day bills, L711z; demand. 4.75h cables. 4.765s.
 Time loans strong: 50 days. 90 days md six months, 6 per cent. Call money strong. high, low ruling rate, last loan. per cent; closed, 5A a s per cent Bank lcceptances. 4 F per cent.
 Francs. demand. 5.4s; cables, 5.47 Eilders. demand. 4S1a; cables, 49lk lire, demand, 6.36; cables, 6.35 Rubles demand, 131s; cables, 14, nominal. Mex lean dollars, 7Sc; government bonds 6rm; railroad bonds firm.
 London. September 5.-Money, per gent; discount rates, short and three months bills. 17-32 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-06
Railroad Schedule
Corrected to May Ic, lnis

Corrected to May I:, lniS Arrival and departure of passenger trains. Birmingham: The following schedule figures published as inforina- ton, are not guaranteed.
 BIRMiNGHAM TERMINAL STATION
 southern Railway system
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-06
Bank of England

London, September 5.-The weekly statement of the Bank of England shows the following changes:
 Total reserve decreased s597 70oO cir culation increased s9S5,0O0; bullion in creased E3SS. .0S3; other securities de- creased fS6700O; public deposits increased E2,094, ,0O0; other deposits decreased s4.Ss4,- 900: notes decreased G611. 600: government securities decreased E1.2SS,0O0. The pro- portion of the banks reserve to liability this week is ,65 per cent; last week 1t was 7.l6 per cent. Rate of discount, , per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-06

4 Bank of France
 & Paris. September 5.-The weekly state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-06
Birmingham Mineral
A. B. x \

No Arrive from No, Depart to 23 Mch'ter 11:30 a 22 Mch'ter 5;55 21 Mch'ter 10:30 p 24 NJ enter 4;15p
 sDaily except Sunday
The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-25
Farming Implements

(Our Prce) (Shoud Be-
6 No. IL Middle Buster -. $1,000 $3.50
IA No. IL Middle Buster Points 200 4.50
6 No. 10 Middle Buster Points LIS 800
% No. II Black Land Flows !. 1000 5000
12No.12 BlackLand Plow Points $50 400
No. 10 Black Land Plows -. 500 1900
10 No. 10 BlackLand Plow Points 40 $50
12No.95 BlackLand Plow Points LIS 800
Combination Corn and Cotton
Planters .......... 1000 1880
Black Hawk Double Hopper
Planters $500. ...... 1850 2A.OO
IL Pony Flows, wood 49,. $50 4.50
II Double Shovels, wood $3.50. ESQ 400
IA Side Harrows 200 400
Walking Cultivator $500 1000
Riding and Walking Cultivator $500 5000
Riding Cultivators ........ 5000 1900
The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-25
A Few More Days

Matches, per dozen boxes 1890. S so
Oysters, No. 2 cans, per dozen, ...... $50
Tomatoes, No. 2 cans, per dozen -. 1.4O
Salmons, No. 1 cans, per dozen 1880. 100
Baking Powders, per dozen, ....... so
S1.OO Bucket Coffee 80
Above goods one dozen to a customer.
IL Gallon Tin Covered Bucket =. .O5 each
l Gallon Tin Covered Bucket 10 each
l IL Gallon Tin Covered Bucket Is each
2for 40
2 Gallon Tin Covered Bucket 80 each
Z for ..... 49,. .55
PIP Gallon Tin Covered Bucket .35 each
.05
3Gallon Tin Covered Bucket 40 each
4 Tor $500. 40
Tin Coffee Pots 10 each
No. s Tin Dish Pans Is each
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
Third Issue Is Held Up Because
of Conditions Making
Delay Desired.
Fronr Rlaa to Luck.

rJnited Press Leased Wire Serv1ce-l
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-Sub-norn-
al economic and business conditions.
brought about by a variety or untor
seen war developments, have caused
postponement Of the third Liberty loan
until about April or later.
Originally set for February 10, IT
was stated on high authority today al
ter conferences of high government
heads that the issue had been held up
until a restoration Of normal condi-
tons shall have brought more re-
ceptive market.
That the loan when finally placed for
sale will bear AZ per cent interest ap-
peared probable today. Intense oppo-
sition of large banking interests to at
tempting to sell from three to six bill
lion of bonds which It is expected the
loan will carry at a lower rate, was
believed today to be forcing the hand
of the government.
These causes brought the delay IN
the loan:
First, the unprecedented transportn-
ton tie up Producers, unable to move
their products, suffered vast losses
Congestion of commerce tended toward
a general money stringency.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
LIBERTY LOAN POSTPONED
UNTIL, AFTER APRIL FIRST

Second, fuel shortage with nvs
days suspension of industry and six
workless Mondays. Labor suffered
heavily in loss of wages; manufacture
ers suffered; all shippers suffered as
the right Of way was given to coal, and
other shipments laid on sidings.
Third, unexampled bad weather
Two thirds Of the congregational ele-
ment," according to Liberty loan head
quarters was lacking during Febru
ary. People stayed indoors; there was
minimum of minsling in public places.
Open air speeches and even indoor
gatherings would have been sparcely
attended Shortage Of fuel accentuat-
ed this. The value Of out door poster
advertising, etc, would have been Of
minimum effectiveness.
Fourth, extensive profiteering and
inflated cost of bare living reduced to
the lowest ebb in years the spending
power Of the small consumer-the man
in the street.
Added to these factors, powerful ele-
ments in the financial world have
brought pressure for a higher interest
rate than on the second loan. Many
banks have raised their interest rate
on loans secured by Liberty bonds
from four to four and one half per cent,
| Any widespread adoption Of this pri-
vate banking rate, it Is believed would
absolutely force a AZ per cent rate ON
! the third issue. Otherwise, purchasers
borrowing funds to buy bonds would
face a half per cent loss on their in
yostpeuf
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST FOR
WORKMAN'S FAMILY 10 LIVE?

Nelson Morris. millionaire packer.
testifving Yesterday, said this sum Is
INFINITELY" more than needed. Tne
living budget which Morris declared
too high included no provision 1or
m edicaI care. Among other things II
allowed 1854 yearly for food. $50 for
fuel. $50 each for the wife's and nus, e
hand,s clothes and $19 each for the
children's clothes. Morris admitted
the average wage OF the packing house
employe here is $500 year. .,o,,
Leading social workers today TOOK
axcantion TO Morris opinion and de-
clared the s1.2ss budget. the minimum
required. e. T. Lies, Chicasos unit
ed charities superintendent, and MAY
Mcdowell, university settlement heaa.
said many Of the items were lower
than the charities minimum stanoai0'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
Escaped Into Mexico.

rUnited Press Leased Wire Servfce.1 J
ELL PASO, Texas, Feb. 2O.-Mor-
mons arriving here today report hav-
ing seen three Americans believed to
be John and Tom Powers and Tom
Sissons, draft evathers and alleged
murderers of three Arizona officers,
in Mexico near the SIERRA Madres.
The Powers brothers and S1ssons
are charged with the mnrder OF Sher-
iff Mcbride and two deputies when
the officers attempted to arrest them
for evading the draft.
For the past week posse of one
thousand American soldiers, deputies
and Apache Indians have been pur
Suing the trio in an effort to cut OH
their escape t.1to Mexico
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20

driven like cattle through the
holes they will hope to have
torn.
Like sha1pers doping the
work out of race horses, the
German officers are telling their
men of the infallibility of the
scheme. Nevertheless, the
troops are doubtful.
Impressions outlined in my
Switzerland dispatches are
borne out by statements made
here by prisoners unfulfilled
pan German promises of peace,
plus the certainty of defeat as
soon as America adds the full
weight of its force, mean Ger
many must do or die now. The
Germans undoubtedly will fight
like tigers.
The whole future Of the
world probably will be decid-
ed. The Britons and their al
lies know this and will act &C
cordingly.
ALLIES READY FOR IT.
rey Carl D. Groat, United Press stan
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Fob. 2o-Ihe a.
Hes now are superior to the Teueone
an +he west front, both In men and
Guns, The United Press was Informed
of this officially today by allied ano
American military sources. eotn
agreed that the allies are ready TOT
.nv blow the Teuton may 'nteno.
And. significantly, the Informant
1.ciared that undoubtedly tho leu
ton has "over-prepared."
Advertising his offensive sInee Do
cember, he has shunted fresh met
from, the east front and weeded ou'
The weaker unite from tho west line
aut he has overpiayed his waiting
came. In the opinion Of military men
Il Is good strategy to walt as 'ons
"a waltIna means that better prepa
ration can be obtained. But IN tne
case Of the German, no apparently
reached his maximum OF preparation
some time ago, and by his wa't'nc
since then has given tho allies
chance to roach the pink OF pnePars
tion. A.. ~
.te eaid that the allied preponder
snee Of men and guns has beer
N msIntalned, despite the fact that tne
c.rmana could draw. new men IRON
the east lines because Of the Russian
collapse. -, a.
h.oun TO doubt that the German
really intended to make an s. offensive y.
IN the west IIne. They thouens ne
enher Intended to walt until ne ~a'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
Ten Auainst One.
Danaerous German Allen

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20.-Max
Reinhart, a toy maker in San Jose,
is in federal custody today as a dan
gerous German alien.
His arrest followed weeks of inves-
tigation during which time his place
was under constant surveillance.
Stories of his alleged operat1ons-of
how lead toy soldiers he made were
smuegled to Germany to be recast
into bullets: Of how he had a crew
of negroes working for him entirely
at night, and of quantities of lead
delivered to him by transfer men
have been IL circulation here for
some time.
It Is also said the federal authori
ties unearthed several thousand dol
lars worth of peaKls in Re1nharts
possession
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
Last American to Leave.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service ]
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20.-Mrs.
G.. o. Jones Of New York and Louis
Vile, Is here today after thrilling
wedding trip which took her to Rus
sia In the thick Of the Bolshevik
revolution. With her husband she is
enroute to Washington, where Jones,
now head of large tobacco company,
will become a dollar a year" man.
Last October Mrs. Jones watched
the Bolsheviki storm the winter pal
ace as she sat in her hotel in Pet
roRrad. She saw soldiers shoot down
young girls in the Nevsky prospect.
Then she travelled hundred of miles
down the volga river to Archangel
and was the last American woman
refugee to leave the Russian capital.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
..rmanv to Hurl Her All Into Finish Fight on
Western Front Against Allies Within
Next Few Days.
LUEs READY TO MEET COMING SHOCK
Aner;can Soldiers to Take Part in Colossal
Struggle Which is to be Teuton Final
Supreme Effort.

sy william Phiiip sImms. United
Press staff correspondent.1
WITH THE BRITISH AR
nES IN THE FIELD, Feb.
0-America, watch the west
ront!
Civilization is on the thresh-
Id Of the most colossal battle
1 all time. The German often
i've is expected momentarily.
with every gill Of fighting
lood Germany has left; with
very belt and nut Of its war
machinery in hand; with every
bunce Of strength Of every kind
behind them, Hindenburg and
Iudendorff may hurl all into a
hnish fight.
For Hohenxollernism, this
hay be the critical hour.
The Germans will use tanks,
Ike the British, for the first
lime. Some of these will be
Equipped with mortars; others
With machine guns. They will
move almost four miles an
hour. The enemy Is counting
largely on gas. It is not likely
It's bombardment will last long.
Its infantry will be driven for-
ward with unprecedented fe-
Focity- German fashion-after
; few hours Of intense shelling'
ALI pieces from trench NOR
lars to ~ centimeter guns
Rill smash against the British
Fhe attack will center in the
Cambrai region, although syn
blows are expected
ell along the front.
The Germans probably will
play their trench mortars on
Fhe barbed wire entanglements
end front support trenches.
They will use their heavy guns
pn battery positions, rear
guards, railways, suspected
concentration and rear ap-
breaches generally.
A heavy percentage Of gas
ehells will be used everywhere
|High explosives will be used
against works. Then, in end
less waves, the Germans will be
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
arbitrator Makes Inspection
ir1p Through Homes to Get
First Hand Information.

toMred rI1,d Press Leased Wire Service. ]
,ShiCAGO, Feb. 2o.-Federa1 Judge
NJ aei Alschuler, arbitrator on the
roa industry wage dispute, today
von oue INTO the homes Of stock yards
+,oa +,Aers here for first hand tnforma-
WI, WI OF living conditions. He gave the
onnn vlen and children Of employees an
sspppol.nnity spp to show whether $1,2S8
sra sually is sufficient for q family OF
"'e persons to live comfortably.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
Demobilzation of Army and Navy has Been
Stopped and Troops are Ordered to
Resist Teuton Invasion.
SLEEPING GIANT HAS BEEN AWAKENED
Kaiser's Excuse is That Germany Seeks to
Stamp Out Anarchy for Benefit of
All Europe.

against Russia, in which he declaredf
I'VE want no annexation or CON
tributfons, but restoration of order.
Russia Is the center of anarchy. The
contagion is spreading into Europe.
Civilized Europe understands the Ger.
mans are defending order in Europe.
Scrap Of Paper Peace Treaty.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2o--Germany's
peace treaty with Russia if forced to
signature under the threat of arms.
may not stand in the last reckoning
at the big peace table.
Some international authorities be-
lieved today that the allies and Ameri.
ca will insist that 1t Is not binding
with its grab Of the borderlands and
its reported indemnity-in view of the
fact that it would be signed by Rus
sia under duress
With German armies sweeping into
Russia against an unresisting ana
hopelessIy disorganized people, the
Lenin-T -Trotsky announcement that the
Russians would sign the treaty, was
regarded here as step in self-protec-
tion The fact that it would be signed
by regime not even recognized as
defacto government. will also have
weight IN the nllal utISElllliStliohs
That the treaty will lull the German
and Austrian people into a happier
mood as to eastern conditions is re-
garded likely here. Otherwise It
means little, though it would mean
supplies for Germany in the course OF
time.
Germany can scarcely strip the east
line OF any more troops for the west
front, it is held here.
Authorities see no hope Of rergan-
lied fighting force in Russia Ster army,
about demobilized, cannot be remade
onto fighting force in any reasonable
time.
Further Advance Made.
BERLIN, (via London) Feb. 20
I'VE have advanced twenty kilo-
meters (about twelve and haR
miles) beyond our previous positions
on the Riga-Petrograd railway. the
German war Office announced today.
From Dvinsk we pressed on TO
the northeast and east, beyond Luck,
marching on Rovno. We took 2,5oo
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
Senator Underwood Objects to
Government by One Man
While We Are Preach
ing Opposite.
POWERS OF PRESIDENT
Speed In War Work 10 Not az Essen-
tiai Now as It Was When
We First Entered
Conflict.
[Bq l. q. Martin, United Press Stan
CorresDOndeu eut

[Bq L. q. Martin, United Press Staff
Correspond dent.]
WASHINGTON Feb. 20-The long
expected storm over granting Presi-
dent Wilson any further general blank
ct war powers, broke today in the SEN
ate.
Senator Underwood, Alabama, in a
speech on the railroad control bill, de-
clared:
while we send our soldiers abroad
to fight to make the world safe for
democracy, we must not lose sight Of
keeping America democratic. We
know democracy can never be safe In
the hands Of an autocratic government
when power is placed in the hands Of a
man and the country is governed by
men and not by laws.
"Our country possesses checks to
keep us from autocradc men and mob
despotism, provided congress will up
hold and maintain the sovereign pow
ers Of the people, but when congress
reaches the point where 1t is prepared
to abandon constitutional limitations
and surrender government OF law
for government by a man, then
danger is ahead for the people Of the
United States"
Applying this warning, Underwood
declared congress should not confer
general powers on the president to
make rules or conduct Of the railways
under government control, but should
define, specify and limit his powers.
The speed necessary in the begin
ming of the war is no longer essential,
Underwood asserted, now that press
ing war needs have been met.
1.-The time has come when we have
opportunity to consider legislation
carefully and not thrust ill-considered
laws upon the people, he said. "The
time has come when we should pause
and consider, for with all that con-
gress has to It's credit, it has made
some mistakes, through its generosity
and patriotism, in endeavortng to re-
spond at once to the demands made
upon It"
Underwood, reviewing the nations
war work. declared great deal has
been done that merits praise, but ad-
ded that no one should criticize men
who point out mistakes when they are
real mistakes and the criticism is
honest.
| He declared that we won't be able
to get to France for many months the
that speed In war legislation is no
longer essential, in view Of the slow
ness of the executive departments to
carry out fully the program congress
has already authorized
Bill Is Modified.
! WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-The wal
finance corporation bill today was
m~dIfied nv the senate finance com.
mittee to eliminate any power on the
part Of the corporation to issue cir
culating medium
The clause authorizing the corpora
ton to issue notes and obligations
was amended to permit the issue OF
bonds only.
"Whtle it was not the intention to
permit the issue OF circulating med
! ium," declared Chairman Simmons
there was some doubt that the orig
inal wording of the bill prevented It. y
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
Reinap Is Appointed.

limited Press Leased Wire Serv1ce.I ]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-Hiram
W. Belnap was appointed manager OF
the safety appliance section OF the
railroad admins tration today. Belnap
who has had charge of safety work
for the interstate commerce commits
sion will standardize safety appliances
Of all roads operated by the govern
ment.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
German Bomb Throwers in Air
planes Seek to Kill Wounded
Soldiers, but Fail in
Effort.
MOVE INJURED TO REAR
Sanmles Obtain Partial Revenge for
Recent Ambuscade, by Banging
Into Enery
Patrol.
LBy Fred s. Ferguson, United Press

[By Fred s. Ferguson, United Press
Staff Correspondents
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN FRANCE. Feb. 10. delayed. =
A German airplane, after being beat.
en- Oft twice this afternoon, flew over
the American field hospital which
had been bombed twice in the last
few days. The Boche aviator, how.
ever, dropped no bombs.
A Michigan soldier who was ser
iously wounded In the jaw by stray
German shell, and several other
wounded Sammies, have been trans
ferred from this field hospital to the
rear, where they are reported doing
we'll.
The weather is s2ring-like and
there is considerable aerial activity
over this sector. The Sammies be-
lleved today they had obtained at
least partial revenge for the recent
am nbuscade of one OF their patrols,
with the resultant death of five men.
An American sentry sighted two
Germans in the darkness of No Mans
Land last night. His challenge was
answered by a shot Rifle and ma
chine gun fire began to pour from
the American trenches. In response
to a signal, the artillery laid down
barrage between the concealed Ger
man patrol and its trenches.
| The Boches who are believed to have
been lying in wait for an American
patrol. fled. They took their casual
| ties with them, but the ground was
! stained with blood. A number OF
| bombs and a revolver that had been
smashed by an American bullet, were
left behind.
American Is Missing.
! PARIS, Feb 2O.-Herschel Mckee,
21, Indianapolis, Ind, a member OF
1.-THE French aviation corps. has been
missing since Saturday, and is be-
lieved to have been captured by the
Germans.
Ten Against One.
WASHINGTON, Feb 20.-Ensign
Albert D. Sturtevant, Washington, -
C., of the navy aviation reserve corps.
was shot down by ten enemy planes
according to a dispatch from Vice
Admiral Simms made public by the
navy department today. Ensign
Sturtevant was on reconnaissance
duty.
Admiral Sims said the enemy claim
ed to have shot down Sturtevant's 8
machine in flames.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
Iey Joseph shapIen, United Press
staff Correspondents.

[ey Joseph ShapIen, United Press
Staff Correspondence
PETROGRAD, Feb. 19.-
Delayed -Demobilizatio OF
the Russian army and fleet has
been stoppd, it was announced
at noon today.
The Russian troops have
been ordred to resist the Ger
man advance and to evacuate
their positions only when nee
essary, destroying property as
they fall back.
Preparations have been made
for a stubborn defense of Pet
rograd. The entire press urges
the government to fight.
Frorr Riga to Luck.
LONDON, Feb 20.-Developments
in the eastern theatre were awaited
with eagerness by allied diplomatic
and military officials today.
The latest official report from Ber'
lin declared the German forces were
advancing in Russia on a front extend.
ing from Riga to Luck, a distance OF
four hundred miles.
The former city has been in the
hands of the Germans since their last
bio drive. The latter town was occu'
MED by General Linsingen yesterday
without opposition.
The statement made public by Prem
Ter I.enine and Foreign Minister
Trotsky. declaring the peoples com
missaries had been forced to declare
their willingness" to sign the peace
dictated by the central powers, was
the basis of considerable speculation
here This willingness" might indi
cate a disposition to evade a definite
show down with Germany ae long as
possible.
Germans Defending order.
IBy Joseph Shaplen, United Press
Stafr Correspondent
PETROGRAD, Feb. 19.-(delayed)-
The Tsarskoe-Selo wireless station TO-
day picked up Prince Leopold's ad
dress, ordering the German advance
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-20
Further Advance Made.

Continued on page %
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