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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
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Frank Willis Barnett spoke to q large crowd at Clanton Chiffon county, yes- terday and afterwards Is men of that town each pledged themselves to take 5000, maturity value. of bonds, the limit allowed to any one person.
 Before speaking at C1anton State Di- rector Johnson went over to the Aia- bama Power plant on the Coosa river. where he made a speech to the en;- ployes.s IT in number, and before he left they had subscribed for $1G60 worth of Baby Bonds, an average of al- most $f00 apiece.
 Dr. Eugene Mason, Birmingh hams colored physician, spoke to the colorsd miners at Carbon Hill yesterday and aroused considerable enthusiasm among them. A number of mine op- orators attended the meeting. Pledgep for a large number of bonds were re- ceived before pr. Mason left.
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 Buy War Sav,ngs Stamps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

Buy War Savings Stamps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, June 22.-Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi: Generally fair Sunday and Monday; light north winds. becoming variable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

Italian Headquarters in Northern Italy,
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Plattsburg Applicants
Prove Persistent

PLATTSBURG. N. Y, Aug. 3.-Al-
though there are no vacancies in the
officers training camp here, Colonel
c. E. Dentler, commandant, is over
whelmed with applications for admis-
sion by every mail. Several applicants
have come in person, some of them
from long distances. Except in the
rare instances where such men are able
to take the places of alternates, none
has gained admission.
There are now $3.50 students in the
camp and by Saturday there will be
$500. About 1000 are members Of re-
serve officers training corps, coming
from colleges where there has been
military training for two or three
years. Such men will serve as non
commissioned officers and assistant in
structors.
Richard L. Simon, Of So West Eighty
ninth Street. New York, a student in
Columbia University; Warren II. War
die, of Roxbury. Mass, and Kenneth
Low. an Amherst student, living at 500
Fifth Street. Brooklyn, have been
chosen as song leaders.
Browning machine guns have reached
camp and are being tested.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
No Heat, No Rent,
Is Court Ruling
Supreme Tribunal Reverses
Municipal Verdict i'm Fa-
vor of Landlord

Landlords Of heatleas apartments
will derive cold comfort from a de-
cision yesterday by the Appellate Term
Of the Supreme Court, which reversed a
municipal court decision in favor of a
landlord who sued a tenant who refused
to pay rent because his apartment was
not properly heated last winter.
The cult was brought by A. G. Bliss,
landlord, against Roy C. Clark, tenant.
Mr.. Clark not only refused to pay rent
for February, but brought q counter
claim for gas stoves and gas used by
him in heating his home during that
month.
In reversing the lower courts find
ings in favor of the landlord the Appel
late Term said: at follows where there
is no express covenant to furnish heat
the tenant may abandon the premises
and successfully resist claim for rent,
but such lack of heat cannot be basis
of an action against the landlord. and
the tenant cannot continue to occupy
the apartment and counter claim in an
action for rent"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Osborne Pays Flying
Visit to Sing Sing F arm

OSS1N1NG, N. Y, Aug. S.-Despite
the order of James M. Carter, State
Superintendent of Prisons, forbddine
Thomas Mott Osborne. former warden
o, OF Sing Sing, to visit any prisons in
this state, Mr.. Osborne, who is now a
commander in the navy, dropped in to-
day at the Sing Sing prison farm at
Wlngdale and had chat with many of
his old charges.
IN nnws Of Mr.. Osborne's exploit
caused jubilation among the prisoners
IN H-ng sing, who propnesied that the
founder of the Welfare League was
preparing to return to civilian prison
reform work and that he would be the
next Superintendent of Prisons.
William Meyer, the present warden
of Sing Sing, had no comment to make
on Mr.. Osborne's visit, enthusiastic or
otherwise. He jumped into his mo-
tor car and started post haste for
Wlngdale. superintendent Carter also,
1t was learned, made hasty trip to the
prison farm.
Commander Osborne travelled bv
motor to Wingdale from Portsmouth,
~. H., where he has charge of a naval
prison. His driver was William Duffy,
whom Commander Osborne, during his
regime as warden, had transferred
from an upstate prison to Sing Sing to
be tanned" Duffy was in sailors
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
|ews From America Sought
For Upbuilding of I Palestine
Walter E. Meyer, of Zionist Commission, Tells of Friendly
Reception Accorded by Arabs and of Work
Done by the British Army

The first to bring official messages
from Jewish Palestine Is Walter E
Meyer, who was attached to the Zion
list Administrative Commission as finan.
cial adviser to Dr.. Chain Weitxman
Mr.. Meyer, who Is a graduate Of Yale
and Of Harvard Law. School, was enc
OF Americas dollar-a-year men and was
IN France on war work when his GER
vices were requested by Dr.. Weitzman
Mr.. Meyer was In Palestine ten
weeks. In his opinion the great need
for the upbuilding Of the Jewish ma
tional homeland Is American Jewish
immigrants, possessing Jewish ideal
ism and knowledge of American meth
DDS and principles, who would make
investments. launch commercial enter
prises, develop industries and afford
employment to the population. Later
there will be need for men of special
training, including teachers. For cult
ural reasons it will be desirable that
the teachers shall be proficient in Eng
lish and French as we'll as Hebrew
he said.
Were Received by Arabs
In connection with the negotiations
with the Arabs Mr.. Meyer said that
one of the most significant features
OF the commissions arrival In Pales-
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Brooklyn Gas Co.
Ordered to File
Tariff Schedule
Public Service Commiss;o,
Acts on Report of $l.2s
Charges

The alleged installation of a nuns..
OF s1.25 meters by the Brooklyn RI,
ough Gas Company, after the prom,..
OF officials temporarily to retain ~.
old s6-cent rate. led the Public Sen;c.
Commission for the LIST District -.
terday to pass resolutions demands.
an immediate accounting.
By the order of the cornm,sx,o, A.
company is required to file within ~.
days tariff schedule showing its n,..
ent rate for gas and the authority y,
der which that rate has been out inv,
effect. The company is also forhida..
to change its rate after the scheduls i.
filed without thirty days notice e;v.s
to the commission and to the puhs
The resolution was introduced i,
Commissioner F. J. H. Kracke. and a..
onded by Commissioner Travis =
Whitney.
Ex-Justice William L. Ran.cr.
counsel for the commission, was ~
structed to begin injunction proce.s
ings at once to restrain the compsn,
from charging more than the old rat.
According to information laid befons
the commission, the company bm
begun to put into force q sl.25 rs,.
by converting old quarter in -the-slos
meters to higher tariff charges. Thi,
it was stated, is misuse of Refers
Charles E. Hughes's decision in thu
Brooklyn Borough 80 cent gas csss
The action OF the commission Is IN.
tended to forestall the effects Of III,
Hughes decision, which is said to haw
been accepted by the gas company q
permission to charge whatever L
pleased.
District Attorney Harry e. Lewis, Of
Brook yn. in a letter TO Mr.. Ransom,
said he intended to ask an immediate
appeal from Mr.. Hughess ruling b,
pointed out that the company had no
right to profit by the decision, and
that people in affected sections could
not be compelled to pay a discrimin.
tory rate
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

before the end of the year. The secre-
taries are being recruited rapidly now,
but unusual efforts will have to be put
forth in this direction if the Knights
are to achieve their goal within the
specified time.
That the delegates may obtain first
hand information regarding the work of
the Knights abroad, several represent
atives of the order who have just re-
turned from an inspection Of the work
overseas will report. The report show
ing the work accomplished in the home
camps will be submitted by William j.
mckinley, supreme secretary Of the
order.
Already the membership of the order
amounts to more than 416,000, and re-
ports to be read at the convention will
show that not only is this membership
growing fast, but that approximately
10 per cent of the orders total mem
bership is in active military service.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

tine was the reception rendered to 1t
by General Storrs, the military governor
OF Jerusalem, at which DR.. Weitzman
gave such a lucid and satisfying ex-
planation Of the Zionist aims that the
Grand Mufti. Musa kasin Pacha, de-
clsred, "We, the Jews and the Arabs,
must love each other like brothers"
"In the colonies the morale is Won
derful," Mr.. Meyer said. "The colonists
are looking forward to the future hope
fully. Malnutrition in the cities is due
to inability to bring in food supplies.
This condition will be remedied by the
doubletrack railroad which the British
army has built to Jaffa. Another thing
that will improve conditions In Jerusa
lem and help eradicate typhoid and
others epidemcs is the waterworks
which the army has constructed.
Want to Join Army
9TH. young Jews of Palestine are
clamoring to be accepted as volunteers
in the British army. Over 800 already
had enlisted when I left. The girls
were organizing to render whatever
service they could as nurses, typists
or clerks"
Mr.. Meyer spoke with enthusiasm of
the Jewish legion, the London contin-
gent of which has already received its
fire BAPTISM. Their commander is Colo
mel Patterson, of the list Mule Corps
fame, but two thirds of the officers are
Jews. Among them is Lieutenant Vlad-
imir Zhabotinsky. the founder Of the
Jewish legion.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
France Plans u. S. Statue
Right Overthrowing Might
to Honor Intervention

PARIS, Aug. "a monumental
statue, depicting Right overthrowing
Might, commemorating the lnterven-
tion of the United States In the cause
OF civilization, will be erected at the
mouth Of the Gironde River, whence
Lafayette sailed for America.
Maurice Damour, Secretary Of Appro.
priations of the French Chamber o,
Deputies, the originator Of the scheme,
announces that he has received prom
ises OF support from the Mayor Of
dsnt az ths cpen prem1er M9nis tho pres
of Gironde and the Bordeaux Chamber
Of Commerce, which, he says, will per
nit Of the project being realized.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
American Red Cross Aided
412,566 French in June

The American Red Cross reached
4l2,566 civilians in France in June
through its civil affairs department,
according to report sent by cable by
harvey D. Gibson, American Red Cross
Commissioner to France. Sixteen civil
ian hospitals and one for manned SOL
dlers were opened during the month,
with total capacity of 1903 beds.
of the 412,566 civilian benehciaries
of the organization 7,043 were helped
by the children's bureau, 1O,179 by the
tuberculosis bureau, 1888 by the war
zone bureau, 226,638 we're refugees and
1O,16S were mutiles. The number
treated was greater by 85,353 than in
any previous month.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Maj. Roosevelt Asks Chap
lain Be Made Captain in
the Regular Service
Was in Big Battles
Doughnuts and Pies Have
Won Enthusiasm of the
Men in the Trenches

A real fighting parson" is Major
John E. Atkins, Of the Salvation
Army, who returned Friday from the
front, where he has been attached tc
Major Theodore Roosevelt, jr.'s, com
mand, the 1st Battalion of the 26th In
fantry, ever since that body has been
in active service.
p "Over the top" he has gone three
times with the soldiers, and gained
such a reputation for bravery in ac-
tion that Major Roosevelt has recon-
mended his appointment as captain in
the regular army.
When he was not In the thick Of the
fighting the major, a man of fifty
three. was carrying sacks of home
made doughnuts to the hungry fighters
or he was holding services where the
whine Of flying she'll mingled with
the singing Of his congregation.
Boys Need Cheering Up
ut isn't the big things you do for
the boys that count" says the major.
"It's the little. trifling things. like
bringing them q bit of chocolate or a
cigarette and talking tc them when
they need It. We have the finest
bunch Of boys in the world on the
front Their morale is fine"
In March Major Atkins was caught
in the trenches during harassing
barrage attack by the enemy. He
calls it the worst thing on the front.
On June % he was in the thick of an
attack, led by Major Roosevelt, in
which thirtyseven Germans were
captured.
Praise Colonel's Sons
The major has no use for the fight
ing Boche, who he says lacks indi-
vidual aggressiveness.
On the night of the wounding Of
Captain Archibald Roosevelt, com
manding Company B of the 26th, Ma
jor Atkins was with the young man.
He praised the bravery Of both Roose-
welt boys.
Major Atkins says the Salvation
Army huts are making a name for
themselves with the soldiers because
they are open night and day and serve
hot chocolate, pie and doughnuts free
all night in the dark when all other
huts are closed. The organization now
has 1900 workers abroad, IS per cent
Of them women
After a short rest Major Atkins will
return to the front
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Krenson---Fox

Miss Katharine Neal Fox. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Fox, sos West
112th Street, was married to Captain
Campbell Macdonald Krcnson, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William Day Krenson, of
Savannah, Ga, yesterday at the home
Of her sister, Mrs. Samuel G. Red
mond. Madison. n j. The bride was
attended by Miss Anna Stewart Fox
her sister. and Miss Dorothy Redmond
Charles Mackall, Of Savannah, served
as best man.
The bride is q graduate of Barnard
College, class of rs. Captain Krenson
is stationed at Norfolk, Va. and is con.
nected with the construction division
Of the Quartermaster's Department.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Grimth-Truax
Son and Daughter Attend
Their Parents at Wedding

Mrs. Martha Riggs Truax, widow Of
Arthur D. Truax and daughter of Mrs
Herman l. Riggs, of 56 East Eighty
seventh Street. was married to Fred
erick w. Griffith. Of Palmyra. N. Y,
last evening, in the Brick Presbyterian
Church. Only relatives were present
at the ceremony. which WIS performed
bv the Rev. DR.. Theodore Fiske Savage,
of Christ Church.
The bride wore a gown Of Georgette
crepe. Her only attendant was her
daughter. Margaret Truax. who was in
white net over pink satin. She wore
q large pink hat and carried pink roses.
Frederick Griffith served as his
fathers best man. There was no re-
ception.
Mr.. and Mrs. Griffith will motor
through the Berkshires and the Adiron-
dacks to Mr.. Griffith's camp at Canada,
where they will spend several weeks
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Plans Will Be Laid for
$50,OOO,OoO War Fund
Campaign
Meeting on Tuesday
Several Secretaries Back From
Front Will Tell of Activi-
ties in "Huts"

Delegates from all sections Of the
United States, including foreign pos
sessions, and from Canada began ar
irving in New York yesterday prepara-
tory to the opening at the Waldorf
Tuesday of what is probably the most
important convention ever held by the
Knights of Columbus.
The Knights will give the first gen
eral accounting of their stewardship OF
the Catholic war activities in this coun-
try and abroad, and details will be COM
pleted for the big drive soon to be
launched for the Knights S50,000,000
war fund to enable them to maintain in
action their adopted slogan, Every body
Welcome-Everything Free"
In line with the dominant American
spirit to win the war, the knights have
designated this years gathering as
their "Victory Convention" 1t will be
launched formally Tuesday morning at
St. Patrick's Cathedral, when Cardinal
Farley will occupy the throne at solemn
high mass to be sung by the Right Rev
Michael J. Lavelle, rector Of the Cathe-
dral Church dignitaries and priests
from New York and many other cities
also will be present Monsignor La
velle will be assisted by the Right Rev
Edward McGoldrick, pastor of St
Cecelia's Churcn, Brooklyn; the Rev
Bernard j. O'Reillv, of Glen Cove, L. L.
and other priests.
Sermon by Bishop Russell
The sermon will be preached by the
Right Rev. William I. Russell, Bishop
of Charleston, S. c., one of the mill
tant leaders of Catholic affairs in this
country. who also will deliver the prin-
cipal address at the convention. Bishop
Russell is one of four bishops appoint
ed to direct Catholic war activities in
this country.
The most important task before the
convention will be the arrangement OF
the programme for the continuance and
expansion of the work overseas. James
A. Flaherty, Supreme Knight, will de-
liver the keynote speech to the dele
! gates, informing them not only Of what
already has been accomplished to aid
the government in its war programme
abroad, but of the vast amount of work
among the soldiers in the camps and
cantonments at home. No date has ye,
been set for the start of the Knights
500, 100000 drive, but this will be de-
clded upon by the convention.
Need 1000 Secretaries
At the same time impetus will be
given to the organizations drive fo,
1000 secretaries for overseas service
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Dowling's Death Sentence
COMMITTED to imprisonment

LONDON, Aug. s. Lance Corporal
Joseph Bowling, Of the Connaught
Rangers, who was landed on the coast
of Ireland from q German submarine
three months ago, heard without emo
tion Friday the sentence of the court
martial that he be executed. The SEN
tence was read aloud to the prisoner
on the parade ground at the London
Tower, in the presence of the troops
quartered there. The King, acting on
the recommendation of his advisers,
has communted the sentence to i'm
prisonment for life. Dowling was
found guilty on charges of aiding the
enemy.
If precedent is followed Dowling
probably will be released after serving
twenty years, provided his conduct has
been good.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Receiver for Property Of
Evans r. Dick Appointed

Justice McAvov yesterday appointed
Philip c. oamuels receiver for The
property of Evans R. Dick, formerly 4
member of Dick Bros e. CO., stock
brokers. The reccivership was asked
By Francis w. Adams. who last Nay
obtained judgment for $25SlI
against Mr.. Dick.
The judgment debtor has testified
that he has bank account balance Of
s53S. He said that $4,000 in bond,
of the Long Island Railroad, of which
he was alleged to be the owner, b.
lonGed to Mrs. Elizabeth T. Dick.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Smith-Shinn

The marriage Of Miss Natalie Ida
shinn. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
M. Shinn, of Pelham Manor, N. Y, to
l.. Brewster Smith, of Mount Vernon,
N. Y, took place yesterday afternoon
at the home of the brides parents.
The bride was attended by Mrs. James
j. Walsh, of New York City. DR..
Archibald J. MacLanc, of South Beach.
Conn. acted as Mr.. Smiths best man.
Only relatives and intimate friends
witnessed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith left in the evening for Lake
George and Lake Champlain. On their
return they will live in Mount Vernon.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Miss Edith M. Bond Engaged

Mrs: William Edward Bond. of 11e
East Nneteenth Street, New York, and
New Canaan, Conn, announces the
en - cement of ner daughter, Miss
Edith McIlvaine Bond, to John ]. Law
renee. Miss Bond is in Washington
as member Of the Red Cross Motor
Corps. Mr.. Lawrence is a lawyer of
New York. but is engaged in war work
in Washin gton.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Anna Held Better

Miss Anna Held, who is i'll In her
apartment at the Hotel Savoy, was
reported yesterday to have improved
somewhat. but DR.. E. NJ Overton, he,
physician, said that her condition Is
still critical. Little hope is held for
her recovery.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Chase-Hendrick Engagement OF

Announcement has been made that
the engagement of Miss Grace Pom
eroy Hendrick, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elwood Hendrick, of 139 East
Fortieth Street. and Rodney Chase. of
the United States Naval Aviation
Corps, has been broken. The engage
ment was announced in May and the
wedding was to have taken place next
month,
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Guard Bayonets Worker
New York Man Receive,
Wound in the Cheat

NEWARK, N. j., Aug. 8.-Joseph M
Kotowskl, twenty-eight, Of New York
City. employed by the Submarine Boat
Company at Port Newark, was bayo-
neted in the chest by guard
Kotowski said he was formerly in
the British army, was wounded in the
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
To Aid Wounded Britons

The American Committee of the
Kitchener Memorial Fund and the
A!lenby Foundation will observe the an
niversary Of Great Britain's declara-
ton of war by appealing for funds for
the homes for disabled British soldiers
and sailors. Contributions NAV be sent
to the committee at 12O Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

present war and expects to be called
back into service soon. Yesterday he
was on line with other men, waiting
to deposit his pay check, when a guard
ordered him to "Move up coser!" He
said he could not move closer, but the
guard thought he should, and then he
thrust his bayoret into his chest.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Mrs. Skehngton
Slips Into Ireland
Sim Fein Agitator Eludes British
Police and Enters For
hidden Territory

DUBLIN, Aug. 3.-The Tndependent"
says that Mrs. Sheehy Skeffington has
eiuded the vigilance of the British po-
lice and has arrived In Ireland.
=, Mrs. Skeffington is the widow Of r
S,heehy Skeftington, formerly editor Of
the Irish Citizen" who was shot bv
British officer during the Sim Fem
rri,sing r,g in ireland early in 1915. Mrs.
okefhngton testified at the court mar
itlal of the officer who shot her hus.
band. This officer was found guilty.
but insane. e0'AS''
AFTER the court martial Mrs. Skef-
addressed several meetings of Sim
Feiners. She was arrested in San Fran.
cisco in April Of this year while ad-
dressing meeting held to protest
against Irish conscription. She sailed
1or england in June and was allowed
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Kings Register Turns In So 581

Register Richardson Webster of Kings
County announced yesterday that he
had turned back to the taxrayers
S2,5S1.04, the profits of his office during
July. Except in 1906, the Office has not
been paying proposition before.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

to land there. The granting Of new
passport to Mrs. Skefhngton was made
with the stipulation that she could not
return to Ireland.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-11-01

lax acres on the S. +. u of the N.
r.. fir. u of Sec. owned by Elmer
Graham 6.85 Chs. Thence S. 1914
deg. +. 2.40 Chs. Thence S. o deg.
w. 5.35 Chs. to the S., line of this
land. Length of drain across and on
w. line of this land 22.57 Chs. Drain
crosses s. line of this land onto the
N. +. a of the S. +. u of Sec. A
owned by Marshall Graham 1852 Chs.
w. from the f. a post of Sec. and
bears S. rs Chs. and ends at this
point. 1862 Chs. w. and .25 Oh. S.
from the f.. Il post of Sec. a. Total
length of this branch of the drain
64.00 Chs. Total length of main
drain and branch 367.43 Chs.
The line of drain described above
is to be the center line thereof and
the excavation is to be made and the
excavations deposited equally on each
side of this line. A strip of land
fifty feet wide on each side of the
center line will be required for the
drain, deposit of material and for
construction. Themain drain and the
first az Chs. of the branch are de-
signed to be dug with a dredge, and
on this part clear BERN of six feet
must be left on each side of the drain
on the balance of the branch a three
feet BERN will be required.
Grade stakes are set each two
chains on the center line of the drain
and are numbered from go" at the
beginning or lower end of the drain.
The following table gives the de-
mansions of the drain at each grade
stake, in feet and tenths.