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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23
HENDERSON

war service and he left tonight for the coast and will sail in a few days for France.
 will be one of a number of Young Mems
 Christian association secretaries who
 will make frequent trips across to
 France In the meantime he holds his
 connection with the local Young Mems
 Christian association and expects to be
 back here within two months for short
 time. pr. Thompson says as soon as he
 reaches France he hopes to visit the
 Decatur boys of Company F of the Rain bow division. and carry to them mes sages direct from home folks. The drive for books for the war serv- Ice library is meeting with much sue cess in Decatur and Albany. The pupils of the Decatur public schools alone have given 6S4 volumes.
 Decatur and Albany have already named number of delegates to attend the war conference to be held at Birmsng- ham on April IA to 17. It is under sood that a number of delegates will
 also go from Hartselle and other places 1 in the county.
 | Decatur and Albany have arranged fol the entertainment of the 100 members oi
 the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce when they visit here on March 27. They will be entertained by the Decatur Boos. | ter club and by the Chamber of Com tmerce of Albany. The Birmingham party l will be given trip over the two cities visiting points of interest, and luncheon will be served and a parade had through the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23
Battalion of Turkish
 Women Being Organized

Geneva, Wednesday. March 20-Elabo-
 rate regulations are being drawn up for the controlIof the battalion of young
 Turkish women which the Turkish war office, breaking all precedents in that country. recently decided to organize. A Constantinople dispatch says that the war ministry is prescribing minute meas urcs to prevent the battalion from com ing into contact with the soldiers. All officers of the battalion will be
 the lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23
Indianapolis Trains
 at Camp of Soldiers

Indianapolis. March 22.-Several members of the Indianapolis club Of the American association will leave here tomorrow for Hattiesburg, Miss, where they will train at Camp Shelby for the entertainment of the soldiers
 Herman Bronkie, third baseman, and field captain last year, will be in charge of the team for the present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23
Fired Across Border

Fl Paso. Tex. March P. 22.-Firing across the border by party of Mexicans num- boring about 90. near Fabens. this morn ink. caused strong return from Anseri- can troops. 1t was announced at military headquarters here today. Four MexIcans arc believed to have been killed. No AmeTtcan soldiers were hit. but one horse vas killed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23
NAPOLEON LAJOIE IS SIGNED BY BROOKLYN

New York, March 22.-- Napoleon Lajoie. veteran infielder. who man.
 aged the pennant winning Toronto team in the International league last
 year. has been purchased from To- ronto by the Brooklyn National league
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23
IMMORTAL TYRUS
 LEAVES FOR CAMP

Augusta, Ga, March 22.-Ty Cobb, after spending the winter here at his home, will leave tonight for Waxa- hachie. Tex, to join the Detroit Amer jeans at their training camp.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23
Naiyete

From the Washington Star.
 How dare you insult the Kaiser's six sonst" exclaimed Hans. q didn't insult them" replied Fritz. You did. You said they took after their father"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23
DECATUR

Decatur, March 9. Especially 1T. R. Thompson, secretary of the Railroad
 Young Mems Christian association in
 Albany, has received orders to report for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23
DrS. DOzier & DOzier
Oldest Established Firm of Medical Specialists in Alabama. Twenty five Years in Birmingham.

We treat scientifically and with wonderful success. all man ner of chronic diseases of the Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat. Lungs. Heart, Liver. Stomach. Bowels. Kidneys and all diseases of the Skin and the Pelvic Organs of Men and Women
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-11-07

we did not like about this trip was
that there were not enough stations
along that line. There is a tip that
the French engineers will not take, I
am afraid.
There is another thing about the
French women that / have noticed, and
that Is this: There are pretty girls in
every country under the sun, but the
plain girls In France are prettier than
the plain ones In other countries. They
might not show 1t In photographs, but
In action there is something about
them that you cannot explain. 1 have
never seen an ugly French girl who
was not easy to look Mt.
We finally got to Dixmude, after
having spent about eighteen hours on
the way. On our arrival one company
was sent to the reserve trenches and
my company went to the front line
trench. We were not placed In train
Ing camps, because most Of us had
been under fire before. never had,
nut that was not supposed to make
any difference. They say IL you can
stand the legion you can stand any.
thing.
Before we entered the communica-
tion trench. we were drawn up along
side Of crossroad for q rest, and to
receive certain accoutrements. Pretty
soon we saw n bunch Of Boches COM
Ing along the road, without their guns,
few Of them being slightly wounded.
Some Of them looked scared and 9TH
ers happy. but they all seemed tired.
linen we heard some singing, and pref
ty soon we could see an Irish corporal
stepping along behind the Huns, with
his rifle slung over his back, and
every once In while he would shuf-
lie bit and then sing some more He
had grin on him that pushed his
ears back.
The British noncom who was de-
tailed as our guide sang out: "What
Kind of time are you having, Pat?"
The Irishman Saluted with one
hand, dug the other into his pocket
and pulled out enough watches to
make you think you were in n pawn
shop. "Oh, n fcin toim I'm havin',"
he says. 81 got wan from each of thin
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-11-07
NITROGEN SCARCE AND HIGH

Clemson College, S. c., Nov Il
Nitrogen IN fertilizer is now selling
for SIS per unit. Not only is the price
nigh but is hardly obt"jmablc at any
price. The supply Of cotton seed mca.
will be short.
The average soil in South Carolina
must have nitrogen in order to make
i crop. 1t is, in fact, frequently the
limiting factor in crop production.
We should therefore make every
cffor, row, says Director H.WHpm.
Of the South Carolina EXrrrimyu.
Station, 20 insure a supply OF @.,ro-
re" for cur next crop. This can be-
done hy quitting in clover and yctch as
cover crops and By conserving ever,
available supply Of rouon muuIr,
and LITTER. The clover and lotrh. Poe
ing icpumcS, will gather nitrogen
from the air for you. oh. r.u..
manure and litter vii! "dd .ra.Dp..,
nitrogen that would otherwise go 10
waste.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-11-07

These bars, which ar" strips Of red
braid, are worn on the left sleeve, and
signify extra ma, ksmanShip. / also
received two hundred and fifty francs,
or about fifty dollars in American
money, and fourteen days shore leave.
All this made me very angry, oh,
very much wrought up indecd-not |!
saw merry life for myself on the
French rolling wave if they felt that
way about gunnery.
l spent most of my leave with my
grandmother In st. Nnzaire, except for
short trip / made to star-shell fac
tory. This factory was just about like
one I saw later somewhere in Amer
lea, only in the French works, all the
hands were women. Only the guards
were men, and they were "blesses"
(woundcd).
When my leave was up and I said
good-by to my grandmother, she man.
aged smile for me, though I could
see that 1t was pretty stiff work. And
without getting soft, or anything like
that, l can tell you that smile STAYED
with me and it did me more good than
you would believe, because 1t gave me
something good to think about when I
was up against the real thing.
hope lot Of you people who read
this book are women, because I have
had 1t I'm mind for some time to tell all
the women l could little thing they
can do that will help lot. am not
trying to be fancy about 1t, and hope
you will take 1t from me the way I
mean 1t.
When you say good-by to your son
or your husband or your sweetheart,
work up smile for him. What you
want to do Is to give him something he
can think about over there. and some.
thing he will like to think about. There
is SO much dirt. and blood. and hunger,
and cold, and all that around you, that
you have jnst got to quit thinking
about 1t, or you will go crazy. And so,
when you can think about something
nice. you can pretty nearly forget all
the rest for while. The incest things
you can think about are the things you
liked back home.
Now, you can take 1t from me that
what your boy Will like to remember
the best Of al is your face with "a
smile on It. IIr !HG got enough hell on
his hands without lot Of wcops to re-.
member, If y0v viii excuse the word.
Eut don't forget that the chances are
on his side that IL gets back to you A;
the figures prove II. That will help
You some. AT that, It will be hard
work; you will feel more like crying,
, and so will he. maybe. Eut smile for
him. That smile IS your bit.
will back q .m.lc against the weeps
in race to Berlin any time. So am
telling YOU, and cannot make it strong
enough-scnd him away with smile.
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CALOMEL SALIN ATES
AND MAKES YOU SICK
Acts like dynamite on a sluggish LIVER
and you lose q days work

ana you lose day work
There's no reason why Il person
should take sickcnng, sa!ivatug cal
omcl when a few cents buys a large
bottle Of Dodson's Liver Touc-a
perfect substitute for caiomcI.
1t is a pleasant, vegetable liquid
which Will start your liver jus. as
surely as calomcl, but it doesn't make
you sick and can not salivate.
Children and grown FOLKS can take
Dodson's Liver Tone, because it is
perfectly harmless.
Calomcl is dangerous drug. 1t is
mercury and attacks your bones
Take dose of nasty calomel today
and you will feel weak, sick and nau-
seated tomorrow. Don't lose Il days
work. Take spoonful of DodsOn's $
Liver Tone instead and you will wake
up feeling great. No more bilious
ness, constipation, sluggishncSs, head
ache, coated tongue or sour stomach.
Your druggist says if you don't find
Dodson's Liver Tone act better than
horrible calomel your money is wait
ing for you. Adv. 3.
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fellas." We counted fourteen prison
ers In the bunch. Pat sure thought he
was rolling in wealth.
After we were rested up we were
issued rifles. shrapnel helmets and
belts. and then started down the COM
munication trench. These trenches
are entrances to the fighting trenches
and run at varying angles and vary
ing distances apart. They are sell
dom wide enough to hold more than
one man, so you have to march single
file In them. They wind in and out,
according to the Law of the land, some
parts Of them being more dangerous
than others. When you come to q
dangerous spot you have to crawl
sometimes.
Ihere are so many cross trenches
and blind alleys that you have to have
guide for long time, because with
out one you are apt to walk through
an embrasure In u fire trench and
right out into the open. between the
German front line and your own.
Which Is hardly worth while!
If any part of the line is under fire,
the guide ut the head of the line Is on
the lookout for shells, and when he
hears one coming he gives the signal
ana you drop to The ground and wait
unit! 1t bursts. You never get all the
tlne you want, but at that you have
plenty of time to think about things
while you are lying there with your
face In the mud, waiting to hear the
nF hn .t,
hear it, you know you have got at lcnSt
one more 10 dodge. If you 90 not hear
it-well, most likely you are worrying
more about tuning your thousand
string harp than anything else.
In the communication trench you
have to keep your distance from the
man ahead of you. This is done so
that you will have plenty of room to
fall down in, and because If Shell
should md the trench, there would be
fewer Casualties in an open formation
lhan in Il closed. The German artil-
lcry is keen on communication
trenches, and whenever they spot one
they stay with 1T long time. Most
Of them are Canouiiagcd along the top
and sides, so that enemy aviutOrS can
not see anything but the earth or
bushes, when they throw an eye down
on our lines.
We took over our section OF the
front line trenches from a French line
regiment that had been on the job for
"a days. That was the longest time
/ have heard Of any troops remaining
on the firing line.
Conditions Mt the front and ways Of
fgh:ing are changing all the time, as
eaC. a.de invents new methods of
butchering, so when / try to describe
the D!xmude trenches. you must real
ize that 1t is probably Just history by
now. II they are still using trenches
there they probably look entirely diff
ferent.
But when I was at Dixmude they
were something like this:
Behind the series of front-line
trenches are the reserve trenches; In
this case Ave to seven miles away, and
still farther back are the b!llets. These
may be houses or barns or ruined
churches-any place that can possibly
be used for quartering troops when
Off duty.
Troops were usually In the 'front.'
line trenches six to eight days, and
fourteen to sixteen days In the reserve
trenches. Then back to the billets for
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CHAPTER ~.
On the Firing Line.

when l reported on the Cassard
after my fourteen days leave, l was
detailed with detachment of the
legion to go to the Flanders front. ]
changed into the regular uniform OF
the legion, which is about like that of
the Infantry, with the regimental
badge-a seven-famed grenade.
We Travelled from Brest by rail, in
third-class cars. passing through La
Iavre and st. Pol, and finally arriving
at Bergues. From Bergues we made
the trip to D!xmude by truck--a dis.
tance OF about twenty miles. We car.
rled no rations with us. but at certain
places along the line the train stopped,
and we got out to eat our meals. At
every railroad station they have booths
or counters. and French girls work day
and night feeding the Poilus. 1t was a
wonderful sight to see these girls, and
1t made you feel good to think you
were going to fight for them.
1t was not only what they did, but
the way they did 1t, and II is at things
like this that the French beat the
world. They could tell just what kind
of treatment each Poilu needed, and
they saw to It that he got 1t. They
took special pains with the men Of the
legion. because, as they say, we are
strangers" and that means, "the best
we have is yours" to the French. These
French women, young and old, could
be a mother and sweetheart and q
sister all at the same time to any hairy
old ex-convict in the legion, and do II
In way that made him feel like a lit.
tls boy ct the time and rich church
member afterwards, The only thing
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h" PEOPLES BANK.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-29
ODNCUW
REVENUE RAISERS
Will Explain to House Com
mittee Fifty Added Features
of $8,OOO,O OO, 900 Bill

NhsntnRtou, aug. zS-
Secretary McAdoo was to appear be-
fore the House Ways M Means Com
mittee today to explain the additional
administrative features OF the $4,000
oOO,o 900 revenue bill he desires incor-
porated In the latter.
Following the announcement by Chair.
man Kitchin. Of the committee. that
the bill would probably be reported to-
morrow and taken up In the Hous early
next week. he received another connu
nication from tho Secretary setting forth
about fifty new suggestions as to how
certain features of the measure should
be administered sys
ut looks now as II the committee will
not be able to get through with the bill
this week" kitchin said today. In Sec
rotary McAdoo's latest letter ne again
emphasized the Importance of the COM
mittee not doing anything that would
initiate against the success of the APP
preaching Liberty Loan drive.
The question of an increased excess
profits taxation also has not yet reached
a inal stage. 1t was stated. McAdoo 10
opposed to an increase, while Kitchlh IA
vors it. ,..s,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-29
WARNS Of LOWER WAGES
Burr Mcintosh Tells Shipworkcrs
To Economize Now

Five thousand employees Of the MeF-
chants Shiphuilding Company who at
tended a rally today in the yards AZ
Hartman were urged by Burr Mcintosh
noted actor. to practice economy during
the present reign of high wages IN an
],icipatiou of IA reduced scale Of pay
after the war.
Mcintosh. who is about to sail for
France to join Harry Lauder in n '"ir
Of the American environments there
and the trenches, received an ovation a,
the hands Of the workmen. many or
whom crowded about him to shake MS
hand when he haG finished his ADDRESS,
He was hailed as the cheerful ,philoSI,
opher," and 1t is az such that he Will
go abroad under the auspices Of the Y
NJ. c. A. \ luncheon was given FOR
Mcintosh after the rally, which was
attended by W. T. Smith. vice pr"St-
dent. and other officials of the company
Mcintosh aroused great enthusiasm
among his hearers when he attacked the
Socialist party and appealed to all hon
est workmen to quit its ranks. tine
best clements among the Socialists have
left that party" he said. and only the
nrD-Iiprmang remain
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-29
FORMER CONGRESSMAN
DEFENDS AIR PROGRAM
John Lentz, of Ohio, Says
Critics Are Simply Play.
ing Politics

Americas airplane program has Sue
ceeded splendidly. and the battle planes
from this country will win the war.
former Congressman John Lentz, Column
bus, O.. said this afternoon.
Mr.. Lentz was In France two months
with an insurance inspection commits
sion. and was chairman of the House
Military Committee in MCkinley's ad-
ministration. He is in this city to at
tend the fraternal congress.
The man who declares our airplanc
program has gone to pieces is pro-Ger-
man and lies" Mr.. Lentz said. There
may have been some inJudicious expend-
lures. but they amount to about 81 out
If every $1,000 spent.
I'm one factory in France 10000 men
and. women are building airplanes from
material sent from this country. There
are being built in this country 1000 Lib
ertv motors every three ard a fraction
days.
There will he probably 100. 600 air
planes in action next spring for the AL
lies. Most of these will be American
made. Germany at the most has not
more than 30. 900 planes.
Critics of the airplane program are
playing politics with their eyes on the
1920 election"
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o''. -Sf 49,
Dale nGtizie giunte dal fronte di bat
taglia e da un communicate del Ministero
della guerra, pubblicato Teri, 81 rileva che
una imbarcaZione a motore nemic0, in
perlustrazione nellie acque del Lago di
Garda. sui fronte del Trentino. fu alton
data DIAL fuoco delrartiglIeria italiana.
Tn certo numero di p~rigionieri furono
catturati dale p%attuglie italiane in ri
cognizione nella Vale Posina e nella
Vale Arsa. Riparti ~d'incursione i~taliani
furono attivissimi nella regione di Monte
Grappa, owe catturarono pure del pri-
sionieri e distrussero un posto ~avanzato
nemico.
In Albania. durante la mattina dt
martedi'. la cavalleria italiana, cCmpI-
endo una ~ricognizione a sud del basso
corso del hume Semeni, respinse distac-
camenti nemici e catturo' prigionieri.
= Tn dispaccio giunto ad Amsterdam da
Vienna annunzia che ii governo austri-
AGO ha ordinate una specie dt mobtlita-
gione generate nei d~istretti polacchi,
czechi e slavi m~eridonali.
Tire ufficiali italiani Sono riusciti a
cappare da u n campo di concentrations
austriaco. owe 81 ~trovavanO in unIone ad
altri %prigionieri di guerra. IntervistatI
essi hanno dichiarato che lie CondlZion'
ira lie classi medic in Austria ed In
Cngheria. a causa della mancanza del
viveri, sono 0rribili. HanrO inoltre as
serito che gil austriaCi detestano I te'
deschi. tanto che quando questi entrano
In un pubblico ristrovo. gil abstract s.
alamo e Sc ne vanno. r~ifiutand0 di salu'
tarii. lie truppe austriache sono stanche
della guerra e rimangono Indifferent
allie notizie che giungono dial fronte d
battagiia. lie condizioni che 81 prospect
tano per la scarsezza del viveri mel pros
simo inverno. sono orribili.
II Generate Gerardo Santana. coman
dante di una divisione sulr AltipianO d
Asiago. e. state promosso al supreme
commando di lutte lie forze italiane II
Tripolitania.
Parecchie donne i~taliane hanno pre-
sentato una petizione al Goyerno chic
dsndo II permesso di potter organizz1r'
IN corpo di aviaziOne feminine. Tall
notizia e stata data Teri dal giornal,
"l MessaggeIo" di Roma.
I'm reggimento Americana. in serviz'
al fronte itsliano, s~'intrattenus Teri II
venezia ricevendo festose acc gli.nze d
parte di quella popolazionc. In onor
degli uficiali fu tenuto I'M r!cevimanr
mel Palazzo Municipale. Durante
r4cevimento n banda STAG ono In gon
dola mel Canal Grande. suonando ari
patriottiche italiane ed americane.
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adjoining ward. Going in he found
Cole, whom he had known we'll hefOr,
both enlisted. Cole had been sho'
through the legs and arms. but had
passed the danger point. and was get
ting along nicely, Shuman added
Mrs. Cole received a telegram from
the War Department more than ten days
ago, saying her son was missing. hut
has never heard another word about him
from official sources.
Private Daniel J. Morrow. reported in
yesterdays official casualty list as miss
ing and his address given as 227 he
L.anCey street. really lived with his
father. lohn Morrow. at 500 South Han
cock street. Young Morrow was only
nineteen years old when he enlisted in
May Of last year in the old Third Regi-
ment, y. q. r. lie was sent to Camp
Hancock for training and was eventually
assigned to Company NJ of the llOth In
fantry. This company was badly shot
tC pieces during the fighting July % to
80 and lost a large number of officers
and men either killed. wounded or cap
tured. \ younger brother has enlisted
IN the army and Is at Fort Jay. y. y.
now and expects to be sent to France
soon.
Private. John Is. scott, wounded, en-
listed in March OF this year. and was
sent to Camp Greene. s. c., foT training
There he was assigned to Company -
Forty-seventh Infantry. regular rmy
and went to France in May, He WAS n
machlnist at the Eddys.One plant OF the
Baldwin Locomotive Works befor" en-
listing. His wife and ~eight-year-old son
live at 1893 Eleventh street. Eddystone.
prt,.ta. n,pa Vs,,L,r and Etlpsp IA "
been located in German prison camps ny
the International Red Cross. Ross Is al
Camp Giessen, Becker at Camp DARN
stadt and FiloSO at Camp MersehurR'
Private Daniel Stein. 2l5 christian
street, reported as missing in yesterdays
official casually list, has also been 10
Gated at Camp Merseburg.