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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
Closing Week Of Campaign
 For Third Liberty Loan
NEWS OE ENSLEY

The Pratt City district of Birmingham ! Sunday School association met in ses- sion at the Presbyterian church yester- day afternoon with President LeCrew in charge. Owing to the lack of quorum there was no election of officers, but they will be elected at the next meet ing Both banners went to the Thomas Presbyterian church, who registered an attendance of 8 1-S per cent of their membership. An inspiring address was made by Mir. Smith Cullom of Birming- ham. This district is composed of the Pratt City churches, Thomas and East Thomas
 The mass meting, protesting against Sunday movies, held at the First Meth odist church in Ensley Sunday afternoon was well attended The speakers were Dr. D. P. Wells and Frank Dominick. The meeting was presided over by the Rev. L. E. Brubaker of the Ensley High lands Presbyterian church, who intro- duced the speakers. Similar. meetings
 were held in Pratt City and Fairview
 Owing to the threatening weather yesterday the memorial exercises for the Confederate dead, to have been held at Oakland cemetery. was postponed until a later date.
 Funeral services over the remains of } Lawrence Reid were held at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Bonzack on Twelfth avenue, Wylam, Sunday afternoon, with the Rev. J. A. Milner officiating. The | services were concluded at the grave with Masonic ceremonies by the Wylam lodge. l The deceased was 50 years old and is sur viyed by his sister.
 l William R. Simmons died at the home I of his parents, MT. and Mrs. w. l. l Simmons, sos Ethel avenue, Graymont, l Saturday morning at g o'clock, and the funeral services were held from the resi- | dence yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock
 with the Rev s. O. Kimbrough officiat- 1 ing. The deceased was 20 years of age
 and is survived by his parents and five | sisters. Interment took place at Oakland | cemetery.
 l The monthly missionary meeting of the l Womans auxiliary of the Ensley Presby- terian church will be held with Mrs. F.
 E. Swann, 1917 Pike avenue, this after
 noon at 2:3o o'clock
 The bands of the Aid society of the 1 Ensley Baptist church will meet this
 afternoon as follows: Highland, Mrs.
 N. R. Baker, 2525 Ensey avenue; Build
 CTS, Mrs. J. H. Eubank, 2117 Avenue G;
 Helpers, Mrs; J. F. Stinson, 2722 Ave nue H.
 l Mrs Joseph Smith and Mrs. E. F. i Beckham will leave Tuesday for Talla- dega, where they will represent Stone- wall chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, at the state convention.
 Miss Brownie Mendenhall was a re- 1 cent hostess to the Betsy Ross club
 at her home on Twenty y-ninth street. The afternoon was spent in making bootees l for Belgian babies and other work, aid- 1 ing the Junior Red Cros. The young
 hostess served an ice course during the social hour. The personnel of the club 1 includes: Helen Ransom, Elizabeth Land grebe Olivia Swann, Sarah Mackenzie,
 Estella Goodman, Mary Candy, Mildred
 Adams Katharine Roberts and Brownia Mendenhal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
MathewsOn to Remain
 With Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati, April 2S.-Christorher Mathewson. manager of the Cincinnati Nationals. announced tonight tnal ne will remain with the local team Tor the present. at least. and will not accept the invitation extended by the officials of the Young Mems Christian associa- ton to go to France and promote base ball among the American soldiers over there.
 Mathewson, in speaking of his de- cision, said he had definitely decided that he can dc more good on this side by helping the government selling Liberty Bonds, Thrift Stamps and otherwise in financial way than by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
TAXI DRIVER HELD UP

J. T. Pettiford, who operates taxicab from Dolomite to Brighton, as well as other nearby communities, was held up and robbed last night shortly after dark by two negroes, at which time s2Oo Tn money $500 in notes and a 3S-calibre pis- tol were taken. Pettiford. was carrying He" U nkHhAEho- Bs9n2- -oETAo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
q. C. WHATLEY

Funeral services over the remains Of
 c. c. Whatley, who was killed Friday aft
 ernoon at o'clock while at work in the
 mines at Dolomite, will be held from
 the family residence at nolomite Mon
 day afternoon at o'clock. Interment
 will follow at Brighton cemetery with
 Dolomite lodge No. 452 A. F. and A. M., in charge. The deceased was oi years of age and was we'll known and highly respected in this district where he was reared He is survived by his widow and six children, four brothers, and two SIS ters The active pallbearers will be; Fax ton Burgn, William Millstead, B. H. Fer sur. James Scott. John Thomas, William Self. Claude Vowell and w. J. Law
 renee Honorary, B. F. Persur, l.. A.
 Reeves, A. w. Mock, J. B. Thomas, F. F. Reynolds, Dr. J. M. Bonds, Wliiiam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

going over to France to play baseball with the soldiers. He said that the sol diers need no one to teach them base ha!l, but that he is willing to make any sacrifice for the cause, and would
 go at once if he thought it would be wise move, but he was certain that he can help more by remaining here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

think could he used would be appre- ciated by us. We have some 30 mem hers so send us as many magazines as you can.
 Hoping this will find all well, l will close with love to all.
 Your son,
 "MABRY, "sergt. M. w. Woodall, Go. K. 167th U. s. Init, AZ .(Rainbow) Division American Expeditionary Forces Via New York City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

very interesting story came to asht Sunday when it was related that a very distinguished minister of the Methodist church. pr Plato Durham, had been held up on Thursday night by young "hiee man as he alighted from ms car anu started toward the place where he was stopping, he having just returned rom session of the State Sunday school con vention at the First Methodist church.
 The minister got off the car and as ne walked half block away and the ear vanished he was confronted by man who thrust cooked pistol into his stom- acn and demanded that his hands go up,
 NO, I won't raise my hands. but Wnas do you want. There is no need to shoot just tell me what you want and Will give you anything that l have said pr Durham
 T want money, and 1 need 1t paoly, and I am going to have 1t, replied the highwayman, who was wearing mask.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
NEWS OF FBESSEMER
MISS BERNEY GILLEN, Correspondent

Read, T. c. Totherow, pr. M B. Burch- field and James Black
 Mrs Clarabelle Williamson, age 2O years, died this morning at II o'clock at her home at Dolomite The deceased is survived by her husband w. F. Will liamson, and one child Marguerite. The remains will be shipped to Odenville, Ala Monday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
Mother of Austrian Empress Banished From the Country

Paris. April 2S.-The Princess Marie Antoinette. mother of Empress Zita, has been ordered to leave Austria within 24 hours. and not re-enter that country until the termination of the war, according to d dispatch from Geneva.
 Empress Zita has been blamed oy the pro German party in her husbands empire as being responsible for Ea1- peror Charles now famous letter 10 Prince Sixtus of Bourbon, his brother in-law in which he made overtures for peace to France. Anti-Teutolic tendencies have been attributed to the emuress because of her Bourbon de- scent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS

Civil service examinations were held yesterday morning at the Bessemer High school, under the direction of D. Lewis Milton These examinations were held Tor the purpose of securing clerks for the local postoffice. The majority Of the participants were young ladies and Will be placed upon the eligible list
 The Regina Elena society, an ltai- ian organization of this city, met this afternoon at their hall on Third avenue, the meeting being presided over by Pas quel Schelleci, vice president. The or ganization voted on a s5O0 Liberty Bond to be purchased immediately.
 The Bessemer fire department answefed an alarm last night to Twenty-siXth street and Grandville avenue. where two houses were on fire. These houses were located on the mountainside and before the department could reach them one was completely destroyed while the roof or the second was badly damaged. The loss on this property was estimated at S5iooo They sgere the property of the Sioss- Sheffield Steel and Iron company
 The Bessemer Choral society will hold their regular rehearsal Monday night at s o'clock at the Hatikwah club rooms. During the intermission violin solo Will be rendered by Mrs. Ike Marks, while several vocal selections will be rendered bx, JR T. MichaelsOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

Owing to the threatening weather yesterday the memorial exercises for the Confederate dead, to have been held at Oakland cemetery. was postponed until a later date.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
The Battle That Was Never Fought

1t was the battle that was never fought
that won the Great War We have all Of
us tried to form some just appreciation
of what the Allied navies did to save US
in the past years. Not until Admiral
Rodman's downright sailorman talk has
there been any vivid, coherent account to
help US. We think every one who has
read his narrative Will feel a new oricn-
tation toward the war, will realize far
more justly than ever before Just how
fundamental and vast and magnificent
was that battle of the North Sea- fought
hour after hour, day following day,
through storm and sunshine, without halt
or rest-and yet was never fought.
SiNty-five miles Of ships were in the
column of the Grand Fleet, entering and
leaving port. Our own Sixth Battle
Squadron, with its place of honor as one
OF the two fast wings, was once at the
head of the line when the German High
Seas Fleet was nearly intercepted That
was q frequent chance, constant posi-
bility. Admiral Rodman makes clear
how compelling and controlling was this
threat that never came true, yet upon
which was. of necessity. based the whole
battle tactics Of the Allied fleets, indeed
the whole grand strategy of the Allies
by land and sea
There is more than a glorious spec
tacle in the Hudson these days. There is
more than eloquence and glorious his
tory in Admiral Rodmans report. The
whole relation of sea power to history, to
the safety of our democracy in world
however constituted, speaks in these grim
fortresses of the deep that held the free
dom of the seas against devils brood
of monsters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
Tyranny, Royal or Red

Shall the Instrument of tyranny he
club upholstered with the technique
or royalty, or one studded upon its surface
with the innatienccs Of the proletariat?
This IS a practical question in Germany.
There js the 'case Of Vo1mdrts, for in
stance. Vorw0rts throughout the war
and before was one Of the principal or
gans of the German Socialists As such
it had often TO complain Of the heavy
hand Of censorship laid upon it by the
Hohenzollern government All the world
has known that the German press was
not q free institution. that it only par
roted the thoughts Of its master, and
that when it tried TO escape from this
rigid discipline laid down for it its edi-
tors we're placed in jail or quietly
"mobilized' And it was all done seem,
mgiy and with quiet--ihe "claws of steel
IN the silken paw as they have it in
melodrama.
But there has been an amazing change
of scene in Berlin The same Torpfiyts
that was TOO radical for autocracv is
now too conservative Cor the proetariat.
Hence, we find the radicals. who have
been proclaming their love for free
speech and the freedom Of the press, Wis
ting the Office of lor1co1ts. taking with
them eighteen machine guns with which
to persuade the regular editors to resign.
and issuing special edition on red
paper under the caption Rcd Vo,qcdrts.
The Berlin chief of police, who has been
sent by the Ebert government to pro-
tect the newspaper, joins the radicals
and helps seize the plant.
Now who shall decide 'twixt tweedle-
dun and tweedledee? The imperialistic
government, dspleased with the policy
Of Fornorts. would have suppressed it
acne the lie S effectively. bat it would
never have been guilty of so gazette an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28

To the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; There is much talk in and out OF
the press regarding hatred Of the Germans
and the nature Of the punishment that
should be melted out to them. have in
mind especially the remarks credited to
Colonel WhtNcscy Of the Lost Battalion
who states that thc American soldier does
not hate the Germans remark which has
produced some very natural irritation in
the minds Of many. 1t appears to me that
the word "hatc,' used in this connection.
should be clearly defined.
The German himself supplies complete
material for a definition. Hatred, the most
detestable of human emotions, springs from
Il ranking sense of ones moral inferioritv
to the person hated-an inferiority which
furiously socks to wipe out the unfavorablc
comparison by destroying the object of it's
hatred. That rs the meaning of German
hate; that was the inspiration behind Lis
saur's childish spume.
Disgust, adherence, contempt anv de
cent citizen may feel, but never hatred We
are above that I hope. Hatred will not
dictate Germanys punishment. Her house
has been and is a menace to the health Of
nations. Infected with moral disease and
infested with political and social vcrmin. it
must be destroyed by fire and new edifcc
erected score or more OF her arch
piotters must be tried and hanged as an ex-
ample to her people and as an aid in sbak-
ing her loose from her unutterablv debasad
moral code For 4 generation, or at least
until they perform works meet FOR repent
ance, the German people must be held to
the hltte1est penancc. 1t is not punitive
Justice we seek so much as it is the stern
est educational justice
This and not hatred, believe, expresses
the mental attitude Of the soldier toward
the Germans. W. p. HENSUAW
Brooklyn, Dec. %. 1918
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28

now under construction by the United
States government will rise to $50 Il
ton. The fact that the American COM
pany is willing to accept the figure Of
fered has very little to do with the case.
The main thing is that it seems part
Of the policy of the United States Ship
ping Board to bring American shipping
largely under government control. AS
a part of the same policy it has for
hidden American shipyards TO build
ships for foreign account, except under
its express permission, although a large
amount of tonnage for foreign account
could now be booked. According to the
accounts current in Washington this
policy was dictated to the Shipping
Board by the President himself, and
that he it was who proposed to forbid
the sale to the English syndicate and
to take over the ships through the Ship.
ping Board All that the Shipping Board
can purchase is the stock in the British
companies actually owning the ships.
That is all the International has for
sale Whether the British government
would object to the transfer of mill
ION tons Of its finest shipping to the
American government has, it is stated.
never been made the subject Of negotia-
tons. 1t may be one of the subjects
taken up at the peace table.
In other words, the main intent of
our governments action has apparently
been political, not commercial. Politics
and political programmes are one thing.
business is another. They are not neces-
sarily antagonistic. but each requires to
be handled With special kind of knowl-
edge. And this shipping situation re
minds us that there should be an inter
Allied court of business, or at least
high business. commissioned to consider
the purely commercial aspects of vari-
Gus peace and transition problems, with
power to make decisions within certain
limits and to make finished recommended
tons in those cases where the con-
f1icting claims Of politics and business
need to be reconciled
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
Warning

Our eighteen months in the war
created almost in a trice vast army
of Liberty bond buyers, owning seven
teen billion of new securities Probably
SO per cent or more of the subscribers
never owned a share of stock or bond
before in their lives. a very large
number have paid for them in install
ments.
AS is we'll known, every wildcat pro-
moter, swindling land shark and dealer
in the bogus and the counterfeit have
leaped to snatch the magnificent oppor-
tunity for graft and plumber which this
army presents. Already their winnings
are said to be enormous. In one section
of a Western state, it is reported, not a
single Liberty bond remains They
have been Exchanged" for some tempt
ing oil or mining stock, corner lot or
some greatest invention of the age" 1t
is a crying shame, and the Capital Is
sues Committee and Secretary Glass
have done a genuine service in drawing
public attention to this situation and
warning people against the flood of
worthless or doubtful securities which
threaten the market when present re-
strictions are removed
Legislation is suggested, but it is one
of the most difficult games in the world
to combat Restricting stock and bond
issues in peace times is heavy and
troublesome task. We do not sec why
Secretary Glass for example, might not
very we'll exercise the authority of his
position and issue bulletin, which
might be published in every paper in the
United States and placardcd in every
postofiice and other public building in
the country and kept there, warming the
unwaly public against these ncfarous
pickpocket schemes and citing by name
and case large number of these frauds
which the Postolfice Department has al
ready unearthed. This would at least
tend to focus attention upon the matter
and put the unsuspccting public on it's
guard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
Well, TO Err Is Human

Il the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: have read with interest Your edi-
torial in This mornings paper entitled
"Perils Of the Ideal.'
IN that editorial you say Senator Lodge
voices what we believe to be the prevailing
sentiment Of the country when he saws
that. ~ IF your Judgment Of what is
the prevailing sentiment Of the country has
not improved since the fall Of 1916. fear
that it IS NOT very we'll worth risking anv
very large sum of money on in the form Of
wager.
have not forgotten an editorial the writ
.ns Of which did you credit This was pub
lished shortly after the election for Prosi-
dent in 1916. in which you very generously
and IN very manly way admitted that YOU
had sized the situation up absolutely incor-
rectly.
From my standpoint and from the stand
point of the majority of MY friends you are
doing exactly the same thing at the present
time. Why repeat mistakes?
STEWART BROWN.
New York, Dec %. 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
Riches Take WINGS

Now comes word of new tribulations
for the Socialists in their Utopian re-
publcs IN Germany. The Munich Post
prints the startling charge that the Ger
man war profteers (of whom there ap-
pears to have been q perfectly enormous
number), being unable to set their
"booty' out of the country, are resortino
TO the use of airplancs. According to
this newspaper, several planes have car
ried securities of immense value from
Frankfort TO Switzerland. The Munich
Post. it should be explained. has been
urging the government to seize capital
wherever 1t can be found aud especially
IN the banks. AS Frankfort is essentially
banking city and one Of the richest i'm
Germany, the German Socialist organ af-
fects to believe that the wicked prohtccrs
and capltalists-the words in the Social
lst lexicon are perfectly synonymous
are seeking to get away with their riches
by this nefarious means.
The interest and beauty of this tale
the illumination of it-comc from it's
revelations Of the typical confscator's
mind. Ninety-ninc out of hundred
capital grabbers proceed upon the I'M
picit belief that the sheets of engraved
paper called stocks and bonds are the
realities of wealth. Therefore they i'm
agine that simply by Selling these coun
tortelts Of reality they arc Selling wealth
itself
This is what they did in Russia. and
with this the railroads and factories and
other Instruments of production What
they could not seize was brains, bust
ness experience and sagacity The re-
suit we know full we'll The railways
have broken down, the factories are
closed, half Of Russia is on the edge of
starvation or beyond it. 1t will be The
same IN Germany, and it would be the
anne here. Riches. brains and wealth.
real wealth, seem indissoubly associated.
Only to very limited extent can they
be seized, because a very great part Of
them is that Intangible genius for man
agement and accumulation which seems
one Of tic rarest talents in the world
Riches Will always have WINGS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
More Than Kin

ne spontaneous OutpourNg OF ting
lish enthusiasm for President Wilson is
p splendid days work for the peace of
the world. It records in striking fashion
the undoubted fact of the war that Eng
lsh and American hearts were never so
united, never so clear in their mutual
trust and good will For such opportu-
mites of public expression and national
good fellowship every one can unite in
appreciation of Ny Wilson'S venture
overseas.
There is an old saw that applies with
homely force to the new Anglo American
entente: Fate gives us our relatives
thank God, we can choose our friends. :"
Il was as relatives. as remote cousins,
that our national quarrels and any later
lack of sympathy With Englshmen arose.
The fundamental bond was always
strong, as our century of peace records.
But specifically there was much fric-
ton and misunderstanding in every
family.
To-day. with great war won through
our comradeship in arms aioat and
ashore, it is as loyal friends joined in
great common venture that we greet
Britons the world around Blood rela-
tionship is weak bond by comparison
with this unity of ideals, of goal, of pun
pose. We have come to see that in the
great aims Of our civilization, our de
nlocracy, our will toward justice, right
oouSness and peace, no people stand
closer than the citizens of the great
British commemorative. Canada, Aus
Iralia New Zealand England We are
proud of our common speech and liter
allure and law, but prouder still that
upon this ancient foundation we now
dedicate this new friendship born of
common hope and faith and service.
Mr.. Wilson used a happy phrase when
he greeted King George as "thc head of
the democracy Of Great tritain.' Preju-
dice against names is difficult to over
come. It has been hard for many Amer
leans to look through the inherited form
of the British monarchy and empire to
the swft-movine democracies that lie
beneath. But the war has done much to
show US Great Britain as she really is,
and our intimate contact with her armies
has taught us more truth Of history than
all the books of education.
1t is to great people who are our kin
in all things of the spirit that our hearts
so out in this hour of greeting and CON
cord. We honor q friendship four.
square to all the winds, which shall out
stand the changing years and every gust