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The Washington herald., 1918-10-30
Yanks Bearing Brunt
Of Foe Resistance.

The burden of the fighting on the
Western front has fallen TO those
sectors in which the American forces
are in the numerical majority. ac-
cording to staff observers of the ex-
listing situation.
1t is pointed out that the German
strategy TO cover the retreat of their
forces opposite Haig has forced the
enemy to make furious attacks on
the more southern sectors.
The situation therefore is that Gen.
Liggetts First army Is in the fore
front OF daily fighting for advance
and the repelling of attacks on a long
line stretching eastward and south
eastward of Grand Pre-. On his left
Gen. Bullard with the Second army
Is hghting with great American
forces in conjunction with the French
from Rethel in an eastward and
northeastward direction.
1t is explained here that the
Germans have been forced to main
tain stiff front in the sectors
named to relieve the steady pres
sure Of Gen. Haig against the Ger
man army Of the North. The re-
treat in the North has been going
on for some time and there have
been no great battles there like
those which are now being carried
on by the Americans and. French ir
the South. 1t is admitted that the
| progress of Gen. Liggett has beer
slow but II Is evident to the stafl
that both because of the heavy re.
inforCements of the Germans and
! the vital necessity to them OF
saving Sedan, the Germans have
launched many bloody counter Of.
/ fensives, but have eventually ir
every case withdrawn beaten.
There il however to be no let-uI
in the drive OF the First army to.
! wards Sedan. The capture of Seda n
or the cutting of the railway. con.
nection at that point. the military
men say. would be a blow which
armistice or no armistice. woulC
soon bring about the capture of the
whole northern German army.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-30

had precious American smokes for
which a man will mortgage his
eternal soul over here: they were
passed around and at once came the
shop talk-stories of Fritss latest
at the Somme and the way the
Americans had bridge the Aillette
under machine-gun fire.
We dallIed more than an hour at
the Cafe de la Palx and-oh. yes, Bill
from Red Oak drank two beers and
Charley and Peter had a glass OF
coffee apiece. That was a pretty ter
rible start on a bad day, wasn't it,
ma?
Not Up to Iowa Girls.
Red Oak Bill allowed as how he
hadn't seen a girl in Paris who could
hold candle to the Ioway girls, and
he figured these girls of Paris must
spend lot of change on stockings
| they showed SO much of them. This
remark was delivered after great de-
liberation and inspection OF the pass
ing stream on the sidewalk.
! Well, after the drinks at the Cafe
de la Paix we walked down the grand
| boulevard to the Place de Concorde,
whence Paris in its most beautiful
and enhancing aspect is revealed.
The boys took it all in. from the dis
tant Arc de Triomphe to the mag
nifiCent bridges across the Seine.
, We'll" Long Peter finally admitted
II allow they go in strong for ma
sonry and statues and such in this
| town. 1t ought to be a good place
! for a stonecutter to settle down in
! after the war"
/ And Then Mary Pickford.
I We all piled on a bus then and rode
to some place. the name of which 1
pretended to know. There We went
into a movie house and saw Mary
Pickford at her sweetest and coolest
! just like home folks see her in the new
Saturday night release. Then we
I bought some picture postcards to send
! home to the girl--you know the kind
: they sell by the soda fountain in the
4 drug store with hearts and forget-me-
nots all twisted around; not at all
! naughty or Partisan.
! About that time Charley asked me
, if I happened to have a flock of
! bread tickets concealed about my per-
son; he was getting all-fired hungry.
/ | had: so we went to a restaurant
| and had dinner that cost five francs
/ sd apiece. which included one glass
OF thin red wine for each of Ills.
After that, the Metro back to the
! Y hotel
| There Bill and Charley and Long
Peter shouldered their packs and
started for that station called Some
where in France, which is where the
/ fighting is.
/ So there you are, Ma and Dad
the plain, unvarnished truth about
how wicked your Bill was the first
time he hit Paris. You write Bill
and ask him IL this isn't all gospel
| truth,
The Washington herald., 1918-10-30
Pershing Report Shows
Heavy Emery Fire.

The following American official
communicates were issued by the
War Department.:
HEADQUARTERS. American Expedi-
tionary Force, Oct. 2S:
On the Nerdun front the day was
marked by heavy artillery fire on
both sides of the Meuse An enemy
counter-attack against the Bois
Belleau was repulsed. In the Woe
vre our detachments successfully
raided the enemy's lines and cap
tured prisoners.
I'm spite of poor weather condi-
tions our aviators were again active
on the front OF the First army and
shot down three enemy airplanes
and one observation balloon. All
our machines returned"
Section r. 1t was reported at 6:25
O'Clock, evening. October %: North
east OF Grand Pre- patrols Of the
Seventy-eighth Division. early on
the morning of October -. entered
Labelle Joyeuse. which they found
unoccupied."
1t was reported at 1885 a. m.
October 2S: Increased enemy ar
tillery activity. with harassing fire.
high explosive and gas, on Banthe-
willie. Cunel. BrIeulles and the Bois
De Dannevoux"
The Washington herald., 1918-10-30
PUT NEW SPEED
IN DRAFT WORK
Boards Here Will Rush
Classifying After Meet
ing Today.

Local draft boards are expected to
work steadily and finish their classi-
fication of l9-to-36 year old regis
trants in hurry, as the result OF a
meeting OF board members which will
be held at the District Building this
afternoon.
As yet the District has no standing
on the official progress chart which is
being kept by Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder In order to be enter
ed on the chart each board in the
Jurisdiction must have completed at
least 30 per cent of its classification
work. So far only three local boards
have done this. They are Nos. I, 3.
and II.
1t is expected that added impetus
will be given 10 the work in the Dis
trict by the meeting this afternoon.
Commissioner Brownlow will address
the meeting, as will Mai. u. ]. Dom
avan. director of the draft in Wash
ington. Efforts Will be made to de-
termine just what has been holding
back the work of classification This
will be promptly rectified. according
to officials.
Flu Causes Delay.
Great difficulty has been experience
ed in the physical examination of
men in Glass !. The epidemic Of
influenza has taxed the local doctors
to such an extent that none have
been able to assist in this work.
Capt. kilroy. of Maj Donavans Of
flee, has been doing the work so far
without aid. The only thing which
has saved the District in this re-
spect is the fact that draft calls
were dropped on account OF the flu.
Now that the epidemic has let up
these calls will be resumed and 1t Is
necessary that the District speed up
its examination.
Two states have already completed
their classification and examination
of men in the first age class and have
started to work on the distribution OF
missionaries to the older regis
trants.
This is the first section of the work
on the draft in which Washington has
not led the country. officials here
are confident. however. that the
boards will respond willingly to the
appeals which are to be made to them
today. They expect that at the las,
minute the local boards will come
through with. great rush and report
all of the work cleared up.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-30

of the pawns' now in her hands
while leaving US In possession Of all
the German colonies and Of large
stretches Of the territory Of Ger
many's allies. The offer was not ac-
companied by any reservation and
IL is preposterous TO suppose that
the allies would agree 10 any limi-
tation of the French and Belgian
governments to resume at once full
control over the whole OF their
countries and to move troops up to
the frontier Of Germany. This
alone would allow US TO keen A
pistol at Germany's head and the
moral effect OF the presence Of our
bombing squadrons on German from
tiers might well he decisive.
Can Isolate Enemy.
The population OF the great towns
Of Germany would hardly permit
themselves to be exposed TO the dan
ger OF constant air raids il they In
tended to continue the struggle while
il would be within our power 10 dis
organize the industries OF Lorraine
and the ..hine valley TO an extent
which would make it almost impos-
The Washington herald., 1918-10-30
PARIS NOT SUCH A WICKED
TOWN, AS OUR BOYS SEE 1T
When Bill, of Red Oak, Breezes in from the
Argonne, His Doings Needn't Worry
Ma and Dad in Iowa.
By ROBERT WELLES RITCHIE.

Paris Oct gYes know and dad back in Red Oak,
Iowa. done heap Of worrying that day when
Bill should his leave to
supper dishes cleared away dad weekly paper
from Chicago and you rounding the that
OF socks you knitting for boy France
you have said,
"Wiiam, you think Bill will good boy goes to
Paris and dad has grunted why, of Sadea,
Bill couldn't go wrong But dad
wckcdncss Paris Smiths Red Oak
maybe, he's wound the clock and climbed
just his Bill would
for the
The Washington herald., 1918-10-30
Hun Interpretation
Impossible. Mauric|

London, Oct. E9.-tH
wireless service)-Gen.
the Daily News discussed
ing Of armistice and poll
German papers have pu
construction which car
tertained by the allies.
The offer TO evacua
tory of the allies in tn
of her armies is. in ap|
open confession OF def
many. It would mean
The Washington herald., 1918-10-30

Fresh from the Firing Line.
Listen. folks-you fathers and
mothers in Red Oak and Kanakee
and Sonora. Calif-I spent the day
with your boy Bill yesterday when
he was seeing Paris for the first
time and I'm going to tell you just
what he did. Besides Bill from
Red Oak. there were Charley, whose
home is in Sauk. Wis, and Long
Peter Davenport. who halls from
near Norfolk. Va. all fresh from
the firing line out there in the Ar
gOnne Forest. with not a scratch
on them, and l, boasting of my
wide knowledge of the city and my
ability to speak the lingo.
/ blew into the bunch down at
the Y headquarters at the Pavilion
Hotel somewhere or other near the
Metro station on the way to some
where else. 1 found the place just
because l can find my way around
Boston and that gives fellow
leave to think he's a regular homing
pigeon in the matter OF finding his
way around.
Bill and Charley and Long Peter
had just dropped their packs and
tin hats in the check rOom-they'd
travelled most Of the night on a
jerkwater train from station
called Somewhere in France, and
they were tearing into breakfast
when I edged myself into the COM
pany and suggested that maybe if
they wanted to have a look around
Paris could act as a sort of guide.
Satisfied the Man.
You're on, Buddy" said Bill Of
Red Oak: So after l had proved to
the satisfaction OF the Y secretary
in charge Of the hotel that was not
bunco man and that my morals
were about par, we all started out
to give this mans town the once
over.
we got to catch the train back
tonight" Long Peter drawled in his
Tidewater Virginia speech. 80 hit
the high spots, brother" which we
proceeded to do with a reverse Eng
lish by diving down at the first sta
tion of the Metro. which is the sub
way over here, and taking a first
class carriage for the Place de
IOpera station. One can start for
, almost any place in Paris from this
beautiful plaza and be reasonably
sure of finding the way back.
Arriving there. we gave the opera
house a look. Long Peter said It was
larger. than the ones they have in
Norfolk. but he'd bet they didn't
have any better shows there than
his little old town gets. Wisconsin
Charley, from Sauk, allowed the
sandbsgs they had piled up around
the statues in front of the opera
improved the appearance of the old
place-gave It a sort of business
like air.
Sampled some .slrops."
Right across the plaza from the
Metro station a hundred and more
people were sitting around little
sidewalk tables before popular
cafe slipping those sticky looking
cordisls and "sirops" the French
seem to favor. Though the three
boys from the Arsonne had Just
risen from breakfast, they thought
1t the proper caper to sit down and
have a drink. We picked chairs
near n group of red-faced Aus
tralians-fncidental these soldiers
from away down yonder pal with
our Americans quicker than with
any others of the allies-and before
long the chin-fest had started for
fair
Bill and Charley and Long Peter
The Washington herald., 1918-10-30
20, 900 Prisoners Taken
In Italian Drive.

London. Oct. a.-Additional prison.
ers were taken by the British and
Italians on the Piave front yesterday
according to latest word from that
theater, bringing the total Of pris-
oners up 10 more than 5000. Capture
of Conegliano is reported in front dis
patches.
Correspondents state Austrian pris-
oners taken in the last few days
fighting did not know about the ex-
change Of peace moves. They had
received no word from home for
weeks
The Washington herald., 1918-10-30
High Death Rate in D. E.
For. Week of October l9

The death rate for the District OF
Columbia for the week ended Octo-
Der 10 Is los per thousand of the
population. II this rate were typical
for the entire year the total death
list would be 4O.4
The total number of deaths was rs
for the week ended October 19 OF
these. 81 were due to influenza ana
the remaining 2iS to other causes
combined
The Washington herald., 1918-10-30
Relative Values.

At this stage of the proceedings the
throne which King Albert hasn't
looks about as much of an asset as
the throne which Kaiser Bill has
Marion Star.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-30
ITALIAN DRIVE GAINS
MOMENTUM; BIG
RETREAT FORECAST
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
fantry engagements In the last few
days. The Germans are eutrenched
In their present positions behind ce-
ment and steel fortifications.
The severity OF the fighting may
be judged from the fact that the
doughboys attacked Hill 500. east OF
Belled Wood. seven times on one day.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-30
Leadership Proves Effective.

This column will grant no armistice
until further notice. AMI the President
has practically agreed with us.-To-
ledo Blade.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-30
To Prevent Influenza

Colds cause Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tab
lets remove the cause. There is only
one Bruno Quinine. Z. w. GROVES
signature on box. 3Cc.-Ady
The Washington herald., 1918-10-30

Million pieces OF religious litera
ture. including Bibles and hymn
books. distributed to American SOL
diers in one month.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-30
-Four Special Items Offered at Much Less Than
Current Value
S29.75 Fox Scarfs, Sl9.75

Taupo and Brown Fox Scsrfs.
IN beautiful single skin whole
animal enects, new shaped style,
finished with head. brush, tails
ard paws Silk lined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-10

 ing of the Chamber of Commerce oA United States here tomorrow
 Membership of the organization m cIudes chambers of commerce ana sinh- liar organizations all over the country r,av are the bodies which concentrate o,,d co-relate local activities. and have taken the lead, it is said, in the re- organization of the country from neace to Q war basis. Three thousand delerates are expected to attend the
 oeeti,,g of the chamber proper.
 The reports of the collowing commit tees were presented today:
 war pay rolls" r. A. Seiberlag, Ak
 ron. O., chairman; industrial rela-
 tions," Henry Kendall, Boston, chair
 man: reorganization service bureau $. |C. Mead, Milwaukee. Wis, chairman;
 daylight saving" A. Lincoln Ftiene,
 Boston, chairman; budget and ef- ficiency," ". l.. Clause, Pittsburg, chairman, and statistics" A. W. Doug ias. St. Louis, chairman.
 MT. Filene's committee suggested in auiry with the object of suggesting an extension of the period of daylight sav- ing. :. The reno,t on war pay rolls dealf at length on the subject of insurance of soldiers and the vocational traiEins Of disabled soldiers. It appeared rom the report that the surgeon general O. the army will have charge or uls- abled men until physical and mentai treatment is complete; thereafter they will te aided by the federal board for voca tioral cducar.on. In assisting the ! latter board MT. Seiberling's commit tee made a study cf the system ob- tainine in Great Britain, France and Canada.
 The silor.. .cut method approved by | the pay oil committee is recommendeo 1 in a separate report hy the committed on budget and efficiency It urges 3 | law authorizing the President to co. ordinate or consolidate executive nu- reaus agencies and offices and for the moro efficient concentration of the government.
 The report of MT. KendalPs commit tee on industrial relations could scarce 1 ly sketch lke governments task oi l seeking to solve the stupendous prob | lem of industrial relations brough about by the war.
 Every rrob.cm of industrial rela- 1 tion arises in magnified form and il multiplied instances in connection with l the praduction o: war materials reads the report. fin the absence of g ! centralizing policy, and of unify- l ing control toward which recent events show we arc progressing, diff ferent government activities have beer bidding against each other for work | CTS"
 As an example Of the benefits of co ordination, Mr. AIeaes report showed
 how the organization service bIreat 1 has co-ordsnated anu given single ane ] economic direci;cn 10 the activities o | commercial ol ssinixations which are members Of the Chamber of Commerc' l of the United States.
 The report on statistics shove that | the committee was impressed with tn | necessity fer elucating the negro t 1 greater vocational efficiency. l Tomorrow night the delegates ex- l pect to be addressed by the Earl O
 Reading. British ambassadors; Score.
 tary of the Nay Daniels, and Secre 1 tary of the Interior Lane E. N. Hur l lev, chairman of tho United State!
 shipping board, is on the afternoon pro | gramme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-10
Notice to Road Contractors.

Sealed bids will be received by the court of county commissioners of Etowah county, Ala, at the courthouse, Gadsden. Ala, until Il o'clock a. m. May '. 1918. and at that time publicly opened. for the construction of part of the Attalla and Hokes Bluff road, the same being part of state trunk road No. 5 and 23 between Attalla and Hokes Bluff The length of road to be constructed or improved is AT miles and the principal items of work are approximately as follows: 7.S acres of clearing and grubbing, 437 feet of vitri- fled pipe, 15,344 cubic yards of earth exca- vation, s79 cubic yards of concrete, 6009 cubic wards of clay gravel, $50 cubic yards Of slag, 36.27S square yards of bituminous surface treatment
 Plans and specifications are on file in the office of the state highway depart ment at Montgomery and in the office of the president of the commissioners court in the courthouse, Gadsden, Ala. Any additional information may be secured from the state highway engineer, Mont gomery, Ala. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved
 Cash or certified check for S4O0 made payable to the chairman of the commis- sioners' court must accompany each bid as evidence of good faith and as a guar antee that if awarded contract, the bid der will execute the contract and give bend as required. W. S. KELLER,
 State Highway Engineer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-10
NEWS OF BESSEMEslR '
MISS BERNEY GILLEN, Correspondent

Bessemer, April 9.--(Special LA mann moth Liberty Loan parade was staged in this city this afternoon, in which practi- cally every citizen took part. All busi ness houses in the city were closed at o'clock in order that every employer and employe might participate in the parade. At o'clock Chairman J. A. Snider gave the signal for the parade to start. which was formed at the corner of Arlington avenue and Nineteenth street. and was led by the Boys Industrial school band. followed by Dr. George w. Patton, a Grand Army veteran. who acted as flag bearer. He was followed by the 23 white men who will leave for Camp Pike on Wednesday. Next came Miss Mamie Joe
 Read as Liberty" and Dr. A. E. Pat ton as "Uncle sam" They were escort
 ed by the Bessemer Girl Scouts in uni- form and the three troops of Boy Scouts. The committee in charge of the cam- paign came next, followed by the Shriners.
 A large body of women in Red Cross uniforms, the Wednesday Music club and volunteers in the third Liberty Loan
 campaign were next in line. Following were the Hoover kitchen committee and approximately 300 teen-age young ladies | labeled as the Hoover Soldiers" dressed
 in caps and aprons, the Bessemer Hatik- wah club, the Beth-El sisterhood, the
 members of the national council of de- 1 fense, the Italian Regina Elena" so- i ciety, l59 strong, accompanied py the Royal Italian band. led by Prof. Antonio 1 Passafurino, the Point of the Needle club and the school children with their various departments represented. The
 boys were dressed as farmers and car ried hoes, picks and shovels, with a ban ner reading, Food for our big broth- ers," while the girls were dressed as Hoover cooks
 l The Junior Red Cross was also well l represented and carried a banner of 1oo | per cent Red Cross. There were approxi- i nlately 5000 children in this parade, al carrying flags, the Brighton schools, the 1 Muscoda school, the St. Aloysus schoo | and all of the Bessemer public schools | taking part. This parade was fully l. blocks in length, and marched from Ar llington avenue and Nineteenth street tc | Fourth avenue and Nineteenth, where | it turned to Fourth and Eighteenth. then to Third avenue and on to the city park where the following programme was rem dered:
 s'star-Spangled Banner" by the Italian band: "America," Boys Industrial band sung by audience
 Frank Willis Barnett was introduced by J. D. Haffner and enthusiastically re. | ceived. as was Mrs. Leonard T. Beecher
 who gave a reading. They Shall Not Pass" which was most inspiring. Lieut. 1 John F. Herget of 134th regiment. ma. chine gun company. of Camp Sheridan Mai. William M. Atcheson of the 134tf regiment, field artillery battalian. Camr Sheridan, and Chaplain William P. Coor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-10
CITY COMMISSION ADOPTS DRASTIC
 VAGRANT ORDINANCE
 AS WAR M B ASU R E
tcontinued from rage Five.)

under the supervision and direction of the commissioner of public safety. The salary Of said city employment officer shall be at the rate of $150 per month, payable out of the city treasury. as other city employees are paid, and he shall be employed to hold office at the discretion of the commission. There shall also be employed clerk for said Bureau at salary not to exceed $100 per month, same to be paid by the city.
 Sec. 8. The commissioner of public safety shall have the power to appoint with the approvel of the commission two police officers who shall be as- signed to said bureau and who shall be duly sworn in and commissioned as police officers of the city of Birming- ham, whose salaries shall be fixed by the commission. but not to exceed the compensation paid the patrolmen of the city, with all of the authority and sub ject to all of the duties of police of ficers, but who shall be assigned pecu- liarly for work in connection with said bureau and under the direction of the city employment officer and the com missioner of public safety.
 Sec. A. It shall be the particular duty and function of said bureau to con- pile and maintain in as complete detail as practicable, the names and addresses of all males in the city of Birmingham capable of continuous physical labor who are not regularly employed to the extent of their reasonable physical capacity. in view of the existing public emergency. and to exercise all lawful means to in- duce all ablebodied males in the city not so employed to obtain regular and continuous employment and to set in motion such proceedings as may be legal ard practicable to bring about their con- tinuous service, or in the event that males capable of continuous employment and not so employed are guilty of viola