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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
GENERAL STEINER
 ARRIVES IN FRANCE
Many Local Boys in Dixie Division Which He Commands

Gen. R. E. Steiner has arrived safely in France according to cabled advic2s received here yesterday. General Steiner is widely known in political and military circles in Alabama, nav ing been in command of the Alabama national guard for sometime previous to it's induction into the national army.
 General Steiner for the past year or more been stationed at Camp Wheeler in charge of the Dixie division, large section of which sailed from New York with him about two weeks ago. Many local boys are included among those in the Dixie division.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
J. OF A. AbAND0NS GRID PROGRAMME FOR THIS SEASON Military Schedule Allows But Twenty Minutes for
 Practice-PrOspects
 Were Bright
By EUGENE A. SMITH.

Tuscaloosa, Ala, October 23.-tSpec- inI)-FOOtba1I at the University of Alabama has been abandoned for this season. This step was taken yesterday by the executive committee of the Ath- letic association md came result of the requirements of the military schedule recently put into effect by Major Ord, commandant of the students army training corps.
 It had been hoped by athletic authori- ties, team and student body thnt when this schedule was arranged ample time would be provided by 1t SO that football would not be listed n war casualty. This hope had been inspired by let ter from the war department cOmmit- tee on education, which stated that athletics in s. A. T. C. colleges were to be encouraged and that one ard one half hours n day might he devoted to this recreation.
 The schedule now being carried out at the university does not allow more than 20 minutes for prnctices hence the necessity for the action taken by the committee in abandoning the football programme for this season. This enforced action Is a matter of re- gret to all concerned as prospects for n winning team were very encouraging.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
James c. Smith Succeeds Robert w. Ewing as
 President Roberts & Son
R. T. Anderson Becomes Secretary in Connection With Position of
 Sales Manager

At a special meeting of the directors of Roberts & Son, held in the office of the company on Tuesday, October P, T. H. Rennie of Pell City was elected a member of the board of directors to fill the vacancy in the presidency caused by the recent death of R. w. Ewing.
 At the meeting James c. Smith, who has been secretary and treasurer for the past few years, was elected presi- dent and treasurer and R. T. Anderson was elected secretary, which position he will now hold in addition to the one of sales manager, which he has held for a number of years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Diocesan Convention of
 Woman's Auxiliary Has Been Postponed Indefinitely

On account of health conditions throughout the state and the whole coun- try, it has been necessary to postpone the dioceasan convention of the wom- ans auxiliary to the board of missions of the Protestant Episcopal church.
 The convention was to save been heid at Demopolis october 29-So, a>1 speakers of nation wide fame had been secured for the programme and this fact, coupled with the well-known hospitality of the people of Demopolis, promised a meet ing at once successful and delightlul. II health conditions permit the convention will he held in late November, in which case due notice will be given by core spondence and through the newspapers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Copy of Propaganda
 Literature Received
America in Europe" Circulated ir Trenches by Germans, Printed
 in English

The Age-Herald has received from Lieut.. Alvin E. Belden. M. R. c, a well-known Birmingham maN copy of recent propaganda literature which is circulated among American troops
 It is the August 26 number of Amer ica in Europe" is printe,f@n English and contains cartoons and stories which are calculated to make the Americans dis satisfied with their cause. This htera- ture. according to Lieutenant Belden. was found in all the dugouts recently evacuated by the Germans in front of the American lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
REDUCE RATES TO WARRIOR

MT. Brent stated at the outset that without reduction of present railroad rates between the Warrior and Birming- ham the Warrior river could not cGlu- pete with the railroads In order to make the development of the Warriot river traffic possible. he said, an agree-
 ment must be effected, or an order made
 by the railroad administration, allowing the river fair division of the rail charge between Birmingham and the river.
 He told the shippers present that 1t was up to Birmingham to get water rate that would enable the Warrior to compete with the railroads, and advised
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24

MT Brent came to Birmingham at the request of the Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of meeting number of shippers interested in the Warrior river The first conference took place in the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce at 10 o'clock, with about 20 representa- tives of shippers present. among them Mr. Carey of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, Erskine Ramsay of the Pratt Consolidated Coal company, Charles DeBardeleben and w. Carson Adams of the Alabama Fuel and Iron company, MT. Adler, W. D. Nesbtt, Mur- ray Brown o. l.. Bum, secretary of the Birmingham traffic bureau; c. l.. liar old, secretary of the Civic association; Arthur c. Crowder and P. A. Fenimore, president and general manager, respec- lively, of the Chamber of Commerce, and others
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued in the probate court yesterday:
 John Leonard Crotwell to Miss Abbie Elizabeth Cumbus.
 Gabriel Lee Hayden to Miss Alyce Ail- cen Pridgen.
 John A. Pate to Miss Enid Louise Ba ker
 Arthur Campbell to Miss Lcona John son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
TAR HEELS "GRIDn SCHEDULE

Columbia. s. C.. October 2s. s.-The uni- versity of South Carolina today am nounced the following football schedule: November 2-Clcmson college at Coum- bia.
 November 9-Davidson college of North Carolina at Columbia.
 November 16-Furman university at Co., lumbia.
 November 2s-The Citadel. at Columbia Thanksgiving gamel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Skirt Thief Arrested

Sam Mills, negro, was arrested yes terday by City Detectives Jones and Long charged with larceny. It is al legged that Mills, who worked for an express company, stole silk skirt from the company, He was arrested in the office of the company but the skirt was found at his home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Major Collins Now Overseas

Mrs. B. B, Collins, who is spending the winter with her aunt. E. C. Burnett in Norwood has received a cable from her husband, Major Collins, announcing his safe arrival overseas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Ready to Establish Rates And Lnaugurate Service
 On Warrior, Says Brent
Shippers Meet With Traffic Manager of Mississippi rior Waterway in Two Different Conferences in City Yesterday-Railroad Rates to War
 rior Must Be Reduced

"Our willing establish freight the eare possible date Theodore Brent of the Mississippi Warrior
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
Office Location Changed

J. Morgan Flowers & Co. announce the removal of their office from thl Lyon-Terry building to rooms 300-3os Ala bama State Land building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24

them to take the matter up with the railroad administration.
 At the second conference held at tks Civic association at 4 o'clock MT. Brent made practically the same statements as at the Chamber of Commerce.
 Sometime ago the Civic association filed a petition with Director General McAdoo of the railroad administration asking that he put into effect schedule of freight tariffs by way of the Warrior to and from Birmingham, using as a basis the Birmingham district rates. After the conference yesterday afternoon the officials decided to amend the petition by asking for a differential rate in fla vor of the Warrior. They will ask for a differential of about 20 per cent, that is, they will ask that the rate by ral and water from New York, for instance. be fixed at about 80 per cent of the all- rail rate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
BEGIN WORK ON RATES

Mr Brent returned to New Orleans last night and will begin working out n sched- ule of rates for the Warrior at once.
 Secretary O. L. Bum of the Birmns- ham traffic bureau, also will work out schedule which will be presented to the railroad administration and to MT. Brent, which. if adopted, will enable the merchants of Birmingham to use the river in shipping goods from the east and the west
 The Chamber of Commerce. the Civic association and shippers generally have united forces and they expect to pull to- gether for rates that will be of some real benefit to Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-24
PERSONAL

B. c. Burnett is i'll at his home in Nor wood.
 The friends of Mir. and Mrs. J. W. Porter of Norwood will be glad to know that Mir Porter and four children, who have been sick with influenza and pneu- monia, are recovering and are now con sidered out of danger.
The Irish standard., 1918-12-28
Why She Arrested Them
Newark MOnitOr.)


England beats the world at diplo-
macy Ito use the polite word), but give
her time and she is sure to expose
herself.
She has been imprisoning Irishmen,
and women, too, through the weeks
and months of the past fateful years
right down to today, until at present
there are several hundred such in her
jails. All arrested without charged,
sentenced without trial, some on COM
pletion of sentence re-arrested and re-
imprisoned without charge or trial.
The world which knows so little about
Ireland is left to guess at the why
and wherefore of such devilish work.
But today, when there is an election
in Britain and Ireland, and just in
time for American reading ESQ that
we may judge the election results with
some insighD we read, by grace of the
British censor, that the election head
quarters of Sim Fein in Ireland's cap
ital were raided by the British mill
tary police-a month before the cleo
tions-all copies of their election
manifesto were seized, and much other
election literature, and that their cleo
ton director was arrested.
This is the fourth time in six months
that these election headquarters were
raided. And the election director, Mr..
Robert Brennan, is the third director
to be arrested. The other two were
deported.
Needless to add, Mr. Brennan leaves
a successor. Whether before election
day came round he, too, was deported
we have not yet learned. If he were,
then he, too, left successor. For the
men il Ireland today are Ireland's
men, hundred ready for each post
OF danger, Loyalty aiding the man who
occupies it, springing into his place
as England's talons fall upon him to
drag him to her unholy shores.
AS their leader, De Valera bid them,
as he was led to prison: ~Be conf
dent; do not fear" they are fearless,
indomitable, confident.
And meanwhile, and in good time,
England gives US the cue to all those
arrests; she aimed to silence Ireland's
voice in the election so that the world
would not hear what Ireland has SELF
determined upon.
There is no German plot" hypoc-
The Irish standard., 1918-12-28
Sim Feiners Plan
Liberty AssembI y
Appeal to Peace Meet in
January.

Dublin, Dec. 19-The Sim Fein vic.
tory over the nationalists in the recent
parliamentary elections exceeded the
highest hopes of the Sim Feiners. It
is believed that when the final count
is made on Dec. % the Sim Feiners
will have won majority of the Irish
seats.
The Sim Feiners elected will not
take their seats. They will forfeit the
$3.50 which they had to post as an
election fee and which is returnable
only when member takes his oath
and his seat ..
Their immediate purpose, according
to one of their most prominent lead
ers, is to convoke an Irish nationalist
assembly early in January. The as
sembly will draft national constitu-
ton for Ireland to be laid before a
conference of all nations.
Complete separation and republic
wholly Independent of Great Britain
are boldly claimed by some Sim Fem
ers.
The Irish standard., 1918-12-28
Death Of Father
Donahoe's Brother

The Irish Standard sympathizes
with Father Danohoe, Pastor of st.
Bridgets' church in the loss of his
brother, DR.. Robert Donahoe, who died
at Rocanville Sask Dr. Donahoe Ell
joyed large practice in ordinary
times, and when influenza swept over
the country the demands on him were
so great that he paid the penalty of
devotion to duty
The remains were taken to the old
home in P. E. Island. At Montreal
special requiem services were held in
St. Patrick's church and conducted
by Father McShane, who held DR.. Don
ahoe in highest esteem. During his
course at McGill University, this
young man made record never be-
fore made and not likely ever to be
made again-he was an all-round ath-
lete for four consecutive years. Those
who mourn his loss are prouder still
of the moral record he made. During
his student days in Montreal he lived
a life so pure that the Catholic COlum-
bian club holds him up as a model
for other boys. He was buried at
Cardigan, P. E. Island on Dec. 5th.
Father Donahoe conducted the funeral
services.
The Irish standard., 1918-12-28
Archbishop Mundelein':
Appeal For ireland
Before a Gathering Of 25,ooe
People in Chicago Last
Week

AS far back as l can remember, the
eve of settlement. Again and again
self-government was promised to the
Irish people. Next month, next week,
next day Parliament was to vote ia
vorably on the question and Irishmen
all over would prepare to congratu-
late themselves and celebrate the COM
ing of a brighter day in their country's
history. Then suddenly the cup would
be dashed from their lips, and disap-
pointment become their portion, even
as it had been their forefathers'. But
hope long deferred maketh the heart
sick,' and now they are about to ask
justice from greater judge and jury.
Ireland today pleads before the tribu-
nal of the nations of the world. She
asks for no favor, she seeks no re-
venge, she picks no quarrel; she asks
for nothing but simple justice, only
that which we are giving to the small
est, the meanest. the poorest nation
of the earth. We have gone to war
because little nations were down.
trodden, because little provinces were
cut off from the parent land. because
the rights of smaller races were tram
pied on by usurping empires. Ireland
asks for just that, nothing more, that
she be allowed to govern herself, that
lrshmen may mould the destinities of
the inhabitants Of their little green
isle. They differ from their present
rulers in every way, in race, in tradi-
tons, in language, in religion, in his
tory; they are as much separate
people as are the Belgians, the Bohe-
mians, the Poles. Surely their petit
ton is reasonable one They don't
ask to control the sea or the land or
the air. They ask for no empire, no
The Irish standard., 1918-12-28
drop of Irish blood in my veins, than

drop of Irish blood in my veins, than
from one of their own From the first
moment of my coming among them,
a stranger in strange city, they have
given me to a man their wholehearted
allegiance, their unquestioned obedi-
ence, their unsuitable loyalty, simply
because I came to them as Patrick
came to their forefathers, their spir-
itual leader, their bishop, the shep-
herd of their souls. Surely I would
repay them, but poorly were my voice
to remain dumb as their hearts cry
out in this hour of their netherlands
opportunity, when Ireland surely must
obtain the crust of justice for which
she has been waiting and longing and
starving for so long.
Finally, as one whose Americanism
is not of yesterday, but has come to
him from five generations of Ameri-
can-borr ancestors, l believe our sup
port Of Ireland's cause in this critical
hour will rebound to the welfare of
our own country. have said before
and repeat, and it is but what many
others have thought. In this, our hour
Of victory, there is entrusted to us
added responsibility; for grave dan
gers menace our western civilization
in the years to come. Only a solid,
unbroken front maintained by the
English-speaking nations of the world
that means America, England and
her Colonies, cemented by complete
harmony, mutual cooperation, thor
ough understanding, will avert the
threatened disaster Until the Irish
question is satisfactorily settled, it is
idle to talk of such "solid, unbroken
front There will ever be shoulder
ing undercurrcnt of bitterness and op-
position against it from the masses in
! America, Australia, Africa and even
! Canada, and it is we'll for our states
men to know it in advance.
And so | say to you lrishmen to-
night, God speed your efforts" 1t
may be this is the day for which your
fathers longed, the hour of which your
patriot dreamed When he uttered the
last words, when my country has
taken her place among the nations of
the earth, then and not till then let
my epitaph be written"
The Irish standard., 1918-12-28
TWIN CITY NEWS
CONGRESS COMMITTEE
HEARS PLEA FOR ERIN
Delegates From All States Plead for
Right of ireland to Freedom.

Washington, D. C.-The Committee
on Foreign Affairs in Congress held
hearing on December 10 and 10 on
the joint resolutions before it in favor
of giving Americas influence at the
Peace Conference to obtain self-deter-
mination for Ireland.
The resolution, introduced by Rep
resentative Gallagher of Illinois, pro-
vides that the delegates of the United
States "be requested to present and
urge upon the International Peace
Conference the right to freedom, indie
pendence and self-determination of
Ireland, predicated upon the princi-
pies laid down by the President i'm his
plea for an international league, that
all governments derive their just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned.'"
Twenty-one delegations, represent
ing Irish-American organizations all
over the country, appeared and urged
that favorable action on the joint reso-
luton be taken by Congress. George
l.. Fox, of New Haven, Connecticut Ga
British propagandist) was the only
person who attended the hearing, to
oppose the resolution.
Among those who spoke for the
right of Ireland to freedom from alien
control, were Richard f. Dalton, John
w. Rainey, Thomas Gallagher Hum
phrey O'Sullivan, Dermott Lynch,
Sinn-Fein member-elect of Parlia-
ment; DR.. f. McCartan, envoy to the
United States from the Provisional
Government of Ireland; Representa-
tive Gallivan; former Representative
German of Chicago; Representative
Hammill of New Jersey; Rev. F. x.
McCabe; Representative Jeanette
Rankin, and Miss Catherine Hughes,
of New York. Among the delegates
were Judge Scanlon, Mrs. Ellen Ryan
Jolly, Mrs. Mary F.: McWhorter, DR..
John l. Murphy of Chicago; John De-
voy of New York, and Mrs. Adelaide
Christie of Cleveland.
All Irish societies of the United
States were represented and all
worked harmoniously together.
National President Mclaughlin of
the A. O. H.; National Secretary
Lynch, of the Friends of Irish Free
dom; Mrs. McWhorter, of the Ladies'
Auxiliary, A. o. H., and others did
splendid work.
It was openly stated by congress-
men that there was every evidence of
complete harmony between all ele-
ments of the Irish race in America.
A favorable report on the joint reso-
luton is expected to be made to the
House this week.
The Irish standard., 1918-12-28
LADIES OF DIVISION NO. 3
New Years Dancing Party Will Be
Another Big and Happy Affair,
Both for the Young and Old.

Div. No. 3, Ladies' Auxiliary, will
give a New Years dancing party in
honor of their soldier friends OH the
evening Of Jan. 3rd.
1t will be the usual feature of old
and new-time dances, suitable for all,
and will use both halls in the building.
Their able committee of young ladies
will take charge of the entertainment
and an invitation is extended to all
members of the order and their friends
to come and make merry. Do not for
get the date, Friday evening, Jan. 8,
at hall, corner of Plymouth Ave. and
Third st. N.
The Irish standard., 1918-12-28
The Hedge Schools

In Irish poetry we are told of the
condition as to education for Catho-
lies in Ireland during the penal laws
of the eighteen century.
when crouched beneath the shelter
ing hedge,
Or stretched on mountain fern.
The master and his pupils met
Feloniously to learn"
That this is no mere poetic exager-
alton was noted by Right Rev. Mon
slsnor Molloy in speech at the golden
jubilee celebration of the Catholic Uni
versity School Of Medicine in Dublin.
in which he said:
Mr.. Chairman, when we look back
on the history of our country, we are
proud of the old hedge schools of
hundred and two hundred years ago,
and we glory in the spirit of our faith
ers, who, forbidden by law to build
schools, went out under the canopy
Of heaven, and trusting to the shelter
of hedge to protect them from the
cold blasts of winter, gathered their
young focks about them, and kept
alive that love of learning which is
one of the brightest characteristics of
our race"
The hedge school, then, of Irish song.
and story was no myth, but real in
stitution and it turned out excellent
scholars too, though in those days it
was by British law felony for a Cath
olic in Ireland to teach or be taught.
The Irish standard., 1918-12-28
army, no king of their own. They ask
only to be allowed to look after their

army, no king of their own. They ask
only to be allowed to look after their
own business, to watch over one of
the smallest of the countries of Eu-
rope, their own little land, to govern
no one but their own people. 1t seems
preposterous to think that we will
deny to them what we are giving so
lavishly to every other nation in the
world, the liberty they have waited
for so long.
America Must Support Ireland.
And it seems fitting that this petit
tion coming from Ireland at this time
should have the support of the Amer
lean people; for no fair-minded man
will deny that no small part of Amer
ica's leadership in the world today is
due to the very large proportion of the
Irish element among her citizens. Per-
haps more than any other race they
have added to the physical strength,
to the intellectual, to the high moral
standard of our people. From them
have come the foremost of our states
men, the greatest of our churchmen,
the brainiest of our business men.
Were anyone to question their ability
to govern, visit to the legislative
chambers of the nation, to the CAPT
tails Of the states. to the halls of JUS
tice in the cities, would be the most
effective answers. AS to their right,
surely they have won it in many bat
ties, on many fields in this war; Just
scan the lengthy casualty lists, and
read there the overwhelming number
OF Celtic names; then listen to the
. glorious roster of the sons of Irish
fathers who are mentioned there for
distinguished service in the field; ;
| finally, count the vast number of those
at home who have loyalty and pa
triotically aided this oar country in
the hour of its need, from the priest
who headed the drive for the liberty
loan to the little old Catholic mother
who checrfully gave all five of her
boys to the service OF her adopted
country, and then tell me, if you dare,
that the Irish have not done more
than their share to win this war.
Irish Settlement Is Essential.
Perhaps this testimony comes with
better grace from me, who have not a
The Irish standard., 1918-12-28
DANCING PARTY BY THE GLEE
CLUB, DIV. NO. 1, L. A., A. o. H.

dies will entertain guests at a dane
ing party at their hall.
The stage is all set for what will
the holiday dancing party given by the
ladies Of the Glee Club OF Division No.
/, at their hall at II S. 7th ST., Monday
have been made for handling an over
flow gathering so none may hesitate
in coming and enjoying the evening.
vided.