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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-12
RUSSIA STILL
 OFFERS PROBLEM FOR THE ALLIES
Llll That Remains of World Conflict Is to Be Found
 Now on Russian E Soil

Washington, November 11.-Eussia, still 1c oked upon as an unfortunate friend of her victorious former allies, in spite of
 th . bolsheviki, has upon her soil all that re mains of the world war
 Allied and American troops, in coniunc-
 t,n with the Czecho- -Slovak army and
 tn e forces of the all4Russian provisional
 sc vernment at Omsk are operating in | Sil Iberia and northern Russia against the Gfe eTman-controlled bolsheviki, who have be sn denounced before the world by the
 An neriean government as virtual out layEs.
 .sAllied troops first went into Russia to 1Ment the stores of munitions at vladi- vos sooh and Murman from falling into the hands of the Germans but later an fagr eement was reached between the en- tente and American governments to rem der military and other assistance to the Cze cho-SIovak forces in siberia At about the same time a joint expedition went into northern Russia to prevent the Ger
 mans getting control there.
 Tfere is nothing in the conditions of the arnistice with Germany that indi- cates what course the associated govern nenES expect to take in Russia beyond the provision that German troops be withdrawn within the German borders as they existed before the war. Officials here made no forecast today as to the length of time American troops would
 remain in Russia, but some military ob- servers believe this will depend largely
 upon developments, as the terms of the armlstice as they affect Russian territory are carried out by Germany.
 Only recently the a1l-Russian provision al government asked the allies and Arne1tsca, through President Wilson, for further and immediate assistance in over. coming the bolsheviki and rehabiIitating the Russian nation So far as has been announced no action has been taken on the appeal.
 Both here and in the allied capitals 1t lis hoped that the removal of German
 influence and support will cause a speedy
 collapse of the bolshevik regime and thus hasten the time when a stable gov- errnent with which the associatede gov ernments may deal will come into power
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-12
4 H 0 M E RECIP E
 FOR GRAY HAIR
How to Make an Inexpensive Mixture That Will Darken Streaked or Faded
 Gray Hair

Gray, streaked or faded hair e1n a immediately made blHek. bfowH or ! 2 2. |. brown, whichever shade you desife. i the use of the foiIewius remedy that you can make st home:
 Merely get a small box of oriex powder at any drug store. It costs very little and no extras to buy. Dissolve 1t in water and comb it through the hair Full directions for mixing and use come in each boX
 as A st00O0 gold bond comes in each box euaranteeing the user that Qflex powder does not contain sflVsr, lead. Zine sulphur. mercury, aniliffe. coal tar products or their derivatives,
 It does not rub off, is not sticky or gunnly and leaves the hair ff9ffS. It will make gray haired person le6S twenty years younger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-12
Monster Demonstration
 at Alexander City


 Alexandsr City November 11.-(spe- cial "A Y stsf demonstration be- gan here Frcffptsy at 2 o'clock Mon- day in wNioh hhSasands of men. wom. en and ehilafsa pf the city and thei. country frsris Tor 20 miles around particips fsd ytlaly enthu.iast;c oysr the glae news fiat Germany had signed tAs allied serms, which mean, that the N.ar haa ended and with |, yletory Y z ps. fsE sss sllied armies. Mayor thoughtfstl UAalrsss men. votced ths M feeling sf sKssylsody when with glad heart ana eyes t41 of joy, he said:
 This E tfs Rseatest day. fullest of joy, in th ssoSlsa's history since ti,c day or l9TA Christ was born"
 Then hs pFor' 'ained: Let the. dem. joice,'
 At sk4 demonstration was renewea wfea floats. bahners' firS. works Ssr aaid speech akinx. foj. lowed aY sq <4<pmebile parade | mia long, sprsssss}ed By many thousand peopss na1y miles around.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-12
DOCTORS SAY CALOTABS
 ARE BEST FOR COLDS
= ,.. -,

According to the worlds areatest
 physicians Srd medical experts, ealo-
 9cl is She best and only dependable
 tofn6dy for btsakinS up cold ever night ct eutfihg Shart &f atfack of sdrc tlroaf. deeH-Saatsd cough. infif enza. or A gsipes. Now fnat seisaSe has pnrtfied ea4etnel of ali tts, nspEss and daNasf6Vs dpsifffes. tiie new EiAd
 9f ealolAal called "Caiotabs,g fs sten i1erS pepul4r thah The old stEle- Ono Calot4b on tAe tdftSE6 at Bod
 ttf4e witR x swallow of water =~tffat's .nF No saffs, no tiaaSca nor tlre siisht
 asG int&efcfc0ce WttlI your 6iet. WGfiS
 CT piea&e Next morning your cold
 has QaHi sMwf siId your whole system pnrjfi6tt and refreshed. CalotabS sfa sold onty in original sealed packayes.
 orice 3sc Your druggist fecomfnends
 and guarantees Calotabs and will fe-
 fund the prfce if you are not delight
 ed with then.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-12

| 1, Who was the hardest hitting fighter you ever tacede' I asked Tom sharkey, who fought every ring wonder in the golden era of pugiIism.
 The same man that yeu always have claimed gave you the toughest fight of your own career replied sharkey. Joe Choynski?" 1 said.
 He was the boy" answered Tonle
 You often said that Choynski hit you harder than did Sullivan, Jackeson. Kil- rain. F'itzsmnions, Jeffries Or any other man that you took on" said Tom T guess you're right. Croynski could get more power into a punch than any man that ever lived. Every time he landed he lSoked his man from head to foot; every time he put on6 against the ribs 1t seemed that he caved them in.
 "Choynski," oontinued Tom, perhaps would be ranked now as the greatest fighter that ever lived if his legs had been only little more powerful. He had dynamite power in his shoulders and arms, but the thing that counted against him was his legs. They were too thin to support his heavy upper body, making Joe top-heavy. If fellow kept rushing Joe 1t soon tired him and Joes legs would begin to wobbie. Then a heavy punch to the jaw would send Joe down. But that boy wouldn't stay there with one punch. | guess YOU know that Jim4you fought him often enough. And so did everyone else who fought Joe. That boy was game ssbt tIsrS,,st, r5k lad to be beaten to a pulp before he would stay down, even though he Knew that each time he got up 1t was only to go down again; that his legs had failed him.
 But. if Joes underplnnihg had been p6wedfjil like Jeff's. or lise f1tS's or mine.
 foe would hsve De6H sIc Heavyweight champion Of the world apd guess he woafd hsv6 k6pt Jbs title longer than anybody else evef nats kept it. That boy was weader of wonders. not etflt as a Hitter but as ring general aud , Boxer
 Who te6Hid you rank nest Co ChoyR- skl in punching po@ef% was my next question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-12
Sudden Joy Said to
 Have Caused Death

Mrs. O. LA Robertson was called to Corinth, Miss, few days ago on ac- count of the sudden death of MT. Rob- ertson's father. J. w. Robertson. Mrs. Robertson's husband is with the Amer tcan forces in France and the sudden death of her father-in-1aw is thought to be directly attributable to the cir culated report last Thursday that Ger many had signed the armistice of the allies. his joy over the prospect of an early return of his son being too great a strain on his constitution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-12
ADJUSTMENTS
THEATREs

Jefferson-''H Hearts of the World all this week.
 Lyric-Keith's vaudeville Bijou-Loew's vaudeville and feature pictures
 PHOTOPLAYS Strand-Private Seat in Private Peata
 Trianon-Geraldine Farrar in The Turn of the Wheel" Alcazar-"For Husbands Only Rialto-Louise Huff in "T'other Dear Chafmer.''
 Colonia-Jaek Piekford in Seven teen"
 odeon Two@Fatty Arbuckle in The Cook
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-12
Private Peat" Makes
 Hit At the Strand

As a modern spectacle, throbbing with human interest and vibrant with patriotic fevor. Private Peat" the great Paramount Aircraft special pie ture, which was shown at the Strand yesterday. has few, if any, superiors.
 It is a big picture of timely inter- est, not to speak of it's stirring heart appeal, and it found great favor with large audiences at the Strand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-12
BRITISH BATTLESHIP BRITANNIA IS SUNK
 BY HUN TORPEDO

London, November 1.-The Brit fish battleship Britannia was tor pedoed near the west entrance to
 the Straits of Gibraltar on Novem-
 Der 9, and sank three and half
 hours later, according to an ad- rniraIty announcement tonight. Thirty-nine officers and 672 men were saved.
 The Britannia, which had displace- menr of 16,350 tons, was launched at Portsmouth December 10, 1904. Slie was 453 feet in length, had a speed of approximately 19 knots an hour and carried a peace time complement of TIT men. Her main armament con- sisted of four 12-inch guns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-12
POLICE CAPTURE OVER
 THOUSAND TOY PISTOLS

About IS persons were arrested by
 the police department yesterday for
 carrying concealed weapons and for the diseharging of firearms within the city
 limits Approximately 1000 toy pistolS
 were taken from persons 6y policemen
 yesterday The parties had been using tba nist6ls for the discharge of blank lcartridges. which IS ifl violation of city ordinances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-12
Conveying Now Unnecessary

Washington, November 11.--Secretsry Daniels announced tonight that he does not regard the conveying of shipping to European ports necessary now that hos tilities have ceased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-12
LORD MAYOR SPEAKS 1 TO LONDON CITIZENS $
States There Is Much Work for Loyal
 and Patriotic Citizens in Retonstruction

London, November 11,-(British Wire less Service.) The lord mayor of Lon don, who, in response to calls from the crowds. came to the front of the man lsion house said;
 "Citizens of London: I.et s 6ongrat- ulate ourselves on th5 gwaat asws that our four years ofsstFe ad8s york has now come t6 an er4 aud saas we see before it's the resu, M ta reauous labor Of Great Brita u an rs allies.
 Let us not forge bat lgAss is still work for every Iowa ad Dafridtic citi- zen in the reconstrue sf AAA 4ny oth- er problems which 4st auise I will only say now, let us @tve f5s cheers for his majesty"
 To this there wa sreaa fssponse.
 At the admiralty tEses erA calls for q speech from Sir Er'e easy the first lord Sir Eric Ged 5s 3aNa f5r three cheers for Vice At ra sy com. maader Of the gran aea Id these Ihayins been given sa sag fetvor the crowds again asked s6ssch, but the cheering drowned VI aise The first lord called for cha e t British bluejackets.
 A special service b hga9eS vas held at St. Paal's in the aft0 noca. the lord mayor and sheriffs tteGa se
 Groyc's Tasteiees Gk9t Fonsc restores vitality an end ss nurifv- ing and enriehins the gaaaa You can
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-12

Grovc's Tasteis fBti Tonic
 restores vitality an EnS s4 nurifv ing and enrichins tse 6aaa You can soon feel it's StrenstAs ieg Invigor- atins Effect. Price 6ats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-12

unable to march and therefore had to content himself with watching the pro- cession ffonY the City baJl.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

beginning 10 change. Not only were
the pigs. which ran about the street
in Dickens's time, now banished, but
the human elemen. was undergoing
regeneration. Italian residents were
coming in. pushing out the Irish
who had given the locality its unsav-
cry reputation. The new element was
by no means perfect as citizens, and
stabbing ARRAYS were frequent; but
he old criminal gangs disappeared.
From this time on the work of
the mission became more that Of
any settlements: ministering to the
needy; supplying cloChirg, food and
fuel wherever it was necessary at
nominal cost, in order not to pauper-
ize the recipient; conducting day
school and a nursery; still maintain
ing, of course, its Sunday school, its
weekly mothers meeting, and conduct
ing industrial classes in cobbling, car
pentry, basket weaving, Gaming, sewing
and millinery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
Carrying On at
Hotel de Cink

When the wholesale condemnation
proceedings for the new court house
site arose, the mission was forced to
abandon its quarters, and in 1914
moved into the Hotel de Gink, on the
corner of Worth and Centre streets
tramp hotel established and success
fully maintained by one OF these no.
MAIDS himself The work continued
quite as before. The Thanksgiving
dinners still fed 500 hungry young
sters; baskets were still given at this
time to 300 families; and at Christ
mas some 500 gifts were distributed.
The fresh air home on the John Ohm
stead estate at Cornwall OF the Hudson
afforded accomm odatons to seventy
FIVE children. who rollicked there in
enjoyment Of summer camp sports.
Now, however, the government has
taken these Worth Street rooms and
the mission is once more making
move. The new quarters occupy a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
Occident and Orient
Mingled in Opium Smoke

Mott Street, the centre of the Chi
nese section, lured to its shops and
JOSS house, its restaurants and curio
places, visitors, who eyed with interest
the figures slipping in and out of door
ways, pattering up and down stairs, or
pauslng before the old priest of the
JOSS house to make an Offering and re-
cclve printed prayer or an invocation
of good luck for some business venture.
But such curiosity seekers seldom got
beyond the open places, and knew little
OF the opium dens, filled with Chinese
and white smokers, men and women.
some of whom had come from good
families, but had fallen to the lowest
kind of living through the insidious in
huence of the drug obtainable here. At
best, the mngling of the Orient and
Occident, as found in Mott and Pell
streets, was unhealthy and unnatural.
The children of all these people were
drawn to the mission, and learned
quickly. The good they absorbed they
carried with them into their homes,
and Five Points began to feel the in
auence of the Methodist ladies who
had come to live among them.
In 1894 the first building was torn
down, and we'll equipped, conmodi-
Gus structure, suited in all respects
to its uses. was erected for the mis-
sion and occupied in 1895. BY this
time the character of the section was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
Five Points Moulds
An Alaskan Governor

Although the old Five Points Mission
works with more plant material and
meets with less serious moral problems
than troubled it in the "Old Bowery~
davs its need Is still great and i.s
work momentous. The boys and girls
who have grown from sordid and often
degrading surroundings 10 POSITIONS a.
prominence through the influence o.
the missions work are many. Gos.
ernor Brady, the first executive e
Alaska. was a Five Points Miss.v.
and from this same institution sprs>~.
one of the present judges on the New
York bench, a prominent merchant in
Connecticut and the superintendent of
one of the largest department sto,~- #
this city Some of the little Italians,
Greeks and sundry other nation
alities represented among those who
are attending the mission classes to-
day, eating the apples and fresh vege-
tables sent in by kindly friends,
warmed by the coal distributed in win
ter~-some of these very waits may one
day startle this cynical metropolis by
genius and ability brought to light and
fostered by the old mission which is
inevitably part of Five Points. even
though X has moved across that sec
tons boundary line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
Die k e ms, in His
American Notes."
G a " e the Neigh
borhood It's First
Write-Up Many
Successful M e N
Brought Up There

space of about 50x100 feet facing on
Catharine Street. OF this, twenty-eight
feet is occupied by & three story build
ing in the front and various small
buildings in the rear This was bought
from Miss Mary Van Buren, Vanderpooi
side walls are Of wooo. On the corner
Is . iive-story brick rooming hotel, in
the rear Of which is three-story an
mex, the entire building running 100
feet along Madison Street, and com
prising Nos. 39 and Al. which was pur-
chased from the Beekman estate. The
necessary renovations will cost in the
neigh orhood Of $30,000-a sum much
larger than the mission had hoped
would be necessary 10 expend on
temporary establishment; but the
amount is needed IN making the new
quarters adequate for the work of the
mission. There will be large audi
forum for the Sunday school and
social gatherings, Ugh, and airy work
rooms for the Industrial classes,
gymnasium and showers. and a large
lunch room, where the children Will DE
given their midday meal. This is one
Of the oldest customs Of the mission,
and one of the advantages most thor
oughly enjoyed, not only by the pres
ent students, but by any of those who
have originally been students and care
To rome in for lunch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

IN this great rapprochement. A
league of nations is the ideal, not
an Anglo-Saxon league, as such.
Americans and British will only be
good friends in the long run if they
use their friendship, and especially
their immense advantage of CON-
mon language, for the good of
others.
America Not Bound
By Pact Of London
Technically, the United States is
not yet an ally. She is not bound
by the Pact of London, which de-
bars the Allies from making peace
except in common. She is at war
on Washington's principle of polit-
ical detachment, and she is not at
war either with Bulgaria or with
Turkey. That appears to be a some
what anomalous situation, but it
does not worry Great Britain. We
are accustomed to an unwrittan
constitutional gentlemen's agree
mcnts. Many distinguished jurists
are working out, as they believe, the
verbal structure of league of ma
tions; what votes shall be allotted
TO Nicaragua and what votes to
France or Britain; what measures
shall be taken to insure navigation
on international rivers like the Con-
SO and the Danube, and what shall
be the guardianship of canals like
Suez and Panama. All this debate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

the Five Points Mission, this title was
not officially adopted until 1900; but
the work was incorporated as "The La
dies Home Missionary Society of New
York City" And difficult job it was
that this little group of women, led by
Mrs. Bishop James, Mrs. Deuel-after-
ward Mrs. Governor Wright-Mrs. II.
d. Skidmore, Mrs. Phoebe Palmer ana
Mrs Mercein unde rtook.
They began modestly, in q small
building at the intersection of Little
Water and Cross streets-merely a
Sunday school, that brought, on its
first Sunday, an attendance of seventy
five waits whose faces had already lost
the round freshness of childhood and
whose sharp eyes stared suspiciously
at the clean walls of the mission and
the kindly women who welcomed them.
But the lessons were interesting, diff
ferent from anything they had run
across in their disordered lives-and
not the sort of sky-pilot stuff they had
expected. The class grew, and very
soon the mission moved into the "Old
Brewery" on the south side of the
square-erected in 1892, and the site of
every kind of violence and crime mag
Unable.
Nor did violence end when the mis-
sion moved in. Wrecking it's rooms be-
came almost a favorite diversion with
the tough gangs that fought for un-
savory prominence in the district.
Many service was broken up, MANY a
set Of furniture had to be replaced as
result of the raids Of these toughs.
Still the mission persisted and showed
results.
For two years, until the building was
torn down, the Ladies' Missionary So
ciety held it's classes here, and drew to
it's influence the children of the Ital-
ians, Chinese. Hebrews and Negroes
that inhabited the section. In 1853 the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18
Britain and America Drawing Closer Gntemans Agreement as
suit OF Lord Readings Efforts Harmonic Programmes Both
Countries Link League of Nations That Will Preserve Peace

1t is possible that Lord Reading
has been assisted by his long ap-
premiership at the bar, where he
had no rival in the art of putting
his case without suggesting offence,
even to party which might be
definitely on the other side. Hap
PLY, there is in America to-day no
"other side" to the patriotism that
defends democracy. II
have seen it limited that Lord
leading has been the bearer of pro-
p"sals for closer relations between
Great Britain and the United
States. Indeed, the word "alli-
ance" has been mentioned. With
the world slowly organizing order
cut of chaos, the future of the Eng
disappearing countries must be con-
sidered in all it's aspects, but |
should be surprised if, at this stage
OF the war, the terms of any special
Anglo-Saxon alliance were to be
laid before Congress. Neither coun-
try would agree for one moment to
any step being taken which would
appear to exclude France and our
other gallant comrades in arms,
who have suffered in this business
more severely than either the Unit
cd States or the United Kingdom.
Moreover, 1t must be obvious that,
with the larger strategy of all the
be']igerents under the mastery
guidance Of Marshal Foch- no dis
cussions can go very far in which
Italy and France are not parties.
For instance, it has been at Paris,
as much as at London, that tho vast
problems Of intervention in Russia
and trade after the war have been
canvassed. Every proof of friend
ship between Britain and America
is welcomed by English people with
an enthusiasm which Americans
can hardly appreciate. That recon-
cill;. ton means to US the dawn of a
new day after dark night. But
there must be no alloy of selfishness
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

city, it now exists more or less as set
tlement for guarding the physical and
mental needs Of a community poor and
of q somewhat low stratum of life but
hardly vicious or criminal.
Dickens, visiting New York in 1912,
describes in detail in his american
Notes" the iniquitous character of Five
Points as then existing-a section that
comprised practically that region which
runs from Park Row to Chatham
Square; through Mott Street, the Chi
nese centre, to Canal Street; then back
to Worth Street through Mulberry
Street, the Italian centre; from Worth
to Canal Street through Baxter, and
back from Centre Street to the Tombs
"a district Infamous as the Sixth
Ward.
Here, within a stones throw Of the
City Hall, and radiating from the Tombs
itself, lay the hunting ground for the
most desperate characters, the haunt
Of dssolute and vicious men and
women, and the rendezvous Of petty
criminals. No crime was too dark to
be Matched in the dens which f1ourished
underground, and many were the pas
sages rabbited out beneath the streets
-cryptlike dives providing escape for
the hunted and a human sewerage for
the refuse from the drcgs Of city life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-18

ance to amity, link and symbol
of affection. King George genuine
~ enjoys the life lived overseas.
lie likes Americans, more perhaps
than ne likes some people nearer
home-though that remark is not
to be taken too seriously. If honors
were offered TO eminent American
generals and adm:rals, no challenge
to republican institutions was in
tended. | wish to state openly that
weeks ago | sent to England COM
munication in which I put the
American viewpoint on these hon
ors. don't yet know what hap
rened to my dispatch. But my inl-
preston is that the most suitable
compliment to our American COM
rades would be, at the proper time,
resolution of thanks passed in
both houses of Parliament. | am in
formed that this would be in strict
accord with Congressional practice
In the meantime, no American will
take umbrage where none was in
tended.