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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-20

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-20
z 'T ' Red Cross Week to Be Most Notable

l llDREsIDENT WILSON inaugurated 4 the Red Cross campaign in New York Saturday, but today will mark the formal opening throughout the country.
 In Birmingham the great Red Cross dinner this evening will be one of the most notable patriotic events of the year. It will be inspirational in a high degree, and the parade, which will follow on Tuesday, will eclipse anything of the kind ever attempted here.
 If the appeal for Red Cross war funds met with ready response a year ago, the response this week should be even more generous. Every man and woman now understands fully and ap- preciates thoroughly the war activi- ties of this noble society. Its work in caring for the wounded on the field of battle and in the hospitals goes far toward mitigating the tragedy of war. It performs a service for humanity that no other organization could per form.
 
 The hundred million dollars to be raised in the present campaign should go well over the top. Birmingham's quota of one hundred and fifty thou sand dollars should be doubled; and it probably will be.
 The Cnlcago News suggests that Pres ident Wilson send Colonel Roosevelt 60 Russia. Happy thought The President would probably be glad to have him in Russia, or some other place equally dis tant.
 Like the British Tommies, Uncle Sams soldiers may not know how to pronounce the names of French towns they fight for, but that doesn't make them any the less eager to get at the Hun.
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 MT. Hoover has sold his large automo- bile and bought small car, which ne drives himself Mir Hoover considers 1t his patriotic duty to worry along with out a cha uffeur.
 That man is more patriotic who gets blisters on his hands by working in war garden than the fellow who makes himself hoarse cheering the flag.
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 Reportorial psychologists of Chicago newspapers are working overtime be- cause love sick young woman shot the wife or q horse doctor.
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 There are more Americans in France than ever before, but, unlike the tourists of yesteryear. they are there strictly on business
 So live that when you see the Star spangled Banner passing you won't have to ask yourself if you have oone your duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-20

the hills part, and set in the gap are the great iron furnaces at Ensley looking like giant organ built by Vulcan, until one is ready to believe that the music of the gods is about to be played.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-20
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-20
Carload of Goats

I am glad to state that in spite of the fact that l seemed to De on a cold trail to get bunch of goats to ship to Arkansas" said Dr. R. D. Jchns of Stuttgart, Ark, T at last succeeded in buying enough to make carload and shipped them from Albany. l do not think our people have yet learned what can be done with goats in the south to increase the meat supply, and as I have a lot of acreage|suitable to make the experiment on scale sui ficiently large to test it out, l am so- inc to undertake it. not so much as a financial but as patriotic thlng.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-20
Plant Castor Beans

q have recently been assisting In the propa ganda of some of the con tractors who are trying to carry out the governments wish to plant l0,0o0 acres in Alabama in castor beans, said J. O. Thompson, the well-knowh land owner and progressive farm er. The acreage called for has been prac- tically arranged for, and the experi- ment will be watched with interest as it may hold great things for the fu- ture of the south. The government IS going to have at least 1oo,0Oo acres planted throughout the gulf country The oil is needed for the Liberty mo tors Three dollars per bushel is the contract price. and it Is thought that an acre can be made to yield 10 bushels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-20

These are old fond pnradoxes, to
 make fools laugh f the aIehonse. ,..s --OtheIlo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-20

So far, nobody has opened corre- spondence school for teaching the art ot throwing hand grenades. !. < !,
 General Pershinss communicates arc brief and to the point. The general Is not wordy man. IntFigues of the kaiser's beautiful women spies make racy reading in sun day newspapers.
 The demobilization of the Rumanian army removes the last obstacle to Ger man 'kultur."
 MT. Wilson has firmer grasp of in s.rumentslities' than any other man ;n the country.
 The British government believes a Sim Feiner n jail is worth two plotting with Germany.
 Birmingham, famous 'over-the-top : town. will again exceed it's Red Cross all lotment. * < The fact that aviation mail comes high is going to make it more or less exclu- sive. * * * James Hazen Hyde can vouch for Mir. Hughes talents as an investigator.
 S * 4 BLACK NIGItrS IN NO MANS LAND From "A Two-Man Raid in No-Mans
 Land ; aby Capt R. Hugh Knyvett, in l the May Scribner. It was dark, darkness that was a burden, the sky we'll within reach Sf the hand. He knew where all the sfntres were posted. but step away ind his whispered Good night" came Jack on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-20

The Chicago News suggests that Pres ident Wilson send Colonel Roosevelt % Russia. Happy thought. The President would probably be glad to have him in Russia, or some other place equally dis tant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-20

l have seen country homes that were too ambitious Somehow they seemed 0 be mere city homes transpianted. About them was no sense of repose. The buili- ings were too stately and regular, the grounds too formal. They had an air of restraint and not of careless abandon.
The Washington times., 1918-06-28
DOGS MANY NAMES.
MAKE RIDDLE TOO.
DEEP FOR JUDGE

NEW YORK, June 2s.-After a collie
dog answered to every name everybody
in the Fifth avenue court. Brooklyn.
hurled at him, Magistrate Geismar an
nounced that IL he lives to the overripe
age OF one thousand years he will never
p gain try to decide the ownership Of a
dog. No. sir. not even II he knows the
dogs owner intimately and had been In
the habit OF meeting than taking each
other out for an airing three tunes a
day.
Mrs. Sally Knappenberger, Of Az Third
avenue, and Mrs. Jane Green. OF IL Thir-
ty-third street. Brooklyn. each claimed
the collie
His name is Rover. your honor" ez.
planned Mrs. Knappenberger. He was
like one of the family until
He is one of my family MrA
Green cut in. emphasizing the verb.
His name is Laddie. The idea OF
calling my pet such a common name
as Rover!-
Magistrate Geismar told the wom-
en- TO take positions in different
parts Of the courtroom. He direct
ed one Of the attendants to take the
dog to the door OF the room and re-
lease him. Mrs. KnappenberEer
Rugged the animal when he trotted
10 her side.
Try ii again" ordered the court
The second time the dog galloped
UP TO where Mrs. Green was sitting.
At Magistrate Geismar's order the
women changed places and the dog
trotted to each alternately.
Here, Jack" said a policeman. The
dog nearly knocked him over answer
ing the call.
Nice old Sport" called an attend
ant. and the dog left the policeman
for his new friend
The dog answered to Bouncer, Liz
zie, Jake, Marmaduke, Rex. Molly, |
Sylvester, Topsy and Henry in turn.
Here, George" yelled q lawyer.
The collie leaped over chairs TO an
swer that one.
Il give up" said Magistrate Gels !
mar. When a dog has as many aliases
rs that it's time to call for help. You |
two women had better so 10 a civil
court"
The Washington times., 1918-06-28
GERMAN WEDDING
MUSIC VERBOTEN,'
WOMEN AS USHERS

NEW YORK, June 2s.-Miss Dor
othy Swinnerton, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs James p SwinneFton. OF this
city, set aside wedding customs when
she became the bride of Louis A.
Stimson. OF Syracuse, y. Y. in the
North Presbyterian Church, West
l55th street. She persuaded the
bridegroom to accept usherettes, and
she ruled out the time honored we'd
ding music OF Mendelssohn and Wag-
ner and permitted only music by
American composers 10 be played At
the ceremony
The elimination OF German COM
posed music was received with pa
triOtic approval by the guests, who
also agreed that the seven usherettes
In their light colored dresses fitted
well into the pretty wedding picture.
The usheFettes were Mrs. James
Pierre Seaman and Misses Alice l.
Lyman, Helen P. Calhoun and Gladys
Bowen. OF this city; Miss Nellie May
Whitehurst, of Summit. n. j; Miss
Mary Elizabeth Scheffey. Of Glen
Ridge, y. J.. and Miss Doris How
land. OF Brooklyn.
II was quite in keeping with this re-
versal Of wedding style the usherettes.
when seating the guests, should ofer
their arms TO the men. and ask the
women to follow and after the ceremony
give the masculine contingent further
preference when presenting the guests
10 the couple at a reception in the church
parlors.
The bridegroom insisted upon having
best man. who was his brother. James
p. Stimson. Of Syracuse. The bride was
attended by Mrs. William r King. OF
Newark. y. j.. and Miss May J.. Smith.
NJ SOrwslk, Conn. The bride, who was
given away by her father, wore her
mothers wedding dress of ivory white
faille trimmed with duchess lace. The
Rev. Martin L. Stimson, father OF the
bridegroom. and the Rev. DR.. John X.
performed the ceremony.
After a wedding trip, Mr.. Stimson will
take his bride to live In Syracuse.
The Washington times., 1918-06-28
DEATH RATE OF BABIES }
NNY. DECREASES

NEW YORK. June eS-New York
city In 1917 reached the lowest baby
death rate in its history, according to
figures issued by the New York milk
committee. In the city last year
I2,66S babies died, compared with
more than 10000 ten years ago. I'M
proVement over the 1916 death rate
was made in all boroughs but the
Bronx. where there was an increase
Of i've points In Manhattan the in
FAINT death rate dropped more than
eight points
There was a bumper crop of babies
all over the country in 1917. the ng-
ures show. They were compiled from
records obtained in 163 large and
small municipalities, and show that
ths country gained more than q mil
lion in population in 1917. The total
number OF living births, from which
was subtracted the total deaths OF
all ages, gave that figure
The Washington times., 1918-06-28
UNMUZzLEDDOG
BITES BOY Of nine;
ANIMAL IN POUND

Matthew Higbse. nine yearS ola q
Kentucky avenue southSaat. 10 suRsr.
ing today from . bite By an uamus-
EIsd dog. The animal attacked tAs
boy ytstsrdHy A. he left HE home .
70 on an ePrahd.
Today the deg - IN the pouaA.
while the police Of the Fifth prseiaes
station are seeking its owner. Nat
thsw's wound vas dressed a. cas-
ualty Hospital
After biting the youth In the IsR
the dog ran into . house at I21a HopO
avenue northeast Occupants % thla
number declared the animal ala net
belong to them and has been runnina
At large In the nsighboRhood fer 3
week.
Policemen who set cut 10 capture
the dog were led . merry ehass, but
hnally succeeded
The Washington times., 1918-06-28
U. S ENVOY AT PEKN
WILL RETURN HERE

The State Department attaches no
particular significance to the report
that Paul s. Reinsch, American min
lister at Picking, will leave shortly for
. siXty-day vacation in this country.
4 dispatch said that he had been
called to Washington for conferences
While here he will confer with off,
cials relative TO the proposal that
American financicrs resume par-ici-
ration in Chinese loans. This matter
was discussed at length on wednes-
day last by a group of bankers and
officials OF the State and Treasury
departments here
The Washington times., 1918-06-28
HONORARY DEGREE
FOR MAJ. GEN. WOOD

ANN ARBOR. Mich. june 2s-Maj
Gen. Leonard Wood. OF the United
States army. has been honored by
the University of Michigan by hav-
ing conferred on him the degree OF
doctor OF laws. The degree was also
conferred on Sir Robert 4. Falconer
president Of the University of To-
r0nto. The degree OF doctor of let
tiers was conferred on NJ. Stephane
Lausanne, French journalist and
member OF the French war commits
sion 10 the United States.
The Washington times., 1918-06-28
SKILLED WORKERS
BY THE THOUSANDS
To Be FURLOUGHED

CAsnSNadu Of mRehinists and skilled
mNSAzHies who have boon called into
military service and are now In train
Tag At the camps and eantoumants
viii be recalled into civilian life and
furisushed for an indefinite period
sc ives learned today. as soon an plans
mature which are being worked out
3oiHtly By the War Department Raa
the Department OF Labor.
The ihgraasinE Industrial projects OF
the United states, necessary to com
plots the mighty war organization
81 the Government have been temper
Arlly delayed at various polnts
through critical shortage Of HkiuSd
labor,
The first move that tho Labor De-
partlnsnt EuEE0ated resulted in the
hiAeinR Of thousands Of workmen In
deferred classification, but the short
are has become 90 acute that the two
departments decided Il was essential
20 draw the men quickly from the
ranks Of the training camps and put
them back to the iAthss and the ship
yards, on the railroads and In the
shops. wherever Il II found the men
can qualify,
Three states, Connecticut New
York. and Pennsylvania. have asked
for 1000 maehlnlHts alone, Die max
ere are In great demand. and the urg-
ent need OF all mechanics who can
operate machine tools In ordnance fac
tories or Ghipyards Is to be considered
before the men are ordered to report
TO the draft camps.
The furloughinE program viii be
announced within . few days, II was
indicated today, while orders relative
% more careful selection Of new men
Aro already being observed by the
local draft boardA
The Washington times., 1918-06-28
MAN WHOSHOT I.R.
ISCLOSE Student
OF WAR PROGRESS

MADISON. wis., June 2s.-John
Schrank. who shot Theodore Roose-
veit several years ago when he Wis
tied Milwaukee, Is an enthusiastic
student OF war events. Apparently
he has forgotten Roosevelt
Sehrank Is now in the Centgal Hos
pItal for the Criminal Insane just
outside OF Waupun. He was sent
there several years ago by a commit
tee IN Milwaukee, which. determined
that he was insane at the time Of the
shooting. The instructions at that
time were IL schrank ever fully re-
covered he was to return to the court
to stand trial on the charge 90 shoot
ing the ex-President. He still shows
symptoms Of mental deficiency.
Among the 100 prisoners at the
Central Hospital. Schrank Is among
the most orderly. He Is an omniver-
The Washington times., 1918-06-28

The Senate accepted this amendment
as II came from the Appropriations
committee without opposition and
without discussion.
The House Appropriations Commit
tee has given consideration to the
ferry for several days and Indications
are that no dissenting vote will be
cast by any member OF that bOdy.
The sum Of $4,000 to proVids for
ferry and its maintenance. was in
serted after estimates were submit
ted by Col. Charles Ridley, offcer IN
charge OF public buildings and
grounds In the District
The Washington times., 1918-06-28
1t Is Easy for You to Determine
How Many War Savings Stamps
You Should Gum!

Simply compare your position. salary and income with
the position, salary income Of the average
and child the District Of Columbia If your income above
the averase-and the incomes of most people who read this
advertisement are undoubtedly considerably above the
ageen you should invest War Savings Stamps to the
extent of your average above the $40 minimum.
IF Washington is to live up to its quota of $7.50O0OO,
then every resident of the District who afford do
shocd purchase War Savings Stamps up the ST. 900 limit
1t going take many thousanddoar purchases make
up for the children of the District and those whose financial
condition does permit the purchase of any considerable
amount of stamps. 1t is going to require many FIVE
hundeddoar purchases many fourhundreddo pur
chases, observation-disclosures purchases, ohundreddoar
purchases and one-hundred-dolar purchases,
The District of Columbia and the entire country wants
to know where stands this Of War Savings Stamps
1t is not necessary for you buy your stamps now but
imperative that you make known later than today
how many War Savings Stamps you intend to by the
close of the year 1918.
Whether you have already purchased War Savings Stamps up
the limit Of thousand dollars determined upon by the gov
have yet make your purchase. your patriotic
duty the meeting place your residence and I'll
the pledge cards there for you and indicate
Of War Savings Stamps you and the you will
buy during the year. IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SENT
IN YOUR PLEDGE CARD
a thing you do big thing
objectionable for overlook The President aside Friday
June National Pledge Day pledge themselves
regularly possible the Of the
possible with membership Savings
sona appeal to YOU and make good this hope May there be
unenlised this day
The Washington times., 1918-06-28
BROKER ARRESTED AS
BURGLAR IN OWN HOUSE

ATLANTIC CITY. y. J.. June IS
Maurice wyveIl, OF New York. a stock
broker with a handsome cottage at
20 South Raleigh avenue, Chelsea, re-
posed in a city prison cell from mid
night until nearly noon as n result Of
a comedy OF errors in which two de-
tectives were the chief blunderers.
The plain clothes men mistook
wyvell for n burglar as he was on
his way home at 1918 o'clock in the
morning. The New Yorker thought
the detectives were highwaymsn and.
running from them, barred himself in
his residence. They forced an en-
trance and arrested him. Not Until
nearly noon was the wealthy prisoner
able to obtain the services OF a law
yer. who procured his release.
The Washington times., 1918-06-28
LAFAYETTE DESCENDANT
KILLED In ACTION

PARIS. June 2s.-Offcial confirma-
tion was looked for today OF the re-
port that Count Gilbert de Lafayette
had been KILLED in action while serV-
ing as a sergeant in the French artil-
lery that took part in the lighting in
Champagne on June L.
He was a direct descendant of
Lafayette Of American revolutionary
fame. He was decorated last month
with the French war cross. Count
Gilbert last year applied tu the War
Department at Washington for per
mission to join the American army.
The Washington times., 1918-06-28
GERMAN WITH POWERFUL
AIR GUN Is ARRESTED

PITTSBURGH, June 2a-with .
high-powered air gun, said to be de-
signed to fire incendiary bullets at
long range, in his possession. O. Rob-
srto Eduardo Ludlsieke. former Ger
man soldier. and alleged alien enemy.
was arrested by Justice Department
agents here. Officials said the infer
nal Continuance IN the hands OF . good
marksman would be capahls Of setting
fire 20 a building notseiessly aud
without leaving tract. Ludleieks has
been employed in railroad shops At
Tyrone.
The Washington times., 1918-06-28

NUR GOVERNMENT asks the citizens of the District Of
Columbia to purchase War Savings Stamps to the
extent of $7.5OOOO0. A total of $7.5000O0 for
the District means average investment in War Savings
Stamps of $40 each for every man. woman and child
Every War Savings Stamp that you is a valuable
than the of cash Cash is worth
than its face value War Savings Stamps increase value
high of ~ interest of War Saw
Stamps be cashd for what paid plus the interest
earned by simply giving days notice MoneyOrder
Postmaster in the United States
The Washington times., 1918-06-28
CAUSE OR EFFECT

BERNIE, June 2T.-Fat stomarhs
are disappearing so rapidly in Ger
many. due TO food shortage. that the
Cologne Gazette has been driven 10
OFFER what that paper claims is a
satisfactory explanation. The Gazette
says that the intellectual spprecia-
tion OF the fat belly no longer ex
lists"
The Washington times., 1918-06-28
INTERVIEW "oRJEcToRs."

Conscientious directors to the draft
Ee being interviewed by a board
consisting of Major Richard Stod-
card, Judge Julius W. Mack. OF Chi
eagn. and Harlan F. Stone. dean of
Columbia Law School At Camp Cor
don. Atlanta, Ga, u men have been
persuaded 10 accept nOn-cOmbatant
service
The Washington times., 1918-06-28

Gus reader. When Il comes to dis
cussing the battle line, Schrank II
right at home. Every day he marks
out changes on his map that have
been made necessary by the day $
battles on the western front
He works in the fields nearly every
day, and when Colonel Roosevelt re-
Gently came TO the State for speeches
at Madison and Milwaukee he read OF
his visits. but he made no further
mention OF him.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-04-04
THE SPRING DRIVE

Our boys are going "Over the top
and into mo mans land" this spring.
No one has any doubt Of their ability
to get there. There will also be a
spring drive on this side OF the ocean,
because March is the years ''blue Mon
day." 1t is the most fatal month of the
year. March and April is time when
resistance usually is at lowest ebb. It
IL trying season for the rundown"
man. But medical science steps In, and
says. sit need not bell We should cuI-
dvate love Of health, a sense of re-
sponsibility for the care Of our bodies.
Do not allow the machinery of the body
to clog Put the stomach and liver In
proper condition. Take DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. to be had at
most drug stores in tablet or liquid
form, tablets sixty-cents a vial, COM
posed Of native herbs. This puts the
stomach and liver in proper condition.
You may be Flooding along, no spring.
no elasticity, no vim, but as soon as you
have put the body into its normal physi-
cal condition-oiled the machinery, as
1t wereyou will find new vim, vigor
and vitality within you. A little ''pep,"
and we laugh and live. Try it now.
Send DR.. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, 1Oc. for
trial package. A little energy will save
the day. The prime necessity of life Is
health. With spirit and energy you
have the power to force yourself into
action. The Golden Medical Discovery
is the spring tonic which you need
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-04-04

myself. And that,"-he came close
and smiled frankly up at herl''is a
better place than Cariboo Meadows
I've got a little house back in the
woods. There's grub there. and meat
In the forest, and fish in the streams.
It's home for me. Why should 1 go
back to Cariboo Meadows? Or your"
"Why should go with your" she
demanded scornfully.
Because I want you to-" he muir
INJURED.
They matched glances for second,
Wagstan smiling, she half Mortified.
"Are you clean madr she asked an
grily. 81 was beginning to think you
gentleman
Bill threw back his head and
laughed Then on the instant he so
bered. mot a gentleman" he said
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-04-04
LEMON JUICE IS
SKIN WHITENER
TON TO REMOVE TAN, FRECk-
LES, SALLOWNESS.

At the cost of a small jar of ordinary
cold cream one can prepare full quar-
ter pint of the most wonderful lemon
skin whitener and complexion beauti-
fer, by squeezing the juice of two fresh
lemons into a bottle containing three
ounces of orchard white. Care should
be taken to strain the juice through
fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in,
then this lotion will keep fresh for
months. Every woman knows that
lemon juice is used to bleach a dark
ened skin and remove such blemishes
as freckles. sallowness and tan and Is
the ideal skin softener and beautifier.
Just try It'll Get three ounces of
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up quarter pint of this sweetly frag-
rant lemon lotion and massage it daily
into the face, neck, arms and hands.
1t is marvellous to whiten rough, red
haudS.-Adv.