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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12

while Austria laments bitterly the hard necessity which keeps her bound
 to the Hohenzollern chariot. The deluded Kaiser must be aware
 that shedding ''the last drop of blood' lis serious sacrifice none of his faithful allies" will make to further German aggrandizement. Could there
 be more infamous claim than that of the Kaiser in calling the Germans stewards appointed by God to admin lister Alsace-Lorraine
 Could anything be more fatuous than his expressed belief that Ger Imany's vassals will continue to fight Iher unioly battles to their own ever-
 lasting midoing?
 Bulgaria quit. Turkey is eliminated land Austria may soon follow. Long since they began asking themselves
 why they should sacrifice their man.
 hood to keep Germany in possession of her ill-gotten gains, to hold against the entente allies Hand which belongs
 to Germany" in the same way that sack of silverware taken by a
 gentleman burglar" from another
 mans sideboard belongs to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
To \ DEAD HERO

fLieutt. Frank Murchison Moore) George M. Bailey, in the Houston Post.
 Gone Westw Over the purple hills and beyond the softly glowing rim of life's day the warriors spirit takes its flight! Out of the morning, across the white archway of noontide, down to the sunset. Out of the din and clamor .out of the bitterness and strife, out of the fierce passion of the combat, into the Dreamless Silence whose shadows mark the pathway to the stars! Beyond earth's darkesing horizon. through the curtained. gloom of night, far upon the shoreless sea of fadeless light! Out of the agony of life's Gethsemane, over the quaking summit of Calvary. into the realm of Glory where Gods banners never furl. where Victory is surel So the stainless knight of a stainless cause moves down the west, where earth's last glimmer fades and dies and into Gods spreading dawn whose light Is eternal, whose breath is cool and sweet. Gone West!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
IN POPPY FIELDS

By Ann Skeggs Jones. Blessed hosts of Flanders fields. Ye kept faith with us. Can we break faith with thee? From thy fallen hands Your brave comrades bear the torch on
 high, Let those who fail thee fear to die. Sleep, but say not, s.We are the dead," France in her bosom folds thee, On her field of honor holds thee, But thy voices cry to us from the watch
 in the sky. Sleep, o living dead of Flanders fields, The peoples red as the blood ye shed, Shall not be crushed by Prussian heel. Peace shall reign in Flanders fields. Peace-not a German hell. When the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, And the larks upward fly, Without fear of the screaming shrapnel. Sleep! We have kept faith with thee.
 Decatur. October s. 1918.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
sergt. Brooks to Report

'I expect to return to Birmingham after the war is over," said Sergt. F. T. Brooks.
 T have many friends here and l like Birmingham. Besides. it is my home town. I expect to do my full duty in the service until the war is over, but I have been in the game for more than
 Sergeant Brooks, who, with Sergeant Hill, has been recruiting for the ma- rine corps here for the past several months, has asked to be placed back into active service, and, in response to that request, has been ordered by the govern ment to report at marine headquarters in Atlanta by November 15.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
x ! Kultur Is Hard at Work Again

~ ERMAN militarists are not yet M chastened in spirit. Nor IS 1t likely that they ever will be. That element will have to be destroyed to make Germany a fit place to live in.
 Although Germany offers peace, clothing her proposal in high-sound- ing words, her armies continue to de- vastate France, the unfortunate Bel gan people are subjected to renewed atrocities and the shameful treat ment of prisoners of war in Germany suffers no abatement. The Italians, doubtless because Italy broke off her alliance with the central powers to join the entente, are starved and beat en and many of them are dying.
 Such barbarous conduct, for which no, excuse can be offered, will not help Germany's case when peace terms are settled It will not make the all lies disposed to temper justice with mercy. There will be strict account ing fer the latest evidences of kultur ill northern France and Belgium.
 President Wilson has shown tir. e and again that he desires to winnow the good from the bad in Germany -- that he believes the German people are rot honelessly loss yet su.h stories ss the wires are .-orrying from day to day of salscless savagery and destructiveness which can serve no purpose, revive The question, "W,ll nothing short of extermination put the fear of God into the Germans?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
GENERAL GoRGAs, FUTURE

GENERAL GORGAS' FUTURE
 From the New York Sun. NJ If the nomination of Maj. Gen. Mer- ritte w. Ireland of the medical corps as surgeon general meant that the coun- try was to lose the services of Major General Gorgas, who has reached the retirement age, there would be wide spread regret and complaint. But Cen eral Gorgas is now in Europe, and it is reported that he will stay there as our medical representative in the inter-al- lied war council. There has been 3 strong demand for his retention in the office he has so competently filled, and many will be disappointed because of the decision to displace him; yet it is plain that he can be very useful in the post rumor has picked for him.
 General Gorgas' reputation rests on his remarkable achievements in elimi- hating unwholesonie conditions from areas that had achieved the reputation of pest holes. His work has been con- spicuously in the prevention of disease. Wherever the good to be won not mere- ly for individuals but for whole popu lations. by the application of sound principles of sanitation is understood, his triumphs are known and his fame will endure. Not only during the war, but after it, there will be unlimited op- portunities for the beneficent exercise of his constructive scientific attainments among our troops in foreign lands, ana for profitable cooperation between him and the authorities of other nations for the welfare of the inhabitants of those countries.
 ment of the present army medical de- partment was of the most difficult na- ture; his performance of it highly cred itable. All of the problems have not yet been solved; there is much for his sue cessor to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
Improvement in
 Influenza Situation

6NHE marked decrease in the num- U Der of influenza cases in Bir- mingham and the county outside, is distinctly encouraging. There was great falling off yes- terday as compared with the day be- fore. In the city the cases reported Thursday numbered 2074; yesterday 800. In the county 9s4 were reported Thursday and yesterday Al. ] At this rate the influenza will soon pass epidemic stage, provided the people continue to cooperate with the health authorities. No one should think, however, that because the cases are diminishing in number the com munity is anything like out of dan ger.
 It behooves everyone to take all the precautions that the health officers advise. If efforts to rid the city and county of the disease are relaxed, inn lprovement will be. slow, to say the least.
 The good results now seen are due Ito the prompt and vigorous action oi lthe health authorities and the city commission and the ready co-opera- Ition of the public. The public must continue to do its part.
 * a * General Starvation is getting ready fol a spectacular campaign in Russia thia winter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
More Intensive Work
 Imperatively Needed

l IF all the county units of the fed 0 eral reserve system had done as effective work as Jefferson county the six billion dollars sought by the government in the fourth Liberty Loan would be more than we'll assured.
 The local campaign has been thor oughly organized and the "armies" in the field have been full of spirit from the start. In less than two weeks time Jefferson county's quota of up- wards of nine million dollars has been more than two-thirds subscribed. The great drive here next week will carry i the quota over the top.
 Why the campaign in the country at large has dragged is not easily ex- lplained. There has been a lack of organization in many rich and popu- lous sections, no doubt. Every vast undertaking, such as the fourth Liberty Loan, calls for close co-opera- tion and intelligent direction. But it also calls for pluck and determina- tion on the part of the people.
 Although the campaign closes on October 19 only about two and a quar- ter billion dollars have been raised. That means that three and three quarters billions must be subscribed from tonight.
 Only by the most intensive work can this be done. But nothing is so limperatively demanded as the success of the fourth Liberty Loan, and that being so, the Presidents passionate appeal slpuld meet with hearty and telling response.
 No patriotic American can afford to be apathetic. Beginning today the slogan, Buy Bonds," should be heard morning, noon and night throughout the length and breadth of the land.
 The American people as a whole were never so we'll able to invest in government bonds as they are today, but aside from that the sinews of war were never so much needed as now. General March said yesterday that n 100000 American soldiers had been sent overseas, and that two million more were being trained for service abroad. In this connection he referred to the fourth Liberty Loan and told how important it was for the govern ment to raise the money to support the army.
 As slow as the Liberty campaign has been, it is not too late for the country to redeem itself. With high pressure drive the six billion dollars can be raised, and it must be raised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
A REGULAR HUN BEE
From the Finder,

From the Finder.
 As walked among the paths this morning, plucking flowers, l found, In the yellow heart of lady's slipper, little brown bee. My first impulse was to shake him out of his honeyed abode, but as I looked at his velvety body and sunlit rainbow wings feeling of fool ish tenderness surged over me. Per- haps there were baby bees at home that would starve if papa bee did not bring back honey; and how useful the little creature was, carrying the pollen from flower to flower! So l moved on, leaving him unmolested. But even as turned away thinking these pure sweet thoughts. the damned thing stung me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12

Monte Carlo has been offered to Gem
 eral Pershing's army as playground.
 Monte Carlo Is a famous playground. Roulette, rouge-et-noir, baccarat and
 other games of that sort were played
 there in days gone by, occasionally inter- rupted by a pistol shot in the shrub
 bery.
 The reported disappearance in Berlin of
 postal sack containing 70,00000o marks
 in securities and treasury bonds ad-
 dressed to the imperial chateau may have been the work of a far-sighted German who anticipates extremely hard
 times in Germany after the war. # # ;. A New Yorker laughs at members of
 the women's police reserve for wearing fancy veils over their faces. Tut, tut
 A woman is a woman still. even though she happens to be a cop. * ss st We had an idea that stacker was about as low down as anybody ever gets to be, but footpads who rob a wounded soldier of his back pay are worse still Torch in hand, the enemy comes of-
 fering us peace" said French officer, viewing the smoking ruins of Cambrai. That sizes up the situation exactly. 4 * # While the Kaiser may never abdicate of his own volition, the German people ought to be able to bounce him when
 the psychological moment arrives. * < * It Is reported that Bulgaria may at- tack Turkey Why not? It's the most natural thing in the world for a Bull
 garian to fight Turk. j. :. < {. The Washington monument would have toppled over if President Wilson's peace note had met with the approval of Col onel Roosevelt # # # Is the next stand to be on the Mouse? Time will tell If the Germans don't
 surrender their last stand will be on the
 Rhine.
 # # # Those pestiferous U-boats have been
 sinking entirely too many ships lately. Is there shortage of depth bombs? * #
 No decorations are passed out to the
 Chinese coolie, but he's found to be a highly dependable person in France. I. < 's Poets have done about all they can for "shell-torn Rheims" The town is sufficiently "embalmed in verse;" as ;. x Is it right for Izzet Pasha. new Turk ish war minister, to favor the entente? Eminently so. # ~ Keeping a stiff upper lip is half the
 battle when you are attacked by Span-
 ish flu"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
LUKE sI,LUKE SAYS

It doesn't hurt to tell the truth once in while. There are just as many male gossps as there are female gossips.
 And you may have noticed that you never heard a married man bragging about masculine supremacy when his wife is around.
 We are all buffers And it is conceal ing the fact that we are poor that keeps us poor.
 A single man imagines that smallpox is the most disagreeable thing to have around But married man can tell you that whining woman is the most dis agreeable thing to have around.
 Do not get Respondent just because you happen to make mistake. History is nothing but an immense volume of mistakes.
 When the average man puts his pat stammers and hems and haws and can't think of thing to say. But when he puts his naked foot on tack, he ac- quires wonderful flow of oratory.
 This is a funny world. If you haven't dime nobody wants to lend you a cent But if you have more coin than you know what to do with, everybody wants to lend you money.
 When a bride suddenly realizes that her husband is just a common, ordi- nary man like her brother, the honey moon is over.
 And. no matter how changeable q woman may be. she never seems to have suffered sufficient change. A few men operate in the stock mar ket. But most of them are operated on in the stock market. Don't imagine that a man is mill lionaire just because his wife dresses that way. It is more than likely that the seat of his pants and his elbows are shiny.
 We all devote too much flapdoodle to the dead and not enough common ordinary kindness to the living. Some married couples are always quarreling over the question of which is the least quarrelsome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
William Hohenzollern
 In a Prophetic Mood

10 ECENT developments in th' UN world war have shown thu Kaiser to be a poor prophet. Address ing his troops at Rufach, Alsace. las month, he said:
 Neither the French nor the American will break through our front in -Lorraine We shall defend with the last drop of blood these provinces, which belong to us and which the Almighty has in- trusted to us to administer as His stewards, and we shall keep them for the benefit of their inhabi- tants and the glory of God.
 Our faithful allies are with us in this. The last drop of blood of ev- cry Austrian and Hungarian sol dier, the last drop of blood of ev- cry Bulgarian and Turkish soldier, will be shed before our enemies vrest from us land which belongs to Germany. M
 Our enemies cannot and will not succeed We are under Divine protection.
 Net only have the Bulgarians SUI rendered internationally to the allies but it is even reported that they wi start a campaign against their for mer ally, Turkey. The latter is to al intents and purposes out of the wal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT

SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NlGhi By Ralph E. Cropley in Atlantic Monthy' Even if the Huns are escaped, the nle of a merchant ship man in these days is far removed from beer and skitties' An example of what they have 10 so through is furnished by the narrow
 squeak the Empress of Britain and the Cardiganshire had one night in the Aeeean sea. Both are big ships, ana
 tbev were loaded with troops and going at full speed-zigzagging- hgnt showing. It was one Of those mghts when you can hardly see your hano De- fore you There were no stars, no phos- phorous-nothing-n but to trust to luck and the ears of the man on the bridge. r
 The captain of one of the ships las told me that before he knew it, there was ship. bow on to him, dead ahead of course, the first impulse was to shll1 his helm; but if he did so, the danger would be of one ship giving the other q glancing blow. Fortunately, the other skipper appreciated this, also. Their nerve, in spite of several years ol wal zone work, was still equal to the occa- sion. It all happened in the twinkling or
 an eye, and they passed safely though there had been less than 50 feet sepa-
 rating the ships, and their out swung lifeboats nearly scraped. The captain or the Cardiganshlre, though he couio io' see him, heard the captain Of the Elii- press of Britain. above the noises or 'ne sea-heard him yell, For Gods sake' oio
 man, don't shift your helml' so close were they on their respective priases high above 1he sea.
 Instances of this kind, which try men souls, nightly occur, and quite freauentiS tbere are collisions and tragedies m the
 bitch dark. The only way that the two
 sh,ns Identified themselves was 10 days later. at SaIoniki, when the captain or the Cardisanshire heard the skipper or the Empress of Britain asking friend IT he knew what ship he nearly bumped on certain night. I am sorry 10 repor. that the captain of the Empress or Britain lost his life in the Halifax explo- sion. while doing hospital work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
INDICATIONS AND vIoLprs

From the New York Herald.
 "Wilson's Bulgaria Policy Vindi- cated," writes the Evening Posts Wash ington correspondent as prelude to a labored effort to show that in some way the collapse. of Bulgaria is due to the failure of the United States to declare war on Bulgaria. Which will prompt the President, if he reads the article. to re- peat the pious prayer, Save me from my friends"
 The collapse of Bulgaria is due, and due solely, to the fact that France and Great Britain, Italy and Serbia and Greece did not adopt toward Bulgaria the nonresistance policy of the United States, but instead went after the Bull garian armies and got them. All Americans are proud of Presi- dent Wilson's leadership in the cause of civilization. They do not want that leadership jeopardized by claims in his behalf as foolish as they are unwar- ranted.
 The United States has not the slight est claim to participation in the victory over Bulgaria. If Mir. Wilson is wise he will call off his Karl Rosner before that parsonage puts him to picking violets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
Effective Loan Posters

"I want to hand it to the artists who designed the poster for the Fourth Lib erty Loan," said Joe Rosenberger. Il thought in the other drives that they had about reached high water mark, but we are getting less art in the last ones, but a greater direct appeal. I am sure that some expert advertising man must have given the artists tip. What could be more effective than is the one with the bloody hand of the Hun, with the wording beneath it in bold black type, Blot It Out? It shoots straight to the mark. It's so plain that even child can read the lesson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
TYPES OF ITALIAN FIGHTERS

campaign. The reputation established
 then caused other European armies to
 follow Italy's example. The Austrians
 formed their corps of sKaiserjaegers,
 the gallant French ''Chausseurs des
 Alpes," the "Blue Devils" proved their
 own mettle however, and their training
 and general tactics are modelled after
 the Italian organization
 The uniform of the "Alpini'- is a smoky
 greenish gray, with heavy mountain
 boots, peaked Robin Hood' caps, each
 side of the collar is worn an emblem
 representing a red flame. Besides the
 usual equipment with entrenching tools,
 carbine and side arms, the "Alpini" all
 bear Alpenstocks, and it was in their picturesque garb that New York saw
 them for the first time yesterday. The men are simple, honest and fear
 less, well deserving their title of the
 .'Fighting Eagles" They are very dem
 ocratic, and there is no suggestion of caste among either officers or men, as
 their rigorous, individualistic work diff fers from that of any other corps in the world. Yet discipline is maintained strictly and they are kept in war train- ing, whether or not their country is fight ing.
 The almost unbelievable tasks which these men have accomplished in driving the Austrians back to the Corso pla- teau and entrenching themselves above the city of Trieste were seen last year by New Workers in the official Italian war pictures. rTt But the cinema cannot indicate the snap, the verve and the eagle spirit which
 glows in every face; it is only their ac- tual presence which brings home to New
 Workers the great force of unified demo-
 cratic peoples who are beating the Beast to it's knees on the frontiers. of free- dom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
Marketing Our Own Products

"The question of transportation ana marketing goes to the heart of the high cost of living" said Sid Lee.
 "A friend of mine told me that the other day he happened to be out in one of the surrounding towns and bought half bushel of fine eating apples in good sack for 40 cents. All over the middle and northern part of the state there are orchards just laden with choice apples that are not being mar keted as they could and should be. We ought to get behind our Alabama prod ucts and find market for them, for in this way we encourage the growers and reduce the cost of living"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
From the New York Evening Sun.

From the New York Evening Sun.
 1N) WALLED in the warmth of their ]N1 reception by New Workers only Gs by the famous "Blue Devils," the well built, dark eyed, smiling Italian vet erans have conquered the skyscraper me- tropolis even as they proved invinclble in the skyscraping heights of their na- tive Alps during the last IS months strug- gle against the Austrian invaders. Four types Of Italy's crack troops are represented in the detachment of POS men and officers now visiting New York in the Liberty Loan drive. The Ser saglieri'' are better known in America perhaps, and consequently the greater in- terest was taken in these fighting noun taineers. The other representatives in the visiting force are the "Arditi," the "Gren- adieri'' and the "Alpini." The "Arditi are a special corps of shock troops, picked men trained to close up knife and bay onet fighting. The "Grenadiers," all of whom are 6 feet or more, are famous fighters. All of the visiting members have been wounded three or more times.
 The "Alpini," who valiantly earned the right to their own battle cry, "Di qui non si passe" CThey shall not pass here), IS composed of Alpine guides, hunters and men familiar with the rugged country of northern Italy, which has been so gallantly defended
 The corps was organized in 1872 by Gen. Giuseppe Perrucchetti and was composed of men taken from the ranks or the 'sBersaglieri" It was first known as the rsaglieri-Alpionfs meaning Alpine sharpshooters. Later, however, the sln- gle name was used, and because of their daring work at every call of their coun- try they are beloved throughout the na- ton.
 The "Alpini'' made their first flghtihs annearance in lS96 during the Tr1pohtaI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
Enjoys Recent Story

If you failed to read Don Marquis story in a recent Golfers, you missed one of the funniest war stories which has appeared" said John Henley. T do not see how short story could have been better worked out from every standpoint. It shows that the author IS not merely poet and paragraphist, but that he is in the first rank as a story teller.
 Tt Is about an Irishman who goes abroad with carload of mules and aim- lessly wanders into the war zone and gets into fight by accident. It is Me- Dermott, the Bungstarter. Get it and read it, and If you have any sense of humor you will thank me for calling your attention to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-12
ALI GERMANY WANTS

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
 Europe wants a Mitteleuropa and a Mittelafrika; she thoughtfully skips the idea of Mittelamerikana and a Mittelasiaka, but probably they would come later