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Glas svobode., 1918-12-24
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BIVSI SRBSKI NOTRANJI MINISTER JE IME
STRSKIM PREDSEDNIKOM UGOSLOVAl
MINISTRSTVA
MINISTRSTVA.

BELGRAD ugosovansh kabnet XII e bill ravnokar ustanov
lien, sestoji IL sedecih MOI:
M Protic predsednk M Korosco (najbrz A. Ko
rosec vice mnsrsi predsedni M Trumbic vnanj minister;
NitiGic, finanGni minister
naceova jugoslovansh delegaci mrovni
konferenci
Prot novi jugoslovansh mnrs predsednik je bill pre-
kabnetu notran minister M Tumbc e bill predsd
mix Jugoslovanskega odbora Londonu M Ntcic bill b
skem kabnetu minister poljedelstva.
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Glas svobode., 1918-12-24

True translation filed with the Post
master at Chicago, Ill, December Oath
1918, as required by the Act of October
cal 1O1T
Glas svobode., 1918-12-24

Chicago Ill., December 24t
1918 as required by of October6th 1917
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15

fit for human habitation. to protect the health and promote the education of their children, to shield theirssons from the temptations ofs drink, to- support and assist their brothers who have been sdls- abled in the defense of human He.rty and endow motherhood and shelter the s.unwanted child''-all these were aims
 which came closely home to the heart o1 every true woman. s~- But the one thing the soul Of woman
 all over the world desires is the deatf
 of war OF the makers of war, the pan
 ishment from civilized communities oi
 the scouts and spies for war and tnt
 doom and destruction of the bloodsuck'
 ing leeches of war, for without this
 everything else must sooner or later pt
 as dust and ashes Therefore when tn
 prime minister met his audience O women it seemed to say to him as pla1ln
 ly- as words could speak, Settle tn accounts of the past first. and then g on to make the future of the world SC cure and everything else will be adde'
 unto you"
 Is not that what the women of Amer ica have said to President WilsonE it not the burden of that far greate presidential message than ever yet wa spoken to Congress which IS now, cross ing the ocean as the "Washinston The women of Britain believe it is an' ! in the spirit of their sublime faith the salute their sisters in America who ar l sending their greatest son, their great I est brother, and their greatest serVan 1 to Europe to make sure that futuSe sha
 be secute and their dead shall not nav died in vain" 0 l Copyright, 1918. by Edward Marsha
 Syndicate, Inc)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
SELLING BABIES
 LATEST INDUSTRY
But the Soldiers Give Their Money Simply to Help Care Tor
 Little Ones

Paris, November 5.-(Correspondence oe the Associated Press. )-"Selling babies to soldiers" is Murray G. Sawyers char acterization of his activities as Red Triangle man with the American expedi- tionary force Mir Sawyer comes rom Minneapolis, Minn.
 9Horrible, isn't 1t. but true" he said to a friend who met him in a Frencn village and asked what he was doms My particular outfit of men have sold 10 babies in the last 10 days and we ex- pect to sell a hundred more within the next two months. Why, it's the greatest business in France today-this selling oi babies to soldiers.
 We have been working with puncn of men up pretty close to the Iron, lately, and when pay day comes aroune there's nothing. much to do with then money. So we Y. M. c. A. men began te 1 figure out something to offset that
 'There are 59 men in a platoon ane i we suggested that platoon should .adop l a baby on pay day. It costs ooo franc | to take care of baby for one year and that meant that all but nine men Il
 a platoon should pay five francs each- Q, 1 the first instalment, and five france eacl on the following pay day.l Making a pay l | in all Each platoon elects a leader wh acts as a go-between. for the babies ar l bought through the baby department q the Stars and Stripes. On the payment Q | the second and fipal instalment tn leader gets seven pictures of the cnli | in various poses.
 .sIt will be possible for one platoon [ l take up six babies year, for II Woui mean about dollar from each man Ny lrx, MxxrI,} about twice in two months.
 "One man said to me the other daS l"Gee, Sawyer, this baby business \ great Who wouldn't rather have pap than a jag" X
 And that's the way We '. M '. /, linen have figured it out. We have soi
 10 babies in 10 days, and we are goin
 to place 'Vone hundred right in our 2 tvision before next pay day rolls around
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15

the Thirtieth division had advanced three miles and the villages of Brancourt and Fremont were captured.
 "Consistently, it seems, in these opera tions the American division was again at the apex of the advance, says the statement.
 The attack was resumed. on the fol- lowing morning and met with only rear guard resistance, entering Busigny and Becauigny almost without opposition. The days advance represented four miles. The movement was resumed on October 10, when a gain of 1500 yards was at tained and the villages of Escaufort, St. sSouplet and Vaux-Andigy were taken.
 Irresthe three days the Americans and their allies had advanced nine miles with the delivery of nine villages andthe cap ttire of 1900 prisoners and numerous ma chine guns The Fourth army, of which the Second corps was a part, then stood in front Of the Selle river. On, a crest east of this rlver the Germans seemed to have prepared to make stand. A rause was necessary to bring up sup; nlies-and ammunition and to strepgthef the divisions The front was shortened to 4O00i yards.
 The enemy line west of the Selle river Twas strongly held by five divisions, ant by elements of six others. The attacl was renewed on October IT. Rain hat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
SECOND ARMY. CORPS
 IS GIVE N PRAISE BY. GENERAL HA|G
Some Details of Work Done by the 27th and 3Oth X Divisions on Disc
 Front ~

London, November -(Correspondence
 of the Associated Press. .)-Operatfons of
 the Second American army corps With
 the British armies south of Valenciennes.
 which won from Field Marshal Haig high commendation, are described in semi official statement now issued. The Sec ond corps was composed of the Twenty seventh division. consisting of New York national guard troops, and the Thirtieth division, consisting of troops from Ten nessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and the District of Columbia. The corps was commanded by MaJ.-Gen. G. w. Read. Tn complimenting the corps upon it's work in the fighting in the British sector near Le Cateau and Bohain,' Mar , shal Haig said in a message to the corps: "I am proud to have had you in my com | mand, the deeds of the Twenty-seventh | and the Thirtieth American divisions Will | rank with the highest achievements Of | the war;
 | The Second American corps was oper7 ating in conjunction with the British
 Third and Ninth corps and Rd crossed | the Hindenburg line at what1s descrlpeo as perhaps it's strongest point near 1 Ecllicourt. The American corps was called
 upon on October to take part ina three lday advance against the line extending from Valenciennes through Solesmes anc
 Le Cateau to Guise This line ran along l in front Of the Sambre canal. TO the !! American divisions was given task ol 1 pushing out salient south of Le Cateau l a strongly armed position, and holdins the line until the flanl1ing division moved up.
 On the night of October the Thirtletf division took over from two Australian divisions q front of about three miles The operation began on october in con junction with the British and French oi either side of the Americans. The Amer
 ican attack was made behind a~rollinl
 barrage laid down by British and Aus
 tralian artillery and~using tanks. In spit :. of the enemy counter barrage,, little re
 sistance was encountered and by nool
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15

too to meet that audience of women
 but they had a; right to command him.
 Having suffered terribly, they had a right to say You of all British states men have been most responsible for the conduct of this war. and we cheerfully admit that you have contributed largely towards bringing it to righteous and triumphant ending. But now what about the future? Weshave paid bitter price for victory. Is the world going to be
 better place for it?"
 It was thrilling moment when the
 prime minister of England had to answer
 that question to his audience of women,
 They knew nothing and cared nothing about parchment and parties. They did mot understand the present polltlcal
 crisis whereinss everybody seemed 10 De ouarreling and yet everybody was pro
 fessing the same creed /
 It would have been a mockery or men
 darkened souls to talk Of reparation to
 the million British mothers who are st-i
 watering their beds with their tears fol the sons they brought forth in pain ane
 watched over in childhood and who are now sleeping under their wooden crosses in France-to the young wives who nave been robbed of their husbands.
 < The prime minister could make no amends to those sufferers. But one thing he could do and without doing it every thing else he might have done woule have been useless. He could tell ms au dience of Britaish women and throusf them the women of the Empire and ol l the world that as woman is the greates sufferer by war, the last and greates martyr, his government, if returned t' power at the forthcoming efectlons would call for such conditions of peace l that wars must cease. that this war mus be the last war. that the criminals wh' made it must come up for judgment ant their guilty instruments must stand 10 |punishment and that never again must sword be drawn or a shell fired eXcep when in the calm. unhastened Judgmen | of the nations of the world acting to rether. It is war to prevent war as !, roliceman's tru-icheon is to preserv l peace. ., newly emancipated women of BrltaN | were now able to listen to schemes c social amelioration and national recon | struction for none have deeper inter est in them. To make their homes nor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
i am Sincere! Stop CaIomel!
 I Guarantee Dodson's Liver Tone Listen to me! Calomel sickens and you may lose
 days work. If bilious consipated or l. headachy read my guarantee.

my personal money back guarantee
 that each spoonful win clean your slug
 gish liver better than a dose of nasty calomel. and that it won't make you sick. .w Dodsoh's Liver Tone is real liver medicine. You'll know it next morning because you will wake up feeling lins. your liver will be working, headache aud dizziness gone; stomach Will pc sweet and bowels regular.
 | Dodson's Liver Tone Is entirely ves- l etabie. therefore harmless and cannot salivate Give it to your children l Millions of people are using DodSons Liver Tone instead of dangerous cal l omel now. Your drugsisI willsfell yo.
 I that inc sale of calonfel is almoh
 lstopped entirely here -Adu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
PICTURES

MT. Colman Blach GnserD the treasur- CT of the Birmingham Boy Scouts organ ization, is probably one of the pest III the United States. He sees to It thae finances are in absolutely shlp-snape order, at all times. Scouts In more au- vanced work learn the art 4or puiiuiils cabins quickly. In number l scouts WI loughby, Odom, Ash, Garden James anu Chambers are sitting under the caves of a palatial residence of this charaeter' constructed by Eagle Scout Staley ol Troop 10. One of the requirements or q second-class scout Is that he shall know the trail signs used by woodsmen III number 2. a second-class scout IS snow ing a tenderfoot the three rock trail sign Another second-class requirement is knowledge of the Morse code. Ine scouts in number are practicing With a field telegraph outfit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
F,~.r un your sluggish liver. Feel

,ven up your sluggish liver! Feel ,;ne and cheerful; make your work ,,leas sure; be vigorous and full Of ami hition. But take no nasty dangerous calomel, because it makes you SICK anu Sou nav. lose a days work
 calomel Is mercury or quicksilveA which causes necrosis of the bones Calomef crashes into sour bile like dynamite. .breakingStt up. That's when .vom feel that awful nausea and sramp- ing.
 Listensto me! If you want to enjoy the. incest. .gentlest liver and bowel cleansing that you ever experienced just take a spoonful of harmless Dod' son. Liver Tone tonight. Your dTur Rist or dealer sells you bottle ox Dod son Liver Tone for a tsw efn's nn1@
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
IA Splendid Hair Grower
 and Wonderful Beautifier Found at Last! Shows Results at Once, or Nothing
 to Pay.

growing bald. and whose scalps e;anp ,iTs are mad. Any good druggist can now now ss sup. ,liquid form), which is guaranteed to quickly. and safely abolish, every sign sign of hair and promote a new growth or the cost. small as it Is will be refunded. results from it's. use; some who feared bair While others who suffered for y ears with dandruff and itching head days use of this simple treatment.
 No matter whether bothered with hair. dandruff itching s4ealp or any you will not be disappointed. :. It's . scientific preparation that supplies all hair needs--an antiseptic liquid free from dangerous ingredients-neitherr dSiicateiy perfumed. The first applica- tion will make your hair and scalp look and feel 100 per cent. bettef If you want thick. lustrous hair and lots of it. use Parisian sage Don't delay-be- gin tonight A little attention now in- sures abundant hair for years to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
scoITYMAsTERs MEETING

The regular meeting of the Scoutmas- ters' association will be held in the Civic association at 7:So tomorrow night (Monday.) A full attendance is desired, as the executive will return from the All-Southern Executive conference in time for the meeting and will be Eeady to report on the doings of the conference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
EXAMINATIONS

Owing to the Red Cross campaign no examinations will be held on Friday or Saturday, of this week, but all scouts who wish to pass any grades of exam nations should be prepared to take them during the Christmas holidays. when special days will be assigned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
DART|NG, PIERCING |:|
 SCIATlC< PAINS Give way before the penetrat' ing effects of -Sloan's
 Liniment

So do those rheumatic twinges and the loin-aches of lumbago. the nerve inflammation of neuritis. the rwry neck. the joint wrench. the ligament sprain, the muscle strain and the throbbing bruise.
 The ease of applying. the quickness iiness and the economy of Sloan's Lini- H,ent make it universally preferred. 3Uc, soc and $1 20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
HARD ID RELIEVE THAT TIGHT COLD? Not bit of it! Dr. Bells Pine
 Tar-Honey turns the trick

The tight cold is the kind pr: Bells Pine Tar Honey likes to tackle-the hard to get rid of kind. It gets on the and then finally to relieve it. You soon will feel like yourself.
 The balsam and other healing, sooth- loosens, the inflammationsis alleviated. the "tightness", gives way without un- lcomfortable after-effects Get a, bot
 tle today. BOG, COG and $1.20,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
PROGRESS

Thomas Kent and Clarence Fosset
 of Troop S5 have passed into the first class rank during the past week. Ma. their tribe increase. s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
scouTMAsTERs, LUNCHEON

The attention of all scoutmasters and assistant |scoutmasters is called to the fact that the place and time for the regular Friday luncheons of the scout masters has been changed to 1No'clock | at the Civic association cafe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
DRUM CORPS

If there is no notice to the contrary published in the pagers drum corps practice will be resumed Wednesday night at 7:30,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
WAR SERVICE CONTEST
The totals for December up to the 18th
NEW ASSISTANT

Many scouts who remember Frank Dutch Eddens will be interested to know that he will soon return from the navy and enter the executive office as an assistant. Our old friend "Sy' Child CTS is back with us again with a world of experiences gained as pilot in the naval aviation service, and has also agreed to help at headquarters for a short time anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
British Author Tells What Women Demand As Result
 Of the Devastating War
By HALL CANE

W omen only, not as their master but as their servant, to tell them what he proposed to do for them and to ask for their support.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15

The woman's committee of the state council of defense has asked the poucs commission of Wilmington, Del, to ap- point women to the force.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15

London, December lion Monday alt ernoon. December g. for the first time Tn the history of Britain, a British prime
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
WAR WORK

All scouts. should be well up in their
 lessons this week, that they may be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
SUGGESTED PROGRAMME

the recruiting campaign in the next 10 fdays the contest will be extended an
 other 30 days. I It is suggested that the programme this week be given by the scoutmaster, assistant scoutmaster and troop off cers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15

terly meeting of all scouts will fall on December 27. Every scout should make his preparations accordingly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
REGISTRATIONS

National headquarters has urged that all registrations be attended to prompt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15

| turned the chalky ground into slippery footing and thick mist made all sense
 of location impossible. Eleven tanks were sent across the river and the infantry started over the top behind rolling bar
 rage, the first wave wading the river, while the engineers placed pontoons for the use of the second wave. Despite an
 enemy counter barrage the machine gum | ners hid in shell holes under cover of | the fog, the Americans drove over the
 crest east of the river and advanced two miles. a-.
 l 0ne American division, in conjunction with the Thirteenth British corps, deliv- cred an attack on the following morning,
 but it was held up by heavily organized
 machine gun posts ard repeated counter
 attacks supported by artillery. Ob-
 stinats resistance was encountered at the village of Ijpeauvilla. and not until the middle of the afternoon did the enemy I line suddenly weaken and the American | advance moere on toward the Sambre canal By October 19 the American and l British forces occupied the last ridge ! before the canal and a period of prepara-
 ton ensued. The-advance had resulted kin the capture of St. Martin, Rivere. Mo lain, Arbre de Guise, Ribeauville and Ecaillon The total advance for the six ldays operations was, 13 miles. resulting
 in the capture of 34c9 prisoners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
w. S. S.

A new ruling has been made relative
 to reporting sales War Savings Stamps
 by which scouts may obtain prompt re- suits in obtaining emblems for service. and will have the proper blanks mailed
 him from Washington within the next few days.
 In this connection attention is called to the fact that the following achieve
 ments buttons are at scout headquarters: Scous A. Logan. Troop II; H. Robertson, Troop Is; J. Stallings and Robert Jemi-
 son III, Troop 27e H. McNutt. Troop s4, and J. H. Duncan, Troop 37. ] Scout Irving Silverfield of Troop 12 has been awarded his ace emblem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15

|, able to aid in any way the officials of the Red Cross campaign desire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
If You Saw Wood Each Day
 You Won't Need Cascarets

Great medicine ,--thc Sawbuck.
 Two hours day saving wood will keep any one's Bowels regular.
 No need, of pills, Cathartcs, Castor Oil nor r''Physic,'' If you'll only work the4 Sawbuck regularly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
GENERAL MEETING

The regular time for the general qual
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15

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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-08-30

orado Fuel and Iron company and the
great steel trust behind this legisla-
ton? A few days ago employees at
Elwood, Indiana, asked the trust to
leave the question of wages to the
national war labor board. The trust
refused If these employees strike,
what would be their status under this
law?
"Employes of the steel trust
throughout the country are organiz-
ing. Is this amendment intended to
frighten them into the belief that if
they strike they will be sent to
France? Hardly one of them but who
believes he would be better off in the
trenches than in the steel plants,
where he is notoriously overworked
and underpaid. But the conspirators
do not believe this. Hence conscrip-
ton.
"There is nothing uncertain in the
loyalty pledge of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and its 100000
members. 1t was given March IL,
1917-before the War-at a meeting
of national and international labor
officials. Afterwards it was indorsed
by local unions, city and state fedora
tions of labor, and at the convention
of the American Federation of Labor,
in Buffalo, November, 1917.
"We do not ask for favors. We ask
that this and any similar attempts to
surreptitiously conscript labor be de-
feated.
drag out the conspirators behind
cOnscription and you will find they
are the most prolific war profteers
in the United States.
"The working people of the nation
would become suspicious of a gov
ernment that sought to make the
world believe they would not work
and were forced to fight against their
will. The American Federation of
Labor will protest with all its might
against a plot to degrade labor, to
level it down to the conditions in our
enemy countries.
"This is the United States, not
Germany"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-08-30
START RIGHT

Had | but known what now | know
That went to school so long ago,
| should have made the most of days
| wasted in a hundred ways.
| should have early buckled in
A little lead on life to win;
| should have known how much it
meant
To gather learning as | went;
And all the things that | despised
And left neglected, I'd have priced. q.
Were | once more to go to school
I'd learn each theorem and rule;
AlthO it made me twist and squirm,
With honor | would start the term; y
I'd do the simpler lessons well,
And then when harder tasks befelI
TO master them I'd be equipped;
! Twas there SO often that | slipped;
Tho eagerly | yearned to play,
I'd get my studies every day.
No rule or lesson now | know
Was hard, unless I'd made it so;
And when | studied as | should
And closed the day with markings
good
With speed and ease always wrought
The problems that tomorrow brought,
And had | known what now | know
should have studied long ago.
For | have learned at bitter cost
The lessons that | had and lost.
The American Boy.