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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

estry Association. In a letter to the Williams. chaplain of the Tenth Engi- neers (Forest) says: The Welfare Fund Is surely help. ing out great deal. Have been able to buy athletic equipment, etc., for the men, make short loans to men going on leave and help in many lit- tie ways. Now that packages do not come over from the States such a fund is even more necessary, and we thank you very, very much for your energies in our behalf"
 No Waste
 In the forestry work being done m France there is absolutely no waste. for all slabs and limbs are cut into fuel wood" according to Lieutenant R. H. Faulkner, who tells of what the 2Oth Engineers (Forest) are doins there.
 Could any operator today in tho United States of America" he writes. make tour of the numbering opera tions of the Forestry Regiments, 10th ana 2oth Engineers. in France, he would see economical operations car ried out to the minutest details. And this IS not fantastical conservation. it IS not conservation that adds exces- siveiy to the cost. but 1t Is due to an entirely new spirit in numbering, the spirit of the American forestry troops. which taboos absolutely the waste of any material which can be of use. And when this is said, in France. 1t means the utilization of every part of the tree. down to branches only one and one-half inches in diameter"
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'manded the battery claims that it was this heavy machine gun fire which made it possible for the assault on the hill to be carried through successfully in few minutes.
 The records of the South African War show that comparatively small numbers of machine guns were used. The armored train which took part in the defense of Mafeking, the first sortie against the Boers, was armed with two machine guns, a Maxim and Hotchkiss, but only few other times were machine guns mentioned
 Machine Guns In Present War
 The Japanese-Russo War was the first conflict in which machine guns played a large part for the Russians had Maxim guns, while the Japanese had the Hotchkiss guns, of much the same type as are now used by the French Army. It, however, remained for the present war to bring out the real value of the weapon.
 Most of the guns are water cooled by means of the metal jacket sur rounding the greater part of the gun
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But the men are turning it out in rec ord quantities and in record time. They are making the fir fiy' both in France and in America.
 A Race
 Speaking of the way the boys" are going to 1t on the other side, Colonel Greeley says: Keen rivalry between the different companies has put much added punch into the game. The A and B. Company mills of the ........ Engineers, two of the first to begin running, were both rated at 10000 board feet in 10 hours. Once shaken down. both were clipping off from 10000 to 25,000 feet of lumber in two nine hour shifts. Then A Company put on three seven hour shifts and passed 29.000 feet. B Company came back with a run of 35.600 feet of lumber and 1,200 feet of ties in two nine hour shifts"
 Much appreciation Is felt by the American foresters in France for the benefits they receive from the Welfare Fund for Lumbermen and Foresters, many contributions to which have been received at the Washington headquarters of the American For
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the greatest industries, yet he has been working on gun inventions since | he was a boy, and many of these are found on guns turned out by various firms. Browning was honored with a title on the day his one-millionth pistol was made in Belgium, where there was a factory turning out his work. He became a Chevalier de T. Order de Leopold, which entitled him to call himself Sir John M. Browning. but the wizard gun man forgot all about it and went on making appli- ances to guns. Some ten years ago the Kaiser gave him an honorary dec- oration, which the inventor has long since trampled under his feet. His Inventions have been used in every land, in fact the half crazed Serbian. who killed the Austrian Archduke on that fatal July evening in 1914, used an automatic pistol of Browntng's in- vention. Fire arms of his invention have played parts in nearly every great event in the world and 1t seems but fitting that an invention of his should end this awful conflict.
 The machine gun can be moved quickly from one place to another when any sort of cover offers. Each gun has a squad of about ten men and should theyIfn themselves too closely pressed they pick up. their weapon, fall back a short distance and then open up again.
 One military authority has declared that one machine gun is worth awhole battalion armed with rifles. ; Few sol diers can keep up fifteen rounds a minute rapid fire with a rife, but a machine gun can discharge 500 rounds in minute, and one of the machine guns can discharge 1,600 bullets with out stopping.
 A machine gun hidden in shell hole can do valiant work against German airman.J 4 At the beginning of the present war the British had only two machine guns to each infantry battalion, while Germany had at least dozen. Today both the Allies and Central Powers have special machine gun corps besides those belonging to the infantry and men thoroughly trained for the work. The machine gun Is now the most deadly weapon both for land and air warfare.
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barrel being kept full of water. So much heat is developed in the rapid lire of the gun that it's inventors have round the greatest difficulty in keep Ing the water about the parts from boiling. The air cooling system was adopted by some, but with all its diff1- culties the water cooled system ap- pears most satisfactory.
 Lewis Gun
 The famous Lewis gun Is the inven- ton of Colonel Lewis, who served in the United States Coast Artillery, and Is, perhaps, the most popular gun now in use in Europe. It is the most mobile of all weapons of this class. It was refused for time by the United States Government, but after both England and France began~-to use them in great numbers our own gov ernment then put them in operation on the Mexican border and in our Army. The gun weighs only 25h
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AT ALL THE weapons used in the M H present war the machine gun V H has unquestionably proved itself
 " the most efficient" says prom inent military expert in his review of the weapons used in the present war
 When the casualties are summed up this is found to be true as statistics prove that the greatest proportion of losses, especially during the past few weeks, have been caused by machine guns. Any type of this weapon in the hands of skilled operator has the same effect upon men moving in mass formation that a keen edged scythe has in a field of ripened wheat It cuts broad swaths; nothing can stand against 1t.
 The machine gun is a man saver in warefare, not, perhaps against the mans own death but one man can do the work of many men, as one of these weapons can do the same work as one hundred men armed with rifles. That is, it can bring the same amount Of ire to bear as one hundred rifle men and will take up considerably less room. Consequently, 1t is possible to bring tremendous fire to bear from very restricted space. Imagine a machine gun which Is capable of do- ing the work of one hundred men and requires a frontage of only about yard as reserve power. To bring one hundred men across communication trenches takes time and causes some confusion. The machine gun mounted on a tripod remains inanimate during the excitement of the men in action. Machine gunsmen are trained special ists for their work and keep their weapons concealed as far as possible. They are known as weapons of oppor- tunity and surprise and their hitting qualities under skilled men are very remarkable and are fired to the front only when a favorable target offers. A volley from a machine gun will hit man several times whilst he is fall ing, in the case of gun catching men obliquely. Recently special training has been given to men who compose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
Kaiser May As We'll Call Quits

If lumber will win the war the
 Kaiser may as well call it quits .
 writes Lieutenant Colonel w. B. Gree
 ley, who succeeded Colonel Graves in France. "The American lumberjacks are on the job in France, barring the ninety-f1ve who went down on the Tpscania. Their April drive netted
 14,S00,000 feet of lumber, 153,OoO standard railroad ties. 103,00 ties for light railroads and 316.000 pieces of piles, poles and small round products; and we have hardly gotten started AL. ready the shipping office which has the hardest car supply job lumber man ever tackled, is working nights to keep the loading ground cleared. As a business concern we have an organization which might draw the envy of Minnesota line yard com pany."
 As to the great variety of material which they must supply. Colonel Greeley says: They range from 10G foot poles to fascines of six foot twigs: from bills of dock and bridge timbers totaling five million feet to basswood cants for the manufacture of artificial limbs by the Red Cross. Construction lumber for barracks and warehouses. standard gauge ties. and cordwood are the great staples. of which we cannot produce too much. Then come the heavy plank for artillery roads, tele- phone and telegraph poles. short ties or light railroads and corduroy and wire entanglement stakes by the hun dreds of thousands of pieces. It, is a strenuous game, where lifelong train ing in business efficiency and economy must be subordinated to the one goal of speed. But the American lumber
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
GRAYHoUNDs THE OLDEST DOGS

The grayhounds of Altcar and Wa terloo Cup are the oldest of domestic dogs. and they can be traced back by sculptures and frescoes for thirteen centuries before the Christian era. A me group of grayhounds fondlinR each other at the British Museum is claimed to be more than two thousand years old. and some of the dogs de- picted in hunting scenes on the Egyp- tan monuments are of the greyhound type. Grayhounds have been popular m England since King Canute's time, but nobody but gentleman or . freeholder was allowed to keep them. Even so recently as 1858 a license to Keep a greyhound cost six dollars In England. which was nearly treble the tax imposed by the state on other dogs.
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 From the eagles of the sky. the American aeroplanes which are now soaring in greater and greater num- pers over the enemy lines, to the ships which are transporting the men and supplies to France; from the boards used in making trench mats" which are made into walks, to the heavy poles for dock and railroad construc- ton work; from logs which weigh many tons to the fine twigs which are fastened together for various uses, the American lumbermen are devoting themselves wholeheartedly to the task of winning the war.
 A Mighty Work
 The vastness of the work Is almost incomprehensible. When it is remem- bered that for one purpose alone, that or building warehouses in France which stretch for miles, millions of rect of lumber had to be cut; and that construction camps hospitals, railroads, trenches and hundreds of other kind of construction require vast amounts of forest products, some idea may be- gained of the importance of wood-
 For shipbuilding in the United states alone during the present year,
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ing; but no matter, standing order was issued that no man should return to ''mess" without all the stakes he could pack on his back. In short or
 der stakes were pouring out of the
 woods in endless ant-like streams;
 stakes were moving forward from ev- cry quarter. That the job was well
 done was told in the wire which soon came back from the front: Stop sending stakes; can't use any more" This was before the rest of the Amer ican Expeditionary Force knew what the forestry troops were capable of doing. The same thing happened when an order came for poles. The boys started to beat the Kaiser with poles; and after about two days of the deluge, the dispatch came: Flooded with poles, cancel further shipments"
 Colonel Henry S. Graves, Chief Forester of the United States, who went to France to organize the Amer ican forestry forces and who spent eight months there, said of the Forest Regiments upon returning to this country: They are working to win the war. Nothing else enters their thoughts. I can't say too much for the spirit of the officers and the men. We are going to unify our every ef- fort and do our part in the inevitable victory for freedom.
 To show the spirit of these men "Over There" they tell of one group of twenty-five men of one of the com panies, who went out one evening without orders and on their own free initiative and cut one hundred and twenty-five ties. That is the way in which the linen behind the axe" are working to help win the war with wood
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It's Origin and It's Efficiency Both
 On Land and Tn Airp1anes

machine gun companies. for only cool reliable soldiers can be trusted with these weapons to get results. A man must know his gun just as a bird man must know his aircraft. When and how to shoot means much and this old idea that you must wait for your opponent to open fire Is now regarded as obsolete.
 Many kinds of machine guns are used in the present war and it is nec- essary to go back through centuries to find their origin. A Chinese gun taken as prize in 1860 was found to have been made in 1900 and consisted of four barrels fired simultaneously.
 The "matrailleuse", twenty-five bar rels (hand operated) was kept as a great secret by the French until the Franco-Prussian War, when 1t was en- larged and used as a piece of artillery.
 Kaiser Has A Maxim Patent
 Sir Hiram Maxim travelled over Flu rope showing his gun to officials of various governments and when the Kaiser saw the gun fired on the field OulSluC Ol bcTllu ne at once 6XCldlIneQ. This is the only gun," but all his military men did not agree with him and the machine gun used by the Ger mans Is only part Maxim. Maxim patents are now being used on the Vickers guns by the Allies.
 AS early as 1891 England began to use Gatlings, Nordenfeldts and Gard ners. Even before this time Gatling guns invented by pr. R. J. Gatling, of Indianapolis, were used by the Peru vians in the War with Chli. There was battery of four Calling guns with General Shafter's Army during the Cuban campaign of 1S9S They were improvised after landing and the gunners had only a few days training. Nevertheless the guns did some ef- fective work. At a critical moment of the battle before Santiago the guns were pushed into the firing line and opened fire on the Spaniards on San Juan Hill. Three guns fired 5000 rounds each and the officer who com
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0RASH,. down falls an ancient monarch of the forest. This one
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

n F ALL THE weapons used in the M H present war the machine gun W has unquestionably proved itself
 " the most efficient" says a prom
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1t is estimated that more than 500,- 00O,000 feet of fir from the forests of the Northwest and more than 375.- 000,O00 feet of yellow pine from the forests of the South, will be required.
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@RASH,. down falls an ancient
 monarch of the forest This one Is in Oregan, that one in the vel ~ low pine belt of Louisiana, an other in the forests of France. All {. are intended for use in, the war.
 Stretching away half way around 1.-the globe American foresters and : lumber jackies are cutting and saving logs. driving spikes and shaping tim bers. guiding them to the mills and through the mills, and turning them into all sorts and sizes. They are getting the material needed for ships and for aeroplanes, for railroad ties and for camp construction. for trench walling and for dock piles, for artifi- clal limbs and for wire entanglement stakes, and for a thousand other uses to which forest products are being put to help win the war. There Is no other substance that is being utilized in such a variety of ways in the war as wood.
 Both here in the United States and In France strong. stalwart, untiring American workers are felling the trees. hurrylng them to the mills by stream and wagon road. rail and truck; and rapidly whipping them into the desired shape.
 Order Quickly Filled
 Send us some entanglement stakes quick" was the wire which was flashed recently from Up Front" to an American contingent of foresters who had just arrived in France. The boys started in. They tackled the job with mighty little equipment: wagons, horses and motor vehicles were lack
The Washington herald., 1918-12-20

them into the ground as they do into
the hands of those who treasure
them and wear them over their
hearts.
Therefore. one can only pity and
not scorn the Iovelorn maiden whose
affections have set themselves upon
some man who is Indifferent to her.
and whom a cruel and unjust con-
yention keeps from even trying to
win. For there is literally nothing
that she can do to help her case.
because men are far more conven-
tlonal than women. far more steeped
In the theory that man should be
the pursuer and woman the pursued.
and so the girls every effort to win
the man she loves. but who doesn't
love her, will be a boomerang that
will return and annihilate her.
Mans mouth still waters for the
peach that grows highest on the
tree, not the one that is ready to
drop into his mouth. He still spends
days angling for the wary trout in
stead of dipping a tame carp out Of
the pond. and he still pursues the
woman who flies from him, instead
or standing still and being caught
by the woman who is running after
OF masculine psychology that carry
no cheer to the woman who is in
love with the Indifferent man.
Nor Is there any comfort in the
knowledge that her courtship has to
be indirect. and so camoufaged that
the man will not know II for what
IT Is. Still many a woman does win
out even under such adverse condi-
ttons, and she leads the man to the
altar without his ever suspecting
how he got there.
The best advice that anyone can
give to the woman who is in love
with man who doesn't love her is
to forget il. And to turn her af
fection upon some more responsive
subject. Thus shall she save her
self tearsi and heart burnines and
jealousies and disappointment
Lucky the woman who, instead ~
mourning over her unrequited az
fection. has the philosophy to saw
with the poet, 'Tf he be not fair to
me. how care I how fair he be-.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-20
Are You Awaiting
The Great Crisis
# So. Do Not Allow the Time to
Pass with Nature Unaided

woven who give nature q balnino,
hand during the period of expect9
ancy hnd that when the time arrives
Tor baby's coming it is approached
and passed with infinitely less paIr,
thousands of women for over half
century have learned that in the
LIne-honored preparation. Mofber's
FRIEND, they have a grateful raiax
ing, penetrating remedy, the use of
whlch makes it possible for them TO
go through childbirth without the
Gsual nausea, nervousness hearing
gown and stretching pains. and that
through Its use the hours at the
crisis are fewer and of much less
pain and danger.
Mothers Friend penetrates the
muscles, rendering them plant and
easily governed by the demands a ~
nature They relax gently and bring
.appy Gays and calm, restfuI nights,
As the result the crisis is passed
with greater ease and in less time,
the breasts are kept in good condi,
Ilon and the skin is made and kept
soil and free from blemishes,
write TO the Bradfield Regulator
company Dept. p, Lamar Building.
Auanta, Georgia, for their Mother
MOOD Book, and obtain a bottle of
Mothers Friend from your druggist
today and thoroughly fortify YOUR
self Tor the coming event-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-20
WALSH WOMENS ATTORNEY.
Will Represent Cleveland Conduc-
torettes Before Board.

Frank p. walsh, formerly joint
with William Howard
Taft OF the National War Labor
Board. will be the attorney for the
women street car conductors of
Cleveland. Ohio, who have filed a
motion for final hearing in their
case before the board. This an
nouncement was made today from
the Washington headquarters of
the National Women's Trade Union
League. following conferences be-
tween Mr.. Walsh, Mrs. Raymond
Robins, national president of the
league, and Miss Rose Moriarty, of
Cleveland, representing the women
conductors.
The recent action of the National
War Labor Board in recommending
the dismissal of the women conduc-
tors in order to end a strike of the
men. who were demanding their dis
missal. was taken following Mr..
Walsh's resignation as chairman.
and neither he nor Mr.. Taft, it is
stated, sat with the board during
its consideration of the case. being
occupied with other cases before the
board.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-20
Child GETS SICK
CROSS, FEVERISH,
IF CONSTIPATED
California Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach
or bowels.

A laxative today saves a sick child
omorrOw. Children simply will not
AXE the time from play to empty
heir bowels, which become clogged
Ip with waste, liver gets sluggish;
tomach sour.
Look at the tongue, mother! If
,oated. or your child is listless, cross.
everish, breath bad, restless, doesn't
at heartily, full of cold or has sore
hroat or any other children's all
nent, give a teaspOonful of "Califor-
la Syrup Of Figs" then don't worry,
ecause it is perfectly harmless, and
n a few hours all this constipation
olson, sour bile and fermenting
waste will gently move out of the
rowels, and you have a well, playful
hild again. A thorough inside
leansins'' is ofttimes all that is nee
ssary. 1t should be the first treat
nent given in any sickness.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Isk your druggist for a bottle of
California Syrup OF Figs" which
as full directions for babies, children
all ages and for grown-ups plainly
rinted on the bottle. Look carefully
nd see that it is made by the Cali
ornia Fig Syrup Company. ADV.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-20
HUNDRED SECOND
CHAPTER
| Make a Discovery and
Decide to Play a Double
Game.

l hurried home from the Office after
my filing was finished In order to rest
and look fresh for the concert. But
1 hurried too fast. Bob's last letter
was not next to my heart where l
had worn 1t for months! Late in the
afternoon I was sealing it in tiny
fresh envelope when Chrys interrupted
in an abrupt way she has. IL my
precious letter had been tossed in the
waste basket, i would never see 1t
again.
/ 'phoned to the garage for Bob's
old roadster which l like to drive and
was down at the Lorlmer Building
just as the first shift of scrubwomen
went to work. The private elevators
to the chemical company had stopped
but the watchman took me up the
main elevator and let me into the
office with master key
To my relief / found Bob's letter
tucked away with a handkerchief in
my drawer of stationery. | was about
to hurry out when one of the clean
ing women opened the door of the
presidents room and held 1t wide as
she cleaned both sides of the. opaque
glass. And from the room came a
voice which I knew, a voice which ig-
nored the woman at work altogether,
as one who did not understand the
language.
This is the government order re-
ceived today. 1t holds all shipments
already made by rail at the seaboard,
there to await further orders" 1t
was Chrys' voice! l thought she must
be taking up some pressing govern
ment business with Daddy. / turned
toward the door and stopped invol-
unfairly as ! heard a mans voice-a
voice which l liked very much. DR..