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Evening star., 1918-08-04

The following account Of Great Brit
aims participate In the war was writ
ten by Louis Tracy. q member Of the
British war mission, to commemorate
the fourth anniversary of our ally's en-
trance into the war. Mr.. Tracy is
widely known throughout the United
states rs q novelist.
j. At the outbreak of the war Mr..
tracy laid down the pen of fiction and
mas since given his entire services to
his country. During 1914 and 1915 be
raised. drilled and equipped. largely at
MS own expense. battalion Of volun-
teers at Whitby, on the Yorkshire
coast, and was unceasing in his en-
deavora to cause his fellow country
men to realize the gravity and dangers
OF the struggle.
In 1915 Mr.. Tracy came to America
and by the written and spoken word
has shown the allies case 10 the people
Of this country. In 1917 he Joined WIS.,
count Northcliffe on the British war
mission. and is now working in con-
junction with Mr.. Georrey Butler,
{. u. E.. on the information bureau
OF the mission. Mr.. Tracy was ap-
pointed an officer of the Order Of the
British Empire on June of this year.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
Tales, Indeed.

WILLIAM. DEAN HowELLs. the
author. at luncheon at his
Kittery Point cottage was praising
fairy tales. : .
II gave q little boy he. .said.-..IIans
Afdersen's fairy tales one day. and =
short time after this HIS nurse found
HMM tears =. - -. -.
'sWAat Is the ma tier with you y che
a1ited.-s why are you crysngg'S -ss,. a
BOO. -hoo; -bfubbeFed the little boy.
r ate-nil>my supper white you were
reading me one 7of7nry fairy tales. a6a
hese- esssfist krow.fd eaten ft.' r--.<
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People of America. you fathers and
mothers, wives. sisters and sweet
hearts of the. men you have sent to-
France. ask You to study that table.
hnltur should be known by its re-
suits. and. IL benighted England can
show such case against enlightened
Germany. is 1t not worth four years.
or. II need be. forty years of war to
keep your country and ours clear of
the virus Of kultur? The answer is
oeing given today wherever the Hun
stands up against our soldiers II ~
being dinned into his ears by high
explosives and driven into his car
cass by keen bayonets. when he
needs we will quit. and not until he
does heed-on his knees.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
SATAN SURPRISED !
AT. THE HEAT
BY CAPT. LORD DUNsAyY.
,ecial Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
e. LONDON. July IS, 1913
THE German view of war is neatly
illustrated by one Of the sayings Of
the kaiser that Herr Karl Rosner has
thought worthy Of print q,
When 1 see this destruction" hs 10
reported to have said, thousands Of
people homeless and prosperous districts
OF France turned into deserts the.
thought Is forced upon me that the
French people might have avoided an
this pain ard misery if they had not SO
light-heartedly rejected my peace offer
of December. 1916"
His view Of war Is that it is a Ger
man pastime TO be started like a game
OF cricket when Germans want il, but
that. unlike even cricket. it must be
stopped when the Germans are getting
the worst OF It or even are tired Of it,
l recoliect some German general be-
ing reported as making a speech On
parade in answer to a gracious one Of
the kaiser's. and this general actually
spoke of the allies as people who sin
against your majesty's desire for
peace" II that general was NOT laugh
ing at the kaiser he must have had an
amazing lack Of the sense Of humor;
but perhaps he was laughing at him.
and in that case the kaiser had TOO lit
tie husnor In him TO see he was being
laughed at. If the general still lives
But here we have again from line pen
the kaiser's very lips. as the proboscis
OF the bee gets honey from flowers. this
same absurd idea. The kaiser starts a
war. He invades Belgium withou. any
reason whatever. He sends our Gen.
Won kluck TO march on Paris. Won
X M srGe nd 6l~4
day-war evidently not being what it
was in Wilhelm Is time, and not nearly
SO renlunerative as people told him it
would be-he suggests that this ono
should be stopped.
In spite Of which the French go on
defending themselves. And then ono
day he goes and looks at a battlefield
and notices that war Is quite destruct-
ire, and he looks at tee broken homes
Of peasants OF France and notices that
he says to himself, or nlutters SO that
Herr Karl Rosner hears, fancy. war do4 :
ing as mJch harm as all that. And,
however. can the French be so bad as
to keep 1t going? Why! 1t has knocked
that house about quite a lot" And Herr
Rosner sees in this rather beautiful
sohcitnde for the. peasantry that, the
kaiser's own callous ambition had made
homeless
But had the allies made peace In
iS4o WIN 3HtS enemy 0I -tBAnkluu ~
is not impossible that he might have
soon forgotten that war damaged
houses, and that when the. roof Of
a. house Is all over the garden a fam.
lily often goes homeless: and that the
sympathy that he has gIaciously felt
for the. districts of France might
soon, have faded away. and then out
oe the scheming of his cold and cruel
heart another. war might very soon
haye1come forth. desolating still more
districts, and making more millions
homeless. rolling on as the fcebergs
which grow huge in the Arctic and
go southwarda sinking ships. 49, - :
Evening star., 1918-08-04
BY LOUIS TRACY.

HODAY. August 4, stricken
world has endured four years
of war and enters on a fifth.
How many more years will
the human race be called on
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empire. exclusive of India, Africa. etc.
to November, 1917.
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Per cent OF Per cent Of
armed forces. casualties
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2,5O.ooo

OF these, at least one-f NTH must be
counted among the dead. So half mil
lion gallant men Of the British empire
are lying IN their graves all over the
world or hidden forever in the terrible
end mysterious depths of the sea, while
moro than another half million are SO
manned and broken that they can never
again be counted as useful citizens Of a
world wherein a man must work II he
would eat and therefore live.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07
3 Gross WORK.
-W-S-s-

Out of 255 executives in the Ia divi-
sion Offices of the American Red Cross,
100, or $3.50, are women according tc
a canvass which has just been made.
These figures apply only to those hold
ing important executive positions in
division officers and do not include
chapter officials.
1t was further shown that $3.50 of
these executives are volunteers serv-
ing without remuneration. The divi-
sion form of organization has been in
effect only since the appointment of
the Red Cross War Council, and was
found necessary, because OF the trez
mendous. growth of the activities and
operations of the Red Cross brought
about by the war.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07
$4,000 FOR ADVERTISING
THIS COUNTY
Continued from front page)

fOruse in the Hustler next week
DR.. Morse also told of ordering a
cut for publicity purposes jim connec-
ton with the proposed routing of the
Dixie highway from Michigan to Flori-
da, through Hendersonville. He said
that he had written to all the direc-
tors of the highway about the attrac-
lions of this section andrhad received
considerable encouragement.
Mr.. Bland said that Henderson coun-
ty should make an effort to have the
government open the road to Pisgah,
connecting the present Pisgah road
with the Mills River road, thereby
making Hen%dersonvi1le the gateway
from the south to the government re-
serve. He told of correspondence with
officials about the matter. Only about,
seven miles of road would have to be
constructed and it could probably be
done for $4,000. Hc said that there
was a road but hardly ~passable. This
matter was referred to the road COM
mittee.
Eighteen persons were present and
the meeting was enthusiastic.
Secretary Truck read the proposed
by laws which he mad been instructed
to draft. They were adopted without
change. It was decided not to change
the namo of the crganizai Z, as was
recently proposed.
Secretary Truck read a letter f en-
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07
BIG sANITARIUM AT AsHEvILIE

aE aZ
The newly organized Arm of Cowan,
Chiles and company, has secured about
3I5 acres of land near Azeala on which
tie oovernmer+ will erect sanftarium
buildings to cost approximately one
million dollars. 1t has been decided to.
double the capacity of the Azalea
plant, and from the first ~accemmoda-
lions will be made for 1000 patients,
which is just twice as many as was.
originally planned for.
Although it has been known by a
few citizens of the city for several
days that the government would likely
double the capacity of the sanitarfum,
and make provisions for the treatment
of 1000 men instead of 500 as origi-
naIly stated, no announcement could
be made until all necessary arrange
ments could be made to secure addR
tional land for the erection OF the
buildings.
With the 315 acres now owned by
the holding company, it is announced
that this will give adequate room for
the erection OF all the buildings re-
quired with room enough left to make
any additions to the plant that may be-
found necessary in the future.-Ashe-
Vile Citizen.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07
A Hint to the Aged.

If people past sixty years Of age
could be persuaded to go to bed as
Don as they take cold and remain in
bed for one or two days, they would
recover much more quickly, especially
if they take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. There would also be less
danger of the cold being followed by
any of the more serious diseases.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07

G. Ores: am in which the aid OF the
Board Of Trade was requested in an
effort to get the governent to s
the Kanuge property as a hospital.
This matter was referred to the Civic
committee.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-02-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
ATHLETIC CLUB ID
 MEET |. s. U. FIVE
 IN ANNUAL CONTEST
Locals Are in Good Shape for Important Game.
 Dance Will Follow

The Birmingham Athletic club basket ball team will meet the crack quintet of the Louisiana State university to- night in their annual game at the clubs gymnasium, starting promptly at S;SV o'clock. The visiting aggregation ar rived last night, and is reported in eS- cellent shape for the contest.
 Coach Ed Spencer has sent his men through some gruelling workouts dur inp inc past week, and followers are expectins victory to be registered to- night The showing against the Atlanta champions was fine. and repetition of the good work is promised.
 Coach Stroud and his men have not met defeat this season. The present road trin has witnessed four victories in as many games played.
 Although Coach Spencer has not de- cided on his lineup, it is probable that Montgomery and McGowan will DC started at forwards, Baker at center and Gillian and Barker at guards The line-up of the visitors is not known.
 The Y. M. c. A. will meet the l.. $. IL sauad tomorrow night in their gynna sium, The Stroud five returns to their camp following the pair of frays here
 Tonight the usual dance will follow the game. A large attendance IS ex- pected. Coach Homer Thomas or T. C' Young will referee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
COMMITTEE OPENS
 HEADQUARTERS
Plans for the Third Liberty Loan Campaign Being
 Completed by Women

The woman's committee of the third liberty loan campaign opened head quarters yesterday on the ground floor of the Jefferson County bank building and from now on until the close of the campaign some members of the committee will be in attendance daily.
 The executive committee has been completed and is composed of Mrs.
 Solon Jacobs, chairman; Mrs. John D, McNeel, vice chairman; Mrs. George Corners. distributor; Mrs. S. L. Led
 better press; Mrs. R. r. Johnson, speakers: Mrs. W. D. Nesbit, office equipment; Mrs. II. l. Badham, audi tor The advisory committee is com posed of Mrs. ]. r. Hooper, Mrs. J. H. Mccoy, Mrs. Crawford Johnson, Mise Ina Sheppard and Mrs. John S. Pa den. A corps of stenographers and of- flee assistants has been engaged and will assist in the campaign. Plans are being made for a con- vention to be held in Birmingham 10 be attended by every county chair man when plans for the campaign will I be formulated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Summary of News From All War Fronts and Capitals
By the Associated Press

l the empire for the carrying on of 8
 successful military programme.
 The Germans on the western front are not yet numerically equal to the French
 and British forces opposing them, ac- cording to Mai Gen. Frederick E. Mau-
 rice, chief director of military operations at the British war office, notwithstand-
 ing the continuous movement of German
 troops to that war theatre during the last month. In the opinion of General
 Maurice the situation there at present is
 not one to cause anxiety to the entente military leaders.
 Artillery activity continues on the Brit
 isn. French, Italian and American fronts but aside from this the opera
 tions have been confined to patrol and a.sial attacks. The French war office
 announced the destruction of If enemy airptanes during February and 4. and three February 5. and Italian headquar-
 ters reports the bringing down of five
 hostile machines. Berlin says that seven enemy alrplanes and one captive balloon were shot down Tuesday.
 Entente merchantmen sunk by mine or submarine during the last week totalled 19, of which 15 were British, three French and one Italian.
 In Finland the White Guard. or gov
 ernment troops, have won an important victory over the revolutionary Red Guard in the taking of Uleaborg, on the Gulf of
 Bothnia. This city was the chief mil- tary depot for the Russians in north ern Finland, and it's loss, according to military observers, means that the whole of northern Finland soon will be in possession of the government troops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
Allies Accept Plan to
 Centralize Control of
 All Shipping in Future

Washington, February 6. = Accept ance by the allies of the plan to turn over the direction of all transatlantic recently created was announced to- night by Chairman Hurley of the ship ping board, with the assurance that this promises a complete unification of Atlantic shipping operations.
 The committee, comprising P. A. s. Franklin, H. H. Raymond and Sir Con- mop Guthrie. was named at confer shipping interests and representatives of the allies. Sir Connop was selected to represent on the committee the in- terallied chartering conferences, con tingent on the allies acceptance of a plan of allocating tonnage. Word has just been received that the allied gov ernments are heartily in favor of the proposals.
 Vice Chairman Stevens of the ship ping board, who is to go to London will sit with the chartering conference as the American representative, assist ing on the other side in recommends tions regarding the distribution oi ships from a general pool to be formed Actual allocation of ships in the poo will be in the hands of the contro committee.
 Hurley tonight, lis one of the practi- l cal results of the interallied wal council recently held in Paris. The move will increase the efficiency of the merchant fleets of America and the al lilies. If the maximum efficiency can bt obtained from every ship available cargoes can be loaded and unloadee
 without delay and ships can be moved promptly, it will be equivalent to thu addition of considerable new tonnage
 ssThe committee will be left free tt coordinate the needs of the variou. lgovernment departments, effecting suci l interchange of tonnage and traffic al may be practicable with the allied gov I ernments.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
HOUSE COMMITTEE ' FINISHES DRAFT
 RAIL LEGISLATION

Washington, February 6.-Consider-
 at;on of the administration railroad
 bii, was completed today by the
 IJouse interstate commerce committee
 with agreement on all amendments. A
 final vote will be taken Friday when
 the committee plans to complete us
 renort. Chairman Sims In presenting
 if probably next week will urge speedy
 massage of the measure. As completed
 today. the bill differs in several i'm
 nortant respects from the draft fla
 vorably reported by the Senate com
 uittee. It provides for termination Of
 government control two years after
 neace is declared as against 8 months
 in the Senate bill and leaves fInai
 fixing authority in the hands or
 the President, while the Senate meas
 ures give final authority to the ln-
 terstate commerce commissions An
 atnendment not found in the Senate
 draft was agreed to by the House com
 mlttee today. It protects short line
 railroads not taken over by the gov
 ernment by providing that where It
 is found necessary to divert traffic from those roads in the national in
 terest the President may. as far as pra cticable, route sufficient unimpor- tant freight over those roads to com
 pensate them in revenue. The amend
 ment was drawn by Representatives
 Kitchin and Britten, who are not menl-
 hers of the committee, and it was au- thoritatively stated that 1t has the ap- nroval of Director General McAdoo
 Another amendment approved by the House committee provides that until otherwise ordered by the president operating revenues may be received bv the carriers as before the govern ments took control, but that any net revenue above the standard return based on the thrce-year period ending June 60, 1917. must be paid into the federal treasury and placed in the l $500 ,000, ,o00 revolving fund. provided l for on both drafts of the bill.
 | Both committees agreed to the stan dard return feature but the House committee adopted an amendment re- l curing the President to make annual reports on disbursements of the road 1 Under the Senate draft the Presi- l dent may initiate rates subject to re vision by the interstate commerce con- ] mission on complaint either of thy shippers or carriers. The House draft provides that he shall initiate rates | which shall be reviewed by the inter- state commerce commission on com plaint. The commission then may make rscomm cndation to the President whs may take such action as he may "deen required in the public interests.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07


 The complexities of international poll itics affecting the great war have been added to by virtual expression of sym pathy from Mexico for Germany. Presi- dent venustiano Carranza sent to Elm perior William a message of congratu- lation and good wishes on the occasion of the Emperor's ffftyseventh birthday. which occurred January 27, according to advices reaching Reuters GLtd) from Copenhagen. The Mexican Presidents message was couched in f1attering terms, opening with the phrase: ITO your ma jesty, who celebrates his anniversary today with just cause for rejoicing" and ending with best wishes for "the pros- perity of this great friendly nation.''
 As an offset to the friendly congratula- tions from Mexico, a neutral government, toward the enemy of the entente allies, Parliament Wednesday. reiterated the determination of the democracies of the world to continue warfare against the quadruple alliance until a just and en- during peace could be obtained. The King named this programme as Britain s first aim and endeavor and placed on Germany the responsibility for provoking the war. He also expressed his hope for solution of the Irish problem, which is new evidence from the ruler that the government is subordinating all internal jealousies and frictions to the larger task of knitting together every resource of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07
ANNISTON

Anniston. February 7.-(Special.)-Wfth the return of pretty weather and the ap- proach of spring. with the probability that the men at Camp Mcclellan will be ordered to foreign service. the men and officers of the Blue and Gray division are holding frequent reunions.
 One of the largeet affairs of the winter social season was the dance given at the Anniston Country club on Wednesday evening by the officers of the District of Columbia, most of whom belong to the 111th field artillery, although there are men from the district scattered through out the division.
 The club was artistically decorated in the national coiors, and the music by the regimental band made the function a very enjoyable affair. Refreshments were served during an intermisslon
 The officers of Battery E, Third field artillery, entertained at the club on Monday evening, and similar reunion is being planned by the Maryland. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-07

Virginia officers. Much interest also is
 being centered in a proposed reunion by
 the Jerseymen, who have the largest
 representation now in camp.
 Every since Maj. Gen. Charles G. Nor ton returned from France the men of the Blue and Gray division have had little
 opportunity for social recreation, other
 than to attend the weekend dances at
 the Country club every Saturday even ing, and many of those who were at the club Monday and Wednesday of this week were greeted by the local members for the first time in several weeks It was also the first time in weeks that many of the officers had been together, as the several units are very much diff ferent from what they were when they first arrived in Anniston as national guard organizations.
 In addition to the prospect of for eign service during the next few months, preparatory to which the period or inteh, siye training will be kept up, many of the officers and men of Camp McCieiian are being transferred to other camps, sev- l eral thousand having been sent away during the last two months.
 1 During the period Of Intensive training and the consequent inability of many of the men and officers 10 get to town, about the only recreation they have en ] loved has been the intracamp athletics | and the amateur theatrical entertain ments that have been staged under the supervision of Capt. Murray Cobb aide l to General Norton As a result they | are glad of the opportunity to come to town again, and all of the social func- tions given here recently have been large iIv attended