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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
PULLMAN

culman, April Especial )-Eighteen white boys left for Camp Jackson from here this morning as Cullman county s quota of the second draft. There were also seven negroes who will enter train ing a some camp in Michigan.
 Senator John Lusk, candidate for Con- gross, spoke in the courtroom yester- day evening.
 Twenty of the leading business men of Cullman have formed a stock company with capital stock of $l0009 paid in and will open the Cullman Drug company here next week. The Live and Let Live Drug company has been bought out and this building will be used for the pres ent, until a soda fountain and other im- provements amounting to approximate ly $5000 can be made on the lower floor of the Eureka hotel building, where the drug store will be located permanently
 Watson South who was recently caught with the car of Sam Bradford, Fhich had been stolen while standing near the curb at the courthouse, made bond and was released Saturday. 5000 bond was re- quired. South stated taht he had bought the car from a man whom he met on the Holly Pond pike. A new license tag had been put on the car and the engine numbers defaced.
 Among those who returned from the Sunday School convention in Birming- ham Friday were: Mrs. J. M. kilpatrick, Miss Gladys Fitzpatrick, Mrs Curtis. Mrs. Clay l. Hudson, Mrs. John Shannon, Mrs. Clay Smith and Miss Caroline Schlosser.
 The high school drive for a library has resulted in the donation of more than 1000 books during the past two weeks Over 100 volumes were drawn out of the library this week by the students and people of the town.
 About 75 farmers have signed con tracts for their sweet potato crop next season to a Tennessee preserving com pany.
 Cullman strawberries are more plentiful than usual this early in the season. They are large and of delicious flavor
 Miss Gladys Fuller very delightfully."- entertained the Y. w. A. girls on Friday evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
nr JAMEs J. CoRRETT

tion. I was paid SIP day and expenses whenever 1 umpired. And that was when the regular officials failed to show up, In those days, when the single umpire
 rule was ir force, the umpire occasion- ally succumbed to the strain and the
 hard work of double headers, so Id get
 the call to work, and l did" "Risking your life for SIP and ex- penses," I put in.
 "Oh, I wouldn't put it that way ex- actly," laughed Heydler. Tt was little more nerve racking to umpire in those days than it is now, but we were able to get away with it without ending up in the hospital every week or two My ann bition as a youngster was to visit the great cities of the country, and 1 was not avarse to using the rocky road ot an umpire to do so.
 Tn 1899 the double umpire system came into being. So I was promoted to a job
 as regular and I held it just a part of
 one year. At the conclusion of that sea son I decided that I had added to my practical baseball education and there were other jobs which I liked better, and I quit tmpiring so that I could live hap pily ever afterward."
 ITO what do you attribute the change in the attitude toward umpires-to the elimination of rowdyism?" Heydler was asked.
 V LiC hSW anu 1dittE SGIStdtlpH pl fans and newspapers" answered Heyd- Ter. .In the old days there were some very radical sport writers whose vitrio- lie articles concerning the rival team ai- ways creaeed an antagonistic sentiment toward visiting players Some of the writers in those days elaborated on every
 so-ealled dirty play. by an opposing player Naturally, the fans would be- come influenced and when that player and his mates visited the city it was certainly that his life would be made miserable
 Furthermore. in that era. managers and players labored under the delusion that fighting the umpire influenced that officials decisions. There was much dis satisfaction with what was known as l home umpiring'--a condition that, hap l pily, does not exist in these days, when club has as much chance on the road 1 as at home and all of which is the re- suit of double-man system, of the high. grade, courageous officials composing the staffs, and the greater backing and en. couragement they receive from the league executives and club owners l Those were exciting days-thrillins | days But I like these new ones better
 For there never was time in the his.
 tory of the sport when the umpiring was l or such high character and the public's
 confidence in this vital department of i the game so implicit as at the present time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
At the Lyric

The return of genuine musical comedy
 to Birmingham will be hailed with de-
 light this afternoon and night by thea
 tregoers, when Boyle Woolfolk's merry
 go o-round will be the headline attraction
 at the Lyric theatre. It is declared to be
 one of the best on the road. The chorus is as beautiful as an average man could
 desire, and the songs and comedy lines are all new.
 On the same bill, Miss Edith Clifford will appear. She is pleasing to the eye and to the ear, and her singing and ner jokes are both good.
 Hhe act beautiful, William Egirettu's posing horse and@dogs, is another act on the new Lyric bill which will prove pleasing tc the matinee audiences today. Libonati, the rag-time xylophonist. will entertain with syncopated music on his xlyophone, and if you don't believe :hIs is genuine feat of skill, just take a look
 at him. Lyric screen telegrams will com- plete the bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
ADJUSTMENTS
At Loew's Bijou

Guy Sempsel and Lily Leonard will top Loew,s vaudeville bill for the first hall of the week, offering musical comedy entertainment that will prove delight ful offering to all attending. These peo- ple are late stars of a great New forK success. and come to Loew's with spien- did praise for their work in musical comedy and vaudeville.
 The Dorothy Sothern trio, deiightful dancers; Jeanne" little Belgium girl with q line of eccentric comedy; Martyn and Florence in "On a Tennis Court. q juggling novelty, and Riggs and Ryah' in a comedy skit "Disturbing the Peace. will complete the vaudeville bill.
 As feature film on the movie pro eramme Jamie and Katherine Lee, the juvenile stars of the movie world, Will present American Buds a charming pHotopiay full of pathos and comedy. The usual Loew's current events and news comedy pictures will be shown, and the performance is continuous from to Il.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
GADSDEN

Gadsden, April 27.-(Special-Ga went over the top in the liberty bond campaign. With a quota of sS55,0oo set the figures at noon today were $374.oo0 and the workers are still active. The Gulf States Steel company subscribed for $50,000 in bonds, while the employees of the plant took s12o.00O. The quota for Etowah county is s4l2,60O, and the cam paign now is to reach that figure and surpass ..
 A cro~ded opera house last night greeted Lieut.. John D. Sharman the noted Canadian speaker. Subscriptions were secured after the lecture for Limerty Bonds.
 J. M. Johnson. "chalk talkers and or ganizer for the south for War Savings Stamps, will deliver lecture at the opera house at S:3O o'clock Sunday after noon.
 Commencement exercises at Snead sem mary at Boaz began tonight. Reports of the officers declare this has been a most successful year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

John Heydler was a big league umpire 20 years or so ago, and he hasn't forgot ten it.
 ''Those were the days that one who served as an arbitrator cannot forget, declares the secretary of the National } .ague T began calling them in 1895 and that was just about the time that the Baltimore Orioles, the Cleveland Spl- ders and few of the other clubs were in their prime.
 'It used to strike something akin to ever he was called upon to officiate at game Tn Baltimore. There the more partisan fans, as well as the home town players, helped to turn an umpire's hair gray. oddly enough. I never had any trouble in Baltimore, although 1 worked there many times during the latter nine ties. Perhaps the main reason for that was that. tho Orioles won practically every game on their own grounds
 Baseball knows many clubs that have been great, but none greater than the Orioles. The Keeler, Jennings, Kelly, McGraw, Robinson, Hanlon combination was one of the most remarkable ever welded together. These Orioles were quick thinkers, could hit like fiends, and field brilliantly, back of none too eff fective pitching. So a team faced with that sort of opposition was up against 1t hard right from the outset. But, in addi- tion to that, the visiting team in Balti- more always had the partisan fans to reckon with That was a loyal crowd down there and were always for the home club, right or wrong.
 My only real trouble as an umpire came about in the morning game that | umpired on the Polo Grounds, July 4, 1S9S The Giants were playing Boston and I rendered a decision on a play which was in favor of the Bostonians. Andrew Freedman, the owner of the Giants, who used to find great joy in closing the gates of his ball park to writers wko banned his club or to um- pires who didn't favor the Giants, an nounced after the game that the forty thieves had nothing on me- And Freed man solemnly, but loudly, announced that I never would be permitted to um- pire another game in the Polo Grounds. But I did.
 q started in the game as an emer- gency umpire in 1895, writing sports for a Washington paper as a regular occupa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
Holland "On Guard" From
 Germans Along Border

Amsterdam, April 2S.-The report current last week that Germany had sent an ultimatum to Holland led to revolt among the Germans interned at the vapenveld camp. according to dispatch from Hattem, Holland. to to have been overpowered by 1000 Germans. who fled in all directions
 Frontier points were notified imme- diately, and mounted police searched the countryside. Many Germans sue ceeded in passing through Almelo CT Hengelo on the way back to Ger many, but the police rounded up the majority of them in groups of e5 or 50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
McGillivray Retains
 Swimming Championship

San Francisco, April 2S.-Perry Me Gillivray of the Illinois Athletic club retained the American 1oo-yard in- door swimming championship here to- day when he defeated field of eight competitors in 55 2-5 seconds in a race sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic union.
 Miss Charlotte Boyle of New York city won the woman's national 50-yard championship. The time was 31 l-5 seconds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
Total of Germans Missing
 Now Placed at 664, ,1OA

Amsterdam, Saturday. April 27, Speaking before the main committe of the German Reichstag on Friday. according to Vorwaerts. Gen. Won Riseberg stated that on March 31, last, the number of German missing had reached a total of 664,104. Of this number, he said, 236,676 were prison CTS in France. l19,00o in England; :; 157,000 in Russia and Rumania, and the remainder considered as dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
Archbishop Ireland Better

St. Paul, April T.-Slight improvement in the condition of Archbishop John Ire- land was reported by his physicians this evening Late last night the condition of the Catholic prelate. who has been i'll for several months, was grave. but he rallied this morning and gradually be- came brighter it was announced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
The Idea
 .rn Annaricnn

From the Baltimore American.
 How is that those two families seem to have such an intimate knowl- edge of each others affairs? Are they related"'
 No; but their maids are"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

The Chinese pen Is brush made Of soft hair which is best adapted for painting the curiously formed letters of the Chinese alphabet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

It is vital that when a lookout sights submarine he should be able to sing out the position. so many points ott the bow or abaft the beam, in order that the gunners may instantly operate the training gear and waste no pre- cious seconds of time before the spot ter begins sending his ranges. And the crew of the gun must learn to know precisely where to look when the man in the crows nest yells, "Peri- scope two points off the starboard bow" This they practice in the yard until letter perfect, until every sector of the horizon has it's definite meaning a.nd lncatinn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
SOME MORE INCIDENTS

There was reflective pause and then another of the group went on to say:
 There was one submarine outfit that got theirs. and I hope to God they were the same bunch that set those men aGrift from the schooner It came to me straight. An English ship was torpe-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
EXACTING BOAT DRILL

There IS boat drlllS, more sAactifiS than in the fleet. The armed guards service has learned that to lower away, quickly and without bungling, to avoid capsizing in heavy seaway, to fend off from a sinking ship whose propel- lers still thrash is race between lie and death. It is part of their trade. Merchant crews are apt to be undis- ei iplined as the records show, and when panic sweeps the ship their officers cannot hold them. American lads no longer enter the forecastle to work their way into the cabin as did their briny forefathers. Merchant seamen in steam are a mixture of alien races and often the dregs thereof. Owners can not pick and choose. It is a question of finding any sailors at all even at s10 month, which is their rate of pay for voyaging in the war zone. This is more than the master C. British cargo tramp could earn before the war.
 This condition of affairs explains why boat drill is on the bluejacksts' programme In many instances their coolness and dexterity have already saved the ships crews as well as theif own lives.
 There is also rifle and pistol practice at the target range as items in the rigorous daily routine. When not otherwise employed the men pore over the Bluejackets' Manual, in which small volume is compressed an amaz- ing amount of information essential to the making of a first-class naval sea man. All this instruction is additionalto the regulation routine of duties which they learned on shipboard-cleanlines and order and obedience setting-up drill, and inspections-this wonderful system which put the awkward. un- tanned rookie through the mill and turns him out an alert and disciplined man with his two feet under him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

By far the most interesting part Of this special education for the armed
 guard service is the personal contact
 with the chief petty officers and sea- men who have done their bit behind the guns and are waiting for another crack at a submarine. It is no theory with them, They know Absorbed, re- spectful, the new recruits from the fleet listen to their stories of sea fights and foreign ports. They gather in groups when the days work is done and the drum and bugle no longer echo through the y@rd, The talk may run something like this:
 When you're ashore on the other side you hear stuff that never gets into the newspapers. The Belgian Prince isn't the only case of it's kind. Our lifeboats picked up the second engi- neer of a British steamer that had been sunk a few miles ahead of us. The swine of a submarine had taken off all the officers, stood them on deck, closed the matches, and then sub
 merged after running five miles. The
 only survivor was the second engineer, who could swim like a duck
 q believe you Did you know the Germans were pulling this same stunt on their own sailors? What do I mean? Two of them were washed ashore last time I was in England. They were still kicking, and explained that their com
 mander had put them on deck as look outs and then sealed his matches while he was running awash in waters where the destroyers were after him. When he had to submerge in hurry, these poor guys just naturally floated off. That was what they were there for. They were supposed to drown, which they usually did.'
 Like chaining 'em to the machine guns on the western front observed a chief boatswains mate, accepting the story as fact for he had seen a thing or two himself. Drowning is soon over. Whal about the boat from an America n schooner we picked up last voyage :? There was sight to give you bad
 dreams. Fourteen days adrift they were 1 and F days of it with nothing to eat
 but their boots. They had been eight men to start with. Four were alive when we found the boat-the captain,
 mate and two seamen.. Yes: they were some skinny and hungry looking. Tough roosters, though. They couldn't wiggie a fin. of course, but they chirked up
 a lot before we reached port"
 SOME MORE INCIDENTS
 | There was a reflective pause, and
 then another of the group went on to lSay:
 There was one submarine outfit that got theirs, and I hope to God they were ! fix1 k.t~.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-27
WAGE AGREEMENT FOR
 WESTERN ALASKA

An agreement on wages between the salmon packers operating in Western and Central Alaska and the Alaska
 ishermen's Union was reached at San Francisco, March 23, after lengthy negotiations. Under the new agree rent, the price paid for Red salmon will be 2 cents on the Nushagak and sk cents in other Boring Sea districts compared with 4 cents on the Nusha- gak and 31a cents in other districts last year.
 At the beginning of the negotiations. pa clzers and fishermen were far apart in their views, the fishermen asking s cents per fish, and the packers offer ing cents. The Food Administra- ton was finally appealed to to decide the question, but the officials urged a voluntary compromise. The packers finally made a proposition based on the prices mentioned above, which was
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-27
USE OF FISH OILS FOR
 OPERATING MOTOR BOATS

According to "Politiken," of Cop enhagen, experiments have been mada with motors for fishing boats to de- termine the practicability of using fish oils for operating motors. It is said that this has proved a success, and that 1t may be possible for the fishermen who now have boats equip ped with keronsene motors to make some slight changes which will en- able them to operate with fish oils. It is even proposed that the fisher men may make their own cod-liver oil while at sea for use in their motors.
 The above statement was referred to MT. Knudsen, manager of Burmeis- ter & Vain, of Copenhagen. who writes as follows:
 take pleasure in confirming that the fish oil for Diesel motors will be excellent to use as moving power. Further beg to say that no doubt the said oil will also be practicable for smaller fishing boats where the mot ors do not work according to the Diesel principle, but the principle of explosive motors-Pacific Fisherman.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-27

agreed to by the union. The fisher. men have since then been signing up with the various companies, and it looks as if full crews will be obtained by all the packers. The Bristol Bay fleet, which the wage question theat- ened to delay, is getting away at about the usual time {,
 The New Wage Schedule
 The new schedule, as drawn up for the Boring Sea canneries and the prin- cipal districts of Central Alaska is in detail as follows
 Nushagak River-Red salmon and Cohoes, cents each; King salmon, 40 cents each; Pink salmon, cents each; for the run. $150
 Other Boring Sea Rivers-Red sal mon and Cohoes, 61a cents each; other varieties same as for Nushagak; for the run $150.
 Beach men and trap men ill all parts of Boring Sea receive the fisher mems average pay on catch and $50 for the run.
 karluk-Fishermen and beach men, $50 for the run and $650 per thous- and cases for all salmon packed; half pay for all fish caught and shipped way.
 Uyak-Fishermen and beach men, s15O for the run and $15.20 per thous- and cases for all salmon packed.
 Alitak-Fishermen $15O for the run and $1250 per thousand cases pacekd. Half pay for fish caught and shipped away.
 Chignik--Fishermen, $150 for the run and $15 per thousand cases packed.
 Kasilof-Fishermen $15O for the run and s12.5O per thousand cases 1acked.
 Kenai.-Fishermen $150 for the run and S1575 per thousand cases packed.
 Wrangell-Fishermen $150 for the run and $10 per thousand cases packed
 Loring-Fishermen $1OO per month from time of leaving port until return. Pacific Fisherman.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-27
1776--.-1918

The descendants of the compatriots of Washington and Paul Jones are fighting once again side by side with the descendants of the compatriots of Lafayette and Rochambeau. The time and opportunity have come for a nation to pay great debt of grati- tude for service rendered in great nat ional need and America is paying France the debt she long has owed
 In the Revolutionary War for the freedom of America the French fought on American, soil under the command of an American. To-day in the war for the freedom of France and for the preservation of liberty to America, and indeed to all the world, Ameri-
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-27
FRIEND SENDS CHEER
 TO RED CROSS YESTERDAY

After the Liberty Day meeting was over yesterday afternoon, some ufl. known friend of the Red Cross work CTS, thinking that the women would be working sent over an icecream freezer full of cream, several boxes of bonlbons and dozens of carnations and roses. Mrs. J. M. Shoup happened to visit the rooms after the meeting to get some work to take home and found the cheer awaiting the workers and was obliged to send the icecream back keeping the candy and flowers for next week. The flowers she took over to her own rooms but says she is quite willing to share them. The candy she put away till Wednesday. The goodies were ordered from Slottens and will be much appreciated next week.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-27
EHAM OPERATES
 UPON HIMSELF

one of the most wonderful exam ples Of fortitude and nerve ever re- corded is told by old timers, who re- member lhe ease well. During the rush to the interior in l902-3 a carpen- ger employed in Valdez upon the build ing erected hy Charles Kramer oppo- aitn rAe old St Elias, mushed to the gola strike along with a number of olher men.
 lie arrived at his destination all right and after working a few days was taken down with severe case of appendicitis. with which he had once before been attacked while in the States. He grew worse rapidly and 70 great was the pain that he entreat e3 his companions to operate upon ..ili. which they refused to do having no knowledge of surgery or medicine.
 Taking his razor, which he sterilized T hot water. he had enc of the men aoll looking glass. and making an rcisicn over the appendix he reached II, fingers ill and pulling it out. The Gouni healed rapidly without SUD- purtatien and the man raaovered en- )ugh to make the "trip over the trall - Vaideg. where he took the boat for 2ttsida
 He lived lur some time at his old homo hl,t A,-octod oway and died whethegfronl the operation so crude y performed or from other causes is not known
 T. is the only case on record so far
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-27

.ans fight on French soil under the supreme command of Frenchman. The honors are even and the honors Ire great.
 No true American who knows the History of his country and loves the honor of his country but thrills at the bought of the American Army in France The invincible Americans will turn the tide of war; they will bring to France and her allies vic tory for liberty such as France as- sisted us to win, and repay with in, terest debt to liberty and to France
 ong owing and honorably acknowledg. ed.-Official Bulletin.