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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-11
CARTER GLASS AND
 FINANCIAL WORLD
By HOLLAND

New York, December 1o.-(Special Mot since the day when Washington called Alexander Hamilton to his cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury, has any one associated with Wall street qualified for or two more, might have served as Sec- retary of the Treasury in recent years had either or both of them been willing to accept an offer of that appointment from the President. For it has been the common understanding that after Secre- tary Lyman J. Gage resigned his office in the early years of President Roose- velts first administration his successor would have been Henry Clay Prick, had the Presidents desire to appoint MT. Prick been gratified. President Roosevelt felt that he could not call to his cabi- net man better qualified to administer the treasury department than Mir Prick and in that opinion he was justified, ac- cording to the view of men who know well the unusual business and financial capacity which distinguish MT. Prick
 Then again, it is the belief in the finan- eial district that had Bernard Baruch been willing to accept the office of Sec retary of the Treasury President Wilson would have nominated him, having high regard for MT. Baruch's ability and also warm personal relations with him since the war began, had MT. Baruch accepted public service without pay.
 Very likely not until the new era of good feeling characterizes the whole na- tion will a President feel justified in selecting a Wall street man, so-called, for the post of Secretary of the Treas ury. Nevertheless in the choice of Con- gressman Glass the President, according to the Wall street view, has done well.
 Within few months after Governor Wilson of New Jersey became President of the United States he was found to be strong advocate of such legislation as would revolutionize the American na- tional banking system which had become antiquated and in place of it establish a new and modern system. It was also known by the financial authorities in Wall street that MT. Glass, who up to that time was, so far as the public was concerned, an almost unknown, certainly not conspicuous member of the lower
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-11
SECURITY LEAGUE
 GOES ON GRID|RON
Congress Will Investigate Body Which Has Been
 Bitter in Criticisms

Washington, December 10.-(Special) Congress is preparing to investigate the National Security league, which has un- mercifully flayed Congress whenever Congress failed in it's opinion to measure up to expectation.
 Half the members of the House have been criticized for alleged disloyalty to the government in time of war. The great bulk of the criticism has been proved to be unfair. Representative Pou, chairman of the rules committee, one or the members against whom the league inveigled, declared with feeling this aft ternoon that just as the league was bit terest towards him, his government was burying one of his sons in France.
 One of the probable witnesses before the Investigating committee will be Rep resentative Dent of Alabama, chairman of the committee on military affairs. Be- cause Mir Dent opposed conscription prior to a trial of the volunteer system, he was subjected to all varieties of abuse, and his loyalty to the government openly questioned
 The Alabamian was charged with hav ing voted against war, for the McLemore resolution and for or against every other
 
 opposition of the administration. From the record, MT Dent has already dis proved the contentious of the league and his testimony as tending to show the unfairness of the organization, will be of great weight in aiding the committee to formulate it's verdict. Other Alabamians have also been put by the league on the eriddle, and against many of them dur ing the last campaign, the league con ducted what was tantamount to a pro- paganda.
 The committee will ascertain first whether the league was fair in what certain members this afternoon called its "slimy politics." and if not so what action should be taken. The second phase of the investigation will be di- rected into the vitals of the organiza- tion what it IS and how supported. All that is known of it at present is that it is a corporation under the laws of the state of New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-11
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
Rr IAnIEs J. CoRBETT

than an even chance that during the
 next three or four months a large per-
 centage of the ballplayers now in Eu- rope will be back on American soil.
 During the past two seasons ball.
 players have not played the game with
 all the spirit and dash and ability that
 was possible. Their efforts have been
 in some cases little more than passive
 This has been due largely to the fact that their minds were not on the game
 Each realized that events were chang ing so rapidly that he might be re- moved the next day or next week from the ballfield to a training camp. And when men labor under uncertain condi-
 tions such as those. there is bound to
 uncertainty in their playing.
 But now the war is over and the possi- bility of being taken from chosen profes- sions no longer exists, Ballplayers will go onto the diamonds in 1919 with more spirit and enthusiasm than they have
 shown in many years. The standard of play should be excellent. And so base ball, as far as the playing end of it is concerned, undoubtedly will perform as great "come back" as is promised by fandom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-11
Bill Startling Is With
 Wilson on Great Trip
One of Presidents Bodyguard Was Formerly Detective in Birmingham and Travelled on L. & N. in
 Search of Culprits
Nv HUGH ". ROBERTS

Bill will see everything under the same conditions that the President will sec them.
 T reckon, when I return" said MT. Startling before his departure, T will be through There will be nothing else left for me to see. l will have seen it all. And to think just few years ago I was riding in the snow on top of box cars trying to catch poor devils stealing rides, and petty cul- prits planning minor depredations. spent my off hours at police headquar- ters in Birmingham listening to Bill Murphy tell stories of his desperate adventures. and George Bodeker ex- blaming how he never failed to un- ravel the most unfathomable mys- teries."
 Just how Bill Startling got job which has carried him through all the experiences the President has had since his first inauguration, it not at all mysterious He came to Washington and secured a job in the secret service. Mir. Wilson wanted a staff of men, strong. supple, faithful, honest and with good minds.
 I filled the bill," said Bill, and that's all there was to it." And he drew himself up to the last inch of his 76, and expanded his ample chest until it resembled the base of the Washing ton monument.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-11
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York, December 10-(SpecfalO Todays market was quiet without much change in prices, awaiting the bureau report, which will be published tomor- row, giving an estimate of the cotton
 crop growth of the season 191S-19 inl500- pound bales, exclusive of linters. This report is expected to show very small crop and the market is long awaiting the publication of this estimate tomorrow afternoon at ? o'clock New York time.
 We must say that in view of the gin- ming report we rather share the popular view that this report will be small. It is we'll to remember, however, that the ginning returns this year are all mis- leading due to lack of labor, influenza and the regulations of the food adminis- traton in reference to cottonseed, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-11

Washington, December 10-tSpecial0 Bill Startling, who spent many years of his life riding on top of Louisville and Nashville freight cars between Louisville and Birmingham in deter mined efforts to catch hoboes and pre- vent the cracking of the boxes" Is destined to sleep where perhaps the Caesars slept. in the Quirinal.
 Those in birmingham wno remember Bill-and there are many-will wonder just how it will come about. Suffice it to say, therefore, that Bill is and has been for six years, member or the Presidents body guard. He is now on the bounding ocean, ever in the proximity of the President eating the Presidents food, promenading the Presidents deck and thrilled by the same strains which alleviate the men, tai burden of Mir. Wilson.
 Mir. Startling is going to the peace conferences. He will see London and Lloyd George, Paris and Clemenceau, Foch and Pershing and Haig; scenes of former battles and the American troops which are still under arms. And he will see Albert of Belgium. every inch & King" it is said, and the signs of the Huns terrible invasion of that country. And he will pass on into Italy and see the Alps; Rome, where Caesar bled and from where St. Peter fled to resume his vocation as money mak- CT, pure and simple, but to be of assist ance in composing as early as possible
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-11

that the bureau did estimate the crop in their last condition report at 1l,s00,ooO bales. It is possible therefore, for the estimate to prove surprise. As to the immediate course of prices we have no opinion pending the most important re- port of the season. Trading today was relatively small and there was on the one hand little selling from the soutE and on the other. only very moderate demand from the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-11
RI
HELP FOR NERVOUS WOMEN

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 4c<[I appetite, puts color in the pale Anernic
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-11

Tonight sure! Take Cascarets and enjoy the incest, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced. clean your 30 feet of bowels without gripping. You will wake up feeling grand. Your head will be clear. breath right, tongue clean, stomach sweet get a 10-cent box now at any drug store.< Best cathartic for children as well as grown-ups. Taste like candy and never fail. They work while you Sleep.-Ady
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-11
To Relieve Gas in The Stomach

which disturbs your sleep, just try one soc bottle of LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN. A Liquid Digestive Laxative for Indi- gestion or Constipation. Pleasant to take. Now made and recommended by the manufacturers of Groves Tastless chill Tonic
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-08
EJ| MDYSv[N|IIG|
k,l FAIRY TALE
La 81 hApN GnAAaM Bonner
HAPPY GRANDFATHER FROG.

SWELL children. gather around me
and tell mo how you like the old brook
and the river and the family leg?"
craaked Grandfather Frog.
"Fine, chug, chug," said the little
frogs.
Well are Won all feeling sleepy:"
asked Grandfather Frog
nNc do feel little bit like nap
q rather long nap" said the little frogs
BLESSINGS on my dear grandchil-
dren," said Grandfather Frog. You
take after your good old grandpa, yes
you do"
And Grandfather Frog croaked de
lightedly and swallowed hard. as his
eyes bulged and he smiled beautiful,
froglike smile-that is If froglike
smile can be called beautiful smile,
"lt's 50 nice to see that frogs do the
same thing year after year and that
the children and grandchildren don't
change.
Il wouldn't like it at all if the young
er generation--that is to say the chill
dren and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES differ
ent
.'Ive heard that in real life the
children and grandchildren had al
sorts Of new ideas. They say that il
olden times children wanted to ride in
pony carts and now that children want
TO ride in strange things called auto
| mobiles.
Now frogs stay the same. year in
! and year out. And that * just the
| way / like TO have it. l don't like thi,
/ silly nonsense of having new ideas ant
| new inventions. Who ever inycnte,
| anything better than bugs and flies II
| like to know? I'll answer my owl
question" Grandfather Frog continued
eve haven't had chance to speak
! one little frog said 10 another 80 i
| is just as wcll he is going to ansuc
his own question"
'Never mind, Grandpa IS good ma
tured and loves rs, but he does ike &
talk" said another
"YeS, | will answer my own queS
ton said Grandfather Frog no on
ever invented anything better thai
bugs and flies. And what can take til
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-08
Substitutes

Significance is attached TO the cir
cu'ar issued 20 thc millcrs U.s. The Food
hjminisfg .on late lar week discuss.
ing lhr Food situation. /; SAYS: Some
hay" suppressed themselves rs believing
chat 10 Ws should hayc an immediate
ltacc the seed tor conservation would
De- relieved BOT The need Of our feed
ine iu even larger number Of people
under peace conditions might bring
about need for gvcu greater eonscrva
tlon 'hpa at present Our Allies have
agreed that all thcir wheat bread shall
contain at least 20 per cent of other
grains than wheat 50 that we may cat
ot % common table we have agreed to
Go likewise
As II is very evident that substitutes
viii continue for long time, we sug
rcsi gs Che best mixture Of wheat bread
..-65 per cent flour; IL per cent Cream
eff Maize; - per cent Dcgerminotcd
White Corn Flour. OF course we have
iu stock Barley Flour, White Boltcd
Meal, yellow Boltcd Meal and Granu-
hated Corn Meal, all of which can be
secured through your grocer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-08
The Big Farewell Concert of the
Season.

place of mud? Nothing that / know
of. Certainly dust can't take the place
of mud !"
1T most certainly cannot" agreed
the little frogs.
Are we going to have mud beds this
year." asked one little frog
You precious little croaking, leap
ing thing" said Grandfather Frog, 'you
haven't any silly modern ideas. | am
glad that you think that what was good
enough for your grandfather is going
to be good enough for you.
"You don't ask for iron beds with
sheets and blankets and pillows and
sometimes hot-water bottles. No, you
all have the sense to know that you
will be warm and snug and happy and
contented in the good old beds frogs
have always useC-the good old mud
beds of your grandfather's and great
gfandfather's days.
You are nice little frogs. and in
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-08
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER :. 1918.
THINGS SOME BELIEVE.

The Germans are so infatuated with
an inflated view OF their own impor-
lance, the notion that the Teutonic
race is about the only one on the plan
ct that is worth while anyway, that it
would take a trepanning operation to
get conceptions Of fair play and jus,
tiec through their skulls.
y German divisional staff officer. re-
Gently taken prisoner by the French.
has given his view of the situation. 1t
appears to be sincere. but as the Hun
/ is as willy as the " Heather Chince of
Bret Harte, we would not dare to use
a stronger word than ''appcars. " Take
IL for what it is worth. The Germans
request for an armistice is proof to me
the officer said, that the grand head
quarters has been submerged bv the
crisis in the interior of Germany The
influence Of the general staff over the
emperor has been exaggerated The en-
pcror is surrounded by people, like
Scheidcmann. the German Socialist
leader. who feel and talk defeat. They
are continually setting before the en-
pcror the unfavorablc situation of Ger
many from their point Of view aud
painting in sombre eolors the frightful
responsibility he has incurred. as well
as the possible consequences to his
person in case of defeat which appears
to them to be imminent.
There are days when no officer Of the
general staff can gain access to the en-
Pcror. These are days of acute pessi-
mism, passed by the monarch almost en-
tircly in prayer and Bible reading. The
German people want peace at once and
at all costs. They have had enough Of
war. Another cause Of anxiety is the
scparatist movement which has become
very serious lately. The talk through
all South Germany now is. let us
separate from Prussia Bavaria is the
worst. There everyone, even the sol
dicrs, may insult Prussia without pro
yoking word Of defense in our be.
half. The Bayarian press employs the
same tone, and we arc beginning to
think that this is desired by the Ba.
varian army which will make no fur.
Their effort Its attitude is an enigma
There appears to be no military ne
ccSsty for the conclusion of peace .now
he continued, in spite of the constant
retirement of our forces since the mid
die of July, and this is the opinion
, of my comrades on the different stats
We expected to utilize the winter by
recognizing and regrouping our forces
while our diplomats entered into nego
tiations that would surely have termi
/ mated in a favorable peace for us. Tn
} abandonment Of Alsace- Lorraine, TIL
| evacuation of Russian territory aud TIL
creation of Polish kingdom are equiv
\ alent to the ruin of Germany, takin;
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-08

from us the raw materials of Alsace-
Lorraine which are indispensable to
or industries and the markets that we
aimed to create in the East. In conse-
quence there will be a stoppage of a
great part of our industries for sever
al years, and impoverishmcnt of the
working class, interior troubles, sepa-
rationS and a complete upheaval. Then
our enemies will have what they have
desred-thc complete humiliation of
Germany That would be peace due
to Schcidcmann We thought our present
retreat would end upon position
chosen by us: that the war would final
" terminate by the success of our arms
at some part Of the front with the aid
Of our new tanks and would bring
about conciliatorv peace favorable to
US.
He revealed that it was the opinion
of the military caste that, but for I'M
toward events. Germany, after success
in the war, would put her industries III
share To furnish war material TO boti
sides in the war which the militariS'
expected between the United State
and Japan, and then. LATTER both sides
! had become exhausted would join
hands with one eountry-pfesumab
Japan-to crush the other. The sole
hope that remains fo me, lie said, is
that the present German offer is moth
ing but feint TO SOW diSeord in tn,
camps of the allies and to gain time I,
reassemble and rcgroup our forces.
Beautiful spirit. Consummate bios
som of German kultur. We may gran
the possession of heart to the pacifists
but where, o where! is their intcll
gencc'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-08

comfort to others than the users of the
gum; whiskey and the Ninety-frst
psalm.
These remedies or preventives vary
greatly IN their nature as may be not
iced, but for all that it would be hardly
fair to laugh at them and brand their
users as victims of superstition. If one
assumes for a moment that peace of
mind is worth something, why not
wear camphor or consume onions
Certainly these things DO no harm and
if they did add TO the peace Of mind
of those who have faith in them they
should be used. None Of us is as vet
able 10 measure the influence of tho
mind upon the body which houses it for
a little time and until this can be done
We cannot afford to laugh AT those wht
pm their faith upon something SO ma
icrlal as onions or 50 spiritual as til,
Ninetv-frst Psalm.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-08

the summertime how proud | was to
sec you catch the bugs and flies You
took right after me, for | was always
smart young frog. and I'm still a
smart old chap in my way
Indeed, you're not old ut all, Grand
father said the little frogs.
"Ah, good manners, good manners.
I'm glad to see what excellent man
ners you have, said Grandfather Freq.
Goog-a-room, goog-a-rOom, goog-a-
room, my nice frog grandchildren. You
don't want motor cars instead of old
logs, you don't want airships instead
of moss and leafy ground ships-and
by ground ships / mean ships which
can't move and which are built for
us TO rest ourselves upon''
Like peoples living rooms" sug
gested one little frog.
That's it, little bright eyes, said
Grandfather Frog. Cor, rather,
should say, big bright-eyes, for you
have good big eyes like your ole
Grandpa.
But come children, tonight we must
have the big farewell concert of the
season in Frog Hollow. We must al
sing our best and our loudest ant
croak and chug-chug all we can, fol
soon, soon We'll be saying goog-a-room
good-winter, for thai is what we al
ways say instead of goodnight, for oul
waking up time is the spring and no.
the morning, goog-a-roOm y
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-08
A Departing Plague.
Hartford Courant.)

1t is evident that the epidemic of
influenza is departing from New Eng
land as swiftly as it came, leaving the
survivors to count the. cost in lives,
money and time, all of which is con
siderable. Before this work is com
pleted the physicians who have been
sorely tried by it will have compared
notes, and by consensus. have endeav-
ored to agree upon method of fight
ing the disease should it reappear
While they do this laymen may be
pardoned if they strive to catalogue
some of the remedies, paniatives OF
preventives used by those who put not
all their trust in doctors A study OF
I"The Courant s. exchanges, supple
mentcd by conversation, would be some
thing like tbis:--Camphor gum, placed
in bag and hung from ones neck
onions. either taken internally or used
externally; asafoetida, used as is the
. eamphor gum, but affording acute dis
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-08
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE

| came home this afternoon, coming
in he back way and starting to wawk
throo and opened the ice box on my
way past jest for fun, not Expecting 10
find cnvthing speshil on account of hay
ing looked in it before on my way
out, and wat was in there hut little
bowl with Il hole pile of chocklit pud-
ding in il. me thinking, G. ware did
that come from, G
And | went in the kitchin and Nora
was in there pecling the skins off of
potatoes and tavkiug to herself, say
lng, The more | peel the more there's
left, ] never seen sutch house foI
werk, and if envbodv elts ever did
pity them, that's all / can say Only
she kepp rite on saving other things
proving it wasent, and | stood there
looking at her and wondering about
i the chocklit pudding, and she sed, Well
haven't You ever saw me before? Meen
ing wat was | looking at, and | sed
lest came in the back way to wawl
throo.
don t sec YOU wawking, sed Nora
! ! was jest thinking about something
scd
Well, think about it sumwarcs elts
| don't wunt YOU cmttering up m,
kitchin with Your thinkings, sed Nora
It wasent cnything very importint
: | scd
And neither are you, are you .stil
hccr, Sod Nora.
I'm going out now, | sed. And
started to look GROUND the kitchen
Nora saying. If you like it do you thinl
you'll luy it? Meening the kitchen. an,
| sed Is his new wall paper, Nora?
! Sure and the boys loony, sed Nora
Meening me, and dident say enythin!
for vile and then | sed, Have yol
bin ont to the ice box lately, Nora?
Are YOU limiting about the wee tails
of pudding that me sister brawt er
round to me, YOU little pig, YOU! SCI
Nora
Wat pudding? l. sed and wawked on
proud aud sat, on the frunt steps til
suppir was reddy.