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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-15
SENATE COMMITTEE !. RECONSIDERS VOTE l ON PROHIBITION
Washington Senator's Pro- posal for Nationwide Dry Era First Adopted and
 Then Delayed

Washington. June 1.-The Senate agricultural committee late today re- considered it's vote of earlier in the day for a favorable report of pro- posal of Senator Jones of Washing ton for national prohibition during the war and decided to hold hearings on the amendment The committee, how : ever. sustained it's former action in eliminating from the emergency agr1- cultural appropriation bill the Ran dall prohibition amendment.
 Senator Smith of South Carolina, act ing chairman of the committee, an nounced that the hearings will open next Monday and continue until pos sibly Wednesday. after which the com mittee will determine what action it will take on the Jones amendment which would forbid the use of grain and foodstuff in the manufacturing of malt or vinous liquors during the war.
 Several members of the committee including Senator Norris of Nebraska are said to be of the opinion that the amendment would be unconstitutional If the committee decides to, reject 1t sslator Norris plans to offer sub stitute.
 Rejection of the Randall amend nent is understood, to have been unani- nous Under it's provision expendi- ture of approximately $6,000,000, pro- vided in the agricultural appropriation bill, would have been prevented unless President Wilson exercised the powers conferred on him under the food con trol act and issued proclamation pro hibiting the use of foodstuffs in the production of beer or wine.
 The committee also eliminated from the bill the house provision prohibit ing the use of any money appropriated in the measure to any employe of dl ea~ age in the department of agriculture who had been given deferred claSsiri- cation Representatives of the depart ment at a hearing before the commit tee yesterday vigorously objected to this section, declaring no exemption from military service had been asked for any employees whose services were not absolutely necessary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-15

ment and feasting to celebrate the sue cesses of the day.
 An Atlantic Port, June 14.-An Amer ican steamer from West Indian ports arriving here today reported that on Tuesday off Cape Hatteras the vessel picked up a wireless call for help from a ship between her and the shore, which was being shelled by German submarine. The fate of the vessel was not learned. The last ship definitely known to have fallen victim to German sub marines in American waters was sunk on June 10, the day previous At Atlantic Port, June 14.-A Brit tish steamship arriving here today re ported that she received wireless mes- sages from the British steamer Kee- nun last night that she was being at
 tackled by a German submarine. Two hours later word was received from
 the vessel that she was sinking
 The Keemun, vessel of 9014 gross tons. said she was off the Virginia Capes. She was last reported as leav-
 ing Manila
 If the Keemun has been destroyed this is the largest steamship yet sunk during the U-boat warfare on this side of the Atlantic. The Keemun,
 owned by the China Mutual Navigation company of Liverpool. was built in
 Belfast in 1902. 1t was considered probable here she carried number
 of passengers.
 Shortly after the arrival of the
 British vessel an American passenger ship from South Atlantic ports came in and reported receiving wireless message late yesterday afternoon, say ing a ship was being shelled by sub marine. The message was relayed by
 another vessel and was not clear. The
 passenger vessel put on full speed and
 took zigzag course until she
 reached here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-15
kEEMUN ARRIVES SAFELY

An Atlantic Port. June 1.-The British steamship Keemun, attacked last night off the Virginia coast by German sub-
 marine, passed safely through the Vir-
 ginia capes today apparently not dam aged seriously if at all.
 Naval officials here were informed of
 the ships arrival but had no account of
 her experience with the raider
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-15

German effort after five days of fight ing is described ineligantly but aptly by a general who has just arrived from the front, as follows:
 "The Germans got a skinful.
 Military commenators here are unani- nous in reporting one more German failure. The enemy has won strip of territory net without value, but has sacrificed for it precious divisions with out at any point attaining his objective and without bringing him any nearer a decisive result
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-15
Government Will Supply Razors and Toilet Articles
 to Enlisted Men of Army

Washington, June 14--A policy of fur nishing safety razors, soap, halr prushes' combs. towels, and tooth brushes to. en- listed ,.,en in the American expeditic.ary forces in France has been put into effect, a war department announcement tonight says. General Pershing asked the innovation in the way of supplying toilet articles. on the ground that per sonal cleanliness increased the, morale of his men A standard safety razor is the type adopted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-15
OFFICER TAKING VACATION

Nnniston, June A-(Special. )-Police Officer George Rutledge or the Annistcn police force. is spending his To-day vaca- tion period in the Whites Gap neigh borhood and his brother officers say that he is again roaming the hills and dales of that section with only one gallus to his name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-15
Washington. June 14.-The navy d

Washington. June 14.-The navy de- partment was advised today that the British steamer Keemun had arrived safe al an Atlantic port.
 The navy department refused to add details to the escape of the Keemun, though it was announced that the last previous report from the vessel had been that she was being shelled by sub marine off the Virginia capes.
 The Keemuns master reported her at tackled and sinking Thursday night. ae- cording to another merchantmen which arrived today attn an American port.
 The Keemun is a freighter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-15
DEATHS

Solomon H. Murphree-Aged 2S years, died at local infirmary at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The remains will be sent to Paips Gap this morn ing at sS0 o'clock by Johns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-15
Drastic Amendments
 To Draft Regulations
 AnnouncedbyCrouUde

Washington June 14Marrag the of the seecve will military
  19 exempted if they married before 191S the ConCr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-15
STEAMER BURNS

Key West, Fla, June H.-The 912-ton steamer Fakilburn was completely de- stroyed by fire off this port early today. Captain Wailard of San Francisco and all of the crew numbering S1 were saved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-15

Prominent Socialist Arrested
 Waningford, Conn.,, June H.-Martin Plunkett socialist candidate for gover- nor of Connecticut, was arrested here late this afternoon by agents or the Cni- ted states. His books and papers were seized and taken away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-15
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, June 14.-Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi: Fair Satur- day and Sunday
 Tennessee: Fair Saturday and Sun day; not much change in temperature.
 Georgia: Fair Saturday and Sunday; continued warm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-15
ITALIANS REPULsE ATTACK

Rome, June IA. = Austro-Hungaran forces yesterday launched an attack against the Italian lines on Gady summit and the Monticello ridge, the Italian war office announced today The at tack was broken by the Italians.
 AIR OPERATIONS
 London, June 14-The report issued by the war office tonight dealing With aerial operations reads:
 "On Thursday low clouds and poor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-15
Local Data
British Ship Engages in All-Day B a tile
 Off Coast of Virginia
Continued from Page one)

itable pirates ball. with music, merri-
 ment and feasting to celebrate the sue
 cesses of the day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-04
EARLY CLOSING

IND. ROBERT BAGNELL, Z re-
turning from England recently,
said he was embarrassed while
there by the praise showered upon
the American people for their VOL
untary sacrifices toward the winning
of the war. British and French of
ficials marvel at the willingness of
Americans to give up anything in
the way of food that Administrator
Hoover suggested would be helpful
in feeding our allies. Over there laws
with stern penalties attached, are
necessary to enforce the food and
fuel regulations. Here we have,
when necessary, our 'wheatless
days" our 'meatless days." our
"heatless days" our 'lightkess
nights" and oven our "gasless Sun.
days'-all upon the honor" basis,
With no punishment for violation
there are few. if any, violators.
And, now, our merchants having
been asked to observe shorter SELL
ing day for the conservation of fuel
are opening their stores later and
closing them earlier. They are doing
this voluntarily. as a war measure
and shoppers may easily distinguish
the many who have fallen into line
with the new move by the cards il
their windows.
In a short time all stores will be
observing the new uniform hours
The news dispatches from Washing.
ton strongly hint that for those who
will not volunteer an order will be
issued. 1t is not likely, however, thai
this will affect anybody in Harris
burg. The volunteer spirit is toe
strong here to require more than the
recommendation promulgated BY
Administrator Hickok..
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-04
Street RdilDdy Fares

The American Electric Railway
Association complies a continuous
tabulation of increases in railway
fares. which up to a recent date
elbows that three cities now have q
10-cent fare. forty-three cities now
have a 7-cent fare, over 100 cities
have a scent fare. and there are
other situations where a scent fare
exists with additional charges for
transfers or increased fares outside
of a certain central zone.
According to the calculation. up
to September Is, 270 increases in
fares had been granted, of which
twenty-four have been granted
since July 1, 1918. 1t further states
that about one-quarter OF the urban
population of the country, or about
100000 out OF about 41.000.000
people. are now paying more than
the standard scent fare for street
car service In regard to the gen.
eraI question of public utility in
creases in rates. another committee
located in Washington has recently
reported that since January 1, 1918.
there have been granted between
500 and 700 rate increases.-Na-
tional City Bank.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-04
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC

GPANISH influenza threatens to
~ become as prevalent as was
Ia grippe" in 1889 and 1890,
when thousands of persons were af-
hicted and many died. Previous to
that time. during which period II
was imported from France, the dis
ease in milder form was known
commonly as influenza. But the
French name came with the cpl
demic and a little later 1t had degen.
Grated into the grip" Now it has
become Spanish influenza and is
back again in a virulent form.
The disease is really a menace to
the health and effectiveness of the
community as a war work center.
At the risk of a jest on a serious
subject. influenza is not to be
'sneezed at" 1t is worth avoiding.
Being a disease contracted largely
through the mouth and nasal pas
sages, mouth and Hsse washes eff an
anti-septie character are helpful in
warding off an attack. But best of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-04
BE SURE TO REGISTER

"O-MORROw will be your last
day 20 register, if it happens
you are a voter of Harrisburg
or any other third-class city. And
if you do not register you will not
be allowed to vote in November.
1t is important that you should
cast your ballot this year. Thous-
ands upon thousands of Pennsylvania
voters are in France. You must look
after their interests here, just as they
are looking after your interests
over there" You would be false
to the trust your fellows in the SER
vice put in you if you do not exer-
else your voice in the coming cleo
tions in behalf of good government
in Pennsylvania and at Washington,
too.
If you are Republican you will
desire to elect Senator Sproul and
his colleagues by the largest major
ity ever given candidate in Penn
sylvania, as n protest against the dis
reputable politics being played by
both factions of the opposing party.
If you are a Democrat you will want
help swell Senator Sprouts vote us
registering your disapproval of the
Palmers, the Bonniwells, the McCor-
micks and others of their ilk who
would sell out their own party's in
terests for n mess of political pot
tage.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-04
The Pennsylvania Hills

Dulled with the life of the city by the
thoughtless throng estranged,
My thoughts go back to the wood
land where happily l ranged.
Again l wander in spirit where the
cool spring waters flow
And watch the changing hues of the
speckled trout below;
In my heart comes a silent yearning
almost akin to pain
To know the peace and quiet of the
Pennsylvania hills again.
In the busy heart of the city I am
swept with the restless tide,
But the ghost of vanished pleasure
is ever by my side;
The spirit Of the woodland that
haunts the dell and glade
With the scent of the purple violet
and the cool of the MONDAY
shade,
And the peace of a perfect day
through my heart for a
moment thrills
The peace of a perfect day in the
Pennsylvania hills.
In the glare Of the city twilight when
the stars are hid from view,
And the moons pale beams shine
dimly the lamp-lit darkness
through;
Come memories tinged with sadness
of pensive twilight glow
And the dancing lights of firefiie;
thick in the swamp below,
And the ever creeping shadows dark
ening the hollow-rills;
Shadows cast by the light-crowned
PENNSYLVANIA hills.
BERNARD A. BENSON.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-04

mia. He is an architect by profess
sion. Several years ago he organ
lied the first cavalry machine gun
troop in the United States, equip
ping 1t at his own expense and
training it on his own estate. He
offered it to the government and it
became the machine gun troop of
the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, see
ing service on the Mexican border,
When the cavalry regiment was
split up the machine gun troop be-
came part of the One Hundred and
Seventh Machine Gun Battalion of
the Twenty eighth Division, and
Captain Boal went on the division
staff.
Lieutenant Hopes is a son of
Herman Hopes, of West Chester,
and comes of an old Quaker fam
lily. He is a nephew of former Gov
ernor Warfield, of Maryland He
was lieutenant in old Troop A,
First Pennsylvania Cavalry, during
the Mexican border service. When
the cavalry was split up he was
transferred to the Eleventh Infan-
try. He went to France as a bill
letting officer, but once more was
transferred, this time to the mill
tary police.
News has been received here of a
glowing commentator bestowed
upon the Iron Division by General
Muir after its service in the Marne
battle. In the course of q general
order, he said:
THE division has acquitted itself
in a creditable manner. 1t has
stormed and taken a point that was
regarded as proof against assault.
1t has taken numerous prisoners
from a vaunted Guards division of
the enemy. 1t has inflicted on the
enemy far more loss than it has
suffered from him. Let all be of
good heart. We have inflicted more
loss than we have suffered; we are
better men individually than our
enemies. A little more grit, a little
more determination to keep our
enemies down, and the division will
! have the right to look upon itself a:
an organization of veterans"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-04
The Twenty- Eighth--The Iron Division

A LII Pennsylvania is proud of
~ the Keystone (Twenty- eighth
Division, as are General
Pershing and Major General Muir.
its commander.
General Muir, who is a kind of
Haroun-al-Ras among the en-
listed men, appeared among the
ranks near a village south of Ex-
termont, just before it was taken
by our troops. With him were Col
onel Walter c. Sweeney, Captain
Theodore D. Boal. of Boalsburg.
Center county. Pa; Lieutenant
Edward Hopes, of West Chester.
and Corporal Olin Mcdonald, of
Sunbury, of his staff. Enemy air
planes, which had been circling
above, swooped down and fired on
the party. General Muir seized a
rifle left standing against a tree by
wounded soldier, swung it to his
shoulder and fired upon the nearest
aviator, who turned and fed, fol-
lowed by the others.
General Muir is regarded as a
martinez in the Army, but it was
very largely his unrelenting, per-
sistent. hard work that whipped the
Twenty eighth Division into such
shape that it has covered itself with
glory in less than three months
fighting in France. He is particu-
larly the friend of the enlisted man,
and is said to turn a friendlier side
toward the men in the ranks than
toward the officers under him.
He is 5S years old, having been
born in Erie, Mich, in 1860. He
went through q hard school in the
old Army, having spent seven years
as second lieutenant and seven years
as first lieutenant. He has seen serv-
ice in Cuba, the Philippines. China
and the Panama Canal Zone. Last
November he was assigned to sue
ceed Maori General Charles NJ.
Clement, of Sunbury, Pa, when the
latter relinquished command of the
Twenty eighth Division, then at
Camp Hancock. for physical rea-
! sons.
/ Captain Boal is one of the largest
| landowners in Central PennSylva-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-04
ShotgunS in the Civil War:
By BRIGGS

Frederick .E. Hedley, a soldier
of the Civil War, writing to the
New York Times, says:
ITO say nothing of the monu-
mental Prussian cheek in protest
ing against the American shotgun
in war, in the face of the Prussians'
crimes with torpedo, Zeppelin, sub
marine and poison gas. the Prussian
ignorance is dense, If it be not as
sumed.
I'm the war for the Union (1S61-
$50, particularly in the border states
(Maryland. Kentucky and MissourD
there were both Northerners and
Southerners who came to the field
with shotguns. General Grant
fought two of his first great battles
(Fort Donelson and Shiloh) with
many of his men almost similarly
armed My own regiment was one
of these, with old Harper's Ferry
muskets altered from tiintlock to
percussion, caliber 80, carrying a
bail and three buckshot, the effec-
tive range being about zoo yards,
with much of the fighting at half
that distance and less"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-04
NOT A STAIN

VTYHAT a precious tangle 1t is,
" to be sure. First we have
Hearst being attacked by the
New York Tribune as pro-German
and rabidly anti British, with ac-
counts of the familiarity of the New
York Prince of Yellow Journalism
with Bolo Pacha, who was shot for
treason by the French, with Won
Bernstorff, the fork-tongued Ger
man Ambassador to the United
States, and with other notables
among the German propagandists.
Next we have George Creel, the
chairman of the committee on Pub
lie Information, and scoffer of the
National Legislature, giving to
Hearst practically a monopoly of the
war film service, engaging as his as
sistant Carl Byor, of the New York
American, putting his approval on
literature which the National Security
League finds to be "a masterpiece of
German propaganda" and praising
Konta. Then we have Secretary
Baker condoning attacks on Hearst.
The case of Rumely. editor of the
New York Evening Mail, bursts upon
us, and we learn that his paper was
purchased with German funds, and
the name of Henry Ford is men,
toned in connection with Rumely.
At length we learn that Arthur
Brisbane, who held himself out to
be the sole owner of the rejuvenated
Washington Times, and who is in
timately associated with the Hearst
policies and propaganda, was him
self the recipient of contributions
from large German interests with
which he resuscitated the Times and
carried on nothing more reprehen-
sible, just at this crucial period al
least, than propaganda in favor OF
the breweries. The largest con-
tributor to this purpose was George
Ehret, also an ardent supporter OF
the Democratic party, whose prop
erty was seized by the Alien Prop
erty Custodian because of Ehret's
alleged German connections, and
placed in the hands Of Ehret's son
for management-dire punishment
And coincident with the dissemina.
ton by Brisbane OF German brewery
propaganda. the public has been re-
gaied with Brisbane editorials sound
ing the praises of Secretary McAdeo
presidential aspirant, to the seventh
heaven, while Joe Tumuity, the
private secretary to the President,
tells Brisbane that ~ ana sure yeu
are going to mako the same coed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-04
A WAR DEVELOPMENT

TINE public used to have a lot of
sympathy for the striker. People
thought wages must be unrea-
sonably low or working conditions
intolerably bad to induce a man to
leave his job and cut off his income
in the hope of bettering them. So
the employer whose men were on
strike was generally looked upon
with suspicion-if not worse-and
the striker got all the benefit in
case of doubt. 1t is an American
trait to side with the underdog, and
the employe nearly always ap-
peared N that role, so the majority
sided with him and hoped he'd win.
But the war has changed tie
public's view a bit. Wages are high
and working hours are short. The
country needs every mans labor. If
America fails in this critical hour
the war will be lost. Europe Will
starve and our hundreds of thous-
ands of soldiers abroad will be driv-
en- into the sea. So the people feel
that everybody should work every
day to produce the food and NUM-
tions so sorely needed. They believe
that. under these circumstances. no
misunderstanding can arise that
cannot be settled between employer
and employe by arbitration. They
have come to look with disfavor
alike upon unreasonable employers
and employees. and to class both as
"slackers."