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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
INITIAL CONCERT OF
 MUSIC STUDY CLUB
 AT THE JEFFERSON
Paul Althouse, Metropolitan Star, to Appear in Concert-Public h.
 vited to Hear Noted Artist

Paul Althouse. the Metropolitan star will appear at the Jefferson theatre to- morrow night in concert under the au- spices of the Music Study club. This is the first artist to be brought to Bir- mingham by the club this season and every one wishing to hear him is urged to get tickets at Cable hall and eX- change them at the theatre.
 The members of the Music Study club are looking forward with interest In the appearance of Paul Althouse and arrange ments are being made for a capacity house. as a large number of tickets have already been sold.
 'The concert is not for members of the Music Study club only which seems to be the impression in some quarters, 2 said Mrs. c, J. Sharpe, president of the club, but the public generally Is invited. It is hoped the music lovers of this city will avail themselves of the oppor- tunity of hearing this noted artist at the concert tomorrow night"
 The membership campaign of the club will close Saturday and those wishing to join are urged to do so in time for the concert.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
Men of Foreign Legion
 in New Orleans Yesterday

New Orleans, October 2.-The presence of 63 officers and men of the French foreign legion, touring the country in behalf of the Liberty Loan, featured loan campaign activities here today.
 One former Legionnaire, in civilian att tire, who marched with the veterans, at \ Ntracted almost as much attention as the fighters, themselves. He was former State Senator Orrin Mcclellan, of New Orleans, who at 64 years enlisted in. the same unit of which the detachment is a part and remained In the service until France barred from the fighting ranks sll men over 60 years of age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
SMALL BLAZE

The awning shading the White Front barber shop on Avenue F and Nineteenth street. caught fire and burned up yes terday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Both Ensley and Fairview departments an swered the call and the blaze was ex- tinguished before material damage was done. It is thought the fire originated from cigarette stump tossed on ton of the awning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
MOVING EPIDEMIC

This week in Ensley is a time of the most unusual moving epidemic in the history of the town. Owing to the in crease in population due to the influx of labor for the new plants houses have become scarce and the great majority of people who intend making Ensley and Fairfield their homes have bought up all salable houses leaving very few houses for rent On Ensley Highlands it is estimated that less than dozen houses are unsold or on the rental list In Fairfield it is practically the same, with the exception of the company houses. It is rumored that employees of the T. c. l. company will soon be given an opportunity to buy houses that here tofore have been only for rent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
Good Positions Open

Montgomery, October 2.-(Special.) .)-Po- sitions, paying good salaries, are open for experienced mechanical engineers, craftsmen, chemists, at the various de- partments of the government according to information at the office of w. &. Keller, state highway engineer The in~ formation came from A. H. Krom, direc- tor of engineering, Chicago
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
NINETEEN TO ONE
 IS PRESENT RATIO

Washington, October 2-(SpeciaD For every American captured by Germany, the United States has cap tured 1a Germans.
 According to Representative Dent. General March. chief of stan, gives the following figures up to Septem- Der |;
 American prisoners, 5GO; German prisoners In American hands 960O.
 Recent operations have main tafned this percentage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
ABOUT CAPTAIN GREEN

1 He said that the Germans were not only making war on men but they were max | ing it just as barbarous as possible. or a battle north of Chateau Thierry. in which Capt. Gardner Greene of Pell City finding himself in command of several companies by reason of the wopndlnS of all of the majors, and of his decision not to send his men across an open held ! commanded by German machine guns, he gave a vivid description, telling ot' the men being moved down by machine gun fire, but eventually gaining their objective.
 He said he hoped the government would adopt the policy of immediately an nouncing casyalties, declaring that news of the casualties would have the same effect on the people back home that It has on the soldiers in France and there they will never quit. Seeing their com
 rades fall wounded or dead only makes them the more determined. he said, to
 see the thing through to successful finish.
 This story is told by one or the workers "One man subscribed Tor four bonds, one for himself, one Tor his wife, one for his child, and the fourth for his dog. When I asked why he , wanted a bond for his do%, he very
 promptly answered, 50 he can bite the Kaiser"
 Not satisfied with having raised E. H. Andrews suggestion of 5000 bond to $10,000 on Tuesday, Chris Colias called on him yesterday and subscribed for two more bonds of Sl0Oo each-one for his wife and the other for his baby girl.
 BULLETIN ISSUED The first issue of the Liberty Loan Bulletin, the official communicate of the JeffeI son county, sector, was issued by the county committee yesterday after-
 noon and it will be issued every day from now until the end of the cam paign It gives the subscriptions by , armies up to noon of the day of pub lication, and copies of it will be posted in conspicuous places throughout the city and county.
 County Chairman Murray Brown re- ceived letter from R. F. Hartlein ot the Boy Scouts who is visiting in Cin-
 cinnat in which he suggests num- Der of slogans for the Jefferson l county campaign Among the slogans suggested are: "A bond in time helps over the Rhine;' Bomb Berlin with
 bonds;" "A bond stacker is a Kaiser backer."
 NO LUNCHEON TODAY There will be no luncheon today. but instead there will be a dinner in the ballroom of the Tutwler hotel at
 G;30 o'clock this evening. at which Ca
 members of the French legion, now in
 this country helping to put the fourth
 Liberty loan over, will be honor
 guests.
 ]. D. Moore, chairman of the Fir
 mingham zone, sent a letter to each
 of the 10 county chairmen yesterday.
 urging them to push the campaign and
 raise their different quotas by the
 18th of this month, so that when the
 people of the country are observing
 Liberty Day. the people of Birming-
 ham zone may also celebrate the sue
 cess of the loan The campaign does
 not end until a week later. but MT
 Moore is anxious to secure the quota
 allotted to his Jurisdiction before Lib-
 erty Day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03

in making repairs, of a sawmill in oper' ation cutting the timbers and boards to required dimensions; of the 1T members of the crew that lost their lives, you have heard very little, but their work in this war is wonderful and when the war is over we will owe a debt of grati- tude to both the soldiers and sailors, ba id
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
BESSEMER BUREAU PHONE BESSEMER 612-J

in the Hoover kitchen work by arrang- ing classes for the study of domestic science. A six weeks courke will be given, including the study of a textbook. which will be very instructive to the housekeepers of Bessemer These les sons in the science of cookery will be absolutely free and every woman in the city is invited te enroll for one of the classes 1t is intended to have one class for the women of the rural dis tricts. while two classes will be formed of Bessemer women.
 Liberty Loan rally will be conducted at-Piney Woods this evening when George will address the gathering. The Liberty chorus, under the direction of B. L. Michaelson will accompany the speakers and sing patriotic songs.
 The prayer service for the soldiers will be conducted by NJ. J. Brooks Thursday afternoon at o'clock at the First Pres byterian church. Those who have rela- tives in the service are especially invited to attend,
 Clarence Cook has been called to his former home at Donansburg, Ky, on ac- count of the death of his brother, Eu- gene Cook, who died at Camp Merritt.
 Mrs Clark Mccormack and children have returned home after visit to her sister, Mrs. A, s. Fitzpatrick.
 Harrison Kendrck, who is attending the University of Alabama, is visiting his parents, MT. and Mrs. Walter Ken.@ drick
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

Among subscribers of large sums an- nounced by General John Sparrow at the allied armies monday luncheon yester- day. not included in the report of the armies, are the following:
 Continental Gin company. Birmingham branch, S3O,000
 Continental Gin company employees, $500
 JohnsonS Dry Goods company, s25 .e0u.
 Jefferson Standard Life Insurance com pany. s500o.
 Alabama Great Southern railroad shop employees. s17,650,
 Richard w. Massey, $0010
 George B. Ward, s5G00
 Penn Mutual Life Insurance company, s5O00
 Barrett company, Sl5,0Oo
 Liberty theatre performance at Besse- mer, subscribed by audience, S4DnOO
 Chris Colias for wife and child, $2OQo
 Copners-Wyman company and constit- uent companies and office employees, $7S,350
 Yoande Coal and Coke company, s1O, ,OOo. Empire Laundry, s470O.
 Morris Bush S500D.
 Chairman C. T. Fairbairn of the spe- cial corporation and railroad committee reported the following subscriptions:
 Moore and Handley Hardware com pany, $20,000.
 Birmingham Machine and Foundry company, additional, s5000.
 Frank Nelson, Jr., for Burnwell Coal company, $5000
 Frank Nelson. Jr., for Acme Laundry company $500.
 Frank Nelson, Jr., personal, sl0000.
 J. D, Kirkpatrick, 5000.
 Shook X Fletcher Supply company, s40O0.
 Steel Cities Chemical company, by c, Exum, president, $5000 Culpepper Exum, $250o.
 Doster-Northington Drug company, Sl0,000 S
 ABOUT CHECKS
 County Chairman, Murray Brown stated yesterday that quite number of per sons who have made their checks pay, able to either himself as\ chairman. or some other person in his official ca paclty in this campaign. He wishes 10 Impress upon all that t-checks should no, ,e made payable to any individual, but 70 the Fourth Liberty Loan committeee. Morris Bush, in his pleasing, fascinat- Ing and humorous style, presided at the luncheon yesterday i'll the absence of Field Marshal ]. Frank Ruhton who. Mir. Bush said, had gone fishing. He introduced Borden Burr. who has just returned from several months in France II Y. M c. A. war work who was With the Americans at the battle of Chateau Thierry and witnessed the turn ng of the tide that stopped the German rush on Paris and started them back towards Berlin.
 'I have heard great deal about the army and very little about the navy, aid MT Burr, and yet the navy is do- ing great Nrart in this war. The tor pedoing of the transport on which l was returning to America, and of the heroic york of the sailors that saved the lives of the hundreds on board of their stand ng waist deep in water handling tn ,ucket line by mean of which the shtp was kept from sinking, singing as they worked; of the hard work of carpenters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
LUNCHES FOR CHILDREN

Miss Marion Walker gave two demon- trations at the Hoover kitchen today on school lunches and distributed type written menus of a number of we'll balanced lunches for school children. It has been decided to stimulate interest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
Liberty Loan Subscriptions
 Fourth of ApportiOnment
tContinued From Page Five)

scribe, the workers are thoroughly or ganized and going about the matter in business-lilSe manner, and l can no reason why we should not have our quota by the Eth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03
FAIRFIELD DRIVE

The Liberty Loan drive was formally launched in the Fafrview district Mon day afternoon by Col. A B. Allen at the union meeting of the Missionary socie- ties of the Fairview churches.
 This organization will secure a flag to be raised at Fairview with appro. priate exercises Thanksgiving Day.
 The meeting was held at the Preshy- terian church and refreshments were served by the members of its woman g auxiliary Miss Gladys Keller gave piano selection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03

Mrs. Sam Foley, chairman of the Pratt City unit of the council of defense an nounces that the Pratt City unit head auar rters at the Masonic temple will be open from 1 to o'clock Friday after noon to receive donations of towels and sheets for the National Red Cross as sociation. The towels mlrst be lSX5c inches and the sheets 64xl02 inches, ot heavy unbleached sheeting. Money Will
 be accepted and material purchased with it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03

Harrison Kendrick, who is attending the University of Alabama, is visiting
 his parents, MT. and Mrs. Walter Ken.
 drick
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-03

Mrs Clark Mccormack and children have returned home after visit to her sister, Mrs. A. s. Fitzpatrick.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
TO Be LOCATED HERE|
Headquarters in Washington De-
cided Upon by Chairman
Hays.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Ulspatch TO Inc star.
CHICAGO, June 29.-Washington is
to be the permanent headquarters of
the republican national committee.
This was practically determined upon
today by National Chairman Will II.
Hays after a consultation with Ma
tional Treasurer Fred w. Upham and
National Committeeman A. T. Hert of
Kentucky and Fred Stanley of Kansas.
While no official announcement was
made, the understanding reached was
that Washington. with a continuous
session of Congress in progress, is
the logical spot from which to con-
duct the republican presidential cam
paign after 1t gets into motion. There
will be no hurry, it is understood. in
opening the Washington headquar-
terS.
Treasurer Cpham will maintain his
own Headquarters in Chicago, accord
ing to the understanding reached to-
day An assistant treasurer, quite
likely, will be named. who may have
an office in New York. Heretofore
New York has had the main office
and Chicago has been branch af-
fair.
Chairman Hays continued his con-
ferences with republican leaders
from western states all day today,
and will be in Chicago all day to-
morrow He then departs for In
dianapolis and after two days will
start for New York and Washington.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
ROBERTL. TEMPLE KILLED
BY HIS FIANCEE'S FATHER
Tragedy Enacted Within an Hour
Of Time Set for Wedding.
Self Defense Claimed.

MEMPHIS, June 29.-Robert l..
Temple, a travelling salesman of Chi
cago, was shot and killed here late to-
day within an hour of the time set
for his marriage to Miss Lena Gra-
ham Of Meridian, Miss, by J. r. Gra-
ham, father of the young woman.
Graham, railway conductor, sur
rendered after the shooting and, ac-
cording to the police, claimed that he
was forced to kill Temple in self
defense.
The shooting occurred at the home
where the young woman boarded
while attending a college here as a
music student. She was standing
within a short distance of the men
and one of her fingers was shattered
by a stray bullet.
According to a police statement.
Graham declared after his arrest that
Temple, just before the ceremony was
to have taken place, admitted that he
previously had been married, and that
his wife, from whom he had not been
divorced, was still living. After this
admission. Graham is said to have
told the police. Temple leaped toward
him and the shooting followed. Tenn
ple died within a few minutes.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
CHEERS IN MONTREAL
FOR UNIT OF U. S. TROOPS
Battalion Is Guest of City and Is
Reviewed By the Duke of
Devonshire.

MONTREAL. June 29.-Montreal
paid enthusiastic tribute to a bat
TALON of American soldiers who were
the guests of the city today by cheer
ing them continuously as they
marched from their barracks to
Fletcher's Field. where they were re-
viewed by the Duke of Devonshire.
Governor General of Canada.
The soldiers spent the morning as
the guests of citizens. being taken by
automobile to points of interest
throughout the city, while the officers
were the guests of the provincial
government at luncheon.
The Duke of Devonshire, who was
the principal speaker. welcomed the
troops on behalf of the Dominion gov
ernment, and declared that the pres
ence of American soldiers in Canada
indicated the mutual intention of the
Dominion and the United States to
carry on the war together.
The American commander, replying
for his men, said they were all proud
to play their part in the war and to
make the sacrifice which Canada had
been making for the past four years.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
BRITAIN BUYS SITE
FOR BIG STEEL PLANT
81 900, 900 Investment With 1900
Employees Financed By Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. June 29.-H.
L. Britain, president of the Mobile
Shipbuilding Company. Jacksonville
Dry Docks and Repair Company. vice
president of. the Terry Shipbuilding
Company at Savannah and several
other corporations in New Jersey,
closed a deal here yesterday for a
fifty-three-acre tract of land upon
which will be constructed a mammoth
fabricating steel plant, representing
an immediate investment of $1,000 900
and to employ 1000 men.
1t will be financed by the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation for the
manufacture of steel plates, shapes
and other structural material for ship
construction. The plates will be sent
to Mobile for the steel ships there
being built for the Emergency Fleet
Corporation.
MOBILE. Ala. June es.-Twelve
5.000-ton all-steel steamers complete.
at price of approximately s1,0oo.-
900 each. will be built here by
the Mobile Shipbuilding Company un-
der a contract awarded by the United
States Shipping Board, Emergency
Fleet Corporation, H. L. Britain an
nounced today.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN
PARLEY WILL CONTINUE

COPENHAGEN. June 29.-The ne
eotiations for the extension of the
German-A alliance will be con-
tinued July 8 In Salzburg. according
to the Salzburger Volksblatt. Plans
are also taking shape for the drawing
IN of a military agreement and for
the discussion of commercial rela-
tions.
sixty German and Austrian states.
saws the newspaper, Will participate
in the Salzburg conference. The con-
ferees will include the German vice
chancellor, Herr Won Payer; DR.. Rich :
ard Won Kuehlmann, German foreign
secretary: Baron Rurian the Austrian
Foreign minister, and Ministers of
Trade Wiese: and Szikrzukt.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
VICTIM SHOT IN BACK;
SELF-OEFENSE is PLEA
Banker Says He Killed Customer
Who Threatened Him With
Automobile Crank.

CAMBRIDGE, Ga, June 2s.-R n.
MAY, cashier and vice president Of the
Citizens Bank, here. is in the county
Jail charged with the murder of II. S.
Richardson, prominent architect and
contractor, also of this city.
May claimed at the inquest that
Richardson entered the bank late yes
terday afternoon and demanded that
certain names be released as security
on papers Richardson had given the
bank for money advanced on build
ing contracts. May says he refused
and claims that Richardson advanced
on him with an automobile crank
which lay on the cashiers desk. and
that he shot Richardson in self-de-
fense.
The physician at the inquest could
find no bruises on Mays person. while
Richardson's skull was crushed from
a blow peueved to have been made
by the crank. In addition, he had
been shot five times. four OF which
were from the back. There were no
eyewitnesses to the shooting.
Both parties are prominent in SOCIAL
and business circles here.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
BRITISH SUFFER 141,147
CASUALTIES IN JUNE

LONDON. June 29.-British cas-
ualties reported during the month of
June totaled 141.147. This compares
with total casualties reported during
May of 1s6,so2. The losses for June
were divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds-Offcers,
SIC: men, 1T,494. -s. s
men. 1928.
The. losses reported during the, las
eight days rounding out the weekly
reports for the month were-Killed
or died of wounds, officers, 142; men,
4,773.
Wounded or missing-ohicers, $50;
men, 32,244.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
SHORT LINES RELEASED.
About 100 Railroads Returned to
Private Ownership.

About 100 short-line railroads were
turned back to private management
Yesterday by the railroad aaministrs-
ton, a few hours before coEGress
passed legislation intended to prevent
the REIMBURSEMENT of many OF them.
Between 900 and 400 Of the roads
reiinQuisbeG had sought to remain IN
der government management. About
4c0 short lines were retained A. part
of tho national system.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
RUSSIAN SITUATION
REMAINS OBSCURE
No Confirmation of Bolsheviki
Overthrow-Kerensky Has
Reached Paris.

By the Associated Press.
The situation in Russia is very OBJ
scure and, while there are indications
that the sway of the bolsheviki in
that country may be near it's end,
there is no confirmation of the re-
ports that the government of Lenine
and Trotzky has been overthrown.
The same situation obtains as to ST.
IBERIA, where the bolsheviki and the
German Austrian prisoners of war
are fighting against the Czecho-S Slo-
yaks, on the west, and Gen. Semen
offs army, on the east.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
CZAR'S DEATH DENIED,
Lies Designed to Excite Public
Saws Official.

AMSTERDAM. June 29.-The ru-
mors that former Emperor Nicholas
has been murdered are described as
lies designed to incite the public by
the president of the executive COM
mittee at Ekaterinburg. The message
is dated June "a, and was telegraphed
from Moscow BY way OF Berlin.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
MORE THAN SCORE
REPORTED MISSING
Probable Death Toll as Re.
suit of Building Collapse
in Sioux City.
BY the Associated Press.


SIOUX CITY, Iowa, June 29.-More
than a score of persons are missing
and believed to be dead in the ruins
Of the Ruff building, a three story
structure, which collapsed today, bury
ing two adjoining structures. The
Ruff building and the two others were
reduced to embers by the fire which
followed the collapse. Estimates to-
night placed the number of dead at
from twenty to thirty. .---,
The Ruff building had been under
going repairs and contractors had
lacked it up off its foundations. One
of the jacks gave way and the entire
structure collapsed, burying the build
ings occupied by the Chain Grocery and
the Beaumont & Braugner butcher shop
next door. Both places were we'll filed
with customers. few Of whom escaped.
All Fire Apparatus Summoned.
All the fire apparatus in the city re-
sponded to the general alarm, and as
sisted by hundreds of volunteers made
frantic efforts to reach those imprison-
ed in the ruins.
Hans Asper, a bookkeeper for the
Ruff Drug Company, was found alive
I'm the wreckage heavy beam rest
ing upon his leg held him prisoner. He
talked with rescuers and said three per-
sons were imprisoned near him, all of
them alive.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
GERMAN COMMAND
FEARS AMERICANS
Reason for Determined e.
forts to Impose Peace Be-
fore Winter Comes.
U. S. FLIERS VICTORIOUS

PARIS. June % (Havas Agency
herman prisoners are virtually unan.
'mous in confirming the fear felt of
the Americans by the German high
command. According to the declara.
tions of officers this is the principal
reason for the determination OF Ger
many to seek at all costs to impose
peace on the allies before next winter.
The prisoners make no secret of
their astonishment at the spirit and
versatility of the American soldiers.
Evening star., 1918-06-30
Bulgarian Artillery Active.

PARIS. June 29.-An official state
ment says:
Eastern theater. Juno 2S.--The
enemy artillery displayed particular
activity in the Doiran sector. along
the Vardar and north OF Mayadag.
Our batteries replied with destructive
and harassing fire. An enemy detach-
ment was dispersed on the Serbian
front. British aviators carried out
several bombardments in the neigh.
borhood OF Serss."