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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-19

The first submarine boat Of which his
tory makes any record was built by a
Dutchman named Van priebel, in 1870
The boat was built in England with
money said to have been advanced by
King James I. According to reports the
vessel had a, unique ballasting system
number of goatskin bags were placed
under the deck between two large planks
These bags. when filled with water,
caused the vessel to sink. To cause it to
rise again the bags were pressed together
again with a MINDLESS arrangement, fore
ing the water out, and thus giving the
boat reserve buoyancy.
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Steamship shares and few specialties
had things their own way on Wall street
yesterday. There was further liauida-
aion of industrials and equipments on
unexpected developments. Rails were
neglected all day. while sharp declines
were made in United States steel and
allies on the controversy between pro-
ducers and the government respecting
control of the output. Bonds were ir-
regular as a whole.
Curtailment in Lancashire production
and favorable crop weather in the south
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When residents Of Cleveland move from
one location to another they are required
by law to leave their change of address
with the police.
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Spot Cotton

New Orleans. May 1S.-Spot cotton:
Market steady and unchanged: sales,
on the spot. 275S; to arrive, 500; low
middling. 2s,75c; middiing, 2s.25c; good
middling, 3o.50c.
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close. Last prices were unchanged to
points lower, compared with yester-
days finals.
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dom and peace" is being organized and
will be considered by a special con-
ference between the British Trade
Union congress and the labor party
shortly. The idea is to raise 81, 800, 900
to build a national headquarters for
labor at London as a memorial to trade
unionists who have fallen during the
var.
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Dry Goods

New York. May 1S.-Cotton: Market
spot, quiet; middling, 26.55c-
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futures, which were unchanged to 50 reis
higher Brazilian port receipts, $780,
JundIahy receipts, 2LoO0.
Live Stock
Chicago, May 1&-Hogs: Receipts.
5000; market strong Bulk, SlL29qlGio'
light, $17.5@1T. So mixed, s17lgl775; heavy,
SIS 25@i75s; rough, s16.250d6G5; pigs. S4So
Q1z5o.
Cattle Receipts, 500; market strong.
Native steers, $10.50@1775; stockers and
feeders, s.. 25G13.10; cows and heifers,
s7.25Q114.5o; calves, sS@14
Sheep: Receipts 1890; market steady.
Sheep s12Q16.15; lambs, $l4-75q2o.5o.
St. Lous. May 1S.-Hogs: Receipts. 5000;
market higher. Lights, S17.60l1775 pigs.
SIG 5o@17.s5; good heavy, $l7.s5epl7.6o; bulk,
cattle: Receipts, 5000; market steady
Native beef steers, <11.50lI1T6o; yeariing
steers and heifers, $950115.50; cows, $3.50
Q12.50 stockera, Ss.5e9l2; native calves.
S7.75Gl15. 50.
Sheep: Receipts, none: market steady.
Lambs, Ss.isyt65o; ewes, S64l7; wethers,
s165oal7; Gamers and choppers, $3.50
q95o.
Kansas City, May 1s-Hogs: Receipts
500; market steady. Bulk, $l7.1eql7. ID;
heavy, sl7gdT.co; packers and butchers
sir. 10QI1730 light. sl7,l5G17.4o 40; pigs. sl79
Is.
Cattle: Receipts, 800; market steady
Prime led steers. s17@i775; dressed beef
steers. s15.5nals.75; southern steers, al0
is; cows, ssG15; heifers, $1oG1525; stock
ers and feeders. 50 50eJi5.9o; bulls, SioQls;
calves. SaG13.
Sheep. Receipts, 500: market steady.
Lambs. s16@195o; yearlings. sl4Ql7; weth-
ers, s129i6 Is; ewes, s11416.
Naval Stores
Savannah, Ca. May 1S-Turpentine:
Market, firm, 40; sale, 1O1; receipts,
267; shipments. 10; stock, 2l,906.
Rosin: Market firm; sales, SO; re-
ceipts, 405; shipments, 81: stock, 1851.
Quote: B, ss.721s; e, $6.75; +, G. II,
$3.50; I, j, $685.; NJ, s6.95; N, s7.oo;
VIC, $3.50; WV, $40.
Cotton Seed Oil
New York. May 1S-Cotton seed oil
was dull and unquoted; no tenders
Prime crude. 17.50c.
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Produce Market

St. Louis, May 1S.--Poultry: Market
unchanged, except hens. .2355c.
Butter: Market unchanged.
Eggs, 2s1ac.
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Railroad Schedules

Corrected to May IL, 1918
Arrival and departure OF passene~s
trains. Birmingham: The foIiov{Ss
schedule figures published as informa.
ton, are not guaranteed.
BIRMINGHAM TERMINAL STk140R
Southern hallway System
(goutheru Raflxvav rn
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Rice Market

New Orleans. May 1s.--Rough rice,
nominal Quotations unchanged. Re-
ceipts: Rough, 5S55 sacks; millers,
1923 sacks; clean Blue Rose, PAS
pockets. Sales: Clean Honduras, 500
pockets; Blue Rose, 206 pockets
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Kansas City. No. May 1S.-Butter,
eggs and poultry unchanged.
Chicago, May 1S.--Butter, unchanged.
Eggs, receipts, 1a,oos cases; unchanged.
Potatoes: Market lower: receipts, IS
cars; Wisconsin, Michigan and Mime
sofa, bulk. soc @s1.05; do. sacks, $1.1o
Oils.
live Poultry: Market lower; fowls,
27Hc.
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futures, which were unchanged to 50 reis
higher Brazilian port receipts, 4S,0Oo;
Jundiahy receipts, 2I,000.
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was dull and unquoted; no tenders
Prime crude, 17.50c-
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-01
Don't Shoot Pigeons.

Complaints have been made tC
the pigeon section of the Signal
Corps that carrier pigeons of the
racing-homer type, being trained
throughout the United States for
communication service with the
American Army, have been shot by
persons on hunting expeditions.
Because of the important part
carrier and homing pigeons are
playing in the war, and the need
for their breeding and development
in his country, the War Depart
ment has considerably expanded
the pigeon section of the Signal
Corps. Homine pigeons constitute
one of the most effective means of
communication in the Army
Any nieeoG in the cir snsy Cbs a
carrier pigeon flying from a loft
under Government supervision. Its
destruction may be a serious loss
to the American Army. Anyone
into possession of pigeons
labeled u. S. A.-18," indicating
they are being trained for Army
purposes. is requested to report the
fact at once to the office of the
Chief Signal Officer, Land Division,
W ashington, D. C.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-01
May Kill Own Hens,

is there any law against my
killing one of my own chickens and
serving it for dinner tomorrow"
This question was asked F. B.
Mumford, federal food administra
tor for Missouri, recently. The
no usewife was told there is no law
to prohibit one from killing ones
own chickens or from buying one
that has been killed.
The ruling in regard to killing
hens and pullets applies to licensed
dealers in poultry" said Mr.. Mum
ford. This ruling was made in an
effort to increase the supply of
eggs. Every hen killed in the next
two months means loss to the ma.
tion of about thirty eggs.
Individual owners, however, are
urged not to slaughter thier hens
before May 1. There is no law to
prohibit it; it is a matter for one to
settle with his own conscience, for
by killing hen he is disregardine
a war measure. We hope every
person will live up to the spirit of
the regulation whether there is a
or not,
All the new rules and reeula
tions are passed by the national
Food Administration. They are
not made as result of some per-
sonal belief on my part as some
persons who call up and object to
certain ruling seem to believe. They
apply to the entire nation, not only
to this community. We are mere
ly trying to carry out the rules of
the Government"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-01
THE Seven Pearls"
EPISODE NO. 4.

towards her. AS soon as his hand
passes the acid-eaten rope it breaks
and they fall downward
In the fall, the bundle over Har-
rvs shoulder opens up and prove
to be parachute. He clines to the
rope and IIma's waist and they both
fall into lake below. Perry, mad
dened at her escape, dives in his
hydroplane, apparently on top of
them. AS he speeds off over the
surface of the water there is no
sign of either Harry or lima in the
foam he leaves behind.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-01
Should Know The Rules.

ignorance of the rules and reeu-
lations of the Food Administration
is the plea of many merchants who
have been selling excessive uuanti-
ties of -four and sugar Others
have declared they had received no
official notification of the limitations
on flour and sugar sales and of the
rule requiring an equal amount of
other cereals to be sold with everv
flour purchase.
i have seen in the papers about
these matters" one merchant wrote
F. B. Mumford, federal food admin
istrator for Missouri, but | have
not been officially notified that I
should follow these rules"
Ignorance of the rules is no ex-
cuse," Mr.. Mumford announced re.
Gently. "A personal notice to every
merchant in the state is ntt neces-
sary When new laws are passed
every individual is not notified per-
sonally that such laws have been
passed and should be obeyed by
MIN.
The announcement of the new
rules and regulations by the Food
Administration should be sufficient.
No other notice should be necessary.
If any retailer is in doubt about
any OF the regulations he can find
out about them easily by consulting
his county food administrator.
In the last two weeks the Office of
the state food administration has
been swamped with letters of in
quiry, telegrams and telephone
messages from merchants and
others regarding the new food resu.
lations AS soon as a new reeu-
lation is made hundreds of inquiries
come pouring in. A bulletin con-
tanning all the recent regulations re-
sarding the sale and consumption
Of food commodities is now being
by the state food admins
tration.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-01

the spirit of the army. stern and un
relenting toward the transeressor
And the pity is their are many
many more in the same hopeless:
plight as this boy. The lad looked
the Y. M. c. A. man in the face
while the tears gathered in his eyes
That's just what | would like to do,
he said, but I'm no good as q soldier
They won't let me Co." Ready to
die for his country and not fit to do
that!
And as | thought of his sad ans.
wer my eyes rested again on those
reverent boys before me who were
themselves for battle by
commemorating the Lords death,
and renewing their allegiance to
Him.
The best soldier" said Major. Gen.
eral ORyaD, is the soldier with a
religion" Is it true?
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-01

Amidst all this fuss aud confusion
as to exemptions and rejoicing that
this one or that one has escaped
service, let us not forget the heroic
boys, some of them exempt on the
score of age, who have volunteered
and gone forth in the service of
their country, They are entitled to
all the honors that can be awarded
for brave and unselfish act. Their
records are written so far as the
matter of enlistment is concerned
and nothing can tarnish that. Let
US hope that they will all come
back from the war, and with the
knowledge of having done their ut
most without reserve, a knowledge
that in after years they would not
trade for great riches.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-01

A Kansas boy in the navy writes
home that in a recent storm his
ship listed thirty-two degrees on the
por side and thirty.three degrees On
the starboard side Let there be an
investigation at once to determine
what was the cause of the listless-
ness on the port side which prevent
ed its registering one more decree
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-01
An Army Camp Story
BY E. E. Ryder, Camp Pastor.

III you were preacher about to
deliver a sermon before a thousand
or more soldiers. and they greeted
you with cheers and cries of Hoo
raytl as you mounted the platform,
Just what would be your feelings?
Well. that was my first experience
40 jpreachiDg to the New York Ma.
tsonal Guardsmen at q week night
-, M c A. meeting in Camp Wads-
worth. At first it startled me,
n aturally. Thought l. this must be
a political rally instead of a religi.
GUS gathering
, But that's just the spirit of the
! boys here. They are such red
blooded Americans they don't know
what to do with themselves. They
want action. If they can't move,
they must yell. And when you
aearn to know them, you know how
30 take them. A political rally
reception will not bother you.
Those same men are as suscepti.
BILE to heart-to.heart Gospel mes
sage as any congregation | ever
faced, and when | began to speak
to them, thev were as reverent as
saints and docile as children.
But you must give them a |
straight Gospel message. Oil and
water don't mix. Neither do relig- |
ION and frivolity. At least they
Fail to 60 together in the army.
Some preachers and lectures COM
ing to Camp Wadsworth have had
experiences they will not soon for
get. Some came here imhu4a ;s;..a
the idea that what the soldiers
want is lot of funny stories, and
Ilf they could slip in a little religion
while the soldier wasn't looking,
they felt that they were executing
"a clever flank movement. Now the
soldier does like funny stories, but
BE wants them straight. And most
tf them are open to religious i'm.
pressiOns. too, but it must came in
a straight-from the shoulder, simon
pure form.
The soldier is quick to recognize
genuine religion. He will listen, too,
when the message comes straight
from the heart | have seen the
simplest Gospel sermon get a hear
ing. when a Hills lecture has fallen
fat.
It took DR.. Keeyer, of Utica, the
Fighting Chaplain" of the old First
Cavalry. to drive this truth home at
a recent meeting of Chaplains and
Camp pastors, Major General O'Ryan I
had called the conference to dis.
cuss the moral situation in the
camp All sorts of remedies were
and devised. Finally it
came to Chaplain Keever's turn.
Let me tell you, gentlemen" he ,
in his sharp, incisive way,
when you leave tout more of the
spirit of liberalism and get more of !,
the spirit of true religion in your
preaching to the men, you'll have
better results. / heard a preacher
The other day refer to Jehovah as !
the Tribal God of the Jews Is
that all he was? If so, | want to
remind you that He always licked
TIDE other godsr Tell the men that
the laws God has laid down are i'm
nautable, and if they don't obey =
them they must suffer for it. This o
IS no place for a wishy. washy re- p
ligion of your liberal Sort" r
When the Major General spoke t,
he war mly commended the words Il
II the Chaplain, "
4 think caught your meaning, k
hap Jain" he said. Il have an in y
7L8ilce in mind, where a chaplain n
was particularly popular among Ii
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-01

A German newspaper says that
Germany will hold out until the
bitter end. Well, they know what
XII nd of an end it will be anyway.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-01

thC dtlc ScIIdl, Inc OeV6L
Pearls" to be shown at the Gem
Theatre Monday, in which there is
promised one of the greatest thrills
ever seen on the screen.
lima is in Mason's home. You'd
better hurry! a voice tells him
Much excited, he tries to get more
information, but Kismet hangs I'D,
leaving Harry in the dark. Realiz-
ing llma's impending danger, Harry
leaves Immediately. Unfortunate
ly, the machine breaks down and
he is delayed. Harry arrives at
Mason's home, only to see and hear
the faint cry of the struggling lima,
awav up in the air. Harry shouts
to lima and in response she calls
back for help. Positive without a
doubt that it is she, he runs off
wondering what he can do to save
her
Kismet jumps out of a machine
and leisurely starts to enter a drug
store. AS he does so, a large round
shadow starts to pass over his head
Looking up. he sees the black
sphere of the balloon and the limp
figure of lima hanging from the
rope. Hearing the noise of ma
chine he turns around and sees
Harry leap from the car. Putting
on pair of glasses so as to dis
suise himself. Kismet goes up to
Harry and lays his arm upon his
shoulder. Harry impatiently waves
him eway. He replaces his arm
and speaks: Come with me. The
police can't help you. They have
no airships."
On the other side of the world the
sun is shining, Ilma's father is still
held hostage until her return.
Terror-stricken, lima continues to
fly through the air. The rope is
very much blackened by the fast
eating acid The rope has been
half severed, 1t is only a matter
of minutes
Kismet and Harry rush to see
Capt. Baldwin, who owns a dirigible
Dressed in aviators' costumes, Har-
ry and the Captain prepare to
leave. The machine is in first class
order. the instructions are given.
they finally leave the earth in pur-
suit of lima.
Looking through air glasses Harry
sees lima at a great distance from
them, and spurs the Captain to
speed the machine on. The Cap
tain explains that they are moving
at top speed and can 90 no faster.
Harry calls Kismet's attention to
Perry's home, which they are now
passing. The noise of their ma
chine arouses Perry and his servant
Becoming suspicious, Perry launches
MS ydro-aeroplane and starts after
he dirigibIe.
The swifter hydroplane passes the
iirigible at daylight and reaches
he balloon where lima is hanging
~ a few shreds of the acid.eaten
'ope. Perry steers off and watches.
Harry attempts to rescue lima.
Baldwin brings his ship to a stop !
ust over the balloon. Harry. with
bulky over his shoulder
lescends a rope ladder and works
lis way along the netting ofIthe bal
BON to the ring. At this point,
larry sees that there is a chance
or success. Shooting with a rifle
in front of him, he S
1ounds the Captain. The Captain I
1ses control of his airship and the t
Ope ladder is jerked out of Harry's i
and just as he reaches the ring v
nder the balloon. In spite of 4
lma's warning, he lowers himself e
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-01


Chaplain, and he doesn't care Now
need not say that that is not the
kind of liberalism we want in this
Division. The best soldier is the
soldier who has a religion, the
soldier who obeys the laws of
God"
| don't know when l have been
so impressed with the truth of the
Generals statement as l was last
Sunday night at our Soldiers Ser.
vice. We were to commerste our
Lords death in holy sacrement,
and my heart fairly sang with joy
as l saw those boys come marching
with soldiery tread to our little
church in Spartanburg 1t was a
JOY. too, to witness the reverence
with which they entered the sacred
courts of the Lord. The first lad
who arrived marched to the very
front seat An object lesson thought
l, for the good folks at home. And
as he sat down, this soldier boy, he
bent low in the most devout attitude
OF prayer. For many minutes he
remained thus. and knew that even
though our preparatory service
might not be as elaborate and litur
gicai as some of our brethern at
home might desire. here was one
boy. at least. who was fit and well
prepared to receive the blessed body
and blood of our Lord Jesus.
.eaa os'oehefs catne III; there was
that same reverential spirit. 1T
does ones soul good" exclaimed a |
Y. M. c. A. secretary from Balti,
more. to get into the quiet. worship
full atmosphere of one of our
churches"
1t had been announced as a |
soldiers communion service, and |
our little church was well-nieb
filled with the men in olive drab
Twenty. four men lined up for the
first table wish you could have
seen them! AS stalwart and manly
a nd clean-lookiDg body of men as
my eyes have ever looked upon
Any commander would have re
joiced to lead such body of men.
But what made my heart so glad
was not only the fact that they
were so ply sically fit, but because
of the great desire that filled each
one that he might be made spiritu-
ally fit. Here were real soldiers of
the Cross, confessing the Lord Jesus
before men,. Here were soldiers
ready, not only to fight the battles
of the Republic. but also the battles
Of the Kingdom!
Then my thoughts went back, in
the midst of the solemn rite, to a
boy who tried to be a soldier with
out religion. He is lying now in
1ne OF the wards of the camp base
no spital, A few months ago he was
as clean. perhaps, as manly as any
'f those boys before me. But his
path from home to camp. alas, took ,
him through New York City, and ,
here ne made his first slip Led by /
'vil companions. he entered one of
hose vestibules of hell which our
avs permit to flourish in the larger =
titles. need not 60 into details, 7
'ut the mark of the unmentionable
plague was upon him, never to be
emoved in this life, Il never want
o look my mother or my sisters in r
he face again" he told a Y. M. c. A. 9
worker the other day. DO you I
now what would do if were in |
our place." queried the Y. NC. A. t
nan. i would 60 to France, sell my
lie as dearly as possible. and leave c
ny body there" Not much com. b
ort for a despairine boy, but that's k
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-12
"The Quest of Happiness"
at Convention Hall Tonight
for Benefit of Red Cross

II is believed that an unusually
large audience will greet the mem
bers of the senior class of the high
school when they present, at Con-
vention Hall tonight, "The Quest
of Happiness" which will be given
for the benefit of the Red Cross.
The Quest Of Happiness is SINH
lar to "Eyerywoman' and many
who witnessed its presentation at
the high school auditorium last week
expressed themselves as more i'm
pressed with its message than they
were with "Eycrywoman.'
The Quest OF Happiness is Civ
en- under the direction Of Misses
Eleanor Lilley and Lillian Bishop,
OF the High School faculty, and it
is said that the cast is the best seen
in an amateur production in Ard-
more.
Ii has been reported in some
quarters OF the city that the high
school orchestra will not be heard
at this performance. There is no
truth in the reports, and the orches-
ira will be present and furnish the
music Tor the play tonight
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-12
OFFICERS MAKE BIG
HAUL OF TEXAS LIQUOR

The Santa Fe passenger train
from Fort Worth last night ran IN
two sections and every coach was
crowded. The federal officers found
many passengers carrying whisky.
Richard Hignignt, deputy United
States marshal, worked one section,
and Edgar Key the other. 1t re-
quired two automobiles to carry
from the station here the gripsacks
and bundles containing liquor they
took from the train. Fort Worth
goes dry next Monday night. There
is an election there tomorrow, and
the following day being Sunday, the
life of the saloon is short and it ap-
pears the visitors took occasion to
lay in supply while at Fort Worth
to witness the review of the Thirty
sixth division.
One man, who went to sleep, had
number OF bottles Of whisky,
wrapped in bundle, lying on his
| lap. The officer relieved him Of his
bundle and he slept peacefully on
and probably awakened north OF
here under the impression the liquor
had been illegally taken from him.
One young mans gripsack was
opened and two quart bottles re-
moved. When he awok1 and was
told by fellow passenger that his
| ,rrit, ,,tar NOT ca heavy nc n yyac NUha n