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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15
To Discuss Port Plans.

At meeting Of the lIarbor Commits
sioncrs tomorrow morning, preliminary
sketches Of the work done here bv John
Meigs the marine engineer, relative 10
improving this port will be considered
MIR Mcigs will not be able 10 attend the
meeting, but will send an assistant to
explain the sketches
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15
Fined For { Corner Lounping

SIallord PoWell u Young man, pIel8ed
guilty before Judge Churchman il City
Court TO-DAY 10 corner lounglng around
Sixth and Lombard streets He Was
said t. he one Of a crowd of loiterers ard
warned lN he police 10 keep away from
the localty he Was fined $40 and costs
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15
Motor Truck Springs Plant Acre.

BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Philadelphia, July Is The powe
plant of the Howiand Co, N Frankford
a suburb, was badly damaged by fir
today The concern manufactures
springs for war motor trucks The los.
is atout 100000
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15
Gen. Langfitt Heads American Engineers

By AsNtciattd Frtss % Every Evening
With the American Army in France,
SUNDAY July IL MAJ Gen William G.
Langhtt has been appointed chief en-
gineer of the American cxpeditionury
forces
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15
Plumbers Cards 70 Expire

Working registration cards Of journey
men plumbers issued annually by the
Board Of Health will expire this month
and those using them are supposed under
the law to renew them at once
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15
80 ror 80 Staying -.

Private Patrick Rogers ~ this ltl.
waa arrested last night hy Patroiman
veasev on charge of over-saHlng 5'-
leave from Camp DN ic b being
held pending an investigation by me
United States AulhorItIes.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15
SleeIe Reioins Ciiants.

Bob Steel the left-hand pitcher. Nao
has been working with Bill Gallagher
Harlan Ship lcaguers, has been recalled
w the majors and LEFT yesterday 'or
Cincinnati
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15
Will Discuss Boys Work

Charles Warner Director Of the Public
Service Reserve. went 10 Washington
this afternoon, to discuss certain details
OF the work with the heads Of the Reserve.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15
Judge Rice's Stepson Enlists

John I. Challenger, stcpsnn Of judge
Herbert I Rice. has enlisted rs an
apprentice seaman N the United States
naval service
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15
Three 10 BECOME Ayjators,

Henry Wallace. Robert II Oakley
and John Frick went to Washington. ID
G.. today to enter the United States
aviation service.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15
To FA Date For q. or. Convention.

one purpose Of the meeting ~ hc held
III Dover Thursday, by the Republican
State Central Committee Is % fiN date
for the Republican State Convention.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15
ST. Swiillin's ; I)ay,

This is 81 Swithn's DAY, and, being
far and warm, the weather, according to
nn old legend, will be much the same for
the next 30 days.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15
District Rnard 20 NIeet.

The District Board will meet IN TINS
city tomorrow afternoon At > O'Clock
The members. i IS understood, wall dis
euss certain changes in the clasSiica ton
Of men who have changed their employ
mont
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15
Austrian Jeus Favor he En.en,e.

By Associated Press % Esrry Evening
Washington ,Hl, l5. THE l,rachtcs
81 \uStrIa according to tn nft,l iis-
ttch from Amsterdam toda. arc hgHlG
thelr .Ampaths tor thc tntrnte.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15
200 LArG ~ CLASSlFi

ROOMS Two COMMUNICATING anb one
single neatly furnished. good location
Reasonable ratos. Address q kes kssc.
Evening Once.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15

Lost something Fry classified
advertisement in Every Evening ADV.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-15
GERMANS START NEW
Continued from page I

mann effort to he loosed against the line
from The Maruc to the Aisnc north II
Chateau Fhorry IN the ricariy sector.
towards Aht,evillc or further north. ~
the Ive sector, against the channel ports
Along this line the tllca have been
daily improving thor lines md preparing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-13
DAVID R. FRANCIS
 STANDS OFF MOB
 IN RUSS CAPITAL
Charles R. Crane Tells How the American Ambassador Proved Hero When Oc-
 casiOn Arose

st. Louis. January 12.-Charles R. Crane. head of the American mission to Russia, in an address here today told how Ambassador Francis stood at the door of the American embassy in Petro- grad, and with a revolver in hand. held off mob.
 Mir. Crane said that mob, believing that man named Muni Gin reality Mooney, the San Francisco dynamite suspecD, was to be executed in this country, started for the American em- bassy.
 The Petrograd authorities warned the ambassador by telephone that the mob was approaching. Guests begged him to flee with them but he refused, sald Mir. Crane MT Francis told a negro servant to get a revolver With this weapon the ambassador met the moo al the door.
 Your government is going to hang our leader. Muni, and we are going to clean out the American embassy" said the leaders.
 No, you are not replied Ambassador Francis. This is American soil, and l will kill the first man who crosses the line.
 MT. Crane said the mob then dispersed He said he heard the noise at the em- bassy and arrived there just as the crowd went away. From the negro ser want MT Crane learned the details
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-13
CHIEF OF FEDERAL
 VETERANS TO VISIT
 LOCAL G. A. R. POST

Commander in Chief Sommers of In- diana, leader of the Grand Army of the Republic. will be a visitors to Birming- ham in the next few weeks, together with members of his staff. and the pres ident of the woman's relief corps, the women's auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. The local post. George A. Custer, Post No. l, is also planning to celebrate Lincoln's birthday on Feb ruary r.
 The following officers were selected for the post at recent meeting:
 A. ". Fulghum, commander; George William J. Shipman, junior vice com mander; F. r. Quinn, quartermaster; Dr. A. N. Ballard. surgeon; NJ Bostic, chaplain; Henry Chairsell Sr.- officer of the day; z. Stapleton. officer of the guard, II. J. Spiver. delegate to the de- partment encampment Z Stapleton, alternate: F. G. Sheppard and George F. Jackson, trustees; Henry Chairsell, Sr.. relief committee; c. c. Chapin, adjutant; pr. A. N. Ballard. patriotic instructor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-13
| MANY SUCCESSFUL IN EXAMINATION FOR
 COUNTY TEACHERS

| The following applicants successfully passed the December teachers exami.
 nation in Jefferson county, which was
 held by the county board of educa-
 tion. It was stated that the number l of failures was unusually small
 White:
 | Life: Vera Taylor, Annie Graves Bibb l Nell l.. Argue.
 | First grade: Grace Miller, Mrs Olive
 Medley, Emily E. Roberts and Aurors 1 Tilson
 I Second grade Alice Arnold, Mildred
 Bell, Mary Brown Buckshaw, Ruby
 Buckshaw, irginia Childress. Bessie Clover. Alma Cowden, Mary L. Eborn
 Florence Brown Flint, Hamilton Jack son, James A. Kile, Ethel Kirkland, An. nie Lacey, Thelma Mckenzie, Sterlor I Blanchard Mayo, Dorothy Peed, Mary l Jim Reynolds, Lillie ] Self Mrs. Jos l ephine R. Walker, Marie Cathryn Ward Mrs. Bessie Webb and Mrs. Alice Ce. l cile Wilson.
 | Third grade: Grace Black. Mamie l Gertrude Briggs, Margaret Eunice Cow. Hey, Mrs. Rollin Clifford Cross. Valerie c. Croze, Sadie Marie Dunlap, Minnie Gibson, Elizabeth Franklin Gleason
 Eloise Hancock. Mimic E. Inzer, Annie Mildred Jones. Ersie J. Kile. Marvin
 Lawley. Aline Lee. Willie McBee. Mrs Nettie Stith Mcdonald, Edward Fentor Minor, Orea Carlton Norton, Matte Bean Outize. Mollie Downing Barker Josephine Othello Pearce. Mrs. O. NJ Price, Doyle Robbins. Letha Ann Sal ter, Hazel sedgwick, Theona Snow, Lu-
 cile Stallirgs Savanna Stephens, Lou ise Virgil Stone, Annie Vines, Lillie Mae Vines. Bess Ware, Lafayette Ware Mrs. John F.. Weeks.
 Colored:
 Second Grade-Mary c. Atwater Clara Emmie Brittian, Beatrice Es- telle Card Hattie Lee Carter Ella
 Virginia Eaton, Jannette L. Eubanks, Lillian Eubanks. Winnie Frances Gas
 ton, Lennie G. Lockhart, Jamie E.
 Meadows Pearl V. Miller Bessie E.
 Rogers, Parolee M. Taylor, Edward F.
 Tyson. Cora Williams
 Third Grade-Charlotte Belser, Will
 lie Katherine Benjamin. Esther Edith
 Beveriy, Mildred Louise Bishop, lone
 w. Bradley, Matte Louise Brown. Inez
 t.
 Willima Beni. Carter. Etta Casweil,
 Maud F. Clark, Ella " Cousins, Will lie Mae Grain. Anna NJ Daley. Josie E. Davis, Sadie H. Diffay, Amanda B. Duncan, Beatrice Eaton, AnnabelIe Frazier, Julia B. Gazaway, Marvin Gordon. Leila Beulah Lenda Hall. Fitz-
 hugh Jenkins Heron. Alberta D. Ho- gan. Joseph Howell. Vera L. Hunter. Bessie Johnson Lena Johnson, Willie Tphr n Vert. Alice Logan, Estelle Love. Mary McClenney, Lucy l.. McOuerter, Mary
 Miller. Tabitha Oden, Elizabeth Pat
 terson. Mary M. Reid. Kittie Ann Rice. Maurice Rich. Beulah Robinson. Will berforce Rochester. Lovelee Sanders.
 Iouella Sanders. Claudia M. Seay Eliza Sterrs. Sara Naomi Stewart, Elvira Myree Tatum. Lurrie T. Thompson. An- nie Walker. Pearl T. Washington. viy- ian r. White, Charles E. Williams. Ora Lee Williams. virrinia Woods, Hattie Wooley. Bertha M Yarbrough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-13
Dora Boy in France
 Writes About Being in
 Great DriUe at Can1brai

Sergt. c. D. Cox of Company C., Twelfth regiment railway engineers, of Dora. Ala. has written an interest ing letter to three of his old friends in Dora, Miss Bettie Grace, Miss Ila Grant and MT. Levert Hart. His letter reads as follows:
 Somewhere in France.
 December II, 1917.
 Dear Friends-Gee, but had a pleasant surprise today when I re- ceived the package of candy and ci- gars from you. It will be useless for me to try to thank you because it is beyond words for me. but one thing sure. it was sure appreciated, because in our location we can't get things like that and it is out of the ques. tion to even think of a cigar or good American tobacco. You can never imagine how much good it did me to know that you thought of an old night owl friend and I am sure look ing forward for letter to come from you telling me about yourselves and Dora.
 T have been here nearly four months now. We are located on one of the once famous fronts of this war within easy sound and range of the enemy's guns, so you see we are not very lonesome for excitement. All of the country and towns aroud us is completely destroyed; no houses or buildings left, nothing but ruins, sol diers and war supplies.
 During our stay here we have al- ready taken part in one big drive (No- vember 20) in which the Hindenburg line was broken, the enemy driven back over five miles on a six-mile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-13
CURRENCY DEMAND IN UNITED STATES
 NOW ON DECREASE
Temporary End of Long Period of Credit Infla- tion Shown in Reserve
 Bank Statement

Washington. January 12-The federal reserve bank statement issued tonight shows a decrease of nearly $7.o00,o00 in the amount of federal reserve notes in actual circulation, as compared to the previous week. This indicates the begin ming of what is believed to be a decreas- ing demand for currency and a tempo rary end of the long period of credit in- flation. Owing to the prostration of wires by the storm, the Atlanta and St. Louis banks did not report. and the fig ures for those banks are as of the week ending January l.
 The banks condition at the close of business last night was as follows: Resources-Gold coin and certificates in vault, Sl77, ,o3S,0co; gold settlement fund. federal reserve board, $366. .629.00 gold with foreign agencies, $52,500,0oo; total gold held by banks, $S96 l67 001: gold with federal reserve agents. $7Sl, ,744,000. gold redemption fund, $l9,5 GOO; total gold re-
 serves, S1.691, ,533, 600; legal tender notes, silver, etc. $50, S2l,000; total reserves, $1,-
 747.S510Oo bills discounted for members and federal reserve banks s575, TBS, 900; bills
 bought in open market, $262. .691 GOO; total bills on hand $SSS, ,429,000; United States
 government long-term securities, s50,132.- 900; United States government short-term
 securities, $lsL225000; all other earning assets, $5,111od0; total earning assets. S,- 030, 905 000 due from other federal reserve banks. net, $27, 2i900O; uncolleoted items, $304, ,554, GOO; total deduction from gross de- posits, S391 796,0O0; 5 per cent. redemption fund against federal reserve bank notes. $5S7 900; all other resources, ,0o0; total resources, SS,11l, ,649.000
 Liabilities-Capital paid in. s1555.0oo; surplus, $1,13i,000; government deposits, $60, ,523 GOO; due to members, reserve ac- count. s1.50002l, 600; collection items. $2oS : 359, 000; other deposits, including foreign
 government credits, $20, ,4O5. 600; total gross deposits. s1,7S4,30S 900; federal reserve notes in actual circulation, $1,244,2S0 0o0: federal reserve bank notes in circulation, net liability, $S0O0. 900; all other liabilities, 1862, coo; total liabilities. s3,111, ,649, 900. Ratio of gold reserves to net deposit and federal reserve note liabilities com bined 62.9 per cent
 Ratio of total reserves to net deposit and federal reserve note liabilities com | bined, 64.S per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-13

This story nominates the Baltimore Orioles of two decades ago for the honor of being the greatest baseball club of all time.
 Whenever fans of the present day
 think of wonderful ball teams, their
 thoughts center solely on two--the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia
 Athletics. That's because most of them
 were kids in the oriole days and have
 gained their baseball knowledge since
 the days of the scrappy Baltimoreans.
 The Cubs and Athletics both were mar
 vicious machines, but doesn't their
 glory seem to fade in comparison
 with the McGraw-Jennings- Kelly
 Robinson combination that made his-
 than 20 years ago?
 No club ever was welded together
 that could hit like those Orioles Their
 batting feats, compared with present
 day accomplishments. seem like mirac-
 ulous happenings. Over sweep of
 four complete seaons the Baltimore regulars clubbed for the almost incred-
 ible average of .346. Think of it! They sing songs of the greatness of the Athletics, but in 1910, 1911, 1913 and 1914, when Connie Mack's machine was at it's best, the team hit only for a .29S mark-4s notches below the Orioles! Of course. the Orioles didn't have the foul strike rule to menace them. but allowing for that advantage, the fact remains tha tthe Orioles, over a four ;,, bau ball history.
 In 1894 the eight Oriole regulars hit for a grand average of .350--the great est team average ever compiled. Not one man of the eight landed below 300. Joe Kelly led the attack with .391. fol- lowed by Brodie with ,369. Willie Keeler with scr and Dan Brouthers
 with .341.
 Much has been said and written about the hitting power of the Tiger outfield in its prime. A great trio, without doubt But think of the
 Orioles. In 1894 the three men--Kelly. Brodie and Keeler-clouted the horse- hide for an average of .376. The fol lowing year they came back with 377, following with 1852 in 1896 and wind 1 ing up with .s73 in 1S97--a grand four- year mark of S69. Quite an outfield, eh?
 The Orioles were great through 1S94-1S95-1S96 and 1897 winning three pennants. The Cubs were in their
 hey -dey from 1906 until 1910 with four championships the Athletics from 1910 until Connie Mack broke up his ma | chine in 1914. Four years of greatness Tor each So one can compare them in fair way. Here are the figures showing what each club accomplished during it's best four years in the mat ter of victories:
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-13
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Complains of Injustice to Negroes

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 It is not the desire of the writer to im-l pose upon or criticise either race In the city of Birmingham, but he wishes 10 call each races attention to what seems to be exceedingly outrageous, inconven- tent and in the last analysis humilating to say the least.
 The separating of the races may be all right and I am sure it is quite satisfac- tory to the negro people, but when such separation works a constant hardship, humiliation and holds the negro up to contempt and shame, such separation is tyranny and is as disgraceful to one racs as it is to the other. I have in mind two or three things in our city which are preposterous. There Is one of the most prominent office buildings in this city, where hundreds of negroes who are clients of lawyers, doctors and various businesses which are carried on in this great building. These negroes are forced to go back to the freight elevator, where every kind of plunder, garbage and the like are handled and ride on this danger ous and ill provised old freight trap. Other buildings in the city where the lnanagoment wishes to separate the races on the elevator, usually assign one of the passenger elevators for the colored patrons, and why the management ot this one building would subject an in offensive constituency of it's patrons to such shame certainly must be painful td the fair minded men and women of inc white race. It is not the disposition ot the tiegroes to hoycot or raise tumult over bad treatment, and for this very resoa alone the occupants of this building and all humane people should frown upon this brutal treatment of the colored race
 Again. MT. Editor, it has been my pleasure to visit the city of Montgom- cry and other leading southern cities re. centlW and it is left for our new and ap to-datc city to have the most inconven- tent. the most shameful and unjust dis crimination against negroes on our street cars of all the other cities of the south. In the others, which are just as distnc- tive in race separation as ours, one race loads from one end of the car toward the center. while the other loads from the opposite end toward the center, and there is no friction or hardship other than that which is common to street car travelling to all the people. Our city ot Birmingham has jim-crow board that is only moved when the conductor feels like it and too many of them have no sense of justice or respect for the pas sengers on his car, for certainly the honest and fair minded white citizens of our city must be grieved and chagrinned at the contemptible, dishonest and inhu- , mane treatment that this board allows interruptions car conductors to nnete out to the colored citizens who have paid their fares. Some people who are not &C., arainted with the colored race closely,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-13
AT THE COLONIAL

William S.. Hart. in his latest pro- duction, 'Wolves of the Rail" will be shown at the Colonial theatre today, tomorrow and Tuesday. This film is an exceptional feature, and is pro- nounced by movie fans to be the best yet made by MT. Hart. It is another one of those typical Hart productions and is sure to prove a drawing card
 The German Curse in Russia" an extraordinary production, will be shown at the Colonial theatre Wednes- day and Thursday, January 16 and IT.
 This picture was taken by Donald Thompson of Kansas who repeatedly risked death to get real record Of the struggle in Russia. It presents for the first time the inside truth about Russia, showing how German intrigue
 stopping at nothing, drove the Russian .eople to revolt and put their armies out of the war, with sensational pie lures of actual fighting, among other scenes being the bombardment of Tur- kish boats by the Russian Bla11 sea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-13

might feel that they would be disre- spectful when a car is crowded, but am sure no southern white man or woman will ever feel that the coiored man would not be kind, respectful and show every courtesy to them. l am sure every thoughtful negro stands ready to observe every courtesy and custom themselves, and to assist in experimenting and pun ishment if necessary, any of their race who will not do the same.
 We have, I am sure, brave, good and honest men for commissioners, and l do not believe they will hesitate one moment to change this persecution of the negro patrons of the street car when their at tention is called to the same.
 There is one other jim-crow persecution that is left entirely to the negroes to submit to or stamp out. The writer has to his discomfort and astonishment found that some of the shoe dealers in Bir- mingham have gone so far to jim-crow the negroes by a little back seat for which he has to try on his shoes when he is buying them. This ugly humiliation should be frowned upon by every colored man or woman that has the least respect for himself I am told on good authority that the map who has lead in this affair is member of a race that has suffered as much from the hancs of prejudice all over lH6 WOilu tS tlie pOol HSSio lid . suffered in this country. And negro men are willingly offering their lives upon the alter of their country that his race in Russia and other countries of the world might not be oppressed, but have their liberty and justice. The supreme court of the United States in its memorial oe- cision on segregation few weeks ago pointed out the fact that the thing could be overdone, and certainly this is one case in point. The negroes must have shoes, but they should buy them from the man who will not subject their wom- en to the little back bench in the shoe store.
 We will say more on this particular phase of jim-crowism later on. I hope I will not be misunderstood. I don t mind seg gregation in the south, but bit terly oppose persecution and injustice anywhere. Very respectfully
 J. H. KELLEY, Pastor Friendship Baptist. Church, 521 s. 18th street.
 Birmingham, January 10. 1917.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-13
Aviators' Lngo

The air service. like most special branches, has it's own vocabulary for some of which we are indebted to Ey- erybody's.
 An officer of flying status, but who for some reason does not fly, is called a
 penguin. This name is also applied to a type of trailing machine which does not rise from the ground An officer in the flying service. without flying status, is called 'kiwi' after an Aus tralian bird, pilot is generally called q 'Quirk. A flight is called a flip and Tiff it is a distinguished failure it is called a 'washout' An airplane is usually called bus. The great hope of the airman is to 'spike-bozzle' or bring down a 'zepp, or one of the smaller non-rgid diriSibles they call 'bimps. The air. mans pest is the onion or large flam- ing anti-aircraft shell which Archie sends up as sort of bouquet-with sometimes an unpleasant smell Archie is the general name for the anti-aircraft gun"