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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-07
BOlShevik Government
 Flees From Petrograd
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American sector northwest of Toul The men of both sides have kept to their trenches and there have been only spas modic exchanges of sheiis.
 German endorsements continue to be sent up behind the lines in Belgium and France according to General Maurice, di- rector of military operations at the Brit ish war office At present, he says, all though the enemy has 16 more divisions than the allies along this front, the all lied troops are numerically stronger and also hold the upper hand in rifles, guns and aircraft. but that this superiority is diminishing. The major preparations of the enemy for big offensive are now
 more or less complete and the allies
 must watch for the local preparations which signalize the approach of an at- tack, General Maurice said.
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LAWRENCE DIRECTS SINGING

Anniston, March 6.-(Special.) )-Robert Lawrence, founder and director of com munity singings in Birmingham, former dean of the Southern School of Music, has been drafted for army work at Camp Mcclellan, according to W. s. 5. Gra- ham, general Y. M. c. A. secretary at the cantonment here.
 MT. Lawrence will be at the camp Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. He will be in Birmingham to look after his work there Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, and at Tuscaloosa Mondays.
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GERMANS REINFORCED

London, March 6.-The Germans are still adding to the number of their divisions on the western front. Gen. F. B. Maurice. chief director of mill- tary operations at the war office de- clared in his weekly talk with the As- sociated Press today. The Germans now have IS divisions more than the allies in the west field. he said, but this did not mean that they were in supefior strength as the allied divisions were numerically larger.
 General Maurice said the entente forces still held the superiority in rifles. guns and aircraft, but that this superiority was diminishing.
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BANQUET FOR GEN. MORTON

Anniston, March 6.-(Special)-MaJ' Gen. Charles c. Morton, commanding the Blue and Gray division, was the guest or honor at a delightful banquet held at the new Anniston Inn Wednesday evening, J. B. Harrington, president of the Anrls- ton Chamber of Commerce. being host to the commanding general. The affair was attended by a brilliant assembage of military and civil notables.
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L. A. STANLEY RESIGNS

Anniston, March 4-(Special)-L. A. Stanley, who has held the position of city ticket agent for the Southern here for the past several years. has resigned and after Friday will be associated with the City Bank and Trust company in the capacity of assistant cashier. MT. Stanley is deservedly popular among the travelling men, and It is gratifying to his local friends that his change of posi- tion will mean that he is to remain in Annistnn
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Salt Lake City, March 6.-AleXander Ii. Lucas, 72, supervising architect under whose direction the war prison barracks at Fort Douglas were constructed' to- night was ordered interned on presl- dential warrant It is charged that he denounced the government and expressed the hope that Germany would win the war.
 Lucas was born in Germany and came to America when he was IS years old. In 1864 he volunteered and fought with the Union army until the close of the war. He was honorably discharged. In 1S66 he enlisted in the regular United States army and served for three years.
 Lucas entered government service re- gently at Fort Douglas. He swore he was native of the United States, giv- ing San Antonio, Tex, as his place of birth.
 New York, March 6-Papers seized here in raid on offices of Dr.. Robert J. Obenfohren, which federal agents say appear to concern American exports, par ticularly war munitions, are being ex- amned by representatives of the de- partment of justice, it was learned to- day. Dr. Obenfohren, who was taken in custody last night as a dangerous enemy alien, has been remanded to the Tomhs pending the outcome of the investiga- tion.
 New York, March 4.-Raiding the room of Theodore Erdos an Austrian in the Bellevue Medical college, where he is em- ployed as a chemist, detectives tonight discovered several vials containing dis ease germs. Army intelligence officers were notified immediately. Erdos is de- tained on charge of grand larceny in connection with the theft of powerful microscope.
 Erdos warned the detectives that the vials contained germs of measles, scar
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BRITISH MAKE RAID

London. March 6.-"English troops raided the enemy line early this morning east of Bullecourt and cap tured few prisoners and two ma- cine guns" says today's war office report "Our casualties were slight. Successful raids also were carried out by our troops last night>porth of the
 Scarpe and in the neighborhood of Lens.
 Southeast of Gouzeaucourt hostile raiding party was repulsed. Additional prisoners and a machine gun were taken by us as result of these encounters"
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ing. J. H. Kienker will build a two- story brick building on Montgomery avenue.
 Within 30 days probably score of new business houses will be begun in the downtown district. In the resident sec- tions many dwellings and small apart ments are in the course of construc- tion.
 The crying need here is houses, and still more houses of every available kind.
 Capt. w. S Forder, who has been at the head of the ordnance department at Nitrate Plant No. 2, in East Sheffield has been succeeded by Capt. Stephen B. Coles. Captain Forder has been transferred to Plant No l, as assistant to Captain Hemphill
 The Industrial hospital has been opened here by Drs w. M. Greer of this city and Eugene Lindsey of Florence, and they will have associated with them an efficient corps of assistants.
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Anniston, March 6.-(special)- )-John w. Noble, pioneer settler and one of the founders of Anniston, died at his home here Friday night at the age of Sf years. MT. Noble built the magnificent St Michael and All Angels church at cost of $135,000 and dedicated it to the congregation. His wife preceded him to the grave three months ago. The re- mains will be inferred at the church ne built Thursday afternoon at o'clock
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W. NJ. IyERSON DEAD

Anniston, March 4. - (Special.)-The body of w. NJ. Iverson, who died at his boarding place on Pine avenue Tuesday afternoon following an attack of pneu- monia was sent to his former home at McElderry, Talladega county, Wednes- day, and will be inferred there Thurs day afternoon following services by the Rev R. M. Phifer
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Will Test Steamer Lucia,
 Said to Be Unsuitable

An Atlantic Port. March 6.-The for mer Austrian steamer Lucia. which has been honeycombed with compartments designed to make her unsuitable. ar rived here today to undergo tests to determine her ability to stand up under torpedo attack
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BRAY HAS MARROW ESCAPE

Anniston, March 6.-(Special)-C. k. Bray, an employe at the electric furnaces in West Anniston had narrow escape from death when he came in contact with high charged live wire. Bray was saved from his perilous position by a fellow worker who threw the switch which fed the line, and at the risk of his own life snatched him away from the dangerous position.
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oXANNA PYTHIANs ACTIVE

Anniston, March 6.--{Special )--Oxanna lodge, Knights of Pythias, initiated two members into the mysteries of their or- der at the regular meeting held Tues day night, and several other applications for membership are pending. This lodge has recently taken on new life and the members are taking great interest in the work
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SUNDAY SCHOOL SERVICE FLAG

Anniston, March 6.-(Special.) 1.-The members of Parker Memorial Baptist Sunday school are flying in the main auditorium a 15-star service flag, each star representing a member of the Sun day school, who is now in the service of the United States at different camps in the United States and in France.
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THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast


 Washington, March 6-Forecast for Alabama: Local rains and colder Thurs day; Friday fair, warmer interior. Georgia: Local rains Thursday in north and Thursday or Thursday night south portion, colder; Friday fair, colder southeast portion.
 Mississippi: Generally fair north local rains south portion Thursday, colder: Friday fair, warmer
 Local Data For the A hours ending at D. m. March S. 1918:
 Highest temperature ...... sz lowest temperature ...,................ 63 Mean temperature .................... 72 Normal temperature ....... 54 Dehciency in temperature since Jan. 64 ~ aAi ....-s.................. 0e0 Iotal rainfall since Jan. 1.............i0sS Relative humidity, : a. m. ...s...... S9 Y HooH ..r......... ...........-.s........ 52 r. III, ....'..-r.....,, ................ 4J
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MRS. WILSON PASSES AWAY

Anniston, March 6.-(Special )-Mrs. Nancy Wilson, aged T years. died at the home of her daughter, Mrs M. J. Campbell, on West Eighth street, Tuesday night The remains were inferred Wednesday afternoon at Pine Grove
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PIONEER SETTLED DEAD

cemetery after services at the home con. ducted by the Rev. l.. H. Claxton.
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EFFECTIyE MARCH 25

March 2 was made the effective date of the award which is retroactive as to wages to February for all of the yards except those in which disputes have been settled temporarily on the basis of other dates. For the employees of the Tampa Shipbuilding and Engineering company the wage scale is retroactive to November l, 1911; Terry shipbuildng company Sa- vannah. to January Il, 1918; shipyards of Brunswick, Ga, to January 15, and shpyards of Beaumont. Houston and Or anRe. Tex, to FebruarY 1.
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To Cure Cold In One Day Take LAXATIVE PROMO QUNNINE (Iablets). It stops the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. F.. W. GROVES signature on each box. 0c
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MINIMUM HOURLY RATES

Minimum hourly wages were fixed for all yards. SO as to equalize the num-
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NO DTSCRIMINATION

The boards decision prohibits any dis crimination between union and nonunion men in clause which reflected the gravity of the shipping situation.
 Believing that in this national emerg- ency past differences between employees and employers must be forgotten in the common determination to produce the maximum number of ships" the award said, the board will not tolerate any discrimination on the part of employ CTS or employees between union and non union mem
 Tn granting the basic eight-hour day, the board undertook to encourage the Institution Of two and three shifts by limiting overtime so that the total work shall not exceed 60 hours a week. Ex cessive overtime was declared to lead to fnefficieney and to lessen rather than increase production
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SHEPARD WORKERS GIVEN SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN PAY Eight-Hour Day With Price and Half for Overtime
 Included l. BOR ADJUSTMENT BOARD MAKES REPORT When Car Fare Is More Than Ten Cents Per Day, the Men Are
 to Have Free Trans
 portation

Washington. March 6.-GeneraI ip- creases in wages, an eight-hour day with time and half for overtime. free transportation whcrc an empioye is compelled to spend more than 10 cents day in carfarc and provision for grievance committees of employees were contained in an award today by thc shipbuilding labor adjustment board, applicable to all wooden ship yards south of Baltimore and all steel yards or Newport News and on the Atlantic and gulf coasts.
 The decision follows in principle the award in the Delaware and Philadelphia districts, which gave labor important concessions for which the working men have been fighting for years
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Local Data

For the 24 hours ending at p. m.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-30
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
BY Lee Pape.

Me and nv c1Izzin Artie was setting
on nv frlInt steps tawking and saying
diffrent things about diffrent things, and
all of suddin our yelio cat Fluffy jumped
out of the parler window and sat along
side of us lest as if he had been invited.
| wish | was Get and Good jump
out of windows like that, sed Artle,
ard sed. / woodent wunt TO be cat
hut l wish I Good Jump out of windows
ike that, and Artie sed, G, got peetch
OF ideer 10 make some money.
Wat, how? | sed, and Artle sed, You
take Fluffy down TO the corner ware
those ladies is standing tawking, and
start to treet him brutal, and then Ill
come along and rescue him as II l WAS
insulted as envthing. and the ladies will
give me sunithn ng for being so kind TO dunn
animals, and III give you half.
G. that's heck Of q good ldeer, maybe
they'll give YOU q dime. l sed
Mavbe if | gave YOU cupple of kicks
ii wood werk even better, Sed Artie.
Like fun, no sir, Jest ack lnsulted | sed.
can pertend kicks much harder
than they RELY are, they wont hcrt
mutch. sed Artie.
No sir, nuthing doing, you got new
pointy shoes and everything, ] sed. And
/ picked Fluffy up and went down TO the
corner ware the 5 ladies was and put him
on the pavernint and grabbed hold of his
tale and started 10 pull him the opposite
way frum the way he wunted to 60, being
fruntwerds. and one lady sed, My good
Mss, wat a horrid crool little boy and an
other one sed | never herd Of sutch thing
and the other one sed, Its dIskracefill,
that's wat it Is. All meening me, and Jest
then Artie came up, me watching his feet
10 see il he was going 70 kick, Artie say
ing, for shame, you crool rufflan, for ?
pins Id kick you black and blue ia the
face, unhand that innosent cat, scoundril
And he came up close and quick left 90
OF Flufys tale on account Of thinking be
mite kick, and the 3 ladies all patted
Artie on the he'd, saying wat a brave boy,
wat q good little boy, how noble. And me
and Artie stood neer them vile, and they
started 10 tawk 10 each other agen and
forgot all about us, and after vile me and
Artie wawked away, Artie looking mad
and saving the reason Wy nuthing happen
ed was because ] woodent leeve him kick
me.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-30
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
BY Henrietta Grauel.
OUR SANITARY COMMISSION

A very dear and elderly lady on ou
| street has knitted many pnirs Of socks ane
wristlets and helmets for our fighting men
| but all her work was bestowed upon soms
| favored acquaintance or friend This
| spring branch Of the Red Cross met in
our neighborhood, and this charming ole
| lady, Of an earlier generation, declared
II am going to join the Red Cross. II re-
minds me of our Sanitary Commission oi
Civil War times" And so she did
The Red Cross may not be different
from the Sanitary Commission Indeed, il
is not different in its aims but ts work
is hundredfoId farther reaching for the
need Of sanitation, of chemical cleanliness,
nentness and dispatch in the making and
handling Of supplies for the men at the
front
Sanitation. as VIC understand IL TODAY,
embraces everything that has to do with
living II begins at the cradle and docs
not end at the grave. We have campaigns
for health carried on under all sorts ri
slogans, and even our smallest children
understand the meaning Of Civic pride
and public houseclcaning
The little folk are teaching some grown
UPS the reason for yellow fever and typh,s,
and Uncle Sam has sent the following
helps broadcast:
Recipe for Killing Flies. Put three
spoons Of concentrated formaldehyde
tcalled 'formalin'') in pint of water
Dip white blotting paper in this and lay it
in saucer Place where the flies are, and
keep it wet with the solution This is not
poisonous to animals or human beings.
II is said that any odor pleasing To
people is disagreeable To insects: and
flies especially dislike fragrant flowers
like geranlum, lavender and hellotrope.
In country houses YOU will often sec
punches of sweet white cloves in every
room and even suspended to the hanging
lamp in the centre of the room This
flower is much disliked by flies, and IL
brought in daily and used profusely, will
certainly rid the house Of flies
The great secret Of being free from flies.
ants, mice, rats and similar dangerous
evils is constant watehfulness. Food
should be covered to keep 1t from the
dust, if from no other danger; and If no
food is left about, there will be no tempta-
ton to creeping crawling things TO enter
1t has been recommended that the
name "house fly be changed to that of
typhoid fly" since SO manv cases of this
fever have been traced TO this pest Our
hopes that this change of
name wuill still further call our attention
to It's unpleasant habits of distributing
germs, and makes us bit less tender
hearted toward 1T
Miss Grauel will be glad 20 answer.
either IN her column or personally, in
qulrles regarding food conservation recipes
and the like. For personal replies "a three
cent stamp must be enclosed
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-30
MUSIC FOILS THE yARMINTS.
Berry Picker Uses Mouth Organ 10 Keep
Dangerous Snakes Away.

Altoona, Pa, July 3o-Music protects
Henry Atherton, the Frankstown town
ship berrypicker, from poisonous snakes
and has for years, he says. When he
goes for berries and comes to spot where
they are plentiful he takes his mouth or
gan, which he always carries with him, and
plays the liveliest airs.
II there are any copperheads, ratters
or other reptiles about, they will raise
their heads and begin TO sway their partly
erect bodies In time with the music, which
charms and soothes them and takes all
the desire to bite out OF them For q
long time afterward they remain harm
less, while Atherton proceeds TO pick
berries In perfect safety.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-30

| So out Of the house they went, making
| sure their uncle WAS sound asleep, and
soon they were running along the path
through the woods.
Suddenly Hans stopped and drew
| Idsbeth back of tree. 'Iookf" he
| said In a whisper, there is smoke coming
from the side of that great rock.
Lisbeth looked, and sure enough a
| tiny curling stream of smoke was coming
from a little opening IN the rock.
Very cautiously the children oept
up to the rock and Hans stood on tiptoe
| and shifted at the smoke.
'It is pipe he whispered into lis
| beth's ear Some one is inside the rock
| smoking
"No one could live inside rock, :
said Lisbcth, creeping close and standing
on stone that she, too. might sniff
| at the curling smoke.
Lisbeth became curious when she
discovered il was the smoke from a pipe
you could boost me, Hans, she said,
''and | could peek in and see if some
| one Is inside
Hans told her he did not think il WAS
nice to peek, but Lisbeth told him 1T was
very different from pceking into a house,
and so Hans boosted her, for he WAS just
as curious as his sister.
Lisbeth grasped the edge of the opening
in the big rock with both her little hands,
when, TO the surprise of both children,
1t crumbled and I.isbeth lost her balance.
Over went both Of them on the soft
moss, and when they sat up Lisbeth
held something in both her little hands
Its cake' she said, with wide open
eyes. NO; it is gingerbread she
corrected, SIS she tasted it.
And, sure enough, 1t was gingerbread; ;
the rock, instead of being stone, was all
gingerbread.
Hans and Iisbeth forgot the moke
and their curiosity in the JOY of their
discovery, and soon both Of them were
eating as fast as they could big pieces
of the Gingerbread Rock.
Tomorrow l will tell you more about
Hans and Lisbeth and their wonderful
discovery.
Continued Tomorrow.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-30
OPERA SINGER AT FOUR;
SANG SERENADE AT TWO
Precocious Philadelphia Girls Parents
Hopeful That She is Not a Prodigy

Is Edith Gutenberg, three years and
ten months old, daughter of Mrs. Bertha
= Gutenberg of Overlook, a prodigy?
Her mother hopes not, and says Edith Is
wholesome playful and often mis-
chievous But nevertheless Edith is an
unusual child, as the following acts show
At the age Of eight months, lying in
her cradle IN a country home, she MIN
licked the Quail's call of bob White"
so accurately that the bird would call
back TO her
At the age of two she could distinguish
colors and never make a mistake.
When twenty-five months old she
could hum the Schubert Serenade. 3"
At the age of thirty-nine months she
could recognize hundreds of tunes, in
Guiding all the ordinary Mother Goose
melodies, those of childrens gems and
popular music.
At the age Of forty-two months she
had graduated from Mother Goose !"
music 10 the compositions of Tschaikow-
sky, Wagner, Leoncavallo, Handel, R
binstein Lizst, Sullivan, Puccini, kreisler
and Beethoven She asked for the music
she wished TO hear without any diff
culties of pronunciation. Also, she could
operate 8 phonopaph, although never
taught 10 do SO,
She can now sing virtually any ope ratio
selection upon request her mother says.
-Philadelphia Ledger.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-30
THE HEART HUNTERS.

by Mary Douglass.
Author of Hunting Husband" Hand
ling n Husband"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-30
LIFE ON DESTROYER
HARD AND PER|LOUS
Pirate Chasers Must Rest Two
Thirds of Time They Are
on Surface.

James h. Connolly in his new book
L Boat Hurlers, gives vivid picture of
life on the destroyers. He tells about the
hard service on board the destroyers with
their roll over and back. fifty degrees,
every five or SIX seconds, the men using a
trolley line TO get about on the decks, the
deck plates buckling up into V-shapcd
ridges. the fire room deck plates folding
In and out like ooncertina, below decks
the men strapped to a stretch of canvas
laced To iron pipes and called n bunk, the
wireless operator sometimes held In his
shack for 30 hours because if he comes
out he is likely to be washed overheard.
And out of each 81 hours AZ least 20 are
filled for each officer with alert intense
watchfulness, In which eyes, ears, nerves
and brain are all keyed up to their high
est pitch So great is the nerve strain OF
submarine hunting that after each cruise
DESTROYER must remain in port for
period eoualing two-tmrds of the time she
has spent at sea.
The greater part of Mr. Connolly's
book is episodiC the stories illustrating the
wonderful service and it is a wonderful
and n great work in every sense of those
words OF the dcstroyers in their duties AS
convoy guards crossing the ocean and as
hunters of U-boats In the submarine zone
and showing also the sterling quaIity OF
the men who man and officer them. The
landluhber's eyes may be excused for
projecting several inches from his head
when he reads some of these tories. For
instance. there Is the story Of the com
mander who ordered Charge itl' when
a periscope WAS sighted Away went the
ship, hcadon, for the suspicious object.
The deck officer began TO fear 1t was
fake. with mine under. Ram her any
wayr' snapped the commander. On went
the ship, and presently the deck officer
dropped his glasses, grabbed the wheel,
and turned the destroyer sharply to one
side. The commander, leaning far out
from the wing of the bridge, saw the side
Of his ship scraped by big white mine
He watched it slide past until it was left
astern and then turned TO the deck officer.
rcmarlling casually. You're right--lt
was a mine.
One sees that there is not . better set
of men anywhere in our fighting forces -
nor anywhere else, one Is tempted TO think
than these cool daredevil, capable de-
stroyer men, ready for whatever happens
and equal to whatever occasion turns up.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-30

American adnairals abroad are covering
themselves with glory and open-~ork
jcwelry.