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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
LOEW'S B|JOU HAS B|G VAUDEVILLE
 ACTS ALL WEEK
"Rivoli" and "Resista" Will Top the Bills for Week. Tom Mix Is Photo
 play Star

Loew's Bijou is offering an unusual bill of vaudeville for the coming week, and there will also be the usual big seven-part photoplay in conjunction with the big vaudeville bill for both the first and last half of the week. Tom Mix will star Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in "Mr. Logan, U. s. A while on Thursday, Friday and Satur- day Edith Story will be seen In an exceptional drama, "The Silent Wom- an"
 The two headliners for the week will be- for the first half, Caesar Rlvoli, known as the man with 100 roles lie is an impersonator a quick-change artist. and 1T. his skit. "A Scandal In Restaurant" he takes the part CT every character, making his changes and appearing as each character is supposed to appear on the stage with out intermission. "Resista,' who is the doll girl of vaudeville, is the head liner for the last half of the week. and she is a dainty little bundle of person ality, weighing just 9S pounds, but she 'defies any man to lift her, also defy ing the law of gravitation. This is a wonderfully fascinating act.
 Other acts for the first half of the week are: McAvoy and Brooks, who are the long and short of vaudeville. in brilliant comedy and song moments Homer and DuBard in "A Jitney Cias- sic" a vocal and musical number, s"Who Is HeT' a study in contrast, which is an unique, original and com ical act, concluding with Frank Han lon and company in their original ath letic skit. Taking His Third De- gree"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
.[0EW PRESENTS TW0I
 GREAT PHOT0PLAYS'
Tom Mix in @Mr. Logan, f us. Az and Edith Storey
 in "The Silent Woman

Devotees of filmland will this week have an opportunity to see two of the best photoplays that have ever been shown in Birmingham. the first in which Tom Mix will star. needing no further introduction--for whenever ht appears in motion picture play, 1t makes no matter what it is. he gets away to a packed house every time However. he will be seen Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at Loew's Bijou in MT. Logan. U s. A one of the cleverest of his vehicles yet re- leased Tom Mix Is such a. dynamic fellow, such an impulsive actor, that you wonder--when you see him in ac- tion--what on earth he will "pull' next
 This play Is full of action--a mining scene. a thrilling love story-the Uni ted government is interwoven in such a manner that it evolves into secret service love story that is bound to grip the audience and end happily, as all of Tom Mix's plays do. There is every moment oAaction; pep and punch no idling or allowing the auditors mind to weary.
 Thursday. Friday and Saturday, Edith Story comes to Loew's Bijou as the star in The Silent Woman'7-a thrilling drama. taken from story that is seething with the fight of a woman for the love of man. The pie ture Is vivid and the lines are strong there being a plot that Is intensely in- teresting and full of anxious moments and tense situations-but everything is well in the finish. and the work of this particular star enhances the picture to such an extent that her his- trionic ability stands out pre- eminent in the film,
 T,oew's movie programme each week r"rks with thos vn~v Nest '- tho city. ane tha ertirp bill of vaudeville, of eared in conjunction with the photo- plays gives sLoew's patrons variety that creates but one objection among patrons-there 10 too. much for their money. Any one act on the bill at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
Roanoke Celebrates
 Pershing's Birthday

Roanoke, September 14.-( (SpeciaL)- Fri
 day, the 18th day of the month, was an
 unlucky one for the German war dogs.
 On that day the people of Roanoke ral- lied en masse, with business houses l closed, to celebrate the birthday of Gen John J. Pershing. The school auditorium
 was filled. A delightful programme of music, and speeches was rendered A call
 was then made for enrolment of names on the PerShing honor roll and the re-
 sponse was most gratifying.
 The day previous was likewise an un- lucky one on the calendar for the Kaiser
 At that time 5S1 men in this precinct registered for military service The an- nouncement only the day before of the
 death of Lieut.. Claud Word, slain in
 battle, stirred this people to renewed ef-
 forts to whip the enemy. Lieutenant
 Word was the son of Prof J. N. Word
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
AMERICAS ANSWER AT THE JEFFERSON FOR THREE DAYS Stirring Representation of the Work That Has
 Been Done to Win
 the War

At the jefferson theatre Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday, matinee daily. will be shown for the first time | in Birmingham "Aruericas Answer" the second of the United States official war pictures. There will be lnatinees daily after the opening night. A sig l nificant fact in connection with this moving picture is that it was made American cxpeditionary force. under orders from Gen. John J. Pershing, by whom it was reviewed and approved. It Is a stirring representation of the work that has been done, net only by our fighting soldiers, but aslo by cur builders-the patriotic American work
 men who give their services for the same pay that the soldier gets, S1 per day There is not moment that does not make the American citizen glow with delight and pride. for it repre- sents the vigor. the earnestness and the genuius of the national spirit. It sets before tha country what Americans lover there" are doing in industrial features that would/ ordi- narily be considered prcsaic, but which frequently stir the deepest emotion. "America's Answer is a supplement 10 "Pershing's Crusaders" which was the first government picture that emIha- sized especially the scope and details of the var in America. The pI esent production stages Americans across the ocean and shows hint the big plants, the bridges and railroads; our brawny labor jacks in the French forests fell ing the great trees; the sending of supplies to the soldiers at the front by those Who minister to the needs of the fighting men: the many women of the Red Cross; the Y. M. c. A.; the Saliva tion army and the other relief organi- zations.
 It shows the vast reach of the war behind the lines and the definite and Indispensable work being done by those who do not bear arms When one sees t picture showing the con- struction of as-port that might have been made in times of peace he is thrilled, because he knows that the port was not made on the Atlantic or Pacific In peaceful days, but by Amer ican engineers and American workmen with materials that had to be shipped across miles of menacing water.
 There is a picture of the assembling of giant locomotive that might have been made in the Baldwin locomotive works; and so, all the work of this kind receives glory given 1t by the war. A clear idea of life in the trenches is shown; how the men eat how they dress. how their clothes are sterilized, and finally. how they fight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
LYRIC OFFERS B|G VAUDEVILLE BILL
 FOR THIS WEEK
Speaking to Father" and ''The Wife Saver" Will Be Headliners for
 the Week

The present week will be the occas- ion of much high-class and enjoyable vaudeville entertainment at the Keith house of Birmingham. The Lyric bill promises to be brimful of good, whole some entertainment.
 Such acts will pc on the programme as Milton Pollock and company. in Speaking to Father" one of George Aides funniest playlets: Henry B. Toomer in comedy playlet, The Wife Saver" Meredith and Snoozer, the latter being canine with human intelligence, known as Americas wis est animal actor: Mile. Theresa and company in novelty circus. Chesleign sisters and Baskette, in songs and dances; the Brads in sunshine ca pers;" Dewitt Young and sister and other big attractions.
 The headline attraction for the first half of the week will be Milton Fol lock and company in Speaking to Father" This playlet is said to be one of George Ade's funniest and it is brimful of laughs and pleasure. MT. Pollock is one of vaudeville's best known entertainers and in Speaking to Father" has vehicle that proves most pleasing. Speaking to Father" revolves around the competition of a young man and an older one. snoozer. a dog. is regarded as Amer ica's wisest animal actor, and per- forms numerous feats with the intel lect of human. Snoozer is presented by Meredith, his tutor.
 Other attractions Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, are: Lambs Mann;- kins. vaudeville's novelty entertain ment; Victor Burns and Adelaide Will son, in The Untrained Nurse." spl an- did comedy. and Fred and Manita Brad in Sunshine Capers."
 Henry B. Toomer, celebrated actor, will be presented in "The Wife Saver" as the headline attraction for the last half of the week. The presence of 1 MT. Toomer assures much entertain ment, and '"rhe Wife Saver" is an orig inal and .rollicklng vehicle of enter tainment. It is unlike so many of the so-called comedies.
 There willalso be on the programme for the last half of the week Mile. Theresa. in novelty circus Gray and
 Graham. Aboard Transport. Some where in Vaudeville;" Chesleigh girls
 and Billy Baskette, in breezy music al
 comedy bits and Dewitt Young and sister. the clever jugglers in Black | and White. A feature at all Lyric
 performances are the screen telegraras
 showing the latest news events in pic
 lures. You read the news in the pa
 pers and you see the news in pictures
 at the Lyric.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
STRAND PRESENTS
 GOOD PROGRAMME.
"The Girl Who Came Back Will Be Shown Monday,
 Tuesday, Wednesday

The presentation of "The Girl Who Came Back" at the Strand Monday, Tues day and Wednesday,. marks the beginning Of an exclusive Paramount-Artcraft serv- ice at Birmingharn's finest theatre. Ethel Clayton makes her Paramount debut In this picture dealing with the regene-a- ton of girl who is reared thief in atmosphere of crime. and who is proud of her profession. She Is rescued from this environment and after she is re- formed through love and awakening of dormant sense of good in her mind, she becomes the wife of a senator. In the cast with Miss Clayton are Elliot Dex- ter, Theodore Roberts and James Neill, ana It is Paramount picture of ex- ceptional excellence
 .son the same programme with The Glrl Who Came Back''s the Strand will present Billy Parsons in "Bill Settles Down.. and PathA War News.
 The programme for the latter half oi the week is one of the strongest the strand has presented since it's reopening. The feature is ''The Hun Within" edeal- ing with spies apd telling how young patriotic American girl, aided by secret service operatives, illustrates the designs or German plotters and brings them to justice. The leading fofe is portrayed by Dorothy Gish. while George Fawcett IS seen as the patriotic German-Ameri- can. A thrilling race to wireless sta- tion and the effort to flash telegram tc transport sailing from America with troops abroad. warning that an internal machine has been placed in the ammuni- tion hold, is one of the big scenes,
 The comedy on the programme is ''Hick Manhattan" featuring Peggy Hopkins the Broadway beauty and Follies star There is also a Pathe War News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15

superintendent of education of Randolph county, and was a brave soldier as well as popular young man.
 W. L.i Hill, who has for years beet city clerk Of Roanoke, has resigned thia position and will leave the first of next W eek to make his home in Birmingham. The Roanoke Warehouse company ls erecting two potato. curing houses or their property to take care of the potato crop of this section. spur track is being built from the Atlanta, Birmingl ham and Atlantic line to serve the new enterprise.
 Cotton is now rolling into town and business conditions are already feeling the impetus of cotton money in circuI laticn.
 Miss Augusta Seaman of Milwaukee; whose father was an officer in the Ger mar army. will purchase and outfit a Red Cross automobile and drive it her self
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
PERSONAL

W. O. Snyder. after a, vacation spent in Denver. Colorado Springs and several weeks with Mrs. Snyder in thefr summer home at Manitou. Col. returned to Bir- mingham last week. Mrs. Snyder and her friends will remain in her cottage at the foot of Pike's Peak until after octoher l. when she will return to Bir- mingham for the winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
2O46 Men Register in Cherokee County

Centre, September 14.-(SpeciaD The government estimate for Septem- Der 1s registration in Cherokee county was 21ss but the actual registration was 2046; 1897 white and 149 colored; 149 under government estimate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15

There are 2s msdtums of safety and institutes for the study of industrial hygiene In the world, 2s in Europe. three In the United stetss and one in Canada.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-04
TRAIN COLLEGE TEACHERS

The War Department has asked
State College as a r. o. T. G. insti.
tuition to name certain students and
faculty members who shall go to Fort
Sheridan on July 10. for sixty days
military training. This is to qualify
them as assistant instructors to help
officers who will be assigned to car
ry on the military work at State Col
lege this fall. Selected students must
be citizens who expect to return to
college in the fall, minimum age Is
and no maximum age limit. The max
imum age of faculty members selected
for training is As years.
Both students and teachers chosen
for this training will be under tempo
rary enlistment for sixty days, when
they will be discharged. They will
receive housing, uniforms, subsistence,
equipment and military instruction at
government expense, and also the pay
of a private, $50 a month and reim-
bursement of transportation to and
from camp. State College is asked to
name for this camp one student for
each fifty students and one faculty
member for each $50 students.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-04
THE JULY DRAFT

The orders have been issued and ap.
portionments made by the adjutant
general for the men who will go from
South Dakota into the National Army
Four thousand men are called and the
quota for B%rookings county is given
as 1913. In addition to this call there
will be two calls for men 10 take spe-
cial training and $50 more men are
wanted from the state for this. Max
ing in all 1880 as the South Dakota
contribution to the service of our coun.
try. From an interview with the 10.
cal board it looks as if this would take
all of the Class One men in the coun-
ty. The restrictions against sending
men who are not physically fit are
very strict and they have been empha-
sized by the war department very
much lately. 1t is hoped that there
will be enough re-classifcations before
the men are called so that it will be
possible to spare farmers who are
needed at home to help harvest the
crops.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-04
STAMP CAMPAIGN SUCCESS

BroOkings shows a fine spirit of 10y
atty in the war savings stamp drive
Our allotment was $82. 600. 90. To date
pledge cards are in for SIS, $4,000.
The committee of nine decided or
the following method of estimating the
amount that each person should pay
An allotment Of $500 a thousand on
estimated worth, and $4,000 a thous
and on estimated income.
All have pledged their share except
the following: Twelve persons have
not been seen, seven persons Offer
less than half their share, and only
three persons refuse to give anything
The above refers to people worth from
$4,000 to 800, 900.
sincerely hope that no legal means
will be necessary to get every citizen
to do their share in supporting the
war and supporting the Brookings
boys who are fighting for the rest OF
US. 1. E. Lees,
Chairman of Committee,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-04
FROM
NUMBER OF BOYS
GOOD NEWS FROM THE VARIOUS
CAMPS THAT ~BROOkiNGS BOYS
HAVE GONE TO
ALL SEEM TO LIKE LIFE Of SOLDIER
Two Letters From Boys Who Went
To Camp Funston And other Let.
tiers From Other Camps

The Register received a short letter
from one of our boys at Camp Kear-
ney, as follows:
Camp Kearney, June %, 191S.-Dear
Sir: When l stop to think Of dis
lance, Bookings seems a long ways
from here. | arrived in Camp Lewis,
Wash, from Hibbing, May %, 1918,
was in quarantine three weeks, when
| was transferred to Camp Kearney,
Calf.
The camp is only a small camp. 1t
is 16 miles from San Diego, Calf.
and 6 miles from the mighty Pacific.
| got a glimpse of the little pond
about $3.50 a. m. today as | was still
aboard the troop train.
From what | have heard of Camp
Cody | believe this camp must be a
near relative to it.. There is not a
tree in sight, everything is sand and
today it was mighty hot.
At Camp Lewis we had barracks to
sleep in, while here we have tents,
and eat from our mess kits.
| do not know if any of the Brook.
ings boys have been transferred here
or not. | failed to see any Of them
at Camp Lewis because my quaran
tine limit would not allow me to &c
to their barracks. | saw Eugene
Kelly there, he is attending officers
training school.
Would you please send my Register
to me at this camp as | think this is
to be my permanent address. | an
getting anxious for some Brookings
news.
Well it is getting dark so | mus
quit. Hoping to get the kaiser an(
then back to Brookings soon. | re
mail@. yours truly,
Pvt. Eugene Mcknight, q
Co. "T', 159th Infantry,
Camp Kearney,
San Diego, Calf
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-04
FROM CAMP e

c. A. Marshman has received the fol
lowing letter from his son, Clint, writ
ten before he left Camp Lee. He has
been commissioned a lieutenant ant
is now commanding officer of Co. SO
Third Group. NJ. G. T. C at Augusta
Georgia:
Camp Lee, Va, May 80. 1918-Deal
Dad: | haven't had a letter from any
one since | landed in Camp Lee.
haven't been assigned yet and am get.
ting darn tired of laying around. We
drill a little in the morning and take
a hike in the afternoon. 1t has been
awfully hot down here the last few
days. 1t was 1O5 in the shade yester.
day. The natives say that it does
not get much hotter than that. We
have a breeze from the east tonight
and it Is very cool. | suppose you
could call it a sea breeze.
Part of our men have been assigned
We have on acting major and several
are acting captains. l don't have the
least idea what they are going to do
with us or when we will be commits
stoned. There is a great need for End
lieutenants in the Engineers, but
Continued on Page Column p
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-04
NO MORE SECRET

1t was announced from Paris on Sun
day by the Associated Press that
American soldiers and officers station
ed at posts behind the front may re-
veal the secret of their whereabouts to
friends and relatives at home. accord
ing to a new ruling of the army au-
thorities. They may indicate freely
that they are at Tours or at other be-
h~ind-the-line posts and may receive
their mail SO addressed. 1t Is still for.
hidden, however, to send to America
or anywhere else for that matter, any
picture postcards of the places where
the troops are stationed. The base
censor does not feel like taking a
chance or sending out photographs
that might come into German hands.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-04
LATEST WAR DISPATCH

Special to Register, $40 a. M
With American Forces on the
Marine Front-Counter attack by
Germans against new positions
won by Americans to west of
Chateau Thierry was completely
broken up. Americans did not
give up foot Of ground they had
captured.
With American Army in France
American air squadron of nine
machines had thrilling half hour
fight north Of Chateau Thierry
with German flight squadron of
same number. At least three Ger
nan planes were driven down and
two American machines have not
returned.
Washington American troops
troops sent verseas numbered
1,o1e,115. 276,372 men were sent
to Europe during June.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-04
EVENT AT

Farmers and farm women of South
Dakota are invited to the special trac.
tor demonstrations which will be con.
Quoted on dealers days, July 5 and 6,
as a special feature of the wal emer-
gency tractor school at State College.
Representatives Of leading tractor con.
Germs will give expert demonstrations
of what the various types will accom.
plish on the farm. The original dates
advertised for dealers days were July
6 and Z, but obviously such an event
could not be staged for Sunday. Far.
an ideal picnic ground on Friday and
Saturday this week.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-04
FIRE CHIEFS MEET
Chairman of Committee

The fire chiefs of the state held their
annual meeting last week at Dead
wood, closing on Thursday. Chief C.
L. Sorenson of the Bookings depart
ment returned home the last of the
week. There was a large attendance
and the state authorities were present
and counseled with the fire fighters
Only a small share of the time was
given to entertainment and all those
present gave their attention to consid.
ering fire risks and the way to avoid
ard fight fires. The meeting next year
will be held at WATERFOWL.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-04
STATE COUNCIL MEETING

The meeting of the State Council
of Defense at Huron Saturday and
Sunday considered several matters
that will have an important bearing
on the work or fight" situation in
the state.
Classification of men engaged in
various kinds Of work in South Da.
kota to comply with the order of the
state council of defense that all men
between Is and 81 and 81 and IS
years of g not employed must reg
lister. will be made at once.
A committee of three was appoint
ed Saturday to take up the discussion
of the matter and report their con
illusions. 1t is planned now to classi-
fly different industries as essential or
non-essential as regards the war. A
ruling which will probably result in
the closing of all pool halls in the
state will also be taken up by this
same committee and a report made
along with the registration and elias.
s~ification question. They are to be
closed during emergency and the COM
mittee is said to be ready to report
the present time as an emergency.
The council also passed a resolu-
ton to accept the proposition Of the
state food administration relative to
the forming of a thresher board in
each county to assist in arranging a
more economical system Of threshing
among the farmers of the state. The
board in each county will consist of
the county agent, the county food ad-
ministrator and the chairman of the
county council of defense.
The board will be instructed by the
council to carry out the provisions of
the state councils order No. 8, re-
curing that all owners and operators
Of threshing machines shall keep a
record of the amounts and kind of
grain threshed and the James Of the
owners of the cereals. These records
must be given to the chairman of the
county council of defense within thir-
ty days after the close of the thresh-
ing season. Handlers of grain must
take extreme precautions to avoid
waste.