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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-02-21

ciate director of the Public Servlce Reserve. That of the middle west IS in charge of Sanford H. E. Freund. a zone director, of St. Paul, Minn. The campaign in the east and south will be directed from the headquarters of the Federal employment service and reserve at Washington.
 Purpose of The Regist atlon
 An explanatory statement issued by the Department of Labor says:
 "The purpose of this national regis tration of all men fitted for and will ing to work in shipyards is to climin- ate the past demoralizing independent efforts to obtain shipyard la'o-, which frequently have resulted ia the p,e- mature and unnecessary re uoval of workers from the so-called 'non-es- sentiaP industries, the unintantlOnal taking away of men by one yard from another, and the turing If men from one section of the country to another where they have found that .he ad- yertised calls for labor diG not exist at that time.
 Every mar registere1 during the next three weeks will not be immed- lately required, and the department urges all workers to stick 10 their pres ent posts until they are so needed. 1t should be thoroughly understood that after registration no man is compelled to accept employment at sh pbuildipg, bat it IS expected that eSery one en- rolled in the Reserve will serve when notified of opportunity. All such no- tices will be definite as to time, place, wages, and living condi.. ons.
 Thereafter, every shi1yard in the United States in need of men will mo- tify the United States Emplo. T cnt Service of it's requirements, and these vii be filled without delay from the lists of unemployed anG f om the members of the Public Service Re- serve. By knowing in foll the num- Der and ability of the mn in the country available for shipbuildinG. as well as the immediate and fu!are la- bor neeGs of the shipyards, the Unit ed States Employment Ser nee of the Department of Labor will be able to meet every shipbuilding labor re- 1uirement as long as the war shall last"
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-02-21
SH|PBU|LDING ARMY
 BEING RECRUITED FOR THE US. GOVERNMENT l

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l. - The Department of Labor authorizes the following:
 With the aid of the Council of Na- tional Defense, the Shipping Board, governors of States, organized laDor and business the Department of Labor has begun the "recrmting" of an army of 256,OOO men to fill all present and future needs of the shipbuilding va dS of the United States.
 Every man Tn the country with some skill in mechanical trade used m shiphuilding and wilIin" TO accept employment in this brai ch of war in- dustry will be enrolled and registered m the United States Public Service Reserve, division of the United States Employment Service, and the war labor ''reServoi." which the !,@hoH Department iS creating to meet tn" coming needs of every war industry
 Assumes Entire Charge.
 With the institutions of th's coast to-coast drive for ShipbuilderS, tte m dependent efforts of the Shppr" Board, Council ot National Defense and thc individual Shipyard' cease, and the entire Shipyard labor supply ing question iS turned over to the United States Employment Service of the Department of Labor. Men fitted for shipbuilding work and yards in need of men will hereafter be broucht together through :he medium ot the Federal Employment service, which with the cooperation of States ant
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-02-21

municipal employment services now has more than 200 labor exchanges.
 Beginning immediately I small ar- ny of 2C ,O0O -Four Minute Men" w''l exrlain for two weeks the importance of shipbuilding to the war program, tell of the requirements or the yards and encourage enrolment in the Pub lie Service Reserve. Evyry part of the United States will be covered in this educational campaipn.
 National Registration Week
 This will culmmate with "Nationa' GhipbuiLers' Registration Week." dul ing which all the volunteers for ship building will be registered as to their experience, skill, and trade by experts if the United States Employment Scl- vice.
 Enrolment and registration Tn the Reserve of the Federal employment service will, however, begin imm"d. lately in those states which already have organized the reserve. There arc P such states and the remaining 1f are expected to be similarly orSani2- ed within the next fortnight.
 The international labor unions whose members are in trades con cemeC with Shipbuilding have off cially joined in the campaign anG have appointed enrolling agents. The var iouS state councils of defense also are behind the educational and enrolment work. Each volwteeer Shipbuildel enrolled will receive a badge, 75,O0C of which are now nn their way from Washington to the west.
 During "Registration Week" the several hundred thousand men enroll ed will be interviewed by travelling examiners sent out by the United States employment service. These will ascertain the exact experience and fitness of each man and make a record of the kind of shipyard work for which he trained "The right man in the right job," is the slogan which the Labor Department and the employment service have adoptei.
 Each of the 4S states has been all lotted a certain quota, according to it's density of population and indus tries. The direction of the campaign in tne northwest is being handled ty I. w. Iitchfeld, of Boston, an asso-
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-02-21
NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED ABOUT
 FOOTBALL RULES

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21. - In the conference between representa- tives of Stanford and the University of California, to consider football r:'es it was impossible to reach an agree ment. It is not likely another con. ference will be held. It was proposed to divide the season by playing Rugby rules part of the time and American rules of football part of the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09
FIVE CANDIDATES TN GOVERNOR RACE SPEND OVER S29,OO0 Teasley, Leading in Expen- ditures, Having Paid Out $94S2.10 Kilby, Sec
 Ond on List, Spend
 ing $S459.21

Montgomery, August 9.-(Speclal) When the last prediction expense ac- count came into the office of the secre tary of state late Wednesday it was shown that more than s29,000 already has been spent by five candidates for gov ernor, Judge Charles P. Teasley, anti amendment candidate, taking the lead, with total expenditures of s9iS2. 10. MT. Teasley cannot spend more than S5l7 30 from the time the account was sworn to until the date of the election, the cor rupt practice act limiting each candidate to S10,000. Thomas E. Kilby. the only amendment candidate, came second in the list. His statement shows he spen, $S459.21 Up to August 5, when the ac- count was sworn to.
 Teasley actually spent S69S2. 10. To this is addsd $25eJ, which he says remains un- paid. Judge John Purifoy spent less money than any other man in the race. His account shows only s1437.25. He was the last to file the account William w. Brandon spent $771S.75. Thirty friends donated amounts ranging from $500 to g .50, the statement shows.
 The secretary of state said he is not sure the candidates for state and federA offices have until Thursday afternoon to file their accounts. The corrupt pra C. tice net says the prediction accounts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09
EUTAW NEWS

Eutaw, August 8.-(Special)-In their annual convention at Eutaw August 6-and ', the Sunday school workers of Greene county went lover the top." They not only pledged for the support of the Ala bama Sunday School association an amount greater than their allotment; but they paid the full amount of the pledge in advance. This is the second time the Greene county pledge has been paid in full in advance, and so the county is again ranked as a first honor county.
 Workers representing every denomina- tion and representing more than half the schools of the county attended the con- vention. Reports showed that conven- tions had been held during the year in two of the three districts.
 MT. M. P. Sumner of Boligee was again chosen to serve as county president. Mir. Sumner plans to reach every school in the county next year.
 The other officers chosen were: F. D. Parham, vice president; pr. D. M. Hall, secretary-treasurer H. E. Morgan, assist ant; Miss Sarah Smith Mrs. Mckee Gould. w. F. Archibald and J. F. Aldridge, divi- sion superintendents; F. A. Archibald, l.. Schug, E. L. Ferguson, district presi- dents; J. S. Coleman, J. c. Weston and J. A. Neel, executive committee.
 Dr. and Mrs. s. D. Palmer, father and mother of General Secretary Leon c. Pal mer, who make their home in Eutaw, at tended the convention.
 The state workers attending this con. vention were Luther Fowler of Monte vallo and Miss Alleen Whitehead of Mo- bile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09
CENTENNIAL AT
 FLORENCE NOW
 IN FULL SWING
The Big Celebration Opened Thursday Morning and Will Continue Until
 Saturday Night

Florence August S-(Special )-Flor- ence is all dressed up for the three day centennial celebration which be- gins Thursday and continues until midnight Saturday. The fiesta will be- gin at a. m. Thursday with the blow ing of all whistles and ringing of bells in the city.
 The opening addresses of the cen tennial will be delivered by local speak CTS at II o'clock from a stand that has been erected in front of the Lauderdale county courthouse.
 Patriotic exercises and an address by former Gov Enmet O'Neal. who was reared in Florence, will take place at the government building. incident tq the breaking of dirt for the great Mus cle Shoals dam, upon which work is officially begun at-that time.
 The queen of the centennial will ar rive at the stand at Court square at 6 D. m, when Mayor M. M. Striplin will present a proclamation and turn over to the queen, Miss Lady Ruth Whitaker, the keys of the city. This event will be followed by a parade headed by the queen and her maids on float repre- senting patriotisn.. In the parade will be representatives of the pageant, cen tennial, city and county officials, Red Cross. and other war organizations. Boy Scouts, fraternal orders, union labor organizations, industrial and auto di- visions. The first day concludes with fhe coronation and queens ball at the E1ks' hall.
 An entertaining programme has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09
Attempted Demonstration
 Denounced by Senate

Washington, August s.-The suffrage
 demonstration attempted Tuesday. which
 resulted in 4S members of the national
 woman's party being arrested, was de-
 nounced by senators today at the semi-
 weekly session of the Senate. Banners
 carried by the women accusing the Pres- ident Of being responsible for delay in acting in the Senate on the woman sur- fra1e resolution. were declared unfair and unjustified.
 Senators McKellar of Tennessee Thomas of Colorado and Shoot of Utah, all suffrage supporters, declared such demonstrations are uncalled for and hurtful to the cause.
 | Senator Shoot said the women were
 orlv seeking notoriety and Senator 1 Thomas added: ~r~ ss@ 9s. | If this propaganda continues very much longer, it may cause some of us to reconsider our attitude on the amend
 ment, a result I am sure these womer do not desire"
 An attack on the pending suffrage res
 olution was made by Senator Reed ot Missouri, who declared that woman suf frage was a matter to be determined by the state. Senator Thomas replied thai l the women who participated in the dem. onstration are not the real leaders of the suffrage cause.
 The assertion was questioned by Sena- tor Wadsworth, an opponent of the res olution. He declared representatives oi ] the national woman's party and the Ma tional American Womans Suffrage asso- ciation work in harmony around the cap itol seeking support for the resolution. Debate finally closed after e two-houi session of the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09
THREE

must come in five days before the elec- ton, and candidates who file on Thurs day may find they have violated the act.
 Accounts flied Wednesday follow:
 Spright Dowell, superintendent of edu- cation, $S.e0 B. H. Cooper, associate member of the Alabama public service commission s1l00.15; J. C. Smith, attorney general, S674.S1; Fred M Jackson, Con- gress from the Ninth district, s1767.72; c. c. NeSmith, lieutenant governor. $444. .92; R. L Bradley, state treasurer, S2075. IS; A. Coke Smith, associate mem- Der Alabama public service commission. $2lS .2S; X. J. Dickinson, Congress from the Ninth district, amended account. S207. 50; George Huddleston. for reelection to Congress from the Ninth district, S2157 21; Thomas c. Mcclellan, associate justice supreme court, Sl "a; A. D. Sayre, associate justice of supreme court, ST IT; Richard V. Evans, judge court of ap- peals, s622. .07; J. B. Sanford, solicitor or Seventh circuit. sS5; M. T. ormond. solici- tor of Sixth district, s25.2i; J. M. Tucker. solicitor of Fifteenth circuit, $216 .95; James Parrish. lieutenant governor, $55; Edward E. Almond, Congress from the Eighth district, $S3t 70; Fred Blse-z-zn, Congress from Fourth district, nothing; H. B. Steagall, Congress Third district. S1105. .45; s. r. Gailliard, associate men- Der Alabama public service commission, $S79. .27; Thomas L. Bulger, lieutenant gov ernor. $500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09
PAY YOUR OWN CHAPTER

Pay all pledges made during the sec ond Red Cross war fund drive to your
 chapter. says the gulf division to sup- scribers in Louisiana. Mississippi and Alabama.
 Washington has been flooded with re-
 mittances from subscribers who did not understand that payments must be made locally. Such remittances cannot be han dled at Washington without causing con fusion in the records of the chapters Also, there are no records there to check against. The latest war fund total fqf the division is $4414,720.31. H. J. Jumonville, assistant manager of the gulf division, has issued the fol- lowing message on the subject to chap ter chairmen:
 Kindly get in touch immediately with your chapter war fund chairman and make the necessary arrangements to make announcement to he public that payment of all pledges to the second Red Cross war fund are to be made To- cally and not to MT. McAdoo's office at Washington, or to national headquar- ters. A4
 This request is made upon advice from national headquarters, as they are being flooded with remttances of this kind. They are unable to handle these remittances at national headquarters, as they have no records there to check against, and, besides. it would create a good deal of confusion in the records of
 the chapters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09

been arranged for Friday, which will include water battle between picked crews of the Florence fire department, potato race between corn club boys and other events. War airplanes will arrive Friday from Park field, near Memphis and they will give an exhi- bition flight over the city during the day.
 The centennial pageant for the bene- Tt or the Red Cross will be present. ed at the State Normal school campus Friday night at s:3G o'clock under the direction of Miss Cora Bell Morse of New York. and a corps of local assist ants. More than 200 Florence men anu women have been drilled and carefully rehearsed for the presentation of pa geant which tells of the fulfillment of an Indian phophecy that the Spirit of the Air and the Spirit of the Water would be united at Muscle Shoals; which prophecy was brought to fulfill ment through the air nitrates plant utilizing the water powers of Muscle Shoals.
 Saturday is newcomers day when all of the recent arrivals in the Muscle Shoals district that visit Florence are to wear an appropriate badge furnished by the Chamber of Commerce; the rur- pose being to bring about a closer ac- quaintance between the new and old citizens.
 The agricultural committee of the Florence Chamber of Commerce has arranged an exhibition for tho three days, and has offered prizes and medals for many kinds of farm produce and live stock.
 Muscle Shoals will have float in the centennial parade the contribu- tion of Nitrate Plant No. 9 1t will be mounted on one of the governments s immense motor trucks and will present q power house similar to the one re- gently completed at the plant. The of ficials and workmen on governrl ent works here are taking a great inter est in the events of the three days
 Already the city of Florence is gaily decorated in honor of its 100 years of progress Street shows line the prin cipal thorolghfares, the voice of the barker is heard in the land. and the old town has started in to enjoy it's strenuous holiday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09
KNITTERS, ATTENTION

There are still 1000 sweaters to be made.
 All patriotic knitters are urgently re- quested to come to the knitting depart ment of the Red Cross and take wool enough to knit sweater, as the con signment must be sent by the 18th of this month. Birmingham has so far respond ed to every appeal, and the gulf dl- vision feels that it can absolutely count on this-one of it's honor chapters. Let us make every effort to sustain our reputation.
 As soon as the required number of sweaters is made the regular work of the knitting department will begin. This chapter is to be turned into sock fac tory. and the work of making socks has only been suspended until the consign- ment of sweaters is finished.
 Mrs. John London wishes to express her appreciation of the ready response made in answer to her appeal for work CTS in the central workroom. Yesterday every chair was filled, and if this con tinues the trench packets will be finished on time. ,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09

Seicheprey was the first real op- portunity for American boys in khaki to show their mettle on the battle fields of Europe. And they accepted the Huns gage of battle and won, despite the fact that, in Berlin. Seicheprey was announced as German victory. Seicheprey, too, was the first opportunity that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09
WORkkOOM OPEN

Ahe central wOrkrOOm has opened on balcony of Loyeman, Joseph & Loeb, as our materials nave arrived from New Orleans. m view of the unrest and impa- uence existing during our period oi InnctiOn, the number of work ers that have returned is very small. This allotment of 102,00O surgical dressings must be com- pieted on August 31, and there Tore all workers must feel obliged 10 report for duty on their re- spectfve days, and give any extra time besides they may have.
 CHAIRMAN OF vvORKROOM.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09

(Coyright, Committee on Public Informa tion.) cially distinguished themselves. Among those thus honored were Chaplain J. B. DeValles, Captain Connolly, Captain Roberts, Lieuten- ant Barnett and Private Murphy, whose pictures are shown. Since that time many more war crosses have been bestowed upon Ameri- cans for courage on the battle line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09

chairman and Mrs. William Stokes is
 secretary.
 A Red Cross auxiliary composed of
 daughters of some of the most prominent
 citizens of Huntsville was organized re- gently under the direction of Mrs. T. w. Pratt. Miss Leola Nance was made chairman; Miss Lula Mastin, secretary and Miss Francis Wilkes, treasurer. Among the newest members of the Red Cross chapter at Cintronelle are Mrs. Ida M. Clinton and Mrs. Nancy Carter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09

An average of 1000 packets of mail are now being carried regularly every day between Vienna and Kiev by air plane. The distance between the two cities is 750 miles and the claim is made that this is the longest regular air express mail route now being op- erated in any part of the world. The trip takes from 10 to 12 hours, com pared to 40 hours by train. It is made in four stages, the intermediate stops being Cracow, Lemberg and Prosku row fTEy.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09
FIRE PREVENTION
 STANDARD URGED

Washington, August S.-General stand | ards for fire prevention, to be applied particularly to war industries. have been recommended jointly by the war indus tries board and the bureau of standards, it was announced today, and A. o. Bon- iface has been designated as the cooper ating agent between the fire prevention
 ton of the board and the bureau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09
A CALL FOR GAMES

Between drills, digging practce trenches. bayoneting imaginary Germans and generally learning the art of becom- ing a full-fledged soldier. there's time for little amusement in the training camps in the south.
 And. at Red Cross huts soldiers are looking for little amusement. In the Jig camps in Louisiana, Mississippi ana Alabama, which states comprise the guic division of the American Red cross there's a great demand for cards, domi- noes and other game.
 Look around your house, please. ana see if you haven't an extra set or cards or an old domino set you can senu along" is the message of Harry T. How ard. director of the bureau of military relief
 ton Of the south. Send immediately your
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09

the French military leaders had to judge accurately of the value of American troops under fire. French appreciation was shown not only In
 openly expressed praise but also by
 the official citing of many Amer jeans for bravery under fire and the bestowing of the famous Croiy de Guerre upon those who had espe-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09
CHAIRMEN. ATTENTION

All cha1rmen or captains of units are requested to take part in the patriotic parade of the Knights of Pythias on Au- gust Il. They are to meet at West park, Seventh street and Sixth avenue north, at O. clock. Costume, white dress and chairman's veil No other members of the Red Cross are expected to parade.
 Request of executive board.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09
Red Cross Bulletin

The work of the American Red Cross has grown to such propor- tions in it's efforts to relieve suf- fering humanity that The Age-Her- aid will publish Red Cross bulle- tin daily. Contributions to this ' column from workers throughout the district will be welcomed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09
NOTICE TO GAUzE WORKERS

Mrs. Beasley will be at central work rooms at Loveman, Joseph & Loesbs bal cony every morning from 9.30 to 10:9o o'clock, in order to give instruction to members who had failed to be present at the teaching center when their com panies were taught No instruction aft CT those hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09
LITTLE STORIES

In June the Huntsville home service section cared for 43 families, rendering services in the Red Cross sense of the word to 3S of these families and giving information only to five. A total of s34620 was expended in the interest of these families.
 Miss Bernice Mitchell, member of the chapter at Pine Hill, has gone to San Antonio to take course in nursing.
 Mrs Jane Blair, 73. of Troy, has made g sweaters, 2 socks and several oth- CT articles for the Red Cross.
 A ''womanless wedding was given at Grove Hill few weeks ago and the proceeds went to the Red Cross
 Miss, Dorothy Allen of Birmingham made money for the Junior Red Cross N- ~ol''nr ratterns which she made for surgical dressings.
 4-e.loers of the Red Cross auxiliary at Rockford had a tag day recently for the purpose of teaching the registered e- from the mountains nearby how to read and write, before they enter the army.
 The Junior Red Cross of Jefferson cnun- ty has fund of more than $60O0 raised by school tchildren in various ways There are 155 schools with junior organ izations, large part of which. of course, are in Birmingham.
 Cordova has a live Red Cross organi : zation of which Mrs. Lula Martin is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09

William McQuillan had boarded at the Tualatin hotel in Hillsboro, Ore, for 20 years. So when the proprietors decided to get out of business McQuil- Ian bought the hotel so he could keen on living there and enjoy the cui- sine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-09
Bob Howard Candidate for Sheriff

has won the race without the backing of any ring, clique or faction, and you will have sheriff who will be on the job at all times.
 Paid political advertisement by Zack
 Fully, campaign manager, 620 Jeffer-
 son County Bank building.