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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20

forces, particularly during their frenzied
 counter attacks, when they were mow-
 ed down like wheat with the machine
 guns, or swallowed up in a maelstrom of
 crashing shells from the British bar
 rage.
 There were few spectacular incidents in yesterdays fighting, although the opera
 ton as whole 1 spectacular enough
 when one considers that these gallant
 English and Australian veterans had in
 many places to fight their way up three
 iines of ridges, with valleys interven-
 ing. working forward doggedly over
 sick ground in the face of vicious ma
 chine gun and rifle fire from strong
 holds and from numerous villages and
 namiets which had to be surrounded and crushed into submission
 On the right flank there was especial
 ly bitter fighting about Holnon village. The British had captured part of this place the day before. but the Germans SUI held section of it, with machine
 guns trained from every house. These
 had to be cleared out. and this had to be done systematically by small parties. who dared the. hostile fire and bombed
 the Huns out of their hiding places. A far more serious engagement was waged east of the village, where the Germans had constructed quadrilater- a. trench system which was heavily armed. Here the contending forces struggled throughout the day at close quarters. The British toward evening gained footing in the trenches and continued to press the attack during the night Part of the system was stiIl un- subdued this morning and 1t was being stormed
 Throughout this sector there were pock- , sts of German manned machine guns
 ats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20

raiding parties were repulsed east of Neuve Chappelle and north of the Ypres- Confines canal.
 ''The prisoners taken by us in the operations begun yesterday northwest of St. quentin exceed 10000 We also captured over 50 guns.
 yesterday the enemy aircraft activ- ity was slight. Four hostile planes were brought down and three others were driven down out of control. Four of our machines are missing.
 Our planes kept in touch with the advancing troops and assisted in the attack by bombing and with machine gun fire, as well as by reporting many targets to the artillery. During the "A hours 16 tons of bombs were drOnped."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20

Fighting still proceeded, particularly on the extreme Hanks of the battle front where the British were cleaning out strong points and straightening their line, but the initiative remained entirely with them.t
 That the situation created by the British seizure of the long Hindenburg outpost line and the dominating heights in front of it co,Id not remain station- ary for long seemed a foregone conclu- sion Whether the enemy would essay further heavy counter attacks depended entirely on the badly drained resources 1t his command, for the next move un- dolbtedly belonged to the Germans. since they must push the British back or continue to live with the naked sword hanging over them in this vital sector.
 Ths enemy losses yesterday were ex- trepsly heavy, both. in the early fight iux and in the numerous counter at taeks which were thrown in toward night. in a desperate attempt to regain part of the lost ground. The whole zone of tne long battle front today was strewn with dead in the field gray uni- forms. and more than 5000 prisoners were in the British cages.
 BRILLIANT SUCCESS
 Tho entire British operation has grown into . brilliant and important success, which was not forecast in the orteinal limited plans. Not tho least important feature of the victory waa tha slaneAtes 1nn1cta1 n the emmy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
Weems Paroled

Montgomery, September l9.-tSpeciaD Babe Weems. serving g two-year sen tence from Dale county for assault with intent to murder Thursday was grAnted a parole by Governor Charles Hender- Ton. Records show Weems was con victed In June, 1916. The trial judge, pardon board ind citizens recommended the parole
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20

The text of the statement reads:
 Further reports confirm the heavy nature of the counter attack which the enemy delivered yesterday afternoon north of Trescault and the severity of the losses inflicted on his division, including the Sixth Brandenburg di- vision.
 Fighting has taken place in the sec tor east of Epehy and also in the neigh borhood of Gouzeaucourt, where we gained ground north of Gauche wood.
 "on the remainder of the battlefront only local engagements are reported. We captured few prisoners today in local fighting south of Auchy-Lez-La Bassee. and improved our positions slightly west of Wytschaete. Hostile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
ALLEGED CRITICISM
 MAKES BOND OF
 $500 NECESSARY
s>~t~~.h~~

Montgomery, September 10. speeiaI)-. E. Perry, farmer of Blhb county, is alleged to have saids "The Kaiser would not treat h1s people n Presldent Wtlson has us in fkxing the price of cotton"
 n MontgoHery he was Ael4 to of $500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
'KERENSKY TELLS OF
 SECRET MEETINGS TO i. CREATE GOVERNMENT

London, September 19.-Alex- ander F. Kerensky. former Rus sian premier, told the interalI1ed labor conference In session here today that the nemhegn ef the old constituent asseRbly veEe Meet- ing secretly in Ruas1a and at- ienptinx ts create . govexnnacn3 for the whole of Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
ATTACK ON AMERICANS FAILS

With the American Forces in Lorraine September 19tBy Associated At midnight raid made by the against the American lines Vandieres northwest Mousson at the place where the first early morning against ouposs the edge of Rappes wood No prisoners taken and
 doubtful any information taken back by the raiders
 Three of the five American arpanes lost yesterday those belonging bombing formation which dropped two of explosives German troops MarsaTour south of Confans. The group attacked by 10 enemy machines German aplane dropped Caught disadvantage the Americans separated and three of the planes brought J.~r. :~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
BRITISH DRIVE COMPLETE SUCCESS

With the British Army in France, September 19 D. m By the Associated Press Despe the serious the British established yesterday the Hndenbug line their capture of ridges northwest of St. Quentin the Germans this morning continued their grievances newing on large scale their costly counter attacks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
.BANKHEAD IS SURE PRICE OF COTTON ! WILL BE FIXED AT 3OCEN!SUPWARDS Government Plan to Build Steel Plant at Woodward Is Abandoned for
 Present OLIVER BACK FROM
 HIS TRIP TO EUROPE Tuscaloosa Congressman Witnessed Actual Fight ing in Belgium and Had
 Some Very Close Calls
OLIVER BACK FROM
 HIS TRIP TO EUROPE
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

Fly HUGH W. hObEhIS
 Washington, September 19. Especial. Senator Bankhead learns today that the price of cotton will be fixed at 30 cents, upwards. He declares his ln- formation from the inside and approximately correct.
 It seems that violent protest from all over the south has had the effect of increasing the prospective price from 25-2S cents,
 WOODWARD PLAN ABANDONED
 Washington, September 14--(Spe-
 ciaI.)--The government. for the
 moment, has abandoned its plan to
 construct in connection with the
 Woodward properties steel plant
 in the Hirminxham district.
 This infOrmatf0n was divulged
 following . conference this morn
 ing between A. HI. Woodward of the
 Woodward Iron company and sena-
 tor BanI<head on the one side and
 Bernard Baruch, chairman of tho
 war industries board. and Mir.
 ReplogIe, chairman of the steel
 committee of that board, on the
 other.
 Through these spOkesmen the government declared that the requirement of steel at present was not as pressing as 1t promised sometime ago to he, and that if output diI not meet the needs. the government would build ad- ditfons to existing plants. MT. RepIoEle thanked Mir. Wood 1 ward for his instant response to the anggestion of the gOvernmcnf, and promised that If at later date the construction of . plant was | deemed neeessaFy that plant would "a constructea Tn the Hirningham distrtet.
 As ssssrtea yesterday, Mn woed- < <coatlnus1 sn Page NfAe)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
pROpAGANDIsTS INTERESTED

Included in NIT. PaImer'~ prpers are copies of letters written hy Alexander Konta, evidently n Ger mnn agent. to Capt Hans TauAcher, uotoriouxIy associated with Gcr- man propaeanda in the Unlted States, md to Dr. Rernard Dern- burg, Germsny's chief propaganda agent, upon the prospects of buyinx some great American newsFaper. Mr. Palmer connects the~e with his declaration thnt the influence which the brewers attempted to exert was thoroughly in the i'm terest of Germany.
 MT. Palmer tonight declined to sa, where his office obtained the docu ments. He added that they spoke 10 themselves.
 First among the documents II . lot
 <r.~xeS-en =. pn@a Alu,uk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20

With the American Forces in Lorraine, September 19B Associated Press )-Four German prisoners brought and delivered to the officers of the American intel
 gence department for Interrogation without shot having been fired An officer and patrol of 15 checked night by wires which turned the next night with material bridge the raining however and the Germans had turned off
 The patrol crossed the wires another dered through abandoned communication sentry encountered One of the Americans addressing sentry in German succeeded obtaining the countersgn sentry discovered identity With the sentry prisoner the patrol moved until sentry This German recognized the Americans to his dugout The Americans battered down the tured him and O his comrades.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
German Propagandists Also Much Interested in Hav- ing Paper That Would
 Stand by Kaiser
DOCUMENTS SPEAK
 FOR THEMSELVES,
 DECLARES PALMER
Many New York Papers Were Con- sidered by Propagandists and Brewers Before the Wash
 ington Times Was
 Finally Bought

Washington, September 19. The federal custodian of alien property, A. Mitchell Palmer, made public today the names of the 15 brewers who, with the United States Brewers asso- citation, raised a fund of $407,- 800, from which $375,000 was loaned to Arthur Brisbane to buy the Washington Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
French Forces Haue Aduanced to Benay East Of St. Quentin
Midnight Raid of Germans Against Amer ican Lines Near Vandieres, Is a
 Complete Failure

Paris, September 19-The of Contescourt in the St. entirely the hands of the French who also occupied Castres further to the northeast
 FRENCH HAVE REACHED BENAY Paris September 19The French continuing their attacks Quentin reached the outskirts of Benay according the office tonight In the ossons attacks of Jouy repulsed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
PRISONERS NOW TOTAL 10000
FRENCH HAVE REACHED BEN

London, September 19The taken by the British in the operation begun Wednesday northwest of St. Quentin exceed 10000 according Field Marshal Hags report tonight More than 60 big taken Most of the fight
 today and the east of Epehy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20

MT. Palmer acted immedtntcIy after the Senate had passed q res- olution introduced by Senator Jones Of Washington. calling upon the property custodian to show the
 proofs on which be made his speech
 in Harrisburg, Pa.. last Srturday,
 describing the efforts of brewers
 to control n newspaper in pro-
 German interest, to exert their iis-
 flucnce upon Congress-, and. fInnl-
 ly, on which he charged that the
 brewing interests had advanced
 the money for the purchase of af
 newspaper to flight the battle of
 the liquor traffic under the shadow
 of the dome of the capitol"
 MT. Brisbane, in published statementi in the Times, already has stated tha he bought the paper with none, loaned by C. w. Feigerspan, a bre CT and president os the Federal Trus company of Newark, N. J.
 NIT. Brisbane also has published letter from Fe;genspan defining an ar ran cement by which the loan was syn dicated to 5 brewers. Mir. Palmer in cludes in his disclosure this letter and also documents 10 support his as scrtion that the loan was made in way to conceal its course and pur pose
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
POTATOES $3.50 PECK
AND TEA S21 POUND
Only Very Rich in Stockholm, Can
Afford Staple Articles Which
Are Extremely Scarce,

Stockholm. June II, Correspond
ence of The Associated Press. Food
supply is Sc short and prices so high
that the situation is becoming serious
for all except the we'll to do. No po~
tatoes have been available for weeks,
The new crop is selling at the equiv
alent of $1.20 a quart or $3.50 a peck.
Tea costs the equivalent of SCI p
pound and is almost unohtainable,
The last ration of coffe five weeks
ago amounted to IL ounces for
each person and the same amount Of
inferior lard was issued n month $50,
About one ounce of butter is issued to
cash person once a week.
Virtually the only vegetables on the
market afe spinach and asparagus.
Eggs bring $40 a. dozen and the
cheapest cuts of boiling beef 500 per
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02

before 1t could even open the shop
door--were bought at the best prices
possible Then began the work of or
ganizing the business. The army be
gan to plan ahead and cut out waste.
THE purchasing board was created.
It Is composed of the purchasing of
hcers Of the various army depart
m ents, while the purchasing officers Of
the Y, M. G. A. and Red Cross have
a sort of collateral relationship to the
board. for both organizations are often
In the market for the things the army
needs. At each meeting the purchas-
ing officers pool their discoveries and
their needs.
Scouts have ransacked France and
England and neutral Europe for de
posts of raw material The list of
needs is made up in each department
for three months ahead.
I'm the first days of the Am erican
expedition In France purchases were
made in a scattering fashion. Then
it became obvious that if only few
tents were needed at the moment, the
day would come when tents by the
thousand would be necessary. There
fore the man who found tents for sale
anything else-bought all he
could find if the price was right. Now
adays system has come into it's own.
The list of requirements for the army
Is made up for three months ahead,
on the basis of acquisitions furnished
by the officers commanding the active
units That Is known as the uniform
equipme emf. It is apparent that a unit
of $4,000 men Will always need certain
things 1t is equally apparent that
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Millions spent IN
EUROPE FOR ARMY
Herbert Cory Tells Of Vast Pur-
Chases for Our Fighters

Washington, D. c.. Aug. 2-That
thousands of tons OF supplies are being
purchased in France and Great Britain
for the American troops already on
the firing line Is the statement of
Herbert Corey, war correspondent, in
a communication to the National Geo
graphic society. a portion of which the
society issues as the following war
geography bulletin
-Four hundred shiploads of things
the American army needs in France
have been purchased in Europe.
The American army is 5000 miles
away from It's home base, In a coun-
try which is increasingly feeling the
strain of more than three years of
war. The number of Americans is
added to each week. With the growth
of the army the daily needs for cloth
ing and food has grown in proportion.
Everything was needed at once
Cloth for uniforms was bought in
England, along with shoes and hats
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
France furnished can

and blankets. France furnished can
non and tents, and pots and pans, and
food. The rocky army was billeted
In peasants cottages until material for
huts could be found and the huts built.
Paris was drained dry of all sorts
of office material, 7 doubt If there is
q good desk or filing cabinet or re-
volving chair to be found there today,
The American army reached France
as hare as hsh and it had to be
provided for. Naturally enough,
prices blew out the chimney in this
forced draft or demand. Three times
the peace value was a fair price.
must have tents and blankets and
cots for ESQ men by O'CLOCK was
the telephone message that came 10
one buyer at noon one day.
There isn't a tent nor blanket
nor a cot in town. said the buyer.
Usually that would have ended the
conversation. But the man at the
other end of the telephone was IN
earnest.
Then 25o men will sleep in the
snow tonight and cover themselves
with ditch, said he. Don't tell me
YOU can't get that stuff. You've got to
get it.
He got the stuff. Of course. That
was General Pershing's standing order
in those days He did not attempt to
save dollars at the cost of lives and
worry and days. If he had tried to
save money that way. he would not
have been At for his job. Little by
little order came out Of original chaos,
The things that were needed before the
army could set up shop in France
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Bedroom Suites and Odd
Pieces

Three piece mahogany and walnut Bed
room suites-bed, dresser and chiffoner or
toilet table, various styles; regular price
$500 Sale Price Sse.50.
Thres-piece ivory finish Bedroom Suite
bed, dresser and chiffonier; regular price
$500 Sale prics $500.
Four piece mahogany or walnut Bed
room Suite--bed dresser chiffonier and
toilet table; regular price $4,000. Sale
price $500,
Four-piece mahogany and American
walnut Bedroom Suite, Queen Anne and
william and Mary designs; regular price
s1B5.0o. Sale Price S1s1.75.
Five-piece Bedroom Suites, finished IN
old ivory, Adam period; bed, dresser chit
fonier, chair and rocker; regular price
$4,000. Sale price $4,000.
Drsssers Chffoniers, Toilet Tables
Chairs and Rockers all new and handsome
For this sale at quick clearance prices.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02

pound, mutton and veal outlets $500
pound, poultry as high as S1."4
pound No pork has been issued since
Nav / 3.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02

there Is no close relation between 25,-
900 railroad ties and $4,000 men
Sometimes the exceptional equipment
comes into play
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Dining Room Furniture

TO- piece ouis XVI. Dining Room Suite.
antique mahogany-buffet, table, china cani-
net, serving table. five chairs and one arm
chair. blue leather slip seats; regular price
$4,000, Sale price $4,000.
10 piece mahogany Chippendale Dining
Room suite; regular price s3s5,oO Sale
price S327.O0
apiece Dining Room Suite in ma
hogany and walnut, Louis XVI and Queen
Anne periods: regular price $4,000, Sale
price s2eS.5O.
10piece American walnut Dining Room
Suite, Queen Anne period regular price
$4,000, sale price S283.6O.
10 piece mahogany and American wal
nut Dining Room Suite in Queen Anne and
William and Mary; regular price $4,000
Sale price s212.5O.
9-piece Dining Room Suite, American
walnut Queen Anne period--buffet, china
closet, ia BILE, side and / arm chair, brown
Spanish leather seats regular price $4,000
Sale price $17s.0O
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Library Tables

In the new period designs and finishes; s
patterns, ranging from $145O to $500, all
less the sale discount of per cent.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Oak Library Tables

Fumed oak Library Tables in eight
patterns; regular prices $3.50 to $500. all
less l 5 per cent. for this sale.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Women's Desks

Mahogany, golden oak and fumed oak,
birdseye maple, ivory and white enamel;
twenty different designs; regular prices
$1,000 to $4,000, for this sale all less Is
per cent. from present prices.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Hall Chairs

Mahogany Hall Chairs; regular prices
$500, $24b0, $4,000, s32.50. $500. $50 SO
and $50 90, all less i 5 per cent for this sale.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Davenport Tables

Eight patterns in ma hogany Dsven-
port Ta bles.
Regular $25 Ia bles Sale price " S2t,2S
Regular S27 Tables Sale price " $4,000
Regular $50 Tables Sale price 49,. S2e.75
Regular $40 Tables Sale price 49,. $4,000
Regular $40 Tables Sale price , s34.OO
Regular S45 Tables Sale price " $685.
Regular $50 Tables Sale price ~ S42,60
Regular $50 Tables, Sale price ~ s5tOo
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Living Room Suites and
Odd Pieces

Three-riece mahogany frame cane
panel Living Room Suite. velour covering
sofa, wing and chair; regular price
s145.oo. Sale Price $121.O0.
eepiece mahogany frame tapestry
Living Room Suite, cane ends; regular price
$780, Sale price $4,000.
Four piece Living Room Suite. cane
panel and mahogany frame damask uphol-
stering-sofa, wing chair arm and side
chair; regular price $4,000 Sale price
$4,000.
Three piece leather Living Room Suite
genuine Spanish leather loose cushions on
spring edge seats--davenport- arm chair
and rocker: regular price s185.o0. Sale
price s15z.25.
Three piece cane Suite with mahogany
frame, stripe damask covering; regular
price s215.00. Sale price $4,000
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Furniture at Prices Which Nav
Never Be Quoted Again
Furniture of Superior Quality and Workmanship That Will Meet An


~ otmIs
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New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Royal Easy Chairs

The celebrated push button kind, oak
and mahogany frame with foot rest. $3.50
1880, $3.50, $3.50, $3.50 and $4,000
less 5 per cent
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Bookcases

Mahogany, furaed oak and golden oak,
IS so, $1,000, s145o. $1,000, $4,000, $3.50,
s25 90, $40. 90, $500, $3.50, s4a.5n.
$500, all less Is per cent, for this SALE
Globe wernicke Bookcases, mahogany,
golden and fur1ed oak and standard oak
finishes ali less 90 per cent from listed
prices
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Desk Chairs

TO match desks. priced $500 to SEQ 90,
lass per cent for this sale.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
COStuners

In oak mahogany, maple and white
enamel, si.25, s1.75. $500. $2.25, $275.
$500, $3.50. $500, $3.50, $500, Sc 90, So so
and So so, all less 1 5 per cent for this sale
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Piano Benches

Mahogany Piano Benches, $50, $500,
$14.5o ana 1880, for this sale less 5 per
cent
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Hall Racks

Golden oak Hall Racks with beveled
plate mirrors, umbrella rack and slipper
box; prices $1,000, $3.50, $21.00, $3.50
$4,000 $32, 80, all less 5 per cent for the
August Sale.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02

Hothouse peaches, wi,
fruit Obtaina BILE, SELF
Neither macaroni nor d
uct is ohtaina BILE nor
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Kitchen Furniture

Kitchen Furniture in a most complete
nets, for this sale lese 5 per cent.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
Brass Beds

10 styles in Brass Beds ranging In
price from $3.50 to $3.50. all less 3 per
cent. for this sale.
Evening journal., 1918-05-31

mark BROS. AMERICAN AND CHIN
W Csc Restaurant No 900 French ST.
The place 70 get chop suey and other
Chinese dishes may24-1m.
Evening journal., 1918-05-31

Cosr ACCOUNTANTS NEEDED FOR
- Government work. especially those who
can quality as Junior cost Accountants,
under Civil Service examination. No pbym-
cai examination necessary, as competitors
their Applications and upon corroboratiTe
evidence addncet by the commission. For
con piete information. apply 20 W. o
neisinger, Room No. "a, Old Court House.
maysl-ck
Evening journal., 1918-05-31

4 rAPERHANGER. APPLY CHARLES
"A Matthews. No 21o7 West Fifth street
mayo9-3t
Evening journal., 1918-05-31
EXCHANGE.

EXcHANGE BUICK TOURING CAR,
II newly painted and overhauled, for
late model motorcycle and side car. Ad-
dress 2, Evening Journal Oflce. may27-5t
Evening journal., 1918-05-31
MORTGAGES.
MONEY AT 3%.

Progressive Pittsburgh organization arg
per cent an opportunity 10 buy home
and nav for II In monthly payments less
than ordinary rent. For details, see Ntn.
II Jones. s2S shipley St. may2o-ot-
Evening journal., 1918-05-31
5JONEy TO LOAN.

nFLAwARE MONEY LOAN OFFICE
~ Licensed and bonded. Advances
made on watches. diamonds tewelry. y.
Rose Prop. II 2. 9TH st. may1-1yr
Evening journal., 1918-05-31
MASSFUSk.

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IL ate Masseuse. Special treatments for
the tired brain. No. 800 Adams st. Phone
1507-J. apr15-1yr.
Evening journal., 1918-05-31
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The New Science Of Healing
Carry ont the principles Of the genuine.
natural cure es practiced. offers splendid
results Of those seeking relief from chronic
ailments, such as rheumatism. paralvtic
lameness. diabetes. stomach troubles and
other diseases whom drugs failed 10 cure.
Results guaranteed. Madame Brohammer.
No g02 West st. Hours. 10 p NJ.
Phone 4405-J may13-lyr