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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
ENCOURAGED MEN


 The colonel knew they needed all the encouragement possible to enable them to bear the awful strain. He called for an orderly and, led by his servant, he started making a round of the front line to speak words of encouragement to his troops For hours this blind man with bandaged eyes kept up his tramp among his men with his hand in that of the or derly who was his only guide. This heroic example was the final word for the Tommies They loved their colonel and they stood and died for him and held their line.
 Masnieres produced another thrill ing incident next day. The Germans renewed their attack and came down in waves. Their assault at the cross- ing at the canal bank was particular ly fierce and the British, after sus- taining the shock for sometime, began to waver and the general rushed to the spot. He took stand in the midst of his troops and rallied them about him along the bank. He spoke to them with assurance and pleaded @Siat they be calm. The Germans were sending forward another great wave of in fantry.
 It was then that the general un- consciously echoed words of the fa- nous order issued by an American general at the battle of Bunker Hill: Steady men. steady; do not fire un- til you see the whites of their eyes" The crossing was held and the Ger mans driven back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
CHARGED MACHINE GUN

Black charged this machine gun with one orderly. Four other brave orderlies had been slot down beside him previously and this one also was caught as the machine gun was reached. Black then attacked the Ger mans with revolver in each hand and shot down the last man of eight. This cleared Rues Vertes of the enemy and outposts were established about the place. Black had been wounded during the fighting, but he held on to his command until relief came next day.
 This story is not the only one to be related of that bitter day about Masnieres. A regiment which had the stiffest part of the fighting in the town was made up of troops known as "die hards," and they fought all day with rifles and bayonets at close quarters and never gave a step in the face of great onslaught made against them. During the fighting the colonel had been wounded in one eye and so serious was his injury that his other eye became useless. His troops continued to be so hard pressed that it seemed probable they would give way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
OCCUPATION OF CHANNEL PORTS
 NO HUN VICTORY

London, April 8.-Some of the news papers appear to be preparing the pub lie for the loss of the channel ports, The Times today says:
 There is no denying that the loss of Kennel hill is a considerable tactical success for the enemy and it will be well, therefore, to prepare for the receipt of other disagreeable news. If the enemy is able to extend his grip on Kemmel we may be compelled to evactuate Ypres Such evacuation would not inveitable en- tai, the abandonment of Dunkirk, Calais and Boulogne, but it is well to realize that these consequences might ensue. We must remember that the Germans can not win the war by the occupation of Ypres and the channel ports
 The Evening News said last night.
 The capture of kemmel hill undoubt- edly is useful step in the direction of Calais and Bouogne and it is frankly ad- mitted that its loss gravely imperils Ypres. We hope and believe the channel ports will be saved. Yet, we must face the fact that their loss comes within the range of contingencies to be reck- oned with, and we have already made up our minds that even if the worst should come to the worst it will make no diff ference to our vigorous prosecution of the war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
German Press Admits eEnormousLo in
 Present Offensiue

assumed. We are unable to continue
 the offensive owing to lack of horses.
 The region before Ypres is a great
 lake and. therefore. impossible The whole country between our Amiens front and Paris is mined and will be
 blown up.
 The people" continues Won Salzman. have begun to lose their nerve Re- plying in the Reichstag, the minister of war said something like this: ''It goes without saying that there
 are big losses in such struggle. Our losses in one part of the front have been very heavy. Two-thirds of the company leaders in many regiments have fallen.
 'It is said that a certain deputy thereupon told his electors in a north German town:
 ".The minister of war has openly
 declared our losses to be so heavy that the offensive must be abondoned'."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
Anglo-French Holding Line and Preuenfinp
 A Further Aduance

visions is the loss of a large number of men, without any advance and certain ly without obtaining jumping off place for the hoped for real attack they had planned to make if successful The al- lied commander-in-c chief decided, when the Germans occupied Villers- Bretonneux and Hangard, that their continued pos- session by the enemy would endanger the security of the line in front of Amiens, and immediately sent forces with orders to recapture them. The attacks at these points were executed with the greatest courage and success
 Farther north, where the Germans gained Kennel. hill by the employment of nine divisions, the allied commander in-chief regarded it as unnecessary to make the sacrifice which would have been entailed in regaining the lost ter ritory. In this way the allied reserves are spared intact for future use Mean while, the Germans are using up large numbers of their effectives without ob- taining the important objectives at which they aimed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

London. April 2s.-(To Reuter- Otta- wa Agency)--A telegram from Reu- |ter's correspondent at Amsterdam says:
 Extraordinary nervousness and de- |pression prevail in Germany owing to |the losses in the western offensive. re- |vealed with remarkable frankness in Ian article by Captain Won Salzman in |the Vossische Zeitung. in which he |endeavors to restore their lost confi- |dence in the Germans by emphasizing |the importance of the capture of Rem |mel hill.
 Captain Won Salzman enumerates a flew of the series of rumors current in |Eermany All these stories are pref laced by the remark, in the Reichstag |it is said and go on to say:
 "'Our losses have been enormous |The offensive in the west has arrived |at deadlock. The enemy is much |stronger than the supreme command
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
FL0OD OF BILLS
 WILL COME AFTER
 OVERMAN MEASURE
Following Test Votes Even Enemies of Bill Forecast Final Passage in
 Senate

Washington, April 28.- Prospects of passage by the Senate early this week of the Overman bill giving the President authority to re- organize government de- partments promises to open the way for enactment of a miscellaneous lot of war legislation.
 On the programme for completion during the week are the bills to ex- tend the selective draft law to youths now 21 years of age and establish draft quotas on the basis of the num- Der of men in class one, the sedition bill, the housing bill and other meas ures.
 New legislation, including proposa Is for expansion of the army and emer- eency appropriations, is expected to assume definite form. with in view to adjournment by July 1.
 Following yesterdays setbacks for Senate opponents of the Overman measure, the Senate tomorrow enters the fifth week of the bills consdera : tion expecting its disposal not later than Tuesday. The rejection bysyotes of Al to s7 and 42 and 35. respective ly, of amendments to except the federal reserve board and interstate commerce commission from the Presidents re- organization authority, was regarded az assuring a final administration vic- tory. Those fighting specifically to limit the Presidents power to war agencies. will continue their efforts. although passage of the bill gener- ally is conceded as certain.
 In the Se.4ste, :he bill appropriating s6o.ooo.o0o for housing workmen at war centers is to be pressed imme- d.ately after the Overman measure. Opposition apparently has been increas- inS and another effort for industrial SV''-iAi"hNCOtin6 duu otHci E-WcTSs lS planned.
 The mineral control bill. apparently encountering rising opposition is awaiting disposal in the House. but 1t is to give way. according to pres ent plans. for disposal of conference reports on the draft Legislation. The House is to be asked to reconsider it's amendment allowing credit on quotas for volunteers. and many predict 1t will recede in disposing of the other draft bill. for registration of youths reaching their majority. the Senate must consider the amendment of rep- resentative Hull of Iowa which would place the new men at the bottom of the eligible list.
 Secretary Bakers plans for army ex- pansion and increased appropriations may be submitted to the House mili- tary committee during the week. and the House appropriations committee already is completing a new urgent deficiency appropriation measure with many army items, together with $50,- 000.o00 for concrete ship construc- tion.
 Senator Gore of Oklahoma, chalr- man of the Senate agricultural coEi-
 (Contfnued on Page Twol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

With the French Army in France Sat
 urday, April 27.-(By the Associated
 Press) )-The stern opposition encountered by the Germans in their attacks in the
 region of the Somme and in Flanders near Kemmel hill, has prevented them thus far from developing their renewed
 offensive on the great scale which they undoubtedly intended. Each of their at
 tacks may be regarded as an effort to
 prepare the way for a more extended ac- tion in the event of an important initial
 success at either point, but the resistance offered at both places apparently discour- aged the German commanders from lahnching more serious attempts to break through.
 In Picardy, where the Germans at tempted to divide the French from the British around villers- -Bretonneux and Hangard, the line remained today very much the same as it was before the att tack was begun three days ago. There has been no resumption of infantry fight ling since last night. The only result of | the German onslaught of eight di-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
WILL SUBMIT THEIR SIDE ID | LABOR BOARD
W. H. Taft and Frank P Walsh Have Invited Men to Come Before
 Committee

Chicago, April 2S.-Sylvester J. Konen- kamp, president of the Commercial Photographers union of America, tonight announced that he would appear before the war labor board in Washington on Monday or Tuesday to present evidence that the telegraph companies were dis eliminating against members of the union and that the men were being denied the right to organize. He declared that an invitation to present the grievances of the telegraphers had been received from w. H. Taft and Frank P Walsh, chair man of the board.
 The announcement followed a meeting which MT. Konenkamp said was attended by about 260 telegraphers to protest against the alleged discharge of opera tors who join the union.
 Resolutions were adopted calling upon President Wilson and Secretary of Labor Wilson to investigate conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
GAVE s2.50 TO Y. M. e. A,
Summary of the News
GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS 1--British line In Flanders holds. Capitalist Edenborn Is arrested on seditlOn charge. Flood of bills will come after Over- man measure. That nation will go over minimum Is forecast in figures. c-wounded Americans arrive to en- gage in Liberty Loan campaign.
 LOCAL NEWS 5-Iadies of Eastern Star enthusiastic for coming event. Major Simmons to speak tonight. Last luncheon of Methodist college campaign workers. pr. stuart on command ments. Dr. EdmOnds speaks on "Little Foxes.'
 FEATURES =EditOrial com ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

1 it and help build 1t up. America not | only was willing to have them come
 but actually was inviting them to come"
 | According to the resolution reading of the quoted remarks, even without analysis, shows that it was the pur-
 pose of Edenborn to demonstrate first that the United States government and it's people entered the war against Ger
 many without just cause or grievance because it had nothing to fear or dread from an attack or i'll will from Ger many and second that the United States can look for a possible. attack in the future from Great Britain, now one of the allies of the United States" | The speech in another section of the resolution is declared to "breathe the arrogant spirit of Prussianism in it's most hateful form and amounts to se- ditious treason being in effect pro- | German propaganda of the most cum ming, insidious and demoralizing sort 1 to the morale of the American people having the direct effect of sowing the seeds of discord discomfort and hatred against a great government with whom !, we are associated in bonds of broth 1 ly love"
 l Another section said 'It was just l this sort of propaganda in the summer of 1917 circulated by German spies and propa gandists among the people of It. | ally that caused the demoralzation of I their morale and thereby aided. if it
 did not actually produce the effect on
 the Isonzo front which resulted in the defeat of the Italian armies and their retreat"
 l Call for the meeting was issued yes terday by St. Clair Adams, chairman of l the Security League executive com
 mittee, after reports of Edenborn's re- marks became public.
 1 Edenborn is president and princi- 1 pal stockholder of the Louisiana Rail- way and Navigation company and is
 reputed one of the welthiest men in
 the south. The resolution was adopt ed at todays meeting refers to him as
 the "wealthiest man in Louisiapa." 1 GAVE S2.50 TO Y. M. c. A. l Referring to Edenborn's plea at the
 Americanzation meeting for protection to | citizens of German descent the resolution says: The right of protection to person and property never has been denied to persons of German descent by America 1 or it's people and never has been refused | to William Edenborn although his speech and conduct in this community during the great conflagration in Europe has at most times been injurious to the best interests of this country as evidenced by his writings in the public press de- nouncing the sale and shipping of muni- (COntinued on Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29


 The Germans have tried at several points along the front held by the French to pierce the line, but everywhere have been repulsed, notably in the St. Mihiel and Luneville sectors, where recently American troops were stationed Whether the Americans again came into combat with the enemy was not vouchsafed by the French official conlraanie ca oI,.
 Aside from these attacks and a few un- important operations between the Brit ish and the Germans, artillery duels have predomnated The big guns of the French and the Germans have been carry ins out mighty reciprocal bombardments north of the Avre river and in the re- zion between Lassigny and Noyon.
 NO IMPORTANT CHANGE
 As whole there is no material change in the situation along the entire front over that of Saturday, and it is not evil dent that the Germans are prepared for the present to resume the offensive, which has cost them so dearly in men killed, wounded or made prisoner. Reports com ing by way of London are to the effect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
SECURITY LEAGUE ACTS

New Orleans April 2S.--A resolution calling upon the department of justice to prosecute William Edenborn, capital
 ist and railroad owner under section three of the espionage act for alleged se- ditious utterances. was unanimously adopted at meeting here late today of the executive committee of the National Security league, Louisiana division.
 The utterances referred to in the resolution were said to have been made by Edenborn at an Americanization meet ing of residents of German descent held here Friday night and were charac- terized as amounting to "sedition trea
 son against the United States govern ment and it's allies and in effect pro- German propaganda of a very danger ous sort.
 The resolution quotes Edenborn as having said: Tt is said Germany is T
 military nation, and probably it is;
 nd there has been much talk of Ger many coming over here and attacking the United States. I want to say Ger are on either side of it. but when it comes to attacking America, that is a different proposition. We need have no fear Germany will ever attack the United States It would take mari time nation to do that because it is surrounded by water. America can look to other countries for any possible at tacks in the future. Recently a cer- tain prime minister stated: Our na- ton is mistress of the sea. has been mistress of the sea and always will be mistress of the sea America in 1886 and 1887 openly was urging Ger
 mans to come to this country. settle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
Summary Of News From All War Fronts and Capitals
By the Associated Press

The entire allied line in France and Flanders still holds firm y Nowhere have the Germans been able make further dent in it. Hard fighting has been in progress the Ypres sector around and to the south of Locre Both places have several times changed hands but last reports Voormezeee had been recapued by the British but the mans had obtained another foothold in Locre.
 Voomezeee taken by the attack on Germa in edeffots to take thu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29


 1 that in Germany there is much perturba- ton over the inability of the Teutons to pierce the allied line and nervousness and depression over the losses the Germans have suffered
 The operations in the Italian theatre continue of a minor character. consisting l of small patrol encounters and artillery dal-s ol more or less intensity on sari- ous sectors.
 MACEDONIAN FRONT Likewise in Macedonia, comparative quiet prevails, although there has been considerable shelling of opposing posi- tions by the artilleries and aerial bomb- ing craft. Near Vetrenik the Serbians carried out a successful attack against the Bulgarians and annihilated the sec tion they held Nothing new has come through either in the way of confirmation or denial of the reports in circulation Saturday that a counter revolution had broken out in Petrcgrad and that Grand Duke Alexis Nikolaievitch had been proclaimed En,.. peror of Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29

Edenborn's remarks during a recent Americanization meeting speech and pre- vious cast and utterances attributed to him have caused considerable feeling in the community, according to the au- thorities.
 St Clair Adams, former district at vision of the National Security league in a Liberty Loan address late last night referred to the AmericaniZation meeting speech and said, "Edenborn should be in- terped. Some men have been tarred and feathered in Louisiana already for less
 No date has yet been announced for Edenborn's hearing.
 Assistant District Attorney Nicholas Callan announced tonight that Edenborn's s arrest was independent of action taken at a meeting today of the Louisiana di- vision of the National Security league, when a resolution was adopted calling for federal prosecution of the capitalist for utteranceS which were declared sedi- tions. Beyond this statement the federal authorities declined to comment on the arrest. Newspapermen were warned against making efforts to discover where Edepborn was being kept.
 Edenborn, founder of the American Steel and Wire company, now part of the United States Steel corporation, has been referred to as Father of the i Wire Industry in America" having erect ed mills and produced wire in 1870, three years after he came to the United States frov,, l,is hirtbnlace West pha1ia PrllS- sa He came to Louisiana in 1903, where he has been best known as a railroad builder and operator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
Germans Make Attacks South of Ypres, But Are Driven Out of Territory Gained
 Temporarily After Severe Losses
HEAVY FIGHTING IS STILL
 GOING ON IN LOCRE SECTION
Enemy Lays Down Heavy Barrage on Sec tor Held by Americans East of St. Mi
 heil, But No Definite News Received

London, April 28-The Germans made attack yesterday afternoon the northern side of the Flanders salient and the Voormezeee miles south of Ypre but driven last night by attack the office Late night the Germans again attacked this front.
 London, April 2SHeavy fighting has continued Locre since the French Friday with fuctuatg results according the Reuter- correspondent headquarters France Last evening the French reported be again
 possession but the situation this the correspondent adds, remains obscure and the fighting continues.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
N. Y. Photographers Meet

New York, April 2s. Two hundred tele-
 graph operators held a meeting here to-
 day to protest against the alleged dis charge by telegraph companies of opera tors who join the union. Resolutions were adopted declaring such action was contrary to the agreement between labor and capital to insure industrial peace during the war. The resolutions called upon President Wilson and Secretary of Labor Wilson to investigate conditions
 and check the alleged anti-union activi- ties of the company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-29
Capitalist Edenborn DeHuered Speech or
 Sedition, Ls Charged

Orleans,
  of officials Shrewsbury La violation of Railway place efusadto divu1oa
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-12
THE REIGN OF LAW.

There has been exemplifed in Arizona with
in the last few months an inspiring example
of the tractability of American spirit to the
laws, the courts and the established institu-
tons of this republic. The political contest
for the governorship of that state IN the last
election was bitter. Both the republican and
the democrat candidates claimed election. Mr..
Hunt, democrat confident that he had achieved
victory at the polls refused to surrender the Of
flee to Mr. Campbell, his republican opponent
But when a court fiat came to him to yield
pending the decision of the contest In the Arl-
IONA supreme court, he forthwith gave up, like
a good American. Meantime, Mr.. Campbell has
performed the functions of governor, Comes
now the unanimous opinion from Arizona's
highest judicial body holding that Mr. Hunt
was elected.
Mr.. Campbell, if he chose, might appeal to
contest out almost Unfortunately. But, having
the best interests of his state at heart he an
nounces that he will yield the governorship to
Mr.. Hunt without further contest
This action of Mr.. Campbell is inspiring.
Causes that in less stable lands might lead to
revolutionary outbreaks yield peacefully to adj
Indication in the courts, here in the United
States It recalls wildly the lines of Sir Will
liam Jones on ''What Constitutes State''-
Men, highmnded men,
With powers far above dull brutes enbued
In forests, brake den,
AS beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude
These constitute a state;
And sovereign Law, that states collected will
Der thrones and globes elate,
Sits empress, GROWING good. REFRESHING ILL.,