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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
LETTERS OF THANKS
Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga.

N71IfIF w IICtItT, MdCUII, Od.,
 June 30, 1918. To all Members of the Red Cross, Bir- mingham, Ala.
 We wish to thank you most heartily for the kindness and respect shown Us on the 29th instant, when we came through your beautiful city, with the most open and kind-hearted people it has been our good fortune to meet With three cheers for the Birmingham League of the Red Cross, and with best wishes to each and every one of it's members, We thank you again. THE BOYS FROM FAREWELL COUN- TY, ILLINOIS.
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RED CROSS NOTES

Miss Lou Wisdom, who lives nine miles from Gadsden, and is entirely sightless. has knitted II pairs of socks for the Red Cross.
 Men Who work in the 35 graphite mines near Ashland, Ala, each gave a days pay to the Red Cross in the recent drive. An old negro with wooden leg gave D because, he said. he wanted to heiu crippled soldiers get the best of care.
 The following from Leigh Carroll, di- vision manager of the Red Cross. vii. be of interest,"
 'Of all the Red Cross divisions the record of the gulf division stands out
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The Canning of Fruits
From Woman's Work.

From Woman's Work
 For fruits, as well as for vegetables the single period cold-pack method is pest, Wlth some exceptions, as shown III the table, fruits should be blanched pefore canning. When fruits are intended Tor table use, syrup should be poured over them to fill the jars. In canning Iruits to De used for pie-filing or in cook Ing, where unsweetened fruits are desir- able. boiling water is used instead of syrup When boiling water is thus used the sterilization period in hot water bath is 30 minutes.
 Syrups-In the directions given vari- ous grades of syrups are mentioned These syrups are made as follows: Thin-One part sugar to four parts water.
 Medium-One part sugar to two parts water.
 Thick-One past sugar to one part water.
 Boil the sugar and water until all the sugar is dissolved.
 Use thin syrup with sweet fruits. IJse medium syrup with sour fruits Thick syrup is used in candying and presery- ing.
 Rhubarb-Wash and cut into short lengths. Cover with boiling water or thin syrup. Put in rubber and top and ad just top bail or screw top on with thumb ana uttle nnSer. SterlliZe 20 minutes in hot water bath. Remove, complete seal and cool
 With steam pressure outfit sterilize b minutes at to 10 pounds pressure
 Strawberries-Wash and pack closely in jar. Cover with medium syrup, put on rubber and top and adjust top ball or screw top on with thumb and little finger. Sterilize 16 minutes in hot water bath Remove, complete seal and cool With steam pressure outfit sterilize 10 minutes at to 10 pounds pressure
 lackberries-Wash, pack closely and cover with medium syrup. Put on rubber and top and adjust top ball or screw on top with thumb and little finger Steril- ize 16 minutes in hot water bath. Re- move, cocplete seal and cool
 With steam pressure outfit sterilize 10 minutes at to 10 pounds pressure.
 Blueberries, Loganberries, Raspberries Currants-The method is the same as for blackberries. Sterilize l6 minutes in hot wath bath
 With steam pressure outfit sterilize 10 minutes at 5 to 10 pounds pressure.
 Cherries-Cherries should be pitted be- fore being canned. Pack in jar and cover with medium syrup. Put on rubber and top and adjust top bail or screw top on with thumb and little finger. Sterilize l6 minutes in hot water bath. Remove, complete seal and cool.
 With steam pressure outfit serilze 10 minutes at to 10 pounds pressure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
By ETHEL. GILLEN

All chairmcn of gauge units are requested to come to the teach- ing center, eighth floor Title Guar nnty building, at 9:3O o'clock Mon dny morning, July s, to receive in- structiOns In the making of front line trench parcels, the new aIIot- ment of surgical dressings to be made by the Birmingham chapter of the American Red Cross.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
Camp Jackson. South Carolina.


 June 27, 191S To the Women of Red Cross Canteen of Birmingham.
 Dear Friends:
 l take this, my first opportunity, to express to you my personal gratitude for the substantial and whole hearted manner in which you greeted the boys of the field artillery who, on train from Jefferson Barracks to Camp Jackson, made 15-minute stop in your city on the 18th of this month.
 Our new mode of living, under the rIgidity of military discipline, added to unaccustomed labors, which. in the neo- ular processes of transformation from civilian to soldier is quite fatiguing, and taxes the greatest measure of mental as Heli as physical energy, hence we ao not Write to as many as we would like, and il you have not received any letter of appreciation from any of the other boys whose hearts you gladdened, please be assured that 1 speak for every boy who was on our train. As for myself I can only say that the manifest delight the women of your can teen took in their noble work, and the eagerness they displayed to serve us with things to drink and smoke, made the most Trofound impression on me, and heightened my spirits more than l am able to tell you.
 l can think of no work more sacred than that of furnishing postcards and , stamps to soldier boys that they may write few words to the sweetest spot in the world-home Believe me, that for your tenderness We not only love you and bless you, bGr that We shall express our thanks by bringing victory home. Personally, l shall never forget the women of the Birmingham Red Cross canteen, and l entertain the hope of meeting some of them again when the business of making the worl1 safe for democracy is wholly and triumphantly concluded Sincere: yours,
 PRIVATE HAROLD J. FINDER, Battery C. Twenty third Battalion, Fourth A. R. D.
 Somewhere South of Birmingham. 4:30 D. m., June 2S, 1918. Wishing to express thanks many times over for the great feed and welcome we so willingly accepted after being on the road so many hours. I feel it was the best ever, and would like to have some one send clipping to the Peoria Star. of Peoria, lii, about it.
 ALAVA HOSKETT,
 Camp Wheeler Ga
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s the most noteworthy in the second war fund drive.
 'I desire to take this opportunity of thanking heartily the chapters. branches, auxiliaries and all others of the Red Cross organization for their splendid showing, and I trust the same splendid spirit of cooperation will be manifest in all future undertakings for The Greatest Mother on Earth '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08

The Tommy says, No Mans Land is our land1" Tommy will have to share those acres with his Yankee brothers.
 Our Tanks are laughing today among themselves about this myth of the super man. There is no boosting. It's just the cold experience of knowing. We can lick the super-Huns and we know it!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
ENGINEER GIVES
 HIS TESTIMONIAL s. T. Potter, Who Ran First Train Into Birmingham, Praises New Remedy,
 Plant Juice

If you have been fighting stomach trouble with the symptoms of indiges- ton, dyspepsia, headache, backache, nervousness, sleeplessness, constipa- tion, liver or kidney trouble. or that terrible scourge, rheumatism, you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
Attention

our patriotism can be further evidenced by prompt payment of your Red Cross fund subscription al the Birmingham Trust and Savings company. Checks should be pay able to Second Red Cross War Fund"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
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 a Red Cross bulie- tin daily. Contributions to this column from workers throughout the district will be welcomed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
QUOTES FILENE

Almost simultaneously he contin- ued, Edward A. Filenc, presidcnt Of the shipping committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce., said; Spring of 1919 will have arrived before our curve of shipping construction cuts the curve of U-boat sinkings. Ali statements published in newspapers about a decrease in sinkings are based on hopes and dreams
 This sounds quite different, although Filene, as an American, certainly would not say too little. l hope that next spring, if the war continues then. that his hopes will prove to be incorrect.
 What, then, is the present position? Four or five big vessels with valuable cargoes of material for troops, raw ma terials and foodstuffs are sunk daily for which an approximate similar com pensation i'll new construction cannot be produced within a measurable time There is, therefore, a continually de- oreasing amount of tonnage at the dis poSal of our enemies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08

A resolution has been presented in the English House of Commons to draft rll unmarried women between IS and y years for war work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
FREEDOM NOT LICENSE

Every human being desires to be free, that is an inborn craving to be free, to express oneself in the way he thinks and feels, but freedom is not license. Jesus insinuated into life those principles that tend toward the greatest freedom, that spirit of service to others that in time shall make the world free of pestilence, famine, war and poverty, the curse of the world"
 Miss Lucille Roberts of Cincinnati was soloist at the morning services singing the offertory. A dramatic soprano, pos sessing a voice of wide range, she sang with ease and finish.
 At the close of the evening sermon Owen Gillespy sang in his usual sympa- thetic manner. God Be With Our Boys Tonight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
MORE SUBMARINES AND BETTER ONES, SAYS VON CAPELLE German Vice Admiral Claims Allies Are Trying to
 Fool People
SINKING FIVE SHIPS
 A DAY, HE STATES
Just Give Us Time and U-Boat War fare Will Reach Its Aim, Is Plea Made to German
 Reichstag

Amsterdam, July 7.-German subma- rines are increasing both in number and quality, according to a declaration made by Vice Admiral Von Capelle, minister of the navy, in the debate on the third reading of the naval estimates in the Reichstag He asserted that reports Of U-boat losses have been exaggerated by the entente allies.
 Von Capelle's statement was made in response to a reference by deputy of the center tc the assertion of the French under secretary of the navy that two thirds of the German U-boats had been sunk, while twice the number winch Germany is able to build also are being destroyed.
 SAYS FIGURES INCORRECT
 These figures are incorrect" said Ad- miral Fon Capelle, ''as is also the re- cent statement by the British minister of marine that since January, last the number sunk exceeded new construction. The facts arc quite the reverse. All re- ports about U-boat losses, spread by the enemy are exaggerated. As far as the number ani quality of our U-boats aie concernei our weapon is increasing in strength.
 Many of you gentlemen recently at tended a lecture by one of our suh- marine commanders who had just re- turned from the barred zone. He de- scribed in detail all the defensive meas ures which our enemies employ against the U-boat. His utterances showed that our splendid U-boat crews have stood their ground hitherto against all these measures, and 1 have every reason to believe they will continue to do so Tn the future.
 CLAIMS FIVE A DAY
 Official publications by the admir- alty staff are the most reliable bases for judging the military results of the submarine war If now, about 1S,000, 90o tons that are at the disposal of the ene- my already have been destroyed the sink ing of an average of five big vessels is still reported daily. This is a guar antee that the efficacy of the subma rine war remains unaltered"
 Von Capelle then cited the statement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08

The shipment of Siamese products to the United States for 1917 amounted in value to cniv $l90,O79, against $l95, ,262 in 1916 and s434,122 in 1915. The decrease may be accounted for principally to the continued transshipping difficulties at the British ports Of Hong-Kong and Singa- porc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08

by Vice Admiral Sims in London May that The ascending curve of ship con, struction within about Q fortnight would cut the descending curve of sub marine sinkings so that the allied powers would be able fully to replace their losses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
'DR. EDMONDS TALKS
 |. ON VACATIONS AT. MORNING SERVICE
Services of the Independent Presbyterian Church to Be Discontinued for
 Six Weeks

Dr. H. M Edmonds of the Independen. Presbyterian church bade farewell to his people at the morning service held yes terday at the Temple Emanu-El before leaving for his vacation He will take tramping trip through Maine for about six weeks, during which time the serv- ices of the Independent church. both at Temple Emanu-El and the Lyric will be discontinued.
 vacations are an absolute necessity for both pastor and people," said Dr. Edmonds. "One becomes bound to the wheel of monotony unless he has some recreation of books, travel and medita- tfon Much speaking becomes shallow speaking, and that congregation which sends it's preacher often to the mountains or the sea may expect a message worth nearing when the rested, rejuvenated pastor returns to his charge"
 Dr. Edmonds took occasion to felicitate his flock upon the loyalty and generous support they have given him, saying, by way or appreciation, "I will not wait for deathbed confession to tell you how
 'N"f "iiu iioW llluCn appreciate all those expressions of friendship and loving loyalty which have made my pas torate a rich privilege undreamed of un- til l became one of you; taken into your homes as friend in tragedy, in death, and invited into your fellowship in your joys and your pleasures. not as preacher set apart, but as a man. a friend oil
 erosity to me in material sense, I thank
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE

T thank you for the several trips I have taken at your behest; but. most of all, l thank you for allowing me the Joy and privilege of preaching to YOU. of being myself, of bringing my mes sage to you as I really see it. and under stand it, not as someone else wants me to see it; this is a rare and wonder ful privilege"
 In closing Dr. Edmonds remarked upon the growth in grace of the members of his church. He felt, he said, that the war with it's inevitable losses and sacrifices and sorrow, would find men and women before him full of confidence and courage to meet the trials yet to come.
 pr. Edmonds spoke to large congrega- tion at the Lyric theatre last night, his subject being Freedom.
 "The greatest interpretators of God tell us that God lives in men," said Dr. Edmonds in the course of his ser mon, and because of this abiding in us we may have the larger freedom of which Jesus spoke. It is possible to be free from sin; not the toy of sin, but the determination and the self-control to decide and then to achieve; neither temptation nor tendency, nor even hered- ity need hold and bind; he can be free of the restrictions of other men, po- litical freedom follows naturally upon a licanSo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08

The following letter received by Mrs w. $. Lowell from Clifford Forbes will be of interest to his many friends in Birmingham:
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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-10
HAD KNOWLEDGE OF GERMS
Abundant Proof That Ancients Were
Aware of the Existence of Little
Demons of Disease.

That the ancients knew the microbes
of diseases is impossible to imagine,
yet 1t is certain that many of them I'M
derstood that there were such things.
DR.. Jonathan Wright of Pleasantville,
n. Y, quoted in the Scientific Monthly
from many Roman, Arabian and other
writer's extracts that prove this.
Varro and Columella, In the first
century after Christ, ascribed the dis
eases of Rome to little animals which
live in the swamps.
And the Egyptian and Assyrian CEN
sers, thousands of years before Christ,
burned resinous drugs and let loose
the smoke of ethereal oils to exercise
the little demons of disease precisely
as our board of health doctors until
very recently fumigated our houses to
kill the germs of contagion. How eff
cacious either method may be is nei-
Their here nor there, the essential fact
being that the anctents, without micro
scopes, had discovered the great truth
upon which modern medicine is based.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-10
Set Limit to Luxu-;.s

Don't try to sell luxuries to New
Zealand" This is the advice United
States Consul General Winslow gives
American merchants in a commerce
.eport.-
No; New Zealand is not pinched for
money. Its wallet is well filled There
no particular necessity for retrench-
nent." as the consul puts it, but the
public is opposed to the purchase Of
INJURIES, especially luxuries that have
% be imported, thereby using tonnage
needed to head off the U-boats.
Trinidad, too, and the whole of the
British West Indies, is abstaining
rom use Of imported goods. This has
caused the population to. change its
xhole menu, for many foodstuffs were
formerly imported. Now the people
sat homegrown plants that only the
animals ate before. They like the
lew diet SO well they say they will
never again import any staple food
except cornmeal.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-10
Summer COMPLAINT,

During the not weather of the
summer months some member of al
most every family is likely to be
troubled with an unnatural looseness
of the bowels, and it is of the great
est Importance that this be treated
promptly, which can only be done
when the medicine is kept at hand.
Mrs. F. F. Scott, Scottsville, N. Y,
states, Il first used Chamberlain
Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy as much
as five years ago. At that time l
had a severe attack of summer COM
plant and was suffering intense pain.
One dose relieved me. Other men,
bers of my family have since used it
with like results. ADV.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-10
HGrowInd Palms,

While we could not think of calling
rheumatism children's disease, yet
the great majority of cases of this
malady occur between the ages of five
and twenty-five years; that is, the first
attack. for rheumatism, having gained
an entrance into the system, loves to
renew the acquaintance at intervals up
on the least proyocation. In fact, some
of the best medical authorities tend TO
the belief that what we popularity call
growing pains" in children is a form
of rheumatism, and were 1t treated as
such, very often subsequent and more
formidable attacks of this obstinate all
ment might be prevented. Again, rheu-
matism is disease which is not he
reditary, in the strict sense of the term,
yet the tendency to it in succeeding
generations is as strong, or even
stronger than in the case Of most dis
eases which were formerly considered
Inherited. :
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-10
gen. 0TANI TO
COMMAND IN SIBERIA
Famous Jap Soldier to Head
Allied Expedition.

Washington, Aug. 10.-General XII
kuzo Otani, one of Japans most dis
tinguished soldiers, has been chosen
TO command the japanese section Of
the American and allied expedition In
Siberia.
He will be the ranking officer Of the
expedition.
AS senior officer, General Otant
will be commander-in- chief of the
combined forces, with the consent Of
the various governments participating
Major General William s. Graves, in
command Of the American contingent
will sit in the council of allied com
manders, performing the duties of q
staff.
General Otani Is siXtythree years
old He has been a soldier all his
life. He was staff officer during
the Chino-Japanese war He com
manded an infantry brigade in this
japanese war When Japan en-
tered the world war, he was assigned
to the forces which captured the Ger.
man colony Of Tsing-Tau. He was
promoted to the rank Of full general
two years ago,
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-10
France Welcomes Babies.

Babies are welcome in certain apart
nent houses in Paris. Reversing the
policy prevalent in apartment houses,
the owner of one Of the newest houses
In the French capital will not take in
family which has no children, and
the size of the suite obtainable de-
ponds entirely on the number Of chill
1ren rather than the number of dol
lars a family has. A list Of quail
ications has been prepared by the
owners of these houses and tenants
must meet them. A family with one
child will not be permitted to have
the largest apartments in the house.
It will have to take one of the small
est suites. A family with two chill
1ren will be rented the next largest
apartment, three children the next
largest, and four children any of the
Arger suites In the house. A family
must contain at least four children to
lease the largest suite. There is rea-
son to believe that the government is
Interested or will be interested in
.hese houses, as France has encour-
aged In every possible manner higher
)irth rate
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-10
Huns Surprised Harvesting Grain.
On the French Front in France,

Huns Surprised Harvesting Grain.
On the French Front in France,
Aug 10-French troops on front of
six miles northwest of Montdidier
have advanced to depth of four
miles and captured nearly 1000 pris,
oners
Important material also was captur-
ed The advance was carried out
with extremely light losses.
The French front runs from the
Avre north to a point just south Of
the Amiens-Roye road, where it joins
the British.
The attention Of the Germans was
fixeti ola The Nesle attack when the
new offensive was opened. There WAS
no reply to the French artillery pre-
paration which lasted forty-five min
utes.
German soldiers were captured
while harvesting grain in the fields,
so complete was the surprise. More
uiI and Morisel were carried by as
sault. The difficulties of crossing the
Avre were overcome rapidly, the
French using hastily constructed foot
bridges. After taking Breaches, the
French captured La Neuville and the
series Of hills dominating the plain
beyond.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-10
SILLY TO WORRY OVER PAST
Far Better to Get Busy as Possible In
Planning Something Worth While
in the Future.

The woman who sits around diScon-
solateIy bemoaning the fact that what
she considers her best years have van
ished does not by any means deserve
the sympathy she would like to re-
ceive.
Pray, who outside the home circle
cares what ones years are, whether
the bloom has faded from ones cheek
or whether ones figure has lost or is
losing its youthful lines?
The person who foolishly wastes
good time in wishing that he or she
could reclaim other days Shout! try to
forget self and Immediately become
busted with some wholesome task.
There are no fountains of perpetual
youth to be found at any price in any
cline. This fact was demonstrated
long ago, and the person who sets out
in search of those magic waters will
return bitterly disappointed.
Time leaves its traces upon all of
us, much as we would like to refute
this charge How senseless then to
resort to artificial means, hoping that
by so doing we shall eradicate the
marks of passing years!
On the other hand, why not concen-
trate ones best thoughts upon the
present, remembering that there are
October sunsets more lovely and more
brilliant than any that ever paint a
June sky!
The woman past her first youth has,
If she is blessed with good health plus
will power, work to do, and she
should do it. Not one of US ever ques-
lions the age Of any person who per-
forms some worthwhile task. Instead,
we applaud the worker, meanwhile
hoping earnestly that he or she shall
long continue to serve or entertain
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