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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20
POLICE CLEAR FIRST
AVENUE SIDEWALKS

Policemen on the beat between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets on
First avenue, notrh. were busy yester-
day clearing the sidewalks from the
large displays of merchandise wh!cn
were being made in violation Of The
city code by several of the merchants
OF that section Only three feet Is
allowed for outside display on Is
foot sidewalk and only two feet on a
1a-foot sidewalk, according to the
city's laws.
Attention of the department was
called to this violation by petition
signed by eight of the mcr-
chants in this block and presented to
Chief T.tJ. Shirley Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20

Topeka. Kan, April 19.-Condition of
the Kansas wheat was 77.6 per cent of
normal on April IS. according to the
first monthly crop report of the sea-
son issued here tonight by J. C.
Mohler, secretary of the state board of
agriculture.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20

pedestrians use the reg
ular crossings because
there auto drivers and
Imotormen check their
speed.
The next accident you
hear Of, put the ques-
ton:
"Where did it occur?"
And when you get the
probable answer, He
was crossing in the mid
die Of the block" then
drive the lesson home to
your hearers by saying,
Safety first demands
that street crossings be
confined to crossings
proper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20
COMMUNITY SING
Open Air Amphitheatre in Capitol
Park Not Ready for Sunday

No community sing will be held to-
morrow for the first time in many
heen conducted at Loew's Bijou dur
ing the winter drew to close last
Sunday afternoon and the new amphi-
theatre. which is under construction
In Capitol park for the accommodation
Of the sing, will not be completed I'M
I'll next Sunday, April 20. 1t, will have
a seating capacity of 1000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20
Pershing's Native County
and Town Go ''Over Top
in Liberty Loan Drive

Brookfeld, Mo, April 1s.-Gen. John
]. Pershing's native county. Linn, with
quota for the third Liberty Loan of
SSS5,650, will at least double it, the
subscriptions to date being $614950
according to figures announced today.
LaClede, the town which claims to be
General Pershing's birthplace. has also
trebled it's quota of $22,40O,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20
Joseph Schaffner, Member
Great Clothing Firm, Dies

Chicago. April 19.-Joseph Schafr-
ner, secretary and treasurer Of Hart.
Schaffner & Marx, clothing manufac-
turers, died at his home here today
He was born 10 years ago at Reeds
lille, O., and came to Chicago in 1872.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20
What! "JayWalkers'
In BirTnin CHAM!

Every once in a while
some one is knocked
down and hurt by a
passing auto because he
or she crossed the street
in the middle Of the
block.
That's ''jaywalking'
just as surely as cross
ing the street "caty-
corner"
In a real city like Bir-
nlingham it's simply
taking your life in your
hands to cross any thor
oughfare except at the
regular street crossings.
Not one out Of ten ac-
cidents happen when
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20
Whenever You Need a General
Sfreunthenfnr Tonic

Take the Old Stapdard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. 1t contains
the we'll known tonic properties of
QUININE and IRON and is Very VAL
liable as General strengthening
Tonic. You can feel the good effect on
the Blood after the first few doses. COO.
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Off

in your eating? Food no
longer tastes good? A
bottle Of BUFFALO
ROCK will restore your
appetite, tone up your
stomach and aid your
digestion.
Sold in individual bot
Ties 5c-ice cold, at
fountains, soft drink
stands, lunch counters
and cafes. Call for BUF-
FALO ROCK, the GIN
ger ale that's the highest
in quality.
BUFFALO ROCK CO.
BIRMINGHAM
ADMISSION MONTGOMERY
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

less than one carat, at q bargain. r.
Q. Rox x-sz2. ctr. i
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matters. Purchasing, construction ana
housing will center in Philadelphia.
There are I'll ship ways in the New
York and Philadelphia districts, cnler-
Nv on the Delaware river, when IS
coming to be known as the clyde
of America. Contracts for 4,364,202 tons
of sbins have been let in those dis
t-icts, or "A per cent OF the totai
amount building in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20
STEEL is WANTED

STEEL IS WANTED
washington. April IA disagree
ment of three weeks standing be-
tween the shipping board and the
railroad administration over steel ee-
Iiveries was cleared away today at
conference with the war industries
board called at the request of Charles
NJ. Schwab. the new director general
Of sh:pbuifding. Under the agreement
reached the shipping board will cons
tinue to have priority in steel de-
liveries over all other war industries
except warship construction, and the
railroad administration will set all the
steel it requires to build locomotives
On the other hand, the railroads will
change the character of new car con-
struction so as to reduce the total of
$4,000 tons OF steel plates which the
administration has demanded for To-
comotives and cars.
For weeks the question of whether
the railroads should be given the fun
tonnage requested has been subject
of dispute. The emergency fleet cor
poratfon has had priority on steel
right along and maintained that its
requirements were so great fuil
allotment should not be given the all
roads nor the priority order changed
SCHWAB'S FIRST MOVE
Mr. Schwab's first move on assuming
his duties today was 10 ask Chairman
Baruch of the war industries board to
arrange conference to settle the mat
ter, with the result that John SHELTON
Williams, director of purchases for the
railroad administration, Mr. Schwab,
Edwin 3. Parker priorities commission
er. and Charles PteZ, vice president of
the emergency fleet corporation, were
called together.
1t was made known after the confer
ence that priorit;es already in effect
would he maintained ard at the same
time the railroads would be able to
carry out their locomotive and car
building programme. In connection
with the change to be made in car
construction it was minated that all
freight and coal cars in the future
might be of wood. steel being used
only Tor the trucks and frames.
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and savings is adding TO the
national power.
The foundation of all our
cast V1r-m1ki1g machine is
the Liberty Loan.
Money is needed to build
more and more ships; to fur
nishfood and gunsand powder
and transport and airplanes; to
raise and equip new armies.
We must oversubscribe this
Third Liberty Loan and do it
quickly.
We must show the courage
that is in us.
We must show cheerful
willingness to make sacrifices
for our boys in the trenches.
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Liberty Bonds are the
real weapons for Victory

We have made a start on the
long hard road to Victory.
Our men are fighting at the
front in France.
Our American industries
haveaccomplished prodigious
results in building up a war
machine to furnish munitions
and supplies.
But we have only begun.
We must do more and more.
This is not a war of armies
but Of nations in which every
citizen must do his part.
Every worker in our indus
tries is truly fighting in this
war. Every man, woman and
child who gives of substance
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-21

started TO curse. threw their rifles OH
tho floor OF the car. others said moth
ing. seemed to be stupcfied, while some
had the tears running down their.
checks. It was bitter disappointment
TO all.
How We blinded at the engineer Of
that train. 1t was all his fault ESQ we
rcasoned). why hadn't he spceded up
n little or been on time. then we Won.
have gotten of before tho order ar
rived? Now II was no Blighty for us.
That return journey was misery to
US: just can't describe It.
When We got back to rest billcts. We
found that our brigade was in the
trenches (another agreeable surprise).
and that an attack WAS contemplated.
Seventeen OF the forty-one will never
get another chance to go on leave
they werc killed In the attack. Jus,
think IL that train had been on time.
those seventeen would still DO alive.
hate to tell you how I was kiddcd
by tho boys when got back, BIZ
was good and plenty.
their part of the limo at o'clock. the
night after I returned from my near
leave.
At $3.50 tho following morning three
waves went over and captured the first
and second German trenches. The ma
chine gunner3 went over with the
fourth wave to consolidate tho cap
tured limo or dig in" as Tommy calls
II.
(To Be Continued To-Morrow.)
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TRAIN YOUR HAIR AS AN
ACTRESS DOES

No class Of people devotes as much
time to beauty as do actresses. and
no class must be more careful to
retain and develop their charms.
Inquiry develops the information
that in hair care they find it dan
gerous to shampoo with any make
shift hair cleanser. The majority
say that TO have the best hair wash
and scalp stimulator at cost Of
about three cents. one need only
get package of Canthrox from
your druggist; dissolve a teaspoon
full in cup of hot water and your
shampoo Us ready. This makes
enough shampoo liquid to apply It
to all tho hair instead of just the
top of tho head. After It's use the
hair dries rapidly. with uniform
color. Dandruff. excess oil and dirt
are quickly dissolved and entirely
disappear when you rinse the hair.
After this your hair will be so fluffy
1t will look much heavier than 1t is.
Its luster and softness will delight
you. while the stimulated scalp gains
the health which insures hair
growth.--Adv.
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IN AND OUT or Town.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson
have returned TO New York City, after
a short stay here.
Colonel and Mrs. Cary breckenridge
have returned to Fincastie. after a
visit to their daughter. Mrs. J. c. Eas
ley. in Richmond
Mrs George brewster, OF New York,
IS the guest Of her mother, Mrs. Rob-
ert S. Ecsher, until after Easter.
Mr.. and Mrs Il. o. Lafong, who spent
the winter months in Flo Ida. are now
at the Jefferson Hotel for the spring
reason.
Mrs James Copper. Of New York, Is
visiting Mrs. Otto Theodore Hess, at
her home on Floyd Avenue
Mr.. and Mrc. Xugh Bird and their
daughters. Misses Rebecca AMI Mar
garet Bird, are leaving this week TO
make their home in Washington
Mrs. A. II. Branch, who has been
visiting her sister. Mrs. J. ]. Wicker.
on East Grace Street, has returned TO
her home in Newport News.
Mrs A. Chenery. who is now making
her home In Portsmouth. where Or.
Chencry is stationed. is visiting reln-
lives in this city.
Mrs William Hcbard Taylor has re.
turned to Norfolk, after a visit TO Mrs
Edmund Christian, near Richmond.
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AFTER EFFECTS
OF MEASLES
Mother, Who Lives in Tcnnes-
see Mountains, Where Black
Draught is Relied on in
Many Troubles, Says
it Made Her Boy
Sound and
Well.

Coal Creek, Tenn.-Up in the
mountains, quite some distance from
town, lives Mrs. u. s. Fritts. who re-
latcs her experience with Thedford's
Black Draught as follows:
My little boy, James, took sick
with diarrhea, about five years ago,
and was badly swollen. He had the
measles and this was, no doubt, an
after-effect. I made him we'll by
giving him Thcdford's Black
Draught. gave it to him three times
day for month. firmly believe
it saved his life.
We always keep Black-Draught in
our house. 1t Is our doctor. AL
ways easy to get and prompt in CIV
ing relief.
A small pinch OF Black-Draught
after each meal and at bedtime for
headache, stomach and livor trouble,
and we are we'll the next morning.
1t certainly works wonders some
times and saves no end Of trouble, re-
lieves pain, and there is no need for
another doctor.
Ihave recommended Black-Draught
to all my neighbors and will con-
tinue to recommend It."
Thedford's Black-Draught is q
pure vegetable herb liver medicine,
acting gently, yet promptly, on liver
and bowels.
Thousands Of people, everywhere,
have found 1t to relieve constipation,
indigestion, biliousness and many
similar disorders.
Try Black-Draught. Your drug
gist sells it.-Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-21
German Methods
in World Campaign

In to-day's instnIImcnt Countess
Won SchaumbcrS reveals Germnny's
interruptions methods In Its cum-
pulEn for woru Industrial conquest.
She describes II trip to Australia.
mnde for the purpose OF upscttIng.
IL possible, English investments In
Australian mine enterprises, I'm order
TO throw the busincss Into German
hands.
She enters the work In her usunI
manner, by using her womunly
charms 10 cnptivutc those whom,
she would control.
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WOHIEN's MEETINGS.

Mrs 70. G. Cronk. who has recently
come to Richmond to make her home.
III associate editor OF the Missionary
Review Of the World. and also edits
all vt tn" literature for the Southern
Lutheran Church. She leads The Me:ho-
dist class Mt the Blue Ridge Confer
ence, as well as the conference in
Northheld. Mass. Mrs. Cronk will be
one of the speakers at the interde-
nominational prayer service held in
Seventh Street Christian Church Fri
day, from II to S o'clock.
The Silver Cross Circle OF Kings
Daughters will meet with Mrs L. c.
Hoffman, 425 North Boulevard Fri
day afternoon at $50 o'clock. All
members arc urged to be present.
A called meeting OF tho Woodland
Heights Mothers Club will be held ut
tho home Of tho president. Mrs. J. w.
Dodd. this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
A full attendance ia desired. as Of.
Sicers Will be Nominated at this time.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-21
MUST MAKE INCOME TAX
RETURNS before APRIL |.
Revenue Department VIII Vigor-
ousiy and Rclcntlcssly Prosecute
ALI Who Fail to File Reports.
ONLY ELEVEN DAYS REMAIN
Officers Arc Completing Organization
to Check Up All "Slackers" in Or
der to Proceed Against Them.
Many Organizations Will Assist.

TAX slackcrs will be prosecuted as
vigorously and relentlessly under the
war revenue act as draft slackers were
prosecuted under the selective service
act. The aid of all good citizens is
invoked In bringing TO Justice the man
who deliberately seeks to evade his
just share OF the war burden"
This was the statement made yes
to-day by Commissioner of Internal
revenue Daniel &. Roper, to Collector
X. G. l.. Moncure. with only eleven
days left In which 10 file income tax
returns, Commissioner Hopper has prac-
tically completed toe organization Of
a huge drngnet for bringing TO Justice
all persons who fail to file their In
como tax returns by April /. Revenue
officers In every section Of the country
are checking UP returns with view
to beginning prosecution against tax
dodgers The word has gone forth
that such offenders need expect no
leniency.
MANY ORGANIZATIONS WILL
HELP ROUND UP SLACKERS
Commissioner Roger further said
paign. the bureau OF Internal Reeve
nue. has cndeavored 10 cover the field
SO thoroughly that Ignorance CT the
law cannot &c consistently offered as an
excuse. The press. the Four-Minute
Men, the s. ate and county councils Of
national defense. the field force OF the
Department of Agriculture and other
government departments. banks, post
Offices and hundreds of volunteer agen-
cies have co-opcrated In bringing home
to the taxpayer a realization Of his
duty.
The man who failed TO register un-
der the selective service act was re-
garded by the War Department as a
Stacker and prosecuted as such. The
return will be regarded as money
Stacker. and when discovered. as he
will be, will DE made to suffer the full
penalties OF the law.
DELINQUENrS WILL RECEIVE
NO CONSIDERATION
ITO the credit OF the nation 1t may
be said that ! have gratifying and
conclusive evidence that these Income
taxes will be paid by the great ma
jority Of the American people cheer
fully and willingly. But the duty o..
the honest man does not end with the
payment of his own tax. ! call upon
him to aid In bringing into camp the
tax dodEc-. man so niGgardly as to
seek to evade what his representatives
in Congress have declared to be his
just share OF ?. tax for the support Of
our arms, Is deserving OF no consid-
Grafton, and will receive none.
Congress has distributed this tax
Justly and equttubiy. The rate is fixed
that the rich man and men of mod
crate means arr assessed. each accord
ing 10 his income. No man can offer
the excuse that his n,ighbor escapes
what he Is made to pay. Therefore. II
is incumbent upon all good citizens TO
aid in carrying out the intent and
spirit OF the law. which is that the
burden of the war tax be evenly dis
tribu;cd and every man compelled to
pay his just quota"
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HOLLAND EXPECTED
TO LODGE PROTEST.

WASHINGTON. March 2o.-Holland
is expected to lodge formal protest
against the action of the United States
and the allies tonight in taking over
her ships. The Dutch legation made
it plain, however, that 1t is without
official information as to the course
the Netherlands government will take.
1t is generally considered, however.
that the protest. II made, will be mere
~ formal
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PRESIDENT TAKES
SHIPPING FLEET OF
THE NETHERLANDS
CONTINUED From First pap,


thnrtering agreement and the pro-
posed general agreement has lain even
longer without reply on the part OF
Holland.
Meanwhile. German threats have
preventing any permanent agreement
and Of forcing Holland TO violate any
temporary agreement.
ION March 7, through Great Bril-
tain. T. final proposal expiring on the
18th, was submitted TO Holland. a
reply has been received which, while
in itself unacceptable. might under
other conditions have served as a basis
for further negotiations. But the
events to which have alluded had
served to demonstrate concluslvely
that we have been attempting to ne
yotiate where the essential basis for
an agreement. namely. the meeting Of
free Wills. is absent. Even were an
agreement concluded. there Is lacking
that power OF independent action
which alone can assure performance
say this not in criticism Of the Dutch
government. profoundly sympathzc
with the difficulty OF her position un-
der the menace OF a military power
'l9tu mas III way
It's disdain Of neutral rights. But,
since coercion does In fact exist, no
alternative is left TO US but to accom-
plish. through the exercise OF our In
disputablc rights az a sovereign, that
which is so reasonable that. in other
circumstances. we could be confident OF
accomplishing it BY agreement.
SEIZURE LEAVES HOLLAND
BOATS FOR DOMESTIC USE
steps are accordingly being taken
10 put into our service Dutch shipping
lying within our territorial jurisdic-
zion This action on our part and tho
similar action which Is being taken By
governments associated With US. leaves
TO Holland ample tonnage for her do
mestic and colonial needs. We have
informed the Dutch government that
her colonial trade Will be facilitated.
and that she may at once send ships
from Holland TO secure the bread
cereals which her people require
These ships will be freely bunkered
and will be immune from detention on
our part
The liner New Amsterdam. which
came within our jurisdiction under an
agreement for her return, will, of
course. be permitted at once 10 return
10 Holland. Not only so. but she will
he authorized TO carry back with her
he two cargces OF foodstuffs which
Holland would have secured under the
temporary chartering agreement, had
aot Germany prevented. Ample COM
oensation will be paid to tho Dutch
owners Of the ships which Will be put
into our service, and suitable provision
will be made to meet tho possibility
IT ships being lost through enemy
action.
1T Is our earnest desire to safeguard
TO the fullest extent the interests OF
Holland and of her nationals BY ex-
crcising in this crisis our admitted
right to control all property within our
territory, we do no wrong to Holland
The manner in which we propose to
exercise this right and our proposals
made to Holland concurrently there
with. cannot. ! believe. fail to evil
dence to Holland the sincerity of cur
friendship toward her."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-21

DANVlLLE, VA. March 20.-The
public schools OF South Boston have
been closed for several days owing to
the fact that the entire corps Of teach
ers Is assisting the local exemption
board at Houston with tho draft ques-
tionnaires.
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Announce Enrnrcmcnt.
Tspecialto The Times-Dispatc

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, March
20.-Mr. and Mrs. Willard a. Irving an
nonuco the engagement of their dauEh-
ter. Mary Evelyn. TO First Lieutenant
Edward Valentine Walker. of Sparta,
Ca. The marriage will take place soon
after Easter. Mr.. Walker is a grad
uate OF the law school ot the Cniver-
sity Of Virginia. and is now in service
at Camp Gordon, near Atlanta.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-21

The regular monthly meeting Of the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-21
Droft Work CIo,c, scloo,,

tTo Be Continued To-Morrow.>
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-21

Dorothea Payne Madison Chapter will
be held in room $50 at the Jefferson
Hotel to-day ut 1880 o'clock.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-21

The regular meeting Of the board Of
managers of the Retreat for tho Sick
VIII he held this morning at IL
o'clock at the Retreat. a large at
tendance Is desired.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-21

The Red Cross class in frst-aid will
meet in Bnford School this evening
at 745 O'Clock. DR.. ii. c. Rucker is
the instructor. Prospective members
may register with Mrs. Eugene Peters.
boulevard 3237-W.