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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
War Tax Collections Are
 Reaching StupendOus Sum

Washington July 7.--War tax collec- tions during the last fiscal year in the second New York district, in which is located the Wall street section. were by far the heaviest in any district in the country, figures made public today by the internal revenue bureau shows. The twenty-thlrd Pennsylvania district in which the city of Pttsburg is located. was second
 The Wall street districts returns to- taled A5l05S.2jo, including s4l46oS ,907 from incomes and excess profits. and the Pittsburg district paid s332 1s9, 7ol. Of which s292,5z6,362 came from incomes and excess profits. The balance of the money received from both localities came from the usual internal revenue sources tobacco, whisky and stamp sales.
 Returns from distilers and tobacco manufacturers in 10 collection districfs sent miscellaneous receipts in these dis tricts above collections on incomes and excess profits Five of these districts were in Kentucky. two in North Carolina and one each in Virginia, Illinois and Indiana. As liquor is not manufactured in either Virginia or North Carolina. the excess in these states came largely from tobacco, The fifth Kentucky dis tric paid s42, 105,929 in miscellaneous tax returns and s10, ,4SS 025 on incomes ana excess profits.
 he total collections for the United States, Hawaii and the Philippines was s3,6l, 9lS. 256. of which x.S2l 34O,S0l came from incomes and excess profits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
MITCHELL SAFETY
 BELT NOT FASTENED STATE WITNESSES
Inquiry Into Cause of Acci- dent Not Yet Concluded. Funeral Arrangements
 in New York

Lake Charles, La, July 7-The official investigation into the death at Gerstner Field yesterday of Maj. John Purrov Mitche. former mayor of New York, had not been concluded tonight according to Major Kirby. commanding officer at tha field. Additional evidence from cadet fiers and civilian workers. however was considered to have made it certain that when Major Mitchell left the ground for his morning flight the straps of his safety belt were not buckled Examina- ton of the wrecked plane, it was stated showed the belt unbroken and the buckles showing no signs of having been used
 Major Mitchell, an official in the avia- tion section of the signal corps, fell from his machine a single scatter scout plane early Saturday morning when at a height of 600 feet when he attempted to bank The machine landed in nearby field and was completely demolished.
 The body of the former mayor was sent from here last night and will ar rive in New York early Tuesday morning Mrs. Mitchell also left for New York last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
Summary of the News

GENERAL NEWS I-Germany makes false claims Of repulsIna Americans. Vienna report admits retirement from west hank of Pinve river. Population in north Russia breaks with bOlsheviki.
 Congress will buckle down to work. HOuxeho olders to he placed on strict coal ration. :s-American casualty list. 9-War casualties In reconstruction hospital arc cheerful. l0-MOre submarines md better ones, says yon CapelIe In address. t2-Murder of German ambassadOr may lead to changes in Russian affairs.
 LOCAL NEWS 5--Famoux Williams cnsc recalled In Erie Pettus' race for Congress. Judge story of shipping board win lead speed up drive at local plants.
 "SecIrg ThinEs- Is topic of Dr. Stuart's sermon.
 Typos dedicate service fing. Only tvo-thirds of eOnI operators show profit in 1917.
 FEATURES 4-Edttorinl comment. c-News "f industry. s-Sports. $ tt--Market review.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
lnterned German Killed in Attempt to Escape
 From Fort Ogleth0rpe

Chattanooga, July 7.-Peter Czan, in- termed enemy alien at Fort Oglethorpe
 is dying at the base hospital as result or an attempt to escape, a guard having
 fired load of buckshot into the fieein
 man s back. Czan was being taken across
 an open space outside the stockade
 Where had been assigned some duty, when he made break for liberty. He
 refused to heed the command of the
 guard to halt and shot was fired in
 the air. This failing to stop Czan, the guard took aim and brought the prisoner down.
 Nothing could be learned from the of
 flcials at the post as to the home or artecedents of the prisoner. but it has
 been rumored that he was Russian and a dangerous alien.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
FUNERAL. ARRANGEMENTS

New York July 1.-The body of Mai John Purroy Mltchel, for mer mayor of New York, who was killed yesterday in an airplane accident at Gerstner Field La, will lie in state at the city hall from Wednesday after noon until Thursday morning. when t will be buried at Woodlawn cemeterf with full military honors. according to pIans announced tonight.
 The train bearing Major Mitchel's body. his widow and a military escort, is due here Tuesday morning. When conveyed to the city hall the body will be formal ly received by Mayor Hylan. who defeat ed Major Mitchell in the last mayoralty campaign.
 At thee hurch of st Francis Xavier . solemn high requiem mass will be cele- brated by the Rev. Terrence ]. Shealy, assisted by the Rev. Kennon Cabanel, chap,ain of the French Blue Devils
 Among the pallbearers will be Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Cleveland H. Dodge, pr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia university; Jacob Fl. Schiff and Frank L. Polk, counsellor Of the state department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
Tennessean Dies of Wounds

Chattanooga, July 7.-William Lenord Barton, whose name appears in today $ marine casualty list as having died of wounds in France, was the son of Will liam A Barton. superintendent of the Converse Bridge company of this city. He enlisted in .he marines in 1917, but had previously seen service with the Kansas national guard on the Mexican border He was P years old and enlisted at Cincinnati. First news received of Eartor's death was carried by the Asso- ciated Press today. the family beng mo- tilted officially short time later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
Germany Will Send Three
 Army Corps to Aid the
 Hard-Pressed Austrians

Paris, July 7.--Germany will send three army corps to the aid Of Aus tria. according to Rome dispatch Co the Temps These will be put unGer the direct orders of General Otto Non Ruelow. the commander-in-chief on inc Italian front. and will be assie ncI to the Alps sectors. it Is stated
 The Trentino railways have been put under German control and will be used exclusively for German troops It Is said, also. that German regiments will he detailedsto other points on the front to support the Austrian troops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
ID : BE PLACED UPON | STRICT COAL RATION Will Be Allowed No More Fuel Than Necessary
 for Comfort WASTEFUL CONSUMER MU ST GO WITHOUT Garfield Plans Department of Domestic Allotment
 Connected With Each
 Local Board

Washington, July 7.-Ra- tioning of coal to householders was announced tonight by the fuel administration as among plans designed to prevent a
 threatened shortage of coal next winter.
 Each domestic consumer will be al
 lowed only as much coal as is found Ito be scientifically necessary to heat
 his house to 68 degrees, provided
 every conservation rule has been
 obeyed. The allowance for each house.
 holder, the announcement said, will
 be sufficient for comfort, but "the lthoughtless and wasteful consumer who finds his allowance gone before the end of the winter will have only
 himself to thank if he has no fuel with which to heat his house" LOCAL ALLOTMENT The administrations plan involves
 a department of coal allotments in connection with each local fuel admin : istrator's office and this now has been completed and will be put into opera : tion al once. Each order for coal will be censored by Comparison with the lrating of the house where coal is to
 be used all doubtful cases will be carefully checked up by inspecting the
 house in question and surplus coal, when ordered, will be refused. CONSUMERS ARE WARNED All consumers who have obtained a quantity of coal in excess of their al- lotments, or who, by deceit or misrep- resentation, have violated any rules or regulations of the fuel administration.
 will be prosecuted
 This system," said the administra- : tions statement, twill be drastic and will introduce new conditions to the country; it will be no more drastic, however, than conditions demand in the interest of all concerned No one ed for heating, but no one will be all lowed fuel for waste or extravagance. The fuel administration expects ev- cry one to recognize the necessity and co operate fully with the local com mittees entrusted with carrying out the plan"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
FRANCIS IS SILENT
LAPS IN VLADIVOSTOK

London. July 7-English and Japanese landing parties patroled the streets of Vladivostok and enforced neutrality in the area where the consuates are locat-. ed during the fighting between the Czecho-Slovaks and the bolsheviki ac- cording to a dispatch from Vladivostok. The fighting, which occurred June 90. resulted in the defeat of the bolsheviki, the Czecho-slovaks taking over control of the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08

with the tank crews and gave them the direction from which hostile ma chine gun fire was coming In every case the tank was able to deal Wfth the rapid-firers, and thus allow the infantry to advance. One tank. which was 200 yeards in front of the allied infantry, destroyed q nest of six ma chine guns by running over it after the gun crews refused to surrender. Another tank crushed three rapid fiers. but fourth machine gun con- tinued firing at q distance of five to six yards. This gun. in turn, was run over and destroyed, together with it's crew
 MANY SURRENDER At one point a tank moved against
 a mound which seemed likely place for a machine gun. No sign of the
 enemy was to be seen at first, but aft CT the tank had circled the mound once. about 40 Germans came out of camouflaged trench and ran toward
 the allied infantry to surrender During the consolidation of the new lines. the tanks patrolled the front for nearly half an hour for protea- ton On one sector, when snipers i'll a corn field were making things un- comfortable for the men at work on the defences, a tank advanced across No Mans Land and fired several shells into the corn. With the explosions,
 many of the enemy jumped up in va
 rious parts of the field, and all were killed by the fire from the tank. Several officers have said since the battle that the prospects for victory never seemed so bright as now. The latest work of the tanks had really opened their eyes to the possibilities. of causing the Germans heavy. defeats with slight casualties to the atta acknS infantry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
I'M URMAN COAST COUNTRY JOINS WITH THE ALLIES IN FIGHT AGAINST GERMANS This Is One of Possible Fields of Entente Activity
 Which Is Forecast
AMERICAN, BRITISH
 AND FRENCH NAVAL
 FORCES NOW THERE
Hearing Nothing From Am- bassadOr Francis, Wash ington Must Rely on In-
 direct Information

Copenhagen. July 1.-The entire pop ula ton of the Murman coast Con the koia peninsula bordering the White sea and the Arcticl has broken with Russfn md joined the entente, accord ing to n dispatch from yardOe, Norway, to the Christinnia Tidens fegn.
 supply of provisions from the United States has arrived nt Mur- mansk, the dispatch adds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
McAdOO Recoyers

Washington, July 7.-Secretary McAdoo. who went to California several weeks advised railroad administration officials here today that he has entirely regained his health and has been making a tour of inspection of railroad lines and termin- als on the Pacific coast with view
 recommending betterments in service This was accepted as effectually putting ,o rest widespread reports that Mir. Me- Adoo was in poor health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08

With the American Army France, July 7The American along with intermittent artillery fire raids the usual patrong operations
 The enemy wireless give importance to local tons which does from close examination this instance the insignificant of the Foul sector into raid by their troops
 raid in which Americans took prisoners in the Vosges they interpreted attack which they repused No American attack has been epued anywhere and there have been raids those carried the during the last two days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
Typhoon in Philippines

Manila, July 7-Wires were blown down and other damage was done by typhoon which struck the Philippines yesterday. The amount of damage in the provinces has not yet been learned owing to the interruption of wire cOmmun icaton. Ma nila wss hard hit by the storm, but the loss was not extensive A Japa nese steamer, bound for the United States from Japan by way of the Philippines, was blown on the beach of a Philippine port.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
ONLY LOCAL RAIDS
 REPORTED FROM FRONT IN FRANCE
Allies Active With Patrols From the Lys Salient to Rheims-Italian Vic
 tory Complete
By Associated Press

While there has been local
 encounters of more or less To-
 cal importance along the bat tie line in France, there has been little activity of signifi-
 canoe in its bearing on the gen.
 eral tense situation from the North sea to Switzerland. On the British front east of Amiens,
 Australian attachments, with which
 American troops are brigaded, have pushed further east from the little village of Hamel, south of the Somme lriver. The Australians carried their l line forward over a front of almost four miles at that point last Thurs day. In their last assault they have |surged ahead at the center of the new front which they created last week. The operation was successful, in that objectives were reached and the po- sitions taken are being held by the
 men from the antipodes.
 ON LYS SALIENT
 l Further north, along the southern side of the I.ys salient, there has been quite heavy artillery firing. especially in the Hinges sector. During the fighting in April, when the Germans had pushed far ahead in the Flanders area, the battle north and east of Hinges was one of the most desperate character. the village of Locon being the scene of repeated combat5 in which German attacks were crushed by the British defense. FRENCH SECTOR
 In the French sectors in the Disc. Soissons anG Rheims sectors only patrol encounters have been reported. Tho Americans and French have been qulte active near Chateau Thierry, where the French have made some advance in the neighborhocd of Hill 2O4, on the north side of which the Americans attacked and captured the village of Vaux last week. The French report some meas
 ure of success in this fighting, while the Germans claim that the French and American assaults were repulsed with heavy losses.
 ITALIAN FRONT
 Austrian t.oops have been pushed back 'across the Piave river along the lower.
 reaches of that stream. During the of
 fensive last fall they crossed the new channel of the river and pushed ah.ao
 for some distance westward toward tine
 old river bed. In the lesser offensive
 last month they made further progress there and crossed the old course, but
 were forced back by the Italians. Since tContinued on Page Two,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
Pershir1g's Troops
 Meet No Defeats
 As Berlin Reports
Situation on Western Front Is Now Comparative ly Quiet, But This Does Not Mean the Huns
 Are Being Allowed to Rest
GENERAL PERsHING's CoMMUNIoUE

Washington July Capre of additional German prisoners by reported in General yesterday hostile position, attack
 artillery activity the failed attempts hostile succeeded | fol a O positions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
Monster TanksDo Magnificent Work
 h Hane[ Battle
These Great Engines of War Made Victory of Australians and Americans on July Most Economical One-The Execution Among
 Enemy Machine Gun Nests Terrible
n As.aciatea Pres.

July 7No further attempt by the Thursday been reported today Not satisfied from the the initial attack the Aura forward just south of Vare wood and ammed yards along front of 2O0 yards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
ITALIANS ARE ESTABLISHING NEW
 LINE ON LOWER BANKS OF PIAVE

Rome July 7The Italian the southern of the Pave establishing between the old which office
 
 that beena achieved The sad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
WORK OF ONE GROUP

One group of tanks alone destroyed or captured more than 30 machine guns and brought about the surrender of at least 200 Germans. In addition, many Germans were slain by these great engines.
 Other tanks were doing similar work. Taken as d whole, the German infantry surrendered or bolted on the approach of these monsters, the ap- pearance of which in itself is terri lying. The German machine gunners however. fought to the last in many instances. ! INFANTRYMEN AS GUIDES
 Numerous times the Australian ard American infantrymen cornmunic cd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
ATTEMPT EXPLANATION

Vienna, July 6.-(Via London.)-To avoid heavy sacrifices, the Austrian troops in the Piave delta have been withdrawn to the eastern bank of the main stream, the war office announced today The Italians. according to the statement. cautiously followed as far as the westerly bank of the river. The text of the statement reads:
 '.As the delta of the Piave could not have been held without heavy sacri- flee, we have withdrawn our troops which were stationed there to the dyke positions on the eastern bank of the main branch. This operation was car ried out during the night of July 5-6 The enemy felt his way at midday yes terday as far as the river.
 East of Monte Pertica, we drove back strong Italian attacks in san- guinary hand-to-hand fighting
 'Tn Albania. French and Italian troops attacked our mountain positions between Devolin and Osum. In the course of the fighting the enemy sue ceeded in obtaining advantages at two points, which, however, again were immediately wrested from him by a counter attack"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08

The operation was entirely success ful and has made the new line much stronger.
 Details now are available concern ing the work of the large fleet of tanks which participated in Thursdays battle. The tanks gave invaluable assistance to the attacking infantry. Officers say that this was one of tEe most economical assaults ever under taken on the British front owing to the fact that the tanks saved casual ties among the infantry by hopping up machine gun posts and strohg points in advance. In numerous in- stances whole machine gun crews with their rapid firers were literally ground into the earth by the tanks which swept over the enemy posts like steam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08


 Between the Sile and the Piave our troops, having reached with perfect naneuverfng and irresistible elan tha right bank of the new Piave and driven the enemy to the other side of the river, now are fortifying themselves on the vast tract of ground recaptured, every yard of which shows traces of the epic struggle and furnishes proof that the enemys losses were much higher than he had foreseen.
 NEW LAURELS WON
 'grhe Twenty-third army corps, hav- ing carried out the difficult operation victoriously has added new laurels to its glory. The Fourth infantry divi- sion particularly distinguished itself. The bearing of the troops was splen- did. The infantry among whom were marine regiment and parties of the Royal Customs guard, fought with ar dor. The artillery of the army corps and the royal navy group contributed notably to the success with it's very effective fire.
 AIRMEN ARE PRAISED
 "Our own and the allied airplanes and those of the Italian royal navy participated with u1fusual daring. Spe- cial honor for the great valor shown is due the Thrty-third sapper bat- talion of engineers.
 ..On the Asiago plateau a French party carried out brilliant raid into the enemy lines at Zocchi, overcoming the garrisons in lively struggle and capturing two officers, GA of other ranks and two machine guns.
 "Between the Frenzela valley and the Brenta the enemy three times at- tempted to attack our position on the Corone. He was sangunariiy re- pulsed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
GERMANS ADVANCING

Washington, July 7.--Leaders among the people of the Murman coast recently appealed to the American and allied con- suls at Kola for protection. German troops are reported to the southward on the railroad leading to the Arctic at kola, and the failure of the bosbevilx government to resist the penetration of the enemy has led the inhabitants to adopt their own measures of defense. FIELD OF ACTIVITY
 With American British and French naval forces guarding large store Of war supplies at Kola and along the rafI4 road, the Murmap coast is enc of the possible fields for operations by the allies in the east under the new policy toward Russia believed to have been ap- proved by President Wilson at the White House conference yesterday. Just what form of activities will follow under the new programme, however Is believed to rest almost wholly with the supreme war council at Paris, and if anything like a detailed plan of action has been worked out by the council no intimation of it has been given here.
 FRANCIS IS SILENT
 In the absence of any word from Am- bassador Francis since June 24 the state department has been obliged to rely upon the most indirect and unsatisfactory re- ports of what is going on in Russia. The last message from the ambassador reported the arrest of local civil author- tiles of Archangel capital of the prov nf nr1a iy y-hi inJ <nt- f-
 located The bolsheviki had seized the officials in charges on disloyalty and some of the prisoners passed through Voogda, where Ambassador Francis is located. on their way to Moscow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
BRITISH RAIDS IN PICARDY

London. July 7.-British troops raided the German lines on the Amiens front yesterday afternoon, taking several prisoners and machine guns in the region east of Hamel, which village was recently capture cd by the Australians. assisted by AmeTi- can troops. This minor action is re- ported in today's official statement by the war office, which reads:
 We captured a few prisoners and machine gun in raid east of Ham cl yesterday afternoon.
 "The hostile artillery has been ac- tive in the neighborhood of Fonque- yillers and in the Hinges sector"
 RAIDS IN vOSGES
 Paris. July 7.--American troops sta- tioned inSa sector of the vosges re-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08
ITALIAN FRONT

tContinned on Page Two
The Dermott news., 1918-01-24
Citizens Enforcing The
 Bone Dry Law

At mass meeting held a short time ago the citizens of Dermott perfected an organization to be known as the Anti Boot Leggers Association At the organization of the Association there was q committee appointed to employ a detective to do the work The detective arrived last week, the committee put him under the direction of Mayor Bennett, and they lost no time in getting busy, No one knew the detective was in town except the committee and the Mayor until Friday morning the Mayor presented Marshal Parrish with bunch of warrants to serve and in due time he brought in i've Boot Leggers and four Gamblers They all entered plea of guilty, the gamblers were fined the limit. $25. 00 and the boot leggers were fined from $l00 to $500
 This Anti Boot Leggers Association will be on the job from this time on. and the whiskey peddlers and other law violators will have to sit up and take notice. No one will know when sec ret service man or WOMAN will be on YOUR trail.
 A citizen.