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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
PESSIMISTIC REPORT

The message the visitors from Wash ington brought the meeting was some what pessimistic, especially with re- gard to the use of lumber for other than essential purposes. It was special ly stressed that the mills use care in making sales. However, it was not in- dlcated that there was danger of shut ting down any of the mills and the manufacturers stated that during the past three months fully S5 per cent of the shipments had been for essential work and that owing to the labor short age the remaining 15 per cent would be greatly reduced.
 Reports from most mills in the dis trict show that only about 40 per cent of capacity is being cut at this time ow- ing to labor shortage. In some in- stances small boys are being used about the mills.
 The governments representatives im- pressed the lumbermen with the fact that owing to the speeding up pro- gramme of the administration the ut- most cooperation of the manufacturers was necessary in order to keep con- struction work going. It was urged as a patriotic duty of the lumbermen as well as matter of business. and all mill representatives expressed a will. lngness to do their part
 Ii. B. Wood. district manager of the Alabama Mississippi emergency bureau. was in charge of the meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08

precautionary measure against the spread of the disease. Production of ships in the five yards here has fallen off as a result of the influenza, esti- mates placing the reductions variously from 8 1-3 to 65 per cent.
 Camp Johnston soldiers have been barred from public meetings until fur ther notice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
rONSIIL, SAFE

London, october I-fs. II. Mae hart inc British consul general al Mon sowernment sowe last August, is reported to have arrived with his party a ren e Finnish frontier from Moscow 'ne e,;.hls % tral News says it learns rom source.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
SITUATION IMPROVED

Atlanta, october 7.-Althoneh the in fluenza situation at Camp Gordon has improved during the past week, accord ing to a statement tonight by the camp medical authorities, measures were taken today which they believe will entirely stamp out the disease
 Effective at once, all men in camp were ordered to sleep outdoors, except in indictment weather, with their masks on and hoods or towels over their heads.
 There are 1400 cases now at the camp, a decrease of 300 as compared With Sep tember 2S New cases today numbered le5 Pneumonia cases in the base hos pltal total 14O. The number Of deaths from influenza and pneumonia since the outbreak at the camp was not made pup lie.
 City authorities here today ordered all schools, churches. moving picture the atres. pool rooms and all public meet ing places closed until the spread or the disease has been stopped. Ihe or der also provided that street cars should be operated with open windows ana doors except when raining.
 The disease has not reached eplaeinlc proportions here, according 70 healtn authorities, although practically every physician has reported several cases un- der his care.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08

Vienna, October 7.-(Via London) "In Albania there have been further Irear, guard engagements on the Skum- 5i." says the official communication issued this evening"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
STEP EXPECTED

No. "A. A. F., and A. M., and Master Masons are requested to meet in the Masonic temple at p. ma, Tuesday tO attend the funeral of Brother Charles Siegfried LOenwirth.
 HENRY KEY, w. M. A. B. ANDERSON. Sec. M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
WANT SURRENDER

Helena Mont, October 1.-The Mon tana council of defense today sent a telegram to President Wilson declaring 1t to be the sense of the council that no negotiated peace be made with Germany and that the only terms granted her be unconditional surrender.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
ro AnHERE TO TREATY

Stockholm. October 7.-tHavas.l-ln,
 Russian bolshevik government, accoro- ing to wireless dispatch reeeivea nere from Moscow, has declared It's sn ih.en tions of adhering to the Brest-hieossN treaty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
British Advance Line on Four-Mile Front
 North of the Scarpe
(Continued from Page One)
AUSTRIAN STATEMENT

Great events, officers add. may not be far distant.
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WASHINGTON ADDED
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

-~e~~S~~~S~-~--->~>->>>- ~~~~0~->>~~~-~~~O~~ LOST-One large, cream colored Jer-
 sey cow; V-horned, black tipped.
 Main 1446.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
Medals, Real Gold Medals,
 For High School Cadets

medals. Medals are good things to have and to wear, and the greatest incentive I know of in the military these day Put me down."
 Major Akers did. And there you have three reasons for shined shoes, clean collars, pressed suits, alert steps shoul- ders back and the gleam of young America shining like arc lights in the eyes of high school cadets. And that's what all of this rivalry and competitor
 is being waged about among high school cadets, if you hadn't heard about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
Photoplay Theatres Cooperate With the Health Authorities
All Eight of the Motion Picture Theatres Close in Accord ance With Request of City Board of Health to Aid
 in Stamping Out Influenza Epidemic

The photoplay Birmingham closed today.
 following issued by the popeo o motion npictu theatres of Brmi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
FAIR OpENING FORBIDDEN

Danville, Va, October I.-Openlng or the Danyille fair, scheduled for tomor- row. was forbidden by the state board of health in telegram received here today. Churches. theatres, schools anu all public gatherings were banned py 'ne local health board today in an e1iort to stou the spread of Spanish ln1luehza'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08

CYRENE COMMANDERY All Knights Templar are requested to be at the Masonic temple, Tues day, October s, 3:3O r. m.. with full uniform for the purpose of attending and conducting funeral services of W iI- liam C. Shannon. Services to be held at the temple, burial at EImwOod.
 GEORGE F. WHEELOCk,
 Commander. CHARLES J. GEOHEGAN,
 Recorder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
President Conferring
 With Entente Premiers
 Over Answer to Kaiser
Continued from Page one)

him and the official copies added Il tie or nothing to his information.
 CnNnJTInNC nJEEEP ENT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
ABOUT GAS SITUATION

something must be done to find out who can, and that mighty soon."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
MEETING OF
 EMERGENCY BUREAU AT TUSCAL 0OSA
Lumbermen Composing Bu- reau Now Shipping Ap- proximately 7,OOO,0OO Feet
 of Lumber Each Week

Tuscaloosa, October 7.-(Specia1 "A special meeting of the lumbermen com- posing the Alabama Mississippi emer- gency bureau was held in the Tusca- loosa Board of Trade rooms Friday afternoon About 200 members, repre- senting practically all the mills in the district, were present
 Among those present to advise with the lumbermen of this district were Colonel Durant of the materials branch, construction division, war department; w. J. Maynen, assistant lumber admin istrator, United States shipping board, emergency fleet corporation; MT. Mo- Carty, assistant supervisor supply di- vision, lumber department, shipping board, emergency fleet corporation, New Orleans, La; H. E. Hutchens, chairman Birmingham district committee, rail- road administration, and Captain Bonar, traffic manager of the bureau under the war department
 tee apointed by the executive com mittee which met with the price fix ing committee of the war industries board on September 23 was heard. At that meeting the last general aver age of BPS was carried over for 90 days. Some slight changes were made, some higher and some lower. but hard ly affecting the general average and in no instance amounting to more than $1 per 1000. These changes affected only the shed stocks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
TELLS OF AMERICANS

gun fire and made prisoner. Six of them were wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
$50 CARS WEEKLY

Members of the Alabama Mississippi bureau are now shipping about $50 cars a week, or approximately 7,000,000 feet of lumber and timber. The car stua- tion was reported as fair, with plenty of box cars but a scarcity of flats. Gondolas are not permitted to be load. ed with lumber.
 It is not expected that the embargo now in effect to all points north of the Ohio river will be raised until the end of the war, and shipments other than for government purposes north of that stream will continue to be made only on permit. The embargo to Stithen, Ky, was raised. It was urged by the government representatives that ship ments be restricted to essentials, and that promptness be exercised in load ing and unloading. It was pointed out by Mir. Hutchens that the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company had reduced to one-third it's car require ments for handling an equal amount of business by leading to full capacity and promptness in moving and unload ing. He asked that the lumbermen also cooperate with the railroad admins tration in like manner, thus relieving the car situation
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-02
The sixth Sense.

Human beings have real sixth
sense. says Science, In the shape of
sense Of equilibrium. This sense IL
coming in for much Intensive study to-
day, because lit is probably the most
important qualification for the success
full aviator 1t has been found to re-
side In three tiny canals in the inner
ear. These three canals are located
in the bone of the skull and are filed
with a liquid In which nerve filaments
from the auditory nerve terminate.
In some way not yet clearly under
stood, through these canals and nerves
the individual Gun tell. without being
able to see or feel, just how nearly up
right his position is. The sense Is much
more keenly developed In some people
than In others.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-02
DISEASE SPREAD BY ANIMALS
Scientists and Physicians Have Pre-
pared Strong Indictment
Against the Beasts.

Although animals are not affected
by the sickness and communicable dis
eases of man, yet, for some unexplain-
able reason, the scientists and physi-
clans declare that a whole host Of
Outlines fatal ailments of mankind are
traceable to the beasts, says Popular
Science Monthly.
The horse is blamed for spreading
CHAMBERS, rabies, lockjaw and other dis
eases Of five or more syllables. Dogs
and cats are branded as the circula-
tors Of rabies, parasitic worms of diff
ferent kinds, fleas and ticks.
The COW is the worst offender. The
list of diseases laid at her barn door
Is headed with tuberculosis and grows
constantly more blood-curdling, until
we wonder why physicians and scien-
lists consent to the use of milk, butter
and cheese which still lead the dieti-
tians' list of nutritives.
Rats, squirrels and fieas spread the
bubonic plague. We are prepared to
believe that lice and bedbugs, flies and
mosquitoes are the rapid transit lines
for yellow fever and malaria. We are
willing to forego the luscious oyster
all the year around, If need be, to
avoid typhoid fever.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-02
Little Known Of Shooting STARE.

Our knowledge Of shooting stars ex-
tends into the oldest history of human
ity. back into prehistoric times. Yet
today no one knows exactly what
shooting star is, or from where 1t
comes. An hypothesis proposed in 1875
and generally accepted today, is that
meteorites are fragments broken from
small planetary masses by volcanic cx-
plosions, brought about by a sudden ex-
pansion Of gases, steam and probably
hydrogen. The broken bits. after their
separation, are believed to arrange
themselves In swarms which cross the
orbit of the earth In accordance with q
definite law. Shooting stars, then, un-
doubtedly come from within our solar
system and are broken bits Of world
body destroyed by volcanic events.
Many meteorites have been found In
Arizona.-Popular Science Monthly.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-02
SUCH A SMART BROTHER
But It Is Entirely Probable Sister Did
Not Appreciate His Peculiar
Form Of Wit.

A young lady in Lakewood is Of the
opinion that she is grown up-in which
opinion she is not encouraged either by
her parents or her older brother. She
is fifteen, brother is sixteen. She thinks
that young men should be allowed to
call on her in the evening; brother
jeers, parents shake their heads.
Finally the girls mother consented
to her having a certain approved boy
call, provided he came on a Friday eve
ming. And the excited damsel called
the favored youth up on the phone and
impaired the glad news. It is pre-
sumed that the young man Che was all
Of eighteen years old) spent a good
deal of time ut his toilet that evening
certainly the young lady took great
care Of hers. She was still primping
when the swain rang the doorbell.
Brother answered.
"Ah," began the caller, clearing his
throat. "Is Miss Jones at homer"
Come In" answered Brother, equiv
ocally. Then he went to the foot of
the stairs and called
"Molly! Quit cuttin'. paper dolls an
come downstairs. One of your play
mates wants to see you !'-Cieveland
Plain Dealer.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-02
Had Been THROUGH Hell.

Louis Raemaekers. the famous
Dutch cartoonist. now In this coun-
try, whom the London Times has
called 1.-THE only great genius brought
out by the war;" was unheard of be-
fore the war began. On August 1.
1914 he was living quietly with his
family. contentedly painting the tulip
fields, waterways, cattle and windmills
of his native Holland. Four days later
he drew the first cartoon. "Christen-
dom After Twenty Centuries" Of a
series that was to reveal him as a
champion Of civilization and make his
name household word in every cOun-
try. Raemaekers personally investi-
gated the Belgian horror, and though
hundred Of his early cartoons bear
witness to the burning impression
made upon his mind. he has only once
brought himself to speak publicly of
this experience. 1t was at dinner
given the artist Mt the Savage club,
London, and, pointing to the portraits
Of Peary, Shot, Nansen and Shackle-
ton, Raemaekers said: II, too, have
been an explorer, gentlemen. have
explored hell, and It was terror I'M
speakable." Raemaekers is In his for
ty-eighth year.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-02
HOW COLD AFFECTS SOUNDS
Numerous Examples Can be Given,
but Exact Reason % Hard
to Explain.

A close observer describes two phe-
nOmena Of nature not easily explained:
First, that natural sounds are very
different In the colder than In the
warmer months Of the year; and, Sec
ond, that waters have different tints
during the colder and warmer months.
A number Of examples occur to
prove the first phenomenon. Who has
not noticed the contrast in the noise
Of the wind in different seasons when
it blows around the corner of the
house-in summer what a soft, mellow
tone 1t has and in winter what a
harsh, rough whistle?
Then, again, let US stroll along the
banks Of stream in May, June or
July, and we will observe that the wa
ter will then make a gentle, babbling
sound, while in November or winter
1t will, with not great volume, make a
hoarse, gurgling noise.
Still again, If we ramble in the
woods during late spring or early sum-
mer, we cannot but notice with what a
softness and mildness the wind has
been blowing through the tops of the
trees; on the other hand, what roar
ing it makes in cold weather.
Perhaps the trees being with or
without foliage may cause some DIFF
ference, but it will be observed in May
before the leaves are out to any ex-
tent, there is even then marked diff
ference between that time and Decem-
Der. Often we have heard 1t along
telegraph wires during the summer
and winter, and have noted the con-
trast.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-02
Clearer Values.

All life and action upon the snow
have an added emphasis and signifi-
canoe. Every expression is understood.
Summer has fey finer pictures than
this winter one of the farmer fodder
ing his cattle from stack upon the
CLEAN snow-the movement, the sharp
iy defined figures, the great green
fakes Of hay, the long files Of patient
cows, the advance just arriving and
pressing eagerly for the choice NOR
sels-and the bounty and provision it
suggests.
A severe artist! No longer the cam
vas and the pigments. but the marble
and the chisel. l see the hills,
bullying with great drifts, lift them
selves cold and white against the sky,
the black lines OF fences here and
there obliterated by the depth Of the
snow. Presently fox banks away up
the next mountain, and imagine see
him sitting there in his furs upon the
Illuminated surface, and looking down
in my directiOn.-John Burroughs.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-02
First Irish Coaching Company.

In 1915, IN Italian, named Bianconi,
started the first coaching company in
Ireland, running long cars over vari.
GUS regular routes. Long cars soon
became the safest and most reliable
means Of travelling over Ireland, and
Bianconi turned rich and prosperous.
Writing in or about 1912. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hall, who have written much of Ire.
land. tell us that persons Of the high
est respectability' used the long cars
for travelling. At this time, although
these cars passed through 1928 towns,
they had not made. their way into the
north Of Ireland. The cars varied con.
siderably in size, requiring from one to
four horses. The fare, even over the
rockiest roads In the West, was two
pence farthing a mile. The Halls care
fully explain that passengers were pro.
vided with dry and comfortable horse
hair cushions and aprons" and that, In
wet weather, the long cars never jour
neyed more than two stages without
changing the cushions.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-02
MEAN 70 STAMP our oBeAH
Authorities viii Put Stop 70 Praeties
Too Long Prevalent In the
Virgin 1slands. Z

The American ofYicials Of the Virgin
islands have taken steps to deal with
the novel but serious crime Of obeah,
which has long been practiced In the
islands. Matilda Francois has been
arrested and incarcerated as an Obeah
woman, and announcement has been
made that prompt action will be taken
by the Americans to show that this
wicked and shameful practice must
cease. Sra b.
The obeah is sort Of first cousin
of the vOodoo of darkest Africa, which
Is said to be still practiced in the in
terror Of Hayti, and which has not
been entirely stamped out in other
Islands of the West Indies group. The
obeah man or woman sets up as sort
Of witch doctor processing to cure all
Ills by use Of charms, to be skilled in
the preparation of love phiiters, and
Of connections that are believed to be
certain to bring harm to the enemy of
the victim who pays.
Superstition still has such strong
hold on the minds of those who be-
lieve in obeah that they pay their good
money and protect them in court until
obeah cases at times have become the
bane of officials. Often convictions
are only brought about through deep
laid plots and skillful work on the
part of the police.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-02
Peculiar Pronunciation,

The pronunciation Of English proper
names is established arbitrarily md
independent Of ordinary rules. In
England they pronounce the name Of
the poet Cowper, Cooper; that Of Lord
Cockburn. former chief justice, Co.
burn; that Of Earl Cholmondeley, an
English general and poet, CHUNKY.
Mnrjoribanks Is pronounced March.
banks, and Bolingbroke Is Bulllng-
brook. The name Of Hawarden castle,
where Gladstone died. is pronounced
Harden, and that OF Colonel st. Leger,
who served in the revolutionary war. is
pronounced Silijer.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-02
Eucalyptus Valuable Tree.

Eucalyptus will grow under many
adverse conditions, SO long as they are
protected from frost. The young trees
cannot stand frost, and this fact has
restricted the growth Of the species
to certain favorable sections Of Cali.
fornia and the Southwest. On the
other hand, the trees will thrive on
very poor soil and they do not require
very much attention. Some of the
largest commercial plantations, main.
tanned by railroad companies for tie
making purposes, are located along the
shores Of the Pacific ocean near San
Diego, where their principal moisture
comes from the heavy fogs that roll In
from the sea, and which are absorbed
by the leaves.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-02
Weekly. War Story.

From one of the training camps full
of Ohio soldiers comes this absolutely
veracious story:
The company cook went to the COM
manding officer and respectfully asked
when the soldiers were to be supplied
with gas masks. The officer answered
that he did not know. A week later,
the cook again expressed his desire for
a gas mask. This time, the officer hap
pened to have a sample Of the latest
contrivance- Of this nature. which will
probably be used by our soldiers in the
trenches. He showed 1t to the cook,
who Immediately asked to borrow it.
Inquiry revealed that the cooks idea
was to put the mask on before he
tackled big job Of peeling onions.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-02
VIII Soon Have Sea Masterx.

=. G. Grace, president Of the Bethle-
hem Steel corporation, told the 500
guests Of the Allentown (Pa.) chamber
Of commerce at its banquet recently
that the submarine destroyers which
the Bethlehem corporation will build
for the government are more than all
Of the destroyers now in the world.
Mr.. Grace said he regarded the rapid
construction Of destroyers as the solu-
tion Of the submarine menace. Beth
lehem plants now employ 10000 men
as compared with 1900 Eve years ago.
Charles NJ. Schwab. who also spoke.
said that the pay roll Of the Bethlehem
plants is dow $10o.O00.000 a year.
Iron Age. Nt
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-02
Personal MENTION


Henry Altvater was a visitor to
Denver Sunday. 6e
John Dunn arrived Tuesday even.
ing from Cripple Creek, too late to
attend the funeral of his father. He
was informed that there was only
one train a day into Central, and
that arriving in the evening.
Senator Siewers Fincher was up
from Denver yesterday, inspecting a
mill he thought of moving to Sum-
mitt county. The mill, however, was
not what he wanted.
Charles Brandstetter went over to
Georgetown Saturday to visit with
his family.
Mrs. Frank Richard and daughter,
Of Georgetown, were over tfis week
to attend the funeral of Richard
Dunn.
Will Warren leaves tomorrow for
Durango, where he has accepted a
position of meat cutter in one of the
shops of that city.
E. G. Harrison left this week for
Denver to recuperate his failing
health.
Reginald Thomss, manager of the
Jupiter-Belmont NJ inc at the head of
Russell gulch, made AN inspection of
the mine yesterday.
Matt Chestnut, of Denver, was up
today, making an inspection of his
mines.
Mrs. Roy Ashbaugh and daughter
returned from a visit to Denver last
night.
Mrs ]. L. Richards went to Den
yer Sunday morning.
Sterling Eeuer, of Denver, came up
Sunday to visit his mother.
Or. Roy Ashhaugh went to Dem
yer today.
Otto Scheffler took this mornings
train for Denver.
Ernest Kloer went to Denver Sat
urday, returning Monday night.
Tom Champion and family left Sun
day afternoon for Denver to reside.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Hawley left on
a business trip to Denver Friday, re-
turning Monday night.
Mrs. John Smock and daughter, of
Denver, were visiting old friends
here this week.
Mrs. James Cody and mother, Mrs.
Eplett, returned from a trip to Den
Yer Monday night.
Walter G. Boyle, noted evangelist
and mining man. left for Denver on
Tuesday morning.
Fred M. Bowden left the first OF
the week for Denver to work for the
Vulcan Iron Works.
Steve Laner and family removed
to Denver Thursday.
p. P. Graham was over from Idaho
Springs Monday and Tuesday, buy
ing ore for the Argo mill in Idaho
Springs.