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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19

Birmingham retail merchants have under consideration a reduction in their delivery service. The matter came up at the regular weekly meeting of the eX utive committee of the Retail Merchants association at the Chamber of Com merce yesterday afternoon, and will be further considered at a meeting of the association at the Southern club lunch con tomorrow at o'clock p. m.
 MT. Loveman. state representative ot the national council of defense, met With the executive committee and explained the plan that has been in effect in q number of other cities. He will remain in the city and explain the matter to tho entire membership of the association at the luncneon tomorrow.
 The plan adopted in some of the cities provides for a cooperative delivery sys- tenn maintained by all the merchants joining in the move. A central point is selected to which all goods to be deliv- cred by any member of the cooperative
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
IA GERMAN ALIEN FEMALES REGISTER;
 OVER 100 EXPECTED
Law Made Plain by Chief Shirley and All Must Comply or Be
 Imprisoned

Only 14 German alien females regis tered during the first two days of the registration which is being held in the office of Chief of Police Shirley at the city nall. A large number have called at the office of the board to register, but failed to have photographs of themselves as required by law and were sent to se- cure them
 Sergeant Eddie Lyons, who is assist ing Chief Shirley, stated yesterday aft ernoon that there would probably be more than 100 German alien females to register in Birmingham. The office will be open from 6 a. m. to p. m, and all German alien females are warned of the importance of complying with this law, and any person failing to do so in the required length of time will be subject to imprisonment and detention for the duration of the war or exile from the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
DIVISION OF ALLIED ARMIES ID COMPLETE PLANS Leading Workers to Attend Dinner at TutwiIer When Plan of Campaign Will
 Be Mapped Out

The Womans Rainbow division of the allied armies is engaged in gathering its forces for the War Savings Stamps canvass. which will begin Tuesday, June 25
 Twenty of the leading workers in this division will attend dinner given by the allied armies tomorrow evening at the Tutwiler hotel, at which time they will get all information regarding the work mapped out for the Rainbow divi- sion. Letters of instruction are being mailed to all district generals in which they are reminded especially that work CTS must solicit only in their assigned territory.
 There will be a meeting at the Cham Der of Commerce tomorrow morning at Il o'clock for the purpose of instructing solicitors in matters pertaining to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
Local Merchants Consider
 Reduction in DeliUeries
Cooperative Delivery System Is Under Advsement Order to Conserve Man Power For Other Vacations
 More Needed by Government

association is sent and there collected by their common agent and delivered to the purchaser.
 It is claimed that the adoption of this system Will result in the saving of man power, a thing very much in favor throughout the country just now, ana that better service can be given than if each merchant attempted to make his own deliveries on reduced scale, sueh as is the custom in recent months in some cities.
 The government shortly after entering the war suggested to the retail merchants that they cut down the number of daily deliveries and insist upon customers carrying home small packages, thereby releasing for essential industries a large number of men. In every city some eff fort has been made to comply with this request, but in most instances where each merchant continued to make his own deliveries. though reducing the num- Der to one a day, it has proved very un- satisfactory. On the other hand, it is claimed that satisfactory results have been obtained wherever the co-opera- tive system has been adopted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
Dr. Hall to Speak at
 Independent Church

Dr. Walter P. Hall, Princeton pro- lessor and ambulance driver in France, will talk to the public in Birmingham on Sunday at both services of the In dependent Presbyterian church. on the war situation. At the evening service he will speak on the morale of the soldier. at which time he will talk personally about his own experiences at the front and on the ocean Going over pr Hall was rescued from a tor pedoed boat and has many interesting and instructive messages for the peo- pie of America.
 Dr. Hall is a young man of only 34 years and former professor of history at Princeton university, where he taught in Woodrow Wilson's classroom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
BOY SCOUTS TO TAKE
 CENSUS OF WALNUT
 TREES IN COUNTY
Government Calls for Black Walnut Fir Manufacture of Gun Stocks
 and Scant to Make Count
RESOURCES

Under the direction of M. w. Fellows, the Boy Scouts of Birmingham will take a census of the black walnut trees in Jefferson county. MT. Fellows has made a partial census of the trees, through the assistance of the postmasters in the county, but it is not as complete as he wishes it to be. The Boy Scouts will be sent out to visit every farm and every section and to make an actual count of the trees.
 Black walnut is used in making gun stocks, and the government has called upon the owners of that class of tlm- Der in this state to furnish all the tim Der possible In order that the Boy Scouts can get over the county MT. Eel lows requests owners of automobiles who are willing to loan them for the pur- pose of taking them on the trips to communicate with him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19

canvass. The first general to turn in her complete list of workers was Mrs. A. L. Brown of Avondale. who has ap- pointed as assistants Mrs S. W. OdelL Mrs S. R. Caffee Mrs. J. A. Osburn. Mrs Emmett L. smith. Mrs. $. c. Frey, Mrs. $. E. smith, IT. Mrs. Bert Mont gomery, Mrs Foster Brade, Mrs. John Gilberth, Mrs. Terry and Mrs. scott
 Mrs. 1, D. Brown, general of the North Highlands, has reported her committee
 IS also ready for work and interest IS being manifested In this house-to-house canvass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
BEHIND THE CURTAIN

There is no representative of the Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power com pany here now, but yet they are the peo- pie behind the curtain" said MT. Bur russ. 'They have no more evidence to present to this commission than they have presented in the past, when they appeared before this commission and stated that they would agree to an audit of their books if we wanted informa- an examination if it was to be made just for idle curiosity.
 "Whatever happens, eventually the peo- pie are going to control the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, and ceased to be controlled by that corpora ton. This plan was conceived by them, and they have had it in their minds for sometime. They made the statement last fall that they would not spend any more money in Birmingham until the attitude of the people of Birmingham changed toward them. Now, unless there IS some new evidence presented l will not only vote against this proposition, but I will get into the fight and do all that l can to defeat it.'
 pr. Barrett was next heard, and he stated that while he did not wish to make any threat against the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, he was convinced of their bulldozing tac- tlcs. and that he would promise the peo- ple that the commission would meet any condition that may arise and do all that it could to improve the service ana to see why 1t IS that the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company does not improve it's service.
 Commissioner Hornardy seconded MT. Rrown's motion and the resolution was ,,nn n ni,1OIlsly adODted. N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
EXAMINATIONS HELD
 BY DENTAL BOARD
Fifteen Applicants for Practice of Dentistry Before Board.
 Free Clinic

Examinations of applicants for license to practice dentistry are being conducted in the old Denta, college rhis week. Eff teen applications are before the board and the results will be announced the last of the week.
 The board is composed of Dr. A. K. Parkes of Montgomery, president; Dr. H. Clay Hassell of Tuscaloosa, secre- tary; Dr. w. J. Reynolds of Selma, Dr. H. T. McKinnon of Troy and pr. c. w.. Lokey of Birmingham.
 Free clinics are held daily beginning at s o clock a. m, at which examina- tions are made and filings put in with out charge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
TIMBER AND LOGGING MEN WANTED FOR
 GOVERNMENT WORK
Men Needed to Cut Timber for Air planes in Washington Forests. Negro Women Employed at
 Blast Furnaces

Expert timber and logging men are wanted by the United States employment bureau for work in the spruce forests of Washington state, where timber for air planes is being cut. A call for number of these men was received at the local agency of the federal employment bureau yesterday. If any men meeting the tests are secured here they will be started for Washington state the last of this week.
 As result of the notice in The Age Herald few days ago that one of the blast furnace companies in the Bir- minSham district was asking for negro women to work as truckers, Mrs. l.. w. Pittn1an of the local United States em-l ployment agency, has engaged about l5 women for that work. and they are now sson the job.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
JONES GOES
 TO CAMP PIKE

Charles E. Jones. who has been claim clerk of the Birmingham traffic bureau the past two years, went to Chattanooga. Tenn, yesterday to spend few days with his mother before being inducted into the army. He is in the draft, which has been ordered to camp next Monday. He will go with the Birmingham boys to Camp Pike, Arkansas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
ORDINANCES PASSED

The commission in the afternoon passed an ordinance to make it unlawful Tor anyone to own or possess dog upon which the license had not been paid pun ishable by 5 fine ana the payment of the license.
 A dance hall at 2S2l Avenue was abolished by the revoking of the city license.
 An ordinance to regulate barber shops, prepared by the health department, was passed. This ordinance, while very strin- gent, is caiculated to eliminate lnsan- itary conditions and to prevent the spreading of any contagious disease
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued in the probate office yesterday: Murray N. Smith of Duluth, to Miss Lucille Grant.
 R. E. Wilson to Miss Susie M Good win.
 Otis B. Hayes to Miss Alize Jemison. Lester Plyer to Miss Elizabeth Cook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19
Bishop of Trent Interned

New York. June 1S--Bishop Endioi of Trent, in the Austrian Tyrol, has been interned by the Austrians in an abbey near Vienna, according to ca ble message received here today by the director of the Italian bureau of in formation.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
Lambs Are Lambs, But When
They Start to Behave Like
Cranky Goats, Good Night!

them in a state of mind so that they
were afraid to go out of the house.
Next the lamb butted a solicitor off
the premises. Then one afternoon
when Mrs. Wentworth was all dolled
out preparatory to going ous and
making some calls the lamb butted
into her as she was going down the
front walk. She was knocked down
and new dress ruined. Mr.. Went
worth looked upon these antics of
the lamb as a good joke, but a few
days later he got his. The next day
the lamb was on the way to the
butcher Shop.
Mr.. Wentworth was out moving
the lawn. Innocently ignorant of
the fact that the lamb was about the
premises, he was pushing the lawn
mower along, whistling the tune Of
some familiar air when he was struck
from the rear land sent flying over
the moving machine, landing some 10
or Is feet away. Lying flat on the
ground he looked around to find the
propelling power that sent him flying
through the air. He was not long in
making the discovery, for little
way off stood the lamb with head
down, braced preparatory for another
drive. Wentworth rolled out of range
and getting up, ran for cover. That
night the lamb was roped anG tied to
nearby telephone pole and the
next morning, bright and early was
on the way to the butcher shop.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09

John Wentworth lives out in Min.
ne Lusa addition and some weeks age
he hardened to the call of "Buy a
Sheep and Help Win the War" While
Mr.. Wentworth still has faith that
the United States and its allies will
win the war, he doesn't believe the
sheep will prove to be important
factors in bringing about the desired
result. At any rate, regardless OF
whether or not the war is won, no
more sheep will Craze on the Went
worth lawn.
Mr.. Wentworth bought his lamb
at the stockyards and when he made
the purchase the little animal was as
docile as the one that Followed
Mary to School one Day" Soon
after taking the lamb home its dis
position changed and for this reason
it found its way to the meat block of
the butcher shop At the same time
Mr.. Wentworth became firmly con-
vinced that sheep are not going to do
much in the way of winning the war
unless, alive, they are sent to the
battle front.
Shortly after getting his lamb home
and turning it loose on the succu-
lent grass of the Wentworth front
lawn, it became pugnacious and in
sisted in fighting everything in sight.
1t drove the family dog from home
and a few days later, attacked the
Wentworth children. 1t soon had
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09

OF the speed Of the machine as i,
whizzes through the air. Balloonists
say that as they ride in the basket
beneath the big silken bag, noiselessly
sailing between heaven and earth
they feel as though they are part Of
the fixture and have no sense of fear,
The view from q balloon is su-
|pyeme sensation. Leo Stevens de-
clares.
IF once suspended in the air you
can never forget the magnificent
view that bursts before you as you
mount into the world above" he
said. "One second you are on earth
the next lowering over the city with
the aerial grounds nothing but a
tiny patch beneath you. The vast
panorama of /. house-dotted valleys
ianked by tier after tier of hills is in
striking contrast to the puny view
Of earth just left behind. 1t takes
you by. storm, like one from whose
eyes the bandagcs has been removed
suddenly. The spaces seem to know
no limit Of human vision until at last,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
Government Provides Dramatic
Amusements at All Army Camps

New York, June 7.-Realizing the
need OF wholesome entertainment for
soldiers training in the National army
and National guard cantonments
throughout the country, the govern
ment of the United States for the
first time in history, has undertaken
the task of providing dramatic ,amuse-
ments Of high order and, to main
tain and improve the standards al
ready set, has gone into the business
of theatrical management. The sue
cess already achieved, according to
a resume of the situation compiled hy
the commission on trainisk camp
activities of the, W1ar department, in
charge o. Al. work, augurs we'll for
the continuation and expansion of
The work,
AS first step, the War department
constructed in each of the 16 National
army cantonments theater seating
2,S0O or 5000 persons, and in each
OF the 10 National guard cantonments,
a smaller one with capacity between
1000 and 1900. In each of these
theaters there is being presented
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
WALNUT
PLAYS PART IN
WAR IN EUROPE
Great Quantities Of Trees
Grown in Nebraska Cut
Down to Be Worl. I'd Up
Into Gun Stocks.

Southeastern Nebraska is being de.
nuded OF its black walnut trees which
have fourished on river and creek
bottoms for half a century or more,
sheltering nothing more belligerent
than squirrels or birds, and they are
now being cut down to be converted
into lumber for gun stocks to do their
part toward stopping the savage on
slaughts of the Huns.
War is calling for its sacrifices of
the forests. as sswell as Of men, and
black walnut trees that were planted
i and nourished as windbreaks or orna-
mental settings by the pioneers, vet
erans of civil war just closed, are
now being handled as part OF their
5 weapons by their sons.
Black walnut is the ideal wood for
gun stocks. The wood is resilient and
shock absorbing and the demand is so
great that Boy Scouts are sent out as
timber cruisers, spotting trees, locat-
ing owners and using such arguments
of patriotism as will cause the owners
I to be willing to have the trees fellcd
and turned over to war uses.
Woodnan Spare that Tree" Is but
! sentimental appeal these days and
when il comes to black walnut the
plea IS unheeded.
Every station along the railroads
in the eastern part OF Nebraska has
its piles Of walnut logs ready for ship
n1eflt to the factories where they are
fabricated into gun stock lumber. The,
timber sells At from 500 to $50 pei
1,o00 feet, according TO quality.
Humboldt, Union, Julian, Howe
and Stella are important shipping
points Of the timber and thousands
cf logs have been sent from these sta
lions during the last year.
It II thought by the end of the war
black walnut timber will be very
much Of 1 rarity in this section. Very
little i being planted now. The great
est black walnut tree planter Is the
sed, or fox squirrel. The busy little
fellow, working out some instructive
achesiae Of self preservation, and to
U11rsntee future food supply for its
poetefity viii deliberately select from
lks winter store the nuts Of the black
walnut and, after choosing the places
be1f adapted to tree growth, will plant |
therl, letting nature do the rest to-
ward developing the trees.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09

Grated are of an insidious and dead
ly nature.
An instance is related of a char
coal burner who inhaled gas while he
was in the act OF closing one OF the
draft holes at the top of the retort.
He was strangled and blindly at
tempted to reach a place of safety.
Hidden from his view, as he groped
along was a bed of red hot Goals.
He crashed through the thin covering
of dirt and fell into a fiery pit and
was instantly burned to death.
A pile of wood used in an. orai-
nary kiln loses 80 per cent of its
weight in being reduced, to charcoal
and so cords OF wood will Weld
about 1900 bushels IF charcoal.
D. 6. Miller Clyde apartments,
1906 Ohio street and E. E. Moser,
5805 Florence boulevard, are the
heads of local factory which uses
charcoal as raw material for re-
duction into valuable by-products and
their pioneering in this industry has
placed them on the high road to
wealth.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
H()MING PIGEONS
WILL BE USED TN
ARMY IN FRANCE

LouisvilIe, KY, June 7.-Experi-
n1entp at Camp Zachary Taylor. as at
other military training centers, give
promise that the United States army
viii be amply able to provide for its
avn needs in the matter Of homing or
carrier pigeons. This is largely due
~ the cooperation Of homing pigeon
Eiubp Of which there arc but a few
! "a this country as compared to Eu-
rope. These clubs have loaned their
finest birds for breeding purposes to
build up the blood lines Of army
homing pigeon lofts and practically
ali Of these lofts are Ia the hands OF
fofmer members OF such clubs.
The lofts at Camp Zachary Taylor
ake Ia charge Of Lieutenant Joseph +.
Hagan, selected for that duty because
he had been pigeon fancier before
IN elltered the military service. Under
hln afe men who have bred and flown
heuiqg pigeons. All are attached to
tie signal corps.
1ests have shown that the pigeons
IN be depended upon to carry mes
&a1e under any conditions and in q
IeaGth Of time frequently impossible
~ any other means OF communica-
tion One OF these tests was recently
made for the benefit Of Major Gen.
4fxl Harry G. Hale, commander Of the
ð division, national army, at Camr
Zachary Taylor. A bird was released
from sfl encan1prpent at La Grange
<1th i message ordering thar ruu-
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09

in the distance the skies seem to melt
into one with the arch of the vaulted
heavens"
World Famous Flyer.
Leo Stevens. formerly instructor of
ballooning at Fort Omaha, recently
transferred from Omaha to Washing
ton to assist in the air division Of
the United States War department, is
known as the worlds greatest bal
loon flyer. His biography reads like
a chapter from Arabian Nights.
He made his first ascension from
Cleveland, o., when he was II years
old. AT Is he had reputation. The
aristocrats of the east lionized him.
At l6 he began manufacturing bal
looms and aerial supplies. Later he
became interested in the parachute
and, when little more than a lad,
made a flight from Lake Ontario to
South Carolina, a distance of 100
miles, at that time the record flight.
The human eagle has made more
than 5000 fights and has made more
than 400 parachute drops. For long
time he was associated with the
famous French aeronauts, Count De
Ia Vaulx and Count Charles lie Wee.
He educated the millionares Of the
east in flying and gave them their
first taste OF "sky life
Made First Dirigible.
In 1901 Stevens made the first
"dirigible" balloon which ascended iii
this country under power. In 1907
he built the first United States
government aircraft under a special
contract for Brigadier General James
Allen, chief of the signal corps. In
July, 1907, he became balloon in
structor in the United States army
and had as his first passengers Col
onel De Forest Chandler who is now
head of the entire balloon forces
abroad and J. c.. Mccoy, now a major
in charge Of the balloon division at
Washington, d. c.
In 1909 Stevens was the first pas
senger in an airplane in America.
He later made many airplane flights in
America, Canada, and South America.
In 1911 he invented the parachute
pack" a contrivance which enables
the flyer to make an easy and safe
jump from his machine.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09

various stages OF combustion and
when glorious cloud of vapor of
an indigo tinge arises from the diff
ferent small openings they are closed
and new ones are made nearer the
base.
The kilns, as they burn, decrease
IN size and when flames, like hiss
ing serpents, squirm from the foot
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09

You know you have the tired feel
ing, but you wonder why. It is be-
cause the various organs of your
body are not doing their normal
duties You need a tonic to help
them perform until nature takes hold.
And Cadomene Tablets are guaran-
teed by the manufacturers to be just
the tonic you need to overcome the
lethargy Of poisoned nerves and
weak, flabby muscles. Try them a
week and see what wonders they per-
form for your poor, tired aching body
and distressed mind. Sold BIZ al
,druggists.-Adv.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
Stunned.

Now, Lieutenant Tompkins," said
the general, ''you have the battalion
in quarter column, facing south--how
would you get it into line. in the
quickest possible way, facing north
east?"
well, SIR" said the lieutenant,
after. moments fruitless considera-
ton, do YOU know, that's what I've
often wondered.r--Boston Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09
ne Clergyman Becomes
lIbcr Of British peerane

1don, June 6.--The new Lord De
Iays who succeeds TO the barony
33<anf ~ the death Of the for
ron, brings up to two the num-
9ctive clergynnen now IN the fist
BxitiSh peeraoe. He is the vicar
Sn4sh parish II Vantage, The
9her aetive clergyman in the
AZ Lord Montmorres, vicar Of
~ - two other peers, the earl
md the marquis Of Norman
6xe qualified clersymen, but
ao active church posts st
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-09

nightly dramatic, musical or vaude-
vile performance for which the ad-
mission charge is 25 cents.
The plays presentd are all Broad
wayway successes of the past years,
given by excellent companies, the
members of which have given their
services at greatly reduced salaries.
The government itself owns and
operates a number of the companies.
A new play, "A Marriage in Heaven"
by Captain H. H. Hughes Of Camp
Lee, written expressly for production
in tanioh.ients, marks the initial at
tempt of the~ United States in the
encouragement of the young drama
tist, When first presented at Camp
Lee, May 10, the play proved an in
slant hit.