The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-21
MONTGOMERY

Montgomery, May 20.-(Special) Secretary of State John Purifoy Monday received notification of inten- tion to enter the political arena of the following Alabamians: Fred M. Jack son of Birmingham, for congress from Ninth district; John T. Mizelle of Clio, for representative from Barbour couu- ty; J. N. Powell. for senator from Nor gan county.
 Declaring that there is a great shortage in the red meat supply, and that white meats must be used III great quantities, Ira G. Shellabarger, poultry extension husbandman of the department of agriculture, has arrive, in Montgomery, and will take up his work in Alabama.
 It is planned to thoroughly cover the state. holding meetings at central points, and doing everything possible to increase interest
 Sergeant Montgomery, of the Ca nadian army, who lost leg in the fighting around Vimy ridge, was one Of the principal speakers Monday night, when Montgomery's Red Cross drive was opened at the Sidney Lanier High school. Frank Willis Barnett of
 blrmingham, and several prominent
 Montgomerians, also spoke
 Montgomerys Red Cross workers have been organized into 10 teams. each under field captain, and there Will be made thorough canvass of the city and surrounding territory Mont gomery has zone over the top, in every other patriotic campaign, and every indication is that the Red Cross drive will exceed in success all other campaigns.
 Airplanes, flying singly and in bat, tie formation, now are daily seen hoy- ering over the city of Montgomery. and M MontgomerlanS are becoming accus-
 toned to the whirr of propellers. More than hundred students at Taylor iield now are making their solo Inghts and the air above the city seems the favorite training ground" MaJor Hoffman. commandant at Tay- Tor field. asserts that the. field has been remarkably free from accidents, only few of the planes falling. ana
 then before they had attained height. irving conditions are ideal" lie saio Monday, and the field here will
 mean much to Alabama"
 Steiner-Loebman Dry Goods companv. local concern, has received orders from the united States government for IA. .00( pairs or overalls to be used by American forces overseas, and the garments will De delivered within the next seven weeks. The company declines to state the money involved in the contract, but admits that it runs up to considerably
 more than 10000. This is not the first war contract" the company has been awarded
 Judge Henry D. Clayton of the United 1 States court Monday morning presided I at a session unique in the history oi
 courts, when he appeared under tho | proiling sun at Camp Sheridan and ques
 toned POO members of the Ohio division
 men who automatically became citizen.
 under the recent act of Congress Ths men. most of tehm Austrians and Ger
 mans, are loyal to the United States and are anxious to go lover there" ano i do their bit. There are 100 men in the ! division who come under the new law | and another session will be held Tues. day. Maj. Ralph Cole. former congress i man; Brig. Gen. William R. Smith. cam, commander. and other prominent person.
 made short addresses to the new Ameri. | cans"
 l Mai. Gen. Charles E. Farnsworth com. manding the Thirty-scventh division a Camp Sheridan. with members of the di vision stan. ieft Monday for destira 1 tion not announced at headquarters Units making up the division are con 1 tinuing training work
 | Lieut.-Col. Hubert J. Turney, judg. l advocate of the Thirty-seventh division \ announces that more than 200 cases hay, been handled by the several courts-mar tial since the arrival of the division las August. Several heavy sentences wer
 passed and many men were given up |,
 . year in the division stockade.