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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
PREsIDENT RESPONDS

Chaunont, December 25.--(By the Asso- .ciated Press. )--In response to an address, presented to him at the Hotel De VillA soon after his arrival here today Pres ident Wilson said: T feel that I have been peculia{ly honored iu the generous reception 5o,l have given me, and 1t is the more de- nghtful because it so obviously corhes from the heart, And cannot but beliAvs that it is an instnctiye response to the feeling that is in my own breast, because I think that esen you, who feel contact with our soldiers, cannot but realize Sthe depth and sincerity Of the feeling ofIthe Tinted States for France
 Tt is an ancient friendship. but it has been renewed and has taken on New youth. 1t is friendship which Is not only tentative, but one based updn a communion of principle.
 .sYou have spoken very generously and beautifully of the relations which have sprung up between yourselves and our soldiers. Tlat is because they came Aot only to associate themselves with you as the champions of liberty. but they eaIhe with personal affections in their hearts for the people Of France They did ndlt come as strangers in their thoughts TheA brought with them something that madei them feel at home the moment they werf at Havre or at Brest in France.
 ..So am very much moved by, thu5 being drawn. as they have been. int6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26

,,ters aMs ing Ile wal. Tnis hofae fleet I is tonight anchored In the Hudson.
 At the Statue of Liberty, to the west I of the main channel, will be stationed the Presidential yach Mayflower. car rying Secretary Daniels, who arrived
 here tonight from Washington for the
 review. Aboard will be other members ] Of the cabinet, army and naval officers | Of high rank and other distinguished guests.
 1 Behind the Mayflower will be anchored
 the Aztec, bearing Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, the naval committees of Sem late and House, Real Admiral Burrage and foreign military and naval officers. Tn Line with the Aztec will be the naval press boat xarifa and several other steamers carving city officials and their guests
 TO REACH MAYFLOWER AT 10
 The Arizona will reach the Mayflower at about 10 o'clock, according to an of f'cial announcement tonight by Vice Admiral Grant. As each vessel passes the seeretarys ship il will fire 19 guns in MT. Daniels honor and the Mayflow- CT will roar It's reply.
 Admiral Mayo's flagship, the Penn syivana, will be preceded besides the Arizona, by the Oklahoma, Nevada and Utah. Then will follow the New York, Texas, Arkansas, Wyoming and Florida. In this order they will anchor. a line six miles long stretching from Fifty eighth to One Hundred and Seventy-fif street
 Then the fleet will full dress ship with the men lining the rails and bril- liant colored pennants floating from lanyards run to the mastheads The Mayflower will circle the entire fleet The salutes will be repeated and from each craft will come the strains of "The Star-Spangled Banner" played by the ships band.
 The Mayflower will then anchor at the foot of Ninety-second street and Secretary Daniels will receive Admiral Mayo and the commanding officers of the various ships, who will come along side in their launches.
 Meanwhile, contingents from each ship of the overseas fleet numbering 10000 men in all, will debark for New York's first postwar parade. Through streets gaily decorated with flags and bunting the sailors will proceed along Broadway to Fifty-ninth street across to Fifth avenue and march down that historic thoroughfare under the arch of victory at Madison Square. At Twen- ty-third street the columns will turn toward the Hudson river, embarking for the various ships.
 At dusk each ship will be outlined brilliantly with strings Of electric lights. Every turret, heavy gun and mast will stand out in a blaze of light and the name of each vessel will be spelled out in colors. The flagshiDs will carry pennants of blue bulbs, with their correct designations in silver stars
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26

or receiving, found there the real spirit of Christmas
 WOUNDED NOT FORGOTTEN
 The Red Cross distributed presents te and provided entertainment for 2,0O0 sol diers and sailors in hospitals and camps Ten thousand families opened their homes to one or more service men, who were provided holiday dinners At war cam. community huts throughout the city ,0Vt soldiers were beneficiaries of gifts amusement and food, At many Broad way theatres the men found admittance free
 The Young Mems Christian associa- tion, the Young Women's Christian asso- citation, Salvation Army and other war work organizations contributed similarly to make this day joyous one for dough- boy and tar. In every hospital where these men lie sick or wounded, bundles of presents were placed at the bedsides.
 Men of the allied merchant marine who have survived Uboat attacks found their welcome at the Seamens Church institute where 66S Christmas dinners were served and useful presents distrl- buted
 10000 MEALS PROVIDED
 The Salvation Army abandoned it's customary programme of dinners for .'down and outs and instead provided 4o,00O meals for needy families and pre- scented safety razors to army and navy men who visited the organizations s head quarters.
 For men who could not come because of their wounds, Christmas trees and entertainment were provided in some Of the hospitals.
 Santa Claus visited many of the police stations and mnistered to the children of the poor with candy, clothing, fruit and toys, and told stories of St. Nicho- las
 To the wives and children of hundreds of men who are in. prison the Volunteers of America sent packages containing clothing and other useful articles Within the Tombs and other penal institutions men and women were provided with dinners, gifts and entertainment to make their Christmas Day happier one to bear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
Vanguard Of Ouerseas Armada Drops Anchor; Enter Harbor Today
Ttans of the Sea, Under Shadow of Statue of Lib- erty, Will Pass in Review Before Secretary
 Daniels During the Day
By the Associated Pres.

New York December 25Ten great batteships, the guard of Americas armada returning home shores alter IS months service in European waters dropped anchor off Sandy Hook They will tomorrow rumpha and the shadow of bert statue pass in review before Secretary Daniels
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
WILSON REVIEWS TROOPS
 AND LEA YES FOR ENGLAND
Presidential Train Reached Chaumont at 9 A. M Yesterday, Where Cordial
 Welcome Was Extended

Chaumont December 25.-(By the Associated Press ) President Wilson received most cordial today the people of Chaumon which has been closely sociated with the history of the American xpedonary France and the headquarters of the chief the town from which Americas part finishing directed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
DANIELS LEAVES WASHINGTON

Washington, December 25.-Secretary Daniels left today for New York. where tomorrow he will review the home com ing American warships which have been on duty in the war zone. He will be Joined there early tomorrow by Secre- taries Baker and Houston. General March. chief of staff, and Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to the President, who will be his guests aboard the May flower
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
Gotham Celebrate s As Neuer Before
From Bowery to Fifth Avenue, New Workers Join in Common Celebration Soldiers and Sai-
 lors Feted and Poor Not Neglected
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New York. December 25New York today celebrated it's greatest Christmas clouds enveloped the world In again mankind while in homes without number offered thanksgiving loved spared conflict of all times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26

St H is2 11l .fe ~ Ssal&f " tf x Paris at midnight, drew into the Chau- mont station at o'clock this morning General Pershing. General Wirbel, the French officer commanding the zone, and NJ. Fossien, prefect of the depart ,ment of the Marne. and M. Levy-Alph- andry, mayor of Chaumont, were on the platform to receive the President and Mrs. Wilson. who. after responding g the cordial greetings, passed through q saloon hung with red tapestries and flags to the courtyard, where a com pany of the 109th French infantry and a company of the 102d American infantry were drawn up to render honcrs.
 The exterior of the station and the courtyard had been decorated for the occasion by American soldiers with the French and American colors After pass- ing the guard of honor in review. the President took his place in a motor car and the party proceeded to the city hall Dense crowds massed behind the lines of guards in khaki; the streets were bril- liantly decorated and hung with banners bearing inscriptions of welcome
 As the party passed through, the peo- pie of Chaumont joined in continuous exclamation of the President
 WEATHER COLD
 All tnlS part or trance lay under a gray cloud and banks of drizzling cold rain when the Presidents train pulled into the station. The troops declared the weather was exceptionally fine, as com pared with the usual brand of weather and every one had broad smile beam ing above his mud bespattered khaki uniform.
 Things were in motion early for the review. When the President raised the curtain of a window in his car the first person he saw was a strapping Ameri- can doughLoy on guard, who gravely came to salute. The President smilingly gave him Merry Christmas,'' and made hira the happiest soldier in France. A French troop train passing gave a 'svive Wilson"
 As his train moved in the President saw on every hand monuments of Amer ica's participation in the war. There were great piles of supplies everywhere and American soldiers swarmed on to the locomotives, box cars, tree tops and every point of vantage to get glimpse of the President and shout a Merry Christmas"
 The folks back home would have called it the dreariest Christmas Day in history, but it was the greatest one, for these one for the President He was ready for the ''big day. and looking forward to every feature. He remarked that the rolling hills and wooded ridges looked not mike the Virginia hills, where he was accustomed to ride and play golf when at nome,
 tI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26

Y s1Ir gmtds aHa into ,,our eonfiaerce and wish to thank you very warmly for them and the people of the United States. l, like them, shall carry away with me the most delightful recollections and in my heart shall always say, as now say 'Vive La France'''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
WOUNDED NOT FORGOTTEN

or receiving, found there the real spir
 of Christmas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24
The Railroad Trial Marriage

From the New Republic.
 The present Jason between the gov ernment and the railroads has been likened to trial marriage, mar riage with time fuse. The affections ate couple are to be automatically put asunder on the last day of the 2Ist month after the declaration of peace. So says the law. But law. however explicit, may be changed if it does not meet conditions and fulfill expecta- tions. Today it seems probable that the law will be changed unless one of the two things happens: either that the railroad companies propose q method of private management which will preserve the advantages of unity and yet forestall the danger of si- gantic and uncomfortable monopoly; or else that the railroad administration breaks down utterly under conditions
 which would condemn government management permanently. The second alternative is kelly. The trial mar
 riage has as yet developed no violent antiquities or invincible incompatibilir l ties. The marital record has been good There have been excellent intentions adequate foresight, intelligence and honesty. Above all the record has beer only one Of good beginnings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24
In Abe Martins Country

Lyman P. Powell in The Living Church.
 All Brown county seemed to be wait ing for when late we reached the picnic grounds" Abe Martin types hung round the roadway to the grove. Gin ger pop. orange cider, ice cream cones were disappearing down warm and thirs- ty threats. All through the grove there were grateful voices talking gently of the saving of the corn crop by the re- cent rains. Coats and collars were not as numerous as on Fifth avenue, but kind hearts and friendly visiting and exchange of condolences were as evident as anywhere in all the world. Veterans of 61 were linking up their war with this, and one elaborately whiskered farm CT earnestly eonfided to me: T fought four years to make good Lincolns word, and I guess our boys today will stand by Woodrow"
 Honest, homely, shrewd and wise, they talked Abe Martins language:
 It's nice t liveain little town where you don't have t give somebuddy dime to hold your overcoat."
 "A kicker is nearly alters wrong,''
 "A sympathfzer Is a feller that's fer you as long as it don't cost anything
 Politics is just one five-cent cigar after another
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24
THE ONE WOMAN AT THE ALCAZAR FOR ONE WEEK Worthy Successor to Birth of a Nation" by Thomas Dixon, Starts Here
 Monday

One of the greatest screen produc- xions aver made and one which IS a
 worthy successor to The Birth of
 Nation," is the great special Master-
 craft production, entitled The One
 Woman" by Thomas Dixon, which will
 De shown at the Alcazar for one whole E~week. beginning Monday
 Frank NGordon, a brilliant clergynan, becomes inbued with the spirit of su- cialism. until finally the members or his church take steps to have him re- sign. Gordon refuses to give up his ned career and in d final speech from the pulpit of his church he calls tor laid in building the proposed tempie l of man" Gordon's wife Is heartbroken, as she sees in his actions the Influence lof Kate Ransom, beautiful wohah'
 whose wealth and sympathy graaually won Gordon away from his God anc home. At last Gordcn divorces his l Mife and enters into common law 1 agreement with Kate Ransom. | His former wife still struggles along with the hope that some day Gordon
 will return to her. Finally his col- l leagues take steps to vote against the ! goyernment's order for conscription. l Gordon refuses to enter into their plan l and as a result he is voed out of his lown temple Despondent and broken : hearted, Gordon goes home. to find that ! his common law wife has become tho l mistress of another mani Gordon, III 1 furious fight, manages to kill the man with his own hands. He is found guilty of murder and sentenced to pris- 1 on for life but his former wife comes l to his rescue and pleads for his par l don
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24
GEORGE DAMEREL RETURNS TOLYR|C
 IN 7''LITTLE LIAR"
"A Long Way From Broad way" Is Big Dance, Comedy and Musi-
 cal Offering

Many big Keith acts will be presented at the Lyric this week and the pro sramme will be featured by pretentious and well known attractions.
 Some of the big features of the prog gramme will be "A Long Way From Broadway" big production of dance. com edy and music; George Damerel, cele- brated entertainer in a musical farce, "The Little Liar" Momi Kalama, Ha- waiian princess, in "A Hawaiian Nights Entertainment" Ned Norton and his Joyland Girls-a carload of girls, fun and song: Restivo, wizard of the piano-accor- deon and other pleasing attractions
 The headline attraction the first half of the week will be the musical produc- tion, "A Long Way From Broadway" This production is presented by a tall ented cast of ten artists and is fea- tured by high-class entertainment It is a conglomeration of song, music, dance, comedy, pretty girls and~special scenery. The song numbers are new and rendered in a most attractive manner by pleas ing singers with good voices.
 Ned Norton and his Joyland Girls will be another pleasing attraction the first half of the week. Norton is a famous black face entertainer and in this act keeps the fun flying thick and fast. He mas Cl6NeF young ldulSS lO doSlSl Hlln in the fun and frolic and the musical numbers feature the act!
 Other attractions Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be Leon Sisters and com pany in sensational combination iron jaw and tight wire act; Restivo, wizard of the piano-accordeon, and Nora< Hilton and company, real singing comedienne
 George Damerel and company in a mu- sical farce, The Little Liar" will bs the feature attraction the last half of the week. Damerel is one of the most pop. ular- vaudeville entertainers who comes to Birmingham, and is always given 2 cordial reception Assisted by Myrtle Vail, Edward Hume and a coterie o other artists he will present most pleas ing musical farce. There will Salso bs presented on the programme Thursday Friday and Saturday Florence Rayfield magnetic singing comedenne; Prnces Momi Kalama in "A Hawaiian Night Entertainment" Mack and Naybelle songs and comedy and Girls of the Al titude.' a quartette of aeril artists. Tn, latest news events of the day shown il pictures Is always a pleasing feature a the Lyric.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24
Rnhemia's Resources

From .The Czecho- Slovaks and Their
 Great Leader" by stephen F. Duggan.
 in the American Review of Reviews.
 It can be readily understood why the Hapsburgs have always been determined to retain control of Bohemia and to in- sst that the union between Austria and Bohemia is a real union and not merely a personal one. Bohemia has been from the very beginning of the connection the economic backbone of the Austrian cominions It is the most advanced and progressive in agriculture, manufactures, and commerce Favored with an admir- able climate and inhabited by an in- telligent and industrial rural population, 1t. has over 50 per cent of it's area under excellent cultivation. With the excep- ton of salt. almost every useful mineral and metal is to be found within it's bor-
 bers. With it's rich mines of coal and iron it has been enabled not only to as- sume the supremacy of all the provinces of the dual monarchy; in industry, but to become one of the greatest manufac- turing centers of Europe. Hand in hand with this manufacturing activity has gone it's commercial development This has been stimulated by the building of a splendid railway. canal and road sys-
 tenn. Almost one-third of the total rail- ways of Austria are in Bohemia This
 remarkable industrial development en- ablss the Czech provinces of Austria at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24
LOEW'S BILL FOR
 COMING WEEK IS
 FULL OF "PEP'
Charles Mack for First Half and "The Royal Yuena" Troupe for Last Half
 Are Headliners

Charles Marck, who has petutation as being one of the best Irish entsrtaipers in vaudeville, and his company in comedy playlet of Irish life called "A Friendly Call" will be big added att traction at Loew's Bijou theatre the first half of the coming week The theme of the playle4 deals with the visit of an old Irshman to a sick friend, and his consolation forms all the comedy Charles Mack finishes the act with a delightful solo on hornpipe and dance
 The Payne children, boy and girl, who are the personification of youth and vivaeity, will present dainty reper toire of song, dance and mirth under the title of The Spirit of Youth" will also be on the bill.
 Lester Calvin and Anna Thornton in a brilliant comedy bit called At Pier Five, a combination of new songs of their own compositions will be an added feature.
 Other acts will be The Painters by Evans and Sidney, an original blend of harmony and hilarity, and the three Vel- danos in daring feats in the air. Other acts for the last half of the week are Gertie DeMilt in clever melodies and dances. She is the girl with the smile; three Gibson Girls, in an artistic melange of musical. vocal and dancing 1 specialties; the Dal City Four Uncle Sam's harmony singers from Texas and vaudeville's most stupendous offering who are marvels from the orient, Royal l Yuena troupe, the wonders of all times, presenting the most spectacular oriental eccentricities, introducing Risely, aero battle and equilibristic novelties, with the
 10 people in the cast
 For the first half of the week the photoplay will be the Lee kids, Jane and Katherine, in '@rell It To the Marines, J | q for ,a1x i,a ttyIi i1h t1aace l juvenile stars are wonderful, while foi the last half of the week Olive Tell will be seen in a photoplay de luxe. Secret | Strings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24
Value of Temperance

From the Peoples Home Journal.
 At a meeting of the National Tenn perance league in London recently the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24
Justified Qualifications


 From the New Republic
 The qualifications introduced by the allies relate to the freedom of the seas and to the question of reparatiye in demnities As to the first point, 1t has always been clear that the meaning to be given to "the freedom of the seas" must depend upon the scope and powers of the league of nations. No allied na- ton is to be diminished in it's power of self-defense until it is made evident that it's safety will be fully protected ments were, therefore. justified in in- sisting that this question remain open. They were equally justified in insisting that the question of reparation should be closed. It has always been a princi- pie of Prussian military policy to wage war in enemy territory, in order that all the destruction of civil poreptrty incident to military operations may fall upon the enemy. That policy, more than anything else, has accounted for the general ac- ceptance in Germany of the offensive defensive war. To make sure that the war may be carried on in enemy terri tories, 1t is necessary to strike first. For the future peace of the world, it is nec- essary that 1t should be demonstrated, once for all. that this policy does not pay The war makers must pay for the destruction on enemy soil, as they would suffer directly by destruction on their own soil This is not a punitive prin- ciple but self-evident principle of equity, and of international expediency as we'll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24

the present time to bear about five- eights of the total burden of Austrian taxation.
 And this material expansion has been paralleled by an equally astonishing spiritual growth. Bohemia has the iow- est percentage of illiterates of any prov- nce in the Austro- Hungarian monarchy but per cent. It has splendid sys- tenn of elementary and secondary schools, at the head of wHich are two universities at Prague, one German and the other Czech. It has taken an advanced place in literature and music, in fact, in al- most every branch of human culture. Were this vigorous people to attain to com plete unity and independence Europe would be greatly enriched, but Austria would sink into second-rate power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-24
MOMENTS WEAPONS COMES ID STRAND
 FOR FIRST OF WEEK
Ethel Clayton to Appear in Wonderful PhotOplay. Doug Fairbanks
 Coming

The Strand theatre has arranged special programme for Thanksgiving week, presenting Ethel Clayton in "Women's Weapons on Monday and Tuesday, while Douglas Fairbanks completes the week in his new Aircraft picture, ''He Comes Up Smiling
 Miss Clayton has one of her very best roles as the patient wife of an author who falls into the net of a vampirish woman who utilizes him as her soul mate with disastrous results. The wife employees weapons which every woman will understand to retain her husbands love and to put the vampire to flight. Elliott Dexter is the leading man and he is said to be as handsome as ever.
 From society dramas to photopIays of the road is only an ordinary step for a screen star of the ability of Douglas Fairbanks and as a result of this versatility the athletic and smiling Art craft star appears in the role of a tramp in his newest picture, "TIe Comes Up Smiling" produced by Allan Dwan
 In the role of Jerry Martin "The Watermelon" Doug has developed a real character filled with such whims- icalities that it fairly bristles with fun. The Fairbanksian smile and ath- letics are in evidence every instant and it is said the attention of the audi ence does not lag for an instant.
 Whose Little Wife Are Your" is shown on the same programme, and it Is one of the Sennett girl comedies that wlli make September Morn green with envy. Then, there's Pathe News.