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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-26
Cardinal Gibbons Says
German Aims Will Fail

Baltimore. Md. February 2S.-rhe
German war aims are due to fail, said
Cardinal Gibbons Sunday in sermon at
tho cathedral here. He discussed the
marvellous diffusion of the primitive
Christian religion"
1.-THE present worldwide war is
striking Illustration he said, "of the
fact that schemes conceived in pas
SIGN and fomented by lawless ambition
are doomed"
Ths cardinal drew a contrast be-
tween the peaceful conquests of the
apostles and their successors on the
one hand and the bloody victories
achieved by the great generals Of an
ticuity on the other" pointing out
that while thu Christian religion es-
tahlished by the apostles covers q great
part of the world and continues to
grow. that the material results Of
"schemes conceived in passion and To-
mentsd by lawless ambition" have
passed away
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-26
Chaotic Conditions in
Russia Are Described
by An Eyewitness

Amsterdam, February 25-The state OF
chaos in Russia is described by an eye
witnesses in the Tages Zeitung. Passcn-
gers on trains have been frozen to
death owing to the lack of glass in the
car windows. When the German ana
Austrian delegations left Petrosrad
they had not eaten bread for days.
There are only two locomotives in Pet
rograd, one of which is capable of only
10 miles an hour.
Engre repairs formerly costing 3o,oW
rubles, now cost 5O0,0O rubles. The riv-
citing CT a boiler costs 10000 rubles,
which, says the correspondent, is not
surprising as the riveter gets 40 rus.cs
Scr days work Of three or four hours
There are half million unemployed IN
Petrogiad and the industrial production
of the county has SUNK to five per cetir
OF the FORMAL.
II, some of the d.s.,icts most of the
blast furnaces haze been extinguishe L.
Sugar production mas been reduced frori
100 &C., G0 pools Ca pood is about 26ia
pounds) to 10000, 000 pools, and next year
will not reach 100000.
The chief of finance ministry is u
college student. The fifth army chief
is former actor, the chief of teie-
graphs is clerk. The government
reporter of the fiila rcial commission at
Biest-Litcvsk was clerk, who, says
the writer, hadn't the faintest notion
of the simplest exchange of problems.
Tie commander o. the noted Pavioff
regimes. is a woman.
A Dutch residen. Of. Petrograd, in
long e,ter published i'll The Hague
Nieuwe Courant sage that lynching &C.
cJrs daily. After detailing seizures at
the capital and many extravagances,
he concludes:
Russia is so completely disorganized
that il will be years before she re-
covers
Port Sunlight, the English village
nntad as the seat of the soan making
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BOARD WANTED

(OUNG trained nurse wants room aud
board in congenial private family or
with another business girl; must be
reasonable; references exchanged.
BIS, Age-Herald.
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ROOMS WANTED

w ANTED-By couple without children,
furnished Groom apartment, with pri-
waite bath, Norwood or Southside: state
price. location and telephone number;
best references. E-Ss, Age Herald.
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HELP WANTED MALE

MACHINIsTS-vert boring mill oper-
ators. lathe, planer, shaper and milling
machine men. First-class men only
need apply; eight-hour day; no iapor
trouble: best of wages and railroad rare
refunded after 30 days service Phys-
zeal examination required at employ !
nuent office. This is steady year-round
employment. and an opportunity ior
good men to receive compensation IN
accordance with their ability. CON-
rnnnicate with the Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Co., Akron, Q.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-26
HOUSES FOR RENT
HOMES FOR RENT

\OfS SAILED
30ol Pawnee ave-. near Country club,
Z rooms. elegant home. garage ....$55O0
1915 10th ave-, So. 8 rooms. hwd.
floors, furnace heat ................ 55.UO
1915 Crescent ave, near Country club 45.s1
l140 s. 18th ST., rooms hwd. floors 1905
14lS Ave. l., 4 rooms ............ 3,Dv
1901 18th ave. NJ, rooms ..........s IS %
6631 LIST ave-, Woodlawn. 8 rooms !. $500
saO4 LIST ave-. rooms .................. 25.0t
1906 LIST ave. West End. I rooms ~. SoUU
s02 Cotton ave-, West End. rooms,
hardwood floors .....,s....s..... 39oa
$50 N. fifth St, Woodlawn. rooms 1890
l0l7 n 47th ST. rooms ............. 14.0o
J. MURRAY NORMENT
202G LIST Ave. Phone Main 2G9.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Notice to Business Men
No Stock or Territory for
Sale
(Canvassers Will Please Not
Answer.)

In Birmingham for a few days TOT inc
sole purpose of establishing exclusive
agencies for an article that is uni
versal necessity. You buy direct from
manufacturer and sell to consumer
making over 100 per cent profit
our representatives are earning from $40
to 500 per day. Initial investment, WV
and up, owing to trade you wish 70
serve. Can be handled IN connectioil
With your present business with little or
no additional expense.
Proposition is gilt-edge. and stands the
acid test, which we invite you to make,
in fact, if you are the man We want
we will help you make it.
In answering, address H. c.. care Tut
wiler hotel, giving your present bust
ness and town or city you wish to fig-
ure on, and appointment will be MADE
for interview.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-26

Port Sunlight, the English village
noted as the seat of the soap making
industry, has furnished $500 men to the
British military service.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-26
HELP WANTED MALE


w ANTED-Weayer on cotton goods;
also young man in card room; must
be single, able to travel and be able
to read and write well. This is
good opportunity for young man
with ambition and who desires to
advance himself. Address D-SS, Age
Herald.
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FOR RENT--l72 Highland ave, l2-room
modern house. garage and servants
rooms. April 1; $50. r. G. Sherrod.
lls N. 2lsf. M. $40
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NEWS agents on railroad trains. Unio
News Co., Terminal Station.
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WANTED-Two high-grade men with ac-
counting experience for positions in ac-
counting department Of large corpora
ton; salary SIPS with advancement; IL
qualified see Manager, 1916 Jefferson
County Rank Bldg.
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mcdaniel good
workmanship, good morals and good
character absolutely essential il you
are short any of the three save your
stamps: salary 500 per month; must
begin work at once; wire or write,
giving satisfactory references. Will
burne Bros. Ford dealers. Marion.
Ia
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w A N T E D-Fifty white
coal miners with families
for coal fields in West Vir-
ginia; ship every day.
Maddox & Jones, Phone 80,
Bessemer, Ala.
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LOST AND FOUND

LOST-A blue overcoat near Magnolia
Points about $3.50 Monday morning;
finder please call Main 6723. Reward
FUUND-Real bargain In clothlng' an
suits and overcoats one-fourth OIL.
Marc Link, 1911 LIST ave.
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ONE No Imperial oxy-acetylene CON-
bination welding and cutting OUTFIT
complete, with truck; never been used;
cost $50: make us an offer. Mont
gomery Coal Washing and Manufacture
ing Co.
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WANTED-At once, machine hands and
cabinetmakers in open shop; steady
work, good wages; union strike on:
protection assured. Leo Lumber Co.,
SGT Raynor St.. Memphis, Tenn.
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FOR SALE-Second-ha restaurant
outfits, tents cash register office
furniture, showcases, grocery and
meat boxes, in fact most anything IN
secondhand goods. furniture and
household goods of all kinds; see us;
we buy, sell and exchange. Sou. Auc.
and Stor. Co. II. c. GOODMAN, Ii
censed Auctioner. Sales solicited 2O24
Sd ave.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
LACK OF CARS
FAMINE CAUSE
COAL MINERS SAY PRODUCTION
COULD be GREATLY
INCREASED.

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 17.-Dele-
gates attending the coal miners con-
vention here read with great interest
today the announcement from Wash
ington shutting down industries for
five days because of the coal shortage.
International President F. J. Hayes,
commenting on dispatches from the
east suggesting an Increase in produc-
ton. said the men have done all that is
possible to increase the output under
present railroad conditions.
"Give us the cars and we win give
you the COAL" Mr.. Hayes said. "The
present number of mine workers In tha
country, working eight hours every
day, can increase the production $780,
100000 tons a year If given the facil.
ities. We have complaints from min.
ers who say they are not working full
time"
When the convention met today il
proceeded with the consideration Of
resolutions reported by the resolutions
committee. The convention reaffirm.
ed its stand against the employment Of
private guards by corporations and the
of strike breakers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
FULL
AT CAMP PIKE
M EASLES AND PNEUMONIA
CASES SHOW RAPID
INCREASE.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 17.Camp
Pike, Arkansas, shows such material
increase during the last few days in
cases Of measles and pneumonia that
the camp hospital is filled to absolute
capacity.
It has been found necessary to
transfer number of patients to the
hospital at Camp Logan Roots, four
miles away, and to order additional
nurses from nearby stations to Camp
Pike. Army medical officers describ-
ed the situation as mot entirely salts
factory" but declare there is no i'm
mediate apprehension. It was said
that as result Of a breakdown in the
camp heating plant, there is danger Of
the situation becoming worse.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
TWO MILLION
MORE YANKEES
YEARS GROWTH IN POPULATION
PARALLELS INCREASE IN
WEALTH..

Washington, D. c., Jan. 1.-THE
population Of continental United States
on January was 105,006,00O as esti-
mated by treasury department experts
who calculate the per capita money
circulation at $48.76 ON that date. An
increase of 1,719,0OO in population
from January 1 last year is shown.
while the per capita circulation In
creased $5.76. On January l, 1897, the
population wos 1921 900 and the per
capita circulation 1862.
The general stock Of money in the
United States on January l this year
was $6,256,19S,271, an increase Of
$1,244,152,754 over that date last year
and the amount in circulation was
$500, 1903, an increase of $679, 1922
274 over last year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
High School Notes

The last meeting of the Philc Lit
erary society for this semester was
held in the assembly room Tuesday
evening after school. This was one
Of the best meetings of the past sem
ester and the following program was
staged:
Vocal duet-"Keep the Home Fires
Burning" Violet Seaburg and Grace
Arnold.
Selected reading-Jeanette Perdew
Selected reading Opal Stout.
Original paper-"An Ideal Hus-
band" written by vern Chapman and
Katherine Smith and read by Miss
Chapman.
The following wrote stories OF i'm
possible and ludicrous nature: Gene
We've Mincks, Doris e. Slaught, Har-
riet Myers and Estelle Sweeney.
Among these was great variety Of
subjects; good literature was used and
In Miss Sweeney's number Of the So
ciety members we're used in an anus
ing way. The stories were all very
much appreciated and 1t is hoped to
carry this work on into next semester.
After this program new president
was elected Miss Sweeney, who was
elected at the formal election, was un-
able to fill her position owing to the
fact that she will be through school
at the end of this semester. Gene
We've Mincks, the present president,
was reelected to lead the society
through the next semester. This is
an unusual happening in the society
but it II hoped that the work Of the
society may continue in liz present
line without interruption. The next
meeting will be held at the regular
time and the plans for the coming
semester will be discussed. n. c. Nc
Kown will still continue to be the fac
ulty adviser for the society. In q
short time the society will present q
selected program before the school In
Monday morning chapel.
This society is one Of the Oldest or
CARNATIONS in the school and has car
ried out many interesting phases Of
literary work. At the next meeting
new members win be taken in and in
a short time the informal initiation
will take place. It is hoped that Q
goodly number will appear at this In
itial meeting Of the spring of 1918.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
AGED RESIDENT
ANSWERS CALL
MRS. ELIZABETH STERREr, AGED
"a, DIES At HOME OF SON-lN-
Aw. PIONEER.

Mrs. Elizabeth Sterrett died at mid
night Wednesday at the home OF her
son-in-law, C. E. Mcdaniel, 438 North
Fifth street, after an illness Of nearly
six months. She was "a years of age.
Elizabeth E. Jones was born in Vtr-
ginia, August "a, 1888. She came OF
Puritan stock, her mother being de-
scendant of the Griffiths OF Wales and
her father, Robert Jones, who early be-
came convinced of the wrong of human
slavery, freed his slaves and emigrat-
ed to Portsmouth, Ohio.
Mrs. Sterrett spent her girlhood
here, and is the last surviving mem
Der of family Of two brothers and
seven sisters. In 1852 she was mar
ried to Joseph Sterrett, and five chill
dren were born to them.
At an early age she joined the Pres
byterian church, and was one Of the
last surviving members Of the original
church in this city. For nine years
she has made her home with Mr.. Nc
Daniel.
Funeral services will be held at the
Mcdaniel residence. 438 West Fifth
street, Friday at $3.50 p. m.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
USERS RESIST
RATE INCREASE
LARGER PATRONS OF o. r. a
co. MAY WITHHOLD PAYING
DECEMBER BILLS.

A committee Of the larger users of
electric light, power and steam whose
rates were increased by the new sched-
ule that became effective December I,
1917, met and effected an organization
at the Commercial club last night.
julius Fecht' was elected chairman, Z.
T. McElroy, secretary and Frank Won
Schrader, treasurer of the executive
committee. The patrons who are re-
sisting the new. rates, contemplate
withholding the payment of their De-
cember bills for time as q protest
against the raise.
A committee composed Of five men to
be chosen from the larger patrons
committee, will lobtain legal advice as
to what action should be taken by the
patrons in regard to their December
bills for service. This committee is to
report within two days.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
the banks and city properties seized
by 10000 bolsheviki soldiers.
LAID TO TEuTON SPIES.

!
by 10000 bolsheviki soldiers.
LAID TO TEUToN SPIES.
The communications received sa,
THAT German spies and agents worked
| the Russians up to great anger agains
the Americans and told them that thu
Americans came to seize their rail
, roads and to throw them all out o.
work.
The German agents are working tt
cause break between the American
government and the bolsheviki party
and sought to use the Emerson party
as the wedge.
STEVENS JOINS PARTY.
When the Emerson party decided
to sail away after being threatened
John F. Stevens, we'll known Amer.
lean engineer, boarded the ship with
his son and two secretaries and Is now
with the mission.
Colonel Emerson is now waiting ut
Nagasaki for instructions from Wash
ington. Japanese battleships are ly-
ing outside Of Vladivostok and have
aboard 5000 japanese soldiers, and 1t
is reported they will afford the Emes,
son party protection If it lands in
Vladivostok, even to the extent OF
opening hostilities on the. bolshevfki.
BETTER CLASS FOR U. S.
Germany has flooded Vladivostok
with counterfeit Russian money until
every person is afraid to accept Rus.
sian rubles. Thousands of German
spies and agents are at work in Rus.
STA.
The Intelligent class of Russians in
the city are said to favor the Amer
leans. but the ignorant class is vastly
in the majority and is against the
Americans landing.
An American dollar, however, will
buy twenty Russian rubles, according
to the Emerson party.
sLAv ATTITUDE CRITICISED.
Reports that the docks and ware
houses in Vladivostok are filled to
Overlooking with hundreds of millions
of dollars worth of war supplies are
confirmed by the Emerson mission.
1t is said there is no hope of reliev-
ing the congestion unless the Ameri.
can railroad men are allowed to as.
sumo charge.
Aside from a few cases of seasick-
ness, the Emerson mission arrived in
Russia in fine shape and without an
accident.
A cablegram was received at St.
Paul last night from Major c. Treat
Spear that the mission was still at
with every person we'll
The Emerson mission is reported to
have arrived in Vladivostok December
IA and sailed away December II.
The tourney from Honolulu IN Vladi.
vostok took fifteen days.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
GERMAN DEATH
RATE is HIGH
HOUSING CONDITIONS ARE De.
PLoRABLE, CHANCELLOR
TELLS PRUSSIANS.

Amsterdam, jan 17.-Chancellor
Won Hertling made his first appear.
ance as a member of the Prussian
cabinet in the Prussian upper house
on Tuesday to support the housing
bill. He said that around the large
German towns and industrial centers
maintenance of repairs to houses has
been impeded and the increase OF
housing facilities has become almost
impossible.
Dr.. Dernburg, speaking on the same
bill, said that conditions in the large
towns are terrible and must be re.
formed. The decline in the number OF
births had been very great and the
mortality of children under IL months
had been still worse.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
LABOR URGES
MEAT CONTROL
DELEGATION WILL ASK WILSON
TO TAKE OVER THE PACKING
INDUSTRY.

Chicago, Jan. 17.-Fifteen represen-
tatives Of organized labor, headed by
John Fitzpatrick, president Of the Chi
cago Federation of Labor, are on the
way to Washington to ask President
Wilson to take over all the packing
plants in the United States. Depar-
ture of the labor men followed break
ing off of negotiations looking to set
Element of difficulties between the
packers and their employees.
Attempts at mediation between the
packers and the workers have proved
unavailing. Each side holds the other
responsible for the breaking off of ne
gotiations.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18

varying attitudes. The war and navy
departments, however, had been con-
suited and were in accord. While it
was felt that some order was neces-
sary to meet the situation, some Off
cials believed the effect might have
been obtained by less drastic means.
Some confusion of opinion was evil
denced in the result expected on the
governments war program.
The council of national defense was
anxious over whether cloth factories
supplying the government with mate
rial for uniforms and overcoats would
have to be shut down.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
CALLS
LAW MAKERS
CONFERENCE At WHITE HOUSE
PRESUMABLY is ON
RUSSIA.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 17.-Presi.
dent Wilson called to the white house
for conference today Chairmen
Stone and Flood of the senate and
house foreign affairs committees:
Chairman Owen of the banking and
currency committee; Senator Calder
and Representative Cooper of Wiscon.
sin, a member Of the house. foreign
affairs committee.
The nature of the conference was
not disclosed, but there we're intima-
lions that Russian affairs were under
consideration.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
Local Plant Pays
Farmer $195 For
Three P0rkers

IT. HREE hogs sold at the local
packing plant today brought
$195, or an average Of $65
each.
e. J. DeseIm of north Of the
city was the farmer who sold the
porkers and he says that he has
more Of the same kind of money
makers, but that he did not bring
them in because they are not
heavy enough to bring quite that
sum.
The three hogs aggregated 1900
pounds and brought SIS per hum
dred weight.
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CRITICISM IN NEW YORK.

New York, Jan. 17.-Surprise and
in many instances frank criticism
greeted the first news In New
York of the drastic order promulgated
by the national fuel administration for
the conservation of coal. Today finds
officials, employees and employers
studying the provisions of the order,
its possible effects on the city's in
dustries and the manner in which they
are to be enforced.
Opinion among business men and
officials as to whether, results would
be beneficial or otherwise, was widely
divergent, Many criticized the order
as unnecessary and as furnishing no
real solution of the problem, while
others we're inclined to the belief that
the saving of coal, while working hard
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
EXPECT DROP
IN EGG PRICES
CUT OF THREE CENTS in sToR-
AGE PRODUCT PROMISED
HERE.

The local egg situation has been
somewhat relieved by the receipt here
today Of car load Of cold storage
eggs from st. Joseph, Mo-, and further
relief is in sight through the expected
arrival of a car of storage eggs in the
next few days from Omaha.
The county food administrator and
price interpreting committee met this
morning at the Commercial club and
had local produce dealers present to
get information regarding the storage
egg situation.
COMMITTEE STARTS PROBE. !.
The committee has begun the in.
of prices at the shipping
points where the cold storage eggs
that are coming to Ottumwa were
shipped. Data is being obtained that
is expected will give the committee
something to base local prices on.
There are no eggs being held here
in cold storage and the eggs that are
being shipped here. are of the storage
variety. The National Food Admins.
tration expects to have the storage
eggs sold as such and the price to be
made accordingly. The figure set at
Chicago to the retailer for storage
eggs is 40 cents for firsts and Al cents
for extras.
PRICE TO COME DOWN.
The price to the retailer here Is ex.
pected to be fixed somewhere near
the Chicago prices and the consumer
will probably get eggs In Ottumwa
for As cents per dozen. The prices
ruling for the shipment received to-
day is 48 to 40 cents to the consumer
But few fresh country eggs are
available In the city. Here and there
among grocers there may be a few
eggs brought In by farmers. but the
short laying and the bad roads due to-
conditions has practically
stripped the city Of fresh eggs.
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running riot in the streets, and we,
ashore
WARNED NOT TO LAND,

WARMED NOT TO LAND.
A committee, presumably of the
bolsheviki government conferred with
Colonel Emerson. He was told the
members of his party would be ar
rested and might be killed IL they
came ashore again. Colonel Emer-
son then refused all shore leaves and
lay in the Vladivostok harbor for two
days. then ordering the ship to sail
for Japan.
JAPS MAY Interfere.
That Japan may interfere in Vladi-
vostok for the protection of its own
citizens and interests in that city and
to insure the safety of members Of
the American party should they re-
turn was strongly intimated in the
advices received at st. Paul last
night.
REIGN OF TERROR IN CITY.
The day the Emerson party ar
rived in Russia the city government
in vladivostok was overthrow and