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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-09-21
AMERICANS DRIVE
GERMANS BACK
TRATE HUN LINES TO DEPTH
OF THIRTEEN MILES.
French and English Make Great Gains
During Past Week and kaiser's
Army Is Withdrawing to
New Line Of Defense.

With the Army In France.-The
Germans have been dealt one blow
after another during the past week, but
the feature probably of greatest in
terest to the American people was the
determined attack of the American
troops, under the direct command of
General Pershing, upon the Germans
In the st. Mihiel salient. The primary
objectives were quickly reached, the
salient was cleared of the enemy, and
the Americans are now pushing for
ward in the direction of Metz, the
great German fortress taken from the
French nearly half century ago. The
movement Is one of the master strokes
of the whole war, for If the Germans
lose Metz and the Briery iron mines,
they will be greatly handicapped in
their efforts to withstand future at
lacks to be made by the allied forces
on all the fronts. In two days of fight
ing the Americans penetrated the Ger
man lines to u depth of thirteen miles,
and captured numerous towns and vii
lagos. The number of prisoners taken
exceeds 10000, which is approximately
the strength of two enemy divisions.
The French troops also were active
In various other sectors, and on Satur-
day morning Field Marshal Foch
launched an attack aimed at the st.
Gobain massif, defending the German
citadel of Loan. The attack was made
on both sides of the river Ailette and
In the region of the Aisne to the south
and southwest.
The important height, MOnt-des-
Singes, and the towns of Annemont
and Sancy, have been taken, and the
advance at this point threatens the
right flank of the observation-disclosures.
On the Aisne front the French are re-
reported to be making satisfactory
progress.
Haig Hammering at Huns.
Field Marshal Haig has continued
his successful operations on the Brit
ish front during the week. There has
stiffening of German resistance in
the north and the British have re-
pulsed repeated counter-attacks. maxi
so-called Hindenburg line has been
crossed at one or two points, and the
military critics have predicted the
withdrawal of the kaiser's army to
new line of defense as far back as the
Meuse river Cambria is one of the
British detectives, but it is also the
evident purpose of Field Marshal Haig
to regain possession of the French
coal mines and manufacturing cities in
northern France.
There has been some activity on the
Italian front for some time past, ar
tillery duels being constant and raids
frequent. No battles have been fought
and no distinct advantage gained by
either side.
Chaotic conditions continue to pre-
vail in Russia. Petrograd was reported
burning q few days ago, and it was
said the people were being ma ssacred
by wholesale. Later reports we're to
the effect that the capital city had
been taken by the anti-revolutionists.
One of the London papers claimed to
have authentic information that the
former empress and her four daugh-
tiers had been assassinated by the Boil
sheviki, but the story has been Off
cially denied.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-09-21
Americans Take Many Prisoners

Washington.-In wiping out the st.
Mihiel salient in 81 hourss, American
troops, supported by French divi-
sions captured $4,000 prisoners, more
than 200 guns of all calibers, hundreds
Of machine guns and trench mortars.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-09-21
NEGRO Reaistrants Called

Washington. A draft call for
23.ol6 negro registr" MS. from thirty
three states, qualified for general mil
iiary service and 10 entlain for ma
,tional army camps September 25-27
has been issued by General Crowdpr.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-09-21
Another Liner Sunk.

London.--The British steamer Gal
way Castle, of 1888 tons gross, was
torpedoed and sunk Sunday morning.
The missing number 1S9. They in
clude 100 passengers, 80 naval and
military officers and men and SO Of
the crew.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-09-21
Good In Sorrow

Let us rather be thankful that our
sorrow lives in us as an indestructible
force, only changing its form. as forces
90, and passing from pain into sym.
pathy-the one poor word which in.
Guides all our best insight and our best
iove.-George Eliot.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-09-21

Atlanta, Ga.-Karl Buenz, rs years
old. former managing director of the
Hamburg American Steamship line In
New York and at one time German
minister to Mexico, died here Sunday
at the federal penltentiary.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-09-21
Kentucky Politician Assassinated.

Lexington, KY Elijah Roberts,
game warden of Breathitt county, and
a leading Republican politician, was
assassinated while riding along
country road Bloodhounds have been
sent to trace the murderer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-09-21
Call for a Substitute.

A Cuban has invented material
made Of palm fiber, to be used Ms n
substitute for cedar in cigar boxes. 1t
is now up to somebody to invent a
substitute for the hay In cigars.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-09-21

Recent reports show that approx
mately 1000 community labor board,
of the United States employment serv'
Ice have been organized or are In f1nal
process of organization. Between zoe
and 800 of them are ready to function
and some already have begun work.
Full and partial returns from IS
states and the District of Columbia
give total of 915 boards completed
or In formation while four other states,
two of them large Industrial common,
wealths, report the organization Of
boards but not the number. The five
remaining states failed to report.
Each community labor board Is com.
posed of three members. one represent.
Ing the communlty's employers, the sec
ond 1t employees and the third, who Is
chairman, the United States employ
ment service. The employers and en-
ployees' members are chosen by their
respective local organizations, their ap-
polntment being approved by the di-
rector general of the employment serv-
Ice. 1t Is the work of the community
boards to generally supervise the re-
cruitment and distribution of workers
Tor war production. the actual recruit
Ing and distributing being done by the
local offices and agents of the employ
ment service, including the agents Of
the public service reserve.
The federal directors Of employment
for the states have been. notified by
the director general to rush the organ
ization of the boards for their states
and their functioning as quickly as
possible In order to provide relief for
short-handed war Industries.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-09-21
DON'T.

Never tell city girl that she mas
n complexion like strawberries lau
vlscs Materfamilas). She knows tha'
strawberries come In box, to-.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-09-21

Some facts about guns and munitions
told by the secretary of war:
We are constructing big gun plant
at Neville Island. We signed con-
tract with United States Steel corpor-
alton to build and operate without
profit this plant for guns of the larger
calibers. This is the biggest plant Of
this kind ever conceived and will build
guns Of not less than IA inch. The
site is just below Pittsburgh and COW
ers about 1000 acres. The housing
will be on the hills south of the island.
The amount of money involved is
$15O,000,000 which is being supplied by
the United States government. This
plant will handle tremendous amount
of material, and will be retained by
the government after the war.
We have shipped two hundred and
fifty 155-mm. howitzers to France.
We are producing between $4,000
and 10000 machine guns per month
OF Browning heavy 5000 to 1000;
Browning light automatic rifle from
5000 to 1900 per month.
We are making about 200 motor
tractors per month.
We are turning out all the smokeless
power we need now.
The production of rifles has been
about 100000 per month.
We produce more than $4,000 pistols
and revOlyers per month.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-09-21

Orders have been given for the sup
ply of one million emergency rarions
by the subsistence division of the
quartermaster corps. The emergency
ration corresponds to the iron ration of
the British troops. 1t is carried in an
alright, gas-proof container and is suf-
ficient to maintain man for one day,
sustaining his full strength and vigor.
1t Is strapped in the pack of the SOL
der going over the top and may be
used only according to the instructions
given when the emergency ration Is
issued.
The emergency ration Is composed
of ground meat and wheat compressed
into cake. There Is also block
of sweet chocolate. The bread and
wheat component may be eaten dry
or, If possible, stirred into cold water.
The cake, when boiled for five minutes
in three pints of water, results In a
very palatable soup, or when boiled in
one pint of water for five minutes It
makes porridge which may be eaten
hot or cold. When cold, 1t may be
sliced and fried, If bacon or other fat
is available. The chocolate component
of the emergency ration may be eaten
dry or made into hot chocolate.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-09-21

Save a nutshell to help save life |
Nuts, the shells of nuts and seeds
and pits of several varieties of fruits
are needed in quantity supply to make
carbon for use in gas masks or respi-
rators for our soldiers.
Coconut shells have furnished the
material for this carbon, but the sup
ply of such shells is wholly Inadequate.
The seed and pits of peaches, prunes,
dates, apricots, plums, olives and cher
ries, and English or native walnuts,
hickory nuts, butternuts and their
ehells, and Brazil nut shells, are the
hest substitutes for the coconut shells.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-09-21

The quartermaster corps has just
completed purchases of large quantities
of foodstuffs for distribution by the
American Red Cross. The food will
be shipped to France, Switzerland and
Denmark and used for civilian relief
and at prison camps.
The order includes more than 2,5OO,-
600 pounds of hard bread; 100000
pounds of oatmeal; 1873, 1888 pounds OF
fresh beef and more than 100000 cans
of baked beans. Purchases also have
been made for the Red Cross of POS, 900
cans of fish flakes. These flakes are
combination of haddock and shad.
About $50 pounds of fresh fish are re-
quired to make 100 pounds of fish
flakes.
Purchases also are being made by the
subsistence division of the quartermas-
ter corps of feodstuffs for use at
American rest camps In England and
France. Purchase for rest camps in
clude more luxuries than are. issued
in the regular ration. Owing to the
peas and other fancy staples are not
now being sent overseas for general
use, but sufficient quantities are avail
able for men in rest camps and for the
wounded in the hospitals.
More than 400 colleges have respond
ed TO the war departments call for
cooperation in training TIE new branch
of the army, the students army train
ing corps. Plans are being made to
convert fraternity houses and dormi-
tories into barracks for the period of
the war.
The S. A. I. G. has two branches, the
collegiate, to which men qualified by
high school graduation are eligible;
and the vocational section, to which
grammar school graduates are eligi-
BILE. Recruits will be procpyed by vol
untary inductiou
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-30
ROBERT LAWRENCE
 !. GIVEN OVATION AT COMMUNITY SING
Interesting Programme Pre- sented and Appreciated by Audience-Mr. Lawrence
 Tells of His War Work

Robert Lawrence, founder and for mer director of Birmingham's communi- ty sing received an ovation yesterday afternoon when he appeared as a visi- tor to lead the songs for everybody.
 The Jefferson theatre was well filled and the people made it plain that they were delighted to see the magnetic and happy-hearted director once more. They seemed to feel Birmingham owed him a tribute in appreciation of what he had done to promote the com munity spirit here. At any rate, his popularity was never more manifested than on this occasion
 The programme was interesting from beginning to end and the audience making up the chorus, as might have been expected, found an inspiration in Mir Lawrence's presence and sang with unusual zest because of his leading.
 At the intermission on the pro- gramme MT. Lawrence made a short informal address, in which he told of his work in New York and other large cities.
 Recently he has been busy in train- ing athletic club men for community sing leadership. This new activity is being developed on nationwid lines. Mr. Lawrence visited San Francisco a
  plaining his plans and arousing inter- est in the project. The organization centers. he said. in New York for the east, Chicago for the middle west and the south, San Francisco for the far west and a suburb of Ashevil1e, N. C., for the southeast.
 Yesterdays programme was carried out as presented, with the exception of a solo by Mrs. Stephenson, who was unable to be present. In her place Robert Lawrence, Jr., sang My But tons Read U. s." and played as a solo on the violin with sympathetic feeling Dvorak's ever popular "Humoreske.
 Mrs. w. J. Adams, chairman of the community sing committee, is still ap- pealing for members to the recently former community association. The membership fee is only $. and if the sings are to be continued throughout the winter the enrolment must be large
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-30
CALL EXTENDED ID DR. l. R. HOBBS First Baptist Church Con- gregation Calls Noted
 Arkansas Minister

At a congregational meeting held at the
 First Baptist church yesterday morning, ia unanimous call was extended to Dr. J. R. Hobbs of Jonesboro, Ark, to the pas- torate of the church. The meeting was held at the conclusion of the morning service, which was conducted by Chap lain J. w. Inzer, and was well attended. pr. Hobbs Is one of the leading mins- ters in Arkansas and the pastor of the First church at Jonesboro. The church building Is said to be one of the finest edifices in the state. and was erected dur ing the pastorate of Dr. Hobbs, while his congregation has grown to large propor- tions. He is considered one of the most scholarly and forceful ministers in his state. and favorably known all over the south.
 pr. Hobbs preached here at the First church few weeks ago, and made a most favorable impression and after making the preliminary investigations, the congregation decided to extend the call yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-30
Child of Simeon's s Prophecy
 Dr. Simpsons s Subject

At the First Christian church yester- day morning Dr. Robert N. Simpson, the pastor, used as his topic, rThe Child of Smeon's Prophecy" He said in part
 According to our annual custom we have taken the road to Bethlehem in a holy pilgrimage of our thoughts and have listened again to the anthem of the herald-angels and the lullabies or that girl-mother from Nazareth. But Jesus Christ does not pass with the sunset hour of Christmas Day any more than the sun is pulled down from the heavens, when you tear a leaf from your calen- dar Follow Joseph and Mary from Bethlehem to Jerusalem as they go on an important mission, the presentation of their child In the temple of their peo- pie They pause in an outer court clam orous with the business of traders and money changers and look about them for the cages of the vendors who sell sacri- fees for the poor, and while Joseph bar gains for pair of sacrficial doves, Mary prattles to her babe iii the univer- sal tongue of motherhood.
 'Other mothers are there on the same mission, some of whom smile at the mother from Nazareth in her old-fash- toned dress; but they forget their mental appraisement of her as the aged Simeon comes into the sanctuary. Blessed the mother from whose arms he takes her child to bestOw notable priest bene- diction: and the favored one is the mother of the Lord. When Simeon said to Mary This child is set for the fall or rising Of many in Israel he prophet ically sslated Jesus to the world as a cause of cleavage and crisis in ne af- fairs of men. Jesus and the V nciples that He represents are such tT if you do not make His principles corner stone in your life structuri you will find Him the stone of st ling and the rock of offense.'
 In this word of the aged priest there is suggested a new basis of Judgment in Gods judgment of men. Every day is Judgment day with the judge of all the earth but since the days of Jesus there has been new basis of Judgment at Gods tribunal, and that is the atti- tude of men toward His son, if we accept the New Testament as the revelation eof Gods will concerning Jesus. As 1918 in garments dyed red by war passes through the gates of yesterday, the old year. like a prophet out of Edom. looks back ward with this query on it's lips, What haze you done with Christ? As 1919 In garments washed white. even the gar ments of peace, comes through the gates of tomorrow it's challenge as another year of the Lord is What will you do with ChristY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-30
ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKS TOOUST LOCAL
 INSURANCE CONCERN
Failure to Pay License and ! Lack of Required Capital Among the Allegations
 Filed in Court

In a bill filed in the Jefferson county ohancery court Attorney General Eminet s. Thigpen seeks to oust the American the state and to have a receiver appointed to wind up it's affairs
 In his bill Attorney General Thigpen alleges that the insurance company is operating in the state without license and in violation of the act approved September 2S, 1915, which regulates and classifies indemnity contracts, fees and fixes penalties, and he further alleges that the company has not $1oo,ooo capital, which is required of insurance companies doing business in the state.
 The bill alleges that w S. Lane and Clarence H. Hawkins are representa- tives of the company. That they are res idents of Birmingham, and that they is sued policies of insurance to one Tom Weaver for sl5o, premium of 15 cents pay able weekly, and to James Bell and George Thompson for $500. Bells prop erty was destroyed by fire, the peti- tioner alleges, and the company failing to pay on the policy suit was instituted in the esmunicipal court
 In his prayer the attorney general asks that the court issue temporary in- junction restraining the company and Lane and Hawkins, it's agents in Bir- mingham who are made parties defen- dant, from doing business in the state, for the appointment of receiver to take charge of the company's assets in the state. and upon final hearing for a permanent injunction and receiver to wind up the affairs of the company
 The hearing on the motion for inJunc- ton was set for January before Judge Hugh Locke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-30
Three Cars Stolen While Owners Are
 Attending Church
Automobile Thieves Active Last Night and Quartet of Cars Reported
 Missing to Police

Automobile thieves, evidently profess sionals in the art of stealing cars and making . getaway were at work in the heart of the city early last night. Four automobiles were reported to the police department to have been stolen be- tween the hours of and s o'clock. Three cars, consisting of Chevrolet road ster belonging to N. II. Upshaw, 2G16 Twenty -ninths street, Ensley; a Ford, owned by J. w. Cochran. 1929 Twenty fourth street, and Ford owned by E. L. smith, Bessemer, were stolen from in front of thes First Methodist church, Sixth avenue and Nineteenth street. while the occupants of the cars were at tending church. The other, National automobile was stolen near the Louis vile and Nashville station and belonged to M. R. McNeal, 1g31 Thirtieth street north The thieves had not been appre- hended. nor had any of thee ars been re- covered by the officers early this morn ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-30
RED GROSS DRIVE { ID BE RESUMED
 BY ALLIED ARMIES Nearly 10000 Subscribers Still Needed to Put Jef- ferson County on the
 Roll of Honor

Today Jefferson county enters upon another week of the Red Cross Christmas roll call. The results thus far attained while not embarrassing are far from sat- isfactory and unless considerable prog ress is made during the present drive the apathy of local citizens in this most appealing of all campaigns may leave a shadow across the lustrous war record of this community that may forever min imize it's magnificent achievements in the minds of the rest of the world
 Practically sO,oO0 memberships are sub seribed or pledged and unless 10,OO0 more are brought in by Saturday night this district will not have given it's per capita share. To say that there are not 4o,00o people in this county who are able to give $d to the Red Cross is somewhat unbe- lievable and the only possible reason for the present situation is that the public has been so engrossed in Yule- tide functions that the necessity for the success of this drive hasn't been seriously impressed upon them.
 This morning at Il o'clock the generals of all divisions of the allied armies will meet in the Tutwiler to marshal their forces for strenuous weeks campaign, in which all sections of the county hith- erto unsolicited will be carefully COW cred
 Downtown booths for the convenience of business people and shoppers will sell memberships as before while the resi- Rainbow division.
 dential districts will be combed by the
 we hope the public will be in recep- tive frame of mind now that Christmas is over,' said Chairman J. D. Kirkpat- rick, last night. We are going to make this a whirlwind campaign with grand finale Saturday night and if we don't get over the 40000 mark it won't be the fault of the workers
 Wear your button every day this week. It's the official pass word and the badge of honor for all members of the Red (s1.oes