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The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-06

London, April 5.-Another day of incessant, reckless, massed assaults by the Germans on front of 45 miles-between Montaidier and Arras has brought the Teuton menace gravely closer to Amiens from three directions, particularly due east of the big base, where the Germans, after paying an appalling toll of blood stood little more than nine miles away.
 At the same time fresh German divisions, in terrific onslaught on the front north and south of Albert, tried to pierce the British right flank to force a cave-in of Haig's front to Arras and northward They did not break through but dented the British line south of Albert, driving south westward along the Albert-Amiens railway. North of Albert the Ger mans were held in bloody check. Their whole left flank from Mont didier to Noyon remains paralyzed. Vicious thrusts southward from Mont didier to turn the French front failed The French hit back and dented the German line in several places after beating off massed assaults of 195,0 picked shock troops with "cruel losses" to the foe.
 Summarized, the situation tonight was that the peril of Amiens had in creased ominously after an all days battle which showed no signs of slackening when darkness fell, that the British right was endangered by the German advance below Albert but that the French line from Montdidier to Noyon was intact and even inn proved. Foch, therefore, still holds the whip hand against the southern leg of the German wedge. Patiently he is holding the balance in reserve but he may-and perhaps must strike within the next twelve hours
The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-06

Go to church tomorrow.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-06
DRAFT OUR DOLLARS!

By William F. Kirk Draft your idle dollars, sonny!
 Put them into bonds today. Uncle Samuel needs the money
 For his fighters far away. Never mind the latest collars,
 Latest hats and latest ties. Draft your extra dimes and dollars For the cause that never dies! Draft your idle dollars, daughter! You can help your nation, too. Far away across the water
 Gallant laddies fight for youl Buy the bonds that break forever Tyrant bonds across the sea. Lend your gold and your endeavor To the champions of the Freel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
Congress of Allied
 Nations to Be Held

Paris. September 24-tHavas Agency)
 The Petit Journal announces that con
 gress of the allied nations of central
 Europe is to convene october l5 in Paris.
 It is to be--an outgrowth of the con
 gress of Austrian oppressed nationalities held in Rome last April.
 This congress. says the Petit Journal, twill enlighten us further on the Aus trian reasons for peace offers. All the national councils to be convoked are recognized as beIligerents. The matters to be taken under consideration are the reconstruction of central Europe on the basis of the different nationalities. to study together future relations and com mon political interests of the freed na- tions, and finally to settle upon a po- litical agreement with the allies and with the free nations which will succeed the Austrian regime"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
QUOTAS OF EACH !. FEDERAL RESERVE
 DISTRICT FIXED Campaign Opens at 12:01 Next Saturday Morning. All Details Arranged
NEW YORK ASKED
 FOR 30 PER CENT
for All States, Coun- ties, Towns and Hamlets Will Be Announced Within the
 Next Few Days

Washington, September "A. The American people will be asked to subscribe in the three weeks beginning next Satur- day the greatest loan in all his tory.
 The treasury department an- nounced tonight that tue amount of this, the fourth Liberty Loan, will be $6,000,- 100000. The bonds will bear | 4 1-4 per cent interest and will mature in 20 years, with the government reserving the right to pay them in 15 years if it elects.
 l of the loan, the treasury also gave out the quotas each federal reserve district is expected to subscribe and from which !, Will be figured the share of each state. county, city and hamlet. Apporxion- ments for states and smaller subdivi- sions will be worked out by district or- ganizations and announced within a few days. By the time the campaign opens moment after next Friday midnight. every community may know what goal
 it will have to reach to gain the coveted honor flag.
 In assigning quotas. the treasury took | into consideration unusual conditions, either of prosperity or of business hard ships, as well as the banking resources
 of each district.
 New York, with it's big financial in- 1 terests and corporation headquarters is l asked to raise $l Soo. .o000oo. or 3i per cent of the total The Chicago district quota isl placed at i4'a per cent. and Cleveland 10 per cent. Dallas, partly because of recent drouths In the southwest, is asked for only 2ia per cent.
 Following are the quotas and percent
 ages of the total by federal reserve dis
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
PROTESTS AGAINST
 FIXING POURING
 INTO WASHINGTON Delegation Calls on Com. mittee and Voices Protest
 of Cotton Growers COMMITTEE BEGINS ITS DELIBERATIONS Some Hope That Price of Cotton Ma, Be Stabilized to Point Where Price Fixing Will Not Be Necessary

Washington, September "A. Protests against the govern mcnt fixing basic pricest for standard grades of cotton marked the beginning today of the deliberations of the new committee named to investi- gate the cotton situation.
 A Adelegation of the cotton states official advisory marketing committee appeared before the committee late today after comforting at the capitol with Senator Smith of South Carolina, and his asso- ciates from the cotton states. J. J. Brown, Georgia's commissioner of agri- culture headed the delegation and voiced what he termed the protest of the farm- CTS against price fixing. MT. Brown is president of the advisory market com mittee, which is composed of the com missioners of agriculture of the cotton states, directors of the cotton states marketing bureaus and the presidents of | tfiC tdliitSiS ulllohs VI eipcV St"N~'-a 'N~ said his organization believed the law of supply and demand should govern prices. While willing to submit to any act of ! the government as a war measure, MT. l Brown said he did not believe such dras- {, tice action as price fixing is necessary. I The wisdom of the appointment of the | cotton distribution committee, empow- /! cred to buy cotton for the government I and the allies and to allocate it as to
 quality and grade to all domestic and for 1 eign consumers, was questioned by MT. 1 Brown and the other delegates.
 ! The governments theory that some con- I trol must be exercised over distribution I over lower grades of cotton so as to force l them on the domestic market and thus release greater quantities of the higher 1 grades for government requirements, was based upon an erroneous view, Mir. Brown said The lower grades. he added. are be- l ing distributed normally. and government. l tai interference will be unwise from an economic standpoint.
 l Governor Manning of South Carolina and Senator Benet of that state con ' ferred today with Chairman Page of ths cotton committee, discussing with hin I the cotton situation from the viewpoint ! of the possible activities of the new com. lmittee with reference to price fixing.
 Chairman Page said today that his com. 1 mittee was just getting down to worl
 and that no official announcement o progress made was to be expected unti
 more information was at hand. Price fixing, he said. will not be considere, 4 until the effect of the work of the cottor
 distribution committee is felt.
 Through his committee. Chairman Pag'
 said. it is hoped the price of cotton may
 be stabilized to the point where price fix ing will not be necessary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
Price of Iron Will Be Ad- vanced Sl a Ton Effective
 October 1
MOTION WANTS PRICE
 AT PROPER FIGURE
Tuskegee Principal Says It Costs Slightly Over Twenty Five Cents to Produce Pound of
 Cotton
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

Washington, September 24.--tSpecial) As result of his conference with Iron and steel producers of the United states today, Chairman Replogle of the steel committee of the war industries board, agreed to recommend, effective october Il. an increase in the price of pig iron or $1 per ton.
 The present price. as fixed by the gov ernment, is $S3. In the conference wnich began yesterday and extended over ,o- day. Alabama was represented by George Gordon Crawford president of the Ten nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company A t,. A, uolwarei, chairman ol t.Ae 1oai z of directors of the Woodward Iron com pany;s Frank H. Crockard. president oi the Woody ard Iron company; J. w. Mc- oueen. president of the Sloss- -shenielo Coal and Iron company. and Thomas L Kilby and J. B. Darlington, industria captains of Anniston.
 All operators agreed to produce as near their maximum capacity as they possipls ,l could during the remaiing months of tns r1,rrapf year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
MEN IN PARTY GOING
 TO BATTLE ZONE
Twelve American Editors Going Abroad as Guests of. British and French Governments to Spend Several Months
fBy Associated Press)

New York, September 24--rwclve editors. representing as many newspapers and press associations. have accepted an invitation of the British and French governments tc visit the war zone for s first- hand study of conditions, 1t Was announced today. The party will spend two months In England. Scot land and Ireland before whiting the western front in France.
 The editors who will make up this party are: Frank F. Glass. Birmingham News, Edward ". Barrett. Birminsham Age-Heralds \. N. Mckay. Salt Lake Tribune' Fl. V. Jones. Minneapolis Journal, Edgar E. Piper. Portland Ore gonIan, F.. Lansing Ray, st. Louis Globe -Democrat; Lafayette Young. Des Moin~s CapitoI; Edward II. Butler. BuHaio News, Wright A. Patterson, Western Newspaper Union, Edward H. O'Ilara. syra- cuse Herald, Col. Charles A. Rock, Pittshurx Dispatch. nnd Frank R. Kent, Haltinere Sun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
WAGE STABILITY
 DURING THE WAR ID BE ENFORCED Nationwide System of In- dustry Agreements Now Being Worked Out
RISING COSTS MAIN REASON FOR MOVE
Employers to Pay No More and Nc Less Than Standard Wage Scale, and Workmen Will Be Asked to Abide by Rates

Washington, September "A. The government is about to adopt measures to enforce sta bility of wages during the war. Plans under discussion by rep rcsentatives of manufacturers land labor and officials of the war and navy departments charged with letting enormous contracts, it was learned to- day, provide for nationwide system of community or indus ,try agreements i'll which both employees and employers will participate and which will be enforced for the agreement pc riod through government prl- critics power of labor employ Iment pressure.
 This plan has received approval of representatives of manufacturers and labor interests and will be ais cussed further with delegation from the national industrial conference
 board. ~
 1 In this connection it. became known today a number of government agen- cies dealing with labor problems tthe war and navy departments ship. ping board, railroad administration labor department labor adjustmcn board, war policies board and others probably will be co-ordinated shortly under new committee of representa- tives from each. One of the principa reasons for this action which may be taken by executive order of Pres idenr Wilson is to facilitate the en forcement of the governments wag' 4 stablizing policy. A conference Q different agencies was held today tt discuss methods of eliminating dupli yl ca ton of effort
 { RISING COSTS RESPONSIBLE
 Rapidly rising labor costs stimulate' by competition among industries 10
 employees and by the government prime necessity for production. ha, l forced the war and navy department
 to take the lead in promoting stabiliz N ing measures. officials explained % day. In doing this they hope to guar antee to employees interests fal
 wages. in many cases higher than tke
 now receive. but always uniform f.
 an industrial district or for an enl
 ployment group, and stable for the pc I riod of the agreement. These agree ments lasting probably for six month.
 will be concluded between the govern
 mont representatives and labor and si Il simultaneously betwee government rep $resentatives and manufacturers. ~
 For their part, manufacturers VI l 1 he called on to pay no more and n ' less than the standard scale and xoffs | men will be asked to abide by the seal | 1 without threats of strike or other iabo 3 f disturbance. If manufacturers refLs Ito pay the standard wages or pa { more and thereby unsettle the commu : nity conditions. they might find thei : supplies of coal and materials cut oi : | through priorities orders. If labo | l violate the agreement their member st vii; De barred from seeking wor . through employment agenciea. al. sc
 (which now are government contrgts'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS
 WILL PARTICIPATE IN NEW GOVERNMENT

Amsterdam, September 24-The Reichs- tag faction of the social democratic party resolved at a meeting yesterday to approve participation of the members of the party in new government which may be formed under certain limitations, according to advices from Berlin. The conditions include unreserved indurse- ment of the Reichstag peace resolution of July, 191T, together with declara- tion to join a league of nations based on peaceful settlement Of all disputes and general disarmament
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
NEW ORLEANS BRANCH

New Orleans, September 24.--The Fourth Liberty Loan quota for the New Orleans branch district of the Atlanta federal reserve bank has been placed at $55,16l. l45. it was announced tonight.
 The quota for I.ouisiana including New Orleans. is s5a 23e.323. while the counties in Mississippi assigned to this district are expected to care for $i2.553.651. The Alabama counties quota is s3,s7l. .666 The soS, 500, ,s3s3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
Summary of the News

1-Aliies pounding at Eates of Metz. Loan auota for AtIanta district ts
 S192, ,0OO, 900.
 Protests axainst fixing pouring
 tnto Washington.
 w.re stability to be enforced. c-Nstionai lottery not to be held
 till next week. 2-%u Germany one mad scramble
 for food when war broke out. 4-Edltorial. -Warrior traffic to he inangurated
 In six weeks.
 Commissicn calls upon public te
 aid In traffic law enforcement, e-Society and Red Cross pews. 7-Rebel yell greetlng of vets ts
 servicc flag s-S1eEfn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25

Turks in Palestine the British military mission here finds great satisfaction not only because it virtually wipes out Ottoman power there, but because of its demonstration anew of the dis Easter that accompanies German domina- tion and exploitation of the Turkish army.
 Field Marnhal Liman yOn San-
 ders eomnandea the three armies
 of about 1Oo,oeo nsen h Palistine, two of which General AlIenby an-
 initiated. The third h In flight, and its defeat will cut the Turkish garrisons at Asir and Yemen eG fem Europe.
 "The masterly conception of Genera Allenby's plan will thus be realized says a statement today by the British mission. ..and there is fair promise tha it's execution will tend to outbid tht conception.
 "The Turks have long account o iselfishness and neglect against the Ger mans: disasters in 1912 and 1918, abor Itive and disastrous offensives at Sari lkamiss and against the Sues cana let the beginning of tho. war and tn,
 wasts Of their man power n tho Dor ] idane1leQ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
Porto Rican Sugar
 Crop Shows Decrease

San Juan. Porto Rico. September 24. The government today announced that the sugar crop for 1918 is 45s.7sS short tons as compared with s0Scs1 tons in 1917, decrease of slightly over 10 per cent,
 The prospects for the 1919 crop indicate there win be further reduction ill tho amount Of sugar raised next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25

strong bodies of Serbians have estab- 1ishcd themselves on the eastern bank of the yardar between pemirkapu pass and I<rMolak and are covering the passage of the main body of the Serbians.
 Cavalry meanwhile are feeling thelr way across the plains towards Lipa and Kaliyan.
 The serbians have achieved a mo- table success in the capture of the formidable Drenska massif, greal natural defense to Prelep. The Italians have another important height on the Monastir front known as Liobishte' giving them observation over seiecha plain to the Cerna river. Greek and French troops operating on the British left have reached Guripchet. few miles west of the vardar.
 Thus far between l1.000 and f2,o0o prisoners and TAO guns have been counted.
 TWO ARMIES WIPED OUT
 ;sWashington. september 14,-In Gen. axali iXlleuby's brilliant victory over the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
IMcAdo0 Outlines Plan for
 Campaign, Which Be- gins Saturday
CAN'T LICK KAISER
 WITHOUT THE CASH
Peace of World Cannot Be Restored and Liberty Re-Established Unless People Back the Government in Loan, Secretary Declares

|. New York, September 24. Six billion dollars is the mini mum amount which the people Iof the United States are asked Ito subscribe for the Fourth
 Liberty Loan, according to an announcement by Secretary of | the Treasury McAdoo, in q stirring address here tonight,
 outlining the government s plan for the campaign, which The share allotted to the New York federal reserve district is $l.soo, o,ooo. or 3n per cent of the greatest loan yet of fered. The loan, which will bear 4ss per cent interest. will run for twenty years, maturing October l5, 1888. unless the government should exercise it's fe-
 served right to redeem the bonds on or after October l5, 1883.
 APPEALS TO CORPORATIONS Asserting that without this vast sum y McAdo made special appeal for the subscriptions of corporations and wealthy 1 individuals. as returns from the third l. berty Loan indicated that wealthy cor 1 porations and persons of large means had no; responded "commensurately With their abilities to help" He pointed out 1 that of the 1s.0O0,0O0 Americans who sub- i scribed for the last loan, only 22,5O0 in-
 clrding corporations, bought bonds in ex-
 cess of s10,00o.
 'It would be preposterous, he saAd Ito say that there are only 22,500 men,
 women and corporations in America able
 to lend more than $l0000 each to their government In Liberty Bonds"
 Mir. McAdoo also condemned the prac- tice of "swindlers and unscrupulous and unpatriotic people who had induced hold CTS of Liberty Bonds to exchange then | for stocks or investments of doubtful ] yalue.'' He pointed out that these oper.
 ations forced the treasury to buy the bonds thus thrown upon tho market il order to protect the market and the cred it of the government.
 Thus the treasury's available resource. from the loan," he declared, are de, pleted and forced in unworthy channeis oftentimes in wildcat enterprises, to ths Injury of the American people and tt the detriment of the war We mus
 CT cate healthy public opinion whict
 will reprehend such practices. We mus provide the machinery and the meanl
 through which those who have to sel their bonds may do so and get the high < est possible price for them. while at thu
 same time protecting the innocent in
 yestor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
|Ttuo Turkish Armies Are Annihilated and
 Third Is Tn Flight
Allies Now on Heels of Fleeing Bulgarians on 3 Front of 20 Miles in Macedonia a-Enemy
 Fleeing in Disorder

London September 24The allies are advancing front If 20 miles close the heels of the first and sec ond Bulgarian which retreatng in disorder The erbans according received London today with N seven miles of Prep southeast while the British after the capture the of Dorah advancing to the north ,,a ssinc Karaqhulur the east side of the lake,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
NEEDED TO LICK KAISER

Applauded by a crowd Which filled Carnegie Hall, MT. McAdoo said in part:
 .sThe treasury of the United States asks the American people to subscribe to the fourth Liberty Loan S6,000oOoooo, This money is needed to carry on the war We cannot lick the Kaiser without it We cannot restore peace to the world ane re-estabIish liberty and democracy without it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
EMMET |. SCOTT APPOINTED

Washington, September A.-eSpeciai.. !. contemporaneous with the request oi members of the National Emancipation society, that President Wilson perm. the appointment of negroes as coione.s and generals of the army the an.ou ,,aant is made that Emmett J. Scott oI AIabama has been appointed Assistant Secretary of War Scott who is negro, was formerly pri- vate secretary to Booker T. Washington His duty will be the supervision of negro troops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
cosr oF RAISING COTTON

Washington, September 24.--' 'Speciall One of the most forcefui rsunleh.s presented to the government sa'"s t,,e f,vation of the price of cotton al . f;g,,re foo low came from k. R. Mo- Ion. principal of the. Tuskegee insti- ute. Tuskegee Institute, Ala, by wire
 Moton contended that If the price be axad too low many negroes, with pros- racts ~ paving for their places, would be despoiled of such prospect and as Ia result rendered hopeless with all attendant evils. ,.
 ;,,at;on That it costs at present in AIahama triGe more than p cents to nroduce a pound. of cotton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
nR I M. MASON A MAJOR

Washington, September 24.--e SpeciaD D .Dr. James NJ. Mason, surgeon oi bir. 'si,,ahan, was recommended for a VI, <. ioritv in the medical department oi tha military service. Dr. Mason, whe is in Washington, will accept the ar' pointment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25

thi. front. About 800 prisoners were taken.
 eyfgorous resistance was encoun tered at number of points, es- pecially in the neighborhOod of Selency, where the fighting is still continuing.
 sThere was local fighting again today northenst of Epehy, as . re- suit of which we improved our < positions slIghtly. On the remain- der of the front there ts nothing to report.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25

The text of the communication foIlowss
 "A successful operation was car- ried out this morning in co-opera- tiOn with the French in the St. Quentin sector. At dawn English troops attacked over a front of four miles from the neishborhood of the Omignon river southward. ! 4sIsond rreererk svas made all along
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
NelD Allied Attack
 Is Meeting With
 Excellent Success
French and British Capture More Than 1900 Prisoners and Many Machine
 Guns Near St. Quentin
NEW ALLIED ASSAULT STAGED

With the British Army in France, September 24-V ne Associated Press )Another AngoFrench assault wa osv against defenses before St Quentin to Re ports received up o'clock this afternoon indicated the allied attack was meeting with great q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
BRITISH TAKE 800 CAPTIVE

London September 24n the region west of St. Quentin tn British troops carried successful operation over
 of miles from the Omgnon river south and take about 800 prisoners according Field Marshal Hags
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25

Pont-a- Moussons for hours at a stretch.
 The German fire was little more intense, but no more effective than it had been since the Germans retired
 tContinued on Page Twol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25
FIRST AMERICANS BURIED IN RUSSIA
ENEMY SHOWS GREAT ACTIVITY

With the American Armies in Lorraine, September 24-(By the Associated Germans the past "A hours have increased intensity of their heavy gunfre the American front seemingly denotes the greatest uneasnss the part enemy Otherwise the German activity has been confined to raids and patrong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-25

On the right the French ap-
 pearcd to have possession of L'Epinc De Dalton southwest of St. QueIttin, a strong position known as Round Hill to the, west of the threatened city, and the hamlet of FrancilIy-Se1ency. while to the north the British had seized the high ground west of Fayet and cleared the woods east of FrcsnOy of the Enemy and had