The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10

| tive of that spirit which imbues every loyal man who digs from the bowels of the earth fuel fol the successful operation of the machinery of war.
 "The American miner has never Hailed to do his part toward bringing about the crushing defeat of Prussiar militarism," said Chairman Morris Bush in opening the meeting. "The end is mot far off We must work hardest in the last hour of victory Gen. John Sparrow, as usual, was called from the dugout and after riddins himself of several light effusions, as sumed serious mien and paid tribute 10 the ''crack mining division that raised three -fourths of a million dollars in the Fourth Liberty loan campaign Actine Field Marshal Bush apologized for Gen eral Sparrow's ante -bellum s.wheezes'' by declaring that he had hurriedly eaten . hard-boiled egg without waiting to peel it, with the result that he was suffer- ing from a severe shell shock
 In explaining the difference between a general and a lieutenant, Field Marshal Bush said If you see an officer with bar on his shoulder he is lieutenant, but if you see one with his shoulder on bar, put him down as general"
 NECESSITY OF BIG FUND
 State Chairman w. Carson Adams made brief talk, explaining the necessity of raising big fund for the allied organ izat nVl,s- Go-n nnna Al. going to raise will allow but IS cents a day to each soldier for amusement en- tertainment and instruction MT. Adams reported that all parts of the state were responding magnificently, many of them having voluntarily raised their quotas One plant in Albany volunteered to raise the entire quota of that town. Tusca- loosa district, with a quota of $5S,o0 has already collected s13,6O0
 Nearly 50 soldiers from Dale county Alabama, alone, have been killed in France,'' said Mir Adams T venture to say that no other county in the United States has reported so many deaths in proportion to it's population. Those peo- pie down there will give anything they've got to this cause for the war has placed a heavy toll on their citizenship
 Gen. W. c. Benham outlined briefly what was expected of Jefferson county Tt ltiiS AQTlNc. I1e compared the Sacrl- fees of the civilian with those of the sol dier and urged those present to consider the boys over there when things weren't right.
 Led by Hill Ferguson the whole as- semblage joined in several patriotic airs with zeal that spoke we'll for male singers.
 RED CROSS SPEAKER
 Mai. c. $. Nussbaum, field director of the American Red Cross, proved to be the principal speaker of the evening As is customary with. all present day ora tors he opened his address with a hu- morus story. 'Ikey had enlisted in the army and had been in France for some. time, when JalSie. anxious as to his well fare, wired him thusly: Store No. 2 burned to the ground last night. Insur- ance, $3N0O0. How are you getting along 2 Still not receiving a reply, Jakie grew more uneasy, and little while later sent the following cable: Store No a total loss by fire. Insurance $45,000. Am very anxious about you This time Ikey re- piled and in this manner. You should worry about me. Keep the home fires burning. !
 Major Nussbuam declared that the god of war is Germanys god. This is war of righteousness" he said. 'sWe are
 
 say there are only two good women, one Is dead and the other has never been found. America and England have adopt l sd as their motto, Women and child l lreny first The boys in the trenches don't | want the war to be over now, and they l ire willing to pay the price that Ger many may suffer some of the humiliation | hat Belgium and France have suffered. | There are 40,000 men in the American 1 ,rr,,t h al x~;ko Iotr names, so you see that much remains to | ,e done along educational as well as 'ecreational lines"
 The meeting closed with a few parting | from the generals present, l ind each worker was supplied with am- intuition to use in the drive beginning ] tomorrow.
 PRESENT SOLID FRONT
 The Allied armies will present solid | ront when they report for duty at the rutwiler tomorrow night at o'clock. | Every detail of organization has been arefully attended to and the systematic nethod of covering the territory that has characterized all previous campaigns will stain in the present one
 The Rainbow division and other wom- n workers will have their big lunch on tomorrow at the Tutwiler at 1 clock. where final orders and instruc- < ions will be issued by Gen. (Mrs.) { V. D. Smith. and others in charge. After the allied army dinner is over omorrow night everybody will go to ne First Methodist church at o'clock | 9 hear Henry Morgenthaus former am assador to Turkey, tell If conditions | n Europe The distinguished guest | 1ill deliver three addresses during his rief stay in the city.
 GENERALS IN COMMAND
 Following are the genprals who will
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