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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29
YOUR CONGRESSMAN

From the Saturday Evening Post.
 A patriotic association asks us to urge that no man be elected to Con gress this fall unless he heartily sup ports the war.
 That Is not enough. A rattle- headed incompetent or demagog self-seeker can wave the flag and shout for the war as vigorously as the next man. There has got to be Q more searching test than that. He must support the war heartily-and intelli- gently, too.
 Pretty extensively, popular repre- sentation goes by default. The first thing you really know about it four or five men have got themselves On the primary ballot. You can choose among them, but in at least 50 cases out of 100 not one of them is the man you would pick if you had the known talent and character of the district to choose from. You might pick X, but x is not on the primary ballot. Hc
 
 not bother to seek it; and the men who are mainly engineering the affair be- hind the scenes, with their little or ganizations to maintain and their lit tie axes to grind, do not care for K.
 Only yesterday we heard a typical bit of gossip--namely, that A, B and C, not bad men at all, by no means public enemies but habituated players of the game of politics, with their followers and their little hand in the patronage pot-had agreed to run c for Congress. That's the way it happens at least half the time
 You know well enough what is at stake. For your rattle-head and dema- gogue in Congress those boys in France may pay with blood Talk with your neighbors Make yourself felt. If X is the best man in your district get after him. Do not wait for the habituated players of the game to set the scene. Do not leave it solely to the self prompted seekers of the office. Start something yourself with a determina- ton that the best talent and character in the district shall be brough out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29
FOR HIS COUNTRY
Quentin Roosevelt-France,

(Quentin Roosevelt-France
 July 14. 191S.l Minna Irving, in the New York Hera.d. It was morning and sunday, t.c mounted his plane And took like an arrow the speedway of blue; Over trenches and dugouts and smell scared terrain And the Kaiser's gray legions he dauntlessly flew The son of his father could never know fear; And he rose like bird to the Ger man attack, And his comrades beheld him at last disapper. In bollowy cloud on the aerial track. They listened in vain for the beat of his wings Returning at dusk to the long allied line But night hawks and owls were the only live things That scared in the moonlighss simmer and shine. We will send" said the airmen, "aii escort of Huns To follow brave quentin aloft in the skies" So. behold. they are rapidly notchins their guns And soaring no Fokker or Gotha that fliesl The hangar is dark whence he wheeled his machine And exultantly answered the call of the air. But his country is keeping his memory green With laurels of glory unfailinsly fair. A gallant young patriot adventurins , far. In spaces eternal he wanders al will: So scintillant, golden and glorious star Is shining tonight over sagamors Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29

While the dry leaders are bravely marching forward. they don't seem aware of the fact that great many family distilleries, better known as kitchen stills" are springing up behind them.
 Questioned for information by their German captors. American soldiers say, Ask pershing,r or Cable Wilson" Such insolence is enough to give a herr oberlieatanant a stroke of apoplexy.
 * < # With so many candidates for office setting their claims before the voters, it sometimes happens that there are more pictures of men in a Sunday news paper than there are of women < # < Maybe one reason why Emperor Charles has so little weight is because he looks like the young lieutenant in musical comedy who has a tenor voice and warbles love songs.
 # # #
 Secretary Baker would like to see baseball continued with players not !n the draft age. Basebalrs grand old mem are willing to do all they can to keep the game going.
 4 < # ir,foa iS the latest language. No one who isn't an aviator or doesn't spend most of his time hanging around a hangar is able to understand 1t.
 x # # With million and a quarter troops abroad, Uncle Sam is already in posi- ton to exert considerable pressure here and there the battling boche.
 # < x With 11S shipyards fully equipped and A others nearing completion, our busi- ness of "splashing the Kaiser is en- joyingla decided boom.
 # T * {. MT. Fulton, floored by Mir Dempsey in 23 seconds after their fight started, went over the Knockout route in rec ord-breaking time.
 # # # German prisoners confess they are war weary. When the allies have succeeded in making the war lords weary, peace will be in sight.
 # # x The Kaiser watched the battle of Rheims from a high tower, What he saw was democracy putting her best foot forward.
 x # # An airinan loves his machine, even though he may refer to it as & bus or "tin Lizzie"
 # # # It would be rank ingratitude if Paris didn't grant Herb Hoover the freedom of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29
Organizing for
 the Next Loan

N0IHEN the first Liberty Loan
 WV campaign was launched the
 patriotic and public-spirited people
 who were chosen leaders in the work lacked experience, but they soon
 gained it and brilliant achievements
 were scored. In the two campaigns
 that followed experience had ripened
 and large results were easily attained. In the approaching Liberty Loan the fourth-the amount of money sought to be raised for the prosecution of the war will be, it is understood, double that of the third loan mini mum; in other words, six billion dol lars. instead of three billion. Even should so vast a sum be called for, there will be no difficulty in secur- ling it.
 In the first place the men and 
 women of this country believe in the war against Prussian autocracy, and in the second place they are able to Herd the government whatever it may need They will put up the money ungrudgingly. Some people will have to make sacrifices, but they are now used to sacrifices and are all the bet ter for that.
 The details of the campaign are fast taking shape and, as County Chairman Murray Brown intimates, Iwhen the time comes for the drive Birmingham's quota will be quickly subscribed.
 No matter what the allotment may be, Jefferson county will go over the top; and the subscriptions will be
 made promptly and whole-heartedly. Judging from their description. yon might conclude that "whippet tanks whisk in and out of the lines like a terrier after rat, but they don't. They
 can be mareuvered more quickly and
 more easily than the large tanks, bur
 none of them will ever exceed the speed
 limit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29

very much more than a mere play for it was real.
 sat through the trial which lasted two days, and I was never prouoer ol being an American citizen, for it seemed to me that more safeguards were thrown around citizenship in this land or h'- erty than in any country in the wofi'' I say this advisedly for l do not ho'a with some that the rights of an Eng lishman arc as great or greater than those of an American in the eyes os the law.
 The thtnr which erwhelmed me with tbe sense of the personal rights of the individual in America was that pefore my eyes I was beholding how careful even in war times, the great government In whi,a we live was to see to it that the defendant should have a fair 1ury trial. according to the law and the evi- dence, free from the passions or the hour.
 was sratifed at the high plane upon which the whole trial was pitched. II got it's direction from the judge on the hench. hut counsel seemed to feel that too mucn was at stake to use the or portun:ty for display or to try and make grand stand plays by appealing to the patriotism ol prejudice of the crown. Judge Grubb saw to it that there was perfect order.
 i am not gong to try and even give a summary of the speeches. Ralph 1 Quinn. who opened for the government spoke briefly and effectively. H
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29
WORK OF THE NEWPAPERS
Drawn by LOUIS REMEMBERS.

1 the expiration of the period. Adyertis- 1 of which cover year. The newspaper
 may not change it's circulation or it's ad- vertising rates from day to day. It can
 only do so when the aggregate cost Of l the items entering into it's publication necessitate changes and the change must because the general public does not pur- chase the things entering into the make up of a newspaper and is, therefore. not as well prepared for advances as # it were a matter of shoes, of sugar, of woolen goods, of wheat.
 In the matter of Y. M e. A., the Red
 Cross, Liberty Bonds and War Savings
 the newspaper gives not out of it's prof. it's but out of the daily cost of operation, because the giving to these causes enters directly into the cost of each newspaper
 in which the appeals are advanced As
 another Birmingham newspaper recently and truthfully observed:
 Without the splendid, unfaltering. self-sacrificing cooperation of the news papers of this country, the war could
 not have been prosecuted six months It has been patriotism, pure and undefiied. that has been the chief motive power in this cooperation. The newspapers could have printed every line of real
 news about the war and still have left the country cold on these great enter prises. Increased advertising has come to the newspapers, someone would say. perhaps, in connection with great pa triotic campaigns. And yet there is not a newspaper in this country that has not given a hundred times more publicity than it has been paid for" One may easily understand why the government puts newspapers in the es- sential class and grants them priorties in the assembling of the materials neces- , sary to publication. The next step Will be an understanding on the part of the reading and advertising public of the difficulties of publication, owing to the large increase in cost of publication and an appreciation of the steps which news papers are taking and must take for their lf-preservation.
 r The government is fixing the price or paper postage, express and freight ana other items entering into newspaper pup I lication along invariably advancing lines. It stands to reason that newspapers must
 perforce meet these advances as tns
 price of shoes has followed leather, that of bread followed wheat. clothing that l of wool and that of sugar the U-boat
 menace. This can only come through higher charges for circulation and ad- vertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29

was followed by Judge John R. Tyson. for the defense, and his speech was strong and pointed. Judge Samuel D. Wealxloy then, in an address of lite over an hour made a wonderfully H. Illuminating exposition of the rights quar- anteed under the constitution. Judge N. D. Denson,s talk was clear, yet full of feeling Bob Bell, who closed for the government was at his best and made powerful plea for the govern ment
 Then came the charge of the judge have heard many charges, but never one in which any jurist on the bench seemed as anxious to cover every point so that there might be no failure of justice, either for the defendant or the prosecution Judge Grubb took an honi. and jurors who had been listless, or wao had dozed hen the lawyers were speak, ing. were all attention. It was anso- lutely fair
 I left feeling that I had witnessed trial I would remember to my dying day, and that I was glad to live under the Stars and Stripes where my liberty was safe in the hands of my govern ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Steiner Visits sheffieId

T spent Friday in Sheffield and ike all visitors to that now widely ad- vertised city, maryeled at the rapid strides that are being made in the Muscle Shoals district" said Leo k. Steiner
 The stir and progress at Sheffield have not been exaggerated. con- servative estimate of the number Of men employed on the government work is 1I000 As top wages are paid for every description of labor there has been no difficulty in assembling all the workmen that could be utilized.
 Now that the wild rush incident to the early stages of government devel- opment is giving place to settled con ditions, the working army will be re- duced somewhat. but Sheffield's popu- lation will continue to increase at steady rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29
Likes Younrsr Men

Just because I don't always happen to recognize them on the street lots of my friends among the younger men arc apt to think I have no interest in them said Col. T. H. Motion, but such is not the case. I stand ready at all times to give every assistance possible to ambiti- ous young fellows who are fighting for a place in the world and nothing pleases me better than to sit down and nave heart-to-heart talks with my acquaint' ances among the boys"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29
Barrier of Ships
 Holds the Hun at Bay

ID ECENTLY King George of Eng IN land inspected fleet of Brit ish and American warships. If plaaced end to end, those vessels would have extended distance of 21 miles.
 Never before was so great an armada assembled In that mighty fleet were ships and crews that had taken part in brilliant engagements, such as the raid on Zeebrugge, one Of the wars most spectacular achieve 1aentk
 Unfortunately the public has never
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29
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SOUNDS FAMILIAR

From the Kansas City Times
 The German official reports of the Marne battle have had familiar ring right along, and now we recall what II 1t they are like--it's the statement is- sued the night before election by the candidate who runs third the next day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29
Member of the Associated Press.

The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press ols- patches.
 The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein
 All rights of republication of spe- cial dispatches herein are also re- served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29
Spirit of America
 On the Battlefield

M LTHOUGH it is being fought on 4N a colossal scale, the war has not obscured individual deeds of heroism. We used to ask ourselves, Where mil lions of men are engaged, what chance is there for one to distinguish him. self? When multiplied many times is not gallantry a confusing thing, hard to describe except in a general way?
 But we are mistaken. Modern war, So dependent upon machinery, has not by any means destroyed or nullified the personal equation. From time to time we are given glimpse of bat tie scene-on the earth or in the air which lacks none of the thrill md none of the human interest that att tached to combat in the old days, when the endurance and courage of men, never a preponderance of guns and ammunition, won the day.
 Here is paragraph from cores pondent who is describing the battle in France which turned back the Ger man offensive on the Soissons- Rheims line:
 While this was going on. Clifton
 Gibbons of New Haven, Conn,
 first aid man, was passing shell
 hole and heard voice asking for
 bandages. This was lieutenant
 who had been wounded three times.
 He had continued to advance with
 his men after being shot twice. but
 the third time he was wounded in
 the leg and so had installed himself
 in a shell hole. From time to time
 he crept out and brought wounded
 men back to the shell hole. band
 aging their hurts as fast as he
 could. Finally he had brought l1
 men into the shell hole and the
 only thing that seemed to worry
 him was that the first aid Dand-
 ages he found on the dead Ger
 mans were too small or of too
 poor material for use on Ameli-
 cans
 This lieutenant, who may have been a lawyer, doctor or newspaper man year ago, typifies the spirit with which our American troops have entered the struggle for democracy They are not driven to slaughter ? This war is to them not only great adventure but crusade for liberty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29
Come Into Their own

"when I was boy at Piedmont the farmers raised cotton and made mort- gages," said Arthur R. Moody, drus~ gist. Many of them never got out or debt. They bought their meat and flour at the stores. All that is changed now They raise grain, potatoes, beans ana peanuts and a little cotton, and the ma jority of them own automobiles and are out of debt Cotton is their cash crop now and when they take it to market they get the cash instead of a caneetea mortgage or a receipt for part payment on it. The farmers truly have come mo their own, but they work hard and as- serve all they can get for their crops
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29

From the Birmingham Ledger.
 lMNTHILE the successful newspaper 1 \WW is as much a business enter prise as the operation of a
 mercantile establishment, and must pur- sue business methods, or go under, just as happens to dry goods or hardware
 store when 1t fails to follow them, there is an essential difference between the two In an upward price trend the mer- chant is enabled to adopt himself from
 day to day by advancing the price ac- cording to what he pays the man"- l facturer or jobber. He can mark up one line of goods today, another tomorrow. l The process is so gradual that the pur- chasing public is inoculated without acute realization of the change. Long before the retail price is advanced, ar tcle after article appears in magazines, trades papers and the daily press bear- ing upon the cost of the raw material
 entering into the makeup of the goods finally displayed upon the counter for the consumer.
 We read of the governments fixing |. our consent to higher price for the ultimate loaf of bread. U-boats figured in our south Atlantic. We were pre- pared for less sugar at higher price. Hides brought record prices last year, We saw the s9 and $10 shoe, where once we paid s5 and s6 Our soldiers had to have the country's wool clip. We thought at once of that s20 suit as a $25 one. The merchant faced compara- lively small problem. He knew what he would nave to pay wholesale and he marked up for a public educated to the marked up prices free of cost.
 Meanwhile this merchant gave of h.s profits to the Red Cross, the Y. M c. A, and other war causes and he invested of his surplus in Liberty Loan Bonds and War Savings certificates. Out of his abundance he was glad to be able to be generous with his government and the boys lover there" He did his full pars. He did it well and periodically and he does it yet and will continue to do 1t, for in this country none are more loyal | than the merchant.
 l The newspaper has but one article to sell, newspaper. This newspaper con sists of reading matter and advertising matter printed on white paper. It's ln- come is from the sale of the newspaper as whole to the reading public and the sale of it's advertising space to the ad- vertising public. Its circulation rates cover the forthcoming year. A yearly i subscriber is protected in his rate until
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29
school Comfort

"I am puttlng in new heating plant in the schoo, at Bradford said w. H. Shirley. "l have already installed sum liar low-pressure gravity systems as sayre and at Majestic. It means not only comfort for the teachers and the puplls' but a great saving in the amount or coai consumed. The way coal is wasted at .i,,,e when if is so valuable is a shame, and every way possible should De used to conserve it to avoid what seems 10 he an unusual shortage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29
Like Old Times

"It looked like old times to see 1lh weatherly. make his way into the fed- eral court with pile of law books under his arrn," said Morris Loveman. II ie- minded me of, the time when ne was among the busiest lawyers in the state He made a reputation at the bar long before he entered the political arena
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29

Washington bureau POT Hibbs build ing.
 European bureau, Henrietta street Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, World ouild- ing, New York city; western business office, Tribune building, Chicago. The $. C. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29
Jhary of Notices

My son Tracy, who graduated al Ah- napolis in June, is somewhere on the high seas, but I do not even snoW tlo name of the ship to which he was as signed or it's destination said the Rev. H. c. Keg!ey, the well-knc"n seho4s'l and preacher. "I am little chary III giving out any information about my son. even when I have any special news of him, for it seems the cadets at An nanolfs have a way of making one or their number who is unfortunate ehous" to get notice in his home paper com init it to memory and recite it publicly Hence the ensigns are not overfond or getting press notices"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-29

From the Birmingham Ledger.
 NH Y HILE the successful newspaper \MW is as much business enter
 V prisa tha onar1tiOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-16
Pennsylvania Thin Vein
 Bituminous Districts Are
 Given New Classification

Washington, February 15.-Fuel Ad- ministrator Garfield announced to- night that he had reclassiffed, effect i've tomorrow, certain coal producing counties in the thin vein bituminous district of Pennsylvania and granted q price of $2.60 q ton for run of mine. prepared sizes and slack Only one price was named as practically all of the 60,000,000 tons produced annually iri that district is run of the mine.
 Former prices in the district were $2 for run of mine. $2.25 for prepared sizes and s1.75 for slack.
 While Dr. Garfield expects that the new price will remain in force, he explained that cogent argument in favor of it's reduction would be for the opera tors to fail to constantly in- crease the productivity of their mines by proper development, to allow pro- duction to decrease or to ship impure coal.
 To provide funds to meet the ex- penses of pools and other arrange ments made by the operators to facil- itate movement and distribution. 5 mills per ton is to be added to this. This 10 be distributed by an operators s committee to be named, later z
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-16
NEED s-@==s SUPPLIED @G-==% AGE-HERALD WANT ADS

a 5000-ton craft Naval operation gem orally, as far as can be leaEned, docs net agree with Mir. Saunders as to the practicability of the plan. Reduc- tion of cargo space, time necessary for construction of this character and sew eral other factors are regarded as working against general adoption for the transport service. Rear Admirals Taylor and Griffin, respectively chief constructor and chief engineer of the navy, are members of the consulting board and will be present tomorrow.
 There appears to be no doubt that a virtually nonsinkable ship could be built in any of several ways. Neither the allied powers nor the United States has as yet found, however, any scheme so far as known that would justify it's general use. Time and cargo space are vital elements in the war that must govern whatever is done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-16
Bread Rationing in England Seems an Early Possibility

London, February 15.-The cereal situation is beginning to cause some anxiety and it may ultimately become necessary to institute bread rations Although Chancellor Bonar Law said .in the House of Commons on Wednes- day that at the end of last year the total stocks of wheat in this country were greater by 2,000.0O0 quarters than they were at the end of 1916. 1t must be remembered that Great Britain is taking a generous share in helping to stave off starvation inA France and Italy. The supplies of meats are some- what better at this week end.