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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03
FIND HISTORIC RELICS

New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Excavators for the Brooklyn rapid transit subway tunnel to Brooklyn, under Whitehall street. came upon q large number of piles yesterday which had been imbedded in the mud at that point since revolutionary days. The site of the historic find was, at one time, that of the old Whitehall ferry, whence Gen. George Washington em- parked in 17S3, immediately after he had bidden farewell to his officers at Fraunces tavern, at Broad and Pearl streets. four blocks away. While the diggers were hoisting up the old piles they also found some old wooden mains used during the administration of Aaron Burr as water commissioner of the city. Many old relics have been dug up in this section of the city with the excavating for the new tunnel. Two block away the hull of an old wooden ship was found 15 feet be- heath the surface of the street, a year or two ago. while further 'inshore" near Broad and Front streets, huge clam shell beds were dug up. showing that at one time the shore line had been further inland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03

and be entertained at the French em. bassy. Its initial appearance in New York was the occasion of a splendid demonstration-civic, social and pa triotic-and so it will be in each city it visits.
 Birmingham is one of the few cities in this country without an auditorium. And as no theatre here was available it was only through the courtesy of the Tutwiler management that the coming pf the orchestra was made pos sible.
 Fortunate it was that arrangements were finally perfected, for it would have been a reflection upon Birming- ham if, out of sixty cities, this was the only one listed by the committee that had to be passed by. It is esti- mated that at least 2500 seats can be provided in the Tutwiler. That all of them will be occupied may be taken for granted. At moderate prices a goodly sum will be netted for the Red Cross.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03
o'Keliy,s Story Like Fiction

Grover Cleveland O'Keny, who was reported as having been killed in ac. tion in France several months ago, Is now prisoner in Germany" said S. R. Hutto. assistant physical director at the local Young Mems Christian as sociation
 T am not superstitious, but there is something singular about the whole affair. Grover graduated with honors from the Ninth District Agricultural school while taught there, and ] have never known finer fellow. On the night before he volunteered there was play given at Blountsville In which O'Kelly was the hero He was in the marine corps and underwent all kinds of Eardships and dangers, and was later reported as having been killed in action. The heroine refused to believe 1t, however. declaring that her lover would return. In the last act he did so, but had been a prisoner for sometim~ l received a letter from the girl who played the part of the heroine a few days ago stating that she had re- ceived a card from Grover and that he was now a prisoner in Germany"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03
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What the American
 Army Has Accomplished.

1 1.-THE valor of our fighting men 1T
 4 France has made splendid i'm pression on the allies and has caused the enemy to quake. Lincoln Eyre the New York Worlds correspondent thus summarizes in cable dispatch the record of the First American army in six weeks time, since it became a tactical operating unit on the St. Mihiel front:
 40,000 German prisoners. 300 or more German guns. 1000 trench mortars and machine guns.
 10000 German soldiers killed or wounded.
 Liberation of several hundred square miles of France.
 Every American division remains in
 fighting trim.
 A dozen enemy divisions rendered
 unfit for service.
 When the United States entered the war it was, like Great Britain, ill- prepared. But preparedness pro- gramme on a stupendous scale was quickly developed. Congress gave the President ready and whole-hearted support, but it was not until General Pershing's army grew to formidable size that Germany began to realize what a powerful factor America was to be in the conflict.
 Junkerdom knows full we'll now what it means to provoke a liberty loving country to wrath. The Presi- dent did everything in reason to keep out of the war, but this country, once in it, the defeat of the Huns, with their perfectly organized military ma chine and their ruthless methods, was only question of time. The allies, with the assistance of America, were invincible. No one underrated the strength of the enemy, but the won der is that Germany was able to hold out as long as it did.
 Even with weaker enemy to fight our soldiers would have been entitled to lasting honors. As it is they will all come home as heroes of the first rank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03
NED BRACE TELLS ABOUT HIS TRIP TOWARD THE ACTIVITIES ON THE OTHER SIDB

into our hunks in turn, and just be- fore noon next day backed out into stream and slowly proceeded out to sea,
 | Great transports they were, camou. | flaged like zebras, accompanied by battleships. destroyers. submarine chas- CTS and naval airplanes lowering all about over the fleet.
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 As we were passing down the har- bor tug came speeding up and mega phoned for Private Blank. Nobody seemed to know what offense Private Blank had committed, but strapping handsome soldier clambered down a ladder onto the tug. He apparently didn't know why he was called, but took his medicine like man and was car. ried off holding his head high and smil ing.
 among the soldiers aboard is a tank corps. Lieutenant Williamson, a grad. uate of Auburn and of the old William. son Iron company family. is of them. and fine looking young fellow he is.
 There is also water tank company. infantry and negro labor company.
 Our ship has been bringing frozen mutton from Australia to England and is loaded with frozen beef
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 Travelling aboard a troop ship is far different from the average transatlantic line. There are no comforts-no sery- ice. One attends ones own self and does the best he can, sharing with his associates and taking his turn. The food is of the second-rate liner. But It is a part of war.
 The first day out an officer of the ship called passengers to the lounge and commanded each one to carry his with him at all times
 Nurse 1t as a baby he said, "and when the ships whistle blows six times appear here for assignment to life- boats"
 Since then everyone Jugs his lifepre- server about with him from breakfast ] room to bedroom, and sleeps with it by | {, life vest at all times, even sleeping, l and drilling In it. All orders aboard l a troop ship must be obeyed and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03
BRITISH PORT. october

1 N BRITISH PORT. October 8 A\ Twelve newspaper editors. know
 ing well freedom of both thought and action, got full dose of dis cipline at p. m, September 24, at dock at an Atlantic port, and on board steamship for the other side.
 These 12 editors had been selected by the British Ministry of Information to visit England and France and view the war situation as the guests of Great Britain. They were dined at a fashionable restaurant on the evening of the 23d. MT. Godfrey Butler, chair man of the British Bureau of Informa- tion, In this country, explained the de- tails of the trip and presented each of the 12 with ticket on a numbered ship. telling them to appear at the dock before 3 p. m. the next day. To man they were there by 1, patiently waiting while company after company of soldiers marched aboard
 When aboard ship and assigned to rooms-four in each small room with four bunkf, but little floor space for baggage-we learned that we were to rough 1t and take our chances eauaI- ly with the soldier boys on board.
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 Then the usual ships gossip appeared with the story that the ship had only got ten in at o'clock that morning and 45 members of the crew had been sent ashore in ambulances suffering from Spanish influenza. Some of our 12 were soon in a stew of excitement But a representative of the British embassy arrived upon the scene and informed them that the United States medical department and the navy department had passed the ship as fit for Ameri- ,an soldiers and officers and therefore t must be fit for anyone.
 Not a voice was raised thereafter.
 As we thought we were ready to 'ail. about 4 D. m., & coal lighter drew lp alongside and we were told 1t would ake all night to coaa. We were like wise informed that no one could go ashore, or on the dock to telephone; hat we could not even send note or etter ashore. We were under military discipline Thus at midnight we piled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03
UNITED WAR WORK-By Frank Willis Barnett

There has been so much in the way of the different organizations serving in the war activities that it ought to be made clear that it was not done by Dr. John R. Mott's suggestion
 
 The Young Mems Christian association and it's leaders, like the American Red Cross, have, with important exceptions, campaigns for funds. It is not neces- sary to restate the familiar grounds for their position and 1t is unfair to charge them with 1t.
 Early in September President Wilson, after careful and sympathetic considera- tion, requested the seven organizations ing the American soldiers and sailors to combine their forthcoming financial drives in one united campaign to be con- ducted November 11-1S. 1918.
 He knew that the nation could trust
 
 grasp the big, broad view of the needs of our men and to take up the task with the unity of spirit that means suc- cess How well the President had esti- mated the situation is shown by tn. zeal with which strong men and women of every creed and race within our na- tional citizenship have pledged their sew eral and united efforts to the further ing of this campaign for American sol- diers and sailors, everywhere.
 There Is no "nigger in the woodpile'' as some have charged. and as many think. The seven organizations in united war work campaign, made up of the army and navy Young Mems Christian asso- citation, Young Women's Christian asso- ciation. National Catholic War Council (Knights of Columbus), Jewish Welfare board, war camp community service. American Library association, the Sal. vation army. are not acting in any sec tarian sense. but arc striving to do a patriotic service
 Tho following resolution of the general wartime commission of the churches, adopted in Washington. speaks for itself:
 "The general wartime commission of the Protestant churches recognizes with grateful appreciation the varied, exten- sive and indispensable service which is being rendered to the American soldiers and sailors at home and overseas by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03

those trusted auxiliary agencies of our sociation and the Young Women's Chris tian association.
 We have learned of the united war work campaign, in which, at the request of President Wilson, these two organ nations and other agencies at work for our army and navy have combined their efforts to secure during the week begin ming November Il the sum of 70,500.o0c to cover their respective budgets as ap- proved by the war department, and in view of the decision of tho President with which all good citizens should loyal ly comply and in view of his clear statement that his request implies nt surrender of it's integrity and independ- ence on the part of any of the agencies involved, and no compromise of their convictions or their work, and in view of the importance of providing whatever is necessary to promote the we'll being of our soldiers and sailors. we urge upon all our churches the most earnest sup port of the effort to be made November Ills to provide the funds for the Young Mems Christian association and the Young Women's Christian association and the other agencies ministering to the comfort and welfare of the army and navy. We believe our churches should take the lead in all proper effort to make the proposed campaign an unqual- flied success"
 Let us follow the soldier on the long road that leads from his home town to the battlefields of France and see how ths. seven war camp agencies follow his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03
Should Market Cotton At Its Full Value.

fm EAR spectators have succeeded ID in depressing the price of cot ton, their attacks on the market being based chiefly on the early approach of peace. But the world is hungry for the south's leading staple and, peace or no peace, the demand will be suffi- cient to absorb every bale of this years comparatively small crop.
 Due to labor shortage and the high price of everything that the farmer has to buy, it is costing more to pro- duce cotton than ever before. If cot ton grower were to sell ct 30 cents he might make fair profit, while at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03

i, every move: When he takes the train that is to garry him to his cantonment he feels the weight of homesick thoughts but perhaps. there is band furnished by the Jewish Welfare league or the war camp community service to speed hirn- on his way and on the train a Y. M. e. A. or K. of c. secretary, a big-hearteG fellow who knows the game. makes him feel that he has found friend.
 At the cantonment he finds further evi- dence that he is neither forgotten nor forsaken. Here are the 750 huts of the
 K K. of C.. Jewish Welfare board and the Salvation Army. their doors open to all the boys alike: places where the soldier can write letters home, play games at night. see the best movies produced in the world, attend church service and keep up with his studies under trained teachers.
 
 Here, also, are the S5 hostess houses Of the Y. w. e. A.. where mother. sister and sweetheart may make their headquarters when they visit In all of these buildings are libraries provided by the American Library association and filled with books and magazines At many Of the cantonments are camp libraries with librarians and comfortable reading rooms supplied from the same source.
 For his recreation 2oO0 trained physicaI directors promote baseball. basketball and other games and when he visits the city scores of doors are opened to hjm through the work of the war camp conn munity.
 More than 36oo separate buildings have been either erected or rented to make possible this huge work. In addition. there are scores of warehouses and gar ages and hundreds of huts that consist of
 In addition to their care for the i;v- ing. the graves of the dead are marked and cared for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03
Great Musical and
 Patriotic Affair.

r1T1HE music lovers of Birmingham
 u may look forward to an un- usual treat in the concert by the famous orchestra of the Paris con- servatory to be given at the Tutwiler on Thursday night, November 14. But it is to be more than a musical affair, for patriotism is to have a large part in it.
 The orchestra comes with the greet ing of the French republic, which placed man of war at it's disposal. The organization numbers ninety-odd men, It is making a tour of the United States and will appear in sixty cities. including Richmond, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans, Dallas, Waco, San Antonio and Fl Paso in the south.
 The net proceeds will be turned over to the American Red Cross. Promi- nent citizens of New York, among them Otto H. Kahn, Henry L. Davison and Henry c. Prick, form the con- mittee financing the enterprise.
 Just before starting on it's southern Itinerary the orchestra will fill an en- zagement in Washington and will be officially received at the White House
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03

man thereon Is of the discipline of soldier It comes bit hard to those used to comforts and freedom, but 1t is jpart of war.
 Wednesday October 2.--Last night, sailing without lights as usual we ran into a fleet of fishing schooners, ap- parently returning from Iceland, sad one of our ships cut down two of them The balance of the convoy kept right on. The unfortunate ship circled about, lowered boats and gathered in sur- vivors by the aid of her searchlightsS Fortunately. she was an auxiliary cruiser. well armed and could take care of herself. Aboard our ship we have not yet heard of the number of lives lost. Indeed, we get no news-merely the vaporings of the usual ships gos- sip.
 poor old Presbyterian minister coming from somewhere out in the far east died aboard last night. After a brief religious ceremony this morn ing his body was wrapped in canvas and dumped into the sea. The poor old man. without an acquaintance on board, was going home to England to spend c Ia ct dax xzrffh hte % E,,k stead met last resting place in the waters of the Atlantic.
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 And so 1t goes. Rev. John Robertson, the noted Scotch Presbyterian clergy man, devoted his sermon in the ships saloon Sunday evening to tho telling of the British soldiers who had died in his arms on the somme. being par ticularly descriptive of a battalion of 500 which he took to the front and bid them good-by as they went over the top. But eighty of them re- turned, he told.
 This was not cheering to the soldier boys who were in the dumps of dis comfort after sailing all day in a fog with the whistles blowing every few minutes to prevent collisions.
 But newspaper man and youne lieutenant told 8 few cheerful stories thereafter, and we continue to sai, along.
 2,ett3,uee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03

A dark memorial of the dead
 women and children whom you left
 to drown. Nay, not till thieves are set to rua,.i
 The gold, and corsairs called to keen CT peacerul commerce watch and ward.
 And wolves to herd the helpless sheep. snail mer and women look to thee. Inou ruthless Old Man of the Sea,
 the deep! tii nobler breeds we put our trust: The nations in whose sacred lore Srne ought stands out above the must"
 And honor rules in peace and war. fs With these We hold in soul and heart. VIII, s!, tnese we choose our lot and part ! HI liberty is safe on sea ana shore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03
Foe Strips Belgium
 While in Retreat.

lOELGIUM is still under the hee lg of the Hun. As the German armies retreat the plight of the Bel. gian civilian is reported to be as bae as ever. A recent dispatch says the Germans are not only taking large quantities of food, but they are plum. .dering industries of everything that has any value.
 So much machinery has been stolen from the mills and factories of Bel gium that it is not believed the Bel gians will be able to resume manu- featuring on large scale within two years after the war ends. In Brus- 7 sells it is said there are about 175 ,O0O refugees sleeping in parks and eating whatever they can find. Similar con- ditions prevail in other cities behind the German lines.
 By what process of reasoning the uermans continue their vandalism in Belgium is mystery. The terms of peace will most certainly include full reparation for all Belgium has sui fered, economically and otherwise. Dismantling Belgian factories will not profit Germany in the economic war she fears will begin after ces- sation of hostilities. Belgium's indus tries must be restored and Germany will have to pay the bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03
LUXE M,LUKE SAYS

Some people seem to think that you l shouldn't worship Goa unless you are wearing your Sunday clothes. Any married man can tell you that a wife is a person who will even dodge pleasure In her eagerness to run and meet trouble
 We know a woman who loves linn berger cheese so much that her home
 smells like Hun trench. Yet she is always indignant because her husband
 smokes and won't quit using the dirty, filthy weed.
 The factory whistle is cheerful music to man--when he can roll over end sleep couple of hours before he has to get up.
 Outside of the Kaiser, the biggest liar We know of is the man who started the story that the rich have less fun and peace of mind than the poor. Before you go chasing married woman, try to picture the diagram in the paper in which the cross (x) shows the spot where you fell when the out iaged husband fired the fatal shot. We like to talk about the old fla sh- toned beau who was so bashful. But when he took his girl for buggy ride and she insisted on taking the reins he wasn't so bashful that he didn't guess what she was driving at. Some men are married for a couple of years before they realize that their wives are red-headed. And other men are only married for couple of months before they realize that their wives are bald-headed.
 The reason why your wife believes that her husband deserves a better
 wife than he got Is because a Hun would rather kiss a Belgian baby than stick bayonet into 1t.
 It doesn't take a bride long to come
 down from poetry to liver and oniors.
 At 15 a girl would be satisfied if hcr
 hair was only naturally curley. At 30
 she would be satisfied if her hair was
 only natural.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
wnI Move Printing Press

T came up from Montgomery to see about moving a part of the printing outfit used by the Anti-Saloon league in printing the Citizen" said A. S. Barnes, a member of the headquarters stan of the Baptists in the Capitol City.
 The big press was given to the Anti Saloon league to be used as long as they needed it, but in the event of their over to the Baptists of Alabama. It will be used by the executive commit tee in issuing bulletin and in job work"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03
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ocratic he was. He might be able to make 8 living operating a jitney bus" SHALLOW, INDEED. Beauty is only skin deep, you know. The aphorism's pat; But the kind the beauty parlors show IS even less than that
 DIDN'T COMMIT HIMSELF T overheard MT. Dubwaite talking in his sleep last night" said Mrs, Dup waite
 Dear mel" exclaimed Mrs. Glithery. What did he say?"
 "All could make out was, Club. glub.'"
 That doesn't sound like the name Of an affinity"
 CONFIDENCE RESTORED. The end of the "flu' is now in sight. The prospect pleases; There's no more scattering left and rieht When person sneezes.
 POOR DAD.
 Mother songs seem to be popular among vaudeville performers" Yes. Still you occasionally hear song about father"
 That's true, but its usually a comic song" PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03
MARE LIBRUM

By Henry Van Dyke. You dare to say with perjured lips: .We fight to make the ocean free"- You whose black trail of butchered
 ships
 Bestrews the bed of every sea Where German submarines have
 wrought Their horrors? Have you never
 thought
 What you call freedom men call
 piracy? Unnumb cred ghosts that haunt the
 wave Where you have murdered cry you down, And seamen whom you would not save Weave now in weed-grown depths q
 crown Of shame for your imperious head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03
HIS RECORD,

It is said this happened in small Tennessee town one day when the local draft board was examining number of negro farm laborers.
 Have you ever had any previous mili- tary experience"
 'Yas. sah," answered typical "corn field" da~ky
 You don't understand me. Have you ever been in the army before?''
 "Yas, sah. boss. Ise been in de army" 'Where?'
 "I wuz in Compn'y D, Fourth Illinois" :" How long?"
 "Sx years"
 That shows you don't know what you are talking about. The period of enlist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03
WHY NOBODY LOVES THEM rom the Baltimore Amerfcap

The Swiss are indignant because a German aviator who shot down an un- armed Swiss captice balloon on Swiss territory and killed it's occupant has been sentenced to only three months impris- cnment In fortress. This furnishes one of the answers to the question the Ger mans are pla,ntively. asking as to why nobody loves them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-03
Glad Opening Day Has Com.

II will be glad when Monday after noon comes," said Harry Ford, assistant manager of Loew's Bijou, flor sitting around with the house dark and the staff moping and the stage boys loaf ing got on my nerves. We took oc- casion, however. to do a lot of inside work and you can rest assured the place will be spick and span. We felt that we owed 1t to ourselves and the public to make 1t as clean and fresh as possible It will bear the closest
 inspection from sanitary standpoint"