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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17
POLITICAL LEADERS
 HELD IN CONNECTION
 WITH PAES MURDER

Lisbon, Portugal, December 18. Dr. BritO CamachO. leader of the united group in the Portuguese Chamber of Deputies. and Magai- haes Lima, leader of the republican party, have been arrested.
 MagaIhaes Lima was taken into custody because, it is alleged, a let ter addressed to him was found on the person of the assassin of Presi- dent Paes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17
Fire Breaks Out in
 Columbia University

New York, December 1&-Fire broke out late tonight in build ing at Columbia university in which it was reported is stored quantity of chemicals used for laboratory purposes. The fumes handicapped the firemen fighting the blaze, and call for the rescue squad was turned in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17
SYLACAUGA

Slyacauga December 16.-(Special) The family of Robert Gates today re- ceived notice from the war department that he had died of disease in France on November II. Young Gates volun- teered in the service last July and was at once sent overseas for duty.
 In the police court today 20 negroes were given fines of $10 each for craps shooting. The police made the arrests Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17

tHtOnS NnOSt re-
 turning yesterday were the follow
 ing,
 Lieut.. Frank Leftwich, who has been stationed at Camp Taylor, has been dis charged and is spending a few days as the guest of relatives in Birming- ham en route to his home in Mobile. Lieutenant Leftwich expects to return to the University of Alabama after Christmas.
 Romaine Proctor and George Pollock, students of the s. A T. C. at Aubur are guests of relatives in Birmingham.
 Lieut.. Bruce Snider has returned to Camp Humphreys after spending sew eral days with relatives in Bessemer.
 Tom Rogers, who has been stationed at Camp Pike, has been discharged and has returned home.
 R. J. Williams, who has been sta- tioned at Camp Sevier, has been dis charged and has returned home.
 Hal E. Hall has returned from New York, where he was discharged. He was ready to sail when discharged. Sterling Foster, Jr., will not return home for the holidays, but will go to Boston Tech, where he intends to conn plete his training in the aviation corps George A. Gibson, who has been sta tioned at Camp Taylor, has returned home.
 Nelson Hury, a member of the s. A. TT. c. at Auburn, has been discharged from the service and has returned home.
 William L. Hogue, who has been sta- tioned at Camp Gordon, has been hon. orably discharged from the service and is spending a few days in Birmingham visiting relatives and friends en route to his home in Marion. Ralnh Walter of NeMnort News. Va
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17
OFFICIALS, ARRIVAL ARRANGED

Paris, December 16.--The arrival of the various officials to meet President Wilson has now been arranged for. The Italian premier, VittorIo Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino, will reach here Thursday. The British prime min ister David Lloyd George, and Foreign Secretary A. J. Balfour will probably reach Paris next Saturday or Sunday. With Premier Clemenceau, the pres ence of the delegates will permit of discussions between the four leading powers, Great Britain, France, the Unit ed States and Italy.
 The interallied conference probably will assemble next Monday, but the ses- sions will be brief, not exceeding two days.
 The initial meeting of the interallied conference probably will be held in the French war office and Will give Presi- dent Wilson his first opportunity to meet the delegates around the confer ence table.s After two days the various leaders will separate for the Christmas holidays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17
FOUR TRANSPORTS BEARING lR0oPG SAIL FPo Pers w lads oOOO "0Fe rrc ys.ose T , fof ''1lI to toe
 States

.Naaaing December Is. Annc Ylaeenent vas made by the war cpaIin.e late today Of the saijisg fire France of four additio. ports, the Gen era G. f's the Saxonia, the .Ce3 the Mongolia. B. F us, special repre- utaU f Secretary Baker in raIe ret ming aboard the cedIze.
 As5afd "a .1ousoNa gre the Seventy shstd and seyeWs-f9usth past artillery assa L field sgtiis with the head a11stt u tho Eo s.a coast artillery as The .1so csfries 7S5 sick a adea
 te~ .Hae e ae sgd aero s4.@ 8 aaa @ eas3ai nies and 3 ies x ar siaN a wounded, en 4af oshsz general
 ea eaaaass \ 9sS
 s Cane gas
 ff'ess enf5 s.len
 hiAe gae sasoa3a af.. Cedric
 o el pcs IA and he u#e H. -1ia o59 ser B
 Ms 4n General psrsla# a8 abo& Additional men lc tltose asig- 4ia oy him for ear. est4gr fo
 .ted States The units are 2iia 4aatn 4s5th, 467th, 4SSth 4s9th, SS5th and s4s. aero squadrons; the first gas regiment at full strength; the anti-aircraft artillery school detachment and replacement bat tery.
 SANTA ANA ARRIVES
 The United States transport Santa Ana, bringing homes4S officers, 21 enlisted men, 70 Young Mems Christian associa- tion workers and three Knights of Co., lumbus workers from overseas, arrived here late today three days behind sched- ule. The ship S officers reported a voyage so rough that it had to be broken by a stop at Bermuda.A
 James F. Kelly of Salt Lake City, one of the Knights of Columbus workers, was the only wounded man aboard. With the two other Knights of Columbus men, l.. N. Kines of Baltimore, and J. l.. Me- Cam of Chicago, he wore the Croix dc Guerre,s won by flying in an airplane with food to & detachment of marines who were pocketed for four days in a salient of the Argonne line. The enlisted men on the Santa Ana were members of the Seventy ythird field artillery. Among the officers were: Lieu tenant Colones Erasmus R. Smith, Lit tie Rock, Ark. / Sandeford Jarnan, Mo- bile, Ala, and Captain H. Candler, Memphis, Tenn.
 | The Alba branch of the Scottish Ma l tional Farmers union has decided to boycotte the Irish harvesters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17
Chinese Minister Comes December P

Washington, December 16.-It was an- nounced at the state department today that the Chinese minister for foreign af- fairs and his party will arrive at San Francisco about December 22, and other members of the Chinese delegation to the peace conference will reach there Jan nary q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17
Local Data

torials published by Berger in the Mil waukee Leader.
 One of the articles said that German social democracy ~was infinitely more democratic than the democracy of Pres- ident Wilson. The article inquired what the German people had ever done to this country that the United States should send large armies abroad to kill them and be killed.
 Another editorial read into the record expressed the opinion that the persons who opposed the war were the true genuine Americans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17
{. James W. McDaniel of r,

.James w. McDaniel of Toassrloc reached New York v 5tsf6aY Leviathan, was a 2u6MAsr Ui D, 167th infantr tsl5 HMreI@ living and he ma Iii fa4 s ks sister, Mrs. Georg efs hss3 CTS McDaniel was raAreN 9 &eAAa7a% and is one of the mo. ttar iret 1s of the Bessemer con comma by Capt. Lacey EdmuHcs tte k6~L gassed at Chateau Thisf'' ' s- ter did not know of bi mtll informed by a represen,a of The Age- Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington. December 1s.-The fore cast follows:
 Alabama and Mississippi: Fair Tues day; Wednesday unsettled probably To- cal rains: moderate temperature
 Georgia: Fair Tuesday and probably Wednesday, not much change in temper ature.
 Tennessee: Partly overcast Tuesday, probably followed by rain Tuesday night and on Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17
CRITICIZED FOR METHODS

The witness said he previously had been criticized by Berger for the way in which war news, had been handled at times.
 My instructions from Berger were to use the Berlin dispatches as lead CTS in the war news" said Harris. He always said that the Berlin stories were zmore reliable because the news from London and France was censored Ser ger never wanted anything printed that might offend German readers. He objected to stories which referred to the Germans as Huns or Boches."
 On cross examination Harris admitted that Berger had on numerous occasions printed editorials attacking the Kaiser and the junker class in Germany Judge Landis refused to allow the witness to answer a question alleging that Ber- gers attacks on the Kaiser had been responsible for his defeat in his race for Congress in 1914.
 District Attorney Clyne then read ex- tracts from a number of antiwar ed'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17
DECLARED WAR UNPOPULAR

In another article it was declared that the war was unpopular despite the efforts of the eapitalistic press to make it appear popular.
 The selective draft was described as a national shame in another article, which added that war was the price the peo- pie paid for having rejected socialism.
 Another article was read entitled War and Insanity in which it was stated that in an army of 100000 men, 40,00o soldiers might be driven insane.
 A number of letters taken from the office of William F. Kruse, national sec retary of the Young Peoples Socialist league, one of the defendants, were or fered in evidence oy the government.
 Most of them were in reply to m quiries from socialists asking for advice in regard to the army draft.
 T probably shall refuse to register or serve and many of our members will do the same" Kruse wrote to one friend. q would not advise you on the subject as that would be treason"
 In another letter the advice was glv- en to be prudent without being cowardly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17
MASS OF EVIDENCE IN BERGER TRIAL IS
 PRESENTED ID JURY
Extracts From Numerous Antiwar Editorials Printed in Milwaukee Leader Are
 Read Into Record

Chicago, December 16.-A mass of documentary evidence in support of the governments charges that Victor l.. Berger of Milwaukee violated the es- pionage law in the antiwar campaign he carried on as editor of the Milwaukee socialist daily newspaper, the Leader, was presented to the jury in Judge Landis' court today in the trial of five socialist party chiefs.
 Extracts from numerous antiwar edi- torials, which Berger caused to be published in the Leader, were read into the record by District Attorney Charles F. C1yne.
 J. E. Harris, formerly managing edi- tor of the Leader, testified that he re- signed his position in May, 1917, be- cause of a dispute with Berger over an order received to print for the sec ond time the proclamation and war pro- gramme of the St Louis socialist con- vention.
 T talked it over with my assistants" said Harris, and we consulted the fed eral district attorney, who expressed the opinion that it would be danger ous to print the platform. We then prepared a statement which Me pre- sented to Berger, declaring thapin our opinion the platform Was seditious and that those responsible for publishing it might be liable to prosecution by the government
 Berger said he was the responsi- ble head of the paper and insisted upon it being published again. l then told him I would resign He expressed re- gret, because the only two men in the office he would consider for the position were Dro-ally"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17
Wilson Leaves Paris
 to Visit Versailles

(Continued From Page One.) the President will probably call on King Victor at the Italian embassy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17

The Age-Herald wants short news items, similar to those print ed below, about returning soI- diers, sailors and marines. When your relative of friend who has been fin the service returns to Bir- smin ghan, phone or write of the fact and the information will be gladly published. Among those re- turning yesterday were the follow ing;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17

The Alba branch of the Scottish Ma tional Farmers union has decided to boycotts the Irish harvesters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17

Mrs. Mary A. Reed.-Aged 75; died at the residence 1917 Thirty first street, north, yesterday morning. Funeral services from the residence Shis morning at 10:30 o'clock. The re- mains will be sent to Athens for in torment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17

Ralph Walter of Newport News
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-17

Mrs. Emma A. MonrO.-Aged 69; died at the residence, f032 Eighteenth street, south, Sunday night. The re- mains were sent to Mobile yesterday afternoon by Johns.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-04
FOOD SHIPMENTS BY
 AMERICA ENORMOUS

Three times day millions Of nen On the battlefeIds three thous- and miles away must be fed Ameri- ca has increased her shipments Of meat and f4ts 84i. 590, 900 pounds. the amount sent iii 1s1s-1917 being 2.166,- 5G0 ,000 lbs, while that sent in 1917 1918 was 3.o11, 100000. This she has lone in the face Of fewer hogs to slaughter than 191e-1317 This amount s almost three times as great as the 2re-war average shipment
 is far as cereals are concerned the :,l:Dment for 191s-l917 was 5s,s00.- 50G bushels: that for 1917-131s, 34O,- z9a 9eg tushels-an increase Of so.- 1g0. 0.o5G bushels.
 The amour, O. wheat sent in 1916 1917 was 135,100.000 bushels; in 1917 1918 it was HI, ,000, ,O00 bushels.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-04
SUBSCRIPTIONS ON
 LIBERTY LOAN

SEATTLE. Oct. Hast evening the following was announced from the headquarters at San Francisco:
 The iederaPreserYe banks figures at five o'clock last evening show that s67054000. or approximately eighteen percent Of the quota. II is estimated that subscriptions paid but which amount was not yet received by the bank. is twice that amount.
 Oregon has forty percent subscrib- sd: while Utah, Idaho and Nevada have thirty percent. IL is unohcially stated that Arizona, Southern Califor- aia and Washington have twelve per cent subscribed San Francisco al i've o'clock last evening had s20.5 .534. 500.
 sesttle's loan subscriptions to date ire reported 10 be eleven million dol ars.
 COL LENOIR,
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-04
GERMANY THROWING. GENERAL, RESERVES. ON WESTERN FRONT.
Hindenburg's Line of Defense Entirely Broken. Flee ing Germans Are Moved Down By Pursuing
 British Troops. Many Prisoners Taken

PARIS. Oct 1.-The French forces captured two thousand German prisoners yesterday the Champagne sector The War office also the capture Chaerange and Cox De Soudans seriously enaeing the Germans remaining in the forest of Argonne.
 British Captured Four Thousand
 LONDON, Oct 4-Genera Haig reported this morning that he had reached the railway Lens pursuing the Germans four thousand his had captured yesterday north of St. Quentin.
 Immense Number of Germans Killed
 PARIS Oct 4-American aviators dropped thirty seven tons of bombs the behind the eney lines northwest of Verdun.
 The British in the St Quentin today have broken through the entire Hindenburg line of defense
 In the neighborhood of Fresnoy the cavalry followed by chine gunneres swept through and hard pressed ing Germans immense number Of them killed The ad vanced troops penetrated six thousand yards beyond the break
 General Reserves Being Brought up.
 PARIS Oct. 4-Gernlany is throwing her general into the battle the St Quentin This marks the beginning of the last phase of the great battle Meanwhile allies continuing to make gains
 Pershing Reports
 WASHINGTON, Oct 4.-The capture Of Blanc Mont. and other positions in the Champagne today reported by General Pehng in announcing further gains by the forces i'll France the war office says.
 PARIS Oct 4In Champagne General Gourauds army has pushed forward until he A thin six miles Of Vcuviers juno tion base Of great p3rauce and twenty-five miles from the great railways connecting the German armies with Germany He Is also sohdr established Chaerange which eventual junction with the Americans the other side Argonne forest General added another three thousand prisoners today.
 General Foch Hammering Away
 LONDON. Oct 4Generai Foch three armies this after in smashing attacks to drive the Germans back Heavy fighting extends norhward and the Res east ward. ~
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-04
kULTUR. THEY DON'T KNOW ALASKANS

That peoples in the states don't know Aaskans is evil denced by the following:
 San Francisco, Oct 3, 1918.
 "To the Miners Merchants Bank, Ketchkan Alaska:
 T understand that the Alaska Packers Association has sub crbed to the fourth Liberty Loan equalng entire errito a quota As this quota established representing the ab ity of citizens to subscribe hope Aaska goal will be subscription of least hundred
 (Signed) LYNCH. Governor
 The Governor of the who does know Aaskans although he of the many also who should have learned know former deeds While Aaskans appreciate any and all kinds of favors from whatever they not mindful of their duties to the country which in this is purchase Liberty Bonds to the extent of their ability The need worry about Ketchka quota being ed The Progressivelner him the contrary back the assertion with proof.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-04
FACTS RE AMERICAS
 SUGAR CONSUMPTION

To cut down domestic sugar con- sumption from 15.7 ounces 10 8 ounces weekly per person is the pres ent great task Of the American people in order that the Army and Allies may not suffer.
 During the first five months of 1918 refined sugar consumed in this coun- try totaled 1,507.238 tons. That meant a per capita consumption weekly of PA ounces for all purposes including sugar used in manufacturing in ice creams and in sweet drinks and other forms now dubbed ''non-essen- tial." For household use alone the figure was 15.7 ounces, as stated above Since August l this weekly figure has been reduced to about 8 ounces. under the pounds per month voluntary ration prescribed by the Food Administration.
 The American sweet tooth, then, must gratify itself about one-half it's iDIi.ict AudiIlty LII sugar; anu IL VIII require even less if it can be brought to the spirit of conservation the Food Administration is trying to instil
 By cutting to the new ration, in re- iation 10 cons umpt!on during the first five gnoaLhs of 1918 the national say ing @ill be more than 24,00o tons week y s7,o00 tons monthly, and about 1885, 90 tons from August to December 31.
 This will more than meet Frances needs for sugar during the last half Of the year. And France needs the sugar more than we do. 70 make this saving means that every Ameri- caE must cut down 7.7 ounces weekly, or II ounces every day. It means that ge must confue ourselves, in our
 o'pes. tc about level teaspoons of rJEgr daily. which must do for pre- gasation of food, as well as table use.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-04
BOIS SOLVE COLORADO
 PROBLEMS
Wosk on Parma During Vacations to to Their Part in the Great Effort
 To Win. the War

Boys arg solving Colorado's food and labor problems. An example of what ne youthful patriots Of the State are accomplishing is given in he success Of the Boys Pig Clubs. or ganized in Fremont County, where s5 clubs have been organized and an ad- dirion ot 10000 or more pounds Of the a7eae sap7iy is expected
 Farmers have realized the value Of 5oy lacor and are sending in calls to he Boys Working Reserve for Colo rado- Twelve Denver boys daily. on he average. are going to farms at the pfeses time.
 4 boy workers camp. established at Fort Lunton, opened with 9 boys and proved 50 valuable that the number has heen largely increased.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-04
ARMY DEATH RATE FOR DISEASE 2.1S PER
 1000 ANNUALLY

The War Department authorizes the following statement from the Office of the Surgeon General:
 American troops both here and overseas continue to estalish good health records. For the two months period ending August 3t the com bined reports of the American EXpedi- tionary Forces and all troops station ed in the United States show an an nual death rate for disease of 2.1S per 1,OO0-a fraction more than men per thousand per year, The annual death rate for disease of men of mil itary age in civil life is G.7 per 1000.
 The confined reports show that gen erally the health of the soldiers over seas is better than that shown by the men in training in this country. This is largely due to the sact that only men in the best physical condition are being sent 10 France, with the result that the reports of the troops In America carry the men unfit for overseas duty.
 During the month Of August remark ably low figures for all troops were set. The death rate for disease for August 1G and 23 was 1.73 per 1000 The lowest rate reached in the United States during thc two nonths' period was PIP per 1000 for the week ended July 2G.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-04
HUN PAPERS BECOMING
 HYSIERICAL
Admit That the German Lines Fast CrumbIinq
 On Western Front

AMSTERDAM. Oct. 4.-The situa- ton on the western front is grave, ac. cording 10 the Frankfurt Zeitung Of Berlin. and admits that the German front is gradually crum bling" Con- .inuing. the writer says: The allied plan Of attack" it adds ''is being car ried out in an extraordinary manner IL is an awful strain on our front
 The situation on the Mouse where the American attacks are just begin ming, is extremely critical Part of the Chemin Des Danes had 10 te giT- en up. and the whole German .-ont is gradually crumbling away under the allied attacks"
 The evacuation Of Belgium ;s being discussed openly in Berlin today. ac- cording 10 late dispatches.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-04
HAN TRAPS USED
 TO GET ALLIED
 PRISONERS NOW

NEW CASTLE. Pa, Oc,. A story ot traps ze. A- the Germans on the western front 70 catch the allied sol- dieEs is told in q letter here from Fred Wesley. local boy who is with ne Szh Canadian Reserves He nays:
 "lt is hard 70 believe -ha. the Hun sets man traps 10 catch our scouts Of patrols. bu- ha has. and has caught some tco. When man s caught and he Erap sinks ics Finch teeth in his limbs, he calls for help. But you can, go and help him because the Hun turns machine gun On his res c'3@Fs and kills them. That's the game ba- VIZ VII make him eat these traps before aa .s done with his dirty work Every Aiiied soldier should be taught D .ake TO Hun prisoners"
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-04
THE DEATI r KARL BUENZ Al ATLANTA
 FEDERAL PRISON

The Department of Justice author fZes he following.
 Karl Buenz, who at the outbreak of the European war in 1914 was man. aging director in e United States of the Hamburg-American Steamship Co., died at the Federal penitentiary. at At ianta, Ca. Sunday afternoon, Septem- Der l5. two days after his sentence of iS months had been commuted by the President to expire at once. Upon t1e communication Of his sentence by
 ne President the warden at the peni tentiary was directed by wire to re- lease him, but his physical condition had become so grave that 1t was i'm possible to move him before his death
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-04
NEW YORK BOYS CLEANED THE: VILLAGE: IF
 CERNtNS
Germans Showed Their Character But Made to Pay Dearly for Their
 1reacilery

WITH TIE AMERICAN ARMY. Oct. A.--Northwest of Eerdun yester- day, when the New York boys captur- ed Abrislouis, q small village. a num- her of Germans came out from their hiding pilaces with uplifted hands, supposed to have surrendered. The Americans came nearer the Germans, who dropped their hands, seizing hand grenades, threw them killing and wounding number. The Americans called for their flame throwers and killed every German in the village.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-10-04
MEAT NEGOTIATIONS

Exports of beef from the United States during the month of June total ed 92,173,00 pounds, of which 95% went to the United Kingdom, France England and Belgium. The monthly average of beef exports for the three years preceding the 1,066,000 pounds.
 Pork exports for June totaled 169,- 331 600 pounds, of which 83.5% went to the four Allies Average monthly expectations of pork for the three years preceding the war war was l. 066,000 pounds.
 The amount of pork products re- ceived in England has enabled that country to lift the restrictions on the consumption of bacon.