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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Four-Minute Bureau Commended


 T returned from Washington Saturday morning." said H. D. Cullen, state sec retary for the four minute men, where I went to consult with w. Mccormack Blair, director of the four-minute men in the United States.
 q also met w. Curtis Nicholson, as- sociate. We threshed out the question of a complete organization of the state of Alabama. Their desire is that the work shall cover every city. town and county In other words, we are going to permeate Alabama with patriotic speakers MT. Nicholson paid the Birmingham organi- zation high compliment by saying it was not only the best in the south but as good as there was in the land It's his wish that the state may be reached as the city of Birmingham is now being covered by our speakers. We are going to do this at once"
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The custom ofs handshaking dates back to the time of Henry II.
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-ciass matter, un- der act of Congress. March S, 1879.
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Proud of Letter

My daughter. Mrs. E. NJ Leventritt of New York city, is mighty proud of a letter which she has just received from the associate editor of the National Geographic society, Washington, D. c." said M V. Joseph.
 Here is what he wrote: Dear Madam: We are in receipt of the splendid Red, White and Blue ScrapboolS for the Ameri- can ambulance hospital (now United jand desire to commend you for the unique manner in which you have put together so much wholesome fun, interspersed with art stic pictures. l am sure it will be- guie the hours of rIany 2 sick lad when he would not have the strength to hold less pliable cover nor the pa tience to turn pages of unbroken text Thanking you for your interest in this humane work, and assuring you that we shall be gratifed to receive similar books for our boys across the seas, I am yours sincerely, John Oliver La Gorce. Frank s. White, Jr., Appointment
 
 make inquiry about my entering the gov ernment service" said Frank s. White Jr., that I suppose the quickest way to state the status will be to say that Adjutant General Cain has wired me that my appointment as major judge ad- vocate general reserve is approved sub ject to satisfactory physical examina- ton.
 q will report to nearest recruiting of flee or attending army surgeon for the purpose of seeing if I am fit. I am glad of a chance to get into the service A Seniors Viewpoint "The day of the lady of leisure as we used to style the girl who stayed at home and did nothing but frolic, is rap- idly passing" said Miss Esther Ken nedy a high school senior. Even if we did not realize the im- portance of doing our bit for Uncle Sam by going to work, we'd be forced to in self defense, for with all the boys either gone or on the eve of departure, the girl who depends entirely on beaux and fun for her happiness is in a pretty bad fix I for one am glad to think that l can be independent, and as soon as I receive the sheepskin I have laboriously ! worked for for four years I shall enter the army of busy women"
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campaign, worked whole-heartedly and with prodigious energy and are entitled to and will receive instituted praise.
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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-08-02
NOTICE OF HEARING TO SET
APART Personal PROPERTY
As EXENTP

In the Superior Court of the State
of Washington, in and for the
County of Whitman.
In the Matter of the Estate of Carl A.
Jones, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Frances
j. Jones, the surviving wife OF Carl
A. Jones, deceased, has heretofore
petitioned the above entitled court
for an order setting aside and apart
to her, out of the comm unity prop
erty of said estate, as provided by
Section 1903, Chapter Is, of the Ses-
sion Laws of the State of Washing
ton for the year 1917, household
goods and all horses, cattle, vehicles,
farming equipment and all other per-
sonal property Of said estate, men
toned and described in the invent
DRY now on file in the above entitled
court and cause, except the money
belonging to said estate described
therein, making a total of $4,000, in
lieu of all homestead provisions of
law and of exemptions; and further
requesting in said petition that said
personal property become her sep
arate property and be Withdrawn
from further administration, and
henceforth not to be considered as
assets of said estate, to be accounted
for by her as Administrative thereof;
That the Honorable Superior Court
aforesaid has fixed Friday, the 10th
day of August, 1918, at 1000 o'clock
in the forenoon of said day, at the
court house at Colfax, Washington,
as the time and place for a hearing
on said petition;
Now, therefore, all persons inter
ested are hereby notified to be and
appear at said time and place and
show cause, if any there be, why said
petition should not be granted and
said personal property set aside and
apart to Frances J. Jones, surviving
wife OF said deceased.
Given under my hand this 18th
day OF July, 1918.
NJ p. BELLINGER,
County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of Superior Court OF Whitman
County, Washington.
July1 9Aug9
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-08-02


tons in the grain business and con
sequent reimbursement of commercial
practices The producer, the grain
dealer, and the manufacturer will
nave opened to them again com
petltive market and broad field for
commercial activities The period OF
readjustment will be attended by
many uncertain and perpleXing prob
lens in production, marketing, and
distribution, which must be met.
During the period of transition from
a war to a peace basis, federal grain
supervision should exert stablizing
Influence in all branches of the grain
industry.
The producer of grain should be
paid for his product in exact proper
ton to its value. The farmer who
produces grain of good quality should
receive a price commensurate with
its srade and value. He should not
be obliged to sell grain of good quail
ity at comparatively low price in
order to protect the purchaser who
receives from other farmers at the
same price grain of poor quality.
Federal grain supervision should pro-
tect the producer and country grain
dealer from unjust discounts and
provide for deserving premiums. 1t
should add stimulus to good farming
methods in the form of premiums
paid for a superior product.
The country grain dealer, with
definite standards uniformly applied
to guide him in making purchases
and sales, should render service to
the community at less cost than be
fore the establishment of federal
| standards. The commission mer-
chant and the broker likewise should
be able to render more efficient serv-
ice to their patrons because of i'm
proved terminal market conditions
which should result from uniform
application of definite and fixed
standards. The miller and manufac-
turer should know definitely what
quality OF grain may be delivered to
them and az a result should be- able
to operate their industries on a mar
row margin OF cost.
No longer may inspectors change
standards at will, nor exercise leni-
ency in grading in order to maintain
the good will of interested parties.
Neither may one set of standards 1T
terminal markets be used for grading
country receipts and another set Of
standards for grading terminal sales
and outbound shipm ents.
Federal standards for grain, uni
f0rmly applied throughout the Unit
ed States, should encourage honest
competition, eliminate many abuses
and unfair practices, provide a uni
form basis for the determination Of
price at country points and at ter
mindl markets, and generally estab-
lish confidence and security in all
branches of the grain industry to the
mutual benefit of the producer, the
grain dealer, and the consumer.
The Bureau of Markets asks for
and earnestly desires to receive the
full cooperation of all branches of
the grain industry in carrying on
this important work.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28
BEATING THE "MoTHER COUNTRY"
AGAIN.

Although the United States thrift and
war savings stamp campaign is only a
little more than two months old, the
weekly receipts OF the campaign are in
excess of the weekly receipts Of a similar
campaign which has been running for
more than year in England Americans
are buying nearly two millions of dol
lars worth Of thrift stamps every day
and Il Is expected that the Sl00,000,000
mark viii be passed during the third
week in March A safe and reasonably
productive investment and decided help
TO the United States government in the
of the war, the war savings
stamps are appealing to more and more
people as the idea becomes more thor.
oughly known On Jan. !, 1923, there
will be a measure of satisfaction in be
ing able to claim five dollars for every
s4l3 that you invested during the pres
emit month of February Prospective in
vestors in this campaign should bear in
mind that the cost of war stamp in.
,reases one cent each month, the stand |
,rd and infiexible price for March being
MA.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

tunate in his selection of RAYMOND b.
Fosdick, chairman of the commission on
training camp activities in both the army
and navy, as this gentleman is respon
sible Tor the new liquor regulation ruI-
ing
When Congress has voted for prohibi.
tlon measures, and President Wilson has
established safety zones" within which
mo- liquor may be sold, why has Chair
man Fosdiek been permitted TO let down
the bars and nullify in a measure the
work OF Congress? Is this consistent
We have been informed regarding the
shortage of ears, vet the breweries claim
to use 100000 cars a year for transport
ing their products A sensible solutio
would seem TO be national prohibition
during the period of the war.
Again as we recall that barrel Of
beer costing S244 sells for S2S35 and
that the beer business is largely in the
hands of Germans. Americans may well
ask themselves how much of this profit
goes to the German American alliance.
the kaiser's organization in America.
The highest available authority. in.
GLIDING Mr.. Hoover, tell us that these
things are true. This being the case. is
1t not high time the men and women of
this country arose in their might and
dealt a death blow to the traffic?
While the voters of any one town al
the March meeting cannot in any mate
rial manner alter state and national con
ditions, yet by polling a large no-license
vote they thus help to mould public sen
inment against this gigantic evil
II Is the patriotic duty of every loyal /
American citizen-women as well as men
to go TO the polls on town meeting
tay, take an interest in local govern
nent, and vote against Intoxicating liq-
Tor. This will do more 10 win the war
han saving an ounce of flour a day. but
Why not do bothg
Annette W Parmelee.
Enosburg Falls. Vi.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Women Voters and the Liquor Question.

| Editor the Barre Times:
For the first time in the history OF
Vermont, all taxpaying women who have
| appeared before the board of civil au-
thority, and had their names placed upon
the checklist. will be eligible to vote
upon local matters, including the license
question. on March 5 at the annual town
meeting.
| A vote is simply an opinion. 1t repre-
sents a persons wish or will. and voting
| is only quiet dignified method of ex-
pressing ones self regarding public mat
ters.
Women can be just as patriotic at the
polls with ballot as are men on the
battlefield with a gun.
There are important matters to be de
cided at every election. II the so-called
best citizens" are too busy, or too lazy.
or too comfortable at home, to take the
trouble to go and vote, they can be rea-
sonably sure that the political schemers,
and wire pulers, the corrupt, and selfish
will be on hand, and they will see to It
that their friends" get to the polls ON
time Too many local and state cleo
tons have been decided by good people
who STAYED at home. thus giving the ig
norant, the political tool, the CRATER,
and the corrupt politician clear field.
At this critical period in the nation
history. when food for our boys and for
the allies. is so greatly needed it would
seem disastrous for brewerIes to be per
mitted to use between fifty and sixty
millions of bushels of perfectly good
grain year, converting it into liquid
poison with which to blight. debauch I
and destroy present and future genera /
lions, when housewives are importuned /
to save the crumbs. and every ounce of !
-four possible that we may win the ter
ribe conflict.
Again does il not seem like the height 4
of folly to force the closing of some !
homes, apartment houses, churches.
schools and legitimate manufacturing
concerns, and allow the home. health and
character destroying agencies like the
breweries and saloons to keep open and
run full blasty One big brewery boosted
openly OF consuming 325 tons of coal a
day in the manufacture Of their products.
Again we have been told that shipping
and railroads have been SO congested
hat the moving Of food. coal and NUM-
ions have been delayed in transit. How
does It happen that supplies Of barley
and malt are regularly consigned and
sent 10 the breweries association in
France
Bv recent amendment OF the regula-
ions in the war department. alcoholic
liquors NAV now be served TO officers
md enlisted men by relatives and
friends outside the camp zone. Sec
etary Daniels Of the navy and Secretary
3sker of the army have both been
trOngly in favor II having cur boys
from al contamination which
would impair their usefulness and mill !
AIRY efficiency. ID would therefore seem
hst Secretary Baker waS most unfur-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28
WILLI4MSTOWN'

The board of civil authority will meet
Saturday, March 3, at o'clock, for the
purpose of revising the check list and
adding any names thereto which are
eligible Per order G. +. McAllister,
clerk of said board
Your money will go farther here now
than later. Three day sale ON suits and
coats. Lamorey's.
When splendid SIS suit or overcoat
can be bought for $50, is it good business
to pass the offer2 Lamorey's.
You can get 20 per cent on your mon
ey at this three day sale Lamorey's.
Consider yourself a loser if you stay
away from our Thursday, Friday and
Saturday sale. Lamorey's
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28
ENTERS u. S. SERVICE.
Wendell Thompson Transfers from Brit
ish Aviation Service.

Passumpic, Feb. 2s.-Wendell Thomp-
son, recently member of the Royal
Flying corps that has been training in
Texas. has transferred his allegiance to
the United States and enlisted in the
aviation section of the L, s. army at
Fort Sloe,im, n. Y. He has been injured
three times and has recently been dis
charged from Texas hospital after in
iuries to his back, which it was feared
would be fatal He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. L. G. Thompson of this village
and enlisted in the Canadian army while
working at Winnipeg.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

The newspaper which complains be.
cause the forces at Camp Devens are not
being kept intact is probably the same
paper which is finding fault because the
United States is not sending more men
to France TO bolster up the allies line
The contemporary forgets that we can.
not eat our cake and still have it; in
other words, we cannot continue TO send
troops abroad and still have complete
original units at the cantonments and
army camps.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

The American soldiers are getting a
deadly initiation into the dread myster
les of battle gas 1t was a severe lesson
to them when two formidable attacks by
gas during the night caught most of the
Americans in one trench asleep and
snuffed out the lives of several before
gas masks could be replaced but they
are being warned to expect most any
thing horrible from the kind of an enemy
they are facing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

Some of the boys at least who went
TO Camp Greene, y. C.. with the idea Of
enlisting in the old lst Vermont infantry
are taking their assignment to the regu-
lar army philosophicslly, as we note from
letter in the Mortified News from
party Of seven men. who said: Although
disappointed at first al not being a.
signed 10 the 'lst Vermont. We are just
90 vel satisfied because We are in
splendid regiment II the bows do not
complain. there j. not so much reason
Why the people hack home should find
fault with a war department system
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

In the same breath, Russian govern
ment officials proclaim that they will
fight the invader and that they will run
away to Moscow or some other place.
1t is not very heartening to patriotic
Russians (of course, there are some) who
may have disposition to stand and
fight. The shaky condition of the pres
ent government at Petrograd is well
typified in the present emergency,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28
Montpelier Seminary Declines and why7

Editor, Barre Times: Kindly insert
the following article in your issue of to-
day:
Montpelier seminary assumes that the
Barre Red Cross benefit promoters are
not aware that we do not have athletic
relations with Goddard seminary and
therefore could rot consistently do what
has been suggested.
IL Is only fair. however, that in this
connection We are permitted TO state
that the loyalty Of MouiDelier seminary
to the government and 20 all the varied
war eause funds affords an inspiration
and challenge % any other institution
of like character in New England We
have been glad to give assistance and
shall continue to do 80 in every con
sistent manner. J. W Hatch.
Principal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

subject of the pastors discourse next
Sunday morning. the church no
tees.
For nearly year it has been one of
The Coils cherished contentious that if
the devil is caught lingering around the
card table it is the church's business to
drive him away-and let the game go
on.
BY now we hope you'll acquiesee:
Save your dimes, buy w. S. S.
NJ S
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

Former Captain David A. Henkes was
sent back from France by General Per-
shing because of disloyalty to the United
States government. Some other officers
who were sent back. by Pershing were
not accused of dsloyalty to the govern
ment but they will lay themselves liable
to the charge if they keep up their in
cessant yapping about alleged delinquen-
cies of the military arm of the United
States.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

Individuals who didn't can all they
might have canned last fall are now
worrying somewhat because the govern
ment threatens to requisition all the
products of the canneries, upon which
the purchasing public relies for mai
part of its preserved stuff. 1t behooves
Vermont people to go into canning opera
tions on a larger scale during the sum
mer and fall of 1918
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

Our idea of borrowing trouble is to
worry for fear the frost is heaving the
rocks out of the soil on golf links The
fear seems so petty in comparison with
the tremendous worries which are tor
menting our government at the present
time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

Japan could send an army into Russia
which would send the Germans scurrying
back into their own land Will Japan do
itY The occasion is test of Japan's
partnership in this war against the CEN
trail powers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

"'When the War viii End beginning
with the words, Absolute knowledge
have none, which was reprinted In The
Col. some time since, is now credited TO
private in battery u, l5lst field artil'
lery, according TO soldier who ad.
dresses the Newport Express and Stand.
ard. Our knowledge of the poems mul.
tiple parentage goes back TO its appear
ance In an English newspaper, probably
before battery u had developed its lit
erary prodigy Rutland Herald.
"rhe Rutland Herald is correct. We
had copy of this poem in our desk,
clipped from some publication several
months ago. In our absence some pri-
vate sent in the same verses, and wheth-
er he claimed the credit of them, or our
Office gave him the credit, as he furnished
them, we do not know But the credit is
an error.-Newport Express and Stand
dard
In slipping another wrong credit, the
manifestly well intentioned Newport
contemporary snatehes from our door
step little paragraph that owes its very
birthright TO The Col.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

That accident at Camp Deyens when
a corporal was bayonetted to death in
practice is a concrete illustration why
the Germans do not like the touch of
sharpened steel in the hands of the Ca
madam soldiers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

Middlesex man has tapped some of
his naples and found the sap ran. IN
doubtedly he will have chance to tap
them again if he proposes to get sap
from them
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

Germany joy over the sinking OF a
British hospital ship, the Glenart Castle,
may be toned down by the knowledge
that no wounded and helpless soldiers
were sent to their death thereby.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

An unfavorable vote of 20 to 3 in his
home state Senate is not calculated to
encourage La Toilette in his obstruction
list career.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

Coincident with the arrival of warmer
weather is the arrival of more plenti-
full supply of coal into Vermont. Here
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

which is applied TO. all soldiers of New
England, and presumably of the whole
country
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

In hunting for harmony in the Re
publican ranks. Chairman Hays of the
national committee of that party has a
man sized contract on his hands.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28
Too Cheap an Ailmeat.

It's just dependency that ais your
husband. Isn't IL. Nrs. Hichmoret
suppose 50. but a specialist j. treat
ing him for melanfhalia. and yau know
that quite expensive. -- Brsttleb0ro ke-
fn~rrer
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28
Fatthest North in windham County.

George Cox returned Friday from
visit with relatives in Londonderry. He
says the snow is so deep in Londonderry
that the women are able to use the tele-
phone wires for clothes lines.-London-
derry item
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

Perhaps the German propaganda of
treachery is not developed satisfactorily
on the western front to permit of a mill
tary offensive.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28
Those Girls.

Jack said my face was a poem"
1t is, dear-like one of Brownings.
How do you mean,"
"Some Of the lines are 80 deep. -
Rrattieboro Reformer
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press IA exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication of all news de-
spatehes credited TO Il or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper. and also the local news
published therein.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-28

Austria's echo of Me too" is expected
soon to follow Germany's new peace feel
err.