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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-01
GIRLS SCHOOL
WORKERS LUNCH
AT THE TUTW|LER
Field Marshal Loveman
Asks All Members Of
Teams or Committees
to Meet at l Today


Field Marshal Joseph II. Lovemar
Will meet all members of the teams
who worked in the campaign for fund:
for the State Training School for Girl
at the Tutwiler hotel today at
o'clock.
at is very important that every
worker be present In order that we
may secure reports on all sub
scriptiOns received and lay plans
for further work wind up the
campaign said MIR. LOveman.
aThere are matters OF Importance
to all, and II IL very essential that
NIL men and women who particle
pated In the work of last week
attend this luncheon. Everyone
should be hand Mt 1 o'clock
40 that we may proceed without
keeping anyone waitinE.'
The goal of $4,000 has been reached
but it is the intention Of the workers
to raise $4,000, il possible. and it ma,
be possible that the drive will be con-
ttnred until this amount Is raised
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Capital s5oOOOo0o Surplus (Earned) s05o,ooooo
Birmingham Trust& Savings Co.
Why Will Men Do This !?

Spend their lives in accommodating the to leave their
families comforabeand then leave these without
protection?
Is it because so don't know that the BIRMINGHAM
TRUST SAVINGS COMPANY'S business is to bring sue
cessful experience, without risk the nexperenceda
We invite consultation the important matter of execu
torshp.
Az SMITH President Cashie
o. D.. AsstC Cashier
w. H. MANLY Cashier f.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-01

held the Jefferson
nationally speakers
in the third
one Of the largest ntly in Birmin bingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-01
Alex Up to Old Tricks

San Francisco. March s1.-score:
r H. Il.
Chicago Nationals ,....-..... 10
odn FRANCISCO v
Batteries: Alexander. Tyler and Kill
lifer; ODou1 and Mckee.
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COUNTRY FOR MILES
 QUAKE BY GUN FIRE
HUNS HAMMERING BRITISH AND PORTUGUESE IN VICINITY OF
 ARMENTIERES.

New York.-As had been anticipat- ed, the Germans have switched the center of their main operations from the Amiens sector and now are ham mering the British and Portuguese hard over a front of about Il miles running from Givenchy and Labasse- so, in the vicinity of Armentieres. which is north of Lens.
 The attack was preceded by ter rife bombardment all along the line and the country for miles around trembled under the eoncussions of the big guns. At some points the enemy was able to penetrate advanced ele- ments of the British line, especially in the neighborhood of Neuye Cha belle, Fauquissart and the Cardonne- rie farm.
 Meanwhile all along the greater part of the old line south of Arras extreme l ly violent artillery duels were in prog ress, but the infantry of both sides | kept to their trenches, except for iso- lated attacks of no great importance.
 Near the Coucy forest and Coucy le Chateau the French have made a slight retirement to positions pre- vlously epared-the maneuver ap- parently being in the nature of line strengthening So well was the ope- ration covered by the French guns that the Germans suffered extremely heavy losses.
 There still is no indication of the near approach of the expected Dig battle on the Italian front although the artillery engagements at various points are increasing in intensity. Well directed shots from the Italian guns in the Asiago basin have work ed havoc with Austrian ammunition depots and also started fires inside the eneny lines.
 A Turkish official communication announces the capture by the Turks of Van, in Turkish Armenia.
 In Finland the Germans are prepar- ing to take Helsingfors, according to dispatches from Petrograd. They al ready have demanded the disarma- ment of the forts in Finland and of Russian warships in Finnish waters. It is said that the Russian commits sioners have agreed to comply with the German demand.
 The landing of Japanese troops at Vladivostok is apparently causing friction between the Russian Bolshe wig government and Japan. Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevik premier, in q speech at Moscow, asserted that Rus sia possibly would have to declare war upon Japs as a result of the land ing of the Japanese.
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ney athwart Clair's back, grinding his nose into the dirt.
 q give up!" choked Clair. "I'l mar ry her"
 Marry herr' Blaney shook his friend again. Not while live"
 "Isn't that what you're trying to make me dor" Clair expostulated as well as he could. q don't want to, that's certain"
 ed soothingly, "he doesn't want to mar ry me. Your outrageous jealousy has led you into making mistakes again"
 I'm sorry," corroborated Blaney. I've been under terribly nervous strain over all this, and first I was afraid Vida was lost in the storm. I was nearly frantic till I got hold of rowboat and came over. It was an awful pull in the sea that's running out there. But it's all right now. You must all come over to Fair View to see Vida and me get married this morning."
 Clair was listening to all this in sort of dazed wonder.
 Don't I have to marry herr" he asked.
 Have to marry her?' echoed Bla- hey good naturedly. "Why, you old rhinoceros, you couldn't trap girl into marrying you even if you dressed up like Mrs. Katzenjammer to please her. But she said''- began Clair.
 Vida flashed an imploring look at me. Clair could still do a good deal of dam- age if he revealed all that she had said and done trying to win that wager from me.
 "She said," repeated, brushing off and adjusting Clair's skirt, which had suffered sadly from his rough and tum- ble encounter, "she said that she knew she would like you because you were friend of MT. Blaney's."
 "Stop pinching my legr' roared Clair, failing to get the significance of my signal and whisking his skirts out of my grasp. He glared at me balefully.
 Blaney laughed. The picture Clair made obliterated the recollection of his jealousy for moment. Then he caught sight of my seal ring on Vida's hand.
 What's that?' he demanded.
 "ThatW echoed Vida blankly, turn ing the ring on her finger. She had for gotten that she was wearing it. That is a seal ring"
 "Yes, I see it is" admitted her fiance sarcastically. Your explanation so far is perfectly satisfactory"
 'I got it for you," she pouted, "but don't know whether to give it to you or not"
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(To BE CONTINUED.)
A Good Days Work.

Besides stringing 53,S92 beans yes terday (to get on the good side of the cook) loaded 2,295 pounds of auto- mobiles on to vans," writes a young soldier from Edmonton, who has only recently "got across" "Those were the exact figures for my share. Twenty of us were got together yesterday and started loading cases of automobiles onto trucks. Each case weighed 1,7OO pounds, and we got 27 on altogether, which took nine hours of hard labor ("hard' is no name for it). The total weight loaded, you will see, was 45,90o pounds, which makes my share, as I said before. I tugged and hauled for all I was worth, and I haven't a sore muscle today, so you see am in pretty good condition"
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CHAPTER XIX. The Honor of Thieves.

VAY HEN Vida had definitely cast vA herself for the part she was " going to play she went ahead with the certainty of a trained artist.
 Let's see it,'' Blaney demanded doubtfully. She handed it to him. "Hmw He examined 1t closely. | You got this for me? The B is all right, but this other initial looks like an M"
 "No, it doesn't, dear," she said. That's an old English N The old Englishmen did things differently. Their 'Ns' always looked like Ms I've known lots of old Englishmen."
 "Oh." the young man said, slipping the, ring on his finger. Thanks aw- fully, dear"
 That was the end of my ring.
 Bill Johnson ambled up to our party with triumphant grin on his face.
 "She shall run," he announced. For $2 she shall take everybody to Fair View"
 That's lot to pay if you've ever spent day in Fair View" said the prospective bridegroom. Nevertheless will pay it and ask you all to come to our wedding and the wedding break fast"
 Gould it be possible" Captain Per kins asked ito have the wedding breakfast first?"
 T think it could," laughed Blaney.
 Come on, everybody" invited Vida.
 I started to follow the others, but Vida dropped back to my side and whispered, You're not invited"
 "What!" I exclaimed, startled.
 You're not supposed to come."
 "Why not?"
 "If were you, I should get lost in the woods somewhere. You might run into something to your advantage" "I couldn't. What would she think of mel"
 "Try it and find out' Vida smiled at me auizzically. I'm a woman my self, and I can guess. You won't need to make any advances. Don't you want herr"
 "Yes," answered. CTO BE CONTINJJEDA
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The Soap Berry Tree.

The jaboncello, or soap berry tree, grows in the humid parts of western Ecuador. It attains a height of 30 feet and has wide-spreading branches and immense quantities of fruit of the size and shape of cherries. The nearby transparent yellowish skin and pulp surrounding the round black seeds are so saponaceous as to be used instead of soap, being equivalent to more than 30 times their weight of that ma terial."
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An Abstract Discussion.

"When I lose my temper I count a hundred before I say anything"
 You only think you do. I have no But the fact that you can do so proves you haven't lost your temper to any de- gree worth mentioning"
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Kaisers Troops Mutiny.

Amsterdarn. - A mutiny occurred among the German troops at Beverloo camp, in Linburg, Prussia, just before they were to start for the fighting line in France, according to the s9elegraaf Three officers were shot and several others wounded.
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CHAPTER XVIII. A happv Party.

SHE man departed and after an
 interval returned with three
 passengers, two of them unmis-
 takably Mrs. Green and MT. Clair, the other United States fed eral officer. Mrs. Green was decorated with a handkerchief, which was tied over her mouth.
 T had to gag the dame," explained the marshal. "She kept yelling all the time."
 The look which the disheveled lady in the red ball gown cast upon Uncle
 m's representative probably burned H hole in his aura which will never heal up.
 "Remove the gag," the revenue off, cer commanded.
 "Wait," Vida requested; wait until after l have identified her." That was a wonderful inspiration on Vida's part. As the two women had never set eyes on each other before, Mrs. Green might not address Vida as her own offspring as soon as the power of speech was restored to her. T'If you say she is your mother it is all right" said Vida's new conquest gallantly. "You may remove the hand kerchief yourself if you like. I trust your mother will forgive us for our blnnder. Can you identify the gentle man too?"
 "She doesn't know me-" Clair mutt tered, with a look of terror. q don't want to he idantifiedn
 'sI ought to know him." Vida replied wickedly. "I am seriously consider ing an offer of marriage from him."
 Let him go, then," the revenue man directed.
 'T don't want to be released"
 "You have to be-" The officer si- fenced him sternly.
 How about the telephone man?' Cochran, the marshal, inquired. "1've got to get one prisoner anyway, or won't dare show up in Detroit"
 "We'll arrest him, all right" the oth- CT treasured him. He's on the island somewhere. it's only question Of searching. Now, gentlemen turning to us, "it will save any unpleasantness
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Not So Bad.
of S10,OO0 a

"He draws salary of s10,O00 a year"
 'Think of it And he doesn't look as if he had sense enough to come in out of a shower of rain"
 "True. But 1t helps considerably sometimes for man to look that way and be quite the opposite. He can fool a lot of people. Birmingham Age Herald
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penounces Eerns.orff.

.;ewark. N. J.-Count von Bernstorff and his aides should have been bang ed at the time of the sinking of the Lusitania, Bishop Richard !. Cooke of Helena, Mont. declared in address: :ng the Newark Methodist Episcopal con ference.
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For Mar On Turkev

Wash;ngton.-A resolution propos- ing a declaration Of a state of war be- tween the United States and Turkey and Bulgaria was introduced in the Senate by Senator King of Utah and referred to the Foreign Relations Com mittee
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Alarmed,

"Ze bootiful heiress scared me to death when she asked if had anything to hide from ze world"
 Monsieur was alarmedT"
 Terribly! I thought she had seen ze soiled shirt beneath ze big Windsor tie"
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Physical ProWess.

"That man ought to be arrested for beating his wife,
 "How do you know he beats his wife?" inquired MT. Meekton.
 He confesses it."
 Maybe what he told you was a confession and maybe it was only bragging. Wait and hear the lady's side of the story"
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A Late FIier.

''I'm going to join the aviation school" said the young man with the blond mustache.
 What for?" asked the sweet young thing.
 "Oh. want to fly"
 ''Well, it won't be necessary to go to a school. Father will be home in few minutes. He'll make you fly"
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Copyright by Frank A. Munsey
 Company
CHAPTER XVII-Continued.

Rm afraid that is no way to tell"
 revenue officer said pleasantly. The worst smugglers we have are so- ciety people. We captured two of his accomplices on Huntingdon's island this morning, and when we get him we shall have wiped out one of the worst gangs of smugglers operating across the border.'
 At the mention of Huntingdon's is- land we all pricked up our ears. What connection did the smugglers have with the disappearance of Mrs. Green and Lipton s. Clair?
 While you were on Huntingdon's island" I asked, did you see any thing of Mrs. GreenY
 why" began the officer, with pug zled frown, lone of our prisoners claims to be Mrs. Green, but that is only an alias for Mother Farrell whose portrait is in the rogues' gal lery. I recognized her at once."
 "Who is your other prisoner" I had an inkling of what had really hap pened at Huntingdon's island since I had left it.
 'The other one is a man masquerad- ing in wOman's clothes. He refuses to give his name, but think he is Dan Maloney, rather high class crook who does smuggling only as 8 side line for grand larceny"
 I'm afraid you have the wrong par ties" l smiled as I thought of Lip ton s. Clair's outraged dignity. '1The lady really is Mrs. Green, and the gentleman is not Dan Maloney, but MT. L. s. Clair, a well known literary man,
 The revenue officers face fell, then suspicious look came into his eyes. How do know that you are not one of the gang yourself and this is mere ly a trick to get us to release your pals? What was Mrs. Green doing over there anyway
 "She was out in a small boat and was blown over there during the storm" Vida volunteered. Miss Green," the officer addressed her huskily, q cannot refuse to take your word. I'll have the prisoners brought ashore, and if the lady is rear ly your mother I shall be glad to re lease her instantly"
 Vida did not correct his mistake, but asked, How do you know I am Miss Green?'
 "Oh, I'd know you anywhere" he bragged ssmiling. 'I've seen your pho- tograph in the newspapers so often."
 So he had, but not with the name of Lucille Green attached to 1t. 'sThank you ever so much for your kindness"
 'Not at all," he returned; then, ad- dressing the man in the dinghy, Smith
 Aye, aye, sir"
 Report to Marshal Cochran on board and ask him to bring his prisoners ashore"
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Father-Whatl You want to become engaged to that measly little Blink! Why, he isn't bit of use.
 Daughter-Why, papa, he is perfect ly lovely. His hair and complexion
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Ro,o Pasl,a Must Die.

President Poincaire has refused to pardon Bolo Pasha. convict ed of treason, according to an Ex- change Telegraph dispatch from Paris
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Suitinu the Occasion.

"When I called on Miss Maud yes terday, they were all so cold to me"
 "Why didet you know yesterday was one of their heatless days?"
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The Exclusive Cook.

q see the army is advertising for cooks. with proviso that they need not enlist for any stipulated time."
 Shows they understand the nature of cooks, all right enough"
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The Gambler-Say, give me some calling cards.
 Stationers ClerkrHow many, sir? The Gambler-Why, the whole deck, of course.
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Southern Prosperity Song.

When we have spareribs, For to chew, We don't have spare ribs Showing through.
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Flua IS dQ aQInlraDle liar. MrS. Green actually believed her and ceased
 to worry about Lucille. Mrs. Green is one of those placid ladies who let oth-
 CT people bully them and mold their
 very thoughts. Lucille had always
 made her mother think just whatever
 she told her to, and Vida was ap-
 parently able to do the trick also.
 We walked up to inspect the ruins.
 It was as nice and complete set of ruins as I have ever gazed upon. Noth-
 ing was left to the imagination-the whole business was ruined. While we were engaged in that mournful amusement a tall, muscular young man walked into our circle and demanded, Where is Lipton S. Clair?' "Ned!' Vida exclaimed, rushing to-
 ward him. She stopped when she saw his face.
 He brushed past her.
 Med Blaney!' shouted Clair, joyful. ly advancing toward the young man. "You treacherous houndw hissed Blaney, gazing on that whiskered travesty without smiling. You stole the only woman I ever loved away from me. Heart breakerw q couldn't help it." Clair admitted. ..sviperv' yelled Blaney as he fell on his friend.
 1t would have been fairer fight if Clair had not been hampered by his skirts. As 1t was, 1t ended with Bla-
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VA1 HEN Vida had definitely cast kAI herself for the part she was /" going to play she went
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-21
Small DirigibLe Balloon
Used i'm Fighting Subs
Is Most E1fectiUe Agent

An American Balloon Base in Eng
land. Aug. 21.-(Correspondence OF
The Associated Press)-The ''Blimp
is the nickname which the American
pilots have given to the little dirig-
bic airships which are technically
termed rs. S." or Submarine Scouts.
The gas bag Of the Blimp is about
$50 feet long and 80 feet in diameter.
The lower structure is virtually that
OF a scouting airplane Of medium
power. so that the whole structure
power, so that the whole ef-
feet is that a sort OF a cross be-
tween airplane and balloon. The
crew is. usually one pilot and an OBJ
server, and the speed is about 40
miles an hour.
The cargo is a load Of bombs which
work like. q destroyer's depth
charges, exploding by waterpressure
at q depth OF 20 to 80 feet. The
carriage contains steering gear,
bomb levers, wireless apparatus,
camera and observation instruments.
Hundred of Blimps are constantly
on duty around the coasts of France
and England. American pilots and
observers are just beginning to take
UP this work. 1t is the greatest u
boat destroyer in existence, If the
men who work the Blimps are to- be
believed. One enthusiastic Ameri-
can pilot, who had been dropping
bombs up and down the Irish sea
for a month, remarked to The Asso-
ciated Press correspondent, "The
Blirnp is not only one Of the ways
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-21

of destroying U-boats; it is the
way"
The advantage that the BIimp has
over the seaplane is that 1t can
stand still in the air. II q U-boat
dives down and lies out of sight on
the bottom, the Blimp sits over 1t
until it decides to move on or come
to the surface. If the submarine
does not move, the Blimp is just as
well content, for in the meantime
the wireless has been at work, and
trawlers are coming up in the course
of an hour or two with the nee
essary equipment to smoke Mister
Submarine out of his hole
If the submarine rises before nav
al help arrives, the Blimp tackles
1t alone with bombs. If the sub
marine tries to move away along the
bottom Of the sea, the Blimp follows
its shadow until 1t comes, sooner
or later to shallow spot where il
can be effectively dealt with.
Subject to the Blimp's fuel supply
and its duration power" in the air,
there is little chance of escape for a
U-boat once 1t has been sighted by
one Of these handy little dirigibies.
The sighting of the U.-boats is the
great difficulty, for the seas around
England are large places and the
range Of the Individual Blimp is
comparatively small.
A larger type of Blimp is now be-
ing used, known technically as the
G. p. or Coast Patrol. 1t carries a
larger crew and a greater supply of
fuel and is used for detecting mine
fields as well as submarines.
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Mar Eoroa Retirement,

Paris, Aug. 21 (Havas Agency).-
General Mangin's advance toward the
Disc is an important stroke in the
view Of military critics and consti-
tutes g. threat at the outflanking Of
Noyon from the east as well as a de-
cided help to the army Of General
Humbert operating between the Matz
and the Disc.
The plan Of Marshal Foch, the
critics believe, Is aimed at consoli-
dating the front Of the armies of
Mangin and Humbertt and forcing
the enemy to withdraw probably on a
large scale. The Germans are striv-
ing to prevent this at all costs.
In addition to the more than 5000
prisoners captured Tuesday, General
Mangin took numerous guns and a
large amount Of material.
In answer to an assertion in the
German official statement the news
papers declare unanimously that the
operation was not an. attempt to
break Though the German line, but
only part OF the plan which had its
inception July IS. The Echo de Paris,
adds that the plan Is not yet COM
pleted.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-21
General Mangin Aiming At
Disc, Ailette And
Aisne Rivers
NOYON MAY BE
OUTFLANKED
More Than 5000 Prisoners
And Many Guns Taken
On Tuesday
(By Associated Press.)

Paris, Aug. 21.-The new French
attack by General Mangin on a Is
kilometer front threatens, according
to the latest reports, the fall Of Noy-
on, which slowly is being outflanked.
The attack, while lacking the ele-
ment Of surprise, has overcome the
carefully prepared positions Of the
enemy. On his advanced lines the
enemy ha da formidable array Of ma
chine guns, forming a shield for his
real line OF defense. Thus he had
two zones Of combat. The new Ger
man defensive plan has been COM
pletely undone and enemy has been
forced to seek new position for de-
fense.
THE German army has lost its lib
erty Of action" said Lieutenant Col
onel Fabry, military critic Of The
Paris Cut, "and this plainly has been
brought about by the entente high
command.
The new offensive, 1t is believed
here, will give the French control of
the valleys Of the Oise, AiIette and
Aisne in tho quadrilateral of Ribe-
court, Noyon, Bichancourt and Sois-
sons. Much territory filled with
strong positions, however, is yet to
be won. The strategy Of General
Mangin in first clearing the enemy's
shield OF machine guns before the big
attack, forces the enemy to rely now
on picked divisions.