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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-10
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD


l--Germans capture more Amercains
Central powers sign &sa with
Ukraine.
Inspection of Warrior sN&r ii 10
made this week.
How surging mob dro
from power and poured ou- -
List of Tuscania survivors coma.
slowly.
2-Saunders claims that unsinkah!e
ships are being built.
c--Washngton optimists predict that
peace viii come this year.
4-Editorial comment
scI sIs., sss . 4 plans night =
woman's liberty loan committee
plans state drive
Spring garden experts, to spend ~
days in city.
Baptist teachers training school here
March 3-S.
6--Probable action Of state committee IS
center OF Interest.
7--Culpepper Exum is suggested as cam
didate for Congress.
9--War foods to be demonstrated At
Minor school
11-Rate making power vested in Presi-
Il scanla survivors faring wen il
SECTION
3 i-Sports.
a-s-4--News of automobiles.
9---Carpeuter's letter.
disbursements.
SECTION g
1-2-8-4- Society,".
5-Dolly Dalrympie.
e--Fashions.
Markets.
SECTION D
Comic supplement-
SECTION =
Rotosray'arc.
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Berlin Report Does Not State How Many of Perish
ings Men Were Taken-French Hold Few
Prisoners Following Local Attack
Near DiOncOurt
HUN DIPLOMATS TRY
TO WIN FOOD FIELDS
This Is Considered Purpose of Separate Negotia-
tons With Subdivision of Russia, But Doubt
Is Expressed That Rada Has Power to
Hand Over Country

Whilst only routine item in the German official state
Saturday. the few words which the headquarters
staff minor operation in Lorraine held American
greater degree than the other of the
day. They carried the of raid the American lines
capture American soldiers by German reconnoer
ing party
Toul" said the Ameri
the
taken ome American prisoners The
about 10 miles St Mhel indicating that
southerly
AIh salient French Lorraine, southeast of Verdun
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Federal Experts Coming at
Once to Study Barge
Traffic Possibilities to Re-
lieve Strain on Railroads
CONFERENCE WILL BE
HELD IN BIRMINGHAM
Following This Party Will
Be Taken Down Stream
From Cor dov a-Com-
mittees to Furnish Data
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS

Washington, February 9
Especial. The government is
now ready to analyze the case
| of the Warrior river.
Tuesday night A. J. Mason,
expert in the service Of the
emergency fleet corporation,
will leave Washington for Biz
mingham.
He will be joined Wednesday by
Charles Bontecou second expert
connected with the fleet corporation,
and Maj. George Little, United States
engineer, stationed at Mobile.
while the details Of the proposed In
spection have not as yet been devised,
in all probability the party. after spend
ing wednesday In consultation. will
leave Birmingham early Thursday NOM
ing for Cordova From that point they
will steam down the Warrior as far rs
Tuscaloosa
DATA is WANTED
Senator Bankhead will ask citizens OF
Birmingham and Tuscaloosa to furnish
the experts all available data bearing on
the subject. and to make it possible for
them under advantageous circumstances
to see and study the river. It is under
stood that w. H. Kettig OF Birmingham,
and S. II. Aston Of Tuscaloosa have Of
fered the use Of their yachts.
The senator win ask H. e. McCorma TX,
Henry DeBardeleben and others familiar
with mineral properties touching the
stream to accompany the party on its
inspection. Preliminary arrangements
are expected to be made by the Rir-
mingham committee. composed Of Arthur
"a. Crowder, president Of the Chamber
OF Commerce. E. w. Barrett and John
L. KauI. which recently visited wash
ington.
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
II the project is deemed feasible tho
commercial development Of tho river
will be Undertaken. barges and tow
boats at present available will be com
Wandered and the manufacture at
Tuscaloosa OF additional craft author
ixcd. The actual practical connection
between the coal nelds Of the Biz
mingham district and the port Of Mo-
bile will be followed by elevation OF
l6 locks in the Warrior from six to
eight feet. which can be accomplished
by the expenditure Of less than e20O.-
600; the construction Of Lock Is: the
establishment Of government coal-
ing station ~ Mobile; the deepening
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HOW SURG|NG MOB
| DROVE kERENSKY
| FROM POWER AND
| POURED OUT BLOOD
Russian Officer Who Took
Part Describes Tragic
, Scenes as "Red Guard
Ran Riot
| KERENSKY TOO LATE
| AS WAS USUAL IN
THIS VERY ABLE MAN
How Young Military Stu
dents With Russia's Best
Blood Died to Stem
Tide of Anarchy


The writer OF this pulsatfng de-
scription of the fall OF the Kerr
ensIxy government II a Russian
journalist just arrived I'm this
country. He was the accredited rep-
rcsentative In Petrograd OF the
VOLTA Naroda. the organ OF the
socialist revolutfonaries, and oh
served and had a part in the aman-
ing commissions following the fall
of the Romanoffs. Later he enlist
ed in the Russian army and was
commissioned an officer in the rev.
dictionary army under the author
fty Of the provisional government
headed by Alexander kerensky. AS
such he observed the collapse of
discipline and the c0nsequcnt dis
orders. Later still. he fought the
bolshevil<i In Petrograd. as he re-
lates I'm this article, and saw Pet
roErad ns men snw Paris In the
Terror. He went to Moscow 10
study the revolution, then Jour-
neyed to other cities and districts.
His entire story, OF which this ii
the FIRST instaiImcnt, II unquestlon-
ably the most enthrnlIinw frst-hapd
account which has come to the eye
Or American reaGers. \
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All day long steady stream OF
names of the saved flowed In over the
cables and telegraph wires and was
given the right-of-wsy over all except
tho most urgent business. Despite the
preference given to the list more than
$50 names out of the first 1000 arrived
in such jumbled and incorrect form
that they meant practically nothing to
the war Department. and It will be
necessary to check back over the ca
bles before they can be Strengthened
out
The large force Of clerks Will be put
at work again tomorrow morning. and
If the names continue to come In. by
Sunday Right it IS expected a fun list
Of the missing will be available by
checking the list OF survivors against
the official list Of ALI those who sailed
on the Tuscania-
Tartial lists of the survivors were
telegraphed II many parts OF the coun-
try today and were anxiously scanned
by thousands who hoped to find the
ANA OF relative Of friend. Those
who failed to find the name they
sought In the partial list may be reas-
sured to tire extent Of knowing that
the lists published today were about
one fourth Of the tota: Of all who are
known to lie saved, and the fact that
a nau.e does not nppes.r In the list az
more than 1000 a:sei'nAls In washing-
ton tonight does not necessarily irdt-
cate loss.
Friends OF fully 1900 men ON the
Tuscania who proba bly, were distressed
today by not findirs their names on
the partial list Of survivors uiadoubt-
edly will learn tomorrow that THAR
friends are among the survivors.
Thore were no rcw official figures
on the losses EvaiiAblo tonight and
fhs war aesas .mentss figures confin-
usd to differ frorn thoaes Of the Rf1tis,,
admiialtv The war department es-
tiu,ates 30 persona missing. i1s Of
them Aincritan soldiers. while the
British sdmiralty's figures put the lost
at 1876 missing, 147 of them Ans rfcanI
officers and enlisted men
AMONG SURVIVORS
NAshinyton. February q soilowinr
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Mrs. N. G. Gregory, Mother
|of Attorney General, Dies;
Burial in Columbus, Miss.

Washington, February 9---Mrs. NJ q.
Gregory died today at the home here OF
her son. Attorney General Thomas VI.
Gregory She was more than 80 years
old and had been III for month. The
body will be sent to Columbus. Miss.
where funeral services will be held
Wednesday,
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Continues ON Page Threel
Quarantine Lifted

Spartanburg, S. q, February 9.The
quarantine imposed two weeks ago by
spartanburg city health officials and Of
ficials Of the United States public health
service. was removed at noon today, but
no soldiers from Camp Wadsworth are
permitted to visit the city. It is said
that several days will eapse before the
men of the division will be allowed 70
visit Spartanburg. The amusement
places opened at noon and the schools
and colleges will resume their sessions
Monday,
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FLOOD IN OHIO

Cincinnati. February AT midnight
tonight the Ohio river was again
nearing the flood stage. having
reached 40 feet, or about three feet
above the early morning register. Rain
and an extensive thaw over the head
waters started the Licking river on
rampage today from its source in
the mountains OF eastern Kentucky
TO Cincinnati. distance of more than
200 miles. The rapidly rising water
broke the Ice. pushed out big gorges
and swept on toward the Ohio river
at Cincinnati in swell 20 feet high.
This started the Ohio rising here.
Weather bureau officials tonight be-
lleve that the river may reach between
rive and ten feet above the 49-foot
stage, depending upon the gorves be-
low holding
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MILLIONS TONS ICE
FORCING WAY DOWN
THE MONONGAHELA
Giant Avalanche Crushes
River Boats and Coal
Triples in Its Path.
Ohio Rising

PittsburE. February 1O.-An avnl-
nnche OF ice, probably millions of tons
In weight. il coming down the Mo-
nongahe1n river toward this city,
crushing river steamers and coal tip
pies In it's path. The great gorge at
Brownsville. Pa, that has been threat
ening to let go for two days went
out mt 1 o'clock this morning. The
gorge was nine miles long and the Ice
pack was piled 80 feet high. Earlier
In the night smaller gorges back Of
the big pack let go and, piIing up be-
hind the great gorge, forced 1t out.
Ices bridge. a steel structure. which
spans the Cheat river at Mont Cha
teau, was carried away by the rush
ing ice when the gorge in that stream
broke shortly after ! o'clock this
morning. First reports were to the eff
feet that the Point Marion bridge had
been swept out. but later advices say
that the structure Is holding.
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Washington. February s-Both
Washington evening newspapers, The
Evening Star and the Washing ton
Times, announced today that begin
ming February "a they would IN
crease their price from to cents.
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Washington February 8. - At midnight ninety-six
hours troopsp Tuscania had been torpedoed and
sunk by German submarine little than 1000 of
here by the bureau Of public
information.
the department. but will
which
list will have the cables from
Enolan nd
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This raid Dy the Germans was put
one of several conducted by the vari-
GUS belligerents ON the western front.
the most important of which appar-
emily also was carried out in Lor-
raine by the French in the vicinity of
Dioncourt The French penetrated =
German posissor here. cleared oul tho
trenches ans brought back so prisons
ers and machine gun.
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
While these military activities were
iii progress in the west the central
powers were busying themselves with
their manifold peace negotiations with
various groups of more or less impor-
lance on the eastern front and an
nounced having come to peace
agreement with the Ukraine, signed at
i q o'clock Saturday morning.
This announcement. marking the
frsr peace concluded by any of the
bclligefents. may turn out to be one
Of epochal Importance. 1t had been
largely discounted, however by the
apparent anxiety manifested by the
representatives OF the Ukrainian rada
at -Litovsk to peace Of some
sort with Germany and her allies and
also by the uncertainty as to the real
ity OF the peace which had been
achieved on paper,
RADA'S POWER DOUBTED
Doubt exists as to the extent of
control exercised by the rada over the
territory comprising the so-called
ukrainian republic. which 1t purports
to represent. That control is disputed
BY the bolsheviki, who broke with the
rada representatives at Brest-Litovsk
and appointed Ukrainian delegates of
their own. when they found the first
set of Ukrainians, whom they object
ed to az Bourgeois" secretly negotiat-
ing with the central powers. Bolshevik
and Ukrainian troops are engaging
each other for the mastery Of the ter
ritory which includes some of the best
grain growing provinces of Russia.
and each is claiming success In the
operations.
HOPE TO GAIN FOOD
Germany and Austria are tacitly ad-
mitted. to have seized upon the oppor-
tunity to sign peace with the
Ukrainians in the hope that they could
work their way commercially in the
grain-growing territory and thus Sc
cure supplies of food for their hungry
populations. Their own people seem
TO have built great hopes on the ef-
fectiveness OF this peace with the
Ukraine, but apparently their leaders
arc none too certain of the relief it
will eiye--for one thing sbecauso ~
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WARRIOR RIVER INSPECTION
IS TO BE MADE THIS WEEK
List Of Tuscania
SURVIVORS Being
Called SLoUly

After So Hours Little More Than One Thousand
Names Have Been Received in Washington,
and it Is Yet Impossible For Casualty List !.
toBe Made Five Alabamians
Reported Safe
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
THE FIGHT is ON :.

The fight is on! We or our foe must
win!
There Is no compromise. no. futile
thought of peace!
Already are the battletields bestrewn
With soldier dead, and some of them
our boys!
Therefore must rise each loyal citizen
OF this great nation---rise prepared to
strike
With all his might whatever way he
TO aid our Victory! Now with mus
cles firm,
With iron wills and hearts steeled to
the task,
We must endure privations, share dis
tress,
BE cheerful partners in a wide world $
misery.
And never once. though evils own
let loose
It's myriad furies, must our courage
fail,
Our footsteps falter or our steadfast
Be turned away from that far distant
Where triumph waits, and victory's
flag. unfurled,
Shows Right and Justice ruling hu-
man-kind,
The fight is on In France our drums
are heard
And on the sea behold our colors
wave!
We have joined hands with Mercy,
Liberty--
Become companions of those splen-
did powers
That dwell in brother love and equity,
In human hope and human sympa-
thy,
Now all the patriot fervor of our
blood
Our hope of safety, peace, onligl1t-
ened ways
Stirs in our souls and lcapins
through our veins
Turns us to sodiersi In our unity
Is our salvation! In our pride or
man,
And mans estate, his noble enter
prise,
Victorious strength shall serminate
and grow
To such invincible, unconquerable
might
That all the frenzy of a madman's
brain
Shall beat against it uselessiy awhile,
away,
LUR ANA SHELDON,
in the N. Y. Times.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
LIBERTY BEILS.

Ring, ring! glad bells: in joyous tones,
Success to this and future loans.
From leake to gulf. from sea to sea
Ring. ring! glad bells for Liberty.
Ring on glad bells vibrant and clear,
The friends of Liberty are here,
Some gave their surplus. some their all,
But each responded to thy call.
Ring out glad bells DER all the land,
We carried out the work we planned
And greater works are yet to come,
Ring out, nor let thy voice be dumb.
Ring out glad bells: thy stirring tones
Maye tyrants tremble on their
thrones:
The silent bond: Thy noisy din,
Both tell of our resolve to Win.
Ring on glad bells: eXultingly,
Ring on; Sing on for Liberty,
Until thy clear melodious sounds,
Have reached to earth'S rcmotest
bounds.
WILLIAM GIL4LEN RODGERS.
(Copyright
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04

lift a gun. And that is just as 1t
should be. Much as those who have
been granted deferred classification,
feel that their families are dependent
upon them, it is useless to discuss
what they would do, were Prussia to
succeed in breaking through the AL
lied lines. That would mean that we
would have to face Il German inVa-
man, whether he has Il family or not,
would impulsively take up whatever
weapon he could find and prepare to
defend his home and dear ones
There would be no choice about 1t
were such Il contingency to arise.
Why not adjust ourselves. then, to
such an emergency, even before 1t
actually presents itself? Let's not
fool ourselves any longer. We've
heard it said time and again that this
is the last German struggle. Tho
writer has heard that same statement
every Year since the war began. but
each succeeding year he has seen
Germany strike some new blow at
one section of the Allied front or an
other. In 1915 the Kaiser conquered
Russian Poland and the greater part
of the Balkans. In 1916, Russia was
overthrow and now the Hun ruler
rs trying to capture Calais and Dover.
II we are to defeat such "a mighty
zoe. We must be ready to put into tho
fight not only every dollar We own,
but every drop of blood in the veins
of our manhood. That's what the
an unlimited army.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
THE LAST DAY.

|Tave you needed to your country'a
hl? This means YOU. Mr. Stay-at-
bme, who are forced to desist from
king up arms in defense of your
tive land, on account of depcn-
hey. or other reasons, BY the
be these lines appear in print, the
3ished But if you have not done
ur bit, there is still an opportunity.
Blu will find banks in New Britain
en- until 9 O'Clock this evening to
] you that Liberty Bond. so you
mot plead that it was impossible
you to purchase a bond because
banks were closed on Saturday.
Pu will find at least one bank in
Nvn open If YOU wish to buy a bond,
You have seen the soldier boys in
|wn. You have witnessed their
rade, their drill, and you are con
heed now, if you were not before.
ut this country meant business
len it instituted the selective draft
order to raise an army to win this
r. You saw boys from New Brit
giving ample evidence that they
we seen stern training for the con-
It in Which they are soon to take
a. Only a short time ago these
Is were members of this
here. You met them
T. coming from work every
y them at the theater, at
elsewhere in the city.
sec them in khaki differ
ads entirely, boys but yet no
ger boys. facing with grim deter
nation the serious task which con-
Ints them. .......-. A..
What are you going to do about it?
We you bought bond to help the
vernnienti equip and feed these
Us? Surprising one of them came
you and asked for an aims. Would
give it to him? Certainly you
uld, Well they do not ask for
Ething themselves, but Uncle Sam,
o must provide for them, asks you
contribute. to share your part of
burden of financing this war. The
an will be over tonight. What
We you to show for it? Are you
Justly proud possessor of a Bond,
are you a parasite, content to live
others? Can you hold your head
and state honestly that you have
ne your bit, OF must you shame
ly make the disgraceful admis
n that you sat idly by while others
de sacrifices for you? Wake up,
men who have not yet helped
this Loan over. It's not too late.
ere's still time. Take your pay
Eelope, go to the nearest bank. and
a BOND! Climb up on the Lib
" Band-wagon proceeding toward
ultimate goal which spells Vic
y. Don't lag. Your country en-
-. - live in peace and safety.
der yourself worth
gIy Bond.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04

Arrested for intoXication, a man in
the Middletown city court begged to
be sent to the Haddam jail, claiming
that it would cure him of drin king.
We think q term in Haddam would
cure him of most anything.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
Anna Held, the famous sta 90

Anna Held, the famous stage star,
is said to be i'll with multiple mve-
only fifty cases of this alliterative af
Fiction on record. We always said
that if Anna became III she would
pick out som ething rare, in preference
to measles, mumps, or any of those
common sicknesses of ordinary NOR
tails.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
TO OPEN SEASON
Crack Pratt & Whitney Team of
Hartford Here Tomorrow afternoon |

The first game of the Sunday sea-
son for the Pioneers baseball team,
will be played tomorrow afternoon
at the East Ellis street diamond, At
o'clock when Jim Luby's pets will
cross bats with the crack Pratt &
Whitney team Of Hartford, conquer
ors of the Camp Devens team in
Hartford last Saturday,
Several new faces will be seen in
the local lineup, including, Clark of
Maine, an infelder; Fallon OF Vcr-
mont, an infielder and outflelder, and
Kelly, an inhelder, The now meg
give promise of greatly Strengthening
the home teams lineup. Those old,
favorites, Schroeder, Goeb, Lynch.
Dudack and Begley will again be
seen in a Pioneer uniform.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04

Magarga1. George E. crtts, Boffu~
Flower, Leland Pierce, Dewitt Riley
William f. Baker. *. j .Ihffnan, H.
A. Traver, Stanley Hunt.
The c.. T.. Pierce compay reports
that the demand for seats has Deehs
very great. Only few seas are sun
available, so the officials Of the
Choral society have decidedto sell ut
the theater the night of the concerts
limited number of tickets emitting the
bearers to standing room.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04

Why cannot the American people
have their own daily war report
from American headquarters? 1t
shouldn't tave very long to make the
necessary arrangements and an AM
erican bulletin is the proper thing
now that this country is playing such
an important role in the great strug-
gle.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04

A German prisoner taken in the
battle Of Seicheprey states that his
comrades lost 1900 in the engage
ment. Maybe they'll let the Ameri-
that.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04
LEAVES HONEYMOON
FOR CONCERT HERE
Olive Kline Coming From Sunny
South to New Britain

Olive Kline. soprano soloist at the
Red Cross concert next Tuesday
night. was in Georgia on her honey
moon when word came from the New
Britain Choral society that they had
been disappointed by their soprano
sCioist and that she was needed to
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04

Wilhelm Picks violets
what kind of flowers to send the
Kaiser, --with a wreath of poison Ivy
for good measure
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04

Those who offered the autom 0 biles
serve great credit. Half the proceeds
went to the Red Cross and half for
Liberty Bonds.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04

Our sole objective is to send men
enough to win. It will be achieved
if it takes l million or 90 millions"
Secretary Baker. And every good
Am erican feels the same way about
it.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04

We heard a girl say, as she watched
the boys file by: "Aren't they hand
sonnet And a fine looking lot they
were, too
New Britain herald., 1918-05-04

Germany anticipates levying an in
United States after the war. If the
Kaiser lives 25 billion years he'll new
er get it.