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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
Fiue Gouernors Expected to
 Attend Labor Rally Here
 Sept. 12 at Capitol Park
Assistant District Superintendent James Metca Here to Work Up Big Meeting Which Will Be Known as 100 Per Cent Capital and Labor War
 Efficiency Day

will develop into one of the most inpor- tant and most significant events in the history of Birmingham" said Assistant Suerintendent Metcalf yesterday. Con sidering this city, as he said in his ad' dress here Tuesday, the industrial cen ter and potential metropolis of the soutn, District Superintendent Williams wants this event to be the biggest of it's kind ever arranged anywhere in the country. Judging from. the manner in which the business and manufacturing interests, as well as the representatives of labor, have taken hold of the idea here, l am certain it will be all of the splendid sue cess MT. Williams desires it to be. shaii certainly do everything in my power to cooperate with local interests in the mat ter of arrangerhents,
 BIGGEST WARTIME PROBLEM
 T know that the manufacturing inter ests, and I believe most business men. realize that the successful handling oi the labor situation is just now the biggest wartime problem the nation is facing. With the recent announcement from Washington that war industries are fac ing a shortage of a million men, it be- hooves us to stir ourselves in order to throw every possible ounce of human en- ergy we possess into production Of every sort. in order to swing the scale of vic tory quickly our way.
 ..The mere moral effect of a great labor rally in tSis important industrial center. as we are planning it for September l2, will be far-reaching and helpful in the extreme. am glad that Birmingham appreciates this and will go the limit tc make our forthcoming celebration mem orable one"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
ATHLETIC CLUB ID ! ORGANIZE GLASSES FOR WAR TRAINING Men in Draft Ages Urged to Enter the Afternoon
 Classes and Become Fit
 for Hard Service

The Birmingham Athletic club is mak- ing an effort to assist in preparing men who expect to be drafted by training into play those muscles especially needed by the successful fighter. An instructor will immediately organize classes to meet on the club floor and drill every after. noon between 5:30 and 6:30. On Saturday night the class will work out from s:l5 to 9:3O and special class will be organ ized for Tuesday and Thursday nights. officials are anxious to nave new mem bers avail themselves of the other faciu ties which the club offers in the way of showers. swimming pool, pool and blt- Hard tables, etc.
 The following letter has been sent to several thousand business men in the city in the hope. not only of boosting the clubs membership, which has beer depleted by enlistments. but also that the club may, in this way. do something toward training men to become physical.y l fit for the arduous duties of war. E Prom IS to 45 Uncle Sam says ce wants you.
 whether you serve here at home in an essential industry, or the gigantic Lstruggle abroad, the prime requirement. | is sound body
 Just short time ago it was realized | that the successful man of today must be able tc put more we'll directed energy ! into his work. Today even a greater ! realization faces us all. It Is our duty I to place the human machine in perfect q condition, in every way. that the tasks put upon it may be accomplished with perfect efficiency.
 4 "To aid in this matter, one of vital i'm 1 portan e, this club has organized class 1 for business and professional men and has secured the best available talent as | instructors. The hours for this class are l from 5aO to 6:30 o'clock every afternoon ! except Saturday, and on Tuesday anC l Thursdays from SIS to 9s30
 You are invited to join this class. The initiation fee has been abolished anc memberships may be taken out quarterly dues every three months being only sS.2o war tax included.
 This club has the finest swimming pool and the best equipped gymnasium in the south, and also indoor handbat courts and outdoor tennis courts.
 ..The term on this class begins Septem Der ?. We hope to have your name in cluded If interested. kindly commun. cate with w. L. Woodruff, secretary, 2 Ed Spencer. physical director. Main lo6s Trusting to hear from you, we are. sin cerely.
 l BIRMINGHAM ATHLETIC CLUB
 sC. w. STREET. chrmn. Ath. Com.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
TARRANT ASKS LABOR ID WORK
 NEXT MONDAY Federal Director Calls Upon Employers of All Plants to Keep Open for
 Business

Tn view of the fact that the labor unions affiliated with the Birmingham Trades Council have decided to cele- brate Labor Day by working at their unusal occupations and to donate their days wages to the Red Cross, State Director George B. Tarrant believes 1t would be the proper thing for all man ufacturers and operators engaged in making essentials to operate tnelr plants next Monday.
 Accordingly. lie issued the following appeal to manufacturers and operators yesterday:
 ITO All Employers of Labor
 .It has been called to the attention of this office that large number Of persons employed in essential indus tries have expressed a willingness to
 remain at their posts the whole or Labor Day, Monday, September z, 1918. thereby showing their patriotism and loyalty to the cause to which our
 President has pledged our all, and feel
 ing that there would be no possible
 discrimination if this action were made
 general and extended to all Workmen in every industry and recognized py the public. the federal director of Ala bama of the United States employment service requests of each employer of labor not to close ms ptdce ol uusinSSs on that date, but to remain open for business. in order that those persons who are engaged in the production of the necessary war essentials may not feel that a hardship is being imposed mon them by requesting them to re- main on duty while other workmen or | the general public are celebrating holiday.
 Tt is respectfully urged that eacf " 1ot> vvifh this ouest. whether engaged in an essential or nonessential industry.
 "GEORGE B. TARRANT, .sFederal Director for Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
Statement June 20, 1sis rESOURCES

Jack Bethea. copy desk man at the Ledger will grab the midnight rattler with basteboard in his pocket good for daylight in Atlanta, Birming- ham suburb, where all of the govern ment doings that were sought by any other city were forced upon the cand- 1ersyillage. It's the training camp for Jack, and dollars to Mexican pennies he will leave Camp Gordon at the end of the training camp with a commits sion that spells something worthwhile.
 Jack Bethea began his career on The Age-Herald as newspaper work CT in 1909, when all he had was plen- ty of sand in his craw, few sharp pencils, a High school diploma and a dickens of lot to learn. But he got into the game with tenacity that soon made him a valuable man, and 2 when he felt The Age Herald he was classed as utility man, doing desk work or reporting, whichever the m. e. saw fit He made good in every ca pacity.
 For the last year or two he has been city editor and copy desk man on the Ledger, and is reluctantly given over to Uncle Sams military molding plant at Camp Gordon. for he will be missed and his place hard to fill.
 Jack Is leaving Mrs. Bethea here and what gets closest to his collar bone on the left side is the little one his 4-year-o1d daughter-for when he goes, two pals have separated But Jack will be coming back full of good war stories and brass buttons and such and the little lady who let her daddy go to war will be plumb proud of him
 The newspaper fraternity wishes Jack the best pluck and smack kei dab over the top every time the whistle blows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
JOHN |. RAUL GOES ID WASHINGTON ON
 WAR COMMIT HE Will Spend Most of Time at Capital as Member of the Lumber Manufacturers
 War Committee

John L. Raul. president of the kaul Lumber company. has been appointed as a member of the war service committee of the southern pine lumber manufactur- CTS and will go to washington in a few days. where he will spend the greater part of the time from now until the end of the war.
 The southern pine lumber people have maintained a committee at Washington for a number of months, but frequent
 changes in its membership operated against it's effectiveness, and the results obtained have not been very satisfactory. Recently Chairman Baruch of the war industries board suggested to the pine lumber manufacturers that they raise a permanent committee, with headquarters in Washington. with whom the war in-
 dustries board could deal in the matter of lumber purchases for war purposes. and in response to this suggestion the southern pine lumber manufacturers held a mass meeting in New Orleans last Wednesday, at which the matter was | considered and a committee appointed I to act along the lines suggested by Mr. l Baruch.
 By the creation of this committee and
 establishing it in offices in Washington, | it will be in close touch with the war ] industries board. and the requirements
 of the government in the way of lumber | for war purposes can be handled expe- ditiously and to the advantage of all lconcerned.
 1 The committee consists of six members. with MT. Hicks of Kansas City. Mo, as
 chairman and Mir. Raul as one of the members.
 l A hearing before the price fixing com 1 mittee of the war industries board will be held on September Il for the purpose of revising prices fixed by the govern ment on southern pine lumber. in accord lance with plan adopted sometime ago, which provides for such adjustment about every 90 days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
Twenty-nine Alabama
 Men Are Commissioned

Twenty-nine Alabama men have just been commissioned as second Ieutenants at the fourth officers training school at
 Camp Wheeler, Ga The roster as mace
 public by the committee on public in-
 formation is as follows:
 Leonard T. Whatley, corporal, 12sd in
 fantry, national guard, 4-6 Twenty-sev- enth avenue, Tuscaloosa, infantry.
 Richmond Y. Bailey, private first class. 123d infantry national guard. Wadley, in- fantry.
 Tom Bivens, corporal, 1o6th sanitary
 troop, national guard, Brookside. in- fantry.
 Robert L. Burgess, sergeant, 1oSth am intuition train, national guard. Andalu- sia, infantry.
 George Cammuck, sergeant. 12sd in- fantry, national guard, BOT North Con- ception street, Mobile. infantry. Lora G. Dockery, private. first class 122d infantry, national guard, Hotel De Soto, Birmingham, infantry. Joseph w. Edgar. corporal, 123d in faptry, national guard, IS North Anr street. Mobile, infantry. Henry L. Film, first sergeant, 12d in l lfantry, national guard, no Washington avenue, Montgomery, infantry. | Henry F. Forshee, corporal. 123d in. l fantry, national guard, 30l1 Avenue E Ersley, infantry. ] Marion T. Gaines, sergeant, 123d in fantry, national guard, Mobile, infantry l Harvey s. Golden, sergeant, 12Sd in 1 fantry, national guard, Atmore. infantry
 Marion B. Hassell, sergeant, 123d in fantry, national guard. 952 Dauphir street, Mobile, infantry. | Joseph w. Hester, first sergeant, 1St | infantry, national guard, Citronelle, in | fantry.
 I William F. Heller, sergeant. 106tl 1 trench mortar battery, national guard | Ironaton, infantry. | Fred Henderson, private first class
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31

12sd infantry, national guard. Millers Ferry, infantry.
 Emory o. Hoffman, corporal. 12lst in- fantry, national guard, Vernon, infantry.
 John G. Holmes, sergeant. 12sd infantry national guard, 2S East Highland ave nue, Pratt City, infantry. Martin L. Horst, sergeant, 12Sd in- fantry, national guard, 1l13 Church street, Mobile, infantry. Starr Kealhofer, corporal, 12Sd infantry, national guard, 1101 Avenue k. Birmlng- ham, infantry. William M Kelly, corporal. 1os supply train, national guard, 14S Tenth Place, south, Birmingham, infantry. Mac1in S. Kennemer, sergeant, l1ist Tn fantry, national guard, F. O. Box Ae Athens, infantry. Leonard H. Metzger, sergeant, 123d in fantry, 257 Church street, Mobile, in' | fantry.
 Melvin A. Metzger, corporal, 12sd in | fantry, 257 Church street. Mobile, in fanry.
 l Jack W. orcott private, first class 1 beadouarters Sixty second brigade, na' tionai guard as1 Quinlan avenue, Bir-
 mingham, infantry. 1 Daniel G. O'Neal, sergeant, 106th am
 bulance train, national guard, 45 Soutf
 Three Notch street, Andalusia, infantry l William A. Payne, sergeant. 123d in
 fantry, national guard, Su2 st. AnthonS street, Mobile, infantry Lawrence M. Pruitt, private. first class l 1sth F. S. battalion. national guard, h'
 South Court street, Montgomery, in | fantry.
 Grover w. Ray. private, first class, 123t Infantry, national guard, Alexander City Infantry.
 | John S. Rozelle, sergeant, l06 trencf mortar battalion, national guard. 4 South Court street, Talladega, infantry
 Tom ]. Truss. sergeant. 106th ambu lance train, national guard, 7S7 Under
 wood avenue Birmingham, infantry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
Special Rates for
 Reunion of Spanish American Veterans

On account of the Spanish -American war veterans reunion at Baltimore September to 6, the railroad aomin- istration has announced special rates to Baltimore with the privilege of Eo- ing and returning by different routes Tickets at the special rate went on sale last Wednesday and will be sold untiI- September 5, with September B as the final return date.
 The fare from Birmingham to Baltl- more under this special rate is $17.06, with $1.37 war tax, making the total x1s.4s. These tickets will be goof in the sleeping cars without extra charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
STORES TO REMAIN
 OPEN ON LABOR DAY
Merchants Vote to Observe Govern
 ment Wishes in the Matter

A special meeting Of the Birming- ham R2tail Merchants association was called yesterday afternoon to act on the that there be no cessation of business on Labor Day, as has been the custom dur ing the past years.
 By unanimous vote it was decided. as a patriotic war measure. to observe the kovernmeut's wishes in the matter and keep the 6toreg open for businesg all day Monday, 0eptembar q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
Herman ROsenbaum Co.
 Will Open Monday
New Firm Will Handle Ladies' Ready
 to-Wear Exclusively

The formal opening of the Herman Rosenbaum company. 1908 Third avenue will taqe place Monday, September 2. M. Green is president of the company, H. Rosenbaum is vice president and c. J. Marshall is secretary.
 This firm will handle ladies ready y-to- wear exclusively and will be an addi- tion to Birmingham's ready-to-wear stores.
 Advanced fan and winter styles in dresses, suits and coats will be on dis play at the opening Monday, while souvenirs will be given to the ladies.
 The building occupied by the company has been remodeled and improved and is one of the most up-to-date stores of its kind in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31
"Federal Director for Alabama

his name on the roll. but he had al ready bought War Savings Stamps up to the limit and therefore would be un- able to do so.
 The War Savings committee an nounces that booths will be operated at inc Alabama State Fair and that they will be in cnarge of the young women who made such splendid sue ! cess of the booth system in Birming- ham during the drive in July.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-31

Tn the belief that it's influence upon
 the labor situation will be strongly felt,
 not only through this state but in the
 entire south, plans are being laid for .
 successful labor rally in Birmingham on
 September F. It will be known as the
 "One Hundred Per Cent Capital and La
 bor War Efficiency Day"
 This event win De under the auspices
 of the United States employment service, department Of labor. but the details are
 being naudled by the various civic orga n- nations of the city.
 Following the initial preparatory con- ference conducted by District Superin tendent Cliff Williams on Tuesday. As sistant District Superintendent James A. Metcaf arrived in Birmingham yesterday and will remain here to assist in the plans preparatory to the September F rally. His headquarters will be at the office of Federal Director George B. Tar rant in the Chamber of Commerce build ing.
 EVERY ASSISTANCE OFFERED City officials and all organizations Of a public character in Birmingham have declared their desire to do everythins possible to make this labor rally one of the biggest events in the history of the city. It is expected that the governors | of the five states composing the Sixth district will be guests of the city, ana that Director General John B. Dinsmcre of the United States employment serv l ice, Washington, D. C., will be here ana will be one of the speakers at the pig ! meeting to be held at Capitol park. ! q am enthusiastic over the prospects
 for this big labor rally, and believe it
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-23
All Wrong, Napoleon.

"The dull, drab years Of middle
hge," is the way I. M. G. A. work.
er Classics the period in mans life
from thirty-five to forty-five. He says
that men of this age are frequenters
of saloons, that they are mostly mar
ried and that they are not as desir-
able In the way of citizenship as the
male individuals Of seventeen to twen-
ty-fOur, who spend much time with
their sweethearts, or the male indivd-
uals more than forty-six, for that
after passing forty-five and presum-
ably surviving the dull, drab years."
q fellow turns his attention to things
spiritual, generally to church work,
and begins to live again. "The truth
Is" said a pawer of the rail, "this Y.
M. c. A. gink seems to have lost, as
a good many academic students Of the
saloon lose, the real solution. No bet
ter explanation ever has been made or
ever will be made than that men go
to the saloon because they have no
place else to go that gives them the
same sort of unconventional welcome
They 60 there not because their years
are dull and drab, but because the
gregarious instinct calls them."-New
York Sun.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-23
Animals and Proverbs.

It is singular at first sight how large
~ animals are referred to in proverbs,
but since proverbs are built on mems
lives and their observations, it is real
ly not SO odd.
The docile sheep reminds one of ODE
dent children or tractable servants
the strutting peacOcks, with their large
and beautiful tails, of gaudily dressed
women; the rOck-climbing goats, of
bold adventures the cunning foxes,
of unprincipled and shrewd tradesmen
the chirping crickets, of care-free mer-
rymakers, and the slippery eel, Of unre-
liable employers.
This readiness to see resemblances
everywhere shows itself in proverbial
SMILES and comparisons-the man with
a sluggish mind is ''as stupid as an
aux" a cheerful companion is "as
happy as a clam" the headstrong
youth 'as wild as buck" the diligent
workman Is "as busy as bee;;" the
courageous soldier is "as brave as a
Hon;" the neighbor who is lean and
tall Of stature is "as gaunt as grey
hound"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-23
SUGAR SAVING METHODS
ARE GIVEN TO HOTELS
Sugar Over Their Ai!otment-Must
Economic or Be Without.

To assist proprietors of public eat
ing places to keep within the sugar
allowance of 2 pounds for ninety
meals served, the, Hotel Division of
the Food Administration has studied
methods of sugar service in the diff
ferent states. The following sugges
tons seemed to work out the most
successfully:
Sugar bowls should not be placed
upon tables.
Before sugar is served, the waiter
should always ask the patron
whether he wishes sugar, and if
so what kind.
For coffee or tea, hot or iced, two
half Jumps only or one teaspoon
full of granulated sugar.
For a demitasse or small cup of
coffee, one half lump only or one
half teaspoonful of granulated.
For cereal or fruit, one teaspoonful
only of sugar. If patron orders
cereal and fruit, no more than one
teaspoonful should be served for
both.
cit should be definitely understood"
says A. H. Melville, Executive Secre
tary for the Wisconsin Food Admins
tration, that no public eating place
will be given any sugar above their
specified allotment Most of the pro-
prietors understand this, but many are
using more sugar than they can afford
to. Unless they adopt some method
will find themselves without any sugar
at all at the end of the month"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-23

Moehlenpah, then spent four years at
Northwestern University, Evanston,
Ill. During his time at college, Mr..
Moehlenpah worked in banks and
newspaper offices, thus paying his
way through the institution.
He came to Wisconsin twenty five
years ago as assistant cashier of the
president of the bank, as well as di-
rector in the Rock County Savings
and Trust Company, of GAINESVILLE.
Immediately upon his arrival in Gin
ton, Mr.. Moehlenpah devoted much
time and energy to the study of farm
finance problems.
During the years of 1913 and 1914,
when Mr.. Moehlenpah was president
of the Wisconsin Bankers association,
he continually preached the doctrine
Of farm land and stock loans. Later
when he took up the duties of execu-
tive committeeman in the American
Bankers Association, as Wisconsin
bankers representative, he again dis
cussed money measure for the farm
and stock owner.
His counsel was SO we'll calculated,
and liked by brother bankers, that his
ability along this line was recognized
and he became q prominent figure id
the Federal Reserve Bank movement.
From this it was but step to the Fed
eral Farm Land Bank. Now, it is said,
Mr.. Moehlenpah will be selected as
president of the First Joint Stock
Land Bank, which will operate in Wis
consin under direct supervision of the
United States government.
AS a member of the school board at
Clinton, Mr.. Moehlenpah brought for
ward many advanced ideas tending to
better rural school conditions.
ITO do these things, means that the
future prosperity of the state will be
insured for all time," said Mr. Moeh-
lenpah. 1.-THE great industries of the
city require much from the banker
The banker meets such requirements.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-23
NOEHL[NpAH HOLDS /
FARMERS ENTITLED
TO LIBERAL LOANS
HEADS COMPANY THAT PLACED
100000 ON FARMS IN
STATE OF WISCONSIN,.
Democratic Candidate for Governor
Seeks Election on Record of Twenty
five Years Active Cooperation With
Farmer and Stock Raiser in State.
True to American Principles.

81 believe so strongly in the future
of Wisconsin, as an agricultural, sheep
raising and dairy state, that l stand
ready to stake my last dollar at the
disposal of the farmer, dairyman, and
sheep raiser," declares H. A. Moeh-
lenpah, Democratic candidate for the
gubernatOrial nomination in the Sep
TENDER primaries. "To date, a farm
loan and mortgage company, of which
am president, has placed $5,OOO,OO0
dollars at the disposal of farm own
ers who are helping to bring the nat
ural resources of Wisconsin to the
front. No man should be elected to
the Office of governor, who does not
stand pledged to guard the welfare of
the farmer, and the dairy and live
stock interests Of the state"
Mr.. Moehlenpah declared that he
was not making the above statement
merely as campaign affirmation, but
pointed to proof positive which sup
ports his contentious and declarations.
A measure of this proof of Mr.. MOeh-
lenpah's belief and faith in the destiny
of Wisconsin, lies in the fact that the
Wisconsin Mortgage and Securities
Company, of which the Democratic
candidate is president, have placed
over $5,000,000 in farm loans in the
state within a period of three years.
The Democratic candidate for gov
ernor, a somewhat reticent man when
approached by interviewers, was born
March 9, 1857, in Joliet, Ill. Educated
in the public schools of that city, Mr..