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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17

any prospect of relief while the war lasts
 Should not Americans take warming in time and conserve their machinesy The enormous bulk of typewriter mat ter that comes from Washington sus- gests heavy draft upon the source of supply. The stoutest keys cannot stand hammering forever Besides, who can estimate the comparative wear upon tho machine of different types of copy? h. animate objects often display a quality akin to temperament. Ships and loco motives are familiar examples. The ussr of a typewriter finds no other machine quite as responsive as his own. It is quite credible that keys which have been the vehicle of the novelists or the poets fancy have a different touch from those which have ground out political argu- ments or dull statistics. There is here broad field for speculation which some deep thinker should cultivate attentiveiy. Meanwhile it is plain that a shortage Of tyrewriters must be a serious matter to a generation. which has almost forgotten theuse of the pen AbSit oment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 lAll CT since Guynemer. the Hawk M was shot down last winter have the allies had such skillful anu deadly airman as young Rene Fonck. who recently brought down six German planes in one day, an unparalleled feat. He is now known as the Ace of Aces.
 T am going out to avenge Chaput," declared Fonck, Chaput having been famous and popular ace and friend of Georges Carpenter, the French heavy weight boxer, and of his comrades in the air service.
 In few minutes Fonck met squad ron of six German planes. Within six minutes he had sent three of them hur- tling to earth in flames. Later the same day he encountered nine German planes and downed three of them.
 Lieutenant Fonck began flying year and half before the war, at the ma ture age ot 16. When the war began he was able to start as a pilot observer, although he did not become chaser until 1916. He brought down his first enemy airplane August 6, 1916, since hav- was occupying seat of honor, but whose "entitlements' are unknown to me, came back and whispered that Exalted Ruler John Antwine who was occupying the chief seat, had asked him to request me to come forward and make an address as one of the speakers had failed to show up.
 did it. had just made talk at the Southern club and I had no good excuse for declining. To be perfectly truthful, I was tickled to death to get chance to speak to such cultured crowd. l not only like to speak, but as a 'four-minute man" am pledged to do so whenever l get chance, and so far I haven't let any chance slip by without trying to ring clear note that the business before America is to lick the Kaiser If you don't want to hear me speak. then don't ask me.
 was sorry I had to leave just as the Canadians were coming in. I was aHx- ious to see the tableaux at Capitol park and to hear the songs, recitations aud addresses. and am mighty glad was present, for it was really great occa- sion, and the whole setting was patriotic and loyalty was in the very atmosphere Commissioner Ellis Brown paid a glow ing tribute to the Stars and Stripes. and Erie Pettus lived up to his reputation as one of the great speakers of Birming ham, The mingling of the blue and the gray, with their sons and grandsons all united under Old Glory, sent me homo with burning desire to stand by Presi- dent Wilson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17

From hls point of view. Charles was right in saying kings must hang to- gether. but 1t begins to look as if they'll hang separately.
 Another form of war profiteering is ex- hibited by the loan shark who gets pos session of $50 Liberty Bond for some thing like ss5.
 Doug Fairbanks continus popular on the screen. but we pin our faith to that Doug Campbell who is an Amer ican "ace."
 So naov Red Cross costumes are ps- ing worn nowadays, you'd thinl. all the modistes had gone out of business. but they haven't
 * * x Baseball writers may safely announce that the baseball situation in the south is nebulous anomalous and chaotic.
 $ 4. * For man whose health is none of the best just now. MT. McAdoo holds down surprising number of jobs.
 < $ * Even If the calendar and the thermom- eter didn't tell us so, we would know It was summer because of the bathing girl on the magazine cover.
 j. x. # Judging from the rollicking verses pup. lished in stars and Stripes. the soldiers life is care-free life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
< * j. Detroit's $ Plan to Minimize Drouth

1TNETROIT, deprived of alcoholic 11 drinks, by the amendment to the state prohibition law which be- came effective May 1, is conducting a unique experiment which will be watched with interest throughout the country. Detroit is trying to be merry with "cocktailless cabarets, wineless wine rooms and peerless bars"
 Instead of closing up the bars, as anticipated by the prohibition breth- ren, the new law has brought about the substitution of "near" beverages, and has induced cabaret proprietors to once more turn their attention to the long neglected cuisine. It is even predicted that there will be revival of the quaint custom of eating in cab arets, hitherto given over largely to frenzied vaudeville and alcoholic stim- ulation
 Jazz bands, we are informed, have been retained, "in some cases have been augmented" Habitues see the same tables, the same walters and the same performers in the cabarets, while the barroom frequenter may still pass the time of day-or night with his favorite bartender.
 This is an infinitely more comfort able arrangement for all concerned than going out of business. Walters, bartenders and cabaret artists" still have employment, proprietors retain their places of business and patrons who have sufficient imagination may delude themselves into thinking all is as it was before. But, nevertheless, there is someting missing. It remains to be seen whether or not Detroit will find joy in "cocktailless cabarets, wireless wine rooms and peerless bars"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17

amount of matter they print, gath cred from all corners of the earth in a few sometimes a few min utes-and passing through many hands before it appears in type, is, indeed, remarkable. The newspaper reporter who is neither a crook nor a blackguard tells the truth in his "sto- ries" because he writes about what he sees or what he has learned from reliable sources and has no earthly reason to do otherwise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
X F y As to the Veracity of Newspaper Men

IT N quarrel of two baseball mag eS mates, one criticizes the other flor accepting as gospel truth the writings of a newspaper man." Which brings up the old question, "Do news paper men tell the truth ?" In 99 out of 100 cases they do.
 There is, to be sure, venal press. There are dishonest persons in all pro- fessions, and "coloring the news" is an old trick, yet it is never practiced by reputable newspaper and is a device for swaying public sentiment or satisfying private grudge which is soon found out.
 Where critics of newspapers-and they are almost as numerous as read CTS of newspapers-make a grave mistake is in assuming that all the errors which appear in type are the fault of the newspaper writers them selves and those who edit "copy.' An other foolish belief is that most mis- takes are intentional. More often than not, the newspaper reporter gets a news "story" wrong because someone whom he relied upon to tell him the truth, deceived him, either for an ulte- rior motive, through faulty memory for facts, indifferent powers of ob- servation or for some other reason.
 The accuracy of modern newspa- per1, considering the enormous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
.NoIsEs ARE so LONESOME

Josef Suez in the World Outlook.
 The noises of New York are so lone- some. They make me want to go home -back to Tunis. where it is not all ma- chinery and I can hear the people shout ing to each other and to their animals in the street. Here you cannot hear the people at all It is as if the whole city is a big machine and the people all are dumb find that very lonesome.
 When I learn a little English and go to the stores L-find them very strange They do not bargain at all You ask Q man. How much?" He tells you and. as in Tunis. you cry out and say, "Ah. never will pay that. it is robbery"
 But what says tho American store- keeper? He says; Then you need not buy it.' You must pay what he asks or not at all find 1t strange to do business that way, but it saves much time. Ir Africa merchant spends hours, sometimes. bargaining with his customers and they come again, day after day, until they agree on price.
 But here there is no time-hurry. hurry. all like machine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
Sorry for Girls

T couldn't help being sorry for two charming young lassies who were selling Thrift Stamps on the corner of Second avenue and Twentieth street, at Patter- sons drug store,' said pr. Percy Wood all flor they fell under the spell of q handsome, dark faced little lad. with soulful black eyes, and red lips.
 Tt seems that he is also quite clever, for he sweetly informed them if they would let him have a dollars worth of stamps he would take them over to Thompsons and sell them for them and return in few minutes. The moments passed into hours, and when twilight came they made it 5o-50, each one put ting up half dollar to make their casl, balance I would advise any susceptible maidens to beware of the fascinating little double-crosser."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
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OBLIVION

From the Chicago News.
 The fame of conquerors is comparative. Genghis Khan in his day slaughtered as vastly for autocratic ends, with the aim of world power, as Kaiser Wilhelm. the colossus of egotism in our own speech.
 The fame of Khengiz. as he is written in Chinese poetry. went as far as the written tongues of the world, and Allen Upward in his Scented Leaves from a Chinese Jar naFrates an ancient leg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
ONE ON THE CENSOR

From the Pittsburg- Chronicle Telegraph.
 A Welsh soldier wrote at the head Of a letter to his mother. "Braich yn da- gran" and the censor, believing this to be a Welsh motto, something like God bless our hcme." allowed it to pass. To the soldiers mother it read, Arm in tears" and she knew that her son was somewhere near Armentieres.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
Savings Stamps in Pulpits

Frank A. Vanderlip, national chairman of the War Savings Stamps, asking me to request the ministers of Birmingham to preach on thrift and urge the buying of Baby Bonds on Sunday next" said Joe Loveman
 Tt has been found that one of the best and quickest ways to reach the peo- pie of America is through the churches. I have asked Drs. Wright, Duncan, Broadly and Barnett to bring the matter before the various ministerial bodies. and I am sure that the clergymen of this city will be glad to cooperate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
Mussrove is Confident

T am just on my way home from a visit to New Orleans, where I went in connection with the amendment situation in Louisiana said "Breck'' Musgrove.
 "The governor has called special ses7 sion of the legislature. The death of a selator calls for an election in one of the districts, but the only candidate out is for the ratification of the federal amendment The requisite number of states are going to get into line and America is going dry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
THE NEW ACE OF ACES'

ing accounted for fl other planes, reck- oning only those credited under the strict standard followed by the French.
 His wonderful success and skill ara counted not only by the number of ma chimes he has smashed, but by the still more extraordinary fact that his own machine never has been hit by a bullet.
 That means that besides the cleverness with which he maneuvers to get at tho man he is attacking he has positive genius for deciding when to strike and when not to strike, using his judgment as well as his mastery of the acrobatics of flying to choose the right moment for assailing his quarry or retiring.
 He is a wonderful shot. and in his last affair he made six direct hits out of 50 shots.
 The daring young Frenchman has fought good deal with the British, for whom he has great admiration. He has two British decorations in addition to the Crcix de Guerree and the Cross of the Legion of Honor He is described as extraordinarily modern, frank and iAnaoio' 'JuS' q Jony' opoh.AoSou, len.AS built boy without a particle of affecta- tion or vanity.
 end of modern application in this man. ner:
 The great conqueror Khengiz, toward the close of his life, when he had sub dued .he four corners of tho world and slain more than million men, encoun- tered on the way an old woman, who inquired of him: 'Canst thou tell me anything of a certain Khengiz?'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
IN FLANDERS FIELDS
y Lieut.. Col. John McRae.

By Lieut.. Col. John McRae.
 (Died while on duty in F'landers.) In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and In the sky The larks. still bravely singing, fly. Scarce heard amidst the guns below, We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow. Loved and were loved. and now we lie
 In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe To you from falling hands. we throw The torch. Be yours to hold it hgh If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep. though poppies grow
 Tn Flanders fieldsi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17

BEGINNING THE DAY---Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings, 0 Lord, Thou hast ordained wisdom. Teach me through my children. As Thou sendest them to me out of heaven may l catch giimpses of Thy throne. May I get Thy message fresh from their lips and their souls. In Christ's name. Amen.--H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
Tn Introduce Rita Joiivet

Ut was peculiarly fitting that Olivia O'Neal should have been chosen to in- troduce the gifted Rita Jolivet to an Alabama audience" said Mrs. R. F. Johnston, because through her grand father, the late Gen. Edward Asbury ONeal of the Confederate service, and former governor of Alabama, she in herits French fighting blood, General ONeal being descended on the distaff side from the Huguenots.
 Tt was picturesque scene, that of Wednesday afternoon. before the First National bank; the two beautiful girls with their sweet voices and their thrill- ing words of patriotism seemed typical of the highest womanhood of their re- spective races, while the rapidly gath ering storm furnished background that to the imaginative onlooker sug- ,gested the maelstrom of nations into which America is soon to be engulfed It was a moment not soon to be for gotten by the spectators"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
Proud Record in
 Physical Rating

A LABAMA not only goes lover 1A the top" in raising money for war purposes, but it has made a proud record in the physical rating of it's selectmen examined for military service
 Of the drafted men accepted, with rating above 80 per cent for physical fitness, South Dakota comes first; and Alabama is in the same high class, being the only state in the south with such a record.
 Dr. Henry Smith Williams con- tributes an instructive statistical paper to Hearst's magazine on Provost Marshal General Crowder's report to the Secretary of War on the accepted and rejected men of the first draft under the selective service act of 1917. |Of the whole number examined 2911 per cent were rejected by the local boards as physically unqualified to serve their country in military ca |pacity, 70.89 per cent proving fit. Dr. Williams makes a chart of va rious shadings and one of the facts
 
 revealed by the official figures is that the northeastern states as whole make an exceedingly poor showing; that the middle west makes an excel lent showing -75 to 80 per cent ef- ficiency. New York and New Jersey rate low down and Pennsylvania the lowest of all
 It is something to be proud of that Alabama's young manhood is of the superior sort when it comes to strong muscles and sound health.
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 The state of mind in Hawaii may or may not be indicated by the fact that Honolulu swimmers are establishing new worlds records, while elsewhere there is keen rivalry 10 lower riveting records.
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 MT. Wilson has been unanimously elected to the French Academy of Moral  and Political Sciences. May We not ex. press our qualification at this honor paid our President?
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 It must be rather difficult these days for Won Tirpitz to explain why the U boats haven't starved England and in- terrupted the flow of American troops to France
 People who think life isn't worth>liv- ing unless they can cruise around in their private yachts are receiving very little encourage these days.
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 No matter where the next blow of the Germans fallA there are reasons for be- lieving it won't shatter anything except some of the kaisers shock units.
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 It may seem strange, but the girl whose descriptive vocabulary is limited to fierce" and grand" can sell as many War stahmps as anybody else.
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 Another compliment for our soldiers in France comes direct from Boche corn- mander. It is this; Hold back tte Americans at any cost"
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 It didn't take but short while for Uncle sar's long arm to reach out and seize Jeremiah oI.eary in remote vii- lage in Washington,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17

Member of the Associated Press
 The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birminghani carrying the Associated Press d.s patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication of spe- cial dispatches herein are also re- served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
MOTHER BONE DRY VICTORY

From the Chicago News.
 President Wilson having ordered the White House fountains shut down to conserve water, the bone-dry forces can claim 2 victory beginning at the top.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
In the old Days

T will never forget a conversation had with the late John, c. Henley said Ben M. Jacobs.
 Ut was many years ago. We. were standing on the corner of First avenue and Twentieth street, at the old First National bank corner. We had waited 70 minutes for street car. His patience giving way, he said: 'Ben,- wouldn't it be fine to live to see the time when we could stand here and see street car in sight at any hour during the day?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17
Thinking n Whole Lot

pr. Percy Woodall. who has been such an ardent worker in the four-minute cam paigns said, when asked if he had made any speeches this week: No, I've done very little speaking lately, though I've been working hard on the new campaign think, maybe, I am like the Irishman's owl Pat wanted a parrot, and went into a store to purchase one. The shop keeper saw that he did not know what parrot looked like. and sold him an owl About two weeks after Pat had acquired this owl, friend of his dropped in and asked: Pat, has your parrot talked yet?' Pat hesitated a minute and then replied. No, but, begorra, when he does open his mouth, he shure will say something wlse for he's been thinking such a durn heap.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17

Trumpet, blow loud; Send thy brass voice through all these lazy tents.
 -Troilus and Crcssida.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17

Washington bureau. POT Hibbs build ing.
 European bureau. 6 Henrietta street, Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, World build ing, New York city; western business office. Tribune building, Chicago. The S C. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-15
Culture is not SO much something we have
as it is something we have absorbed, and that
has become part of us. 1t is a state rather
than a possession.-FredericR +. Marvin.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY.

Editing telegraph dispatches for newspa-
per is no child s play. 1t has its dull times,
comparatively. But at no time is it uninterest-
ing to one who really loves newspaper work
Sometimes it has thrills On February fifteen,
1898, one Of these thrills ran through the
telegraph room Of every newspaper IN Amer1-
ca 1t was caused by the press 50 flash to the
effect that the United States battleship Maine
had been blown up in Havana harbor. The
..flash,'' brief bulletin Of what had hap
pened, was followed within few moments by
outlines of that historic tragedy and the la
inevitable story was later told in full. Then fol
lowed the short and decisive war between this
country and Spain.
Twenty years have elapsed since the tragedy
Of the Maine, seventeen of those years periods
of comparative world peace. And now some
score of nations are plunged into the horror of
war. Yet whatever may be the fate of the cen
trail empires, or of the allies fighting in en-
deavor to uphold real freedom for peoples
this country will always Remember the
Maine
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-15

lars. ''To carry thrift program beyond the
point of this rational increase in saving says
Mr.. Sabin would serve only to depress busl-
ness, destroy values and create unemployment.
This note Of warning is followed by another
Pointing out that the spirit of optimism must
be kept alive, and that good cheer is factor
in financing our way to victory, Mr.. Sabin says:
Businessmen and wage earners cannot lend
money to the government unless they can make
money And business must earn more money
this year than last year. The government IS
going to need more money, and increasingly
more money, before this war is won.''
That this is disagreeable fact is no reason
why the country should not face it. 1t must be
faced, and the money raised to meet the gov
ernment's needs if we are to win the war.
Much is heard about the need for dlscrlmlna-
ton between essential and non-essentlal INDUS
tries, but there need be no confusion concern
ing this matter. No legitimate business which
can make money without competing with the
government is nom ssential In fact, 1T is very
essential because money is one of the most
important munitions of war Anything that
increases legitimate business helps the govern
ment The government can help itself by re-
moving restrictive regulations and repeating
laws that hinder commercial and Industrial de-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-15
GREAT FIGURE IN JOURNALISM

ST. Louis Post-Dispatch: Surely,
when these years of confused thought
and convulsive struggle are over,
Herr Harden, of the Berlin Zunkuft,
will emerge one Of the great figures
Of world Journalism. If we seek
elsewhere for some other figure to
compare with him, we must remem-
Der the vast differences between COLI
ditions under which journalism does
it's work in allied countries and in
Germany. Drastic = control of the
press is one of the basic tenets of
Prussianism at all times. What he
prints now is subject to the most
drastic censorship in Europe and to
the regulations and penalties of mar
tial law, besides. Repeatedly disci-
plined, he goes on addressing appeals
and arguments to the German people,
which, we may believe would bring
permanent suppression to any other
publication of the country and long
imprisonment to it's editors. Of
course, it may be that in permitting
him the latitude it does, Prussianism
has Interior designs. 1t may be de-
sirable, for the purpose OF testing
sentiment and creating an Illusion of
free expression, to have one channel
for communicating views radically
at variance with Prussianism'S pur-
poses. But it is evident that every
time he is given an inch by author
ity, Herr Harden takes an ell In I'M
authorized latitude.