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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-07

Washington, April Gap
proximately 100000 men will
he sent to training camps dur
ing the five-day period begin
ming April 26 under orders sent
to state governors today by
Provost Marshal General
Crowder for mobilization of the
April call Of the second draft.
This is three times the MINI
Der it was originally planned to
call and is nearly twice the
monthly quota as based on the
calling Of 100000 men over a
period Of nine months.
Calling out of the increased num-
Der was made necessary by the de-
cision Of President Wilson to respond
without delay to the need of France
and Great Britain for achievements
in the great battle in Picardy.
Vacancies in national army divisions
resulting from the withdrawal of mer
to complete rational guard and regu-
lar units and for the formation of spe-
cial technical units asked by Gen
eral Pershing will be made good BY
the April draft Those divisions Tar
thost advanced in training are to re
ccive first attention in order that tht
maximum number of complete units
may be sent abroad soon.
Failure of Congress to pass TN
amendment to the selective Service act
which would permit the fixation O
state quotas on the number of mon II
class ono, necessitated temporary al
herence to the old system, Loca
boards have been officials advised
however, that they arc tc ignore
..onotay' for the time being and Y
simply continue calling up men unit
itheN have obtained the number the,
have Been instructed to forward. Whel
a basis for establishing state quota
has been found due credit agains
+! future Indictments will be given 70
those already called Among the mel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-07

Washington, April ct was an
nounced officially today at the war
department that the casualties among
the American expeditionary forces
during the past four days, during
which the lists have not been made
public, ''haye been minor in number"
The lists have been withheld pending
a ruling from Secretary Baker as to
whether his recent order that all news
concerning American troops abroad
must come from General Pershing
applied to casualties.
The statement was made thar in the
event of great casualties occurring
among the American forces be-
fore the arrival of Secretary of
War Bakers Interpretation of the
order the number of killed and wound
cd viii be announced. This decision was
reached by Acting Secretary Crowell
to offset any German propaganda that
may be used when the American forces
engage in the great battle in Picar1y.
Activity of German propagandists
who have sought to spread the idea
that there has been a large casualty
list among the American forces in
France, led Acting Secretary If War
Crowell to announce today that the
lists of casualties received from Gem
eral Pershing daily during the Fast
four days, have been absolutely MINOR
in number, and that there has been no
great loss on gu, western front re-
ported"
The casualty lists nave not been
made public by the war department
pending an Interpretation by Secretary
Baker, who is in Europe, of his recent
order that all news concerning the ex-
reditionary forces must come from
General Pershing's headqua rters. Mr..
Crowell announced however, that
should there be a report of great losses
or a disaster of any kind before Mr..
Bakers ruling is received, the fact will
not be concealed, but the figures at
least will be given out Immediately.
The statement of the acting secre-
tary follows:
Pending the receipt from Secre-
tary Baker of a cablegram from the
war department asking specifically If
his order directing that all publica-
ton with reference to persons in the
Ai1urlcan expeditionary force be given
out from General Pershing's head
quarters, forbade the publication from
the war department of lists of casual
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-07
Text of Presidents Message

or those TO whom il is taken well
come 1T or not, that the peoples of
the world are to be nnde subject
to the patronage and overiorashtp
of thos. who have the power to
enforce id.
sSrhat programme once carried
out, America and all who care or
dare to stand with her must arm
and prepare themselves to contest
the mastery of the world, a mas
terry in which the rights of COM
mon men, the rights of women ana
men, the rights of women and of
of all who are weak, must for the
tiFnc being lie trodden under foot
ard disregarded, and the old, age
long struggle for freedom and
right begin again Mt its beginning.
Everything that America has lived
for and loved and grown great to
vindicate and brought TO n glorious
realization will have fallen in ut
ter ruin and the gates OF mercy
once more pitilessly shut upon
mankind.
'sThe thing Is preposterOus and
impossible; and yet In not that
what the whole course and action
of the German armies has meat
wherever they have moved. L 90
not wish, even in this moment or
utter disilIusionment, to judge
harshIy or unrighteously. I judge
only whnt the German arms have
accom- plished with Implying thor
oughncss throughout every lair
region they have touched.
ssWhat, then, are we to do: For
myself, 1 nm ready, ready still,
ready even now, to discuss fair
and Just and honest peace at any
time that it il sincerely purp"sed--
n peace in which the strong AMI
the weak shall fare alike. But the
answer, when I proposed such
pence, came from tho Gernac conn
mandera in Russia, and / cannot
mistake the meaning of the an
swer.
81 accept the challenge. 1 know
that you accept it. All the world
shall know that you accept it. 1T
shall appear in the utter sacrince
and seIf-fOrGetfulness with which
we shall give all that we love and
all that we have to redeem the
world and make 1T fit for freemen
like ourselves to live in. This now
is the meaning of all that we do.
Let everything that we say, my
fellow countrymen. everything that
we hencefOrth plan and accom-
plish, ring true to this response
till the majesty and might of our
concerted power shall fill the
thought and utterly defeat the
force of those who fout and mis-
prize what we honor and hold
dear. Germany has once more said
that force, and force alone, shall
decide whether justice and peace
shall reign in the affairs of men,
whether right as America con-
ceivcs 1T or dominion ms she con-
ceives 1t shall determine the desti-
MES of mankind. There is, there
fore, but one response for us
force, force to the utmost. force
which shall make right the law of
the world, ard cast every selfish
dominion down in the DUST
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-07

LUMBERMEN GET RELIEF
Tuscaloosa, April 6.--(SpeciaL)-The pc.
tition of the West Alabama Pine ASSOC
citation TO Director General McAdoo for
relief from the shortage of shipping fa-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-07
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
"OPENS LIBERTY LOAN
DRIVE WITH VIM
Frank S. White Was Orator
of the Day - Parade
Showed Fires of
Patriotism

Tuscaloosa, April 6.-(Special)-Crowds
began to arrive in Tuscaloosa at an early
hour this morning for participation in
the big Liberty parade, which was held
at II o'clock, and by the time the parade
began the streets were thronged with
hundreds of people from all parts of the
county.
In order that everyone might have an
opportunlty to join in the parade, every
store in the city closed its doors from
1890 to 80, and the city took on full
holiday appearance. Final preparations
for the parade were completed yesterday
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-07

to be called will be approximately 49,
700 whites and $4,000 negroes.
Pennsylvania leads with 1895; Ohio
is second with 10,302, and New York
third with 10,l71.
The assessment of southern states
follows:
Alabama, 3301; Arkansas, 2735 Flor
ida. 1850; Georgia, 1856; Kentucky, 1896;
Louisiana, 4549; Mississippi, 2o04; North
Carolina, 5054; Oklahoma, 2291; South
Carolina, 1869; Tennessee, 4751; Texas,
1917; Virginia, 1866.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-07
PRESIDENT CALLS
$4,000 MEN OF.
SECOND DRAFT
OF This Number Alabama
Must Furnish 1901, of
Which 1878 Will
Be White
Alabama's Quota

Montgomery, April 6-(Special.)
Alabama must furnish 1901 men
for the army the latter part of
April under orders received by
Gen. G. ]. Hubbard from the
provost marshal general Saturday.
Of this total 1878 must be white
men and must be sent to Camp
jackson, Columbia, S. G., begin
ming April 26, and 2023 must be
negroes, who will be moved to
Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich.
The quotas of the various coun-
ties and city exemption districts
will be made next week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-07
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington. April 6.-Forecast for
Alabama: Fair Sunday, preceded by
rain in southeast portion Monday, fair
and somewhat cooler, moderate and
variable winds, becoming northwest.
Georgia. Rain Sunday; Monday, fair,
except rain on the coast; fresh south
winds.
Mssissippi General fair Sunday and
Monday light northwest winds.
Tennessee: Fair and cooler in west,
rain in east portions Sunday; Monday.
fair
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-07

Paris, April g. - Eighteen Partisan
dealers in diamonds are under prosecu-
ton charged with trading with the
enemy. Important quantities Of pre-
cious stones. it's VA II al&Ee been sold
by Paris dealesS thrS Eli swiss agents
to Germans. tilt latter sfaining their
extensive purchases lie gems az
being due to slie kaea lnsN they wei g
easier to hide sforn d * gathercrs
than other paxp4tf
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-07

For the "a hours ending at I p. M.
April 6, 1918:
Highest temperature .................-. 50
Lowest temperature ................... o.
Mean temperature ...................... Oh
Normal temperature .................. 6l
Excess in temperature since Jan. l.. 81
Rainfall .............. .04
Total rainfall since Jan. 1...........l 1.36
Deficiency in rainfall since Jan. L.. $50
Relative humidity, a. m.........-., 4s
l p m.....................' .........''..'. %
Is p. Observation-Disclosures. 10
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-21
BOOBIES DIE Of
GASSED FOOD
Gas Permeates Their Ra-
tions and Renders It
Highly Poisonous.
PRISONERS

With the American Army, Sept q
One OF the most annoying qualities
OF mustard gas is that IL is prone 70
render inedible any food with which
it comes in contact
Rations are always kept carefully
protected in the line and are only re-
moved from their bomb proof shell
tiers" in small amounts as they are
required Canned goods are safe from
the deadly fumes. but meat bread,
vegetables and coffee absorb the
poison and cannot be used
Captured documents from Won
Boehm's army in the latter part of
July show that, owing 10 the efficz-
cious allied gas shelling OF German
positions in the Vesle region. the ad-
vanced "sturm truppen" and ma
chine gunuers were continually half
starved owing 10 their rations being
gassed- In many cases II was found
that the famished Prussian guards
men had been driven TO eat their food
despite the gas and had died in agony
soon afterward.
Many Of the Germans found killed
in woods during the fighting north
east Of Chateau-Thierry had their
masks on, and post morten examina-
tons showed that the allied gas had
permeated through the headgear.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-21
YanRs Disco0er Resting
Place OfHun Big Bertha

Paris, France, Sept. 21.-In their
advance over the Marne the Ameri-
cans came across a concrete emplace-
ment Of one OF the Big Berthas
The site upon which the big gun
had once stood was wonderfully
camouflaged. Small trees had been
planted about the gun pit. which was
- feet or more in diameter and about
ten feet deep In addition TO this ar
tificial camouflage was used More
over. the gun had been placed in a
small forest, so that it was practically
impossible to discover it.
However. knowing that their re-
treat from the Marine was a fcregone
conclusion. the Germans had removed
Bertha" before their line gave way.
When the Americans reached the place
they found in the pit a number Of
grease cups. three big cases OF long
bolts, a hydraulic jack and a number
OF ball bearings, on which the gun
carriage moved. The bolts. artillery
men said, evidently were needed be-
cause Of the reported impossibility Of
perfecting the gun recoiL Every time
the gun was fired, II was said. a num-
Der Of bolts snapped during the re-
coll The bearings left by the Ger
mans in their haste were about the
size Of the duck pin bowling balls.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-21

WITH the American Army IN France
w Sent. elf there's one thing
that Fritz particularly dislikes 1t Is
TO be hit with a rock It's terribly
painful TO both his -kopf' and ms
dignity at the same time
without giving away any military
secrets. it is stated on the best au-
tbority that the Germans would IL
fiuftelv prefer 10 have hand grenades
thrown at them. Those at least are
recognized as weapons Of warfare, Il
a little more deadly. But TO show
their contempt for their opponents,
the perverse Yankees insist on con-
serving their heavier munitions ana
in pelting the field gray figures with
fair sized "betsies" whenever the OPP
portunity presents
In one part of the sector Is spring
which is the Germans source OF sup
ply and. I'm order to draw drinking
water. the enemy must frequently eN-
pose himself At first the American
shareholders took care Of any thing
that came into view. and a number OF
death announcements were distributed
around Germany. The Boche grew
more cautious. and the eagle eyed
riflemen found their main source OF
amusement gone. They moved else
where and shortly after. Fritz again
began TO expose himself slightly when
filling up his TASKS
Tall Fellow Got IL.
This was where the rocking parties
began. Plenty Of shale and Stag are
lying about. and the temptation was
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-21
Huns ReceiUe Orders to
Shoot AtLower Limbs
OF Americans OPPOSITE

Paris. France, Sept "a wounded
lieutenant arriving at a Paris hospital
today declared that orders were re-
Gently found on dead German machine
gun under officers bidding them 20
fire at the legs Of the Americans op-
posite them.
Fire low" the order read. you
will find that the Americans are fool
hardy. They viii advance directly
upon your positions without the eau
tiousuess OF the French They do not
crouch. so when they advance erectly
your task viii be an easy one
spray them between the knees and
hips. A dead enemy is left by his
army on the field until there is time
10 bury him. but every wounded enemy
requires many persons TO take care Of
him.
Two litter bearers and two light
railway haudcar pushers get him back
to the ambulance For every six
wounded men the enemy needs an am
bulance- a driver and a helper.
"Ambulances consume gasoline and
cucumber the roads Moreover, each
wounded man requires the attention
OF a doctor OF a doctor and a surgeon,
two operation assistants and later the
constant care OF doctors and nurses
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-21

a carload, and each graded by caliber
and lot number. Each lot OF shells
differs slightly in power. and the only
way 10 insure uniform accuracy in the
fire OF a battery is TO keep II sup
piled with the same lot Of shells.
Separate from the shells are the
fuses and grenades kept in small de-
tached lots owing to their highly ex-
plOsive character. In one of these
grenade dumps there were IS differ
ent kinds OF gas, hand and rifle gre
uades.
There are now some $500 men. for
merly skilled mechanics in large
American factories. who are enlisted
soldiers carrying on this huge work Of
keeping u the supply OF guns and
ammunition.
Big Wages for Small.
Tt Is largely a patriotic service In
which skilled mechanics have given
I'D large wages to accept the SOL
diers' pay OF $50 a month. The fore
man Of one OF the extensive Detroit
automobile factories, who received
$500 a week, IS now a volunteer among
these enlisted men receiving $50 a
month. There are scores Of cases OF
this kind.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-21
Young Balloon
Filler attacked
BySix Planes
Has Exciting Experience
With Enemies Seeking
To Shoot Him Down.
By FRENCH

With the American Army in France,
Sept 21.-One OF our young balloon
observers. who used to figure in attn
letics in Yale. had a fairly exciting
time the other afternoon.
Six German Fokkers darted down
out Of the clouds and attacked the
American balloon before the antiair-
craft guns could get in action or be-
fore the gas bag itself could be
hauled down One Boche aviator put
several bullets through the sausage
and a second later the American was
parachuting groundward from a
height OF 500 feet
The balloon fen into a nearby field.
1t was not badly damaged and in less
than an hour two holes had been
covered with patches and it assembled
again with the former Yale star again
in the basket The balloon was still
climbing when another German.
perched aloft on a cloud bank, came
whirling down with his machine gun
going. The sausage was promptly
yanked earthwarL but Is minutes
later was pushing up toward the sky
again
For exactly 80 minutes the observer
enjoyed peace. Then three Germans
came darting in TO attack But as the
balloon was being pulled down four
American pursuit planes swarmed in
upon the the three Boches and opened
fire. The Germans turned toward
their lines with the Americans on
their tails kilOmeter behind the Ger
man trenches one oche plane. evident
" badly damaged, fluttered TO the
ground, disappearing behind the wood
The others escaped.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-21
Us. ARMY FACES
ENEMY DESPITE
HIS OPPOSITION
Sneering and Contemptu-
GUS Remarks Of Enemy
Leaders Are Recalled.
OCEAN BARRIER
HARDLY EXISTS

7 ONDON. Eng. Sept. 21-'The great
Il army over the water cannot swim
and cannot fly: it Will not comet"
That's the way Herr Hergt Prus-
sian minister Of finance, dealt with
the American army in his budget
speech the first Of the year. Now the
German press. after a long period Of
silence, contains references to the
American army in France
The Frankfurter Zeitung recently
maintained that France has been sue
cessfully impregnated with the Ger
man doctrine that HindenburS is
gradually exhausting the reserves Of
the allies and concludes as follows:
"HindenburE's blows are destroy
ing the best fighting forces Of the
AnglO-French reserves President
Wilson is sending an unOrganized
and impractical mass Of -; and
France Will have to go on bearing
the main burden, for il IS she that
provides the best soldiers for the
western front It took years before
the Englishman was an efficient
fighter. and the Americans start with
considerably less favorable condis
tons. while the German armies have
added immensely to their knowledge
and experience OF war in the mean
time"
Ten Won ArZ. dismissed cnlef or the
Austrian general staff. in the Neue
Freie PresSe. also tried TO dispose
of the American army in this fashion.
You ask me whether American
help could provide any sort Of a sub
stitute for the loss Of the masses OF
Russians. even II il reached the
French battlefield in the fullest meas
ure Of the wishes and hopes of the
allies-which must be doubted If only
because the activity of the German
submarines IS bound 10 produce dis
turbance ard confusion in the trans
port dispositions Of the American
army No; L regard II as impossible.
One must not forget that at the be-
ginning Of the war We had against
our fronts from seven to. eight mil
lions OF Russian soldiers. for the most
part men with years OF training: in
any case capable fighters. and simply
perfect in the modesty OF their re
In comparison with that.
what are million or a million and a
half Americans. unaccustomed to war,
with short training and no eNper-
fence. and with their elevated ideas
Of living and total want Of apDrecia-
ton OF the hardships OF war; Not
words and not promises. or conceited
self estimation. but deeds Of strength.
organization and Intellectual fore
sight viii determine the final sue
cess"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-21
Capture of Famous Main
de Massiges By French
ACCOMPLISHED With Ease

Paris. France. Sept 21.-The French
lost only five men killed and five men
wounded in retaking the famous Main
de AIassiEss and adjoining positions.
This celebrated position. occupied by
the Germans in 1914 and retaken af-
ter a bloody battle by the French in
1913. is the strongest Of all the Cham
payne works.
Since 1915 Il had resisted all at
tacl1s and Its defences reminded one
OF the Cuiebra cut in the Panama
canal. so strongly was IL organized.
On the morning Of July Is. 1918, IL
was violently bombarded with gas
shells. IN the evening the enemy oc-
cupied il with comparative ease for
reasons best known 10 Gen. G0uraud.
On July II at 7-30 D. m- after a
bombardment Of a quarter of an hour
10y the French heavy artillery, the
Poilus went 10 the assault. They
crossed the cemeteries where the dead
OF 1915 lay
Three-Quarters OF an hour after the
departure Of the waves Of assault all
was over. The Main de AIassiges was
entirely reoccupied, and the French
lines elsewhere in the vicinity were
reestablished as they we're before
July IS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-21

keep I'D the steady feeding Of ammu-
milton.
New Guns Going over.
The new type Of American machine
gun is coming over in large Quanti-
ties now. and most Of the American
divisions now arriving come with
their machine gun sections equipped
with the new American model
In this same arsenal one could COM
pare the rifles and bayonets Of all the
combatant troops. The American bav-
onet looked like a long. sharp edged
knife. But the French bayonet was
more like a slender raDier, two feet
long and without cutting edge. meant
for stabbinE The Russian bayonet
has no sharp point but is like a screw
driver with a flat edge. cutting and
stabbing at the same time.
Great Ammunition Dumps.
And besides the guns Of all kinds
is the ammunition stored in vast
quantities in arsenals and warehouses
and in huge parks and ammunition
dumps all the way from the coast IN
to the fighting front. The great
stacks of shells are very orderly in
arrangement. each stack representing
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-21

made at French arsenals. Official
photographs made by the ordnance
branch are now going forward for
public exhibition in America, show
ing this split trailer firing at an eIe-
walton Of 1910 degrees.
Machine Guns Dominant.
This is an age Of mechanical war
fare" said the officer as he pointed
out the different types. French. Eng
hsh, American. as well as German and
Austrian There were no machine
guns used in the civil war; only a few
in the Spanish-American and Boer
wars: more in the Russo-Japanese
and Balkan wars. and now they have
developed TO a foremost place as an
effective and deadly means Of war
fare"
Most OF the nations are making two
forms Of these machine guns. the
heavy type weighing about 30 pounds.
mounted on a tripod and drawn by a
mule. and the lighter automatic rifle,
Weighing about IS pounds. fired from
the shoulder like an ordinary rifle.
and carried by hand as it is not much
heavier than the standard 10 pound
rifle. With each automatic rifle are
three men. one TO fire and two to