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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25

There was renewed buying for both accounts on the New York Stock ex change yesterday, which included ex- tensive covering of shorts. In fact, it could be called a broad and active stock market. A few leaders regis tered maximums of the year. Steel went for a gain of 2h points-114K- its top for the year. Final prices on Liberty bonds were: 3 IS, 1o2.36; first convertible As. 9i.26; second As, 95.74; first convertible IA, 94.2s; second con vertible 4As, 93.72; third A, 94.s0.
 Texas at last was blessed with a good rain in the cotton belt, and as a natural consequence the fleecy staple
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25

St Louis, August M.-Corn, No.,s vel low, SLIP; September, s1.e2s4. Oats, No 3 white, 11zc; September. 72ssc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25

While another warm day was in store for the tracing public, business as whole was good. Several commodities are scare in the vegetable line, due to the extreme long dry spell, causing gar dens and truck farms to suffer badly. Winter gardens are being delayed, as the soil is toe dry to cause germination to seed planted. S Good miadl.ng cotton is quoted at 3lc locally, with little in sight. Live stock trading is good, with move. ments about normal Quotations were as follows:
 Poultry Fryers-1 to 112 pounds, 3Sc h.; lbs. 35@3Sc h. sH AM Guienas--50c each. Roosters-17Q1Sc. ~ Turkeys-Live. 271aQSoc b. Ducks-20c ID. HenS-2Sc.
 Eggs-Wholesale. 42QAc. Eggs-Retail. 4SQ50c.
 Fish Spanish Mackerel-20c. Pompano-35c. Salt Water Trout-19Q2oc. Mixed Fish-10c Red Snapper-Headless and drawn. n Tq2Oc.
 CIfay STapner-fteauleSS anu uraWH, iAc. Mullet--90i0c.
 Meal and Feedstuff Hen Feed-AA per 100-lb. sack. Mixed Horse and Cattle Feed-o9C1B9c. c. S. Meal, per cent-S55. Peanut Meal--y5S. kiddo Feed Meal-A2 Old Style Hulls-s3n. Lintless Hulls-s20 Corn-$2.1O. M Corn Chops-4A Wheat Skorts--y40 Nc. White Uats--si per bu Choice Pea-Green Alfalfa-ss5 per ton. Southern Alfalfa-$52. No. 1 Timothy-$36 Glover and Timothy s34. Shucks-y12. Johnson Grass-SA. Fruits and Produce Sweet Pota 'oFs-s3 harauer. Oranges-California, $SQ925 I-imes--lmported, si.5Qu175 Lcnons-$S.50.
 Live Stock
 Union Stock Yards) Feed Steers: Good tD Choice-12G13c. Medium to Good--1O@11c. Common to Medium-SG9c. Grass cattle, accordinsto weight. quail ity and flesh: Steers-SQl l0c. Fat Cows-SM9c. Medium Cows--7G8c. Cutters-696Hc. E Canners-50i6c. Heavy Bulls--7kd8Nc. Light Bulls-SQI1Ac. Oxen-6G7c Fat Yearlings-7Q5c. Medium Yearlings-6G7c. Vealers-9gl0c. Hogs:
 Choice to Corn Fed F.Gan. Is5 and up-> ;7d1Sc.
 Choice Corn Fed Hogs 1s5 to lss-- 170f1Sc.
 Choice Corn Fed Hogs. 90 to 135-15q1Sc. Light Pigs 90 pounds down-13914c. Best Heavy Rough Hogs-16Q17c. Half Fat Rough Hogs-14l15c. Soft and Oily Hogs from 1c to zc per pound less than above prices.
 Hides and Tallow Green Salt Hides-l5Q16c. Half Cured Hides-l4Q15c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25
Chicago Futures
Future quotations wave as
Cash Grain

Chicago, August 2.-Corn No ?, 3 and 4, nominal. Oats. No } white, 7oa4Q1Ac; standard 70a4@114c. Rye, No. ?, s1. 7o6l LII; barley. $l.O1@1 15; timothy, seas. 75; clover, nominal Pork, nominal; lard, $2660; ribs, s24dl24. 75.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25
New Orleans Futures
Spot Cotton

New York, August 24.-Spot cotton steady. 100 points mp. Sales on the spot 356 bales; to arrive, none. Low middling, 2S.75c; middliug, g. soc; good middling, 34c. Receipts, 3o6; stock, 235.675.
 New York, August 24.--Spot cotton quiet. middling 35 l5c
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Produce Market

New York, August 24-Bntter: Firm; receipts, 9304 tubs; creamery, higher than extras. 47@47sc; extras, 92 score, 46Hc; firsts, 44@46c. Eggs: Irregular; receipts, 20,748 cases Fresh gathered extras, 50@52c; fresh gath cred, regular packed extra firsts, 47@ 49c; fresh gathered, regular packed firsts, 43@46c. Cheese: Firm: receipts, 336 boxes State whole milk flats, fresh specials, 261s@26&c; state whole milk flats. average run, 26@26H C.. Poultry: Live, firm; chickens, broilers, 35@ 36c; fowls. 34@35c; old roosters, 25c; turkeys. 2S@30c; dressed steady and unchanged.
 Chicago, August 24.-Elgin butter firm: creamery extras, 45c extras, 421a D4414c: seconds, 401s n41@c; standard, 44N @45c. Eggs unchanged Cheese unchanged. Potatoes un- changed: receipts, 35 cars Poultry: Fowls. 26@2Shc; springs, 2S1sc.
 St Louis, August 24.-Poultry higher; ducks. 2sc; geese, lie. Butter and eggs unchanged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25
Railroad Schedule

Corrected to May l2, 1SfH Arrival and deporture of paAsen~n~ trains. Birmingham. The followin~ schedule figures published as informs. ton. are not guaranteed. BIRMINGHAM TERMINAL STATunn
 southern Railway Syst~n
 k~r Aasl
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Live Stt,yk

Chicago. H.. August 24-Hogs, receipts 60Q0 higher. Top s199o; bulk $is.0) q 19.75 butchers no e 1920: packing ;l7.75 0 1S.90; light N9l5 e 1890; pigs SIS. % 0g 1850: rough $1740 o 17.75.
 Cattle receipts 2OOO compared with week staers above S1S.S;the kind selling under $1S.00 and butchers, canners and western cattle are mostly 50 to 75 cents hirher Some medium steers are up a dollar Feeders and calves p e Soc higher; no Quotations.
 Sheep, receipts 5000. compared with week ago killed lambs are 25 q eOc low CT, with common natives showing great est declines. Fat and feeding sheen 50 0@ $1 lower. Feeding lambs and breed ing ewes steady; no quotations...se.~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25

6t. Louis, August 24--Hogs. receipts 40; strong. Lights $1950 a 19$6: pigs $1A50 c 1S.75; good heavy $fe.75 Q 19.9O;
 Cattle. receipts 500 steady. Native beef sofers $1150 o 1s.25 yearling steers and An61fera 4.A0B.so: COWS Hseo Q 12.to;
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Hope and Success

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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-09
CONCERN FELT OVER
VLAD|v0STOK MOVE
U. S. Not in Position to Dis.
approve Japanese Action.

Washington. April 9-The landing
NIadivoStok and the Bolsheviki OBJ
lection TO the move promises TO cause
the state department some concern.
The landing of British forces on
Saturday was officially reported. The
British landed fifty men from il single
cruiser \ further force of 80 Japa-
neSe was also landed.
(The first Japanese landing occur
red last week in consequence of the
murder of Japanese subject at Via
divoStok)
When Japanese occupation of ST.
IBERIA was proposed recently. this gov
eminent assumed Hands Or poll
cy. and the Bolsheviki cabinet an
nounced its purpose to protest. to the
United States against the present
step.
Americas attitude drew expressions
of satisfaction from the Russian Of
fetal press. but developments in Via
divoStok have changed the situation.
In the past the United States often
has asserted its right to land naval
forces to overcome conditions of an
archy existing at some foreign port
where American lives and property
We're involved. IN Vera Cruz large
military forces were used for this pur-
pose without violating the general
principle of international law.
The fact that the British followed
the action of the Japanese gives an
international aspect to the incident
which also tends to deprive it of any
appearance of a simple act of Japa-
neSe aggression.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-09
!, S. SOON IN
THICK OF BATTLE.
Expected to Arrive Soon on
the PiCardy Front.
1EPULSE HUN RAIDERS
q. n erican Infantrymen Drive Attack
ira Germans From Their First Line
Trenches in Two Actions.

Paris, April 9-American troops are
expected to arrive soon on the Plcardy
trent, where the Germans are prepar-
ing for another hard drive on Amiens.
Since April there have been only
l., ii attacks against the British and
the French for the purpose of giving
The enemy elbow room. These attacks
have met with no success. The meth
cd adopted is that known as ''intiltra-
ton that is, under cover of violent
rifle and machine gun barrageS, the
infantry tries to work its way forward
to new positions using every possible
bit Of cover.
Tie coming drive will doubtless see
re urn to the tactics of an advance
in successive numerous waves. 1t is
given fact that almost any attack if
strong enough, can gain a certain
amount of ground. In examining the
present German positions, their left
fan Elbetween Noyon and Montdidier
seems particularly exposed. General
Foch's calm patience in delaying the
expected counter attacks must be dis
concerning to the enemy.
So long as General Foch can keep
the defensive, advantageouSly holding
ground against superior numbers, he
will doubtless continue to do so. Thus
when the moment is ripe counter at
taclls with fresh troops will have all
the greater probability of success.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-09
RUSHING AMERICAN
= TROOPS TO FRANCE
30-Oay Training With British
its Them to Fight.

Washington, April 9.-Transporta-
ton of American troops to France al
ready is proceeding at the accelerated
rate contemplated by the speeding-up
measures taken after the battle of Ri
cardy began. Acting Secretary OF War
Crowell made this statement, but
would give no details.
For military reasons, the extent of
the increased troop movement has not
been made public.
Following the conferences between
Secretary Baker and allied officials,
orders were given under which Brit
ish official statement was issued say
ing that American forces were to be
brigaded with British troops in order
to hasten American participation in
the, war Officials explained that the
process TO be followed was similar to
that adopted in placing American
troops in the front lines with the
French for training.
1: has been estimated that thirty
days training of this character with
American battalion units assigned
with the British organizations, will
fit the newcomers for active duty at
the front. All divisions now moved
frOla this side are composed of men
who have had several months of pre-
liminary training and who need only
fnal instruction To take their full
hare in the fighting.
The training process will be~quick-
Or with the British than with the
French, it is believed, because the
language difficulty does not exist.
American units will find every British
veteran an instructor, and there will
10 90 need for interpreters.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-09
TRIES TO SHAKE
ALLIES LINES
DeIuge Of Shells Comes From
German FIdnkS.
MAY MEAN new ATTACK
British Make Slight Gains in Section
East of Amiens-French Are Hold
ing Firm.

London, April 9.-The battle of the
AmienS TANKS has begun.
Word from the front is still vague.
All that is definitely known Iii this
hour about the opening of This third
phase of the great struggle is that,
throughout the night and early morn
ing hours, the Germans deluged the
lines opposite their TANKS with u hur
ricane of high explosives that almost
outdid the bombardment which pre-
coded the first day of the battle, March
u. Later, the English report, this
bombardment died.
Before Amens itself due east of
the big base. in :he area traverSed by
the bloody river Trio, Ancre, Somme
and Luce, the Germans appeared to be
''stalling."
Quick to seize the luli in this sector
where the Ylenace to AmienS is gray
est, the British infantry struck sharp
successful blows, though of Il local
nature They showed their line s.. ght-
~ forward again to the east of Ware
and south of Corbie, along the south
ern bank of the Somme, thus length
thing the enemy's distance from
Aniens again to ten miles.
What mas since happened on this
and the adjoining fronts remains to
be announced.
North of the Somme, near Melville
VitasSe (four miles south of ArraS).
4 Il ;frI,r In, n
into the German line during the night,
taking some prisoners and machine
gun.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-09
GIRLS! DRAW A MOIST
CLOTH THROUGH HAIR,
DOUBLE ITS BEAUTY
Try this! Hair gets thick, glossy,
Wavy and beautiful at once.

Immediate? - Yes! Certain?-
that's the joy of it. Your hair be-
comes light, wavy, fluffy, abundant
and appears as soft, lustrous and
beautiful as a young girls after s.
Danderine hair cleanse. Just try
this-moisten a cloth with a little
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. This will cleanse
the hair of dust, dirt or excessive
oil, and in just few moments you
have doubled the beauty of your
hair. A delightful surprise awaits
those whose hair has been neglected
or is scraggy, faded, dry, brittle or
thin. Besides identifying the hair,
Danderine dissolves every particle of
dandruff, cleanses, purifies and invig
crates the scalp, forever stopping
itching and falling hair, but what
will please you most will be after
few weeks use, when you see new
hair-fine and downy at first-yes-
but really new hair growing all over
the scalp. If you care for pretty, soft
| hair, and lots of it, surely get
small bottle of Knowlton's Danderine
/ from any drug store or toilet coun-
! ter and just try it.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-09
Fl DADCY'SEy[N|IG
= \ A|RY TALL
.Q s. hAQY @ANkNBQER
THE FIRE CAT.

Tab" said Daddy, belonged to the
fremen of an engine house He was
a great pet and everyone loved him,
as he had been with them since he had
been baby kitten.
Now it was only short time after
he had grown from kitten into cat
that a big fire broke out, and the fire
alarm was sent to the engine house.
Tab was alert and awake in mo-
ment. Meow, Meow he kept say
ing. And he saw the firemen hurrying
This way and that.
He had learned before that when a
ire broke out the main thing for the
tirenen to do was TO hurry. No time
for petting then. Every minute count
d and as soon as Tab heard the fire
bell he went ihurriedfy to his own little
box and kept out of the way of the red
~hrted men and the prancing white
horses.
They loved Tab for being so good
md every time after they came from a
ire, Tab had Il special meal and was
told what good cat he had been.
"nut this time that an alarm came
IN h" was really cat. and cat he told
himself should be able to do great
deal more than kitten.
He knew just whe:e all the firemen
Kept their things, their SHOES, or boots,
and many of their other belongings.
I shall help them now that l have
grown to be cat said Tab.
He rushed this way and that, keep
ing out OF the way of all the fremen
so they could hurry and not be afraid
they would step on him. They loved
him so they would never hurt him, and
they had to hurry.
Tab knew this and so was most es-
pecially careful not to get in their way.
and he kept from under the horses
feet, for he knew how excited they
always became as they were getting
ready to rush out to fire.
But while the firemen were getting
on their fire suits Tab rushed from one
to the other, carrying each fireman his
boots
You might have thought he would
have made mistakes. Boots look so
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-09
TRY "CASCARETS" FOR
LIVER and BOWELS
If SICK OR BILIOUS
Tonight! Clean your bowels and
stop headache, colds, sour stomach
Get a lO-cent box now.

Get a 10-cent box now.
Turn the rascals out-the head
ache, biliousness, indigestion, the
sick. sour stomach and bad colds
turn them out tonight and keep
them out with Cascarets.
Millions of men and women take
a Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by lazy
liver, clogged bowels, or an upset
stomach.
Don't put in another day of dis
tress. Let Cascarets cleanse your
stomach; remove the sour, ferment-
ing food; take the excess bile from
your liver and carry out all the con-
stipated waste matter and poison in
the bowels. Then you will feel
great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens
you out by morning. They work
while you sleep. A 10-cent box from
any drug store means a clear head,
sweet stomach and clean, healthy
liver and bowel action for months.
Children love Cascarets because they
never grippe or sicken.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-09
Heavy Bombing May Mean Attack.

With the British Army in France,
April 9.-Intense hostile artillery work
has been proceeding at various points
along the British battlefront through
out the night and morning.
North Of the river Scarpe and south
of the Somme river German guns are
conducting an unusually heavy bonn
bardment such as heretofore has indi-
Gated an impending attack. No in
fantry action, however, had been re-
ported up to the present.
The enemy heavily bombarded with
gas shells the area between Cite St.
Emile and La Bassee canal, in the
Lens sector. The Germans also threw
large quantities of gas east of Armen-
there's. The hostile artillery fire was
above normal along the whole stretch
of battlefront north of the Scarpe.
The German guns also We're very
active in the area south of Villers-Bre-
tonneuX, below the Somme.
Throughout Sunday the German
cannonade was unusually heavy in the
region of ArraS.
Attacks and counter attacks cOntin-
ue TO spring up at various points along
the British battlefront. While none
of them has seemed large as compar-
ed with the intense conflict waged in
the first days of the German often
sive, yet all of them are important in
that they represent the foundation
work for bigger events TO come.
The Germans undertook to advance
at points in the sector north and south
of Albert, and each time they failed.
The German efforts at Bucquoy and
near Serre were combinations of their
strenuous attempts TO get themselves
out of u nasty position i'll which they
find themselves in this region and in
which they have been since the big
drive was stopped in the last days of
March.
Rossignol wood was found filled
with German dead, and the low lying
ground in front of fthe ridges told
an awful story. 1t seems certain the
Germans will try again TO capture the
heights, for they cannot sit where they
are.
Prisoners captured by the British,
when Ayette was taken, say that the
casualties among the German officers
and non-commissiOned officers have
been very heavy since the beginning
of the offensive. The situation is so
bad regarding on-commisSiOned Off
GERS that the higher command has
been bringing back into the line those
previously combed out because of age
Or wounds.
A German airman just taken prison
Ell has proved most interesting. He
was formerly SchoolmaSter. He said
| ;hat the British had more and better
| airplaneS than the Germans, and this
| accounts for the fact that the British
| aviators did far more Wori, over the
! enemy lines than the Germans did
| He said the Germans could not run
| the risk of wasting machines in this
! sort of warfare.
The SOlder-SchoolmaS was con
| WINGED firmly that the war would end
| this wear. While he did not say SO
| directly. he implied that he thought
| The Germans would wear the allies
out, for he declared the Germans
would keep on attacking.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-09
DESTINED TO BECOME DESERT
Great French Colonial Territory In
North Africa Seems to Hold Out
Little Promise.

Wadai was the last point of COLONIAL
expansion of the French before the Eu-
ropean struggle drew their energies
and attention h0meward. Tine great
African territory was added to the
French Kongo only a short time before
the War broke out.
Very few white people have actually
visited Wadai, but tales of the region
are numerous both In upper Egypt and
in Tripoli. Occasionally some of the in
habitants of the little-known region
can be seen in the bazaars of Khartum
or Algiers Wadai lies at the
head of caravan routes that cross the
desert both from the Mediterranean
and the Nile. 1t bears bad reputa.
ton, even for North Africa.
It is known as one of the last strong
holds and sources of supply OF the
slave trade. It's people are divided
into conquerors and conquered-the
former belonging to powerful ma,
tive tribe that holds the Mohammed-
an faith and the latter including all
manner of very primitive. savages. UP
to very recent times these savage peo-
pie are known to have been captured
and sold as slaves along the BarDary
coast. The French only established
protectorate in 1912. so that they had
little opportunity to break up the
trade before the European war.
In physical appearance Wadai Is de-
scribed by the caravan men as q vast.
1ow-lying plain. Great tracts OF 1t have
never been explored. 1t seems to have
once formed the bed of great inland
sea, of which Lake Chad. in the south
west, is the shriveled remnant. In
fact, the Sahara is steadily encroacn-
ing on 1t from the northward. 1t IS
crossed by the old channels of several
rivers, but without single flowing
stream. At no very remote geologic
epoch of the future Wadai will appar-
emily become a part of the great des-
ert to the north.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-09

With the American Army in France,
April 9.-On the front, northwest of
Toul Friday night, the Germans at
tempted two raids.
Both were repulsed. American in
fantrymen went out Of their trenches
on The second occasion and chased the
Germans from their first line trenches
into the support trenches.
Details of the action were made
public in the following official report:
The enemy raided our trenches at
two points. The first attack was re-
pulsed easily In the second, the enc
l.!y was allowed to reach our wire en-
judgements.
Then our fire opened. A moment
later the American infantrymen rush
ed out in attack, driving back the foe
The pursuit was continued until the
first enemy trenches were emptied,
and the Germans had been driven
back to their support trenches.
Enemy artillery activity was fol-
lowed by extremely active Smelling by
our heavy artillery, which silenced two
enemy batteries"
Two other raids were repulsed Sun
day morning. The Germans were driv-
en- off before reaching theh American
trenches by machine gun and auto
matte fire.
At one point the Germans laid down
q barraga. When this lifted. the
Americans came up from their shell
ters and poured heavy fire into the
advancing raiders, who retired after
a short period of close fighting with
the American outposts.
At another point, the Germans threw
hundreds of gas shells before advanc-
ing. The Americans donned gas masks
and waited for the raiders. These
they quickly dispersed by their fire.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-04-09
INCREASE IN WINTER WHEAT
Condition 1920 Higher April I Than
at Same Time Last Year.

Condition 1920 Higher April I Than
at Same Time Last Year.
Washington, April 9.-The condition
of the winter wheat crop in the United
States on April 1 was 1876 per cenr
of normal, against 63.4 per cent on
April 1, 1917; 1873 April 1, 1916. and
1876, the average condition for the
last ten years on April 1, the agricul-
Sfnre department reported.
This condition forecast production
of 56O,OOO.OOO bushels, against 41S,-
O7O,OOO bushels estimated production
In 1917, and 430, 553. 900 in 1916
The condition of the rye April 1 was
reported as S5.S per cent of a normal
against So April 1, 1917; SIS April 1,
1916, and SO, the average on April Z
for the last ten years.
The condition of the rye crop fore
casts a total production of S6OO0,o00
bushels, against 60,145,000 estimated
for 1917, and 4S,S62.O0O for 1916
The decrease in condition of the
wheat crop from December l, 1917, to
April 1, 1918, amounted to or points,
against an average decline last ten
years Of 81 points between these
dates.