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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
AZORES PASSED TUESDAY

On Board the U S. S. George Wash ington, December 10-(By Wireless to the Associated Press.)-The George Wash ington rounded the Azores this morning. running close in to give the President an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the American naval base.
 At dawn flotilla of American destroy CTS from the Brest squadron came over the horizon and soon after breakfast the islands were sighted low-lying in the early mist. The Portuguese warships were saluted and returned salute of 21 guns.
 The dreadnaught Pennsylvania broke out signals to the flotilla to follow, and the Presidents flag was flown from the Washingtons main peak
 The augmented escort then spread out in broad column and the islands were rounded. the fleet heading toward Brest which probably will be reached Friday afternoon.
 President Wilson spent his time in hard work during the morning and dined with the members of the commission and the two ambassadors in the evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
Pity Paragraphs About
 Returning Birmingham Boys

The Age-HernId wants short
 news items, similar to those print
 ed below, about returning sol
 dfers, sailors and marines. When
 your relntiveeor friend who has
 been in the service returns to Bir-
 mingham, phone or write of the
 fact and the information will be
 gladly published. Among those re-
 ported yesterday were the follow
 ing,
 Lieut.. Paul Lee Woodson has returned from Camp Jackson and is visiting his parents on Nineteenth street, south.
 Yeoman B G. LeGrande has received his honorable discharge from the navy and is back at his office in the Cham Der of Commerce building. Yeoman Le- Grande was assigned to the U 5. 5. Banango while in the service.
 Sergt. G. w Wilson has returned rom England, Having received his honoraple discharge from the service. He receiveo his lieutenafts commission the day after the armistice was signed.fs
 Leo Karpeles has been mustered out of the service and is greeting friends once more in Birmingham.
 Lieut. Alan Smith, a member of the famous Company K of the fighting Rain bow division, has landed in New York, where he is confined to hospital for wounded soldiers.
 Capt. George D. Moore has returned from France and is being warmly wei comed by his many friends and admirers in the city
 Walter Yost, the well known Montgom- cry man, passed through the city yes terday en route to his home after spend- ing. several months at the officers traln- ing camp at Louisville.
 Yeoman Harris Hartsfield has been hon. orably discharged from the navy and has returned to Birmingham. He was on special duty at Washington. Earl Stapleton, the well known vocal ist who has been with the Y. M c. A. for sometime, is back in Birmingham. Private Joe Owings for the last four months in the coast artillery at Fort Moutrie, S. C., has received his honorable discharge and returned to the city. Cadet Edgar E. Garrison has been grad uated from the school of military aero nautics at Austin, Texas, and is spending d To-day furlough with his parents on Eleventh avenue, south before returning to finish his course at the flying field Sergt E. Raymond Hester has returned | to Birmingham following his honorable | discharge from the officers trainni
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
THIRTY WOMEN SENT TO FEDERAL PRISON
Prisoners Convicted in the United States Courts Are Taken to Jails and
 RefOrmatories

Thirty-nine prisoners convicted in the United States courts will be taken to the various schools and reformatories to which they have been sentenced on Sunday United States Marshal H. A. Skeggs and George Brown, deputy mar shal, will take 30 women ordered sent to Anamosa, Iowa, from Anniston, leav- ing that city at 10:15 o'clock, while Chief Deputy Marshal Robert Morris will take five boys to the national training school at Washington and two women to In dustrial. w. Va, and Deputy Marshal w. E. Garner will take two prisoners to Tipton, Mo.
 Two of the boys who were to go at this time are i'll with influen2a anu VIII be sent to the national training school at some later date. The women from Anniston were arrested by military po- lice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
French Cabinet Would
 Pay More Indemnity

Paris, December 12.-The cabinet to- day authorized the introduction in Par lament of bill granting indemnity of 250 francs to every man demobilized with. additional payments according to length of service, citations and number of dependents The payment of the ex- tra indemnity will involve the expendi- ture of 1,696 000 francs. Allowances to the families of mobilized soldiers, it was decided should continue for six months after the soldier is discharged from active service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
WOUNDED MEN ARE SENT HOME WITHOUT
 PAY, THINKS BAKER
War Secretary Issues In structions That Men Fin parked Be Provided
 With Funds for Needs

Washington, December 12.-While no specific complaint has reached Major, General Ireland, surgeon general of the army, that men in hospitals in this country had not been paid promptly Secretary Baker believes it possible that there are many of the wounded and sick soldiers brought home from Europe who probably have not received their pay for several months.
 The secretary explained today that the old policy under which company com- nlanders made out pay rolls for all the
 men on their company rosters, had bro ken down because wounded and sick men became so far separated from their com- mands that it was impossible for the company commanders to know what had become of them.
 To offset this a new system of indi- vidual pay books was inaugurated, Mir Baker said, but because of the great size of the force in France it has not yet been brought into complete operation. The war secretary said that on his return from France recently he issued instructions that no men be embarked from France except with complete out 1 fits of clothing and with enough money | to provide them with funds for incidental
 
 | at the hospitals in this country. ARRIVE WITHOUT RECORDS | A letter from Brgadier General Lord, director of finance of the war depart ment, explaining delay in paying the wounded and sick soldiers was received today by Chairman Sherley of the House appropriations committee. With but few exceptions" said the letter the enlisted men who have been | returned from France have arrived in | this country without service record and without any other papers, which con- 1 tained a statement of their accounts, thereby making it impossible to deter mine what pay, if any, was due to them 1 ''There has been no lack of effort on | the part of the war department to effect payment, at least in part to the patients Ireturning from overseas, but it is ap- l parent that full payment can be made ! to these men only by accepting their own | statements as to the date to which they were last paid,'' the letter said, adding | that this had been done in some in lstances, while in others partial payments ts are being made so the men will not bt without funds.
 | General Lord said an officer has beer
 sent to West Baden, Indiana, to investi gate the complaint that many soldier:
 are there without funds due them.
 was this complaint that led to the criti cism yesterday in the House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13

school at Camp Gordon. He was promoted
 from private to sergeant and then sent
 to training camp from Montgomery. Ser
 geant Hester enlisted in 1917.
 Richard M. Johnston, acting lfeuten-
 ant at the Auburn Students Army Train
 ing camp, has been mustered out of the
 service and will be at home with his
 parents until January 2.
 George Morris has been mustered out
 of the aviation service and is once more
 in Birmingham where he is very popular
 with the younger set.
 Lieut. Paul Moffett and Mrs. Moffett
 of Ohio are the guests of MT. and Mrs A. w. Carey for g few days. Lieut. Ben M. Ray, who has been sta tioned at Camp Mcclellan, has been dis charged and has returned to Birmingham Lieutenant Ray was commissioned at the officers training camp at Fort Ogle- thorpe.
 sergt. John M. Dewberry, who has been stationed at Camp Pike has been dis charged and has returned to his home Ill Birmingham.
 Hal Grigsby, member of the Students Army Training corps at Auburn has re- turned to his home in Bessemer, nav ing been discharged from service.
 Cant Spike Conley Sand Capt. c. Sat terfield of Camp Mcclellan, spent yes- terday in Birmingham making arrange ments for the Twenty fifth field artillery ball, which will be given by the officer
 at Camp Mcclellan tonight, and will pc attended by number of Birmingham so- | ciety girls. Y
 1 Clarence Bumgardner has arrived in l New York from overseas and IS sta toned at present at Camp Mills. l Lieut.. Bruce Snifer, who is stationed | at Washington, is spending teW uays | with relatives in Bessemer. Lieut. John McPherson of Fort Me Pherson, is spending a short furlough | with his sister, Mrs. J. L. Davidson. | Corpl Erdie Beasley is spending few
 days in Birmingham before returning to
 his home at Athens. Corporal Beasley
 has been with the medical corps for the
 past nine months, having been stationed 1 at the base hospital at Camp Shelby. MT. | Reasley is broker at Athens. Morris l.. Bluttman has returned from Camp Pike, Ark. where he has been [attending the infantry central officers ] training school MT. Bluttman for a good many years was connected with the | Metropolitan Life Insurance company, as
 district cashier and proposes to continue
 his connection after January
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
CONGRESS SPEEDS
 UP CONSIDERATION
 OF ROAD PROBLEMS
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 Charles F., Neill, representing the rall- road administration labor department; Prof. w. v. Ripley, of the University of Pennsylvania; $. E. Heberling, presi- dent of the Switchmen's union; w. N. Doak, vice president of the Trainmen brotherhood; B. M. Jewell, of the Amer ican Federation of Labor; and Prof E. R A. Seligman of Columbia.
 Director General McAdoo explained to- day to callers his belief that It would be well to take the railroad question oul of politics at this time even though II might become an issue in the 1920 cam paign when a Congress is to be elected. He emphasized that it would be im- practicable to continue government oper- ation of railroads for 21 months aIter peace is declared, because of the threat ened disturbance of railroad empioyes morale. the interference by state au- thorities and the inability to prosecute T programme of extensive improvements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
BRITISH VOTERS TO GO TO POLLS UNDER
 NOVEL CONDITIONS
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CTS have attacked the premier because many of the old-time liberal members, who refused to give their pledged sup port to the premier, were frozen out and their seats allotted to conservatives by the coalition. This quarrel obscured other issues during the first day or the electoneering Afterwards the opposi- tion criticized the premiers policy look ing to the punishment of the former Ger man Emperor, getting big indemnities from Germany and expelling the Ger mas from this country.
 The question of conscription has come to the front at the eleventh hour. The liberals and laborites are not sat1shed with MT. Lloyd Georges declaration that the country's future military policy IS dependent upon the result of the peace conference. They demand the uncondi- tional scrapping on conscription with the signing of peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
ASK ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME

Paris, December 12.-The radical and radical-socialist party which is num- erica1ly the greatest in the Chamber of Deputies, having 161 seats, has issued an appeal to the citizens of France to welcome President Wilson enthusiast ically as mark of gratitude to the American people. The appeal says:
 gro acclaim President Wilson is to acclaim the citizens of the United States who freely put on the heavy harness of war To acclaim President Wilson is to acclaim a great American and a solid champion of peace made durable by a society of na- tions. Thanks to the aid of the Uni ted States in the lart quarter hour of the struggle the tri-color of the re- public, defended by you citizens and all democrats, emerges triumphant from the hurricane unchanged by the corrupted consciences of Berlin and Vii enna''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
ARRANGING PLANS

On Board the U. s. s. George Wash ington, Tuesday, December 10-(By Wire less to the Associated ress.)-President Wilson learned today by wireless from Col. Edward M. House that the plans of the French government contemplate the peace conference getting down to it's sessions prior to January 3, and he at once began arranging his plans so as to utilize the intervening time to clear LID his visits to the battlefront. the Amer ican troops and Italy and other func- tions in order to leave his time entirely free when the conference begins.
 In the meantime he will have informal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
'esident Will Reach
 Brest at Noon Today
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ling regarding President Wilson's visit.
 When President Wilson arrives at the
 is De Boulogne station at 10 o'clock
 turday morning it is anticipated that sse will be welcomed by large crowds Householders in the Champs Elyses, the Rue Royale, the Rue Monceau and other streets through which the President will pass have rented window spaces for spectators at fancy prices. In addition throngs are expected to line the side walks of the streets through which the procession passes.
 The banquet which the Senate will give President Wilson will be held in the Luxembourg palace itself, where the Sen ate sits, and not, as is customary, in the residence of the president of the Senate. The traditional use of this cham ber as banqut hall, which had long been abandoned, will thus be revived.
 This banquet hall is the finest and Fmost beautifully decorated in Paris. It is now called the Lecture hall, but orig frally was the throne room where the kings of France opened the parliament.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
SYLACAUGA

Sylacauga, December 12.-(Special) Guy H. Huckaby died here Thursday morning after a short illness with in which developed pneumonia. The remains will be sent to his home in Georgia Friday morning.
 Owing to the prevalence of influenza in the city all schols were ordered closed by the city council for two weeks All places Of public meetings and picture shows were also closed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
CHILEAN AIRMAN
 FLIES OVER ANDES

Buenos Aires. December 12.-Lieut. Dagoberto Godby, of the Chilean army, this morning recessed the Andes noun tains at their highest point in Brls- tol airplane. The aviator left San tiago. Chile, and crossed the Tupun- gato range at an altitude of 1S,I0O feet. landing at Mendoza, Argentina.
 Lieutenant Godby is the first Chilean and the second man recorded as cross- ing the Andes by airplane. The first flight was made by Lieutenant Cendo- laria of the Argentine army, who crossed at an altitude of nearly 11,0o0 feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
w. s. Lane Arrested
 on Bigamy Charge

Walter $. Lane was arrested by Dep uties Williamson and Gilbert yesterday Montgomery bounty warrant sworn out by Mrs. Georgia D. Lane, charging him with bigamy. It is alleged that he Miss Edna Hawkins while he was lawfully married to the plaintiff. His bond was fixed by Judge Heflin yesterday at $750.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
Butch" Charged With
 Prohibition Violation

M c. Swift a 'butch'' in the em- ploy of the Illinois Central railroad was arrested at the Terminal station yesterday afternoon by Officers Riley McGin Patton, Christian and Lee charged with violating the prohibition laws. It is alleged that four quarts and 23 pints of whisky were found in the possession of Swift. He made bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
Negro Driver Charged
 With Stealing Jewelry

T. J. Jones, negro, was arrested yesterday morning by Officer Brannon and lodge in the city jail charged with two offenses of grand larceny. It is alleged that the negro, who was employed by the Birmingham Transfer and Traffic company, broke into two trunks that he was assigned to carry out at different times and stole a suit of clothes and jewelry, consisting of six rings. The total value of the stolen goods is estimated at $115
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
Hearing Continued

The preliminary hear hearing of E. B. Moon, Peter Parachis, Joe Ferlise, Nose Hall and William Shivers, charged with conspiring to rob the railroad cars of interstate freight which was held yes terday before United States Commission CT Kenneth Charlton was continued until January 3, as the government was un- able to have one witness present at this time
 The case grew out of the thsf. of 5000 cigars consigned to the Norton Drug company from the freight depot. several weeks ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
ROAD HEADS OPPOSE PLAN

Philadelphia, December l2-Railroad executives representing 125 roads and sl per cent of the mileage of the country tonight gave out formal statemen. in which they declared that Dlrector General McAdoos suggestion that tne government retain control of the railroads until January, 1924. would simply lead to delay and confusion. demorallza : tion of the organization of the roads both on their corporate and operating side ana defer indefinitely satisfactory seN'e- ment" of the railroad problem.
 The executives, the statement sald' nave reached the conclusion that there IS sufficient time rsder the terms or the present act to fully consider the rahroao situation if{ all its aspects and arrive al a plan that wouM be just to the coun- frxrt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
Students Mustered \Out

V. H. Pritchard. D. H. sSteagall ana F. F. Harris ,of the students Auxiliary training class, came up from the uni- yersity Of Alabama yesterday to spend few days with friends. They have been mustered out and will not return to the university until after the Christi mas holidays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
WHISKY SHIPMENT
 STOLEN BY NEGRO

Albert Ross, a negro, was arrested at the Terminal station yesterday aft ernoon by Detective Richardson and Special Agent Moser and lodged in the city jail charged with grand larceny. It is alleged that the negro stole shipment of whisky from the American Express company. The whisky was found in his possession
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
SELMA

Selma, December> Especial )-Police in Birmingham, Montgomery and Meridi- an have been notified by Chief of Po- Ola Shreve Arzacq, and Ethel Smith, two 14-year-old girls of this city, who, it is believed, were lured away from Selma. The girls families are making every eff fort to locate them, the only clue so far being the statement of a railroad con ductor that he carried passengers an- swering to the description of the girls to Montgomery Wednesday. The last seen of the girls by their families was al dinner Wednesday,, and it was not until late last night that any uneasiness was occasioned by their absence The girls were reported to have been seen on the streets here Wednesday afternoon, prior to the departure of the Montgomery train.
 Mrs. Jennie Cook Burroughs, wife of Dr. w. M. Burroughs of Pine Hill, died in this city late Wednesday, following an illness of several weeks. Surviving are her husband and several children. Mrs. Burroughs was the daughter of MT. Albert Cook of this city. Funeral ser vices were held in Pine Hill Thursday afternoon.
 
 Funeral services for Mrs. o. H, P. Wright, Sr, whose death occurred Tues day in Gainesville, Ga, as the result of an automobile tragedy, in which other lives were lost will be held here Fri day morning at 10 o'clock, from the resi- dence of her son, o. H. F, Wright. The body reached the city Thursday evening, accompanied by o. H. P. Wright, ST., and others.
 w. N. Brown, president of the Cham Der of Commerce, wired Secretary Mor- gan Richards who has been attending the reconstruction congress at Atlantic City and the southern commercial con gress at Baltimore, to go to Washington for a conference of the United States Chamber of Commerce. MT. Richards was to have started home today, but upon receipt of President Browns order, will probably go on to Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
FIVE KILLED WHEN
 CAR JUMPS TRACK

Cleveland, O., December 12.-Five are dead, one is dying, and another probably was fatally injured here tonight when an interurban freight ear jumped the tracks and crash ed into two automobiles. Three of the victims were sailors, who were in one of the automobiles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
WATKINS
 DIESQF PNEUMONIA

i Chattanooga, December <12.--Garnei Watkins. winner of the state golf several years ago. and lone of the best known amateur players lin the south. died today at Lebanon, Tenn. as the result. of pneumonia, He had been engaged at the government
 powdsr plant near Nashville for sew
 eral months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
CUBAN STRIKE IS
 NOW AT AN END

Havana, December 12.-The cOin-
 mittee directing the general strike
 has rescindcd the strike order and
 the men are instructed to return to
 work immediately.
 This committee is reported to be com posed of S9 men, chosen from the va rious unions. It announced that the long expected confirmation of the earlier report that the Cuban railway dispute had been satisfactorily settled, had been received. Thus the sympathetic strike would serve no further purpose.
 The printers have returned to their work and the first newspapers to ap- pear in two days will be issued tomor- row morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
Piez Succeeds Schwab

Washington, December <12-.Forma1 announcement was made today by the shipping board that Charles Piez has been elected director general of the emergency fleet corporation to succeed Charles M. Schwab, who resigned last week. Mir. Piez has been vice presi- dent and general manager of the cor operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
Orders on Forfeitures

Judge H. F. Heflin of the criminal court was busy yesterday taking final orders on forfeitures and hearing ha- beas corpus cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
ra c,nre 2 Cnld in One Dax

Take LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE {Tablets.) It stops the Cough and
 Headache and works off the Cold. E
 w. GROVES signature on each box
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-13
THE WEAT THEIR
Weather Forecast

Washington. December 12.-Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi: Rain Friday; Saturday colder and probably fair.
 Tennessee: Rain Friday; Saturday colder and fair, except in extreme east.
 Georgia: Rain Friday and, probably Saturday; colder Saturday in west.
 Local Data
 For the A hours ending at p. m., December 12, 1918:
 Highest temperature ...........s- 6Z Lowest temperature .........,.... 70 Mean temperature .............. 5n Normal temperature ............. 4S Excess in temperature since Janu- Rainfall ... .00 Total rainfall since January 1 2S Excess in rainfall since January 1 11.51 Relative humidity a. m. ........ SS
 12, noon S3
 F. III. s-.s.-...f.- 9t
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
IN
LINCOLN DISTRICT
Meetings WILDE Held at the
School Houses This
Week.

UrdeS ;ne direction OF Mr.. Cc.y:.c
DeBolt. president OF the West viz.
GINA Federation OF Women's clubs,
food conservation meetings will be
held throughout Lincoln district be-
ginning today and continuing for se,.-
eral days.
The meetings are being held in the
various school houses with the CO.
operation OF District superintendent
E. NJ. Con1ey who has issued letters
urging all the teachers to cooperate
and secure the attendance Of large
numbers Of the girls and women OF
the community.
The meetings for today viii be held
at Worthington, $500 a. M; Bethle-
hem, 1900 p. M: Chietton, 1900 a. m.
For Tuesday they will be held at
900: Carolina. 900 a. M; Ida May,
1900 p. m; Miller, 900 p. m.
On Wednesday meetings will take
place at Thoburp. $500 a. m.: East
Run, goo p. M; Downs. 1880 p. m.
The meetings for Thursday will be
as follows: James Fork, $3.50 =. m;
Pennington, $500 p m.