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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15

The object of this bulletin is to carry to the multitude of men and women throughout our land who are giving time and labor to Red Cross the latest facts and features of the work. Our purpose is to se- feet the things that will fit readily to our own city and the work being accomplished there. However, we will be glad to hear all who care to contribute. All notices sent to this department hnust be signed by the chairman of the unit or chair man of department, as the in- formation must be authentic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15
XMAS BOXES

The time is drawing near when all boxes for the soldiers must be on their way that they may reach the boys over there by the Christmas season to make the hearts glad during this joyous time. All boxes must be shipped from Bir- mingham not later than November 20 and Mrs. Gaston Torrance, the chairman, urges all to send them in at once as the days everything will be in a rush and she hopes to avoid this. Let every box be atVthe Brown-Marx building not later than November IS, that everything will leave the city on the 20th on time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15
Children Cry
 FOR ELETCHER'S C A g T c RIA SUDDEN COLDS,
 COUGHS, GROUP ''Take Cheney's Expector- ant," Says WE. Morrow
 and Ernest Bartlett They Lay in a Supply Each Fall-Best Medicine for
 Whooping Cough

For sudden attacks of croup, colds, whooping cough, sore throat, pains in the chest and bronchitis, take frequent doses of Cheneys Expectorant. w. E. Morrow of this city states that every
 member of his family takes Cheney's Expectorant. He says: Tt is my cus- tom to lay in a supply when the first ca1d wave comes, and when any one of us begins to cough or feel soreness in the lungs, a dose of Cheney's Expec- tofant is given, and have never
 known it to fail to give relief to young or old. Ernest Barrett states that he had such a bad cough that when he
 would cough he could hardly get his breath. "I would take a dose of Cheneys Expectorant and the cough would stop at once." Cheneys Expec- torant may be obtained at slight cost at any of our drug stores.--(Advt.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15

 council of defense, calls meeting of for this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Tutwiler.
 The Culture club will meet this after noon with Mrs. R. l.. Marques, 1506 Thirty-first street. north.
 The Cadmean circle will meet today with Mrs. John London.
 The Highland Book club will meet to- day with Mrs. J. M. Cartwright. The Edgewood club will meet this afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Black lock at her home on Glen Iris ave- nue.
 The Fenelon club will meet this morning at 10 o'clock at the Elhs' home. The morning will be devoted fo Red Cross work and the afternoon to the literary programme.
 The Joycrofters club will meet this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. R. IT. Webb.
 The Amaranth club will meet this aft ernoon with Mrs. Exam Elliott, t724 Sixteenth avenue, south.
 
 The Quest club meets this afternoon with Mrs. C. c. Adams. The Qui Vive club will meet at O clock this afternoon in the private dining room of the Civic association in the Jefferson County Bank building.
 
 The Cresendo club will meet this aft. ernoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home ot Mrs J. E. Davis. The Birmingham chapter 119, Order of Eastern Star, will meet this even ing at 8 o'clock at the Masonic tenn pie. There will be initiation and all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15
DOLL BOOTH AT DOLL BAZAAR

One of the many attractive features of the doll bazar which will be given early in December under the auspices of the Children's Hospital association, will be the doll booth which will display dollies of all kind for the kiddies of our city. There will be dolls big and l<sfe. plain dolls and fine dolls, in fact those who attend will find that they will have al most every kind to make their selection from Mrs. Mercer Barnett and Mrs. John Yeatman will be joint chairmen and will be assisted by most able committee which will include Mrs. Craw- ford Johnson, Mrs. Hill Ferguson, Mrs. Ross Snider, Mrs. J. E. Dedman. Mrs. w. A. Currie, Mrs. W. c. Phillips and Mrs NJ. N Baldwin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15

of the books in camp. A sailor in white
 has Seated himself cross-legged on the
 ground and is eagerly pouring over the
 open book he has seized from the pile
 scattered about. The background is brushed in deep orange, and the words are Your money buys the book we need when we want it.''
 The Salvation Army has a laras es ter, a soldier eating drse aat ard pointing to the Salvat' lTuy lass R. 1 khaki with tra1 2f doug .asts x fha l background en aet nn kls 3eh, lge I is sayirg.
 l Tless sgae posfers sliR sl to @a ertise { {As sanaus gnra35R Tor sdising the tnaeRe6 #fx of Sl39&aGG25 After seeing ] th8fa sHsrg ane }ll feel the great need taf eatain9 fbia sum for the Boys Over ' &fsro and the Girls Over Here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Days of Thanksgiving

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 I am sending you two prayers used
 in England and I found them in the
 old Murray Bible, which they brought
 over from Scotland in 1892. and it
 strikes me that in future our Thanks giving Day should forever be Novem- Der Il in memory of the greatest event since the coming of Christ. We can't
 be thankful enough for the showers of blessings that have fallen upon the while civilized world and to think the churches have neglected to call the peo- pie together to give thanks to AL mighty God for this wondrous blessing of peace.
 MRS. F. M. NoRMENT Birmingham, November IS, 1918 The enclosures are as follows: Used in 1860 A. D. in England Form of prayer for King Charles the Martyr, with thanksgiving to Almighty God for having put an end to great re- bellion by the restitution of the King
 and royal family, and the restoration
 of the government after many years Interruption which unspeakable mercies
 were wonderfully completed upon the 2sth of May in 1860 A. D. And in mem-
 ory thereof that day in every year is by act of Parliament appointed to be forever kept holy.
 form of prayer to be used on Novem- Der for the happy deliverance of King James and the three estates of England from the most traitorious and bloody Intended massacre by Gunpowder, and also for the Happiness of his majesty, King William, on this day for the de- lVerance Of our church and nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15

The metric denominations and for measures of capacity are as sc Kiloliter or stere, 1000 liters, eqrA cubic meter; hectoliter, 100 liters one-tenth of a cubic meter; dek liters. equals 10 cubic decimete equals one cubic decimeter; decls tenth of 8 liter, equals one-te cubic decimeter; centiliter. one t'f dredth of a liter.< equals 10 c,
 meters. milliter, one one-thous N 5F liter. equals one cubic centir sf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15
VICTORY BALL

One of the brilliant events of De- cember will be the victory ball which will take place on Friday evening, December $, at the Country club, which will be grand finale of the doll bazar. Mrs. Robert Randolph Meyer has con- sented to act as general chairman and the success of the affair is assured with her efforts and those of her splendid committee. which she will announce at an early date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15
WORKERS NEEDED AT ONCE

We wish the public to know that as far as the Red Cross work is concerned there has been no signing of the armis- tice as the work must go on just the same and the November allotment must be- completed on time and to do this all workers must come and do their bit
 MRS! JOHN LONDON, Chairman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15
BOX PARTIES LAST EVENING

Among those occupying boxes at the Paris orchestra concert last evening at the Tutwiler were MT. and Mrs. R. $. Munger, MT. and Mrs. Alex Montgon- cry, Mr and Mrs Paul Earle. Others having guests were MT. and Mrs. Fred Shireman, Mir. and Mrs. Henry Badham, Mir. and Mrs. George Gordon Crawford
 MT. and Mrs. J. w. Donnelly and others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15
CHILDREN HOSPITAL nEEJCERC

The following officers we've elected at the last meeting of the Ehildrens Hos
 uital association: President, Mrs Crawford Johnson, re-e1ected; first vice president Mrs. c. H. Nabb; second vice president, Mrs. A. A. Walker, third vice president, Mrs Herbert Tutwiler secretary, Mrs. M. M. Baldwin; treas urer, Mrs. w c. Phillips; chaplain, MT Middleton Barnwell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15
OFFICERS ELECTED

At the last meeting of the South Highland School Improvement associa- tion the following officers were elect ed: President, Mrs c. M. Stanley; vice president, Mrs. Motion Smith; secretary, Mrs J. Allen Durham; treasurer, MT. T. C.. Young.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Twentieth Century club will meet this afternoon with Mrs. J. W. Fain. Mrs. T. l.. Bissell. chairman of the children's welfare committee of the
 woman's committee Of \the national
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15
"CLAIM ALLOWED"

The Fountain Heights Red Cross unit will present "A Claim Allowed a pa triotic play, this evening at Martin school at o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15
GADSDEN

Gadsden, November 14-(Special.) )--News was received here today of the death Tn France of Edwin J. Benton of Speig- ner former resident of Gadsden. He was the son of J. O. Benton, who is warden of the penitentiary at Speigner. He was member of Company F, 167th infantry, and served on the Mexican bor- der The news of his death came in a letter to Mrs. c. T. Coker from her hus- band, who is a Y. M.i c. A. secretary serving overseas.
 Brock Hill of Company F, 167th in- fantry, the Etowah county boy who shot down German airplane with an au- tomatic rifle, has been severely wounded In France, according to news received today. Will R. Sutton, also of Com pany F. was wounded slightly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15

railway accident at Landsbsrg, Prussia, in which 30 persons wera Atlisd produced some characteristic tokens ef German kultur. The VossiShs Zs4SA, Ssays that crowds attempted tu rob AAa dead and injured, and that the soisigrs and gendarmes who were obligares sos Intervene arrested several railway Sf. ficials in the act of appropriating val uables.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15
XMAS LABELS HAVE NOT AR
 RIVED

It is announced from Red Cross head quarters that the labels for boxes for soldiers who have no family to remem- Der them at Christmas, have not arrived and when they do the public will be notified through the press. They will be distributed from the Christmas box headquarters in the Brown-Marx build ing where Mrs. Gaston Torrance and her committee are in charge, and not from headquarters at I.oyeman, Joseph & Loeb's.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15
RED CROSS BULLETIN

actual workers and number of all rne.s, bers enrolled. Mrs. John London, Chair man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-15
YEARLY REPORTS ARE DUE

The yearly report of the Birmingham Red Cross chapter is soon to be ready and to complete the same all chapters must send in their reports which con- slsts of names of members, number of
The Washington times., 1918-04-30
Banker Held As RoyaIIst.

LONDON, April 3O.-A Zurich dis
patch says that u. PutiIiff, president
OF the international Bank at Vichni-
Gradsky, has been arrested on a
charge OF financing a Russian mon
archist counter-rcvolution.
The British admiralty has made
public a wireless dispatch from Ber-
lin stating that Baron Won Bussche-
Haddenhausen, under-secretary for
foreign Affairs. sent a wireless to
Mirbach, new German ambassador to
Russia, asking him to report concern
ing rumors Of a monarchist restora-
ton in Petrograd.
Michael Rodianko, Michael Alexieff,
Alexander Gutchkoff, and Paul Aiiliu-
koH were reported to be in Petrograd.
These four were Identified with the
kerenslCy regime.
The presence of allied representa-
tiYes at the recent Moscow meeting
tends to confirm recent reports that
Trotslxy was coming around to the
side OF the allies" the most favorable
news from Russia in a long time.
The Washington times., 1918-04-30
CRACOW RIOTERS
LOOT AND KILL IN
SEARCH FOR FOOD

COPENHAGEN. April 3O.-serious
riots have broken out at Cracow. in
Austria-HUngary, due to lack Of food.
according to advices from Berlin to-
day quoting the Vorwaerts.
The dispatch said that the dis
orders followed rumors that the Jews
had stored large quantities OF food.
several persons were killed in the
fighting and many shops were looted.
Priests and officers attempted to
calm the populace and finally order
was restored. shops were closed and
the authorities issued orders that no
one could be on the streets after
D. m.
The Washington times., 1918-04-30
Congress Did M yesterday IT

The Administrators Signal Victory the Senate Passage Of
the OVerman Bill With the Opposition Reduced to Thirteen.
Senator Harngs Definition Of the Underlying Impulse Of Op
position to Win the Wa" Measures Demanding Blanket Pow
erFOrmer Speaker CannOns Case Of PrOfteerng With an
Increase Of Six thousand Per Cent Five Years Mineral
PiceFnng in the House Records as First Claims to Of
fee After Peace-The AerOpne Mail Service, Washington to
New YOrk-A Famous SupOrs Artistic or 'ROOseveian In
tensiy" Discussed in the Senate
Bv W. " BYARS.
The Washington times., 1918-04-30
By W. V. BYARS.

American institutions which would
not be possible in peace.
Senator Harding thought il be.
yond question that great changes
are being made in our system OF
government. He wished to be re-
corded as asserting in advance that
more than nine in ten such changes,
made under the opportunity given
by the war, would remain permanent
after peace-as, if they were desir-
| able, he thought they ought to do.
But he insisted that "the tremen-
dous task of altering civil institu-
tons in America ought to be under.
taken only when elaboration is DOS
sible-only in peace, and not under
the stress and strain of war.
Declaring himself ready to 90 on
voting all power necessary to win
the war, Senator Harding said that
he would not be a sharer in the re-
sponsibility Of going beyond this to
make changes in the system of gov
eminent itself. As a definition of
his position, he offered amendments
to the Overman bill, under which
the blanket powers" il grants
would have been confined in use to
war purposes only, in matters "hav-
ing to do directly with war produc-
ton or the conduct of the war"
AS these amendments were voted
down, it may be stated as a matter
OF the pertinent news of the Can't
toll that yesterday, as usual. nett
tons and resolutions reaching Con-
gress make winning the war" the
explanation of their motives, almost
wholly in disregard Of the nature of
their subject matter. Throughout
the present session this has been
the case in petitions, memorials,
resolutions, and bills to such an ex-
tent as to prove beyond question
the epidemic nature of the auto
matte impulse to use the war as an
opportunity for attempting what
could not be carried out through
free debate and rational argument
IN peace. 1t is hardly necessary to
cite compulsory sobriety as a case
IN point. Cases in point NAV be
counted by the score. When this is
manifestly epidemic, as the most
marked symptom of our purely do
nestle politics, it would be unrea-
sOnable to expect officials, merely
because they are such, to refrain
through conscious self-restraint
from using opportunities to impose
their ideals" on the country as
necessary for the public defense
and other purposes" Thew may
rather be expected to conclude auto
matically that it is their highest
and hottest duty to do so, and that
all who may object are public
enemies. But perhaps Senator
Harding has asked altogether too
much Of US in asking us to begin
to try to think out such things
as these now, when the whole of
what we once called the Civilized
world" is Seeing red"
Probably no one else during tie
debate on the Overnan bill has de-
fined so clearly as Senator Harding
the strongest impulse of opposition
to it and similar measures asking
blanket" grants Of unlimited pow
er. The conclusive answer, how
The Washington times., 1918-04-30
RunsIa TO Re-Enter War.

PETRoGRAD. April "a delayed
Russia Is preparing in the most
serious manner to re-enter the war.
The Pan-EXecutive Council at Mos
COW, on the eve OF the receipt OF the
'forty-second ultimatum' from Ger
many, adopted Trotsly's plan OF uni
versal military training for all men
from sixteen to forty, and conscrIp-
ton OF all workers and peasants.
The plan is expected to yield a large
army within ten months. British,
American. and Japanese representa-
hyes attended the meeting. All par
ties agreed that Russia's slogan
now is:
Return to the war as soon as pos
sIble."
II the allies hold until next spring,
Russia will be able to strike with
fresh millions, and the doom OF Ger
many viii be sealed.
The Washington times., 1918-04-30

the close Of the days arguments by
a vote Of SO to Is. This record is
for the bill as a war measure" And
during the whole Of the session there
is not likely to be any material
change from this record in the case
Of any Administration BILL" in
dorsed by either the President or the
Secretary Of the Treasury as neees-
sary to Twin the war" Under the
bill, which will certainly pass the
House, the President has no limit
on his power to make such changes
as he sees fit in any executive de-
partment.
The Washington times., 1918-04-30

dueed a resolution authorizing the
Secretary Of the Navy to accept
with S6,000,O00 available out Of
total Of $50, 307, 600, estimated a.
necessary to complete the work 81
fitting the 5000 acres for naval
uses. Il may appear to some from
these figures that Alameda patriot
ism while, Of course, not ealcu-
lating) may be at times mathemati-
cal.
The Washington times., 1918-04-30
RUSSIA BEGINS
RAISING ARMY
TO AID ALLIES
DEFEAT BOCHE

PETRoGRAD, April % delayed
The Soviet Commissaries have or
dered the entire Red Guard army to
the border of Finland to repel an ex-
pected effort by the White Guard to
occupy Petrograd.
They believe the anticipated attack
Sc a German trick 10 obtain PetrO-
grad, the only Russian Baltic port
left.
General Schwartz, original captor
OF Przemysl, is experimenting the
defense Of Petrograd.
The Washington times., 1918-04-30

Mr.. Harrison, Of Mississippi, in
troduced a bill in the House yester-
day giving preference in all civil
service appointments to soldiers and
sailors wounded during the present
war, who are not untitled By wounds
or otherwise for the work in cues
ton. Such bills viii pass-without
being at all necessary. With them
or without them, after the war IS
over, war-recoFds win take precsd-
ence Of all other claims to office
while there is q veteran left IN the
hands Of his friends. See political
history, 1865 10 1895.
The Washington times., 1918-04-30
GUNS TO SHELL PARIs.

AMSTERDAM. April 3O.-Three new
sUper-cannon for the long-range bonn
bardment of Parts passed through
Belgium from Dusseldorf last Friday.
according to a correspondent OF Les
NoUvelles.
The Washington times., 1918-04-30

OF the sixty-thres votes cast
for the bill, twenty-five were Re
lpubllcans. OF these, nothing more
need be said than that the afirma-
tive vote represented the usual num-
Der Of those who had previously con-
demned ION principle" what they
voted to put into practice in spite OF
principle.
The thirteen Senators who voted
against the bill were Brandegree,
, Cummins, Dillingham;, France. Gal
linger. Harding. johnson Of Califor-
MIA, Knox, PoindeXter Reed, Sher-
man, Sterling, and Sutherland. OF
these, one only, Reed Of Missouri. Is
Democrat-on this vote, as on his
whole record In the minority. worthy
to be classed among fighting Mis-
sourians in the Senate, with Francis
Preston Blair and George Graham
Vest in the succession from Benton.
As the days proceedings in the
Senate consisted of a rear action"
fight by the opponents of the bill,
offering amendments for the sake
of recording their last words against
the bill, Senator Brandegee intro
duced the ancient history Of the
aeroplane program from what
promised to be a new standpoint
that Of Mr.. Gutson Borglum, whom
Senator Brandegee discredited as
a constituent Of his own, "a famous
sculptor, like St. .Gaudens," a pa
triot, who is Of very intense dis
position, being a Rooseveltian."
Without knowing much beyond this,
Senator Brandegee introduced
newspaper article from which it ap-
peared that after having ben au-
thorized by the President to inves-
tigate the entire aeroplane situation,
Mr.. Borglum had made what were
supposed to be most astonishing dis
coverieS of which he had informed
the President in a confidential re-
port before divulging them himself.
The effect of these revelations was
greatly impaired when Senator His
cock disclosed that Mr.. Borglum
had brought them to the Senate
Committee on Military Affairs,
which had taken them into consid-
The Washington times., 1918-04-30

terest appeared. What he objected
to most was using a single SPECIFIC
case, as that Of manganese, as q pre-
text for the control Of the production
and prices Of the great variety OF
minerals named in the bill, not nee
essary for war purposes. He at
tackled the revolving fund feature in
connection with the $50, 0OO, 900 ap-
preparation, as already sufficiently
provided for in such measures as the
War Corporation bill. with a revoIv-
Ing fund Of half a billion -s
Mr.. Anderson, of Minnesota, re-
viewed failures in price fixing from
B. c. 2250 in Babylon to the latest
developments between Hoover-Leyer
prices and Gore prices for wheat.
On April 25 Postmaster General
Burleson wrote Senator Sheppard
that the aeroplane mail service be-
tween Washington and New York
will begin on May Is. As Mr..
Burleson was anxious to have aero
plane postage rates ready for that
great event, Senator Vardaman yes
terday called the emergency to the
attention Of the Senate, with every
thing parliamentary procedure per-
mits done in response to the hurry
call for action.
Alameda, Cal, has inside its cor
porate limits 5000 acres Of land 30
submerged by the Pacific Ocean as
to be specially adapted for naval
purposes. It is anxious to present
them to the Navy Department, and
Senator Phelan yesterday intro
The Washington times., 1918-04-30

CDHNNfTTSC Savoy 18th a Col. I'd.
INHiNUALL j TODAY-MADGE KEN
NEDY in THE DANGER GAME" To-
MoRROw-PAULISE FREDERICK in
ct A TOgC,A Q"
The Washington times., 1918-04-30

.fpANnAIT'CThea 9th &E sta.
SllhlNDhLL j TODAY AND ToMOR,
.ROW-ENID BENNETT In NAUGHTY,
NAUGHTY
The Washington times., 1918-04-30

.CiANDALL ) TO-DAY ND Al
THIS WEEK-ARNOLD DAILY In my
OWN UNITED STATES"
The Washington times., 1918-04-30

Wen substitute corn for wheat and
victory for defeat.-D. c. Food Ad-
mIniEtrator.
The Washington times., 1918-04-30

ERAhDALLS I i aIeE Is. az coi. "a
TO-DAY AND TOMORROW - HAROLD
LOCKWOOD in THE LANDLOPER."
The Washington times., 1918-04-30

imlNnATI'CADoIIo. 624 II 1t. ne.
LtAhlNDhLL u T DAY ETHEL
ToMoRRoW-MARY GARDEN IN .s,-8-
EPLENDID SINNER"
The Washington times., 1918-04-30

The most important question Of
the world war for the United States
is not its effects on boundaries or
institutions in the Eastern Henri
sphere, but its results in making
permanent changes in American in
stitutions. This question has been
vital in American politics since 1898,
when the issues Of the present began
developing into the existing crisis.
Since our entry into the war it has
been generally felt as the paramount
question Of the war, but probably it
has not been fully defined for official
record in the proceedings of any de-
partment of the United States Gov
eminent itself, until it was done in
the United States Senate Yesterday
by Senator Warren G. Harding Of
Ohio.
Senator Harding spoke temper
ately and with obvious restraint, but
with a force and directness worthy
Of a great occasion and of an issue
which involves the future Of the
greatest republic in history.
His proposition was that in much,
if not most, of the war legislation
demanded Of Congress there was
consciously or unconsciously a double
purpoSe-that Of earnest desire to
win the war" at any expense of
sacrifice, and with this the further
purpose Of using the war as an OBJ
portunity for making changes in