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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-07
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
Fly JAMES J. ooRBETr

they pleased and scored something like Is runs. tl,
 It was Tebeau who revolutionized the system of 'ins'' and "outs." Before his day the visiting club always had their choice as to first and last bats. 1n- variably they chose last bats Tebeau sensed that there was an advantage in taking last bats, especially on the home grounds So he issued his ultimatum to clubs that visited Cleveland.
 You fellows go to bat first, or we don't play"
 The clubs demurred--but to no avail. Tebeau insisted that courtesy had no place in baseball and remained firm in his stand of "last bats at home for my club" But when his team was on the road. Tebeau always a schooner. also wanted last bats. He demanded 1t on the plea that the home club owed it to his club as a matter of courtesy.
 Strange as it may seem, Tebeau got away with his trick for some time of getting last bats on the road as well as at home. But after while the clubs all insisted upon last bats at home and that has been the rule ever since.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-07
LEGAL NOTICES
lA Notice

7 Ssi ~ s stg F Notice 4s 2 State of Alabama, Jefferson county. Es-
 tate of John B. Reid, deceased.
 Letters testamentary upon the last will and testament of said decedent, having been granted to the undersigned, on the 22d day of October, 1918, by the Hon. .J.sP. Stiles, judge of the probate court Of Jefferson county; notice is hereby giv- en that all persons having claims against said estate will be required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or that the same will be barred.
 AUGUSTA RANDOLPH REID,
 215 N. 77th st. Executrix.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-07
HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS
 TO FIGHT TT OUT
Central and Ensley tosStage Annual Struggle at Redwood,
 November 16

Considerable interest is being mani fested in the approaching footodi game between Central High and Ems ley High to be played at Riekwood park Saturday morning. November l6 While Central usually gets away with the decision 1t is always after hard battle and the rivalry is more intense this year than ever before. Captain Walker. out at Ehsley, promises to get revenre for his outfit this time and his team is practicing hard daily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-07
THIRTEEN

ham Railway. Light and Power com pany for 5000.
 4. It is alleged that on September IS. 1918, the plaintiff was badly bruised, had his skull fractured, his head badly iacerated and sustained other injuries, when he was thrown from street car of the de- fendant.
 J. W. Andrews, in behalf of Herman Andrews. minor, has entered suit in the circuit court for $1000O against the Bir- mingham News company.
 It is alleged that Andrews, while work ing for the defendant, fell from schute and broke his right leg, one of his an- kles, and sustained permanent lnJurles'
 Robert Allen, minor, by Margaret Ale len. has entered suit in the circuit court against the Donaldson-Stobert Coal conn pany for sS0,00O.
 It is alleged that while in the service of the said company the plaintiff had his left leg broken, his body bruised, and was injured internally.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-07
Ydnks S,Uir11 in Mouse
 And Capture Dun
Operation Considered One of Most Gallant Feats Yet Performed Crossing Was Strategic.
 More of Unusual Daring By Heroes

With the Forces the Sedan Front November D.
 mBy the Associated Press The crossing of the River Mouse capture of the town of Dun by the Amecans when it's full details are known will rank of the most gallant fats the entire operations northwest of Verdun The troops who accomplished it will be entitled to rank heroes their mitaril crossing the stream strategic 1roof11,a afS,rSld dorirn !
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-07
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-23
Children's Year Work.

I'M the children's year campaign
women have oo-operated so widely
that although the children's bureau
limited the registration cards to s.
100000, orders for 5,45o,ss3 have been
sent in.
I'VE are encouraged to believe that
the follow-up work, which we hope
will be carried on for the rest Of the
year for the benefit OF children found
to be below par. and. indeed, for the
benefit Of all children, will give US
the result in life-saving which is the
goal of the children's year." writes
DR.. Peixotto to the state chairmen Of
the child welfare department of the
woman's committee, Council Of Ma
tional Defense.
A pamphlet printed by the children's
chairmen, insists that no weighing
and measuring test will accomplish
the objects for which the children's
year was established unless follow
up work. both specific and general.
is made the most important part of
the campaign, reports the woman's
committee, Council of National De-
tense.
Public interest in the report of
the weighing and measuring test
should always be secured, since the
summary Of the test In given local
ity will provide the community with
an estimate of the nourishment Of its
children" says the committee. The
facts disclosed in the test will point
out the need for work for the pro-
lection of babies and young children.
especially the need for public health
nurses and volunteer help to assist
them.
Every effort should be made to
raise funds. either by private or pub
lie subscription. or through public APP
preparation, to provide for an ade-
quate number of nurses in every
locality to do infant welfare and pre-
natal work or other public health
nursing. The work of these trained
public health nurses may be made to
go further il volunteer assistance is
given in carrying out certain parts OF
the work which do not need profess
sional experience.
I'm foreign countries such volunteer
work for infant welfare is recognized
as war work of the first Importance.
1t is said that in Berlin in 1916 5000
volunteers were working to safeguard
mothers and babies. In each local
sanitary district in England a large
proportion Of the successful service
for child welfare is volunteer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-23
Cause for Happiness.

n ARL EMIL JUNCK said the othee
~ day in Chicago:
1.-The German people are sick of the
war. Their war spirit is quite broken.
A raving, bloodthirsty mob in 1915
they are a sorrowful lot today.
'In a recent costume play in Berli6
a bit Of dialogue made a great hit.
The hero. in knee breaches and perS
ruque, says to the heroine, in her quaint
powder and patches:
"'Why do you look so happy? Ii q
because love you. darlingr
No, dearest one the heroine an.
swers. It is because We are liytn9
in 1918 instead Of in 1879"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-23

from the seas, once the kaiser has
been driven within his own borders
and defeated. Not one of the ancient
traditions of the American seaman
is to be overlooked when the thou
sands of American boys. destined to
take the places of their tarry. hard
bitten forebears in fo'c'sle and on
quarterback are trained.
Even the chanty will come again
into it's own. There are still old salts
who, in so good cause, will sing
again the songs of the sea. Wherefore
it may chance that again 1.-THE Banks
Of the Sacramento" will sound when
the anchor is raised on some new
wooden ship; that Hanging Johnny
and whisky Johnny" will float out
over the waves of the western ocean
while youthful crew are hosting
away; that some astounded landsman
will learn that odd Storm Along was
a Good Old Man." while the pumps
suck the bilges dry: or that
I'VE will heave
Aye! Aye!
And We'll swing
Aye! Aye!
And pay Paddy Doyle for his boots"
while the sails of some yet unresur-
rected square rigger are being furled.
The shipbuilding program for 1913
and 1919 calls for from 100000 to
100000 tons of shipping. and that
the vessels turned out to fill this re-
quirement may be sufficiently manned
means that from $4,000 to 100000 Of
fcers, engineers and sailors will be
needed. 1t was to train men and boys
sufficient to meet this demand that
the shipping board established its
training service.
The establishment Of this service
dates back to the early days of the
war. and in part to the long cherished
dreams of a Boston business man.
Henry Howard. OF seafaring ances-
try. Mr.. Howard has long wished
for the return of the American mer-
chant marine-it has been his hobby;
and so it came to pass that the United
States had hardly more than begun
the turning of her huge wheels of ma
chinery which were to crush out au-
tocracy- before Mr.. Howard came to
Washington to consult with officials
of the newly established shipping
board. He came with plan for train
ing men to sail the ships which were
going to play SO important part in
the winning of the war.
Not for nothing had he dreamed of
the return of American merchantmen.
for he laid before the shipping board
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-23

already received their certificates and
are at sea.
As official chanty instructor is STAN
ton H King. whose duty it is to re-
vive the ancient custom among sailor
men of singing while they worked.
Mr.. King is an "old salt" himself.
having gotten his experience in sea-
manship and his love of sea chanties
on Yankee ships forty years ago. Con-
sidered the best chanty singer In this
country, Mr.. King hs been singing
q Boston mission, -. not only can he
teach the new 4ea" the words, but
also he can put the punch" into
them-which was SO important .
point in the "old days"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-23

ocean The Meade was originally the
City of Berlin, a famous liner, hold
ing transatlantic records both ways
She has facilities for training more
than 1.400 students. and while too
old for sea service is an ideal train
ing ship.
At San Francisco has been stationed
the Iris, a mother ship for subma-
rines. This is the first training ship
to be stationed on the Pacific coast.
Another training ship, the Dorothy
Bradford, will have its base in New
York harbor. Present plans also call
Norfolk. Va; New Orleans and Seat
tie. Wash.
Although the number of training
ports where American. youths may
fit themselves to man American YES
sells are comparatively few, there is
yet no reason why any able-bodied
American boy between the ages of
twenty-one and thirty should not
Sign articles" with some training
ship il he so desires. To this end the
shipping board has inaugurated a
thorough and far-reaching system of
recruiting that ould reach every
village and hamlet as well as the
large cities, and find the ear of every
boy who would heed the call of the
sea.
Scattered throughout forty-eight
states are more than $500 druggists
-"dollar-a-year" men who have
signified their desire to aid the gov
eminent. These druggists are to be
found in $500 cities. towns and viii
lagos. and any boy who wants to en-
list in the merchant marine service
has but to sign application papers at
the nearest drug store properly au-
thorized to accept them. He will then
be referred to a physician. hundreds
Of whom throughout the country have
undertaken to examine applicants for
this service as q patriotic work. II
he passes the recruit Is then ordered
to report to Boston headquarters or
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ceived into the service the fare Is re-
funded. Apprentices are paid $40
month while training. and exempted
from military duty as long as they
chant marine. The uniform of the
service is blue. and all men accepted
receive their uniform and working
clothes. Upon graduation the ship
ping board undertakes to place each
man in a merchant marine vessel.
The training courses cover period
of six weeks intensive instruction,
and include all phases of work per-
tanning to duties on steel and wooden
ships as well as steam and sailing
vessels The Meade is used exclusive
ly as a receiving ship. The other hulls
of the fleet, however, are at sea four
or five days in every week. during
which time the student marines are
given practical instruction.
An instructor is provided for every
ten students. Manuals specially
adapted for training the students
thoroughly, yet in the short time nee
essary to the completion of the course
in six weeks, have been prepared.
branches. Printed leaflets also mi
tiate~ the embryo seaman into the
mysteries of the compass, knotting
and splicing. blocks. and all OF the
hundred other important details Which
for ages have made the sailorlnan
X
Since the Calvin Austin went into
commission nearly 400 graduate sea-
men have been sent into merchant
ships, and not single bad report has
come back to the shipping board re-
garding the intelligent performance
of their duty. In addition to this, sew
eral of the boys who served their ap-
premiership on, the Calvin Austin
have since passed examinations grant
ing them certificates as engineers.
A proportionately large number Of
graduates have been turned out by
the other training ships in service for
any length of time. Land schools for
navigators and engineers have also
been largely attended. more than
5000 students having been enrolled.
Of which a considerable per cent have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-23

navigation throughout the country.
scattered from Maine to California,
while ten schools Of marine engineer
ing have been opened around the
coast, and at inland oities such az
Chicago and Cleveland.
But great as was the demand for
officers. equally great was the need
for sailors, frenen. coal passerS
cooks and messmen. And to meet
this need. on New Year day, 1918.
there went into commission as q
training ship in Boston harbor the
Calvin Austin. Once q coast-wise
passenger ship. the Calvin Austin had
been taken over by the shipping
board the November before. 1t was
this vessel which came into promi-
nence about that time because of be-
ing the first vessel to reach Halifax
after the great disaster there.
With facilities for training between
500 and 600 men, the Calvin Austin
was soon taxed to her utmost, and
the Governor Dingley. sister ship.
was added. Later, a third coast-wiee
steamer, the Governor Cobb, was
commissioned in this training serv-
ice. A short time ago the old Army
transport Meade was brought up to
Boston from Newport News and will
be used as the mother ship of a
squadron that will shortly be in ac-
tive service turning out young men
for service on the vessels destined to
take troops and cargo across the
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The American Flag Again Fly Over Millions Of Tons Of Shipping

appointed director of the recruiting
service, with headquarters at Boston.
And no sooner had Mr.. Howard been
given his appointment than he set
about accomplishing actual results.
At Gloucester, Mass, a free school
of navigation was opened, and at
Cambridge, Mass, the Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology inaugurated a
free course in marine engineering.
Only seamen who desired to fit them
selevs for officers were admitted to
these courses. Whatever of fear may
have been felt as to the difficulty of
obtaining crews for Americas new
merchant marine vanished with the
establishment of these first two
schools. Not only were enroIments
so numerous that students could not
all be accommodated, but also the men
who took up the courses were so sue
cessful in obtaining certificates that
other schools were opened as soon
as possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-23
BOAT DRILL.

the nearest training port, where he is
examined by physician of the ship
ping board.
Each recruit isrrequired to pay his
own fare to Boston, but il he is re-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-21
U. S. WAR DECORATIONS
Four Honors Authorized by President fol-
Bravery, Service and Wounds

THE United States will award distinguish
l. ing insignia to it's heroes. The President
has authorized four decorations as a supple-
ment to the congressional medal of honor
already existent. These new honors will be
awarded for bravery. service and wounds
A War Department order designated them
"the distinguished service cross" dis
tinguished service medal" war service chew
rons' and wounds chevrons."
The distinguished service cross" will be
an appropriate design In bronze and a rib
bon to be worn in lieu thereof, to be awarded
for Extraordinary heroism under circum-
stances which do not justify awarding the
congressional medal
The distinguished service medal" will he
of bronze or a ribbon to be worn in lieu
thereof, for exceptionally meritorious serv-
ice in duty of great responsibility in time
OF war or In connection with military opera
tons
The war service chevrons' will be of gold
to be worn on the lower left sleeve. and will
be awarded to officers and enlisted men for
each six months service in the war zone.
The wounds chevron' will be the same as
the war service chevron" except that it will
be worn on the right sleeve and will be
awarded to men gassed or wounded SO badly
as TO need medical officers attention.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-21
Greenery i'm the Streets

! William Penn wanted Philadelphia, city
of his heart. IA greene countrie towne for
ever" 1t is still the city of the hearts of
all those who love its traditions and are
anxious and willing to perpetuate them. What
is the pruning of trees between lovers of
Philadelphia
We are sure both the Park Commission
which has charge of urban trees. on the
one hand, and the Society of Little Gardens
and the Civic Club. which a couple of years
ago combined in a laudable movement to
make the city streets more outrageous by
systematic tree planting, the other, are
equally loyal to the ideals of the Founder
The two women's organizations have
stopped their good work because, in their
opinion, the saplngs have been too closely
pruned by the commissions gardeners We
know pruning is an abstruse subject about
which the most eminent authorities dis
agree But there must be some happy me-
dium of using the shears between butchering
and shipping off an odd twig or So Why
can't the pruners and the ant-pruners bring
down expert from Harrisburg to say
whether the cut shall be made above the sec
ond bud or the third?
Philadelphia needs more trees.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-21
The Unstained Shield

AT the beginning of the year the German
Grown Prince issued his New Years greetings
to his army.
with unstained shield and sharp sword
he hohenzollerned, I'VE stand at the threshold
of new war year. ready to strike and to
win God with U.S."
To which Will Fl. ogilvie, Scottish poet.
made the following retort
Through crimson mists of war and hate
With Belgiums bleeding wounds unhealed
This devil-spawned degenerate
Holds to the world his "unstained shield :,
Unstained BY God. II his be clean.
The Austrian shield is FURNISHED bright
The Turks can show spotess sheen.
The Bulgar's mirror back the light
Unstained Save for the purple blot
That marks the blood of unarmed ma,
Women and babes, o damned spot
No years can make you clean again,
Unstained Save for the clinsinr r,s,
That makes its silver radiance dim
The looting and the ordered lust
That fouls its face from boss to rim:
The breath Of hate and cowardice
That lies upon II like cloud
Ana makes that tarnished shield of hi.
shameful thing that cries aloud.
What skies shall weight the vengine rod
what worlds the awful doom shall WELD
When this Grown Prince" gives back to Goa
In blaspheniy his "unstained shield,,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-21
THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENT

TT is not definitely certain that Berlin
L has sent General Gallwitz to the west
ern front to act as a special shock-absorber
on the American sector. but if so we are
deeply sensible of the compliment. 1t looks
as though there might be some American
troops there after all
General GallwitZ has had several pleas
ant junllets during the present war, par
ticularly into Serbia. 1t is to be hoped
that he will not find anything on the
American sector to mar his peace of mind
If Berlin has paid us the compliment of
detailing its leading field artillery expert
to learn the smell of American powder, we
ought to hope that he may, find the expe-
rience congenial
And by the way, there are plenty of Ger
man "Vons' in circulation without adding
another. AS far as we can learn from
'Wer lists" 0he Hun Who's Who) Call
witz has no claim to the iunker prefix He
is plain Max C. W. Gallwitz, born In Bres-
lau in 1852. His home address is, appro.
priately to our ears, Kaiserdamm 116,
Charlottenburg, in case any one should
want to write and congratulate him on the
new honors that have come his way.
General shake hands with our friend
Pershing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-21
MANY OF THEM, LANCASTER

yTyILL COUNTY. Illii ois, has yielded the
~ blue ribbon in the national county
fair, an unspectacular but convincing sta
tisttcal table in the census reports, to the
smiling and bounteous acres Of our own
Lancaster County as the richest, most pro-
ductive agricultural section in the United
States.
Lancaster city, to which Philadelphia is
proud to be linked, even with tolgate
pike, is currently celebrating its 200th
birthday. Now the capital of the county.
as well as its metropolis, this sturdy,
thriving burg once had the distinguished
honor Of being the temporary capital of
the United States, when the Continental
Congress had to abandon Independence
Hall for q time. Lancaster was the BIRTH
place Of Pennsylvania's only incumbent of
the White House, James Buchanan. ff.
teenth President, and Robert Fulton.
inventor Of the steamboat. General John
f. Reynolds. hero and martyr of Gettys.
burg. and Thaddeus Stevens were born
there. So was the Conestoga wagon, which
rumpled- along unblazed trails and helped
to make America America.
Distinctions many are Lancaster's, and
Philadslphia wishes its sister city many
happy returns Of the bicentennial.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-21
BROWN EYES AND EOULNOXES
" CHRTSTOPHER MORLEY

latitude and longitude made them unneces-
sary. They have fallen into disrepute. Dead
reckoning killed them"
And the procession of the equinoxes? she
asked, turning back to her magazine.
This poser but ! rallied stoutly.
Well" said, you see. there are two equi-
noxes n year. the yernal and the autumnal
They are well known by coal dealers. The
first one is when he delivers the coal and
the second is when he gets paid. Two of
them a year. YOU see. in the course of mill
lion years so, makes quite majestic
series. That is why they call 1t process
sion"
Titania looked al me and gradually her
face broke up into charming aurora bore
alis of laughter.
II don't believe you know any more about
the old things than do" she said
And the worst of it is, think she was
right.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-21
yesper Song for Commuters

instead of Marathon the commuter may
substitute the name of his favorite suburb.)
The stars are kind to Marathon,
How low, how close, they lean
They jostle one another
And do their best to please
Indeed. they are so neighborly
That in the twilight green
one reaches out to pick them
Behind the poplar trees.
The stars are kind to Marathon.
And one particular
Bright planet (which is 'espeD
Most lucid and serene,
Is waiting by the railway bridge.
The Good Commuters Ttar,
The Star of Wise Men coming home
on time, at 6:15!
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY.