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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
SIGGNALED FOR 56 HOURS

From the Great Lakes Bulletin
 It IS the eternal vigilance of the sailor oi our ships, his unflagging faithfulness to duty. his steadfastness to his detail his bound-to-win spirit that has made him the man to be counted on every time and all the time
 There was young man serving as signal man on a ship that had gone aground. With his waving flags he was talking the silent language of the ships calling for help. The lives of hundreds of men, the safety of his ship depended on him.
 For 56 hours of unbroken duty-seven ordinary working days-he remained at his post, scanning the sea and with un- erring skill handling his signals.
 And he was country boy-from okla- hcma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
.Ap.4IE1llM4A0n4lH
PALTRY SUM

From the New York Telegram
 English gentleman, A, irreproacha- ble character. educated, musical. re fined. affectionate, abstainer. good ap- pearance. Protestant. good permanent position. also f3000 cash. desires com panionship of lady of means, view above."-Melbourne Argus. Whatever were the eligible spinsters of old Bighty thinking of to allow such prize to emigrate to Naturalization don Punch What's fSoe0 cash to all eligible spinster who's worked three years in intuition factory?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
Interest Aroused
 In the Red Cross

MI OW that the Red Cross member & N ship campaign has been ex- tended Jefferson county should make fresh effort that will mean over the top.
 Birmingham has, it is believed, made better record than any other city in the south; certainly in the gulf division. But the allied armies should not be satisfied with less than an enrolment of fifty thousand. Last years enrolment for the county was forty-two thousand, which was sev- eral thousand above it's quota.
 As the annual membership fee is only one dollar it may be assumed that failure on the part of the people hereabouts to answer the Christmas call and buy a button has been due to oversight. NO lnSClCuClon IS more thoroughly esteemed than the Red Cross society, and few persons indeed can plead poverty as an excuse for not enrolling. An organized move ment is all that is needed to bring the desired result
 The voluntary system will be tried during the remainder of this week. Men and women who have not paid for 1919 membership are urged to remit dollar to the Red Cross office. Next week there will be another drive.
 Remember the slogan, Have heart and buy button"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
Question of Help for Stores

T think everyone in business has had a fine Christmas trade" said M. V. Joseph Tt was largely a case of be- ing able to properly take care of the customers. for all of the stores were snort Of their old help and dependent Tn many instances on new and un- trained clerks, and, therefore, the service was not up to the usual stand ard Yet. on the whole, I think the buyers realized that all of us were working with a handicap, and were disposed to be reasonable and willing to put up with some inconveniences. I thlnk, however that from now on, con- dltions will improve and that after a pit the trade can count on better ac- commodations from all departments"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
Chaplain En Route to Germany

A Christmas card sent from Bel giun. to member of The Age-Herald staff. waits greetings to his many Alabama friends from Rev. A. G. Moseley, an army chaplain, who says: 'I am now Germany bound, with the army or occupation, and have no in- formation or intimation as to how long it will be before I return to America. My more than six months over here. with 12 weeks of it at the front with the fighting Ninetleth di- Vlslon of Texas-Oklahomans, has been full of great experiences, and I am glad that I am here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
A pEDIGREED BIRD
Fro mthe Montreal Star.

 Bushrod was establishing pigeon coop of his own. emulating his neigh bor Bill Hite. In arranging the finan- cial promotion of this venture he went to his mother.
 Mother" he said. T want s5 to buy a pigeon
 Mother thought that rather high price for a pigeon. with common birds averaging 50 cents apiece
 But. mother" Bushrod said, earn estly, you don't understand This is a pedigreed pigeon. With it's pedi- gree it's cheap at s5."S
 Bushrod finally wheedled his mother out of the s and left to buy his blood ed bird. He returned with the pigeon and scrap of crumpled paper in his pocket.
 Mother" he said. this is the pedi- gree.
 On the crumpled scrap of paper was written:
 "Grandfather, unknown; grand mother. unknown; father. unknown; mother. Bill Hites pigeon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
ARKANSAS FRANKNEss

From the Monticello Advance.
 Fol Sale or Trade-One 5-passsnger auto. Electric starter and lights leather upholstered and fully equipped: good condition. Will trade fer COWS hogs, sheep. goats, chickens. Weoa Sr corn-any nything. It ain't much accoatf and l must get rid of it. Wfst haE you?-A. T. Wsrtk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
HANDING TT BACK

From the Chicago News.
 American tourists who are shaky as their French have often been embar- rassed by the voluble replies which their carefully studied phrases bring forth from French lips Just now the tables are frequently turned, and the Frenchman or woman is puzzled by the fluent American vernacular. An ex- ample:
 Yankee Trooper-Parlyv English. mademoiselle?
 French Maid-Yes. a vairl leettle.
 Yankee Trooper-Good work. Say could you put me wise where I could line up against some good eats in this burg?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
Engaged in Red Cross Work

While l have lived in Birmingham for quarter century, and know many of the people, said J D Kirkpatrick, vet. having retired from active busi- ness was not thrown intimately with quite number of my old friends, and, therefore, the part I have been privi- iesed 10 play in ~the Red Cross roll call recently has been most pleasant in that it has brought me into close touch not only with many of my old cronies, but with a whole bunch of splendid new fellows It has been rare experience, and I am mighty glad that the task was laid upon me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
BY MOTHER sHIPToN

From the New York Herald
 Some years ago there was consider able discussion over the prophecies of Mother Shipton made in the eighteenth century. Some regarded them as amaz- ingly true, while othere pooh-poohed them and argued that, like all prophe- cies, they ere only true in broad, general way, and constituted merely good guesswork. In this connection, however. it is of interest to quote four lines from a prophecy contained in Mother Shiptons book. which was made in ITO. Just how it fits the stirring events of this time the reader. can judge:
 When pictures look alive, with move-
 ments free, When ships like fishes swim below
 the sea,
 When men, outstripping birds; can
 SCOUT the sky. Then half this world deep-drenched
 in blood. will die."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
And the Flixver Rucked

Only by some hard sprinting was I able to celebrate Christmas Day in Birmingham.' said l.. D. Burnett, of the DeBardeleben Coal company. Mon day went out to Sipsey to pay off the miners and other employees at that place. Late in the afternon I engaged flivver to take me to Maxine, where l was to catch a train for the city Climbing hill short distance from Sipsey, the flivver bucked and despite the skill of the driver and my valu- able suggestions, it would not budge an inch. We then prevailed upon d passing farmer to hitch his horse to the machine. but both the combined power of the horse and the engine were not sufficient to negotiate inc hill with the flvver. Night was fast approaching and train time with i.. In answer to-my eager inquiry, the farm CT said is was just six miles through the woods and over the hill to the risht to Maxine My only chance was to catch the train at Maxine so I start ed afoot and hiked the six miles--the longest six miles I ever passed over arriving breathless and exhausted at Maxine just as the train pulled in"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
HARD ON JOHN

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 This is the contents of the telegram he recetved:
 Dear John: Come as soon as you e2A Am dying.-Kate."
 After long journey he arrived to be met by Kate herself
 Why what did you mean by wir- inr you were dying?' he asked.
 oh," she said T wanted to sa;s o..t l was dying to see you. but m ts words ran out and I had to stop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
HONEY ON BATTLEFIELD

From the New Y orlI " orlti. s38f
 Poplar Bluff, Mo.-Louis Knott, writ ing to his brother, Lee knott from France. tells of being out on a scouting when he heard a familiar sound, yet strange considering the surroundings. It was beehive full of working bees. He says he stopped. thought of all the good eats surrounded by the array of minia- -ture bayonets and then had happy idea He slipped on his ever handy gas mask and proceeded to the attack. In a. few moments he had 10 pounds of honey which furnished an unusual wartime and battlefield meal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Christmas Present From cover rhere..

Christmas Present From cover There'
 The finest Christmas present l ever received, came yesterday in the form of a letter from my son, Sergt Roland w; Winn, of the Rainbow division, the first have had since the armistice was signed. said W. H. Vim. of The Age-herald mechanical department
 The letter was written on Novem- Der 2S, the anniversary of the arrival in France of that famous division. My son writes of the royal welcome ex tended our troops by the people of northern France and Belgium and of the studied civiIity of the Luxembourg CTS He says that every one of the Alabamians in the Is7th is proud of the fact that their regiment was se- iected ss part of the army of occupa- lon None of them wanted to return without first putting foot on Hun soll."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
Ambition Realized

q have just realized the ambition or my life" said Brig. Gen. Virgil Evans. For years I have wanted to loop the loop in an airplane, and when was in Washington the other day, an aviator friend of mine took me up several thousand feet and when we got directiy over the magnificent capitol building, he began doing the loops. 1t was wonderful sensation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
Will Soon Re-enter Business

T was mustered out of the army about 10 days ago." said Powell Proc tor. wellknown flour salesman, "and while my old Job is open ard waiting for me. somehow I felt that after my strenuous duties I was enti- tied to rest. and so l have been talk ing it easy, but will get back into the game on the 18th. A fellow who never got to go overseas, who had to undergo the discipline and training in camp over here. gets. an experience that he will not soon forget"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
IN DETENsE OF KENTu cKIAN

From the Shelby Record
 It was reported last week that John J. Barry. editor of the New Haven Echo. was dead. The rumor got to Johr's attention and he immediately declared the statement is a lie" Knowing John as we do. we are sure there is no truth in the statement that went the rounds. and We are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26

BEGINNING THE DAY--O Lord, keep me in love with my world with the men I work with and walk with. with the circumstances that surround me, with the God who is over me. May my heart be in low ing, warm, intimate sympathy with the labor and the life of my time. For Jesus' sake. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
Why Public Depends
 On Associated Press

wv Es the supreme sst court of of the vor of the Associated Press against the International News Service to pre- vent the pirating of news a long step was taken toward legal protection of initiative and enterprise.
 The decision declares there is a property right in news matter which does not cease even after such news has been published. In other words, when the Associated Press, for in- stance, has spent several thousand dollars for correspondents and cable tolls to get story to it's members, the supreme court says that other so-called news associations have no right to take that story from early cations or from bulletin boards and put t oa their own wiro~
 Ths suit from ssart to finish has emphasized the acknowledged su- pef.ority of the Associated Press over any other newsgalno- body in the world. It is merely declaration by the highest court of what the public has long since recognized.
 All sorts of news is being sent out these days. There are numerous fly by-night news organizations and agencies which are sending out all kinds of matter, but it is the Asso- ciated Press that newspaper readers have learned to depend upon, because when they see Associated Press dis patches they know they are true.
 The Age-Herald receives the full day report of the Associated Press, has two leased Associated Press wires at night and is the only Sunday news paper in this section of Alabama which can publish Associated Press In other words The Age Herald carries Associated Press dis patches seven days in the week, cov- ering the twenty-four hours of the day.
 Every newspaper reader can recall fake stories of other strengthening organizations. But they look to The Age Herald for real facts. There is TO part of the world that is not cached by Associated Press wires and correspondents, and it has the ablest body of newspaper men ever assem- 'led watching the developments in Europe today.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
Member of the Associated Pres.

The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmlhsh iu carrying the Associated Press ols- patches.
 The Associated Press is excluslVsiy entitled to the use for publication cA all news dispatches credited to II or not otherwise credited in this papsr and also the local news pupisneo herein.
 All rights of republication Of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
|, 2o7 HiDps pulid'

Washington. bureau. 2o7 HiDns pulid- ing.
 European bureau, 6 Henrietta street. Covent Garden. London.
 Eastern business office. " o . building, New York city; western o1sl- ness office, Tribune building, Chicago The $. c. Beckwith Special ASensS' agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
sr T E New Encyclopedias Will Shortly Appear

TN years past standard endyclo-
 0 paedias needed revision only at long intervals. But with the rapid developmentlof science, the expansion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
* * * ocation of American Divisions in France

w WlTHIN the past two weeks
 w there has been an almost con- y uous stream of news regarding the location of various American units in France, news which has been eagerly sought, although impossible to secure until the signing of the armistice.
 Not the least interesting feature of these dispatches has been the an- nouncement that the Forty-second di- vision, which contains Alabama's own 167th, was at last reports on the west bank of the Rhine in the. Coblenz area.
 The Third army of occupation, com manded by Maj. Gen. John H. Hines, consists of nine divisions. These di- visions are distributed along the Rhine in the Coblenz area as follows:
 ns t1iri aeles r-nsisting of the
 qasnI. Ihlrsg second sad Fnst i, s1sionss havp crossed the Raine and ocsgps the ohianz atidg geiiesa ovea lu area embraced ia d .htY kiiometer radius, with Coblenz as the center. 4 French division is at Ems, in the same area.
 The Fourth corps, consisting of the Forty-second (Rainbow), Third and Fourth divisions, are on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Coblenz.
 The Seventh corps, consisting of the Eighty ninth, Ninetieth and Thirty third divisions, is also west of the Rhine and north of the Fourth corps.
 General Hines had decided to keep the men moving, so that the forces on the west bank of the Rhine would be moved back within about two weeks and the other divisions of the Third army would cross over to take their places. This arrangement was made apparently not only with the idea of keeping the men on the move and in fit condition, but also to give all the troops of the Third army of occupa- tion an opportunity to cross the his toric river.
 On Monday the war department in Washington announced the location of all divisions in France on November 28. Three of the divisions in which Alabamians are most interested, be- cause they contain so many men from this state, are the Thirty fifth, 1 Eighty-first and Eighty-second.
 The Thirty-fifth was at Leronyille. which is less than ten miles directly south of St. Mihiel. It was ready for the new offensive planned south of Metz.
 The Eighty-first was at Wassy, l about thirty miles southwest of Chau- mont, General Pershing's headouar- I ters. where President Wils,., spent yesterday. Chaumont is only fifteen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26

Let never day nor night unhallow'd pass, But still remember what the Lord hath done.
 Henry VI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26

Entered at the Birmlnenan, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter, un- : der act of Congress, March $, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26

Nearly six billion of currency and money is in circulation among the people, leach individuals share in this sum being approximately s56. But at this time of the year, when Christ mas has made the usual demands, many a good fellow is bit short of his share
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26

l have never seen such scattered business section. Stores are to be found in every residence section. Some marvels of well-kept esta blishments and some of the show windows would do credit to the Magic City, and you know we boast of our windows and window dressings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26

The old depot gave way to a mod ern station, which gives the town the air of being what it is. an up- to Ida te one in every respect Its paved streets. well-lit homes, stores and churches, it's water supply all set down Cullman as progressive city, filled with active men and forward looking women
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26

You think of Venice as a city of bridges. and London and Paris and Petrograd and other European metrop- olises are famed for their structures over the canals or rivers. but Gull man has got them all skinned on the bridge question, for four imposing ce- westside making almost two distinct towns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-26
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A heavy snow is not improbable, but it does not follow that sleighing will be in order. Only once in a great while do our snows lie long or deep upon the ground.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-04
NOV SHIP
TO SAIL THIS WEEK
New Style Vessel Will Ope[Ij
Defy Submarines.

Washington, March 4.-The nGn-
slnkable ship Lucia, loaded and re ~
TO take her chances withous M
against the German submarine.
pected in official circles to leave tie
port of New York this week
Her maiden trip, as a challenge OF
American ingenuity to German ruth
lessness now waits only the formal
report of the naval comm 'ssions ap-
pointed by Secretary Daniels. which
leaves Washington tonight Tor New
Ysrll to maxi an inspection of the
vessel tomOrT4w.
No drastic .csts OF the Lucia will he
made by this naval board, headed by
Rear Admiral 4. 2. WHITEWATER. The
navy will make merely it's own inspec-
ton Of the buoying apparatus, a null
tiplicity of alright boxes. Then the
vessel, according to shipping board of
fcials, will go out on the seas to
brave the U-boats.
She will so, not as other vessels
quit port. slipping away under close
censorship, but openly defiantly,
heralded as Yankee chip mot ship
on the shoulder of ne sea, seeking
the most hazardous test of her con.
tempt for the underwater wolves In
their onNIiTrrf tirLy,- 49, --z- - -
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-04
EAT BIG MEALS! NO
SOUR, ACID STOMACH,
INDIGESTION OR GAS
''Pape's Diapepsin" is quickest, sur
est Stomach relief nOWn-Try it!

Time it! Pape's Diapepsin will
sweeten a sour, gassy or out-of-order
stomach within five minutes.
If your meals don't fit comfortab-
ly, or what you eat lies like lump
of lead in your stomach, or if you
have heartburn, that is usually a
sign of acidity of the stomach.
Get from your pharmacist a fifty
cent case of Pape's Diapepsin ana
take dose just as soon as you can.
There viii be no sour risings, no
belching of undigested food mixed
with acid, no stomach gas or heart
burn, fullness or heavy feeling in
the stomach, nausea, facilitating
headaches or dizziness. This will all
go, and, besides, there will be no
sour food left over in the stomach
to poison your breath with nauseous
odors.
Pape's Diapepsin helps to neutra-
lie the excessive acid in the stom-
ach which is causing the food fer
mentation and preventing proper di.
gestion.
Relief in five minutes is waiting
for you at any drug store.
These large fifty-cent cases con-
tain enough "Pape's Diapepsin" to
usually keep the entire family free
from stomach acidity and its symp-
toms of Indigestion, dyspepsia, sour
ness, gases, heartburn, and head
ache, for many months. 1t belongs
in your home.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-04

-- Nearly tnfrrz1ts.
Wilkes Bari g, u a., March 4.-WhAt
loyalty tie sons CT immigrants main
tain toward the United States has no.
where been better evidenced than in
the little borough of Dupont, whose
population is composed CT miners and
their families.
When Frank Kelly, chairman of the
draft board having Dupont in its jur-
isdiction. completed his tabulations he
discovered that the first call for
troops applied to SIS Of the $50 men
between the ages of twenty-one and
thirty-one years and that of the num-
Der only seven had waited for the
boards call.
Of all the fifty-five, only eight were
natives of this country. Among the
volunteers, forty-eight in all, were
thirty-six Poles, six Italians, two Ger
mans, one Jew, two Austriens and one
American. One Of the number, John
Bcyarsky by name, was refused en-
listment three times in various cities
Of the east, but kept trying until he
was finally accepted in Detroit.
According to Mr.. Kelly's tabula-
tons. Dupont is seven-eigths foreign
speaking, a true immigrant town.
Everv element of its population Is rep
resented in the splendid record OF
volunteers, and practically every
branch of the service, both in the ar
my and navy, has a representative
from the little borough.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-04
ROOSEVELT DEAF
IN ONE EAR
Illness Leaves ex-President
With Handicap.

New York, March with the
sense of equilibrium destroyed for
months to come and permanently deaf
in his left ear, Theodore Roosevelt
will leave Roosevelt hospital today,
and later in the week will go to his
home at Oyster Bay
How serious the cclopeIs illness
has been became known for the first
tine wien the final bulletin on his
condition was issued by his physi-
ciars
TIE bI,'etin also revealed that the
v'~0rnus constitution Of the colonel
No H7v-" dosnitn his new bandi-
caps. 1t was revealed not long agc,
g.. tie : president i blind in one
e. r. resu't Of bcving bout with
a. army ozicsr, and it is recalled that
he vas shot in tie brecGt in 1912 al
wa'koa and suffered f~var and
har ships IN the jungies of Africa and
South America
Tie Co'2nel vii Eeep his speaking
de Is in II Inc Cd N"Ich %, and ais.
will fill oJi er engacem ntS.
L s understood that the physicians
have advised Colarel Roosevelt not 10
gCs icU,ata While speaking.
The cCinnePs PRESENT. Illness was
not Announced to the p bic until he
w2s about to be removed from Oyster
Pay to the Roosevelt hospital. At
that time the whole trouble was de-
olared 20 have been an abscess, but 1t
was soon announced the trouble was,
mere deep-rooted. The ear troub,
became known and operations of th9
most delicate nature were performedy