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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-05
SECRETARY BAKER
 ISSUES HIS ANNUAL REPORT FOR PUBLIC
Question of Permanent Or ganization of Army De ferred Till After Close n o
 of Peace Conference

Washington, December 1.-The question of permanent organization of the army has been deferred for consideration after the close of the peace conference. sec retary Baker, in his annual report, maoe public tonight, says this course IS oe- termined upon since .the military neeos of the United States cannot be prldenty assessed until that conference shall have determined the future international re- lations of the world"
 For temporary purposes, however, MT. Baker announces that he will lay before Congress a plan of reorganization for the regular army, swhichMehall continue as the nucleus of any future military establishment"
 The secretary also indicates his inten- ton to press for perpetuation by law of the strong general staff organization built up during the war.
 FEW STRIKING ILLUSTRATIONS
 In sketching the building up of the war army, MT. Baker selects few strik- ing figures as illustrations of what each step meant and what has been accom- plished. On the day the armistice was signed, he declares more than 25 per cent of the entire male population of the country between the ages of IS and 3l was in the military service, the army having reached a total of 3664,00o men. more than 100000 of whom were in Flu rope. as compared with a strength of 189,674 in March, 1917, a week before war was declared.
 To illustrate the speed of this expan- sion, the report cites the fact that the British army in France had reached its high mark in the summer of 1917, three years after the beginning of the war, and that figure was slightly more than 100000 men" It took 19 months for the United States to reach the same strength there, but MT. Baker points out that during those years of battle, British man power had been heavily called upon to replace casualties, while for many months the flow of American troops all went to augment the force being assembled. To some extent this was offset, he adds, by the far greater transportation diff faculties of the American project
 36,000 DIE IN BATTLE
 Recapitulating the total American cas- uaIties, 236.10S men as already announced, Mir. Baker said. the deaths due to battle alone wereR 36,000 and that half of the wounded reported probably suffered slight injury" He adds that federal bat tie fatalities in the civil war totaled 11O,- 600; Japan lost 59,000 men in the Russo Japanese war and Germany lost S, 500 in the Franco-Prussian war.
 Speaking of the seIective service MT. Baker makes this observation. without discussing the question. of universal naili- tary training, soon to arise:
 -7SI that time (when his preceding
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-05
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CoRBETT

 police station and informed the officers.
 The patrolmen hurried to the scene Of conflict but just as they got within sight
 of the battle ground Skelly had whipped
 over the punches that caused Referee
 Carroll to give him the decision. Those who had wagered on Skelly were
 so delighted with the kids showing that
 they made up purse of $25 and gave 1t to Jack. The youngster, whose mother was violently opposed to fisticuffs. took
 the $25 home and gave it to his mother Ito save me from getting spanking
 for having disobeyed her antifight or derS."
 Victory in that first real fight of his lifetime gave considerable prominence to Skelly as ringman and created within him the ambition to rise to the heights in pugilism-
 (Another Skelly story will appear to- morrow)
 Total membership of the Brotherhood of Bookbinders Is almost 1e0oo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-05
Professional Baseball To
 Be Resumed in Big Leagues
 Next Season, Says Johnson
American League President Makes Positive Announce ment That Grand Old Game Will Once More Delight
 Fans-GeneraI March Favors Resumption of Play

Chicago December 4he positive announcement that pro- baseball would be resumed in the major leagues next season. sancon made by President Ban Johnson of the American league tonight.
 after he had received March that the de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-05
Inspection Completed

Knoxville, Tenn. December 4.-Maj Gen. William L. Sibe,t. director of tn, division of chemical warfare, today com pleted his inspection of plants at Kings port that have been working on soT ernment intuition contracts with yieN to. continuing their operation Aon peacs time basis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-05
COUGHS AND COLDS
 NEED ATTENTION
Dr.. Bells Pine Tar Honey
 brings speedy, easy relief

Pneumonia and tuberculosis often follow neglected colds and coughs. Don't neriect yours. Take Dr.. Bells Pine -Tar-Honey faithfully according to directions and be on the safe side. coughs protracted colds. grippe, bron- chitis Soon the shifting stops, breath ing becomes easier, the phiegm is ishes You feel like yourself again.
 Effective as it is. pr; Bells Pine-Tar- Honey is most economical. Try 1t. soc, soc and $1.20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-05

The moment you eat a tablet of Tapes Diapepsin all the. indigestion pain. dyspepsia misery, the sourness. gases 4ndS stomach acidity ends
 Pape's Diapepsin tablets cost little at my drug store but there is no surer or 1uicker stomach relief known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-05
UPSET STOMACH
! Iape's Diapepsin at once end' sourness, gases, Acidity,
 indigestion

Iyndirested food! Lumps of pain beiching gas. acids and sourness. When your stomach is all upset, here IS in- stant relief-No waiting!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-05
RAILROAD SCHEDULES

Corrected November 24, 1918 Arrival and departure of passenger trains, Birmingham: The following schedule figures published as tnforma. !. tion, are not guaranteed.
 BIRMINGHAM TERMINAL STATION
 Santhern RaiIxNax Sysfem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-05

Total membership of the Brotherhood of Bookbinders Is almost 16.0oo.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-21

Lawn moves ground and sharpened
Or experts. Allen Arms & Cycle Co.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-21
TRAVELETTE
THE TOWN or 8IOLO.
By NIKsAH.

~
nERCHED on the brink OF a preci-
l pice. hundreds Of feet above the
sea. a cluster OF tiny gray cottages
keep guard over a mountain way. II
can hardly be called a town, nor
even a village, but Mole, Ike the
eagles eyrie. that it seems to be IN
its location and IN its Indifference
to valley and sea, looks out and down
upon the blue Mediterranean and the
fertile sieilian valleys hundreds o.
feet below.
Below. BY the side OF the blue
Mediterranean, nestles the old town
of Taormina- The murmur OF its
hundreds Of voices miuEliug with the
sounds OF the sea. l,9ats upward 10
M0lo on its lofty and Oft cloud hidden
perch. Steep. rough steps out in the
rocky mouutaiuside lead upward to
the sun kissed village. Nearing the
top, the steps become sleeper and
the way rOugher-ths mountain ris-
ing like a wall before the beauty
lured traveller In the old DAYS Molo
was the mountain regions sole de-
fence against invaders and the path
was not meant 20 be smooth. The
pious peasant folk have strewn IL
with tiny shrines where the traveller
may rest and pray.
The cottages. extending along mar
row. crooked streets. are low and
gray. Many OF the rough thorough
fares are but a continuation OF the
mountain path, uneven steps heWn
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-21
Years Ago Today
From The Herald OF
ThiE Date 1904.


TIE reported sinking Of two Jap
1 anese ships in the Yellow sea has
put new heart in the Russian people,
ST. Petersburg dispatches. Toxic re-
ports that admiral Hosoya has found
a new unnamed landing place, and
that large bodies Of troops have been
put ashore in 8Iauchuria-
The western Federation Of Miners
executive committee has PUBLISHED
statement threatening a revolution II
further prosecution OF pIeslu1i-'
Ch1s Meyer occurs $3.50
The construction OF new steel
bridge over the RIO Granue near L-e
smelter viii begin next month, ac-
c0rdiue to perinteuuent or con-
structi0u Bosch, OF the Southern "a
cific railway. who VIII have chars e
Of the new railway bridge.
Final details Of the new proposed
union station were discussed al a
meeting OF heads of the lines repre-
scented in the union station at Hotel
sheldon this morning
Ludwig Klutz, Karl Grabowskl ana
Harold Scheerer. 81 Germany, prom
inent German metallurgists. stopped
in II Paso yesterday en- route 20
southern Arizona and northern Mex
leo. where they viii make mireralog-
zeal researches
The erection OF a convention han
and opera house was the absorbing
tonic discussed by the directors OK
the chamber Of commerce this after
noon
The high school commencement eS-
erclses were held In the Myar opera
house last night Prof g. P. Putnam
suDerfnfendent Of schools. rabbi Mar
I'm ZfelOnka and Rev. D. T. Collie oc-
cupled the stage. The - graduates
were Virou Booth, Lewis Lyles. Milda
BRYAN. Editha Connolly. Ellen Louise
Chase. Esther Darbyshire, ErdiE g.
bearing. Max Hugh Helm Mary III
len Newman. Lillian Theodore Pat
ers0n. Wiuifred Mae Roe, Milton
cicero Shedd, Lucille Smith and
Pauline claire Spriuz.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-21

shorJ-the best thing for il. under the
rcumstances-aud letting it grow in
again Cut il boxed, like the children
wear it. or off short like the boys, and
let 10 grow in again, meantime using
a good tonic and massaging the scalp
daily. You need q blood-maHug tonic,
probably. too, and as your health inn
proves your skin and your hair viii
improve also.
Don't use cocoa butter on the face;
it is too heavy for fine skin and might
easily con a sensitive comp leZion)
cause erup.ionS on the other parts
Of the body, il seems quite ell right.
Use a good Matchmaking cold cream
astringents and ice rubs-
Kate s. E-You need a good hair
tonic-send me q letter with a self
addressed stamped envelope and I wiz
send you a formula for an excellent
one.
Henrietta P.-Dampen the hair and
roll on kids that's the best way TO
make curls without injurinE the hair.
Frace-Use vaseliue for the eye
lashes. To keep the hair light, In the
squeeze the juice OF half a lemon, and
dry the hair in the sun This is a
good way TO bleach the hair and u
does not iniure IT,
Worried-Use cocoanut oil soap for
the hair. and II you cam have the
scalp massaged regularly every weeA
with the electric vibrator. This viii
do ic an immense amount OF good. Use
a hair tonic, TOO. and massage gently
each night with the finger tips
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-21
Daily Novelette,
HURRAH THE sUFFs.

A SHORT, thick, pudgy. fat man
a stopped at a little green house at
the foot Of a large green and brown
hill
Bang-Boomi he hammered on the
door. AS soon as the man OF the
house appeared, the stranger thrust n
card into the mans hand, exciaiminE
hurriedly as he did so.
Good evening. Here's my card
I'm Jake jumper. the famous child
namer-I charge s1.00 for naming
one child, $500 for two. $500 for
three and so on up. Last week sam
Stork called at the house below and ]
was called in by wireless. They were
twins, b'gosh-so I named them, Al
SAGE and Lorraine-beautifuI names
full OF war spirit Now / under
stand your name is Post, and I would
suggest naming your son, Newell
Newell Post. see2 Several days ago
I named the triplets of Alpha BETTE
the magnet ma gnate; they were three
boys, Ecks, wye and Zee and they
were the last in Alpha Bette house,
too. He was so pleased he gave me
a cut glass screw driver besides my
'Then there were the swattses. up
the street. [ named their son Watt
Watt Swat. And ] named their
next baby, a daughter. Jess swat.
'Oh, it's your soniulaw's child. Mr.
Post2 And his name is Ham3 Well,
Virginia-calI her Virginia Ham; or a
boy could be called Westphalia- I
guess OLDHAM, Virginia or west
phalia's father viii be proud OF her
or him.
i am very sorry. Mr.. Jumpen, but
nv sons child is already named. He
is a her and her name is Aline-Aline
Ham, Good day"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-21
A SPRING MEDICINE
That VIII Make You Feel Better. Look
Better, Ear and Sleep Better.

That VIII Make YOu Feel Better, Look
Better, Eat and Sleep Better.
IN view Of the fact that disease is
ever the same. a medicine like Hood s
Sarsaparilla. which has been success
ful for more than forty years I'm com
batting disease and preserving health.
IS a safe one 10 rely upon.
Hood g SarsaparIlla IS known every
Where as the standard blood purifier.
tonic and Vitalizer It's record is one
OF remarkable results. II has given
entire satisfaction in the treatment ri
Scrofula- eczema humOrs catarrh.
rheumatism, loss Of appetite. that
tired feeling ard general debility. and
IS taken as effectively at one time Of
year as another
There is nothing better as a prompt
general tonic for weak and rundown
men. women and children and old
people. inValids and cOuvale scents.
II is pleasant TO take, aids diees-
ton. and supplies the vital ORGANS
with the rich red blood essential 20
lealth-Adv
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-21
Oil Land Placed
On PubLic Auction Sale

Pawhuska. Okla. May 21-Three
hundred and twentv-oue qquarter sec
ticns OF Usage lands in this county,
representing $3.50 acres. are being
Offered at public auction for lease for
oil development The lands are seat
tered all over the county. and some
are contiguous 20 proven territory
There are one 600 barrel several 500
barrel, half a dozen 500 barrel. and a
dozen of 100 and over barrel wells In
the country, besides many smaller
ones A special train was run from
1IuskOEee- The sale IS being con-
Quoted by J. George Wright. superin-
teudenL Of The lsaEe aEslcr.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-21

ttOH. Uncle Wiggily- Uncle Wiggi
y ly.' cried a voice one day. as
the old rabbit gentleman was hop
ping through the woods. hi pink nose
twjukling and his red. white and blue
striped rheumatism crutch playing
tag with the dried leaves o. the for
est "Oh. Uncle Wiggily. Please wait
for me"
At first the old rabbit gentleman.
who had left his hollow stump bunga-
low 90 90 get his muskrat lady house
keeper. Nurse Jane Fuzzy WHY. a
cake Of soap for The washing, WASH
going 10 stop.
ut may be the skillery-s alli-
gator wanting TO dance fox trOt with
me-" said the bunny TO himself But
again he heard the voice. and it said.
ION, Uncle Wiggily. I'm ia such
trouble-"
Trouble, Ia. Then T must stop
and help, no matter who It is said
Uncle WiEgily TO himself. So he
stopped and turned around, and he
was glad 90 see that IL was SUSIE Lit
fetal, the sister 20 Sammie. and not
q bad ear-scratchins cat or tall
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-21
Beauty Chats
Answers To Inquiries.

A NNIOCS-First, OF ALL your hands
n need careful massage every night
with cold cream The skin is dry.
And after you have finished any work
that has kept the hands in water. OF
has gotten them dry and dusty. wash
them with warm water and soap and
apply cold cream. This, too. VIII do
your nails good
Now you can pinch. or gently press.
the ends of the fingers to make the
nails rounded, II they seem too fiat
over the tops; this viii improve their
shape somewhat Also. you must give
the nails a very good manicure AZ
least once a week. and every day push
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-21

from living rock. The cottages them
selves are Of stone. huge slabs OF
mountain granite. The walls are
often a foot or two in breadth-built
hundreds OF years ago to last through
the centuries, If not eternity. 1olo,
perched as IL is above the clouds, is
one Of the oldest towns IN Sicily. per-
haDs the most ancient Of all the
mountain villages.
Across the valleys and mountain
peaks, old Etua lifts her majestic
head. her furroWed face turned to-
ward the sea but MOlo, on the brink
Of her precfpice. Indifferent alike 70
valley and sea, stands over the noun
tain WaE-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-17

the middle OF the Firth Of Fourth and
some miles TO the eastward OF the
bridge. Presently, Us the German
ships came 10 rest. il was seen tha'
on every side OF them were their Brit
ish warders. Then the main body oi
the Grand Fleet made its way back
to the stations from which II had
started early in the morning.
\ dcscriu,ion Of the surrender will
not convey 10 III" mind any conccp-
Ition Of the scene. hut IL must he placed
ON permanent record. for II indicates
the dispositiOn OF hostil" fleets such
as never had been seen before. and
will in all likelihood never be seen
again. Operations were perfect hoth
in organization and execution. From
q purely spectacular point Of view the
pageant was robbed of some Of lis
splcndor by the low mist which blur
red all outlines and refused to yield to
the cold brilliance of the sunshine. but
the significance of the meeting and
tn" procession were MOT" Hip'i ''h'
than it's appearance.
Men in uniform watched the Ger
man ships come into view We'd one an
other in identifying them one by one,
sometimes with the aid of books and
silhoucttcs. but underneath the mo-
mcntary excitement of determining
whether this ship was the Hindcnburs
or the Derilingcr. there was deep sat
isfaction that the tedious task Of the
navy had been fulfilled.
AS the Queen Elizabeth steamed
along the lines she was cheercd again
and again by the men who crowded
the decks of the ships she led. The
day came TO Il peculiarly fitting close
An hour before noon the commander
in-chief issued the following signal
10 the fleet. II was received beyond
doubt by the Germans: THE German
flag will be hauled down at sunset to-
day. II will not be hoistcd again with
out permission"
The German ships were flying the
German naval flags at the main top
At four o'clock all hands on the Queen
Elizabeth were pipcd aft. They had
assembled and were waiting perhaps
for a speech. when suddenly the buglc
rang ont, Making sunset" instantly
all turned to the flag and saluted
The next minute cheers for tho
command"r-in-c chief were called iol
and given with deafening heartiness
Admiral Beatty acknowledged the tri-
butte with THANK YOU" adding, y
always told YOU they would have to
come out"
Then the ships company went back
TO their duties Meanwhile the Ger
mans in scvcnty-one ships which lay
out of sight in the mist had under
zone the modification of seeing then
flag hauled down, perhaps never 10 b'
hoistcd again.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-17
WHEN GERMANY WAS VICTOR.
The French Did Not Get Great Deal
of Considerati

The French Did Not Get a Great Deal
Of Consideration.
1t Is interesting in view of the peace
that may reduce the power Of Ger
many, to note the peace that Germany
imposed upon France in 1871. William
Stearns Davis. in THE Roots Of the
War" in the Century, says:
$50, by the final treaty. completed In
detail at Frankfort, May 10, 1871
France had to pay the enormous sum
OF s1,O00.00O 200 and see a German
army occupy her provinces until the
debt was paid. and was also forcioly
deprived Of 5000 square miles of terri
tory, with 100000 inhabitants. Vain
" some thirty-five deputies Of the
doomed lands protested before the
French national assembly against this
treaty which tore them away from
France. 'Alsace and Lorraine they
proclaimed, refuse to be alienated
with one voice the citizens OF their fire.
sides, the soldiers under arms. the for
mer by voting, the latter by fighting
proclaim to Germany and to the world
at large their immutable will to remain
French But nothing could be done
for them. France herself was helpless
England, Russia. Italy and Austria die
not stir. The treaty was ratified.
Thus ended the Franco-Prussiar
war; provoked by Bismarck for his ul'
terror ends and precipitated by the in
competent statesmen Of Napoleon iii
the Germans unconscious puppets. it
main consequences were threefold:
First. 1t certainly aided to haster
the unification Of the German nation
into the new empire. This, however
would have come to pass within few
years in any event.
Second. 1t weakened France, de-
throned her as first power in Europe.
and put Germany In her place.
Third. It gave the rulers OF tho
new Germany unbounded confidence ir
their military machine, and became
guiding precedent for the unscrupulou'
but successful use Of the same in war
provoked for aggrandizement
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-17
NEWSPAPERS AND THE WAR.
Weekly and Scmi-Weekly PubIiea
tions Suffered Most.

| The Republican publicity associa-
ton. through the president, Hon.
Jonathan Bourne. Jr.. has given out
the following statement from its
| Washington headquarters:
| NO other business has been hit
harder 10y the wal than the newspaper
business. particularly in the smaller
cities and country towns. The larger
| metropolitan iapcrs have probably
suffered least. During 1917 more than
1000 publications went out of bust
ness. After making allowances for
new papers started. II APPEARS that
there was a net loss OF e. dailics AMI
500 wccklies.
The mortality statistics for 1918
will probably show as great a loss for
the storage Of paper. the increasing
| cost of all kinds OF supplies, ana the
| higher wages. together with the heavy
call upon newspaper men for military
service. have been more severe this
year than last.
And one Of the serious features of
the situation is that the people OF the
country probably do not realize that
the most valuable portion of the press
has sustained the greater loss. Under
popular government the country press.
including not only country werklirs
but the smaller dailics. is the real
voice OF the people. Editors of larS"
| N hnN,s MI
| cannot have the close touch with the
people that Is Il necessary incident al
the life of the country editor Just as
Washington Is the poorest place in III"
country TO get in line on the political
thought OF the nation, so the big city
newspaper office is the poorest place
to get a correct picture Of national
thought, either political or otherwise.
The people OF the United States should
realize this. and should see To II that
whatever else happens the cOhnl"y
press shall be maintained.
Freedom OF speech and OF tn"
press is the first essential Of rcpub-
| lican form of government, for the rep
rcscntatives Of the people cannot
know the thoughts and aspirations
and desires of their constituents un-
less voiced through the mediumship
Of the local pSess to which they have we.
f6tce r1rner uTectft'- through che
publication OF communications, or In
directly through the editors inter-
pretntion of the views of his commun-
ity.
| THE country press. including the
smaller dailies. represents the produc-
| Ing element of our national life. The
large metropolitan press represents
the commercial factors. Just AZ pro-
duction is the first essential OF per-
manent prosperity. so the mainte-
nance of that portion of the press that
speaks for the producers is most I'M
portant
The metropolitan press has its
place in our national life and nobody
wishes il III. The fact remains how
ever, that the vital interests Of the ma
ton are most promptly and most
clearly represented and the thought
OF the people most freely and most
courageously voiced by the country
press. The people Of the country may
not see II now. but they will some day
realize that the large prepondernnce
of suspensions among the weekly
publications Is menace TO national
welfare"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-17
YORK, c! II. 1918

when Herr Plank entered tn, cu
early and asked me whether l
heard four shots that night. I answer
ed in the negative and he replied:
"'Yes, yes; we are here and we sit
like q mouse in a trap
Therefore / said every mouse that
is caught endeavors to escape from the
trap and also should try. He thought
nothing prevented this, but l should
leave at my own risk. This l did.
Through the German legation at
The Hague l received pass, by which
was able to steer for home. an under
taking in which brilliantly succeeded.
am now again in our Berlin, which
certainly has assumed another aspect
since our departure on October 20. Let
us all hope everything will be for the
best If one behaves sensibly and with
ripe deliberation."