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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03

From the New York Times.
 TIT IS not always youth that won't
 be denied. One of the American wln- ~ ners of the Medal of the Legion oi Honor in France is a regular otiicer III his fifty-ninth year, and few months older than General Pershing The nero in this case is Brig.-Gen. Beaumont bo- naparte Buck, a Mississippian. Possibly when he was in the third class at west Point he hazed his present commander who entered the military academy two years after him. General Buck earneo the Medal of the Legion of Honor Dy lea ding the charge into Berzeylesee. Mos' of the officers of the attacking battahon had fallen under a terrible fire. The mo- ment was critical. Leadership was called for General Buck passed through A's line ran along the front of 1t 10 steaos and encourage the men, put himseiI a' their head. and gave the order' TOT ward!" Possibly he felt that an Alne'i- can officer in France whose miooie haiie r,.s Ronanarte could do nothing eise' .,,. ,,,, +o familiars and classmates was it known what the B. in ms signature stood for. It will be surprise 10 otners that if concealed Bonaparte. We fancy that all the general thought of was hving ,,r to inc traditions of the United States .r,,,v A battalion needed leading-damn the machine guns! Brig.-Gen Hamilton V r.wl;ns. white of hair and 60-odd, a,d the same thing at SanNJuan. and the spaniards shot him in the foot. An American general is, aftel all, only mature -sscond lieutenant when danger threatens and duty calls. It's all in the days fighting. The French general who ninned the coveted medal on Bucks breast must have been delighted with that middle name.
 When we come to look up General Bucks record we find he was ''only a regular.'' His opportunities for distinc- ton were few and illusive. From post to post and detail to detail he pursued his humdrum course cheerfully. He climbed slowly to a majority in 1908, al- ways in the infantry. Twice he was com mandant of cadets at lesser military schools in Missouri and Texas, deadly dull business; recruiting duty sometimes. not exciting; two years with the Massa- chusetts national guard. 1sl5-f7; appar- ently he went to France with the New England division in June, 1917.s and mighty glad of it! There was thrill
 now and then in three years in the Phil ippines, But little glory and no promo ton: and on the Mexlcsn border in 1914
 things did look promising. But the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03

From the Kansas City Star
 of riratical adventure, but none is
 S mora entertaining, more fraught with adventure than that of Bartholemy, the Portuguese.
 In those days when rich treasure ships sailed from the West Indies to Spain the sea .that skirts these islands was filled with men who defied all laws in search for wealth. Every ship that crossed for gold was armed and pre- pared for battle. Bartholemy, having money, purchased a little ship, hoisteo the black flag, and went into the pii ate business.
 He sailed out with a short crew and a vessel that carried only six small can non. Soon he sighted a large Spanish merchantmen, bound for home. It was armed as well as a man-o'-war of those days and was manned by big crew, but pirates expected to encounter trouble in capturing treasure ships and Bartnoi- emy ana ms crew Sdtlcu Ai6At eO"-%N V the Spanish ship.
 The Spanish captain ordered a broad- side, but instead of blowing the little pirate GU. of the water the Spanish gun ners missed the mark. The pirate crew boarded the merchantman, but the span ish sailors proved too many for them and the pirates tumbled over the siee and in ttei- little ship stood away from the big vessel.
 Bartholemy was not going to be thus easily discouraged in his endeayor to cap- ture the rich treasure, however, and he ordered his men to lie close to the rail and whenever a sailor appeared at porthole CT in the rigging of the big ship to pick him off with a bullet In tfis way the big ship was rendered helpless, for to move it must furl and unfurl its sails and none of it's crew dared to ven ture into the rigging.
 When the Spanish vessels forces hao been weaKened by the snipers the pirates again boarded it and after sharp fight captured the ship Bartholemy. with a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
Labor Day in Birmingham
 Periodically Observed

1H HE patriotic working men of
 N this district, like their com rades in many other parts of the country, observed Labor Day in the proper spirit. They devoted their strength and their energies to day of record production, instead of idling away their time in games and restivi- ties. They deserve the praise of their fellow citizens, not only for what they actually accomplished on Monday by the work of their hands and brains, and the donations they made to the Red Cross of the money they earned, but for setting a splendid example. They showed unmistakably that there are no slackers in their ranks, that they do not believe the whispers of the pro-German, "This is rich mans war and labor is being conscripted to further the ends of special interests" 1"
 The majority of Birmingham's labor ing men, and this is the south's largest industrial center, are we'll informed They know what is at stake in this war. They realize the weight of re- sponsibility that rests upon them and believe with President Wilson that they are as indispensable to victory over the Hun as the soldier who is fighting now in France.
 That is why miners toiled deep in the earth's surface to bring up more coal, why the wheels of industry in hundreds of plants, large and small, were kept turning. Knowing what our brave soldiers are enduring abroad, the sacrifices they are making for democracy and the liberty of all mankind, the thoughtful Ameri,an citizen has decided that the present is no time for holidays and merry-mak- ing on large scale.
 That is the way the working men of Birmingham felt about it, so they dedicated their services Monday to hu- manitv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
Tied Up Traffic

"It is curious how accidents happen" said Colman Blach. Yesterday a spick new name American Railway Express, turned the corner at Third avenue and Nineteenth street, going south, and ran into an open switch of the Birming- ham Railway, Light and Power com pany's track and stuck so fast that it was difficult to extricate it. Like every thing of the kind. it tied up traffic for bit and drew large crowd"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
PERFECTLY HARMLESS.

q understand you have been spendinl sometime among the mountaineers of thi state?"
 Yes" replied the literary person. " was in search of local color''
 You learned some things you didn' know before?''
 "Unquestionably. For instance, I dis covered that thin blue spiral of smok' curling upward in those regions does no always indicate a secret still Some times it ascends from an old lady'' pipe.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
AN EYE-OPENER

Atlantic.
 Some months ago I was talking to a Russian, who was saying what a harA time the working c.asses had. I said Tn snug way, Why, it must be very where things are so clean and the work people well cared for.''
 Mon Dieu!" he said, picture to yourself. madame. putting 9 piece of bacon into a can of beans every min month-eternity Ah, the desoiation of such work!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
THE SAME AT HEART.

I'm afraid wearing overalls and doing mems work is going to make great change in the women of this country,"' said the timorous person.
 "oh, don't be alarmed" replied the observant man. "It isn't uncommon to see farmerettes with wild flowers stuck in their hair dancing together during the noon lunch hour, while young women employed in intuition plants wear while off duty the costliest and most fashion, able apparel the market affords"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Force of Habit

Tt seemed funny just to sit around the house all day Sunday" said Leo Loeb, but that is just what I did. played with the kiddies awhile, read the papers and magazines and poked my nose in book, and then went down in the garage and oiled up the car just through force of habit but you bet l didn't use it. But after tea my wife and I and the children took long stroll and were surprised to find so many delightful walks in the neigh borhood of Lakeview"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
A TEXAS VIEW
rom the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
 senator Reed of Missouri is going to the battle front. We suppose if I.a- Toilette, Huddleston, Vardaman and Blease were to follow. the Kaiser would think that he was receiving re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
THE OLD. OLD SONG

By Charles Kingsley. When all the world is young, lad.
 And all the trees are green; And every goose 2 swan. lad.
 And every iass a queen; Then hey for boot and horse, hd.
 And round the world away; Young b,ocd must have its course, lad. And every dog his day.
 When all the world is old, lad.
 And all the trees are brown: And all the sport is stale, lad.
 And all the wheels run down; Creep home and tatye your place there.
 The spent and manned among: God grAcs you find one face there
 You loved when you were young.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
STILL, ITS WORTH TAKING.

T suppose that after one of those French villages has changed hands half dozen times there isn't much left of it." if it happens to be held finally by Britt ish or American troops, they don't even know how to pronounce that.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
ONLY A REGULAR

chance to get killed, or vindicate the paternal choice of a middle name for a bouncing boy, never came until the gen- eral reached the fair fields of France desecrated by the Boche. The generals home is in Dallas. Tex. They knew he woul4 make good"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03

of Mobile, and will, 1t is estimated, have a population of something like thirty-five thousand.
 Industrial editions are often noted chiefly for their bulk. But there is no padding in the Register. The story of Mobiles marvellous progress is presented convincingly and with out exaggeration. Every article is well written and geographically each section is clean and in all respects a model.
 No great newspaper in the south has ever printed handsomer or more complete trade edition than this which comes from the Register office.
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 Although Fonck has downed more Ger man planes than Guynemer had to his credit when killed, the latter is still the most famous of French "aces." Appar- ently hero has to die before he is accorded the full measure of his fame.
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 An American aviator, r years old, has just escaped from Germany and is on his way home. That boy would become highly indignant if meddlesome con- gressman should insinuate that he's too young to fight
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 Some of those l. w. w. conspirators sentenced to long terms by Judge Landis are poets who may or may not be able to persuade themselves that stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars cage.
 Persons who have been complaining of the heat should thank their lucky stars they are not suspended above vesuvius, which recently showed temperature at the base of the principal cone of HOO degrees
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 If Director McAdoo decides to purchase for a nominal price or commander sev- eral hundred private cars now standing idle, we expect to hear a few feeble moans from the erstwhile idle rich.
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 Won Hindenburg may still have confi- dence in himself, but does he really be- lieve the fatherland is standing as solidly behind the army as it did four years ago?
 "The earth is only front yard" says the Washington Times All the more rea- son why it shouldn't be made an ex- elusive playground for the Teuton.
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 Since butter is selling for $4.S5 a pound in Berlin, it would be a criminal waste to spread it on the kind of bread Ber- liners are getting.
 After reading President Wilson s elo- quent appeal, what patriotic workingman does not feel his brawny arms capable of greater things?
 Judging from some of the war pictures, the Y. M. c. A. worker doesn't follow any closer behind our soldiers than the camera man.
 We'd get precious little war news if we had to depend for information on official statements issued by the German war office.
 The old-fashioned young man who says he is not afraid of work is still offering his services in the Situations Wanted column.
 It probably wouldn't take much induce ment to make the Kaiser join King Fer dinand in one of his weeping spells.
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 Nikolai Lenine is reported to have been shot by a young Russian girl Is Russia to have her Charlotte Corday, too?
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 It would take many "gasless' Sun day to restore the lost prestige of old Dobbin,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
PATRIOTS.

The Jobsons did not take their car From the garage and journey far Down country roads and over hills Last Sunday and that knowledge fills Their simple hearts with joy. You see, They did their bit for liberty And though denied the rural scene And country airs, saved gasoline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
THEY'D BE HARD TO SKIN

From the Chicago News.
 If sharkskin makes good leather some thing ought to be oone toward utilizing the sharks who try to trade worthless stocks for Liberty Bonds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
Member of the Associated Press.

The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication or all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication of spe- cial dispatches herein are also re- served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
Railroad Men Must
 Keep Out of Politics

1T T used to be said that if the rail ll roads of this country were ever under government control the officials and employees would constitute vast political machine which would be used by politicians to perpetuate the party in power. The transportation service would suffer, it was con- tended, and politics would run riot.
 In the old days, before there had been any attempt at civil service re- form, the spells system was the rule. The postoffice and all the other de- partments of the government were filled by partisans of the adminlstra- tion, but it is very different now.
 The postoffice has been separated from politics and the work of handling the mails is conducted in business like way with the view of giving the
 
 public efficient service.
 And so it will be with the rail- roads. Director General McAdoo has Issued orders prohibiting officials and employees alike from participating in politics. The things railroad men are not permitted to do are laid down in black and white. They are not to hold any political office, serve cn campaign committees, solicit cam paign funds or attend party conven- Itions as delegates. Any violation of these orders will >be followed by im- mediate dismissal.
 Many men find the political game fascinating. Some men have a natural turn for it. They would rather take an active hand in politics, even though they are not candidates for office, than to engage in almost any other pursuit.
 In free country where the people elect those who bear office and have a voice in the formulation of govern mental policies, party organization is obviously necessary. It answers a high purpose. But government em- ployes should never be allowed to "mix up" in party management. There are enough men outside of the office holding class to look after politics.
 MT. McAdoo is to be commended for his prompt action in removing his army of railroad men from politics.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03

BEGINNING THE DAY-Before the heat and hurry of this dny I would borrow moments quiet with Thee, O God. Give me pa tience this day and the far vision. Give me strength and the desire to help. Give me to remember that there come other days, but that this days record can never be for gotten. In Christ's name. Amen. H. M. E. As
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
Mobile Registers
 Great Trade Edition

THE Mobile Registers seventy U eighth annual trade edition, is- sued last Sunday, marks splendid achievement. It is printed in three sections-two sections of sixteen pages each and one section of twenty pages. It is finely illustrated.
 Mobile has long been an important commercial city, but now it's business is so diversified that it includes ex- tensive industries and everything that goes to make city of metropolitan frank. Among outstanding features of the trade edition are the Warrior river barge line development and the |mammouth plant of the Chickasaw Shipbuilding company, subsidiary of the Tennessee company. The new
 town of Chickasaw is nearby suburb
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03

Washington bureau, POT Hibbs build ing.
 European bureau, 6 Henrietta street, Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, World build ing, New York city; western business office, Tribune building, Chicago. The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
BACK OF FORESIGHT.

Your father didn't seem particularly pleased when told him I wanted to marry you"
 Father doesn't realize that you are coming man, Henry"
 Evidently not If he had thought that would some day be in a position to keep him cooling his heels outside my private office. he would have treated me with more respect"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03

MORE TO THE POINT. dear"
 "Well?"
 You are not the first girl ever loved" That doesn't interest me particularly. What want to know is, do you think I'll be the last girl you'll eyer lover,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03

Some of those l. w. w. conspirators sentenced to long terms by Judge Landis are poets who may or may not be able to persuade themselves that stone walls do not prison make, nor iron bars a cage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03
A DAY OF REST.

A OAI Ot REST.
 Father didn't mind keeping the family flivver locked up in the garage all day Sunday"
 Patriotism, eh?'
 Partly that and partly selfishness, suspect Father found taking nap which lasted most of the afternoon consider ably less wearing on his, system than taking the family out for an airing and stopping about every 70 minutes to make repairs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03

Persons who have been complaining of they are not suspended above vesuvius, which recently showed temperature at the base of the principal cone of HOO degrees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03

confess that side with the ''newsies'' who used to make so much fun of the perfectly tailored Little Lor,; Fauntleroys who rode down in carriages and walked the streets with the indolea. air of boulevardieres. And always gloried in the spunk of any of the boys who had rative grit sufficient to break away from parental supervision and run with the gang" after they had proved their right by taking and administering lickings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-03

One cause of the softness of so many of our young men when this war broke
 out was that they had not been compelled to go through any drill, but were per mitted to take athletics in half hearted manner. I reckon some of the reform.
 CTS who howled against the playing of
 baseball and football at our colleges will sing a hlt low in the future. It was the
 Americans love for these two manly
 games which fitted thousands of youths
 to endure the test of the training camps,
 Just as it was days spent in the woods
 and fields with dog and gun which have
 made our American soldiers along with
 the. Australians and the Canadians the best in the world. Every man, yes, and
 woman, too, ought to know how to handle fire arms. I'll bet that Alabama boy who brought down an airplane had often strained his trusty rifle by shooting a
 squirrel gut of some, high tree on the creek or ia the mountains.
 The Kind Of hobby I am talking of Is thousand miles removed from "blus china collector. If you haven't yet got one. be sure and ge, one that will traii your eyes, lus spring in your step, brace your back, expand your lungs and cleal your brain of cobwebs. The cry today is for men whs are physically fit to do a days work without white cycling" Car you qualify? If not, and you can't taks up golfnS, fishing or hunting. just grat Ia hoe, and. believe me. 1t will be sufficient if you stick to it to give you the acio tss' of endurance. have tried 1t.
The border vidette., 1918-11-16
THE PEACE CELEBRATION.

Never in the history of No.
gales has there been such cele-
bration as The Peace Celebra
ton last Monday
The authorities on both sides
of the international line took
off the lid" and every body had
the time of their life celebrating
the greatest event of all time
the end of the World War.
Soldiers and civilians We'd
with one another in making the
celebration a great big success.
There was absolutely no dis
order of any kind. Everybody
was happy. Everybody show
ed it.
Hundreds of citizens from
throughout the county came to
town to participate in the good
time and hotels were crowded
with merrymakers.
From early morning until late
at night, there was music galore.
The celebration ended with the
burning of the eX Kaiser on
Cavalry Hill. near Mayor Bow
mans home.
The big military civic parade
in the afternoon, thanks to Col.
Carahan, commanding officer of
without a doubt, the best ever
witnessed in Nogales. Every
body joined the procession. All
had a fine time.
Nogales did herself proud.
The border vidette., 1918-11-16

For the purpose of dedicating
a splendid banner, just received,
The Fraternal Aid Union, Lodge
No. 113, will hold special meet
ing on Sunday, November Oath,
at 10 o'clock a. m, at Masonic
Hall. All members of the order
aud friends are invited.
Miss Maurine Glore, charming
daughter of H. Gordon Glore,
the we'll known civil engineer,
of this city. has arrived from
Los Angeles to enjoy a visit
with her father, who il superin-
tending the erection OF the hand
some Vile de Paris store and
Office building corner of Morley
avenue and International street.
The border vidette., 1918-11-16

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and for years it was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors pre-
scribed local remedies. and by constant
ly falling to cure with local treatment.
pronounced it incurable. Catarrh is q
local disease, greatly influenced by con-
Stitutional conditions and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by +. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is constt-
tutional remedy, is taken internally
and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces of the System. One Hundred
Dollars reward is offered for any case
that Halls Catarrh Cure fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
F.. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The border vidette., 1918-11-16
THE MAYORS THANKS.
Colonel Earl g. Canadian,
Commanding Officer


Commanding Officer
Nogales Sub District,
Nogales, Arizona.
My Dear Colonel Carnahan:
Permit me, on my own behalf
and that Of the residents of No.
gales, to express to you the pro-
found gratitude which we all
feel for your unfailing kindness
in providing for Nogales the
greater and more interesting
part of the most historic cele-
bration that has ever occurred
here. You let US have the 25th
Infantry band at 2 o'clock in the
morning and again in tie after
noon and evening that same
splendid organization of must
clans. You also provided mil
itary parade that will go down
in the annals Of Nogales as the
most magnificent ever held here.
In every respect you were most
responsive to our repeated re-
quests for aid and without you
and the gallant officers and men
of your command the transcen-
dent event we were all celebrat-
ing would not adequately have
been observed.
Please accept for yourself and
your command my sincerest
thanks and congratulations.
Very sincerely yours,
WRIT G. BOWMAN,
Mayor of Nogales.