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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-24
Hoover Names Agents to Direct Rati0ning
 of European Countries

Paris. December 2S-Herbert c. Hoover, the food administrator, announced today that he had appointed Colonel Wood. of the United States army, to be director of relief for Serbia and Jugo- Slavia on behalf of the United States food adminis tration.
 Colonel Wood, together with a staff of six officers, will leave at once for Bel grade and other points in the territory under his juridiction The allied coun- tries will send representatives to parti- cipate in the work.
 Colonel Mcintosh of the United States army, will leave immediately for Triest to take charge of the supply base. lie will cooperate with Colonel Wood and the allied representatives in charge of the distribution in Serbia, Herzegovina and Montenegro.
 The food administration is also dis patching a mission to Poland. composed of Colonel Grove, of the American army; Dr. Vernon c. Kellogg, former director of the commission for the relief of Bel eium. and Hugh Gibson, former first secretary of the American embassy in London. Missions to this region also are being dispatched by the British and French governments. Additional missions are being organized for Rumania
 Relief measures in Belgium and in northern France are being rapidly ex- banded to offer shelter and clothing The work is being done throughout the mission for relief in Belgium under the direction of w. B. Poland and with the of the American army and navy and the British and French armies,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-24
Prof. Milukoff in Paris to
 Enlist Allied Interest

Paris. Saturday, December 22-(By the Associated Press.-Prof Paul Milu- koff, leader of the Russian constitution |al democrats, and foreign minister in the cabinet of Premier Lvoff, which was formed after the overthrow of the imperial dynasty. has arrived in Paris with Nicholas Schebeko, former Russian ambassador at Vienna, and four other Russians representing the various po- Heal parties exclusive of the bolshe- wiki and the extreme left of the social The Russian leaders say they have come here for the pur- pose of interesting the entente powers in the restoration of order in Russia so that a government may be formed which will reunite Russia and win rec ognition from the world powers.
 The attitude of the entente powers toward Russia in the peace conference so far seems wholly undefined. The American delegates say they do not know whether Russia will be allowed representation at the congress. Pro- lessor Milukoff said the members of the mission and the Russian mbassadors were hopeful that Russia would be granted a voice, but that they were without definite information.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-24
CorbeH's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CoRBETr

1 championship possibility. And then came | the conflict which called hundreds of | thousands of youngsters into the army. l Deprived of the usual pleasures that came to youths in peace times, the boys | in the English army turned to boxing. Under competent teachers they learned ! the tricks of the game. Quickly they became proficient, and with the end of the war there were thousands of boys in the English army who were really re- markable boxers. Some of them may rise to championship heights at no dis tant date
 The international boxing tournament, recently staged in London, is the best tipoff in the world of Englands come back in pugilstic way The very fact that Briton named Wiring of the Brit ish army, defeated Harry Greb of the United States navy is a glowing tribute to the prowess of this unknown Briton. Greb, for more than two years, stood
 out among the best middleweght bat tiers in this country, and Wring's vic tory shows the real class of this here- tofore unknown British warrior. Ritchie Mitchell, once the American lightweight champion, was considered certain winner in his bout with John Miller-but Miller, who knew little about boxing until a year ago, had no trou-
 ble in scoring over the former American title holder. Joe Lynch, an American, was sent down to defeat by Jimmy Wilde and there were many other upsets of the same kind; upsets with Americans at
 the bottom.
 The United States sent to England as contestants in that tournament, some Of the very best men who were in it's mill tary and naval service. It figured il would have a walkaway-but England scored the victory. And. although this is a big setback to Americans it must be construed by every sportsman as really welcome news.
 Boxing has been stagnant in England
 for years There has been no real inter-
 national competition. Now that England
 has performed a comeback in boxing way, the chances are that big revival
 of the sport will mean many interna-
 tional conflicts in the years to come
 And that is a consummation devoutly to
 be wished for by every lover of box
 ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-24
BAVARIAN LEADERS
 ISSU E ULTIMATUM
 TO GERMAN RULERS

Munich, Friday, December 20--(By the Associated Press.)--So chaotic have conditions become during the past week or two that three of the leading parties have combined, for the first time in years, to issue what amounts to an ultimatum to the Ba- varian government. The Bavarian peoples party, the German peoples party and the Munich branch of the liberal party have signed the appeal. The socialist party did not sign the ultimatum, which reads:
 Recent occurrences, those of the last few days. leave no doubt that we are facing danger from anarchy. The press is threatened, freedom of assembly exists no longer and the bal lot is at stake. Will the national as- sembly. if it is ever chosen. be able to count on meeting? Has the gov ernment no will to rule or no power? !?
 Your own party, a majority of the members of which are soldiers spared from death during the war wants a rule of terror by unrestrained rowdies as little as we. But the power and strength of order is crippled if the governments will to rule ceases Does the government want order, or does it want anarchy? We direct these ques- tions openly to the provisional gov- ernment, especially to the present minister. President Eisner. We ex- pect and demand a definite and une- quivocal answer; not only in words, but in action. with comprehensive and aggressive acts that will brook no de- lay.
 Should this answer not be given, we will know. and all Bavaria will know. that neither from the present government nor from the assembly to be elected under it's responsibility, is there anything else to be expected than steady degeneration into the bolshev- ist abyss"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-24
COLUMBUS, MISS.

Columbus, Miss, December 23-(Spe- cial )-Mr. and Mrs. s. T. Sparks re- gently celebrated their golden wedding at their country home in the Dunbar neigh borhood, the celebration having taken place in the same house in which the couple were welded 50 years ago, and in which Mrs. Sparks, who before her marriage was Miss Lucy Weaver, was born. J. H. Sparks, the only son of MT. and Mrs. Sparks, and his wife make their home with their parents and were natur- ally present, the only regrettable feature being that the daughters of the couple bration. rhe wedding cake was cut by Mrs. Sparks, who, despite the fact that she is T years old, is still hale and hearty, while her husband, who is of similar age, also is in good health. Among the relatives who attended the celebration were MT. and Mrs. E. B. Weaver, Mrs. Sue Stinson, MT. and Mrs Robert Elliott, Smith Weaver.
 w. G. Webb, who for number of years past had been street commission CT of the city of Columbus, died at his home, 609 South Third avenue, Friday morning, his death having resulted from organic heart disease. MT. Webb was 6s years old and was one of the city s best known and most highly esteemed citizens. He Is survived by his widow, son, F. B. Webb. and a daughter, Miss Tillie Webb. Interment took place at Beersheba cemetery at Il o'clock Satur- day morning. funeral services having been conducted by Rev. R. Excell Fry, pastor of the First Presbyterian church.
 The body of Mrs Marie Gunter Robert son, wife of T. H. Robertson, who died in Birmingham Friday from pneumonia, which followed an attack of Spanish in- fluenza. was brought here for interment. funeral services having taken place at the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. R. J. Gunter, Saturday afternoon. con- ducted by Rev. w. l.. Duren. presiding elder of the Columbus district of the north Mississippi Methodist conference Mrs. Robertson, who was 23 years old, was the daughter of R. J. Gunter, who for F years was circuit clerk of Lowndes county She is survived by her husband, her parents. brother and three sis ters.
 Rev. J. H. Felts, who at the recent meeting of the executive committee of the north Mississippi Methodist confer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-24

Washington, December 2S.-(Special) How Americans fought Is a glorious but nevertheless an old story. In what numbers they died is not as yet real ized.
 RepT esentative Royal c. Johnson Of South Dakota, who quit Congress last January and became a lieu.snant, has, after recovery from wounds, resumed his seat He was struck down while leading unit of the 315th (Maryland) infantry endeavoring to take Mont faucon
 Tc the representative of The Age Herald. Mir. Johnson spoke of the losses of that regiment, and declared such losses no greater than those sus- tained by ether American ,ts, perhaps not so great as those sustained oy the Four tn Alabama, and certain Iowa reg :ments.
 "Of 50 officers of our unit" said MT. Johnson, "45 were casualties in that single undertaking. We lost our three majors. two killed and the other seri cusiy wounded The company in which I served emerged from the battle with ~ ihch @S " iAihSSiSo IT 'hS beginning 240. The others were killed or wounded. There was report that less than 1000 or $500 electives were left arh3Ieh I have not verified this repert--which could not under any cir- cumstances be far wrong.
 Such losses as these were sustained in straight fighting, principally going up against the machine guns and artii- lery of the Germans. The Americans never hesitated in such enterprises and for that reason their losses will be proved to be greater than those of any other nation engaged-on percentage basis, naturally"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-24
Pershing in Rhineland

American Army of Occupation, Satur- day, December 31.-(By the Associated Press )-Gen. John J. Pershing made his first visit to the Rhineland today He arrived in private car which was parked at the edge of a town. It is doubtful if one percentage of inhabl- tants of the place knew that the com mander in chief of the American forces was in their midst. With the excep- tion of General Dickman. commander of the army of occupation, not even the officers at the headquarters of the Third army were aware of General Pershing's presence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-24

lutely no difference in the comparative strength of the contesting elevens and only the hectic struggle itself will suf- fee to prove superiority one way or the other. Both teams trimmed the Central High by a margin of one touchdown and both teams for weeks past have been accusing their rivals of being afraid to enter the game.
 There was considerable squabbling be- tween the two coaches before the game was finally arranged, but now that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-24
Austrian Ships to Be Used

Paris, December 23.-CBy the Associated Press.l-Italy will act as trustee of 5Oo,- coo tons of Austrian shipping now in Ital- ian ports and distribute it for use exclu- sively for war supply and transportation none to be used for commercial traffic This agreement was reached today at meeting of the allied maritime council
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-24

ence was appointed by Bishop Kilgore to the pastorate of the First Methodist church in this city to fill the vacancy caused by Rev. S. l.. Pope, who several months ago went to France to engage in r. M c. A. work. and who has been ill with influenza at Holly Springs, where he has resided for several years. is con- valescent and expects to assume his local duties on Sunday, December B. MT. Felts is generally recognized as one ot the ablest divines in the north Missis- sippi conference, and he and his family will receive a most cordial welcome to Columbus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-24

everything is all "set' and the festive day has at last arrived, the younger generation of gridiron fans and some of their older brothers, too. are all agos over the big event.
 Coach Red" Harris of Bessemer, as yet hasn't announced his lineup, but the Ensley boys will probably play as follows:
 Davis, left end; Hofer left tackle; Kyle, left guard Scholl, center Men denhall. right guard, Wilcox, right tackle; Candy, right end; Walker (cap- tain), quarter; fTidmore. left half; Rosen- field, right half; English, full.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-24
Checking Up German Thefts

Paris, December 2s- -qavas.)-The French commission charged with the in- ventory of German thefts in northern France and Belgium, left Paris today for Spa, Belgium, the headquarters of the various armistice delegations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-24
OPPOSE SINKING
 OF GERMAN VESSELS

Washington, December 23.-(Specia1) Against what is purported by cable dispatches to be an agreement entered into by President Wilson and allied statesmen to sink the surrendered Ger man fleet into the depths of the sea and thus obviate danger of a quarrel incident to its division among the corr querers, the Washington Post cries out this morning.
 In addition, several senators nave delivered orations against wanton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-24
Bessemer and Ensley To
 Fight For State Prep Title
Local Football Teams Meet at Redwood Decide High School Championship of Alabama-Game
 Called at 2:3O

The Ensley football bat these gdron title will horns what be the vees chakn between the of Rick
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-24

Colds Cause Grip and Influenza LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE Tablets remove the cause. There Is only one "Bromo Quinine." E. w. GROVES signature on the box. soc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-24

meeting of the executive committee of
 the north Mississippi Methodist confer
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-17
WAS NEW "FLOORWALK KER"
Berlin Thief Then Walked or with
st5O ONCrCont,

War conditions create many oppor.
tuniiles for crime which dld not oSlst
hitherto. For example. tho great de
partment stores have frequently 10
take on new help 10 supply the places
OF men called into tho army An
cnterprlslng thief saw his opport Oh
ity In this state OF things and re-
solved To execute particularly cool
ann daring robbery Entering a
store at the busiest hour of the day.
he managed to lay aside overcoat and
hat. and then moved about the floor
In the role OF an employe OF the
firm Going up to n clerk who had
charge Of tho biE show window. he
introduced himself rs tho new noor-
walker and asked him to hand out
heavy fur overcoat worth $3.50. AS
II was to be put back into stock and
another substituted for IT, with hts
booty In hand hn disappeared lie
has not come back yet but de.
scriptlon of him Is IN the Berlin
papers.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-17

factory January and has lust or.
rived Cars are also driven from
Sew York to purchasers ia other
cities
Bucks are driving In grours of
five. with a captain fpr each group,
at the rate uf twenty cars a day.
They make 20 to 30 m y p Whom
u is possible some arc shipped TO
Bhfralo by boat and by ral from
there. The New YORK branch hA.
u srOrrhoure a. port Huron FOR its
own uso and 20 relieve factory con
RcHtion. The company believes the
driye actually Improves the cars. as
Their first work IL thu, always al
the hands of skilled men. The REQ
agency has men constantly on the
lookout for possible rail shipments
tut expect tu drive ~ soon AH the
roads Improve Thcy also have =
warehouse 80 pWaNs0. 90 miles from
iInsing. whore conslFnments from
tho factory are stored unul they can
ho delivered
The road from Detroit to PITTS.
hutgh Is none too good The SEQ
ton between Toledo and NorwRlk
n the worst badly ruttcd and
muddy From rittsburEh the LIN
coln highway Is Followed most OF
the way. Even that h getting cut
~ "a good deal
Tho route from Detroit by CIeNc.
land snd Buffalo ~ longer. but east
OF liufhlu the. road In better and
the large towns along the entire
distance are always available In
taao OF trouble.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-17
AUTOMOBILE LAW.
By JUDGE WILSON r. GAY

the burden OF correct Judgment In
determining what would be "a dan
serous rate ~ speed under the CIR
cumstances In which no Is placed.
Under such laws. courts seek 70 de-
tSrmine what would be reasonable
and universally hold that In crowd
Cd thorofnres, or In thickly settled
districts, that the motOrist must
tCavei Bt less rate or speed than
upon country roads or districts but
spar sely inhabited. other states and
cities prohibit the driving at speeds
beyond certain ma aEimum per hour
ana these laws nre not all uniform.
Frequently small villages and towns
have penal ordinances prohibiting
the driving beyond o very low rate
~ speed such as elRht Rni ten
mll.s per hour, while larger places
have from - to 20 miles per hour
fiNed as the miXimum rate " spc"t.
whatever the Law may be, II Ia well
to bear In mlnd that It the motorist
drives beyond tho rate OF speed pre-
SCribed by law and an accident uc-
ours and there are injuries to an
other and the ratio OF speed could o.
might onter into II that the mere
proof Of the excessive rato OF speed
II sufficlpt In law to cast the bur
ucn OF PROOF upon MN ucNdnNf lit
courts hold that a violation Of such
statute ~ In aud OF Itself negligence,
uufficient TO sustain n recovery.
Bearing In mind these drastic rules
Of law, the prudent motorist Will
take little time TO flntillarile hir'-
self with tho laws ot the state I'm
which he motors and the ordinances
of the cities through which he trav-
els In this respect 1t might be man
toned that most towns and cities
have posted signs aud notices, Civ
Ing warnings as to tho rate ot npeed
and vhero this Is dono II would be
haIZardous tn not obey such warn
irgs Where such warnings are NOT
uheyed and an accident occurs, un-
der tho penal statutes Lar Niola o.
ton OF the ordinance there Is or
dlnnrily no adequate defense and
the Nolator Of the ordinance is US
ually fined and In some cases put
to severe annoyance und made TO
suffer fot what seems to him triu-
ing offenses. After all experience
has shown that some law Of this ma
thre IL absolutely essential FOR tho
protection OF society
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-17
0ILING SYSTEMS
NOW REFINED
This Important Part OF tho Auto
mobile is Now Receiving
Attention.

A good example or how automo-
bile mechanism IL gradually belne
refined is furnished by the enEine
lubricating system. We started out
with tho oil cup on the crankcasn,
borrowed from stationary practice,
and with the variable lever splash
system, but arrived within rela-
lively short time at the constant
level or circulating splash system.
This served satisfactorily for many
years, until the maker OF an engine
OF special design. which by reason
OF lis unconventional features con
sumes considerable oil. introduced
the plain OF raising tho oil level as
the load on tho engine increased
and lowering Il with decreasing
load. He has since found a numh her
OF followers among manufacturer
OF conventional engines.
In engine fabrication the best
practice, OF course, Is TO furnish
Just enough oil 10 the bearing sur
faces to maintain an oil film be-
tween them nj all times, but no
more. Any excess supply OF oil not
only results In waste OF the lubri-
cant. but also In smoky exhaus'
and In carbonized cylinders At light
loads. when the pressures between
the bearing surfaces arc small,
there II little danger OF tho oil film
breaking down. even II the feed ~
oil 10 the bearing is slow. on the
other hand. when the engine Is
working under substantially full
load. the great heat produced tends
to reduce the viscosity OF the oil.
and as at the same time the pres
sure on the oil film II greatly In
creased the film is apt to break
down, unless II ls constantly re.
newed. With constant level lub-
rication the level and the size OF
splashers must be determined TO
meet maximum load requirements
with the result that at light loads
the engine tends to SCOT up and
smoke, These difficulties can be
obriated by varying the oil level
with tho engine load.
Increased engine speeds and the
corresponding rise In bearing pres
sures have led 10 more general
use OF force-feed fabrication. The
pressure on the oil IL produced by
a rear pump. but ordinarily II T.
maintained constant by relief
valve irrespective OF the load on the
engine. With constant pressure on
the oil the tendency will be TO feed
at the same rate regardless OF the
load, and this Involves the same dis
advantages as the Constant.levei
splash system, One manufacturer
has improved upon this constant
pressure force-teed system by pr6.
vidins bypass valve IN the oil
feed line. controlled bv the suction
In tho intake manifold and so ar
ranged that when the suction cr
ceeds certain amount (nearly
closed thro,tlel the pressure {. re.
lleved and oil Is red TO the bear.ngs
bv graNiy or,v. This, therefore.
constitutes a two-stage oinns s,s
TEN. employing pressure for the
normal range OF engine operation
and gravity for idlinE.
u would seem simple matter 10
provide FOR gradual variation OF the
pressure on the oil with variation
OF engine load The o.! pressure "
course. Is determined by the set
uing of the relief valve This Is
spring-loaded valve and It's spring
pressure can he varied by connec,
ton with the throttle.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-17
4 BndRe OF Hnnnr

A Liberty loan button IL badge
OF honor. RlEhuully obtained il
marks the wArer IS one who has
performed a distinct. definite ser.
vice 20 the country Not All can
fight. not all can work directly for
the government; but In buying a
Liberty loan bond. or war savings
stamp every American renders a
service TO the nation IL has been
put within the reach and power or
every citizen 10 aid tho United
states financially: Il is poor
American who wiihholds support
from The government from our
soldiers AMI sailors fronting death
on haulefields and oceans iron
crosses 70 German soldiers. and dia-
mond orders exchanged uetWeen
Turkish ard German sOvereiEns may
be nut the honors Of atrocity. But
. Liberty loan button. simple as Il
Is, slgnhies a patriotic duty done
and is an insignia OF honor,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-17
new DRIVEWAYS
NOW TO THE EAST
Cars Sent by Express Tnhc Longer
Time Thnn Normal lI,lgmt
Shipment

The embargo plac,d upob the
handling OF motor cars by the rail
roads early in January has been 80
far modified that permits may now
he obtained thru the freight tnfflc
commission for Il limited numlcr %,
car loads when and II freight cnrs
are available The dealer, are tnk-
ing advantage OF this privilege when
they can and shipping their cars
a. least part ~ the way Permits
frequently arc granted ~ far u,
kenark, a. j, or rouRhkecpsic. y.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-17

ldIturS Judge Gay.
who edits thas department.. was
formerly supArior court Judge.
%" iH one ut the most eminent
luris'7 ~ this county. QueS-
lions relative to automobile law
may bo submitted to him and
Will De- huswcrcd in this col
umu Letters should I've ad-
dressed 80 Judge Gray care
Of ,hy Automobile Editor.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-17

EnlistmentA In the regular army
since Aprll I, 1911, have been more
than $4,000. "