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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
Cotton in Evidence

T had a fine trip through the coun- try down to Eufaula, my old home town, n said Paul Barnett. q went down with my nephew, Mercer Barnett. We went down by way of Montgomery, following the usual route, but on our return were advised to come by way of Columbus, Ga, which we did; but it made trir of about 275 miles. We didn't mind it. try. While peanuts and velvet beans are the fashion in south Alabama, cot ton has not gone entirely out of style and we passed through acres and acres of the fleecy staple fighting to get a start after the cold spring."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
Yelled Disparagement
 of America S Allies

T is all very we'll to praise our boys
 4 in France. We know that they are giving a good account of them selves. It would be surprising if they did otherwise. But the attempt of en- thusiastic correspondents to make them appear as supermen should be discouraged.
 Sensible people "back home" know the Germans don't shake in their boots every time the Americans are men, tioned, even though they may have lpretended to underestimate our fight ling ability. Neither do our soldiers but them to rout with the greatest
 ease and sang-froid Whatever may
 be their crimes and unspeakable out
 rages against decency and humanity, | German soldiers are stubborn fighters
 and there is no evidence that their
 morale is broken.
 But the most disagreeable impress
 sion created by the "press agent" methods of correspondents is that of the superiority of American troops over our allies, the French and Brit fish. This is not only unfair, but is without any basis of truth. There are no braver men than those poilus and
 Tommies, who have held the Hun in check for nearly four years. Our boys are their equal in bravery. Could there be higher praise?
 There is glory enough for all-
 Americans, British, French, Italians
 and Belgians-and we may rest as-
 sured that all will share justly in the
 glory of victory and the honor of ipeace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08

-Juns Is the brides month." says an advertiser. However. if the bridegroom happens to wear captains uniform and military medal, the bride doesn't at tract all the attention
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 ''McAdoo Wants ss,OO ,oOo 900. Head line. Being somewhat familiar with Mir sfcAdoo's past performances. we have an idea that if he wants $s,OoO,oOo.ooo hen get it.
 You would naturally expect an Amer ican airman with a name like Douglas Campbell'' to give good account of him self in engagements with the Hun.
 * * * While military experts concede that an air raid on New York is possible. the woolworth building is not going to lose any of it's tenants on that account
 * $ < American soldiers are now being trained for long marches and open fighting in preparation for pursuing the Hun on the run Are we down hearted? Nol
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 At their present rate of progress it would take the Germans something like 1000 years to reduce Paris to ruins by long distance bombardment y w + China will purify it's population by de- porting about 1o,O0o Germans to Australia, where they will be interned for the dura- ton of the war.
 With 457 900 tons of bacon and ham re- gently imported from America, John Bull is assured of having something to go with his eggs.
 While cornbread and cabbage and ham hook hold out, plain people will tackle war diet cheerfully.
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 There is bright side to everything. U-boat raids have brought thousands of recruits to the navy.
 $ j. < The German people are being prepared for another disappointment. Gott in himmel Again?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
Bumper Wheat Crop
 Seems Now Assured

THE United States department of
 agriculture in it's report on growing conditions of grain forecasts total of 931, ,Ooo, 900 bushels of wheat.
 This comes in the nature of an agree able surprise, for while spring wheat showed much improvement month ago, few crop statisticians were op- timistic enough to predict such a crop as now seems assured
 Providence has been kind to the American farmer, kind to the nation, kind to the allies. In normal times this country could have got along well enough on wheat harvest of less than seven hundred million bushels, as it did in the last decade. But to feed ourselves and have a good surplus for the allies an eight or nine hundred |million-bushel crop was needed. Any thing less than seven million five hun- |dred thousand bushels would have been thought calamity. But instead |of short crop we will have next to the highest on record.
 In 1915 the United States reached for the first time the billion-bushel mark. In 1916 and 1917 there were comparatively small wheat crops small in view of increasing demand. But the crop soon to be harvested will come so close to the billion bushel lrecord that the President would be justified in proclaiming a special day of thanksgiving for wheat, in ad- vance of the usual Thanksgiving Day on the last Thursday of November.
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 The motto of the shipping board is: Noah was 600 years old before he knew how to build an ark. Don't lose your grip" And old Father Noah didn't have the excuse that he was hampered by red tape, either.
 # * *
 The fact that MT. Hearsts newspapers print more American flags than probably all the other newspapers in the country put together. doesn't prevent some people from questioning Brother Hearst's patriotism
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 Fresh surprises are in store for the allies" says the military writer of a German newspaper. There is no trick up the German staffs sleeve that the allies can't discount in advance ae # *
 It is thought that the command of those U-boats raiding the Atlantic sea- board were formerly captains of trans- atlantic liners. At last they have come out in their true colors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
VACATIONS AS USUAL IN CANADA


 From Leslie's.
 All of the famous mountain resorts in the Canadian Rockies. including Banff, Lake Louise, G1ecier, Field and on west ito Vancouver and Victoria will be open as usual The Arrowhead Lakes district, the Columbia river and Windermer val lleys, and the beautiful Okanagan like section will be open for tourists and vacationists. The Kettle Valley railway Twill operate into newly opened districts where the fishing and camping are splendid The Canadian Pacific will op- crate its steamers to Alaska and give this avenue of recuperation.
 The Canadian Pacifcs's transconti- mental trains have already resumed ob- servation car service. During the time of greatest war stress last winter, when freight traffic was making unprece- ldented demands on Canada railway ser- vice, and coal was scarce parlor and observation cars were removed from ltranscontinental as well as other trains with the idea that the coal consume ed | in moving these cars could be better
 employed in moving freight cars. On
 many of the principal trains these cars are to be put back into service for the summer so that the traveller may com | fortably enjoy the mountains as he speeds through them in the daytime He can break his journey at the usual places and find ample hotel accommo- dations the same as usual
 1 It is interesting to note that Can
 ada is now reaping the benefit of wise railway regulation. Her war activities will not be slackened to take care of
 the vacationist, in fact they will be
 stimulated to the maximum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
# x x Explaining Humanity of U-Boat Commanders

MANY newspapers in America 0V1 have commented on the fact that except for being turned adrift in open boats at considerable distance from shore, crews and passengers of ships attacked by the German subma- rines have been humanely treated. It is claimed, however, that in one in- stance lifeboats were shelled.
 The Washington Star says: "The captain of the schooner Cole was treated courteously and given ample time to quit his craft and there was no disposition to molest the survivors while getting away in small boats. At least one white blackbird has appeared in the Hun flock" In the case of the Harpathian, survivors say the com mander of the attacking submarine called the ifeboats about his vessel and distributed water and American tobacco. Another story told by mem bers of the Coles crew credits the U-boat commander with saying: "I hate to do this. I used to command an American liner and have some good friends among commanders of Ameri- can steamers. I commanded one big American liner before we started this fuss. But war is war and we will go right through with this little job"
 It is easy to account for this show of humanity toward American sailors and passengers on American ships. It is no doubt designed for political ef- feet, to convince the American people that the Germans are not as brutal as they have been pictured. Furthermore, it is quite likely that, sooner or later, the commanders and crews of the sub- :. marines operating off the Atlantic seaboard will be captured and they know that an avoidance of "frightful- ness" on their part will insure them better treatment as prisoners of war s than they would otherwise receive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
Is Worthy of 1t

T greatly appreciated the recent trib- ute in The Age-Herald to Dr. J. A. Bryan" said Jere c. King. q was out to his twenty-ninth anniversary exer- cises and I greatly enjoyed them, and particularly his deeply spiritual message.
 He is truly a man of prayer and his life has been a benediction in this com munity. Long may he live to remind busy, bustling, big-hearted Birmingham that it must take time to pay attention to the things of the soul
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
CIDER VERSUS BEER

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 The Brooklyn Eagle says they're selling in Michigan sweet cider with 12 per cent
 of alcohol in it. Even if the alcohol is wood" the wooden headed prohibition ist would wink at the sweet cider and cry out in horror at beer with less than half that amount of alcohol.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
Intense Interest in
 War Savings Drive

7HHE growing interest in the War
 4 Savings drive, set for June 28, indicates splendid achievement.
 Every state in the union has been thoroughly organized and in none of them is the campaign more intensive than in Alabama. The leaders in the work have felt confident all along that the people would become aroused and would put forth mighty effort to make this another 'over-the-head" accomplishment. And now as the pre- cinct canvassers are well in harness the enthusiasm has become contagious and all pervading.
 Every patriotic Alabamian is urged to buy as many War Savings Bonds as he is able to pay for, up to 5000. 5 No matter how many Liberty Loan Bonds you may possess, invest now in the Baby Bonds; and the more sacri- flee necessary to buy to the limit the more telling will be your patriotism. But the most important work to be done in connection with the drive is that of getting to the people in remote sections. In the third Liberty Loan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08

Before the war people were not com
 passionate so much as they were soft,
 Today most of the world, especially America, is awake to the call of human welfare. Dr. Parkhurst believes the war will strengthen the marriage relation, that public standards of conduct will go
 higher instead of lower. He sees happy dawn breaking in the dark skies of labor, and rapprochement between forces which once refused to understand one another.
 l In sum this white-haired man of God,
 while disclaiming that he was an incor- rigible optimist. put 1t down that out of this horrible orgy of blood and evil there will come better world and finer America.
 To reach this conclusion at the dusk of long battle for good. and to give
 this message to a depressed world, is a
 fine climax to long life of earnest work.
 Dr. Parkhursts valedictory is one of his greatest sermons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
roMER,s HAyINC HIS DAY

From the Cincinnati Times-Star. About the time that McAdoo raised the
 salaries of locomotive engineers and flremen, he discharged all his railroad presidents. The cabin is being given
 precedence over the swivel chair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
A HIGH PRIVILEGE

From the Chicago News. Vengeance is mine said the Lord,"
 But the American army has the high privileges of cooperating.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
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P S-Let the story of Sayre be re- peated all over the state to inspire the towns doing their duty and to shame the ones stacking if there be such in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
soUsNs GREATEST CoMpLrMENr

SOUsAS GREATEST COMPLEMENT From tho New York Evening Sun.
 Perhaps the greatest compliment that ever was paid me-" said Lieutenant John Philip SoIsa, who is to play soon at the New York Thrift Festival. was when New York woman came up to me after drome and exclaimed: Oh, MT. Sousa, you know to me there are just three American institutions-divorce, Sousa and baseball"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08

BEGINNING THE DAY-O mighty One. Thy pulse beats all around me. Out of the blue of the sky and the sheen of stars Thou beatest on me. Thou Iookest forth, longing, from the pageant of the days and the seasons. Thou brcathest in the sea. am compassed about with voices, saying that Thou desirest me, also, for mouthpiece and abiding place. H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
EASY TO MAKE FIGURES

From the Kansas City Star
 German newspaper correspondents claim that 175,ooO allied prisoners, 2ooC cannon and innumerable machine guns have been captured since the start of the present offensive, March 21.-Amster- dam dispatch.
 Impressive figures, aren't they? But it is easy for rapid calculators. like those German correspondents, to figure
 Years ago Joseph H. Choate, Thomas E. Reed and wealthy man of sporting tendencies met at dinner in New York. The wealthy man had had a bad day at the races and complained bitterly of his luck.
 T have never gambled with cards,' said Choate impressively. "or bet dol lar on a horse race
 q wish I could say that" replied the sport with g sigh.
 '.Why don't you, them" Reed inter- posed. "Choate did"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
IN WAR TIMES.

IN WAR IlMES.
 You remember the old song. Love Me and the World Is Miner"
 "oh. yes. A popular ballad of yester- day"
 ~rhs idea is different now.
 ~Yes?"
 Its something like this: Love me and I'll win the croix de Guerre. A NEW DISH. What yoa need" said the doctor, lis more legumes. You should eat them every day. Good Lcrd. doc" exclaimed MT. Blowsterly. I've been patronizin' swe< eatin' joints for years an I've never yet seen legumes on bill of fare''
 MAKING OUT A STRONG CASE.
 Lawyer ouibbles Is going to defend old Bill skeggsby, charged with selling quart of liquor for S."
 That's correct"
 What sort of defense will he maker He's going to offer the plea of in- sanity. It seems they caught Bill dead to rights and there's no getting around the fact that he sold the liquor, but Quis- bles is going to show that any man who likes drink as much as Bill does and sells quart of pretty fair whisky in dry town for only 5 is bound to be crazy"
 RIGHT THROUGH THE HEART.
 How many times have you been wounded, my poor fellow?" said the sym pathetic visitor at a base hospital.
 Seven times. ma'am.' replied the gal lant fighting man. -'Six times at the front and once this morning when the prettiest nurse in this ward wouldn't let me hold her hand for half minute" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
CHECKS LITTLE USED IN TRANCE

CHECKS LITTLE USED IN FRANCE John N. Anderson in the Century Maga-
 zine.
 Checks are not much used, and are seldom accepted in France. There is but little attempt to identify the payee of a check. and any one who either makes out or accepts an order to pay does so at his peril. The public tax collector will have none of them, and the taxpayer has to stand in line with his bank bills in the back yard or ir the garret of the per ccpteur, or else he must go to jail for nonpayment. He cannot send check. Banks settle their accounts with one an other by sending uniformed messengers, who carry cash through the streets. and who stand in line before the cashiers windows waiting to get their exact change.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
ADRIFTT WITH THE TIMES
LORDS oF THE EARTH.

LORDS OF THE EARTH. We used to laugh at farmer folk, As rustics of the soil, Who bore upon their necks the yoke Of hard. unceasing toll. But now they ride in motor cars And live like kings and queens, Or else like motion picture stars And call their limousines When they'd fain jog into~the town To see the latest show. Besides great riches and renown, Iris said to them we'll owe Our vict'ry OCT the hated Hun And all tEe joys of peace; Soon may this worthy task be done And may their tribe increase!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08

There is no sure foundation set on bioody No certain life achiev'd by others death. a king John.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
Worth Defending


 T greatly enjoyed my recent visit to the coast to see my son. who Is in the navy, being an electrician on one of the destroyers," said the Rev. pr. Crippen. Tt was my first visit to San Francisco and it was an eye-opener in many ways l was greatly struck with the fact that at Los Angeles one could take an electric car and in an hour be on the top of a high mountain, or going in a different direction in the same time could be at the ocean. The City of the Angels has a wonderful street car system which spreads out through the countryside in every direction. I came home by way of Denver and got my first ride through the Rockies. I never before realized what a magnificent country we have to defend"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
IN HOTEL LOBBTES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Wages and CoaI production


 So far as I can learn there has been no increase in coal production in the Birmingham district. notwithstanding the imperative demand for larger out put" said Leo K. Steiner who has inn portant interests in the mining indus try
 The high wage paid for mine work IS the cause of the unsatisfactory re- suits in the matter of production. The miner can make enough in two days to live on the rest of the week, and only few of those who receive hign pay manifest a desire to accumulate money, to say nothing of the govern ment's appeal for increased coal pro- auction as means of winning the war.
 The miners by their liberal sub scriptions to the third Liberty Loan and their generous contributions to the Red Cross have manifested large degree of patriotism and it is hoped they VIII take broad, patriotic view of the coal situation and put in prac- tically full time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
oTHER THINGS AT srAKE.

OTHER THINGS AT STAKE.
 "Do you suppose those Scotch highland CTS ever lose their kits on barbed wire entanglements when they make charge against tho Germans?"
 T haven't read of any such cases, replied the thoughtful citizen, but under the circumstances should think it would be very foolish to worry about the loss of ones kits"
 A FRANK QUESTION.
 "A fine predicament for pillar of the church to get into!'
 "Tell me all the shocking details" "A deacon goes away from home on business trip, falls in with cabaret siren and the next morning appears in police court charged with being drunk and disorderly."
 Dreadful. Did he try to make any ex- cuses?'
 NO. The deacon is a plucky old fel- low, 1t seems. He didn't blame the siren and he didn't blame the booze. As he paid his fine he exclaimed, Durn- the luck! It's all my fault I've lived 65 years an been to New York four times an I'm still a foo1p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08


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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08

Member of tke 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 of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein
 All rights of republication of spe- cia1 dispatches herein are also re- served
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-06

more. are under arrest. charged with
having liquor In their possession.
Many will be released because the
packages they carried were labeled
"a required BY the Reed bone-dry
law
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-06
400 Autoists Held
on Booze Charges

WASHINGTON. Dec. s-Morc
than 400 autoists and persons com
ing into Washington from Balu-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-06

Funeral services for Dunnie Il.
coneau. I7-ycar-osd daughter Of r. J.
Comeau. OF the Hidden Inlet Canning
Co. and Broadway high school SEN
Tor. who died OF pneumonia. were
held at Lake View cemetery Thurs
dav
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-06
Bradbury Suits and
Ouercoats on Credit

The lack of ready funds just
now need not delay the pur-
chase of a Suit or Overcoat
NOW. Easy, dignified pay
ments may be arranged, as con-
venient, by the week or month.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-06

casualties wednea-
$50 Friday morning
oles \ hiinons
next TOT n
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Fairbanks
thhtirn J. OF Kin Mrs
n died from wounds Master ngnss,
Stesd OF kin D ~ ".
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degree undetermined
including 80 Washington
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-28
:SER|||GE'|, SERIES R B
GASSED;; HASN0
LOVE FOR HUNS
Bismarck Man Who Went as
Member of Co. l Lies in
French Base Hospital

Lying in French base hospital
victim OF a Hun gas attack, "Bie
Jack" Series, former proprietor OF
the Banner house, now Sergt. Series
of Co. X. l64th u S. infantry. A. e
T., is making up his mind what he is
going to do to the Huns when he
gets on his feet again News OF Ser
geant Series misfortune came today
in letter to his daughter, Mrs. Elsie
Jackson, from Corp. J. H. OZman of
Co.. A, 164th U. S. Inf, the pioneer
Bismarck company of the Fighting
First:
You no DOUBT are worrying about
your father and Art QMrs. JacksOn's
brother, Arthur &errcs, who is serv-
ing with the sanitary detachment OF
he Fighting First. | promised your
father last night that | would write
e you and also to Art He feels first
re. but has lost all love for Ger
nan Of any description. He says he
doesn't want to be held accountable
'or ANYTHING he might do should he
meet one. The circumstances lead
ing up to this cannot relate, nor
where anything happened, only that
he has been in one of those notorious
gas attacks and was slightly affected.
| ran into him in the hospital while
here to visit another friend who has
'oeen there for some time. am writ
ing Art today to let him know, and,