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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
Popular Delusion
 Regarding Germany

E7H HERE appears elsewhere on this
 y page humorous editorial from the Kansas City Times which has a serious purpose. It points out how little reliance can be placed in "war news" from Germany. We have long since quit paying attention to re- ports that the German people are starving. In fact, the most reckless correspondent would not venture to make such an assertion, for it is avi- dent that Germany is still making war on the allies as vigorously as ever, and instead of being about to starve is in better position now to get food supplies from territory she dominates than she was two years ago. She will utilize Russia and the Russian provinces, including Ukraine which she has taken under her "pro- tection," to the best advantage. We may be sure of that. So much for the Starvation rumor.
 The Times editorial is devoted par ticularly to the oft-repeated state ment that there is dissension in Ger. many. If any of us have built any hopes on break between the German people and their government, we might as well put those hopes in colo atorage. They are not destined te blossom and bear fruit certainly moi II any time soon.
 There is only one way to settle mat ters with Germany and that is to de 3eat her armies. That is no easy task, but 1t IS he job we have undertaken,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
Unenviable Plight of a Millionaire

NERTAIN American millionaires lS who bought titles for their daughters in the care-free days be- fore the war, when such transactions had become almost national scandal, are having rather trying time of it these days.
 There is the case, for instance, of Louis Swift, millionaire packer of Chicago, the father-in-law of Count Minotto, whose activities will be in |vestigated by the department of jus tice. It was at first reported that the count, who had been placed under arrest, was released on bond, but later dispatches indicate that he may be a dangerous alien. He is charged with having been "notoriously asso- iciated" with German officials, among them Count Luxburg of "spurlos yer senkt" fame, and he is also alleged 1 to have had dealings with Joseph Caillaux, former premier of France, now under arrest for treason. Instead of being deported as an enemy alien, it looks as if Count Minotto would spend while in prison. All of these developments are not contributing to Papa Swift's peace of mind. What his daughters feelings are may easily be imagined ! * < * l The director of New Yorks health lab- oratories favors a mouse test for Vas sar girls who want to join the nurses training camp of the council of national defense His idea is to turn loose a num- ] Der of mice in the room where applicants are being examined. Presumably all who didn't climb up on. chair and tables, or jump for the chandelier. would meet the test.
 l Of course members of the German American alliance deny that they are disloyal Any German spy who knows his business will punctliously salute the American flag and stand up when "The Star-Spangled Banner is played.
 x x x
 Charges have been made that the Cher- okee was not seaworthy, and an investi- gation has been ordered by Secretary Daniels Precious little good that will do the American seamen who lost their Hives when the Cherokee sank
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 A cartoonist pictures MT. Hoover eat ing everything in sight when he was a boy. That's taking an unfair advantage. MT. Hoover has presumably reached the age of discretion
 There are still few old-line republicans left who snort every time the coloners name is mentioned.
 x * *
 Bartholdt says he can prove that he is 100 per cent patriotic. To his own sat isfaction. perhaps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
Would Miss "scotty"

If Bob McDavid keeps up the stride he is now going as sporting editor Of The Age-Herald, he is going to make It one of the most readable in the coun- try said Dr. Courtney w. Shropshire.
 That little sketch he wrote of our own 'Scotty' Chestnut was a classic By the way, ] do not know what we would do without 'Scotty His smiling face. 1.-the figure, and natty clothes add a freshness to the downtown corners where he suns himself They josh him about his boutonnieres, but I sympathize with him, as I have a fondness tor wearing carnation in the lapel of my coat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
THE KETTLE SONG

By John D. Wells. wish the kettle would sing again.
 Just as it used to do; wish it would sing of a lion slain Of pirate crew on the Spanish main Of clipper ship on the sea-way, high. With cabin boy and the Boy was L.
 Just as it used to do. I wish the kettle would sing again
 Just as it used to do. Of little girl in bonnet, red. And saved by prince from hydraheatl That lurked in the corn that lowered high. And the girl wa She and the Prince was l.
 Just as it used to do. wish the kettle would sing again
 Just as 1t used to do. wish 1t would sing of wars alarms The road of cannon and clash of arms Of blue-clad boy where the strife ran high With face to the steel and heart to dis
 Just as it used to do. e. wish the kettle would sing again
 Just as it used to do. The lyrics is crocned and the tall But the hearth is chill. and the are old The fancies it whispered have 8 wing And never again will the kettle
 Just as t used to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04

along with our allies, and if we don't
 accomplish it, our goose is cooked.
 Germany can only be dealt with in
 terms of force. The war will end in |only one way-by the overthrow of the Prussian military power. The sooner all of US realize this, the more speed we will show in bringing it
 about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
HOPE FOR NEWSPAPER WRITERS

From the New York Evening Post.
 Kind words for newspaper writing are as rare as kind words for Sec rctary of War. "Newspaperese" has been a fayorite stone to hurl at a poor style, from Dickens down. And newspaper writers themselves have ioined in the depreciation of their own "school' But now comes a master of style to praise the newspapers as training for writers! It is Anatole France. who. in recent introduce tion to book of verse, rides full tilt at t:~ ola ready made idea. Tt is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
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STRONG CARTOON
From the Guntersville Democrat.

From the Guntersville Democrat.
 Blackmans Birth cf a Nation" in 6 recent issue of The Age Herald. is such conception of conditions in Ger man conquered territory as makes ev- ery man whose blood is not stasnant itch for an opportunity to mete out justice to the criminals who parade un- der the motto. God is with us."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
Harry Strickland Here

T am just here between trains,a said Harry l.. Stricklands who made Bir- mingham his home for several years, when he was head of the Baptist Sun day school work in the state.
 T have just been to Columbus, Miss. in great Sunday school conference. and am now en route to Louisville, Ky, Walnut Street church. I now live in Nashville. where the Sunday school board is located, and work out from there as one of the field secretaries. rejoice in what Birmingham has done for the government. for the Red Cross, and for the Army Y. M c. A.. and .or it's gifts to Howard college"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
DEALS IN PULLMAN nERrus


 Julian Street in the Saturday Evening Post
 "A parlor car seat on a day train is something to be thankful for and a lower berth on night train is an exceedingly valuable possession. This scarcity has built up in New York a strange under grand traffic in lower berths, which is akin to theatre speculation. When the man behind the Pullman ticket window tells you there are only uppers left you can often get lower elsewhere by pay ing a profit to middleman Head DOT ters in the large hotels are good men to go to when the Pullman ticket agent cannot hold out hope. Frequently head porter will know a man who has a low err which he will part with at prem ium. Nor are they the only dealers in accommodations. A friend of mine tells me that he can often get lower by working through the negro porter in ,. Wall street banking house. He gives the fare and dollar or two extra to this man, who then goes out, and after a mysterious absence of half or three quarters of an hour, returns with the ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04

--AlIs We'll That Ends Well.
 BEGINNING THE DAY-The day is cold md forbidding, but heard the twitter of bird, which tells me that spring will rise from her grave and cover the world wun flowers once more. Life is cold anu forbidding, but I hear the voice or hone, which tells me that joy is coming again over the hilis-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
NO JOINT DEBATES WANTED

From the Opelika News.
 This is no time for joint debates in Alabama. In fact the good that may possibly come from joint debates is never equal to the harm that flows from them There is rarely, if ever, a vote changed as the reuult of joint debate. They only serve to stir up strife and bring on bad state of affairs in the community where they are pulled off We do not know of anything. not even a street fair, that will do more harm in a community than joint de- bate on political issue preceding po- litical campaign.
 We are sorry indeed that some gentle men just now. it appears, engaged in conducting campaign for the ratifica- tion of the amendment, have felt called upon to issue challenge to one of the cerely trust the challenge will be de- clined. One thing certain, we want to speak in time, and let it be known. that Opelika and Lee county does not stand in need of any joint debates. We do not want any more of them here. Our peo- ple realize that for the time being the paramount issue in this country is the winning of the war our country is en- gagged in. They are devoting their en- efgies and efforts in that direction. They are trying to round up money with which to buy the governments bonds, thus helping to maintain our soldier boys who are at the front. They are trying to de- wise means to grow more things to eat and more things to feed upon. and in that way help to win the war. Our peo- ple are united, they are all for victory. They, every one of them, want to see the Kaiser licked. They want to see II done as quickly as possible. knowing that every hour saved means precious human lives saved. The petty partisan ships that have in the past, brought divisions and bad feelings among them, have been overcome and outlived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
HOLD YOUR TONGUE

From the Atlanta cpnstitution.
 A post card left inAa captured Ger man trench told the British just what they needed to know of certain army. A careless remark dropped in q street car may furnish a spy with the missing link in a long chain. When in doubt. don't say II.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04

One that lies three-thirds, and uses a known truth to pass thousand nothings with, should be once heard, and thrice beaten.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04

From the Cincinnati Times-Star
 IFIIS seems a time of destruction or the building of things with which to destroy. The property values of the world have suffered great diminution since the fateful day
 when Germany threw her legiens across the border against Belgium Cities have been devastated, fields laid waste, ships have been sunk. The world has paused in the highest mos ment of its constructive strength to undo a part of the pasts achieve ments.
 The news, therefore, that the Cunard Steamship company has purchased an entire block in New York and intends to erect an office building at a cost of over $10,0oO,0o0 sounds new note, The great British ship corporation which has piled the waters of the At lantic since 1S40 and had not lost a vessel until the Lusitania was torpe- doed, is looking beyond this time of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04

an inveterate prejudice" he declares. 'to believe that one spells his pen i'll writing for the newspapers. On the pleness, as also ease and that readi- ness without which the phrase does not move gracefully and never smiles. It is good school, say what one will"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
RESTLESS LONDON

Grace Boynton Monks in the Outlook,
 London.--The war seems to have done away with the difference be- rest and the period of exertion seem to have merged themselves into one lcng period of exertion. I look out on the river at or in the morning and it is as busy as the river at mid day Barges are being lowed up and down and goods being shipped from the wharves Huge vans rattle along the road beneath my window and the streets are as full of people at nigh. as they are in the daytime
 At Woolwich arsenal there are two 1s-hour shifts. and as much work is done at night as by day. The other evening I motored from the Manor way Gate of the arsenal to the en- trance of the danger buildings and returned just as the night shift was going in to work. The chauffeur had to go at a snaifs pace, blowing his hern continually. The broad roads which run between the buildings were crowded from side to side, swarming with workers, principally women. They had to crowd together at the side of the road to make room for the car to pass. These women were going in on 12-hour night shift some whose work would be purely mechanical. others who would have difficult operations 70 perform, and many who worked in actual danger.
 Those who were going to the build lngs from which I had just come knew that unless they took the utmost care there was danger of an explosion, and had night and succession of nights and days to look forward to when they would be breathing in yellow powder in spite of veils and all the pre- cautions the government can pro- vide I knew them by their yellow hair and faces. Occasionally a head in tfat vast mob of faces nodded to me or hand waved, for I have friends among them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
LOOKING BEYOND THE WAR

strife and turmoil to the day when the seas shall be redeemed from piracy. The Cunard Steamship company has lost many vessels in this war. but ma- rine insurance and the activity of Brit
 sh shipyards may have made it pos sible for the tonnage of it's fleet to be maintained if not increased
 Germany has lost much of her mer- cantile tonnage and probably has di- verted the facilities of her shipyards to the building of U-boats and other warships When this war shall have ended, the balance of mercantile ship ping will be shifted. Our new mer- chant marine will be reality despite losses inflicted by submarines and our great shipyards will have been estab- lished The freight of the world will be carried largely in American and British bottoms. The construction of the great office building in New York by the Cunard company seems very concrete recognition of our entrance into the commercial empire of the seas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
Serious situation

T am afraid that our American peo- pie have not fully taken in just how serious is the situation with the allies since Russia has become so ingloriously involved with Germany" said J. Rivers Carter.
 Tt is also quite a problem as to what is best to do in letting the Japs take a hand in Siberia. l am of the opinlon, however, that it is better for Japan to come in than it is to let Germany oe the dominant force in Russia. It seems as if the Japs will control in the east, and if they are ready to join their fight ing forces with the Europeans I think they sould be permitted to do so. IL looks to be our best and only chance to checkmate Germany"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
Member of the Associated Press

Member of the Associated Press
 The Age-HeraId is the only morning anu Sunaay newspaper in blrmlnsnan carrying Inc Associated Press ois- patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use tor republication of all news dispatches creuited 10 II or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication or spe- cial dispatches herein are also re- served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04

Washington bureau. 2o7 Aibbs build Ing.
 European bureau, Henrietta street. CCgenL Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, Rooms 4S 10 50, liicIusive, IrIpune puliu1ng' we" York city; western business oitice' Tribune building, Chicago. The ;. '. Beckwlth speclal Agency, agents Tor 1oreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04

TELEPHONE Bell <private exchange connecting all departments) Main 490O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
Rotary Conference Important

T am glad to find that at least a score of the Rotarians have signified their in- Selma Monday" said Joe Rosenbergsr. ''and particularly so since Mobile sent
 us challenge that she was going to bring bigger delegation than BirmfnE-
 ham.
 .,Matters of great Interest and impor- tance to Rotarians are to be discussed. and am sure the Selmians are going to show us all what black belt courtesy and hospitality means."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-04
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

You can't make the average man un- derstand why it is that the skirt worn by corn fed girl isn't always a full skirt
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-03-21

lowing summary of the charges they
make against the Germans:
L. That thousands of unoffend-
ing civilians. including women and
children, were murdered by the Ger
mans.
-. That women had been outrag
ed.
g. That the custom of the Ger
man soldiers Immediately on enter
ing a town was to break into wine
shops and the cellars of private
houses and madden themselves with
drink.
Il. That German officers and SOL
diers looted on gigantic and syste-
matte scale, and, with the connivance
of the German authorities, sent back
large part of the booty to Ger
many.
.. That the pillage had been ac-
companied by wanton destruction
and by bescial and sacriligious prac-
tices.
'6. That cities, towns, villages.
and isolated buildings were Destroy
ed
"7. That in the course of such de-
struction human b eings were burnt
alive.
IS. That there was uniform
practice of taking hostages and
thereby rendering great numbers of
admittedly innocent people respon-
sible. for the alleged wrongdoing of
Others
80. That large numbers of civil
liam men and women had been virtu-
ally enslaved by the Germans, being
(Continued ON mage Z. column .
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-03-21

tice on it's first page, in large print:
ITO CIVILIANS.
The Minister of the Interior ad-
vises civilians in case the enemy
should show himself in their dis
trict:
Not to fight:
To utter no insulting or threat
ening words;
ITO remain within their houses
and close the windows; so that it will
be impossible to allege that there
was any provocatlon;
ITO evacuate any houses or isolat-
ed hamlet which the soldiers may
occupy in order to defend themselves,
so that it cannot be alleged that civil
lians have fired;
AN act of violence committed by a
single civilian would be crime for
which the law provides arrest and
punishment. 1t is all the more rep
rehensible in that it might serve as
a preteXt for measures of oppression,
resulting in bloodshed or pillage, or
the massacre of the innocent popula-
ton with the women and children.
In the hope of arousing the SYM
pathy and securing the aid of the
neutral nations, the Belgian govern
ment appointed a committee to ascer-
tain the facts about the German
practices. The evidence collected by
the Belgian commissioners is detail
ed and explicit, and their reports
give names, places, and dates. 1t is
not possible, however, to include in
this pamphlet more than the fol-
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-03-21

politics. For them, Germany of the
present and of the future is the
country of the Krupps and Borsigs.
of the Zeppelins and the U-boats.
Any idea of a connection between
politics and morals is rejected and
any reference to the right of moral
method of consideration is ridiculed
as delusion and sentimentality.
Naturally the reports of the atroci-
ties committed by the Germans and
the Emperor's declaration that the
war would henceforth assume a ter
rible character (grausamen Charak-
teri caused grave anxiety among the
Belgians. In order to avoid the dan
ger of reprisals, the Belgian govern
ment, at the beginning of the invas-
ion, had every Belgian newspaper
publish each day the following no
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-03-21
$4,000 VOICES
And Many Are the Voices of 5ambera
PeoDle

And Many Are the Voices of 5amberg
People.
Fifty thousand voices - What
grand chorus And that's the number
of American men and women, who
are publicly praising Doan's Kidney
Pills for relief from backache, kidney
and bladder ills. They say it to
friends. They tell it in the home pa
pers. Ba1lberg people are in the
chorus.
Here's a Bamberg case:
Thos. H. White, Main St., says: =
suffered from weak kidneys for sew
eral years and my back sometimes
panied me. I had too frequent de-
sire to pass the kidney secretions
and had to get (up often during the
night. Since 1 used Doan's Kidney
Pills, 1 have been all right. sell
dom have to get up at night and my
kidneys are strong"
MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS La
TER Mr.. White said: 81 still hold
high opinion of Doan's Kidney Pills.
I haven't needed a kidney medicine
for a long tine but if I ever have to
take one again, 1 shall use Doan's,
for I know they have no equal"
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't
simply, ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. White had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-03-21

Tho Qulnlne That Does Not Affect the Head
Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LA8A-
TIVEBROMO OUININE is better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nervousness no!
ringing in head. Remember the full name and
look for the signature of E. w. GROVE. S0c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-29
VICE PRESIDENT CANCELS
PROPOSED WESTERN TRIP
Mr.. Wilson Requests Him to Re-
main Here to Receive Jap
anese Commission.

Vice President Marshall has can
celed his proposed western speaking
tour in the interests Of the League to
Enforce Peace because President Will
son has requested him to remain in
Washington to receive royal COM
mission from Japan, expected to reach
here some time next week. it was
learned.
When Mr.. Marshall said in Boston
Wednesday night that he might be
kept in Washington by some gov
eminent matter it was thought that
possibly this government matter might
mean he would stay here to take over
duties and powers of the President
while the chief executive is abroad.
Mr.. Marshall, however. said last
night that the only reason for his
staying here was the coming visit of
the japanese mission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-29
SAYS ALLIES LAST SPRING
MADE "PEAcE" PROPOSAL
Correspondent Declares Ludendorf
Scorned the tsUnoficiaI' Terms,
Saying "Let Us Conquer"

COPENHAGEN, November 2s.-The
Hague correspondent Of the Vienna
Neue Freie Presse says that unofficial
representatives of France and Great
Britain last spring declared that their
governments were prepared to initiate
peace negotiations. The correspondent
gives the following terms as those
which were acceptable to the allies in
return for a cessation Of hostilities:
Evacuation of Belgium, Germany to
pay two-thirds Of the damage done in
the kingdom; the question Of Alsace-
Lorraine to be referred to a referen-
dunn; southern Tyrol to be coded to
Italy; Trieste to be made an interna-
tional port; Serbia, Montenegro and
Rumania to be evacuated and Ger
many's colonies to be returned.
Baron Burien. then Austro-Hunga-
rian foreign minister, says the corre-
spondent, was prepared to issue an in
vitation for peace negotiations, but
Gen. Ludendorff, the German chief
quartermaster, interviewed, saying:
Let US conquer" A day later, the
correspondent adds, Ludendorf start
ed an offensive.