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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
Educative Work of the Navy League

A WIDER interest in the merchant SN marine situation than former ly is being manifested, due largely to the propaganda conducted during the past three years by the Navy League of the United States. Statesmen, men of affairs and shippers have felt the necessity of merchant ships owned in this country, but only of late nave our people in general become aroused.
 Sidney Story's address in Birming- has last month, and Benjamin T.. Waldos addresses, which have been delivered in various cities, were both clear cut and of absorbing .nter- est. Each of these men is a recog- nized authority on the merchant ma irine and is an enthusiastic member of the board of directors of the league. And every time they speak before business men they win earnest adher- ents to the organization they repre- sent.
 The league has mo ax to grind" It is working for the general good. Its present campaign is being carried on by sending it's directors and other speakers throughout the country to enlighten the people and to have them awake to their own interests; by the distribution free of pamphlets and other publications bearing on the mer- chant marine; by devoting much space in its magazine, Sea Power, to the question and by having it's members spread information touching the mer. chant shipping.
 In view of the vital need of Ameri can bottoms for the expansion of .oul foreign trade and the consequent in crease of American production, every citizen, no matter what his calling should be enrolled in the Navy league x x a,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02

T ioii the rHllduelpnla EuDllc Ledger. 0N HERE has just come from Egypt
 the Brief Record of the Ad-
 vance of the Egyptian ExpeH- tionary Force" under the command of General Allenby. It is compiled from official sources and published by the Palestine News. The completed mar rative, now beneath ones hand and eye conveys a sense of the magnitude of the achievement which is even more cogent than the impression made by the successive news dispatches while the desert campaign in the Holy Land was in progress.
 The story bristles with picturesque detail. When the Germans, from air. planes, bomb ed an Arab force sent by King Husen, the regular troops of the Arab army barracked their camels, dismounted and sat immovable, each man by the side of his beast until the storm was passed. The Germans re- turned to Derea for more bombs, whereupon the camel corps withdrew into a wadi and sat still among the DlOckS or lava which were to be found therein. By making no movement at all they concealed their presence from the questing planes, and the Germans returned disappointed, doubtless to re . port that the entire force had been de- stroyed. The picture of the Hejaz camel corps passing itself off as black stones recalls the story of Scheherazade Q in the bian Nights" and, as in that story, the black stones came to life again and busily "harassed the enemy"
 Allenby had laid his water pipes into Palestine from the Nile to Beersheba,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
A BIRTHDAY
By Christina G. Rossetti:

By Christina G. Rossetti: My heart is like singing bird
 Whose nest is in watered shoot; My heart is like an apple tree
 Whose boughs are bent with thickest
 fruit;
 My heart is like a rainbow shell
 That paddles in a lnalcyon sea- My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me. Raise me dais of silk and down; Hang it with fair and purple dyes; Carve it in doves and pomegranates And peacocks with a hundred eyes; Work in it gold and silver grapes,
 In leaves and silver tleurs-de-lis. Because the birthday of my life
 Is come; my love is come to me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
DNat B,Rith Convention

q am just back from New Orleans,
 where I had been to attend the South ern district convention of the great
 Jewish order, B'Nai B'Rith, said Joseph
 Beitman. "It was very interesting ses-
 sIon and delegates from local lodges
 were present in large numbers. The or
 der is growing steadily.
 T have been working for several years to bring the convention to Birmingham and think We are to be congratulated in securing it for the next meet. We Ore to be congratulated, too. for having A. Leo Oberdorfer of Birmingham, for our pi esdent I helped put him in line of of. fee and he was advanced regularly until he reached the top of the district organ iZatiOn,' ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
GARCoN, THE CHECK, PLEASE!

GARCON, THE CHECK, PLEASE! A brief investigation
 Will speedily reveal Why ultimate consumers
 Are often heard to squeal The cost of living soaring
 Makes hapless mortals grieve Till, sunk in pessimism,
 They're ready to believe The good, almighty dollar
 ilas lost it's whilom punch; 'Twould seem so, since it takes one To buy d two-bit lunch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
THEY HAD ENOUGH
New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 One force of negroes was qrartered next to a division of Moroccans, who had n perpetual feud with a regiment of Singha- ,ese near by The 'Moroccans are mulatto in color, while the Sinshalese are as black as most st the members of Colonel Hay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
INDOOR SPORT
From the Cleveland Plain Deal,

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer A Kansas woman has been arrested for beating up her husband in public Hus- indicating is considered an indoor sport in Kansas, and an attempt to
 i change it's status is drowned upon by tho
 law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
REST FOR THE WEARY
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Are you tired of the welter of un- reasoned contradictory propaganda of the daily newspaper" inquires the Dial. Frankly, yes. And it is relief it is like cold water on wrists on a hot day in woods-to turn to the ineffable hlah of the weekly journals
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
The "Damn" Kaiser.

"We are on the lookout for internal machines" said Postmaster R. B. Smyer yesterday, ''and if any have arrived at the Birmingham postoffice we know nothing about it. That reminds me of a funny thing that occurred early last year. A suspicious looking package was brought into my office from the parcel post department and was addressed to The Damn Kaiser It was evidently mailed in a box on the street, and, of course, we could not send it out, as it had nothing else on it. 1 started to open it to investigate. and found that it was so well sealed up that I sent it tc Reese Murray. head of the department of justice. The officials didn't know whether to open it or not but it was finally taken out and shot open with a pistol. What do you think it was?' A bottle with a live snake in it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
Tins for Movies

'G wish The Age Herald would request the moving picture shows to give us more pictures and less advertisements on the screens,' said W. W. Crawford yester- day. 'I enjoy a good moving picture show, but feel that I am wasting time when I have to sit through the adver- tisements which are put upon the screen rather than to see the real show. We
 are having some splendid moving pie lures here, but too many advertisements consuming ones time.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
Bon-Bon Steps Up
 To Supplant Drink

6FHAT somebody or other profits
 U by an ill wind is an old saying and it applies to candy manufactur- CTS who find that the spread of pro- hibition is increasing their sales.
 At a meeting of the Pennsylvania Manufacturing Confectioners' associa- ton, held at Harrisburg, opinions diff Tered as to whether candy would be- acome substitute for alcohol and the theory that sugar taken in large quan- titles would supply "kick" gained little credence from hard-headed ousi- ness men, but all agreed that pros poets for the trade were never bet ter.
 A seasoned tippler may not live long enough after the nation becomes bone dry to acquire the candy habit, yet it stands to reason that the young CT generation will turn to sweets in greater numbers and as the years pass, granting that John Barleycorr
 will never regain a foothold in this country, candy will be his logical sue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
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MAIL MAN SUFFERS, roo
'om the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 The inhabitants of that street in Genoa which. until last week. bore the name of Wilson and now is known as Plume, must be having hard time with their mail addresses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
JACK CADE AND LENINE

From the San Francisco Chronicle:
 The censors of Moscow have banned Shakespeare as "a bourgeois and reac- tionary dramatist," They must have been reading about Jack Cade, who, as represented bye Shakespeare. was the exact counterpart of Lenine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
MATTER OF NECEssIT [.

whats the advantage of having pOrtabIe garage?"
 "You re compelled to own d portable garage" said MT. Clipping, sadiy !l you aappen to have wife wh7 23nt decide where she wants the blamed thing put"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
NEVER FORGOTTEN.

Tt is hard matter sometimes for a man to live down the mistakes of his early 1ife,' remarked the philo- sophie person.
 That's true" said Senator Snorths- worthy, the eminent prohibition leader. q once wrote testimonial for a spring tonic that was 40 per cent alco- hol and to this day my political foes terial"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
CASUS BELL

q understand Mrs. TwobbIe and Mrs Gadspur have had a spat"
 That's true"
 But surely their little differences can be patched up?"
 I'm afraid not Mrs Twobble said the young Gadspurs were atavistic and porclne. As soon as Mrs. Gadspur could lay her hands on a dictionary she vowed to get even"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
Martyr City" of France
 Has Small Population

ID EFORE the war Rheims had a @ population of 115,178. It now has 8458 inhabitants, about 1900 of them children. The Germans shelled Rheims 1051 days, killing more than 1000 people, including women and children. Today the famed cathedral stands a mute witness to Hun fright frlness, the most eloquent in Europe
 .Up to March 21, 1918. the cathedral
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
Messages Brought By Attorney General

A o MITCHELL PALMER, Attor- N ney General in President Will sons cabinet, performed two signal services to the people of Alabama
 upon the occasion of his visit this lweek.
 In the first place he brought in-
 side information regarding the ma
 chinations and intrigues of Germans
 against the United States even in the
 days of peace. He related the notable
 case of great German owned indus trial concern in Pittsburg making Iequipment required in practically ev-
 cry industrial plant in America,
 which had for many years supplied Inc plant which did not furnish a com.
 plete blueprint of its entire establish
 lment. These blueprints went into the war ministry's records at Berlin. The Attorney General expressed tht ; opinion that the German does not ye 1 believe himself beaten and gave voict Ito the conviction that bolshevism i! l being encouraged and Snanced in al parts of the world with Hun money a another means of weakening estab Ilished order everywhere and giving l the Pan Germans another chance fo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
Victory Loan Showing
 Signs of Quickening

0T7 HE gain in subscriptions through H out the country yesterday was disappointing, only $166, ,000 being added during the day, but indications point to a quickening spirit. Large totals may be expected by the end of 1 the week.
 The campaign will continue until May 10 and there is little doubt that l the amount sought-four and half billions-will be fully subscribed be- fore that time; this, of course, is as suming that there will be a great speeding up and that renewed team work efforts in every district will be maintained without Tagging.
 In the list of percentage gains re- ported to the treasury department yes terday the Sixth federal reserve moved up from fourth to fifth place; that is to say, the district, which in- lcludes Birmingham, is a small frac- tion in percentage of quota ahead ot the New York district. The St. Louis district still leads, and the Dallas dis ltrict is still at the bottom.
 Only $1 ,296, 6,999, 1000 has been sub scribed-28.82 82 per cent of the whole but the country will respond to th' governments urging and today should show large results.
 In Jefferson county there is marked activity among the workers. Let's jpass the goal early next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
SUBLIME FAITH.

Father, I don't see why you object to MT. Dubson calling on me-
 For one thing, he can't support him. self. much less a wife"
 But, father, he's going to be one of the greatest financiers in America some day.
 "Umph! How do you know that"' "He told me so himself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02

BEGINNING THE DAY-My Fa- ther, help me today to remember that when I walk in Thy presence I keep mystical company with all the good and great of all times and all lands. For they have been and are Thy companions. Make me worthy, then, of the company of these princely souls. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
Fine Rain For Gardens

'The rains on Wednesday and We'd nesday night just seemed to make the vegetables in my garden get week s growth" said w. G. Hatley. q am glad that May has come, for we haven't got such a windy start that it some how couldn't stop. I do not know of anything that gladdens the gardener $ heart like a soft rain when he has everything in readiness for it'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02

SHADE OF HoYLE.

SHADE OF HOYLE. You must join our Baraca," said the affable church worker. I'm afraid I can't, ma'am," said the new arrival in the neighborhood. "Why not?' well, to tell the truth I don't know one card from another"
 PAUL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
stopped On "Madeline, Floor.

"1 was. very much amused recently on getting into the elevator in the Jet : ferson County Bank building" said
 Speedy Bates. T was the first pas senger to get in and as is my custom dropped towards the back of the car to make room for those entering after
 me. It so happened that when the sig nal to start was given I was pushed
 up in far corner. I had told the
 elevator boy that I wanted to get off
 on the meZzanine floor, and just be- fore we reached it he said in a very
 pompous way. Please let the gent off on the Madeline floor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENCE

T What the Florida Times-Union prob
 ably means when it says Clifford Pincho.
 | is trying to get back into politics is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Joe Rosenberger's Joke

q have always known that Joe Ros- enberger was fond of a joke" said pr. Courtney Shropshire, but I think he pulled rather low-down one on me, for after going to Coden to recuper- ate it seems he went to New Orleans to celebrate. g he sent me a picture post card showing one of the Crescent City's famous cemeteries. I do not know whether it was to let me know that he was still above ground or to remind me that some of my patients were under the sod. He is scheduled home today and l am going to get sat- isfaction that is if he got by the of- ficers with his suit case"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02

some of these soul mates think up rather queer pet names"
 "Yes?'
 Correspondence was read in court the other day in which the fair defend- lar"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02

Remittances can be made at cufren, rate of exchange. The Age-Hera,o "Iii not be responsible for money sehs through the mails. Address
 THE AGE-H ERAlAD, Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02

No communication will be puohsaea without It's authors --dme. HsJec'eu manuscript will not 1e returned un.e"S stamps are enclose1 for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter, un- de- act of Congress, March s, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
ARABIAN NIGHT TALE OF 1919

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger: DCJ HERE has just come from Egypt II the Brief Record of the Ad-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-02
WHAT COULD IT MEAN?

"He told me so himself"
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-06-12
May Receive
Merchandise By
Air Express

Keeping riEht apace with the times
Alfred Decker & Cohn. manufacturers
OF Society brand clothes. have estab-
1ished an aeropiane express service
Al present the schedule OF the ex-
press takes in only the dealers in the
territory adjacent 10 Chicago. but II
marks an epoch as II sisnaiizes the
first regular employment of The aero
plane in commercial pursuits
Alfred Decker & Cohn own their
own rlanes and have painted them in
checkerboard style 10 make them eas-
fiy sisiinguIshabie at even a great
height. The planes are of the latest
model and the same kind that the ma
3orIty OF the American and Canadian
fiers were trained In.
The makers Of Society Brand cloth
ing plan to extend the schedule OF
the mir express 10 radius Of SOC
miles around their factory IN Chicago
In short time II the plan proves
feasible no doubt all their dealers will
be supplied by rapid shipments by air
which might mean that the checkered
acronianes VIII visit caron City when
delivering goods to Wood R-o'hers
Clothing Company. the Chicago
houses local dealers.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-06-12
EVENING Of TRIUMPH AS CLASS '19
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS FROM c. C. H.
Bishop Irving p. Johnson Gives Eloquent
and Excellent Address; the Methodist
Church Crowded to the Doors

ally. spiritually and materially. Re-
ligion. he said. had always been the
basis OF human conduct. and that its
perversion resulted in idoiatry. sir
and national decay. The church with
its religious teachings. he declared.
maintained the sanity OF society, and
that without moral and religious pre-
cepts for their guidance. nations and
Individuals fall into hopeless and ir-
retrievable ruin. The speaker pointed
out that Germany, by forsaiSing reli-
eion, had brought disaster upon her.
se'f. and that Russia, through the repu-
diation OF God, in the establishment OF
a Boishevist regime. had brought
chaos and destruction TO her people.
The bishop cited the interesting fact
that 27s royal personages in Europe
have Iost their jobs during the last
three years because they abandoned
Diety and set up god OF their making
for their worship. II is g matter OF
regret that space precludes us laying
al least resume OF the bishops ad-
dress before the readers OF The Daily
Record. The bishop Is a magnificent
speaker, and his discourse Thursday
night was at once eloquent insipra-
tionei and helpful. 1t was not un-
mixed with humor and he'd the clos
est attention OF his auditors through
out. II was an oratoricaI and INTEL
lectual treat to all privileged TO hear
II
The members OF the class Of 1919
were presented by Prof. Whitaker for
r.. ~
man. president OF the board Of educa.
tion. awarded the diplomas The
members winning scholarships were
announced by Frcf Graves Follow
ing the benedictfnn by Rev Don
Frank Fem the audience whs dis
missed. Thursday evenincD com
mencement exercises WIN be record
eli In the chronicles OF the Canon Cit,
high school rs one Of The most nota-
BILE OF long reries OF such events
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-06-12
Saturday
RETURNS TO-DAY TO

RETURNS IOORf 10
HOME IN DENVER
Miss Helen King Winchell, who has
ben a guest at the Harrington home.
$50 College avenue, returned TO her
home in Denver today
SUFFERING FROM AN
ATTACK OF RHEUMATISM
]. A. Moschetti of Lincoln. foreman
of the Wolf Park mine. is patient at
the Holmes hospital. suffering from
sciatic rheumatism.
WILL SPEND HER
SUMMER IN GREELEY
Miss Aileen Monahan expects to
leave the first of the week fo- Gtee'ey
where she will spend her summer va
cftion.
OCCUPYING THE
5ALMAN PROPERTY
Mr.. and Mrs. o. p. Owens have
moved into the house formerly occu-
MED by the T. d. Ba'man family.
SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL
SUMMER IN DENVER
Misses Ethel Young and Margaret
Hendershot. teachers In Canon City
hieh scNcol. eft today for Denver TO
spend the srr>mer.
LYLE GOLDEN HOME
FROM CAMP TRAVIS
Lyle II. Gc'den OF Company Z.
Thir,y-fsth Infantry. who; was mus
tered out recently at Camp Travis. ar
rived home the first of the week
RETURNS TO MONTANA
HOME AFTER VISIT HERE
Mrs. Earl Seriy. who has been vis-
iting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs A. NJ.
Ewell for api'e 1itre whiies re-
turned to her home in Ashby, Mont.
recently.
RETURN HOME IS
PLANNED FOR MONDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Roberts of
Plateau City. who are xuests st the
home Of Mr.. and Ms Jehn n, Ham-
ilton on Hazel sveM,e, expect TO start
for home the fir<t ~ the week They
VII ne accompanied M 1(les rs,ith
Hamilfen. Who n ! <eachsr II ne
eoelk C@1un Gckuo,1 - Wh6NNflf'
e6iox 1 nttio ~ f191o NJ er1ncee.
lnllss alnieo 4 4. ].
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-06-12
WILL MOTOR 70
sALiDA TOMORROW

sALiDA TOMORROW
Mrs. -Myra T. Sheriff., Mrs. T. ID.
Palmer and Corp Burden Sheriff. ex-
II pect to motor to Salida tomorrow for
few days visit with Mrs. .Kenzie
Bates Edmonds. who is at Dr. Cock
ems hospital at that place Mrs.
Edmonds is getting along as well as
could be expected, and it is expected
she will be brought to Canon City
next week
WELL KNOWN CANON CITY
PEOPLE MARRIED AT sALIDA
Miss Ruth Robinette and Melvin
Melchi of this city were married last
Thursday evening at o'clock in Sa-
Ida. The bride is a sister of Mrs.
Clyde Merris of this city, and has
many friends here Tie groom is
cashier for the American Express
Company at Las Animas. where they
will make their home.
MRS. BERGEN ENTERTAiNs
PHiLETREA CLASS
The Philethea class of the First
Presbyterian Sunday school held its
regular meeting at the home of Mrs
Bergen. During the business meet
ing Mrs. Tray was elected vice pres
ident to fill the vacancy caused by
the removal of Mrs. Ruth Pennington
from this city. Mrs. c. H Smith read
an interesting paper on eOur Island
Mission" The evening was spent in
games. followed by the serving Of de-
licious refreshments Sixteen mem
bers and four guests we're present. As
sfsting the hostess was Mrs. Wilson
and Mrs. Dick The July meeting of
the class will be held with Mrs. Guy
James.
CONGRESSMAN HARDY
is ON THE JOB
Florence Citizen.
w. L. Morris received a copy of
House bill No. 4077 this morning
which was introduced by Congress-
man Guy U. Hardy on last Friday
The contents OF the proposed measure
which has been referred 10 the Com
mitee on Military Affairs. and or
dered printed. are as follows: BE 1t
enacted by the Senate and House Of
REPRESENTATIVES of the United States
of America, in Congress assembled.
that the secretary OF war be. and he is
hereby authorized and directed to do
nate to the town of Florence, in the
state of Colorado, one cannon or fed
piece captured by the American army
from the forces of the Imperial Ger
man government during the present
war; Mr.. Hardy lost no time in COM
plying with the request of Mr.. Morris
on behalf of the Florence City Park.
Senator Phipps will also introduce a
similar bill in the United States Sen
ate.
WILL ATTEND SUMMER
SCHOOL AT GREELEY
Miss Grace Forsman Of 222 Harri-
son avenue will leave this week for
Greeley where she will attend the
teachers summer school during the
next few months.
HYssoNGs DOWN FROM
RANCH NEAR euFFEr
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hyssong and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hyssong are down
| from their ranch near Guffey getting
acquainted with Canon City again-
WILL MAKE THEIR
HOME IN DENvEF
Mr. and Mrs. John Zimmerman and
little daughter Betty, left Thursday
afternoon for Denver where they will
make their future home. Mr. Zim
norman has been the prescription
clerk at Hunter Palmer's for several
| years
HAS 6EAuTiFiEp
HIS HOME PRoPRERS
The appearance of the C. T. Wood
home at ZIG Harrison avenue has beer
greatly improved bya fresh coat o
paint. c. r. Rorsman also believes
in painting up. and did the same to his
home at e20 Harrison avenue.