The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-14
Enthusiasm To Mark
 Memorial Campaign

Memorial Campaign A LABAMA'S memorial building, 6A to be erected at Montgomery, will be an edifice worthy of the cause and the money to pay for it will be forthcoming promptly.
 Five hundred thousand dollars is the amount proposed for it's cost. The state is to appropriate fifty thousand dollars and the people will contribute the rest. Never has a campaign been planned that aroused so much enthu- siasm as this in honor of Alabama's soldiers. Individuals are already pledging liberal sums, and it is now Iseen that a million dollars could be easily collected should those in charge decide to increase the proposed cost to that amount.
 Alabama's population is not far from two and half million. A small donation from each adult would total million dollars or more. Everyone should give something, and should feel pride in doing it, but to make up for those who give only mite thou sands there will be who will gladly give substantial sums.
 Not only must the building be mas sive and of imposing architectural de- sign, but the best artists must be em- p1oyed to paint battle scenes and model statues of our distinguished commanders. A million dollars will not be too much to expend on Ala bama's memorial
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 Having been aware of it's existence for some time, the allies have decided to re- cognize the Kolchak government. One by one the props are being knocked from under bolshevism. 1 # # #
 Having mussed up Hon. Willard. one of his sparring partners has been dis missed. Mussng up the champion will be the forthcoming privilege of Hon Dempsey.
 And while we are on the subject, Bir- i mingham sportsmen are laying odds of 8 to that the newspapers will carry this alliterative headline: willard Wins"
 When the Star Spangled Banner was adopted in TIT as the flag of the nation, whoever thought it would some day be proudly waving on the Rhine?
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 The submarine, experts tell us. has no commercial future. Still, some enter prising person may decide to operate an underwater booze boat < $ *
 As a colonel on the staff of the gover- nor of Tennessee. we venture the predic- tion that Sergeant York will be conspic- uous by his absence.
 MaSino is now sitting in' with the 'Bis Four" making it the Big Five,' but we hate to see Orlando missing so many meetings.
 * * * Striking keymen needn't think they car hurt MT. Burleson by calling him Prince of Bolshevism.'' He's used tt hard names.
 The first thing we know Karl Rennel , will be telegraphing to Paris that he feel : worse than Brockdorff- Until Europe becomes reasonably saf for tourists, it may be advisable to main 5 tain an army of 50O,OOO men. f * # #
 Life is never dull in Juarez when tn villistas are on the move in that par ticular part of troubled Mexico. n # # * Have you done your duty sufficientl to feel that you can look a Boy Scou in the face?
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 If Vienna keeps thinking mourHfu thoughts, what's to become of Viennes operetta?
 It now seems certain that MT. Burle :, son will go out of office with MT. Wilson < E af S, There is a mad scramble to get on tn f lsuffrage band wagon. Watch your ster
 x * * }. Buy flag today and carry the alpha s bet to Alabama's illiterate thousands.
 TAME SPORT s From the Cincinnati Enquirer. a The automobile racing game is becomin milk soppy, so to speak. With S3 conte: . tants at Indianapolis, recently only thre