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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
At the Lyric

Birmingham theatregoers are enjoying the Keith bill at the Lyric which is we'll filled with high class entertainment. Lou Hall and Ada Brown in She's a Traveling Man" furnish much fun and laughter, Gilbert and Friedland, song writers of national reputation. are also pleasing entertainers. and sing their own cen positions The three Kitaro brothers furnish the sensa tions and the thrillssa nd Ethel McDonough is clever singer. Reynolds and White on the violin are fea- ture entertainers of the bill. Pathe news pictures are of interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05


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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
Hun Government Meets

By Associated Press
 Copenhagen, February 1.-The mem bers of the imperial government of Germany arrived in Weimar Monday They took up their residence in the pal ace and later held a cabinet meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
Sim Feiners to Be Released

London, February IA dispatch to the Central News from Dublin says it is definitely stated there that all the Sin Feiners interned in England will be released Monday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
Drs. DOzier & Dozier
Oldest Established Firm of Medical Specialists in Alabama. Twenty five Years in Birmingham.

We treat scientifically and with wonderful success. all man. ner of chronic diseases of the Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat. Lungs, Heart, Liver. Stomach, Bowels, Kidneys and all diseases of the Skin and the Pelvic Organs of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
RAILROAD SCHEDULES
Corrected December s, 1918

Arrival and departure of passenger trains. Birmingham. The following schedule figures published as informal ton, are not guaranteed BIRMINGHAM TERMINAL STATION Southern Railway System
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
David Warfield

The name of David Warfield is the most powerful magnet that any theatre can display Millions of theatregoers have acclaimed him the most popular of American actors, and follow his course with unswerving loyalty and affection. The announcement that he will come to the Jefferson Thursday for one perform ance only in his popular revival of "The Arctioneer'' is already keeping the box office staff busy accepting orders and al wering inquiries,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
ADJUSTMENTS
"Going Up"-Jefferson

A riot of fun, a feast of music and a bewitching bevy of feminine beauty is the promise of Conan and Harris whose production Going Up." which scored such a wonderful success during it's two lcng years at the Liberty theatre, New York, will be the attraction at the lief ferson Friday and Saturday. matinee Saturday, of this week. Going Up' is a big musical comedy by Otto liar bach and James Montgomery, who wrote the book and lyrics. and Louis A. Hirsch composed the music.
 Perhaps the biggest hit fn Going Up is the "Tickle-Toe" song and dance. This number took six and eight encores nightly during it's run in New York. AL most as big sensation is T Want De. termined Boy" However, in musical play that contains such entrancing num- bers as If You Look In Her Eyes, 'The Touch of Womans Hand," Do It For Me" and When the Curtain Falls it is difficult to determine which is the most popular
 The leading singing and comedy roles have been placed in the hands of an eff ficient cast headed by Bobby Watson Others are Mary Lane. Mildred Donnelly Lillian Raymond, Ethel Dale. Arthur Mil
 Ter, James Manning, Raymond Mills William Wadsworth, Arthur Cunning ham and P. A. Leonard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
EXCHANGE PROBE PROPOSED
 BY HOUSE MEMBER
Caraway Asks Appointment of Committee to Investi- gate New York and New
 Orleans Exchanges
Rv Assonizted Presx


 Washington, February 4.-Investigation of the New York and New Orleans cot ton exchanges by a committee of five members of the House appointed by Speaker Clark. was proposed today by Representative Caraway of Arkansas, in resolution introduced in the House. The committee would be directed to de- termine whether short selling and specu- letion on the exchanges had caused decline of cotton prices.
 The resolution of Mir Caraway would direct the committee to determine the cause of the wide fluctuations in the cotton future market and whether the low prices are Gue to conspiracy or restraint among dealers. It also would direct the committee to recommend legis lation to restore open market conditions. Representatives from cotton states, in cluding Mir. Caraway and Representa- tives Eagle of Texas, and Hefln of Ala bama, urged that action be taken by Congress to assure a higher price for cotton. Mir. Caraway did not directly charge that manipulation caused the de- cline in cotton prices, but Representa- tives Eagle and Heflin asserted that for eign spinners by short selling through American agents had forced down the price.
 ''The price has constantly dropped un- til now there is not any market for cot ton,' declared MT. Caraway asserting that this condition prevailed. although the worlds cotton supply is short and the 1918 crop of the south is the small est ever gathered there.
 LOW PRICE AGREEMENT Mir. Caraway said while he would not charge manipulation, as the cause of the decline he had information an agreement had been made in this country to sell l cotton to foreign countries at a contract Iprice less than that which cotton had brought in the open market here. No market regulated by the law of ! supply and demand could sag for SS67 0o0,- coo as has the cotton market in the last two months, especially with the supply constantly growing less"
 Representative Eagle declared that I English cotton spinners manipulate the | market through their agents, the New | York and New Orleans cotton gamblers. ' He added that New England manufac turers had contracted to sell cotton goods
 on a basis of paying 37A cents pound for the raw product and said that any | price under that amount was 50 much | in the hands of the speculators." MT. Heflin also accused manipulators with causing the decline in the market 1 and added that unless Congress takes action financial hardshps will ensue | through the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05

rate of return and valuation as the
 courts might decide
 "Of course. if the franchise is can celled the utility comes immediately un- der the Jurisdiction of the public ser vice commission, removed from regula- tory legislation by the city, relieved of the franchise limitations
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-03
Not NJ All a BAD Idea.

Always speak well Of the dead, and
II you have the time you might speak
a good word for the living occasional.
ly.@Credit Lost.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-03
YRS ES

CONVICTION, KY, Oct. 2.-The
great campaign of the League of
Women Voters for the coming winter
Is EDUCATION FOR CITIZENSHIP,
and the women of Kentucky are al
ready at work.
The slogan Of Mrs. Charles F. Firth
of Covington, newly appointed chair
man of the K%enton-co. Illiteracy Com
mission is
Not a single iliterate in Kenton-co..
Kentucky, by April, 1920"
Since 1910 Kenton-co. has reduced
it's illiteracy percentage so per cent.
The county, containing C~ovington, the
second largest city in the state, still
has about 100 adults unable to read
and write.
Opportunity Room
Here Is how Mrs. Firth intends to
carry out her program to wipe out
completely illiteracy in Kenton-co. by
April, 1920:
"Our first big task Is that of finding
the illiterates and convincing them of
theta need of learning" say Mrs.
Firth.
"Selective service boards have been
of great help in the past and banks
and institutions will be requested to
give us information of illiterates. The
boaru OF mas
provided what Is known as an 'oppor-
tunity room at the new high school,.
Pupils will attend classes here three
nights a week. Here they will. take
a beginners course In English read
ing, writing and arithmetic.
mo other students will be admitted
to this room, so hat there will be no
embarrassment to the man or woman
who Is learning what he should have
years ago. The State Hitter
aoy Commission will furnish books
and supplies"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-03
SALTS FINE FOR
ACHING KIDNEYS
We eat too much meat which clogs
Kidneys, then the Back
hurts

Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish ana
clogged and need a flushing OCCASION
ally, else we have backache and dull
misery in the kidney region, severe
headaches, rheumatic twinges. torpid
liver, acid stomach, sleeplessness ana
all sorts of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your Kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces of Jao
Salts from any good drug store mere,
take a tablespoonful in a glass OF water
before breakfast for a few days ana
your kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts Is made from the acid OF
grapes and lemon juice. combined with
lithia, and is harmless to flush clogged
kidneys and stimulate them to normal
activity. 1t also neutralizes the acids
In the urine SO 1t no longer frritates'
thus ending bladder disorders
Jad Salts is harm1ess; inexpensive.
makes a delightful ~effervescent lithia,
water drink which everybody should
take now and then to keep their kid
neys clean. thus avoiding serious com
plications.
A weil-known local druggist says he
sells lots of lad Salts to folks VINO
believe in overcoming kidney trouble
while 1t is only trouble.-Adv'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-03
POLICE NEWS

Sergeant Morris received inform
alton hat Alex Bodner, of Bethle-
hem. is missing. He is nineteen years
old and stands Eve foot, eight inch
es, Weighing 1870 pounds. He is dark
Completed. If found notify Mr..
Bartor, telephone Sc Bethlehem
friend at 527 State street, this city.
Peter Surek, of Woodbridge, was
arrested by Patrolman Martin and
Roundsman Calvin at the corner of
State street and Hall avenue last
night. Surek carried a stolen bicycle
with him, it is charged, which he
stated he purchased for ten cents off
O boy who wanted to go to the mov
les. He is being held for hearing by
the Juvenile court.
John Joneluner, fifteen years
old, of Mary street. was held on a
charge of grand larceny preferred by
William Counihan. He Is one of a
gang who constantly hang around
cars parked in front of the Majestic.
Goods have been taken out of the
cars every night. The prisoner was
held for further investigation.
-Patrolman Ludwigson accompa-
MED the patrol wagon to Buckley's
drug store last night, where a fight
was supposed to be in progress. The
trouble was over when the police ar
rived.
Gus Perch, thirty-six, a deck
hand on barge 781, Lehigh Valley.
was arrested by Detective Huff on a
charge of atrocious assault preferred
by Charles Sanhorn of the same boat.
He was released on furnishing $500
bonds for appearance before the
grand Jury.
Steve Adamsik, thirteen, an
habitual truant, was held for hear
ing by the Juvenile court.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-03
Almost EVERY Human Ailmens
IL Directly Traceable to Inn
purities In the Blood.

You should pay particular heed
to any indication that your blood
sppply Is becoming sluggish, or
that there is lessening In its
strong and vital force.
BY keeping your blood cieansed
your system more easily wards off
disease that is eve present, wait
Ing to attack wherever there Is an
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-03
AerOpIane at South Pole
May Wireless to London
Associated Press Correspondence.)


LONDON. Sept. Am airplane,
lowering about the South Pole, may
send back to London daily wireless
advices relative to explorations of
scientific researches by the South
Pole expedition which is to be led by
John L. Cope next summer.
The explorer, who has served as
surgeon and biologist on previous
south polar expeditions, believes the
use of airplanes and wireless in prob
ing the. solitudes of the icebound
antarctic regions will lead to revela-
tions that will make the trip more m
portant, from a scientific point of
view, than any previous explorations
Of the earth's under side"
Although new difficulties will be
created by the use of aircraft 1t is
claimed the advantages to be obtained
are so great as will be obvious to
anyone acquainted with such
research. 1t is proposed to equip the
airplanes used with wireless apparatus
having a sending range of several
hundred miles ensuring communion
ton with the mother ship" of the
expedition. From this ship sum-
maries of the airplanes' exploits are
to be flashed by more powerful instru-
ments back to the civilized world .
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-03
Test for Voting

Test for Voting
Mrs. Firth is an ardent advocate OF
woman suffrage. 1t was on a tour of
Kentucky when she handed out SUI
frage pamphlets at county fairs that
she was first impressed with the ne
cessity for eradication Of i~lliteracy.
at was the surprise of my life to
find sleek and prosperous men unable
to read the leaflets I offered" she
said. "They would turn to me In a
most helpless fashion and ask:
"'Whut's 1t about?
at was such experiences as these
that brought me the conviction that
the electorate of the state must be
educated. at least taught to read the
printed page.
1T strongly believe h ability to
read and write English should be the
only qualifications for voting citizen
ship. According to figures compiled
by s~elective service officials of the re-
cent United States army draft. one
fourth of the total population of our
country Is illiterate. This fact ought
to stir every loyal American to a deep
sense of the peril to American instf-
tutions that can De sa~feguarded only
by the education of the masses"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-03
GERMANS TRY TO EvADE TAX
Several Wealthy Families Have Ar
rived In North SIesvig to
Escape Levy.

Copenhagen.-Seyeral wealthy Ger
mans have arrived In North Slesvig
trying to escape the high taxes and
con~fiscation Of property In Germany.
According to the peace treaty Dem
mark need not make these persons
Danish subjects, and the German gov
eminent has declared harsh measures
are to be taken before the evacuation
of North Slesvig to hinder fight from
the consequences of the val.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-03
Bride F'ersteII Weather Change.

Swallows are unerring in their In
stinct. If they are flying high, then
an umbrella is not an immediate ne
cessity. But If, when they are In
search of their food, they skim along
at a low altitude. 1t is safe to predict
a downfall ut no great period. The
iong-distance flyers, such as gulls and
rocks, are well worth attention. They
are not only weather-wise, but wise In
COMMON sense. They W venture
far from home when bad weather is
brewing. +
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-03
Perfect Health Is Yours
If the Blood Is Kept Pure

opening. A few bottles Of 8. 5. s.
the great vegetable blood medi-
cine, will reyitalize your blood and
give. you new strength and q
healthy. vigorous vitality. Eyerya
one needs 1t Just now to keep the
system In perfect condition. Go
to your drug store and get a bottle
to-day. and II you need any medi-
cal advice, you can obtain It VITA
out cost by writing to Medical Di-
rector, Swift Specific Co. R Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta. Ga
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-03
Really Small FIats.

Verona was much impressed with
her first night In a berth on q sleeper,
and in relating some Of the wonders
Of her trip, remarked, why, Aunt
Emma, the fats were 30 small we
couldn't all live together. Mamma and
I slept in the first fat and daddy In
the second fiat"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-03

Florence, having invited Earl to her
birthday, was anxiously waiting for
an Invitation to Earls party. One
day she asked him If she was going
to be invited to his party, to which
he replied: ooh. I'm not going to have
any kids at my party, only overgrown
people,"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-03
Furniture Polish,

This is a polish used by a cabinet
maker who learned the trade: One-half
pint raw llnseed oil, three tablespoon
fuls %turpentine, two tablespoonfuls al
cohol, three tablespoonfuls vinegar.
Shake well before using.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-03
Substitute for Leather.

Unwoven cotton dipped in various
solutions and then compressed is said
to make an excellent substitute for
leather.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14

o1dnanCe program that was severely criticized, but the department states that it sees no reason now to change It's view that the wisest course wa" tkat which was followed. Army eN- perts still hold that the Springfield rifle is the best military weapon made, but 1t is declared the rifle program would have been "hopelessly delayed. if 1t had been attempted to equip the forces with those weapons It is re iterated also that the Enfield rifle as 1t was in production in American plants when the United States enter ed the war was an utterly inadequate weapon, while as it was modified, 1t became second only to the Spring field. Despite the delay due to the modification and standardization, all American troops were equipped with modern, efficient. American-nfad ri fles before they left the United States.
 ''The decision to modify the En- field" says the report, ''was one of the greatest decisions of the executive prosecution of the war-au honor to General John T. Thompson and the other rifle experts who made it"
 The total rifle production in the United States from the beginning of the war up to November 9, 1919 was 2,506 BOT of which a little more than 100000 were Springfield rifles.
 Considerable attention is devoted to the production of automatic pistols and revolvers for the troops. In the Colt .45.' the standard army auto matic developed as a, result of the Philippine experience by the army and which also was an invention by Browning, the United States forces had a weapon which all Europe could not match for efficiency in action and which brought terror to the Germans when American troops reached the front.
 European countries failed to arpre-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14
ABUNDANCE OF WAR GOODS READY
 IN U. s, WHEN ARMISTICE CAME

The demand for light Brovnings was so heavy that when the armis- lice was signed the department was driving forward production to the end that British, BeIgi; and French troops might ba equipped with this weapon, t%esa 'hr-e na'ious having asked for supplies ee this latest American addition to the fighting equipment.
 Up to I'ov"n be. II the produc- ti. n of BrJw1in rifles was 5223S I majority Of which were ir France. In addition 10000 Chauchat guns had been purchased, so that enough light automatic rifles were on hand to sup ply 100 divisions or an army of B. 500,00O men. In the same time 41,- S04 heavy Brownings and enough Nickers guns had been produced to make with the Hotchkiss weapons purchased from the French a. total of 54.627 of this type, or enough to equip 200 divisions or an army of 100000.
 At the peak of our production" the report says, "a total of 1,794 machine guns and automatic rifles of all types were produced within a period of 24 hours" and the total production of machine guns in the | and November II, 1918 was 1851 039 as against 229,23S produced by the French and 1S1.4O4 by the British iu the same period.
 Only the loyal cooperation of the manufacturers with whom 'competi- tive commercial advantages weighed not at all against the national need made possible this achievement, the report states.
 other production struggles des- cribed in todays chapters includes items varying in size from trench knives to the 45-ton Mark VIII tanks of British design of which 1900 were being constructed in cooperation with the British and 1,45O additional who'll ly by American enterprise. Only one of these had been delivered up to January 1, 1919, but it is noted that 1he work on each program on com ponent parts was 50 per cent. com pIete when the armistice was signed. Orders for all but 100 of these tanks have been cancelled.
 On November II. GA tanks of the French six-ton type have been deliv- cred and by January 31 of this year 291. Of these six were shipped abroad. Orders for 1000 Mark 1 light tanks were cancelled as were orders for 15.O15 three-ton tanks. fifteen of which had been completed on Novem- b er Il.
 The history of the rifle prod Ic- ton, including all of the considera- tions which led to the adoption of the standardized British Enfield weapon fo~ American use. also is fully outlin- e6. This was another element of the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14

cjate the value of large calibre, hard hitting weapon of this type and
 the chief use of pistols and reYolvers
 in European armies has been as or raments for officers uniforms it is
 said rather than for active fighting.
 The result of Europe's neglect the report says, " was that the small calibre revolvers of the Germans and eH en of the French and English were toys in comparison to the big Colts that slapped the thighs of the Ameri- can doughboys.''
 With this weapon, 1t is stated, ''any l average soldier with average train ing can hit what he shoots at. In al most the first skir.nish it proved it's superior usefulness in trench fight ing. Such incidents as that of the sin gle American soldier who dispersed . killed whole sque of C1ernla z: layoneteers which had surrounded him struck the enemy with fear of Yankee prowess with the pistol" This resulted in the ad 1itiCn of 0is- to.s to the fighting equipment Of the American troops at a rate hat over WI elmeG the supply. Every ef'Ort tn increase the production was made, but t'Ie army was forced to resort to .45- ca 'ibre revolvers to supplnen' the supply. The actual rate of pro Iuc ton re ched just before the a n-istice was si ned was 1928 pistols and l 233 re- vo'Ner5 a lay ar d the total 1Imber of tha weapons butt Curing t!.e war WIS 745,
 The standard Ar erican army rifle
 ammunition proved it's superiority in action, adding materially to the accur-
 acy of American small arms fire. Ex- traordinary measures to produce car tridges in sufficient numbers are re
 counted in the report and in the fall
 of 1918 the United States achieved
 an average monthly output of 284,-
 852,735 rounds against a British ave-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14
The Spring Rains Bring Grippe

Thissort of weather brings colds and grippe fits just cold people say, there's danger in thatl But many fatal sickness begins with cold with vital ity weakened - the system is ready for the Influenza germs. Begin early to ward off the attack Purge the system of the toxins (posons) by taking castor o vegetable laxative made of Mayappe leaves of aoe and iaap, rolled into coated pills and to be had at all drug pr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets a>as < h>< the cold starts with cough and it persists then local treatment for this condition should be taken. well known alternative extract which has been the market great many years and which has been highly mended by thousands of users Dr. Perces Golden Med cal Discovery This tonic compound Is composed of extract of and herbs without alcohol, and has soothing effect upon the membrane, allays the irritation and at the time works in the proper and reasonable way the seat of the troublethe sagnated poisoned blood