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Trench and camp., 1919-01-30
Request of Army.


We are told in the article that the
money assigned for the education of
the soldier boy through the Y. M. C. A.
could be better spent in other ways,
and that our boys think only Of get
ting home. Here again the govern
ment has requested the association
to do this work. No one is compelled
to attend. but the Y. M. C. A. offers the
opportunity, in case of a soldier boy
compelled to remain overseas. for him
to take up lines of technical work
which will At him for employment at
home.
We have learned through experience
that there are large number of men
overseas who have been most anxious
to perfect themselves for some par
ticular work The months to come
over there will be wasted time unless
something of this kind can be pro-
vided for them. 1t has been placed in
the hands of the best educators OF the
country after careful study of the
field overseas. The government has
been convinced that it Is needed. and
is equally convinced that the Y. NJ.
G. A. is the organization to carry 1T
on. 1t will cost large amount of
money. but on good advice we are en-
titled to feel that it will be money
we'll spent. Many of these boys have
been taken from our schools and col
leges and will be set back in their
studies perhaps a year. If while they
are serving their country we can help
them to carry on their studies We
shall have been serving both our
country ard our fellowmen. 1t is sug
gested that this money might be we'll
spent at home in trying to furnish
employment for the returning SOL
diers Let me say that every Y. M. G.
A. organization has been pledged to
this work. and that every returning
months membership free in our asso-
citation.
The writer says that the Y. M. c. A.
Is embarrassed to know how to spend
the 100000, 900 committed to it, Let
me reply that our organization is to-
day worrying as to how it may close
up the work it has already in hand
without being obliged to come to the
people with another appeal for funds.
The war is over, and the Y. M. c. A.
is cutting off as fast as possible
every bit of expense that is not alb
solutely necessary. We pledged to
the American people that not one
cent of the money given should be
spent otherwise than on the soldier
and sailor boys in the service. So
not one cent of this money can be
used by our organization in civil life
But the demands on us for increased
work are now more than they were
during the war. We have had to pro-
vide new quarters and new locations
in connection with our Army boys;
our camps here at home still have
hundreds of thousands of men in
them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
SOVEREIGN Tonic for Ever
Builds Up Rundown Systems

When your health has been under mined by worry or overwork. when your Vitality is lowered. when you have that don't care a rap feeling, when your nerves are depressed. when your work appears too much for you, you are then in run down condition.
 Your system must be upheld bN an active tonic. You will find it in Sover- eign Tonic, which gives new strength and ambition-the very help you need.
 Sovereign Tonic is a real restorative. a blood maker and a nerve builder.
 When your blood is impoverished through the want of Iron, which pro duces rich red blood and changes food into living tissue"-you will find the let contains l grain of PREPARED IRON with other blood and nerve pro- ducts You will be surprised and de- lighted with the new strength and vim Sovereign Tonic gives you.
 You will begin to feel the efficacy of the Sovereign Tonic after the first dose. Don't hesitate if you belong to the Army of "Hasbeens." Try Sovereign Remedy without delay and become once society, receiving the full benefits of what is your just rights in the battle of Sovereign Tonic will do more to brighten the world, to dispel gloom. to make happy<homes than all the medi- cines that have been compounded. Your druggist sells it or can get 1t ! for you Always in stock at Norton 1 Drug Store. Wholesale distributors for Ala bama, Doster- Nortnington Drug Co. 1 Price s1.00.
 Sent by mail on receipt of price. Sovereign Remedy Co.,. ] 1915 Hilbert St., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
ALABAMA QUINTET HERE SATURDAY
Crimson and White Will At tempt Revenge on Bap-
 tist Team

University, February 1S-(SpeeiaD Alabama's basketeers will journey up to Birmingham Saturday to play re- turn game with Howard college. Coach Yank Goodall is giving the Crimson tossers some hard workouts this week and hopes to give the Baptists a se- were drubbing in revenge for their pre- vious assault.
 Ben Anderson. star forward for Ala bama. has been laid up the last few days with a lame back However Coach Goodall is counting on having him back in harness by Saturday night Anderson and "Foopy" Aston, assisted by '"Stuff" Agee at center and Johr Cochrane and "Feecy" Blackburn a. guards, are being depended upon tC overcome the shooting proclivities O O. B. and w. D. Newman for Howard | college.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
PETITION FILED
 ASKING RECEIVER FORN.Y.,N H. &H.
Road Stock Breaks Three Points When News of Application Reaches
 Wall Street
By Associated Press

New York. February 13.-A petition in equity asking for appointment of a linn ited receiver for the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad company on the ground that much of $204, 900, 600 spent outside of its sphere had been wasted and that the so-called Adams suit started in 1916 to recover part of that sum on behalf of certain stockholders had been futile was filed in the fed eral district court here today by coun- sel for Harold Morris and others, mem- bers of protective committee repre- senting 173S stockholders holding 5l, ,959 shares" Federal Judge Knox fixed Feb ruary 21 as the date for the hearing.
 New Haven stock broke points when news of the receivership application reached Wall street. All of the petition CTS, it was stated, are residents of New York state.
 The petition charged that the action brought by Edwin Adams and other stockholders on August 26, 1916, purposed to have the new board of directors that succeed William Rockefeller, Charles M. Pratt and Lewis Case Ledyard and the estates of J. Pierpont Morgan and Ham iton Mex. Twombly, and who were re- red to as ''conspira tors,'' compel resti- tution of the millions that were said to have been "wasted" in the endeavor of the foregoing men to monopolize the steam railroads, trolley lines and steam skip companies of New England This suit failed, it was said, partly because it had not been directed at all of the alleged "conspirators' all former direc- tors of the New Haven dating from 1890 to 1914-and who included, besides the men previously named, George Macul- loch Miller, Charles F. Brooker, Charles -fS Mellen, Robert w. Taft, Edward D. Robbins, James S. Elton, James s. Hem ingway, A.. Heaton Robertson, Frederick P. Brewster, Henry K. McHarg and John l.. Billiard.
 The charges in the present action cor respond in a general way to those in the Adams suit, numerous unlawful acts be- ing alleged. including the payment of ex- V travagant prices for properties acquired ssrending of enormous sums to purchase newspaper, employ lobbyists and corrupt
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of the fact that Chase was supposed 10 Dc & 'trouble-maker, reinstated him and Hal became member of the Reds. ln his 'come back he reached the most suo- lime heights and in his first year as Cincinnati player topped the National league in batting. Under Herzog. the first baseman worked along without friction and~there was no rift until last summer when Christy Mathewson startled the
 baseball world by suspending Chase and filing charges of dishonesty against him.
 Now that Hal has been cleared of all this treatment he is ready to get back into the game again. It is likely that he
 will appear in a Giant uniform John McGraw is keen to secure his services, feeling chat althought Chase is a veteran,
 he stlll is good for several more years
 in major circles.
 "Im told that Chase ;s hard man to handle" declared McGraw Maybe he is, but l think i understand Chase well enough to handle him in a way that will bring out the best that IS in him-and without any trouble whatsoever McGraw probably will get his chance because the deal now pending which in- | wolves Chase and the Giants may be put through very shortly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
Wedowee Cage Team
 Defeated by Aggies

Lineviue. February 1S.-tspeeial) The local Aggies defeated the Wedowee High school basketball team here yes terday afternoon by a score of g to 6. The game was full of pep from start to finish F. Eidson was more than q match for Willingham, star player of the high school bunch, and guarded him so we'll that he registered only one field goal. Reagan and Haynes played a splendid game and scored three field goals each, while Meadows threw two field and one foul goals. Huey, for wedowee, played good game and scored one field and one foul.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
Loomis Begins Work
 for Big Track Meet
By Associated Pre.,

Chicago, February 13.-Joe Loomis of the Chicago Athletic association just released from the army began work today in preparation for the twelfth indoor games of the Millrose Athletic association to be held in New York February 25. Loomis said his army experience kept him in good trim and therefore he will need only the finishing touches to be ready for the eastern contests. He will run in the TO- yard dash and the 70-yard high and low urdles.
 Joie Ray of the Illinois Athletic club will also compete in the Millrose club events. He will try to win the third and final leg of the Rodman Wana- maker trophy, which becomes the prop erty of any runner who wins the F mile run three times. Ray has won the race for the last two years.
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legislators. and paying of moneys to bankers under the pretext that they were commissions. The petition recites the growth of the roads capital stock in 10 years from s93. GOO to sd170oo,0oo, and alleges that by June 30, 1916. it had been wasted to the extent of sl26,000,O00 book value and over S9i,0000oO at par valua- tion
 After recounting the efforts of minority stockholders to obtain relief by means of the Adams suit the petition asked that the receiver be ordered to investigate and report on the liability of the alleged con spirators" and the desirability of bring ir.g new suits or intervening in the Adams shit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
Duckwall to Try
 for New Water Record
By Associated Prsss

Miami, Fla, February 13-H. R. Duck wall of Indianapolis will attempt to lower the worlds record for boats of open dis placement types in the annual motor boat regatta which opens here tomor- row.
 Morning and aftrnoon programmes have been arranged for express criusers, open displacement motor boats. other types of boats and seaplanes.
 Mir. Duckwall has entered V-bottom open displacement boat which has already done better than the worlds record in unofficial dashes The regatta is held under the authority of the American Power Boat association and all records will be official.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
FOR STUBBORN COUGHS AND COLDS pr. Kings New Discovery has a fifty-year record be-
 hind 1t

It built it's reputation on its produc- ton of positive results, on its sureness in reliving the throat irritation of colds, coughs, grippe and bronchial attacks:
 'sDr Kings New Discovery? Why, my folks wouldn't use anything else" That's the genera. nation wide esteem held It's action is prompt it's taste pleasant, it's relief gratifying.
 Half a century of cold and cough checking. Sold by druggists every where. COG and $1.20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
Nervousness and Headaches Caused
 bv Aci1-Stotrlac|1

acid. Brings instant relief from indi- gestion, heartburn, sour belching, food repeating, bloat and gas and makes the stomach cool, pure, sweet and comfortable. .s
 Dentists warn us against the bad effects of acid mouth, pointing out that the acid eats through the enamel of the teeth, causing them to decay You can easily i'm lag inc then tho amount of damage excess acid will cause to the delicate organization of the stomachl
 Thousands of people arc using EATONIC and the results obtained ara SO remarkable as to be almost unbe- levable. Yet their letters of gratitude. many of which are received daily, prove absolutely that EATONIC does all and even more than we claim. The medical profession, too, recognizes tho great value of this wonderful remedy. A learned Michigan doctor wrote re- gently: .'I have had such wonderful success with EATONIC that l want every one to know how quickly 1t VIII neutralixe the acidity of the the stom- ach (acid- -stomach) and the stomach will soon be sweet and normal again. and the sick man we'll and happy once more.
 So be sure to get a big box ol EATONIC from your druggist today. If it fails in any way to give you tho kind of satisfaction you want, take n back-he will refund your money. Hs doesn't want one penny of your money unless EATONIC helps you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
DECREASE IN THE,
 NUMBER OF BANKS
Hy HOLLAND

New York February 13.-(Special) Announcement was made yesterday that in Boston there are now 15 nation- al banks, nine of which are in the city proper and six in the suburbs. Alton tion has been called to the list which contains the names of the banks of Boston which are members of the Clearing House association, chiefly be- cause a few years ago the number of banks in Boston was nearly five times as many as it is now. Within cont paratively short time the 5S banks which at one time constituted the mem- bership of the Boston Clearing House association have so shrunken in num- bers that the list of l.. nine of which are in the city proper, makes up the total of the national banks in that
 great and very rich community.
 One explanation is given for this
 falling off in the number tells of ire
 quent consultations. Probably in pro-
 portion to it's size Boston stands first lin the number of bank consultations
 Then, too, number of liquidations
 have been made. almost all for the
 purpose of surrendering national bank
 charters and taking out state charters
 as trust institutions. According to the
 understanding in New York the Boston
 Clearing House association admits
 none but national banks to membership
 in the association Consultations have resulted in remarkable enlargement or several of the banks of Boston so that some of them now possess millions or capital and resources, their possessions of this kind being great enough, in fact to have occasioned surprise had it been possible to report similar fig ures only few years ago.
 The tendency towards the surrender of national bank charters and reor- ganization as trust companies under state bank charters is probably due to 1 the fact that under the Massachusetts 1 law trust companies possess greater privileges and opportunities than do 1 the national banks. It may be that | by and by many of them will be | tempted to join the federal reserve sys- 1 tenn. although disposition of that kind | has not as yet been made so evident as l is the case in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

There is a much closer connection between the stomach and brain than most people imagine. It is because of this close connection that indigestion, belching, sour, gassy stomach and other stomach miseries-all of which are sure signs of acid stomach-are so often followed by severe attacks of binding, splitting headaches.
 Nervousness, sleeplessness, irritabil- ity, ,mentaldepression ,melancholia and many other disorders which affect the brain can also nearly always be traced to the same source-a acid-stomach.
 So ofsen you hear people say II am so nervous I think I'll fly to pieces;" or "Itseems never get a good nights sleep any more, my nerves are all on edge" Little do they dream that acid stomach is the direct cause of their troubles because very often there are no pains in the stomach at all. So you see, you cant always judge an acid stomach condition by the way your stomach, itself, feels.
 If you are weak, nervous, untit-if you are not up to your old time form if you lack your accustomed enthu- siasm, energy and pep-make this test and see if it isn't acid-stomach that IS holding you back -- robbing you of your health, strength. and vigor. Get a big box of EATONIC--the wonder ful modern medicine that so quickly puts an acid stomach to rights. It is in the form of pleasant tasting tablets that you eat like bit of candy. EATONIC rids the stomach of excess
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
IOldt . tvo' WOUNDED, DEGREE UNDETER- MINED

Grayson, Lieut.. Clarence S., Selma, Ala,
 SERGEANTS Green, William C., Huntsville, Ala. Feast, Victor A., Cullman, Ala. Green, Corp. Oscar L., Lexington, Ala.
 PR1VATES Barnes, William B., Fayette, Ala. Gray, Harold J., Albany, Ala Gray, James P, Huntsville, Ala. Kennedy, John, Clayton, Ala. Rainey, Margin, Troy. Ala. Breland, Colbert W, Selma, Ala. Clark, James w., Huntsville, Ala. Lawrence. Algernon S., Jr., Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY

I-OEFIJNNLS Gam, David L., Henegar, Ala. Griffin, Willie Birmingham, Ala. Trapkenski, Musician Alex, Blockton, Ala
 PRIVATES Lowe, Nathaniel, Madison, Ala. Presley, Paul A., Brookville, Ala. Kelsoe, Dan, Pigeon Creek, Ala. Paulk, Bertie, Coverts, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
DIED OF DISEASE
Davis, George, Haynesville, Ala.
SECTION E0IR.

The following casualties are reported by the commanding general of the Ameri- can expeditionary forces:
 Wounded, degree undetermined ....... 555 Wounded silently .............. 49S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM

It was in Boston that at first The germs and then the firm foundation upon which the American telephone system is built were secured. Today possibly the largest number of stock holders in that corporation live in New England. But gradually Boston su- premacy in this institution. so far as leadership and executive and financial management are concerned, passed 70 New York.
 When Agassz with skill and courage not yet surpassed by any. of the lead CTS in mining industry brought to sue cess the great copper properties of Michigan, it was inevitable that Bos- ton should become the central market for the copper industries of the United States. The Calumet and Hecla was the first great copper producing in- dustry in this country. That relation
 was maintained until recently. Now
 all the evidence points to the passing
 of the leadership from Boston to New York. The greatest of the copper in- dustries of the United States, except ing the Calumet and Hecla, are now maintaining their official headquar-
 ters in New York, justly so because Of
 the capital needed for the development
 of these properties was obtained in New York. For few years the re- mark has been frequently made that of all the varied leadershps in in- dustries. transportation and mining only two remain, one ping the copper l industry and the other the wool. Now | it cannot be affirmed with perfect &C., curacy that Boston is maintaining the l position long held as the central cop per market of the United States. De- casionally efforts have been made to 1 take from Boston the pre-eminent po- | sition she has always maintained and now maintaiQS as the financial and
 market center of the wool industry. Today it would be fairly good sur
 mise that the wool leadership can not be taken away from her. At one ! time an effort was made to do this in l New York but it was not very success 1 full. Much of the woolen manufacture | of the United States is still located in | New England and many of the mills
 are in. proximity to Boston. And until this industry becomes widely scattered there is little doubt that Boston will retain perhaps as her sole surviving l leadership in great affairs her position as the wool market center of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
OFFICIAL REPORT OF ALABAMA MEN
 IN CASUALTY LIST
SECTION ONE

Washington, February 1S.-The follow ing casualties are reported by the com manding general of the American expe- ditionary forces:
 Died in aeroplane accident ............ l Died from accident and other causes. s Wounded severely ...................... 1SO
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WOUNDED SEVERELY

Farnell, Sergt. Fred IT, Mobile, Ala.
 PEIVATES Hall. Claud E., Nokomis, Ala. Jones, Jimmie, Vernon, Ala. Watkins, John, Cleveland, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

To Cure Habituar Constipation. Take "LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN' for two or three weeks A Liquid Tonic Laxative Pleasant to Take. soc It Regulates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
SECTION TWO

The following casualties Ire reported by the commanding general of the Ameri- can expeditionary forces:
 Killed in action ..................,....... F Died from wounds .......,................ ' Died from accident and other causes. ' Died of disease e....................... 49 Wounded severely ....,................ 34
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
WHO DOES the BUYING FOR YOUR FAMILY? {?

your family who has big responsibility table clothes for the children and furniture books and all the hundred and little things which the family income spent
 does the bulk of the buying And that persons job money well spnttat all get full value for every cent that goes out.
 family depends buying just the of business does Wise buying means intelligent buying necessary know edge of goods and stores. this knowledge by reading advertisements They and good They tell where and when to buy advantage
 who does the buying but member of the fam
 It the duty of all the others to help buying pointing out advertisements of goods giving all the information possible tastes and styles and values. Advertisements published benefit Make of them by reading them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
Bowels Out of Kilter |?

1 That's nature calling for relief. As sist her in her daily duties with Dr.
 !, Kings New Life Pills. Not purgative 1 in the usual dose, but mild. effective
 ] bowels into action and chases blues
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
WHERE IS BosToN's PRESTIGE?

Boston has abundance of capital and especially the kind of capital that IS available for banking purposes. Her citizens and her banks stood almost
 pre-eminent among the cities of the United States for subscriptions to the
 Liberty Loans Nevertheless it is ob
 served that gradually but surely Boa-
 ton is losing the prestige which was
 once her own as a center of powerful
 railroad interests, great industrial
 corporation interests and of late the
 position she long held as the central
 copper market of the United States
 Before Boston lost the supremacy
 which she held for years in these va
 rious affairs she had already lost much
 of her China and other foreign trade.
 That trade was the foundation of the
 great fortunes and powerful financial
 resources which centereds in Boston. Not competition, however. but the ocean cable was responsible, in great
 measure at least. for the loss of the prestige Boston obtained IS long ago
 as the early days of the republic, as
 the leader in the China and far east trade. and also the West India trade. The ocean cable, with its means of furnishing almost instantaneous in- telligence. cut deeply into the foreign trade. which had long been established in Boston.
 Boston Capllal lufilisHen III e@i ' | days of railroad development tne l means by which the construction of various railroads could be completed | It was there that the promoters Of :, the Atcheson. Topeka and Santa Fe railroad obtained, after considerable struggle. firm footing. So also the Michigan Central and the Burlington system under the leadership of John l NJ. Forbes, were regarded as distinct 1 ively a Boston institution. The Union l Pacific was likewise esteemed Bos- | ton institution and Boston men. under | the leadership of Charles Francis Adams, controlled it. The Mexican Central railroad was for some years l a Boston institution. Now such dis l tinction as leadership in these rail- l road properties confers has passed I from Boston and has been chiefly l transferred to New York.