The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-01
sonal Memoirs. That also was sub scription book proposition. BIG PRICES FOR MANUSCRIPT

John Morly was paid fifty thousand dollars for his manuscript biography or William E.. Gladstone. Carl Schurz re- ceived forty thousand dollars for his manuscript auto biography Hayl and Nicolay received fifty thousand dollars for the manuscript of the life of Lin coin.
 Ludendorf, however far surpasses any other author in the advanced pay mehts he has received James w. Ger rard was paid seventy-five thousand dollars for the manuscript of his book My Four Years in Germany" and that perhaps comes the nearest to the sum in the form of advanced payments General Ludendorff has received.
 GENERAL LUDENDORFF'S BOOK
 The American publishers who suc- cesfully negotiated for the manuscript, are understood to have paid in advance a very large sum. General Ludendorff within a few days after the armistice was signed began prepara tions for the writing of the book. He intended to give the German point of view. It has been surmised that he would tell the truth about the Kaiser and the crown prince and that he would write words of bitter condemnation of the war party in Berlin whom he is known to have held responsible not only for the war but for the results of it,
 With a large staff to whom he could dictate and upon whom he relied in gathering dates and official documents. the general plunged into the work with all the energy which characteriz- ed him when he was in active service The result was that when the manu- script was finished it was found to con tain two hundred and fifty thousand words, all of this composition was car red on and completed within six months. Of course the manuscript in it's original form was in German but 1t has been translated by men who are competent for that work. And the trans lation was compared by Professor Ypbarr or Harvard who has given his unqualified approval to the transla- tion
 A GREAT MEDICAL COLLEGE
 Dr. Norman Bridge who is now in New York and who is recognized as the New York representative of the De- hemmy Oil interests spoke this morn- ing cautiously about the oil situa tion, although apparently he regards 1t with the enthusiastic optimism which characterizes MT. Dohemmy. But there was no restraint or caution in what he said about the prospects of the great medical research institution which is to be established speedily at Chicago. Active and successful as Dr. Bridge has been as one of the leaders in the oil in- dustry in California and Mexico never theless his first love is the Chicago medical institution. There he served for years as one of the professors even after he went to Los Angeles to live in order to restore his health. returned to Chicago for three months every au- tumn in order to continue his lectures to the students. pr. Bridge was the real inspirer of the plan to enlarge the Chicago medical university. He hoped to see established there an institution for research which would compare fla vorably with any in the world. This was to be associated with, in fact a part of, the Chicago medical college.
 When the Rockefeller foundation was approached with intent to interest 1t in this plan the approach was cordially met, a pledge was given to advance several millions in case pr. Bridge and his associates were able to secure the full amount needed to construct the buildings, establish the foundation and secure an adequate corps of research workers. Dr. Bridge had no difficulty in obtaining the additional millions that were needed. the fund Is now in hand. But for the high cost of building ma terial and labor. work would have be- gun upon the construction of the build ing some time ago. pr. Bridge hopes that conditions will be such in the near future that constructive work can be begun, the research department or ganized and the institution well estab- lished When it is Chicago will pos sess one of the greatest medical re- search institutions in the world. This success will be largely due to the in- spiration and labors of pr. Bridge