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Best Treatment for Catarrh ! s. s. s. Removes the Cause

remedy. & .. S.. discovered over fifty years go. testeA, true and tried. is ebtailahle at thousaads ef eases- It wM As so in yoW esss. Get s. 6 8. q snee and bsgia treat menA n yo1rs b . long standing easa. hs sure ts vrits for free expert netieel sAviss. We wM teu yos how this purely vegetable blood remedy eieansss the impurities fre. the blood by literally washing 1t clean. We win prove to you that theusands of suffer- ers from Catarrh, after consistent treatment with S. S. S.. have been freed from the trou- ble and all it's disagreeable features Don't delay the treatment. Address Medical Di- rector. 25s Swift Laboratory. Atlanta. Ca
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-30
Miss Detroit 3d Wins
 First Heat of Race

Detroit Mich, August 2s.-Miss Detroit 3rd., of the Detroit Yacht Club, won the first thirty mile heat of the Gold Chal- lenge cup event of the American power
 boat association here today in 3SN Her average speed was 47.33 miles an hour. Miss Detroit End, of the Miss Detroit
 Power Boat Association finished second ! in 3S:0s.
 Eleventh Hour, of the West Detroit
 Boat Club and Miss Belle Isle of the De- troit Boat Club did not start because of mechanical troubles. Arab " of the Buffalo Launch Club failed to report.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-30
Ross Works Hard m The Interest of His
 Pettus County Bill
By w. J. ROLES

Montgomery, August 29.-tSpecialD to have his Pettus county bill advanced on the calendar, but the rules of the house were against him and he failed. He spent about 30 minutes arguing in support of his motion. but the house having previously adopted special without four-fifths majority.
 Mir. Ross thereupon offered resoIu- ton making the Pesrus county bill a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-30
Douglas, Former Giant,
 Now With Semi--PrOs

Chicago, August 29.-Phil Doug lass, former Cub pitcher, and later of the Giants, whose whereabouts has been unknown since his sus- pension by Manager McGraw, is in Chicago today. With his appear ance here the announcement was made that the pitcher had signed a contract with the Logan Squares and would pitch on Sunday for the local semi-professiOnal team in q game against the Rail Lights of To- 1edo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-30
For the Blood

oues ysa ret your blosd free from in- puritisu-eleansed of the catarrhal poissns. lvhieA h is now . prey to beesnse q it's un-
 healthy state-then ycu VII be relieved sf Ca4.xrA-the dripping in the throat hawk ins and spittinR. raw sores in the nostrils and the disasreeabae bed breath. N was a~used in the first place. because your inn ,o~erkhed blood was easily infected. Possi- lhiy . slight cold or contact wifh someone Fvhe hsd . cold But the point is-dent suf- A~r with Catarrh-it is not necessary. In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-30
Batting Averages
Texas League

At Augusta: Augusta 3, Spartan burg 2
 At Charleston: Charleston g, Green vile 1.
 At Charlotte: Charlotte 5-2, Colum- bia Az (second game six innings, rain)
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South Atlantic League

At Shreveport: Shreveport 4, Waco , Aa Dallas: Dallas s, Ft. Worth s. At Houston: Houston Beaumont rain
 At San Antonio San Antonio 1 Galveston 2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-30

 
  hada advi hem to go under the knife. No ination ma be worhmu 70.  nary practicng failed Medical Dspensary fill charge and fees for service exoonae but axea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-30
Mrs. Let's and Mrs. Fisk
 to Meet in Tennis Finals

Detroit. Mich, August 2s.-Mrs. F. c. Let's. Jr.. Chicago. champion of the Womens Western Golf association in 1916 and 19l7, will strive to regajn inc title tomorrow when she plays Mrs. Perry Fisk, Dekalb, H., in the final of the western at the Detroit Golf club
 Mrs. Let's and Mrs. Fisk became final ists by scoring one-sided victories today over Miss Dorothy Higbie, Chicago, and Mrs. Harold Foreman, Chicago. respect lively. in the 1S-hole seul;-inals Both matches ended on the Eth green, ard ,. the Let's Higbie contest when Mrs. Letts won the hole with d 25-foot rJG and the other when the hole was Aalysh ir lives.
 Although the weather was the best of the week, the playing was far below the average. Effective approaching and put ting by the winners were the only re- deeming features It was in these de- partments that both matches were de- cided, both Mrs. Foreman and Miss Hig bic tossing away holes repeatedly by poor short work.
 The cabaret show-or something very near like it--is declared to have flourf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-30
F ForMosquito Bites

From time immemorial cer- tain aromatic. oils have been rubbed on the skin to keep mosquitoes away. For an equally long period alkalies have been applied to-the bites to neutralize the poison of the stings. No one ever thought to combine the two--aro- matic oils and alkalies-b Tyree's Antiseptic Powder. the great germ destroyer, Is aromatic and alkaline in just the proportion best suited to prevent and destroy the bites and stings of mosquitoes and all insects. Excellent also for Poison Oak, Prick1y Heat. etc. If you want a sample of this powder. free. write to J. S. 1'yree. Chemist. Inc, Washington. D. c. For sale in three sizes--small, medium and large-by all drug and department stores.
 R Q m m be the name E'S--accept no other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-30
FOch Sends Thanks to
 British Parliament
Bv Associated Press

Dy Associated Press
 London, August 29.-Marshal Foch, n letter of thanks to the British parlia- rnent says:
 'If I was able to bring the war to a speedy conclusion, it was due to the sustained determination of the British government to reinforce and keep up in 1918 sufficient effectives and give power ful aid to the transport of Americans
 
 Hester's Weekly Cotton Statement
 New Orleans, August 29.-Comparisons are to actual dates not to-close of corre- spending weeks.
 In sight for week .................. 6o.0oO Tn sight same seven days last
 year ..............-......... lfo,VvV Ir sight save seven days year
 before 151, ,OoO Tn sirht for the mon. tn 293,OOO Tn sight same date last year... 353,OO0 In sight same date year before.. 434,0OO Tn sight for season .............. 293,OOo In sight for same date last year. 35S,0O0 Tn sight same date year before. 434,000 Port receipts for season ... 234, 900 Port receipts same date last year 19S,000 Port receipts same date year be- fore ..........-.......-...... 2ol,Vo season @ ........................ :. 5000 do same date last year. 45,O0O do same date year before....... 61,G0o Southern mill takngs for season.. 159,0O0 do same date last year ........ 2220o0 do same date year before. ..... 21SOO0 Interior stocks in excess of Sept. l l39SoO do last year .............. Ill, GOO do year before ....... 106, ,0o1 Foreign exports for week ... 1320co do save seven days last year,. 63,O0o do same seven days year before 11O.ooo do for season ......... Al 900 do same date last year. 2S7, 900 do same date year before........ 355.OO G Canada % for week ............... 2s,ooo do same seven days last year.. 1000 do for season ............... 10000 do to same date last year. + 9,000 Statement of spinners' takings of Amer l ican cotton throughout the world: This week .........-........-..... l2V,VU | Same seven days last year........ 12l,OO0 Save seven days year before...... 1910 Total since Sept 1.......... 605, 900 Same date last year ........... 50S 900 Same date year before ............. 652,000 l State of worlds visible supply: | Total visible this week.............4,3S 3S6, GOO ] do last week AT. 900 1 do same date last year ...... 2, ,s4l 900 | do same date year before. ...2, ,4S6. 900 Of this the total American this l week .................-...... ..z o,OW 1 do last week .....................2.9A 7. .9A 900 l do last year ................1 :, ,7S2, 900 | do year before .............1,2 T, 2S6, 900 | All other kinds this week ........ i .5Sl ,OOO l do last week ............. I, 553 900 l do last year .....................1O I O59. 900 1 do year before .................1,2 l, 200, 900 | Visible in the United States this | week ....................... | .473. GOO 1 do this date last year .........1 I, ,320,000 Visible in other countries this week .......-................... .2,Sl3.OO do this date last year ..........1s s521. 900
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DrS. DOZier & DOZier
Oldest Established Firm of Medical Specialists in Alabama. Twenty five Years in BirminQham.

We treat scientifically and with wonderful success, all manner of chronic diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, Lungs, Heart, Liver, Stomach, Bowels, Kidneys and all dis eases of the Skin and the Pel- vic Organs of Men and Women
 We especially invite those who have any symptoms of Ap- pendicitis or Ovarian trouble, to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-30

The cabaret show--or something very
 near like it--is declared to have flour1 ished in the Middle Ages. and to h. x| existed even thousand years eari., N,
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Spanish experimenters are making fuel briquettes by compressing rice huSks and tar.
Cheyenne record., 1919-08-07
Turn Rotterdam
Into Army Base

stores that look like one of the cor
ners of Forty-seeond and Broadway.
Walking along past those stores one
sees popular brands of American to-
bacco and cigarettes; American phono-
graphs, American sewing machines,
American chewing gum; one stops In
front of big music store and sees
displayed in the windows all the more
or less late American songs and "jaZz'
and rag" music.
There are dozens Of American auto
mobiles on the pretty drives and
American motorcycles "put-put" by
with their muffler cut out, just as they
do in America.
Favorite "Ham and" to Order.
In a little cafe or restaurant the
soldier orders the great American
favorite-ham and eggs-from n wait
er who speaks good English and who
will probably tell of the cities in
America where he has worked, and
the "guldeens" will be rung up on an
American cash register and in half
the places an American typewriter
will be found near the register. Rot
terdam has its Great White Way"
just like old New York. In the
cnbarets are mighty clever entertain
ers and girls who can rag" just as
well as some of the girls back home.
The Dutch wax merry in a much
more repressed and dignified way
than do the French and in Rotter-
dam cafe one does not have to run n
gantlet of alluring sirens as one does
in Paris.
A Rotterdam cafe or saloon is a
clean, orderly, always neat and trim
room that is generally quiet. Back
of the bar the rosy-cheeked frau or
fraulein works and pays no heed to
the men who come in. And the men
Cheyenne record., 1919-08-07
Seek Colombia Mart

behind them. The Call chamber of
commerce, on the west coast. has re-
ceived notice from the United States
food administration Of a projected Wis
1t by commission of business men
from here. The Americans are pre-
pared to negotiate n new system Of
business credits to meet the needs of
Colombian men.
This will be the beginning of new
era in trade with South American
countries, it is said, for the chief COM
plants of the LatinAmericans against
the methods of the United States con-
Germs has been on credits and packing.
The ministry of agriculture and com
merce has issued orders to give every
assistance to the Americans in the
handling of their samples by remitting
custom duties. and special trains will
be put at their disposal to visit vari-
Gus sections of the interior. The party
will stop at the port Of Buena Ventura,
where extensive improvements are be-
ing made on plans submitted by Amer
lean engineers.
Cheyenne record., 1919-08-07

Poland, having been taken off the
map by treaty, is now to be put
back again by another treaty. In the
latter part of the fourteenth century
Poland was the dominant power in east
ern Europe. Her dominion extended
from the Baltic to the Dnieper and
pressed down upon Austria to the
south, while Red Russia. White Rus
sia, Black Russia and the Ukraine
were hers. Prussia was Il little state
huddlrd up in II corner on the Baltic.
and surrounded on the other sides by
Poland. CourIand and I.ivonia were
Polish provinces. The l'russians or
BoruSSians were an idolatrouS tribe
who INDUCED in human sacrifices and
Poland called in the Tcutonic knights
to Suhdue them.
Th" T"utOnic knights subducd the
BOruSSianS. but they turned Prussia
into a militant little state which be-
gan at once wars to increase its ter
ritOry. \ Hohenzollern had himself
elected head of the Teutonic knights
and thus began the house of Hohen-
zolleru, and that power destined to
have such IL large share in the down
fall of Poland and to be such a men
ace to the world. sprung from race
Il savages led by an advcnturer.
AS late us 1868, when the American
colonies were already settled common
wealthS, Poland was so powerful that
her king. John SObieski, marching with
4 Polish army, relieved the siege of
Vienna and saved Europe from being
overrun by the Turk.
Dynasty Came to an End.
With the death of Sigismund. Angus
tus in 1872. the dynasty of the old
kings came to an end and Poland
adopted n system of elective kings. and
new constitution which worked out
badly and contributed to the downfall
Of the nation. The Polish diet elected
the king 1t consisted of II chamber
tives of the lesser mobiles. The diet
sat only six weeks each year and Its
decisions were obliged to be unani-
nous to be effective. Also there was
a recognized right of any mobiles con
celebrating together to enforce their
will by the power of arms. Naturally
the result was diScOrd and sometimes
Evil war. Russia, the growing Prus-
sia and Austria fOstered these internal
1isagreements with hungry looks on
Polish territory.
A large number of Germans found
Cheyenne record., 1919-08-07
East Adopts English

veyed the Greek mainland. Cretan
soil is somewhat exhausted by CEN
turtles of cultivation without replace
ment of soil food. but with an abun-
dant source of water supply in the
mountains and availible fertilizer it
is believed much of 1t will respond to
proper treatment.
American farming machinery and
up-to-date methods are needed. and
arrangements have been made to sys-
tematically educate the farmers OF
Greece and its largest island so that
they can increase their yield of crops.
Maj. c. G. Hopkins Of the Illinois
agricultural department, and Lieut..
c. ]. Bouyoucos, a native Greek
educated in America and former in
structor at Michigan Agricultural
College, are in charge of the agri-
cultural survey of Greece and Crete.
About five thousand refugees from
Asia Minor are sheltered and fed on
the Island of Crete. These are dis
tributed in the large towns Of Can
Cheyenne record., 1919-08-07
FAMOUS
PEACE TREATIES
TREATY OF ST. PETERSBURG, 1772.

BY H. IRVING KING


; their way into the country, gathered
to themselves business and industries
and worked their propaganda.
In 1773 the election of Augustus III
to the Polish throne was accomplished
by open bribery and under the guard of
Russian soldiers.
Poland Stirred to War.
But Poland did not die without Il
struggle. KOsciuSko. who had served
under Washington during the Ameri-
can revolution. returned to the native
country. inspired the spirit Of pa
triotiSm into his fellow Poles and
stirred all Poland into war against her
oppreSSorS The Poles fought brave
ly and defeated the Russians in the
fierce battle of Duhienka. But now
PruSsian army entered Poland.
KosciuSko was defeated and Poland
overrun The Austrian troops had
Joined with the armies of Russia and
Prussia and the three powers, in the
face of the protests of the western
powers and the OutburStS of indiSna-
ton from all upright men, proceeded
to Il third partition which gave to
Prussia 22.OOO square miles OF ter
ritory with 100000 inhabitants, to
Russia 10000 square miles with B.
900, 900 inhabitants: Austria had been
slow and got nothing this time. a
general rising of the Poles followed
and again the leader was kOsciuskO.
Hordes of Russian and German soldiers
were poured into Poland and at length,
on October 10. at the battle of Macie-
iOwice, KosciuskO was defeated and
taken prisoner, and Freedom shrek
ed as Kosciusko fell" wrote the poet
Campbell. The victorious Austrians,
Russians and Prnssians now proceed
ed to finish their work by taking Po-
land off the map altogether. OF what
they had not stolen before they pro-
ceeded to portion out to themselves
the remnants of the kingdom was as
follows: Russia, $4,000 square miles
with 100000 inhabitants : Prussia, 21.'
600 square miles with 1,OOO.OOO inhabi-
:unts. Austria had taken part in this
last subjugatiOn Of kuSciuskO and got
$4,000 square miles with 100000 in
habitants The deal begun at the sign
ing of the treaty of st. Petersburg on
August 5. 1772, was completed. Po-
land ceased to exist. AS full of crimes
as history is it contains no record of
such another cold-blooded crime by civ.
| Inhalation of Poland.
Cheyenne record., 1919-08-07
American Business Men Invading
Southern Republic.
Hope to Open Up Country That Has
Been Long Closed to Our
Trade.

Observation-Disclosures from Bogota
say American business men are in
yading Colombia for commercial
campaign and are confident the pend
ing Colombian treaty will be ratified
by the United States.
BY the proposed treaty Colombia Is
to be recompensed for the loss of Pan
anna The Colombian people felt hos
tility toward the United States for the
part 1t played, and for long period
the Colombian field was particularly
closed to American business. With
the end of the European war, Euro
pean business men swarmed to Colom-
bia.
American business men were not far
Cheyenne record., 1919-08-07
Dutch City Looks Like New York
Since Americans. En-
tered Area.
AMERICAN GOODS on SALE
Is Now Supply Depot for United
States Army Of Occupation in
Germany-Turned Into Bus
tlino New World Port.
BY CORP. DAVID RAMZEuR.
1n the Chicago Post.O

Rotterdam, Holland Rotterdam,
supply depot for the American army
Of occupation in Germany, is "the
New York of the A. K. F."
At Maashaveen, the left mouth of
the Rhine, on the outskirts of Rotter-
dam, American soldiers erected their
barracks and at wharf near by
American soldiers and sailors unload
the supplies for the American army of
occupation In Germany. Squat tug
boats, with their little Dutch house
hold aboard, puff up and down the
Rhine towing the long, narrow bnrges
built for the canals Of this little
country, with their loads Of supplies
for the Yanks who are keeping the
watch on the Rhine. And down the
Rhine come some of the lucky dough-
boys whose time has expired and who
are starting for Goods country"
Rotterdam Now BustIino Port.
In every direction in Rotterdam are
signs Of busy, bustling new world
port. Huge derricks and travelling
cranes big grain elevators, long
strings of concrete and cast-iron
docks and wharves, networks of
tracks and here and there shipyard
resounding with the clatter of machin-
cry and the "rat-tat-tat' of riveters
The shops are wonder and de-
light. They are marvels of cleanli-
ness and trim, neat, attractive tidi-
ness. The grocery stores are as
scrupulously clean and orderly as a
big operating room in an American
hospital and one has to look twice to
discover whether u grocery store Is
indeed grocery or first-class drug
store.
But the thing above all that makes
us call Rotterdam the New York of
the A. f. f. is the fact that wherever
one walks in the uptown districts one
sees American articles for sale and
American apparatus and machinery in
use. For instance, walk down HoOg-
STRAIT (Which. by the way is not Hog
street. but High streeD. 1t is the
broadway of the New York Of the
A. f. F. On it are tobacco and cigar
shops that would put to shame the big
jewelry stores of many American
cities; confectionery stores that are a
little bit of fairyland; bakeries and
groceries that fairly glisten with
nickel, brass and glass; clothing
Cheyenne record., 1919-08-07
Government to Take
Census of Game Birds

Washington. d. C.-TO gather
up-tO-date and reliable infOrma-
ton on the present condition OF
game birds and animals In the
Western States, as compared
with previous years, the United
States department of agricul-
ture, through its bureau of bio
logical survey, has sent blanks
to thousands Of hunters, and has
asked that they be filled out
with as complete and definite
information as possible.
Recently 1000 Of these blanks
were sent to selected list OF
hunters in all counties Of Wash
ingtOn state. The information
which will be obtained from the
replies. together with that sup
piled by the field representa-
tives Of the bureau. will give
reliable information on the game
bird and animal population of
that state.
The bureau has already is
sued reports regarding MAN.
mails and birds, including the
game species, Of Wyoming. New
Mexico and Colorado. InfOrma-
ton for reports Is now being
collected in the states of Mon
tann, Arizona, Wisconsin and
Washington.
Cheyenne record., 1919-08-07
TREATY OF PARIS, 1898


After all, it took four months AFTER
the signing of the armistice to sign
treaty with Spain after the spanish
war. And that was comparntl'el!
simple affair with only two nations III
volved. The protocol, or amistlce'
was signed on August II, 1898. ana
the treaty signed on December IL
four months lacking two days from
the ceasing of hOstilities. The treaty
wax not ratified by the senate until
April IL of 1899. So, theoretically. we
were at war with Spain for year
lacking ii few days. although actual mil
itary operations did not last many
days over three months.
The principal events of the Spanish
American war most people remember
War was declared by Spain on April
81 and by the United States on April
%. There was curious little eNhi-
bition of "Castiiun pride" about that
Spain learned on April "a that the
United States was going to declare war
the next day and promptly declared 1t
herself. Another interesting point is
that the United States began the
blockade of a part only of the Cuban
coast at first, and began it two days
before Spain declared war and three
DAYS before we declared it. And the
American proclamation of war was
made retroactive to April y. Dewey
entered Manila bay May and de-
srruyed the Spanish fleet there.
Corvera's fleet got into Santiago on
May 10, where it was bottled up 10y
tn" fleet under Sampson and Schley-
Sampson being senior officer. The
American expedition landed ut Dai-
quiri June 20-22. and the battles of Ell
Caney and San Juan Hill took place
on July 1-2. On July 3 the Spanish
fleet attempted to escape and WAS de-
stroyed in the naval battle of Santi-
ago. Santiago surrendered on July
Il and the campaign in Porto Rico be
gan on July %. and was in progress at
the signing of the armistice. Manila
was captured on August l3. the day
after the protocol was signed. Ma
Mia had been practically at tie mercy
of the Americans since the May morn
ing on which Dewey destroyed the
question of getting American troops
there ID occupy the place in sufficient
force.
Spain Was SuIlen.
Spain's attempt to stand against the
power of the United States had every
where resulted in disaster to the Span
ish arms. Her fleets had been swept
from the seas and her colonial posses
SONS were in American hands. She
could carry on no more war overseas.
hut threatened to sit sullenly at home
and defy the United States still. But
after the battle of Santiago the Unit
a. Stat"s began preparing heet TO
Cheyenne record., 1919-08-07

dia. RetimnO and Canea, and in the
small towns of the interior. Ameri-
can Red Cross representatives have
visited these refugees as well as the
civilian and military hospitals on the
Island of Crete. in addition to investi-
eating the conditions Of the Greek
soldiery returned from German prison
camps and the tOwnspeople of the
island.
The greatest needs of the inhabi-
tants of the island are an institution
for the treatment of tuberculosis, med
icines and medical supplies. blankets
and staple foods