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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
American Dead Will
 Rest in French Cemetery

e ECRETARY BAKER announces g that America's heroic dead will sleep in a great field of honor in France, which will be maintained by the American government. The sec retary states that many relatives of men who fell in the war have request ed that their dead be permitted to re- main. Wherever practical, those who desire the bodies of soldiers returned home, will have the request granted.
 It is fitting that our soldiers who died in France be left there, in the soil made sacred to America by the shedding of their blood. In the course of time our national cemetery will become shrine for pilgrims and a perpetual reminder of the ties which bind America to France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A MYSTERY TO HIM

How fast was he going, Officer Ho- gam"
 "Forty miles an hour, your honor
 What have you to say for yourself, sir?''
 Just this," replied the unhappy mo- torist. "If I was going 40 miles an nour I wish you'd let me step outside mo- ment and see if I mistook somebody else's car for my flivver."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
FANATICIsM IN VIRGINIA

From the Baltimore AmerlcaH.
 The arbitrary acts of prohibition agents in Virginia are but the logical sequence of the first attack upon personal liberty. It was not reason ably expected that the first attacks would not be succeeded by others. When fanatics have the rein there are no rights of others they feel bound to respect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
Permeates Downtown Section

T was standing at the corner or Loveman. Joseph & Loeb's several even- inrs ago" said H. s. Limmer, "and smelled sewer gas, and walked across to the old Simon block and found out that had not lost the scent. I then went on up to Bromberg's, and still got a whiff of it, and so to get rid of 1t l went to the First National bank cor ner hut the ordor was still pervasive After a few more experiments I found that the entire downtown district was freighted down with the nauseous smell"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
Anti Tobacco Agitation
 A Distinct Failure

T ULTRA fanatics who organized " an anti-tobacco movement" several years ago felt confident that in time the nicotian weed would be banned in the United States.
 The Anti-Saloon league had made rapid strides. Prohibition sentiment grew stronger and stronger and final ly prevailed throughout the country. Why not the crusade against tobacco? Tobacco in any form was an evil, the agitators contended, and the cigarette in particular was condemned
 But the effort to place the cigarette in the class with "Demon Rum" was only partially successful, and the sup port the movement" received in a few states lacked staying qualities. In Nebraska, where the sale of cigarettes was prohibited, the pendu- lum swung back. The law was not enforced. The people realized that mistake had been made and the statute was repealed. Other states that have similar laws will soon fol- low Nehraska's example and repeal them.
 Only the excessive use of tobacco is injurious and comparatively few smokers indulge to excess. Used in moderation tobacco is a pleasant and wholesome nerve stimulant, as mil liens can testify. As to the cigarette, instead of it being "coffin nail" it is, accor ding to such high scientific authority as the London Lancet, a most innocent form of solace.
 In the trenches our soldier boys were cheered and braced and the morale of the army was strengthened by the abundant distribution of cigar cites. The Y. M. c. A. and other moral agencies were active in keeping the men supplied and testimony which chaplains and military commanders bore in favor of tobacco was strong and convincing.
 Sumptua laws are never popular with the masses, and whatever head way the Anti-Tobacco league gained when the crusade was young, has been checked, with revulsion unmistakably prevailing the ranks.
 Four years ago Alabama was smit- ten by the anti-cigarette craze. The lower house of the legislature passed a bill forbidding the sale of cigarettes in this state, and it's passage in the senate was only defeated by the vote of the lieutenant governor, now Gov ernor Kilby. There was tie and the lpresiding officer cast it on the right side. It is safe to assume that no anti-cigarette measure will again be seriously considered by the lawmakers lof Alabama.
 A few fanatics may hold the league together for an indefinite period, but it will never more be regarded seri. ously. Its vitality has surely been l sapped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
THEY NEED THE MONEY

From the Manchester Union.
 Moonshine whisky is reported selling at SIS to $20 a gallon in the Tennessee moun- tains. No wonder the southern colonefs are fighting to keep up the price of cot ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
CeIerity is never more admired Than by the negligent.
 Antony and Cleopatra.
 % x x

BEGINNING THE DAY--o God, give me the kind of sentiment which crystalizes into deeds. Give me intellect and emotions, which minister to will. Save me from the disease of words. Blow upon me with the health of acts. Quicken my motor nerves. Help me to do. For the sake of Him who went about doing. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
TOO MUCH FREEDOM

TOO MUCH FREEDOM T understand you teach useful trades here," said the visitor.
 "Yes," replied the warden of a model penitentiary, "but we have to draw the line somewhere"
 How is that?"
 Several 1ife-termers have been urg- ing me to start flying school"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
PROGRESS

I remember, remeAnber,
 In the days of long ago, When people thought it wicked
 To see a burlesque show. It was shameful thing, they said, A pair of tights to wear, But now the merry maidens trip
 And all their legs are bare, And one who's sitting close up sees The dainty dimples in their knees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
sPURRING HER ON

SPURRING HER ON How is the leading lady tonight?" She's having another one of her tan trums and threatening to withdraw from the cast"
 We'll have to adopt drastic meas ures."
 "Well?"
 Pass the word around that four newspaper men are waiting to inter- view her understudy."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18

abstain from "beefing' about the slow ness of the man inside the window, for if YOU had stood as he had done for many hours receiving and counting thousands of dollars, you would nave sympathy for him; and if you had noted with what celerity his work had been done your admiration would be aroused at his competency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
washington Bureau, 2O7 Hibbs build

Washington Bureau, POT Hibbs build 5ng.
 European bureau, 10 King street. Covent Garden, London, W. c. 3.
 Eastern business office, World build ing, New York city; western business office. Tribune building, Chicago. The $. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
 Member of the Associated Press The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication Of all news. dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. -~~~--~~~~~~~~-~~~~~-~~~~N
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
Plant Is On a Large Scale

Few people realize unless they have made a recent visit to East Blrming- ham just on what a scale the Birming- ham Steel corporation is building" said Paul Barnett. Tt seems to me from the size and the stability of the way II is erecting it's buildings that it is get ting ready for big things and expects to stay put for years to come. l take pleasure in thinging it comes out ot the brain and heart of an old Birming- ham boy. This old town has turned out some fine young chaps who are making name for themselves in the indus trial world, and I congratulate Leon Britain for the success he has made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
aInfnrmatinn. PIease,

My telephone has been working over time for the last few days, and I have answered more questions during the past fortnight than ever before in my life, said G. B. McCallum of the Greensboro Realty and Auction company.
 People from all over the Birmingham district have been calling up at all hours and asking information about the word contest which is in progress, the winner of which will be presented with prize at the sale of lots and homes on Saturday, April 19, at Boyles, beginning with the property adjoining the new s9Oooo Jet- ferson County High school. Interest In this unique and big property auction event grows more intense every day, and we are looking for the largest crowds ever seen upon an occasion like this"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18

There are some men who make 1t q life study, not the mere accumulatll it for themselves, but from the slaiu point of financiers who delve into the intricacies of city, state, national ant international finance. It's DIE ta9h and realize that by so doing many bankers render highly valued pubic service to, their government outside of the helu they render to the commit mites in which they do business But I am goinst to limit my story to those who finger it as tellers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-18

Entered at the Birmingham, Als-' postoffice as second-class matter, uh- der act. of Congress, March s, 1879.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-07
PORT OF RIGA CAPTURED
BY THE BOL LSHEvIKl Jan. 4
General Advance Is Reported with
the Occupation Of Numerous
Villages in Old Russia.

LONDON, January THE port Of
Riga was captured at noon January
by the bolsheviki. according to .
Russian wireless dispatch received
here today.
In Esthonia the bolshevikl are
marching on Reval and have reached
charlotenor. about thirty miles east
southeast of RevaI.
A general advance by the bolshevil<
forces marching westward In old
Russia Is claimed in an official No.
port sent out by wireless By tho Esus.
sian soviet government. The capeuro
Of numerous villages Is reported.
Lithuanian troops. the report sta4eA
have occupied Podbrodxie, aAsas
thirty miles northeast Of wilma. "a
the region Of Stepanovo the bolslso-
Wiki claim to have taken 5000 pr1D-
oners and considerable booty.
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DUTCH TO LET BRITISH
TROOPS PASS THROUGH
Government Makes Announcements
Concerning Transport Of Army
Of Occupation to Germany.

LONDON. January (British wlrs-
less Services.-The Dutch goverusn6af.
according to an Official announceunolt
made today. has met favOr<bly -
request Of tho British governmenf shax
facilities be granted for the trannpoef
OF troops Of occupation In 0srnaxv
through Dutch waterways. partienlnx-
ly the Scheldt. and for the use az sh1o
river for the passage Of demohiti1ee
troops returning home
The Dutch government In acuufesetnx
said II had no objection to such trsns-
port provided that II should not - -
garded as q precedent. II was et51o
lated that the transport ahouM -
made under the commercial 6a9 -
Great Britain, that Il slseuld not ~
clude munitions, that Only e4|rGz9
should carry arms and that eAe -
government should be informed - -
vance Of the intended pAssa8o ~ -
transport - = =
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PEACE PARLEYS 1OOPEN
MONDAY; END ON 18TH

PARIS. January (Havas).-The
first parleys Of the peace conference
will begin January Is at the French
foreign Office, according to present
plans, and will be marked by an ex-
change of views between the heads
of the governments and the foreign
ministers of France. England. the
United States and Italy.
These preliminaries probably will be
completed about January 1S, when the
representatives Of all the powers that
have severed relations with the central
powers will meet with the representa-
lives Of France, England. the United
States and Italy and decide definitely
ON the composition Of the delegations
to the peace conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-07
CONDOLENCES CABLED
BY PRESIDENT WILSON

OYSTER BAY, N. Y,
January Mrs. Roosevelt
received during the night a
cablegram OF sympathy
from President Wilson,
dated Modane, which is on
the Franco-Isalian frontier,
reading as follows:
Pray accept my heart
felt sympathy on the death
of yos.r distinguished hus-
kans, ti+c news of which
has shocked me very
much"
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Spartacus-B Bolshevik Revolutionists in Fist
Fights Seize Standards Of Opponents.
Firing Reported.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LIEBKNECHT
FOLLOWERS MARCH THROUGH CITY
Munich Correspondent Reports German Capital State Of Cempse
Anarchy and Civil War Begns-Russian Radicals Declared
to Be Assisting New Berlin Revolution.
BY the Associated Press.


BERLIN, Monday January pm.-The Spartacus group
engaged today demonstration against the
of followers of Dr. Carl Liebknecht
paradng Unter den Linden and the Bandenbegerstrase
dispatch filed returning along Unte den Linden Up
Ito this time no shots have been fred
The from Unter den Linden below Lei
zgstrasse packed full of government ympathzers
standing for hours It appears be govern
ment strategy prevent the Sparacans demonstrating before
the government Offices
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GOVERNMENT OFFICES
TO CLOSE TOMORROW

PARIS, January 7.-Presi-
dent Wilson is signing a
proclamation closing govern
ment Offices on the day of the
funeral Of Col. Roosevelt and.
ordering that the American
flag be half-masted wherever
it floats around the world.
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D. C. APPROPRIATION BILL
PUT OFF TO THURSDAY

Consideration Of the District ap-
preparation bill by the Senate appro-
priations subcommittee has been post
poped until Thursday morning. Sew
eral members Of the subcommittee are
10 attend the funeral OF Col Roosevelt.
which takes place tomorrow -.
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Attempt to Obtain Control.

penorts from Berlin on Monday re-
,aved through Amsterdam indicated q
disturbed condition Of afairs In Ber-
lin On Sunday due TO another attempe
al the Spartacus group to obtain con-
troll 81 the city and thereby Of the can
tral German government. The ultra radi-
~ forces opposed to the Ebsfs ksv-
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ernment sailed forth from their
stronghold near the district which
contained the principal newspaper o8-
paper plants. including those OF The
Tageblatt, Vossische Zeitung, Loln2
Anzeiger, Vorwaerts and NorDez
Post: together with the ONCE Of the
WoiH Bureau, the semi-oficial newD
Apparently the government sttli r..
tanned control of the German Wffs>s
less service, for contemporaneouely
with these reports OF revolutionary
!. faction came an official wireless meo-3
sage declaring that Germany Woa3
about to take diplomatic and military
measures against the Russian boz.
shevik government for her own pre-
lection. The spartacus faction hn1
maintained close relations with R1S-
sian bolshevik interests, and ap7)
parently 1t was the presence In 4eR&
lin of M. Radek, a bolshevfk emfos1xIj
from Russia, who has been propaGet&i
ing bolshevik ideas In co-opsrettod
with the Liebknecht group. that pres4
cipitated the Ebert governments dec-
laration of virtual state Of war be-
tween Germany and Russia
Newspapers Seized.
AMSTERDAM. January s.-Ths e..
fees Of the Tageblatt, vessischa &ot-.
tung, Lolkal Anxelger. vorwast@s -
! Morgen Post ware seized and o.
cupied Sunday night by the Gp4tlnr.
cans, according 70 . te1egfa1h 1x1
Berlin. It is added that the neV6<
papers Will not appear Monday N3tA
the exception of the Vorwaerts, N4teH
VIII be issued by committees ~
revolutionary workingmen.
The Office of the Wolff Bureau has
been closed by the Spartacaue, nuds
the news agency has ceased opera
. .tions.
Prepare to Fight Bolshsviki.
LONDON. January s.-Germany d
about to take diplomatic and mtlitAxY
measures against the bolshevik Gov-
ernment, according to q German on
cial statement received here by w1ro-
less today.
The message says:
'1The advance Of the bo1shevf1ei .an&
the presence in Berlin OF n. Radek q
bolshevik emissary) have brought
about diplomatic state Of war with
Russia. A military state Of war a3-.
most has interviewed. Germany. faoed
with the necessity, not for the pur-
pose of pleasing the entente. but Of
protecting her own interests must IN
tervene energetically by taking dip1o-
matte and military action.
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Russian Envoys Assist.

COPENHAGEN, January 7.-Adolph
Iofte and NJ. Redek, leaders OF the boil
shevik mission to Germany, are In
Rerlin. assisting DR.. Liebkneche and
Rosa Luxemburg in fomenting boil
shev;k revolution. According to ad-
vices received here. they are believed
n he at the police headquarters.
which is the stronghold OF the sparta
cans. ~
,.chv and civil war has begun there,
according to the Munich CORRESPOND
ant of the Politiken. His information.
he says, is based on telephone mes
sapes from the German capisaL:
All the banks are barricaded ana
rreat number Of the public buildings
ere in the hands of the spartacan. or
extreme radical group.
Thousands Of armed workmen OF the
snartacus faction. the correspondent
reports. arc crowding the streets ana
~ several points firing has begun.
Tsa a. sound Of machine gun fre could
he heard from all parts of Berlin.
The message reported the intention
tho government to make an effort
- Storm the building OF the police
eua rds later in the day ana take
nnssession of all the machine guns and
Dr. Karl Liebknecht. the spartacau
,.ader has been seen here and there
ah",,t the city organising his troops
80 the anal fight which. the corre-
snondent says. is expected to begin
sfIy ayynSreds Of persons are reported
neeing from the city.
The Independent socialists. whose
feeders were recently dismissed from
the onvernment, are reported to have
zone over entirely to the Spartacans.
sy Sshese Two groups have issued n joint
ncIo nation declaring that the final
hrht to preserve the revolution must
now be fought
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PRESIDENT BACK
IN PARIS FROM
VISIT TO ITALY

PARIS January (HavasaPres
dent Wilson, accompanied by Mrs. VIII
son and Miss Margaret Wilson, arrived
here at 1910 o'clock this morning
from their visit to Italy. He viii hold
series Of conferences which will be-
gin to give eoneyete form to the work
Of the peace congress.
Lord Cecil Expected Soon.
Lord Robert Cecil. the British au-
thority on a league Of nations, will
be an early arrival in Paris. Premier
Lloyd George, If the British cabinet
situation permits, is expected toward
the end Of the week, and Foreign Sec
retary Balfour is ready to come from
Cannes whenever he Is needed.
Lord Robert Cecil, it is understood.
is ready to present a quite definite
plan giving the British viewpoint on
a society of nations. Leon Bourgeois
also Is prepared to outline the French
have been engaged actively in putting
their views in definite shape. The
President is expected to take q lively
interest in this subjct.
Others likely to see the President
are Senator Owen of Oklahoma, Pre-
mier Venizeios of Greece, and a
Zionist delegation for discussion of
questions concerning Palestine, Syria
and Armenia
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Declared Wise Provision.


Supporting the argument for return
OF railroads to private management,
The commissions statement said:
-, THE law provides that federal con-
troll shall not continue beyond twenty
one months after the PRONUNCIATION Of
q treaty Of peace. The wisdom of thus
providing a reasonable period after
The passing of the imperative necessi-
ties Of our government in actual prose-
c1tion of warfare within which to
.Sadjcst or make preparations for re-
adjustment Of traffic conditions and to
Sund out or prepare financial arrange
,ients is hardly open to question. Car
,'ies' properties formerly composing a
system are now under the jurisdiction
az two or more regional directors or
federal managers. the current of traf-
&c has in some instances been mate
ally changed, and financial complica-
tions exist Comparatively few con-
tracts for compensation have been
perfected between the transportation
companies and the government.
Our expression in favor of return
10 private ownership and operation
IS therefore not to be understood as
favoring a return of the properties
ACpntinued on Second Page.l
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Government Appeals for Support

RERLIN. Monday, January (by the
Associated Press) 1.-The streets lead
ing to the chancellor's palace and the
Tiergarten this afternoon were full OF
crowds hurrying to the respective
demonstrations-tte spartacans IN @ .ne
norfers at the chancellor's palace in
Wilhelmstrasse. The guards in front
of the foreign office and the other gov
ernment buildings are equipped with
hand grenades The governmens We annnn-,ars mas
Tor demonstrations against the sparta
cans. The factories in the city are de-
A rumor that the boisheviki had
seized the central telegraph once ana
Cd but the situation is most tense.
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Plans for tho Future.

PARIS, January 6-President Will
son will return to the United States
to attend the closing sessions of the
present Congress, according to pres
emit plans, and will come back to
France for the later sittings Of the
peace conference.
The President intends to leave
Europe about. February IL for the
United States.
He intends to make several ad-
dresses to Congress concerning the
settlement of the war and the estab-
lishment OF a peace which, it is hoped,
will be durable. After March 4, IT
is expected, he will return to France.
Discusses Visit to Pope.
PARIS. January (fIavas).-In dis
cussing the visit of President Wilson
to the Pope. LHomme Libre. the
organ. of Premier .Clemenceau. de.
clares it would be rash to give to the
visit any other Interpretation than
that of a manifestation Of courtesy
In any case, it adds. 1t may be CON
cluded from the brevity .of the con-
versation that the talk did not have
the Extraordinary Importance which
certain circles had been inclined to
attribute to 1t.
President Wilson has confided to
one of his friends his impression Of
the reception given to him in France
and, according to the Eclair. declared
that he was moved most by the out
bursts of popular sympathy.
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fncreasing cloudiness tonight, S0llow-
cd by unsettled weather. rain or snow
tomorrow: rising temperature.
Temperature for twenty-fGur hours
ending 2 pm. today: Highest, 80. at
pm. today: lowest. %. at 5 am. today.
Full report on page IS.
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Hundreds of youths and other civil
uans in the Spartacan ranks are
carrying rifles Fist fighting has
occurred at the corner of the VIII
nemstrasse and Unter-Den-Linoen'
where the bolshevik demonstrators
took away their opponents standards.
Spartacan soldiers took stand IN
omen order in front of the Hotei
Adlon with their rifles ready Dur
there was no firing. a..
The Spartacan marchers. with the
exception of the workmen from Ger
tain factories, comprise the scum OF
the city and four -fifths of the wnoIs
number are bedraggled women anu
The American flag has been hoisted
over the Hotel Adlon, where e tne
American officers belonging 10 the
prisoner and food commission are
living. .,,, ,
The opinion seems general that only g
miracle can prevent bloodletting before
the end of the day.