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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD,
Al Congressional Medals
 Of Honor Are AUarded

while separated from his company, and
 later captured a battery of four l55
 millimetre howitzers and it's crew. Nal
 Ion attacked the enemy with his fists
 in charging the battery, and laer per
 sonally made a frontal rush against two
 machine guns which he silenced, his en-
 ergy resulting in the capture all told of
 100 prisoners. Il machine guns, four 1oo
 millimetre howitzers and one anti air
 craft gun.
 First Sergt. Sidney G. Guepertz, New
 York City. Company E, 132nd infantry,
 rushed a machine gun nest from the
 front through an artillery barrage, cap
 turing the gun and-its crew of nine. First Sergt. Johannes S. Anderson.
 Chicago, Company B, 132nd infantry,
 silenced and captured a machine gun
 nest unaided and brought back 2S pris- oners.
 Priv. Berger Loman. Chicago, Company H, 132nd infantry, captured single handed a machine gun blocking the ad- vance of his company. and turned 1t on the retreating enemy. Priv. Clayton K. Slack, Lampson, Wis, Company D, 124th machine gun battalion. captured ten prisoners and two heavy machine guns single handed. Sergt. Willie Sandlin. Hayden, Ky,
 Company c. 9th infantry, twice silenced
  | holding up his company's advance.
 Corp. John H. Pruitt Phoenix. Ariz., captured two machine guns, killing their crews and later captured 40 prisoners single-handed, only to be killed himself while on sniper duty.
 | Capt Marcelus H. Chiles (deceased), Denver. Col, who led the battalion he commanded forward against a machine gun cross-fre. wading waist deep across
 stream to reach the enemy and crawl i ing on his hands to follow. He died of | his wounds.
 | Privates Jess N. Funk. Calhan, Col,
 and Charles D. ,Barger. Stotts City, Mo, for rescuing wounded 500 yards in front of the American line, making two trips as stretcher bearers under machine gun fire.
 sergt, Redair Walker, no address, Company A. 105th machine gun battalion, Twenty-seventh division. New York, for rescuing two wounded men from burn | ing British tank under artillery and ma 1 chine gun fire.
 Sergts Allan Louis Eggers Summit 1 N J., and John Cridland Latham, near
 est of kin, residing at Westmoreland. Eng, machine gun company. 107th in | fantry (Twenty-seventh division), and Crop. Thomas E. O'Shea. Summit, N. J., for resuing an officer and two men from a damaged American tank and by means of the machine gun from the tank stand ing off the enemy all day from a shell hole within the enemy lines. Corporal O'Shea died of wounds. Sergt James L. Mestrovtch, Fresno, Col, for rescuing his wounded company commander, 30 yards in front of the line He has died since.
 Private Franz Gaffney Lockport, N. Y, for going forward alone with an au- tomatc rifle when all other members
 of his squad had been killed; attacking and capturing an enemy machine gun, killing three mobing several dugouts and killing four of the enemy with pistol fire, when endorsements came up, 80 pris- oners being captured
 Sergt. Harold I. Johnston, Denver, ana
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
.ONE-THIRD OF ALL LABOR

A dav or two after his return from Washington recently, business man who was formerly very active in the se- curities market said to his friends tfat he learned while in Washington that
 farm labor, including the employers, constituted about one-third of the asge-
 gate labor in the United States That is to say approximately 35,0O0co0 of our
 population, now estimated at llo,VW,Voo
 are occupied directly and actively Tor at least six months of the year ln cul- tivating the soil and raising crops. This
 number is likely to be increased. Farm
 CTS in the far west are now seeking
 skilled farm hands and whatever may
 be the case in other industries there
 will be no lack of employment on the
 farms of the United States during the
 spring. summer and autumn of this year.
 Agricultural prosperity is not confined
 to any one section of the United States. Official reports from all over the coun-
 trv prove the truth of this assertion; as
 for instance, while Illinois stood first in
 fhe value of all the crops produced, on the other hand Iowa, Illinois neighbor and Texas and Georgia. which are re- mote from Illinois, were second, third, and fourth Not many years ago Mime sota was well down in the list. In 1918 he value of her crops paced her Tn the jfth rank and so great was the increase
 
 now stands almost exactly upon par with Ohio On the other hand North arolina stands second to Ohio and only Ia little below Minnesota. Pennsylvania where formerly great harvests of wheat were secured, now ranks far below sev eral of ~the southern states as well as much below her neigiibor state Ohio. There appear to have been some vicissi- tudes in several of the states in 19lS lue. probably to climali lic oniitions. Two -ears ago California stood tenth. Las ear her rank was tWeaty-iirst. NebraS "a llso fell off amazingly, for in 1917 her ,aryest entitled her to seventh place whereas last year she dropped down to he seventeenth. We are undoubtedly to ave this year, if weather conditions are ayorable the greatest harvest ever
 nown The hope is that corn. wh oh was ather low in 1918, principally on account f climatic conditions, will be harvested n excess of 5000 000.n00 bushels. and the Washington authorities are persuaded hat if none of the inf. snces that are iarmful to wheat exist there wll be arnered in the summer and early fa' f this year more than 1000,oco,00o bushels If wheat High pr.ces are likely to pre- all so that the record for 1919 may dem ,nstrate that more than sl5,c0o,0o00OO in money has been taken from the soll through the conversion of it's products
 into c0Th
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
M'QUEEN AND MORROW
 VISITING CAPITAL,

Washington, February 4.-(SpeciaD J. w. MsQueen. president of the Sloss-Sheffield company. and Hugh Morrow, well known Birmingham at torney, reached Washington tonight, and tomorrow will discuss before the war trade board the wage scale ob- taining at the Russellville ore mines Other Alabamians in the city today
 are: John H. Bankhead, Jr., of Jas per; Clayton Tullis. president of the
 Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, general
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
ACTING CHAIRMAN
 APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE

Washington. February 4.-tSpeciaL Senator Underwood is acting for the chairman of the appropriations com mittee and leader of the Senate, MT. Martin of Virginia in piloting through the Senate the executive, judicial and legislative appropriation measure, the most important of all appropriation bills because 1t carries pay for every body from the President down to jam litor
 It is said that Senator Underwood is the first man of less than one term experience to have charge of a bill so important. This compliment is en- hanced in the fact that the Alabama senator prepared the bill. Senator Martin was ill., and on account of Mr. Underwood's house experience in fiscal legislation, the leader put the entire burdeon on his shoulders
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05

gun nests, killing three and capturing seven of the crew and their guns.
 Corp. James D, Heriot (deceased), Providence S. C., Company 1, 18th in fantry. who with four comrades attacked an enemy machine gun nest and when his squad was dispersed charged alone with fixed bayonet for 30 yards and forced the enemy to surrender. receiving several wounds. Later on the same day he charged another machine gun nest and was killed
 Sergt. Philip c. Katz San Francisco, Company c, 363d infantry. who returned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
THREE

when his company had retired 200 yards to rescue a wounded comrade.
 Private Archie A. Peck. Hornell, N. Y., who rescued two comrades wounded on patrol duty, twice crossing through ter rife machine gun fire to reach them.
 Sergt. Wilbur F. Colyer (deceased). South ozone, L. l.. Company A, First engineers. who volunteered with two other soldiers to locate machine gun nests captured a German gun and turned it on other nests all of which were silenced. He was killed in action later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
ALABAMA'S PROTEST AGAINST
 PASSAGE OF REVENUE BILL

Washington, February 4.-(Special.) Business struggling to hold its own against the doubt incident to recon struction would be broken atwain by the enactment of the pending revenue bill, according to telegrams from civic organizations in Alabama reaching Alabamians in Congress today
 With the Secretary of the Treas ury railing against the delay in pass ing the bill, the people of Alabama and many other states are appealing to their congressman to defeat it even though it has passed both Houses and is now in conference. The contention Is that if 1t be defeated. the old bill would continue operative and that It's $4,000, 100000 revenue would suffice the needs of the government The pending bill would raise s6,00o,ooo.000 In other appeals, the attacks against
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05

The conference of the antis was called because the pros have openly boasted that they will spring sur prise and put the amendment over The antis want to find out if there has been any defection in their ranks. If they find they can defeat the amend ment, they will permit it to come to vote. Otherwise, they might resort to fi1ibustering. On both sides there is strong feeling. Senators Bankhead and Underwood are actively among leaders against equal suffrage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
THE STORY OF THE FARMS

Able men who learned by personali ob-
 .servation and experience what the ca pacity for agriculture is, not only in the far west, but in other parts of the coun- try, asserted some years ago that the farm crops in the United States ought to be producing harvests which would bring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05
Little Stories Of the
 DayFror1 Washington
Last Fight of This Session On Anthony Amendment With Both Forces-Protests Against Revenue Bill-Un- derwood Acting Chairman Appropriations
 Committee
By HUGH w. ROBERTS

Washington, February 4(special)-The last fight of this both in
  goa 10 the House
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05

the bill were confined to specific sec tions. In final stages, the attacks are directed against the instrument as a whole.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
DoRr ROADSTER PROVES MErrLE.

sust to prove that Jumps" in the the
atrical profession are no longer depend srt
upon the steam and electric railroads
Harry Gtrari drove his Dort roadster from
Salt Lake city to san Francisco and
arrived with thirty minutes to spare be
fore his act went on at Frisco variety
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06

Formal announcement that Jordan
cars would be distributed in New York
by the McCurdy -Brainard Company. Inc.
was made yesterday by Edward S. Jor-
dan. president Of the Jordan Motor Car
Company
The McCurdy- Bra inard Company is al
ready well known in the East as dis
tributers of Jordan cars in Pittsburg and
Philadelphia. In introducing the new
distributors to New York at the auto
mobile show yesterday Mr.. Jordan told
the story of Robert p. McCurdy, presi-
dent Of the company.
For fourteen years Mr.. McCurdy sold
Pierce Arrows in Pittsburg." said Mr.,
Jordan. He had worked hard and sue
cessfully and decided to take a well
earned rest, and SO succumbed to the
lure Of the rod. the gun and the golf
ball.
He hadn't been in retirement long
when he read the announcement of the
Jordan car. He came to Cleveland. saw
the car felt the old Jingle in his veins
and right then and there decided to get
back into the business. The company
was organized with some of the best
business heads in Plttsburg. What he
did with the car in Pittsburg won him
the Philadelphia territory. and now he
has New York.
The new distributors will continue Jor-
dan Corner at Broadway and Sixty-third
street. Mr. McCurdy is passing a great
deal of time at the Jordan exhibit in the
Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory. where he
is making friends and showing four
models Of the Jordan car.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
COLE AER0-EIGHT
BETTER THAN EVER
Its Victory in Havana Race
Has Made 1t Popular
in Cuba.

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
"OLDS" CHASSIS IN MOTION.
Exhibit Attracts ThrOnEs ut Dis
play In the Garden.

The Oldsmobile passenger car chassis
OF the 1919 eight cylinder type is one Of
the most interesting features Of the Olds
exhibit presented at Madison Square
Garden by c. II. Larson OF the Cutting
Larson Company, New York distributors
Of the popular productions of the famous
Lansing factory.
With the motor section cut away, and
run slowly by electricity, every working
part is shown Visitors to the Garden
display uncommon interest as they crowd
about the chassis look into the mysteries
Il combustion and watch with fascinated
eyes the movement OF valves and pls-
tons. just as they operate when the car
speeds along the highroad
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
TWO NEW MODELS
OF STANDARD 5 NOW
Sedan and Sport Types Attract
Attention at the
Show.

G. Herbert Taylor, president OF the
Taylor Motors Corporation and a repre-,
sentative of the sixth largest Industrial
plant in the world yesterday said:
"Our confidence in the future Of the
automobile business Is best expressed
In the plans for our own product-the
Standard 81. This year will mark the
epoch In this branch OF our business.
Our output of Standard 49, cars, here
tofore limited, will be adequate to meet
any demand The resources. equipment
and experience OF an enormous $4,000
600 business stand behind the produce
ton Of this car ready to supply the rap
Idly growing dealer organization with
all the cars necessary to meet their de-
mands.
This year we are showing two new
models. the sedan and the sport model.
which are attracting great attention at
the Show.
Those who know the great oigaui "a
ton behind the Standard 81 do not &C n
Germ themselves about the constructh n
OF the Standard s. They see the can
they consider the lines. the conveniences.
the comforts, and have confidence that
the Standard Steel Car Company could
not afford to produce any work that did
not do justice to Its worldwide repu-
tation made in the manufacture of rail-
Todu STOCK, ana YET IN spite OF THIS COt-
fdence the motorist Is invariably sur
prised when the car Is demonstrated.
"Only drivers of the Standard So can
realize the tremendous power and fexi-
bilty of the motor. The hill climbing
OF the Standard IS Is almost unbeliev.
able until they actually see 1t done
Famous demonstrating hills like the
Tort George Hill are negotiated by the
Standard 81 under such difficulties az
these: The car is brought to stop at
the foot of the hill. 1t is started In
high gear and the climb begins from a
standing start. At the top the car has
picked up to thirty-fve miles an hour.
Every mountain in the Alleghanies
on the road from Pittsburg to Philadel-
phia has been climbed by many a Stand
ard 81 In all kinds OF weather and
every condition of road-summer and
winter-mud and snow-without chang
ing from high gear and without labor
ing or heating.
with car like the Standard IS TO
offer and company like the Standard
Steel Car Company behind us. we feel
justified in predicting a big future for
our motor car business. The interest OF
the public as shown at the show and
the earnest work in developing cars OF
merit and efficiency shown by all manu-
l facturers Is evidence of great stability
and growth in the entire industry
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
PEERLESS ENCLOSED
CARS UP TO DATE
Last Word in Convenience and
Comfort for Use the Year
Around.

The Peerless enclosed cars. a seven
passenger sedan and four passenger
coupe, exhibited at the show by the
Van Couytlandt Vehicle Corporation, the
Peerless distributor in New York. are
built after a design dictated by The OBJ
servations OF the Peerless engineers into
the habits of present day motor car
users as contrasted with those or -FOUR
or five years ago.
Careful checking OF cars OF all makes
as they pasSAd through the busiest
streets In the cities we'll as over the
most used touring highways showed that
on the open type cars 80 per cent. OF
the tops remained mp at all times.
Even in the Berkshire Hills where
touring is at It's very best roadsters and
touring cars numbering over so per
cent were driven top up regardless OF
weaf1er conditions.
In these facts the Peerless engineers
read the indication OF greatly increased
use OF the enclosed car, provided II
could be given the characteristics that
have made the touring and roadster
models so acceptable for general use.
The1e characteristics are first light
weight second complete openness when
windows are lowered. and third, ease Of
entrance and of exit from the car.
In the new Peerless enclosed models
displayed Inc STOW all VI NC
slrable characteristics have been at
tained. These cars are surprisingly
light: as matter OF fact they weigh
less than the touring and roadster
models OF other makes of cars in the
same quality and cha ssis-size group.
The windows and doors are very wide
and when the glasses which are lever
actuated are lowered the Peerless en-
closd cars are to all intents and pur-
poses as open to the sunshine and air
as any open type car driven top up.
In the new Peerless passenger fac
tories the latest machinery Tor the manu-
eact,re OF automobile bodies has been
Installed and particular attention has
been given to facilities for the produc-
ton Of Tire enclosed TYNE Of car.
The manufacture of Sedarrs and coupes
IN raDidly increasing quantities has en-
abled the Peerless organization to re-
du e the difference in cost of the produc-
ton Of open and enclosed rpodels, The
modern enclosed cars will, in the opinion
of the Peerless sales organization, al
ways be a LUXURY model but its use will
he greatly extended because OF its rela-
lively lighter weight and relatively low
erii & cost.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
EVERY CONVENIENCE
IN NEW REQ SEDAN
Solid Silver Fittings Add to
Its Charm for Milady's
Use.

James ]. Hunt OF the REQ Motor Car
Company of New York. Inc. Is highly
enthusiastic over the REQ line displayed
at the Automobile Show. and glance
at these cars will reveal the fact that
this is not surprising. The four passen-
ger coupe and the FIVE passenger sedan
are two features of the line which Will
attract wide attention.
For the owner driver and for the
family which does not care to keep a
chauffeur the new REQ five passenger
sedan affords every luxury which one
finds in the most expensive limousine.
Nowadays most grown members of the
family are able to drive a car and that
Is why the sedan type OF enclosed car
is gaining so rapidly in popularity. The
fair members of the family can handle
1t just as we'll as the mere man.
In factory parlance this sedan Is the
finest lob" ever turned out of the REQ
shops. 1t is finished with the greatest
care for detail. and the French velour
upholstery In the rear compartments
and the high quality Morocco leather
in the front seat give the interior a rich
appearance, while the finish OF the ex-
terror of the car leaves nothing to be
desired.
Solid silver fittings and mountings
frameless glass in windows with auto
HidtS ilteTs anu numerous otner care
fully designed minor features add to the
beauty and comfort Of this equipage.
The price Is decidedly modest. but that
is due not to the use OF materials Of
lesser quality, but to REQ methods Of
manufacture and to REQ efficiency.
For the average business man, such
as the physician. lawyer. architect. con-
tractor. merchant. &c. the new REQ four
passenger coupe approaches very closely
to the ideal For the woman who pre-
fers 10 be free from the presence OF
chauffeur and yet does not wish to
handle such large car as the REQ Sedan
the four passenger coupe leaves nothing
to be desired. For social calls, matinees,
pleasure rides or even cross-country
tours the car Is a delight
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
NEW MOTO-METER BRANCH.
Omice Opened I'm Detroit TO Pro-
mote Quicker Service.

An item OF interest to automobile
manufacturers IL the announcement OF
the opening of n branch Office in Detroit
by the Motto Meter Company. The OPEN
Ing OF the office. which will be in charge
of ]. ]. Tobias, means additional and
quicker service to manufacturers and
5obbers.
The Moto-Meter Company has an
nounced that 1t now has 100 per cent
jobber distribution extending over the
entire country and will devote it's efforts
from now on to developing the dealers
trade. The travelling representatives, Of
the company are now calling on dealers
and assisting them in moving their
stock Demonstrating and counter stands
and an assortment OF literature and
hangers are furnished to the dealer by
the manufacturer free of charge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
LATEST ROAMER ON VIEW.
Cabriolet Is Eighth Type of En-
closed Body.

H. ]. Overall, manager OF the Roamer
Sales Company. 1894 Broadway, will
have on display for the annual New York
show the latest closed model produced by
the Barley Motor Car Company. Kala-
nazoo. 1t is very snappy cabriolet
body. mounted on a 6-54 chassis. This is
the eighth type of closed car manufac-
tured by the Roamer makers.
Dark COlors will rule in finish for the
cabriolets. liberty blue. liberty green,
aero green and royal blue prevailing.
The upholstery is in plain black leather
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
MAXWELL NONSTOP RECORD.

The worlds automobile nonstop record
performance stil is held by the Maxwell.
The Maxwell captured this from England
with run of 2.022 miles during forty
four days OF continuous day and night
running in Southern California. The rec
ord was attained in the car running on
the highways around Los Angeles. with
the test under official sanction Of the con-
test board OF the American Automobile
Association. The Maxwelps performance
record In this test was perfect.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
HUGE OVERLAND kILNs.

'rl' million feet Of lumber can be ac-
commodated at one time In the huge dry
- ....ns up.oyed az the Willys-Overland
IT in Toledo.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
Ieo ACRES IN OVERLAND FACTORY.

when John y. WHY'S began building
Overland cars back in 1908. his Toledo
factory contained 100000 square feet o:
floor space. 1t was then one OF the largest
automobile plants IN the country. To-day
the floor space aggregates 5.232,iS6 sVuar,
feet. or an equivalent OF 800 acres, httee
times as great as originally. And furth
additions are being planned
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06

with a collapsible top OF high grade
black shiny leather. White wire wheels
with Goodyear cord tires are regular
equipment. This model sells for $3.50.
In addition TO the cabriolet, the
Roamer Sales Company will show