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ALABAMA
MUST FEED
HERSELF
BADLY NEEDED BY
Government to' Confiscate
All Such Door Knobs
. ,/ and Handles
(e»nn|n4«f« of AmmIiM Pnn)
AMSTERDAM. NETHERLANDS. July
IB—All pleas of German landlords and
sighs of German housewives notwlth
standing1, the war ministry In Berlin
declares that the requisitioning of
brass and bronze door and window
handles and fittings. In dwelling houses
and other buildings. Is Inevitable. The
measure will be carried out In three
to four months' time.
The Association of Berlin Houseown
ers’ Societies had sent a deputation to
,’t watt oil the chief of the particular sec
| tlon of the war office concerned, but
all In vain. In place of the brightly
| shining brass and bronze articles In
' which she takes so much pride, the
German housewife will have to con
tent herself ae best she can with black
“ersatz” (substitute) door and window
handles and fittings. At least, the
state proposes to supply such uniform
substitutes, and even to see to the af
fixing of same directly after the re
moval of the original articles. If this
be not to the taste of those concerned,
they must bear the expense of replace
ment themselves.
Under yet another official decree ex
pected very shortly, all brass and
bronse ornaments, grates, fenders, etc.,
are to be seized for the metal-devour
ing war, while the provisional exemp
tion of requtsltlonal copper, brass and
nickel objects, particularly domestlo
Articles, has been already withdrawn.
25 BRITISH SHIPS
f SUNK DURING WEEK
(Associated Press.)
LONDON, July 25.—Twenty-one Brit
ish vessels of more than 1.C00 tons
each and three of Jess than 1,600 tons
each were sunk last week by mines
or submarines, according to the week
ly admiralty report on shipping losses.
One fishing vessel was also sunk.
s
Drink Bottled
It’s Delicious
* Refreshing
Wholesome
How Much Would You
Do For Your Mother?
Do you think the debt you
owe her great enough to
warrant any sacrifice on
your part even though it
causes the girl you love to
turn from you in anger and
, distrust!
WILLIAM BUSSELL
in
"SHACKLES OF TRtfTH”
j found himself facing a great
problem when it became a
matter of letting his mother
learn of his dead father’s
wrong-doing, or giving up
the girl he loved. He made
his choice. Would you have
4one as he didt
Colonial Today
'. j
Abe Martin
Some folks seem t* require three or
four violent set backs before they hit
ther gait. One o' th’ silliest wastes
o' time is figurin' up how much money
you'd have If you'd stayed single.
SPEAKERS TELL HOW
EXODUS OF NEGRO
COULD BE STOPPED
(Associated Press.)
NEW ORLEANS, July 25.—Speakers
at the opening meeting here late to
day of the fourteenth annual session
of the National Association of Teach
ers In Colored Schools declared lead
ers among the white people of the
South could stop the negro exodus to
the north by making the negroes In
the south feel more satisfied with con
ditions. Better school facilities both
in city and country, better wages In
all lines of Industry, particularly lum
ber manufacturing, and assurance of
absolute justice and fair trial In the
courts would make life in the South
more satisfactory to the negro, the
speakers asserted. Negroes are sat
isfied in the north, the speakers claim
ed, but are unable to save as much
money as In the South, despite better
wage conditions in the north. Speak
ers who discussed the negro exodus
included President John E. Ford of
Leland University, Alexandria, La., and
Professors Norwood and Ramsey of
Alcorn A.: and M. College, Alcorn,
Miss.
W. H. Singleton, of Chattanooga,
president of the association. In his
annual address, urged the negro teach
ers to arouse public and private In
terest among both white and colored
residents In an effort to Increase at
tendance of negro children in public
schools. There are 3,222,154 negro
children of public school age In the
United States, he said, with only S3
per cent attending school.
Negro teachers from thirteen south
ern Btates and California are attend
ing the meetings.
CANADA TO BORROW
$100,000,000 FROM
N. Y. BANKERS
(Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, July 25—Canada is
to borrow $100,000,000 in the United
States to offset the heavy trade bal
ance against her in this country. Tho
loan will run for two years, bear in
terest at the irate of approximately $
per cent, and will be made by a syn
dicate of New York bankers.
Negotiations for the loan have been
proceeding for some time past. The
final step—approval by the American
government, was announced today by
Secretary McAdoo.
One reason why the treasury Itself
is not making the loan Is that such
a credit would have to be made in
that case Indirectly through Great
Britain. Anothar is that heavy de
mands already have teen made and
are in prospect upon the $3,000,000,000
authorised by congress as a loan to
the allies. A third reason is said to
be that the injection at this time
of a $100,000,000 bond Issued into the
domestic financial situation would not
in any way disturb the government’s
plans for -its war financing In which
there Is for the moment a lull.
The Canadian loan marks a depar
ture from the government's previous
policy of keeping the American money
| market free from the bond offerings of
other belligerents.
BURBANK IMPROVING.
SANTA ROSA, CAL., July 25.—The
condition of Luther Burbank, who Is
suffering from an Inflamed appendix,
continued to show improvement today,
I according to his physician.
ttTF you have seen ‘Womanhood’ you have seen
* something worth while. Here is no common
place ‘movie’ but an appealing and convincing spec
tacle built on romantic lines.”—New York Evening
World.
STRAND MONDAY
What Is a Jruffler ?
Peter Mann gave as his definition of the word, “A truffler is
a young woman who turns from duty to the pursuit of enjoy
ment, who builds no home, produces nothing, who goes in for
self-expression instead of self-abnegation, w'ho is out for her
self, hunting the truffles, the delicate bits, playing with love
. and with life.”
“THE TRUFFLERS”
with
Nell Craig and Richard Travers
is an entertaining interpretation of the Samuel Mcrwin story
of Bohemian life so absorbingly told in the Cosmopolitan
t Magazine. In old Greenwich Village and around Washington
Square does the Quartier Latin in Paris find its American eor
\ respondent and the shifting scenes of New York’s Bohemia,
i with its gaities, its sorrows, its hopes and disappointments, its
tragedies and joys are depicted in a play that will be shown
today only at the
STRAND THEATRE
Friday
r \ ' . ‘ ' LOUISE GLAUM
*?■ ' '• —IN—
“A STRANGE TRANSGRESSOR”
FIRST CAVALRY PUTS
ON MOUNTED GUARD
MOUNT WEDNESDAY
Spectacular Formation
Proves Interesting; Will
Guard Anniston Camp
. ■•klllntln Cut,
Vnklrcr Pajrk,
_ . , IlMtwmry, Ala.
.Wednesday was the flrst day for
some time that the mobilization camp
was without rain. As a consequence
much hard work was dbne by the sol
diers and many visitors went out to
witness the drills and exercises of
Alabama's sons who are not far from
the trenches of the French battle
fields.
In the afternoon, for the flrst time
since Its return from the Mexican
border, the First Alabama Cavalry
had mounted guard mount. Each af
ternoon from now on, according to
an officer of the regiment, a similar
formation will take place.
The guard mount will be by troops,'
opS troop going on duty .each after
noon. The formation is one of the
most Interesting and Inspiring sights
to be witnessed. The regimental band,
fully mounted, takes part In It.
Day of Instructions.
All day long military units were
out at some kind of Instruction. There
were close and extended order drills
going on all over the camp. It was
an excessively hot day, too, and many
of the men welcomed the approach of
the cool of the evening and a release
from further duties for the day.
The third battalion of the 2nd Ala
bama Infantry, Major W. M. Weston
commanding, has been ordered to pro
ceed at once by a special train to An
niston to guard the property there
while the construction work on the
cantonment Is In progress. The com
panies comprising this battalion are
as follows: "I,” from Luverne; "K,”
frorp Sheffield; 'TV' from Tallassee,
and "M,” from Sampson. • It Is thought
the troops will leave Thursday or
Friday
The authorities at the camp do not
think this battalion will return to
Montgomery after the completion of
Its duties at Anniston, but that It will
be sent direct to Macon, If the Ala
bama brigade at that time is in the
latter city.
Special Recruiting Parties.
Special recruiting parties for the
companies and troops of the brigade
have been authorised by the head
quarters of the Southeastern Depart
ment at Charleston. They are to re
main out on this work seven days,
and- such parties will begin to depart
at once in order to get men needed
to complete the war strength of the |
companies.
The aidjutant general of the army
at Washington recently advised the
headquarters of the Southeastern De
partment relative to the enlistment of
registered men who have been called
for military service by the local boards
as follows: 'After a registered per
son has been called for military serv
ice by his local board and directed
to appear for physical examination, he
ceases to be an eligible for voluntary
enlistment.” The tnofrmation was re
peated to Brigadier Oeneral Steiner
from Charleston.
Welcome Dance to First.
The officers of the regiments now
In camp at Montgomery will give a
dance to the officers of the Incoming
1st Alabama Infantry at the moblll
ration camp Friday night.
The regiment la expected to reach
Montgomery early Thursday morning
at the end of its long "hike” from
Mobile. Wednesday night the regl- |
ment encamped about live miles out
of the city and the brigade commander |
goes out today to Inspect it It Is
said that each day of the march to
ward Montgomery the soldlera have
encountered rains.
The enlisted men's dances continue
to be given each Thursday night and
are well attended and thoroughly en
joyable affairs. So far as Is known
there will be no change In the sched
ule.
Guards Camp Sheridan.
One of the duties which the brig
ade is now called on to perform, since
the construction of the buildings for
"Camp Sheridan" has been begun. Is
to guard the property. It Is a sim
ilar duty to that which Is to be per
formed by Major Weston's battalion at
Anniston.
B. G. Gaines, military accountant,
the man who is to be the assistant
of Mr. Gattls, general agent of the
American Railway Association, re
ported for duty Wednesday, but went
out of the city for a day or so.
Supply Sergeant Eubanks, of the
cavalry supply troop, is considered a
lucky Individual, In that/ he hae been
discharged as an enlisted man to ac
cept a commission as second lieuten
ant in the First Alabama Cavalry,
Col. Bibb Graves’ crack regiment.
Picture* Bruin lOB'Jfct.
Moving jlcture shows at the "Y"
building will begin Thursday night
and will be given three times each
week. They are free from admittance
charges. Thursday night, certain mil
itary portions of Emmet A. Jones'
"Alabama Travelog" Aim will be
shown.
The work on the other Y. M. C. A.
building near the street car track is
progressing rapidly, and it is thought
entirely probable that the building
will be dedicated next Sunday.
Rev. Ben Cox, religious director of
the “Y" work, continues very much
enthused with his labors at the camp.
He nays he intends to write a book
of his experiences after he leaves the
particular work.
Am Enlisted Man's Story.
He says he has been seeking per
sonal interviews with the officers and
men of late. Dr. Cox tells an inter
esting Btory of the visit to him re
cently of an enlisted man. The latter
showed the preacher a Bible. “That
was not sent me by my mother," he
said, "but the purest and sweetest
girl In the world sent it to me. I
have not been living the clean life
and want you to help me to do so."
Dr. Cox Bays he asked the young man
to kneel with him in prayer, and that
the latter offered one of the most ten
der and heartfelt appeals to God he
ever heard.
Another fellow came to Dr. Cox, the
latter says, a big. fine looking cav
alryman of German parentage. This
man. Dr .Cox says, enlisted for the
Mexican border service and afterward
bought himself out of the army, but
when the call came, after the Presi
dent declared a stale of war with
Germany, the man. though ' beseeched
by his parents not to enlist, did so,
but only after sitting around a re
cruiting office off and on for two or
three weeks. The man. Dr. Cox says,
told him he could not stay away from
the service.
AMERICA* KILLED
< Associated Press.!
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, July
25—Clay Tenny Lyles, a gunner's mate,
is dead as tie result of an explosion
of powder on one of the ships of the
visiting American squadron while the
vessel was firing a salute. The Ar
gentinian government yesterday ex
pressed condolences to Admiral Caper
ton on the death of the American gun
ner*
DAIRYMEN INSPECT
MANY DAIRY PLACES
ON FRIDAY’S TRIP,
The eecond trtp of Inspection of the*
Central Alabama Dairy Association to
neairby dairy farms will take place
Friday, when the members will go
down the Selma road. The start will
be made from the Bell building at
ted o'clock, and among the {laces at
which the association members will
stop will be Oxments; Millers, Toungs
Cordons, Holts, Boyds, and doubtless
a few .others, all of whom are selling
their product in this city.
A 'basket lunch will be taken along
and about a mile below Stone’s Tank
a delightful picnic ground has been
selected where the lunch will be spread
The particular Item of Interest In this
trip outside of vice president Young’s
big herd of milkers, will be the newly
purchased herd of Jerseys from Ohio
bought by B. F. Miller, president of
the association. This herd, as well as
others, will be on exhibition for the
inspection of the visitors.
TREATY CHANGES TO
ALLOW DRAFTING IS
UNDER DISCUSSION
(Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Julyy 25—Treaty
changes -with America’s allies to make
their subjects In this country eligible
to draft were considered today by the
senate foreign relations committee.
Chairman Stone and Senator McCum
ber were named to confer with Presi
dent Wilson on the latter's resolution
proposing treaty negotiations. Commit
tee sentiment was said ,to favor sub
jecting all aliens to the draft, except
enemy subjects and nentrals.
Senator Stone was advised that the
subject had been considered favorably
at yesterday's cabinet meeting. All
the allies except Russia were said to
have indicated their assent.
BAGPIPER MARRIES
TWO, NOW MUST GO
INTO BOMBING WORK
(Associated Press.)
BOSTON. July 25.--James Cameron,
a bagpiper with the McLean Kilties of
New Brunswick, was sentenced today
to service In the front line when his
regiment goes Into action as punlsh
; ment for his confessed polygamy.
Cameron enlisted here recently and his
marriage to Miss Beatrice E. Caswell,
a few days later, was made the occas
ion of a picturesque celebration. Publi
cation of his picture attracted the at
tention of Mrs. James Cameron, of
Bridgeport, Conn., and on her allega
tion that he was her husband he was
brought back from the Kilties camp at
Fredericton, N. B., for trial. He plead
ed guilty.
In sentencing Cameron Judge Creed,
of the local police court, said:
"You shall be taken back to Frederic
ton to rejoin the McLean Kilties, thence
to go to the front line, a place of peril
and also one of honor, there to expiate
.the wronge you have done."
Cameron’s sentence will appear In
the records as 18 months in the house
of correction but the court ordered this
suspended. Colonel Guthrie, command
er of Cameron's battalion, who appear
ed as the soldier's attorney, agreed to
detail him to the bombing squad.
SILENT PARADE AS
PROTEST ON RIOTS
(Associated Frna.)
NEW YORK, July 25.—Ai a protest
against the recent East St. Louis race
riots, negro residents of New York
have ararnged for a demonstration on
Saturday to take the form of a silent
parade down Fifth Avenue. It was
announced today that more than 2,009
negro men had signified their Inten
tion to Join In the demonstration.
Except for a few banners bearing ref
erences to the riots and the part taken
by negroes In the development of the
country. It was said that there would
be no attempt made to draw attention
to the paraders.
HARK! LIST TO TALE
OF THE MINUTE MEN
(By Mall.
PEKIN, CHINA. July 1.—Hark! ye
diners at palatial hotels and travel
ers of leisure. Hark! and list to. a
tale of far-away China, the land of
mystery, which Incidentally revolu
tionizes the much touted "high cost
of living.”
Again the V. S. Marines are heard
from but this time in regards to
"eats." Let It be suffice to say that
they are living good as egsg are now
selling here for 30 cents a hundred!
AMBASSADOR TO
MEXICO MARRIED
(Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. July 26—Henry P.
Fletcher, American ambassador to
Mexico and Miss Beatrice Bend of this
city were married today at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Willard D. Straight
at Old Westburg, Long Island. The
couple first met eight years ago In
China when Mr. Fletcher was first sec
retary of the American legation. His
bride was then traveling in the Orient
with a party of friends, one of whom
was Miss Dorothy Whitney, now Mrs.
Willard Straight.
*17,000,000,000 WAR BILL
_ (A«»ocUile* Prraa.)
WASHINGTON, July 25—America’*
war bill for the fiscal year will total
J17,000,000,000 Senator Smoot told the
senate today Instead of the Ilf,226.000,
000 he estimated yesterday, the In
crease resulting from an additional
$500,000,000 for the shipping board, $2,
000,000,000 for the allies and $150,000
! 000 deficit In the executive depart
ments.
JI ST1CE FALLS DEAD
< Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, July 25—Edwin J.
Justice of Greensboro, N. C„ special
assistant to Attorney-General Gregory,
dropped dead In hts office here today.
He had been on the coast two years
prosecuting the government oil cases
under the Taft withdrawal act. Justice
was formerly a member of the North
Carolina legislature.
DEAD ON
HIS FEET
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules
will brln* new life and quickly relieve
that stopped-up congested feeling,
j They will thoroughly cleanse and wash
out the kidneys and bladder and gent
ly carry off the ill effects of excesses
of all kinds. The healing, soothing
oil soaks right into the walls and lin
ing of the kidneys and expels the pois
ons in your system. Keep your kid
ney in good shape by daily use of
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules
and you will have good health. Go
to your druggist at once and secure a
package of this time-honored, world
wide remedy. It is not a ’ patent med
icine.” it is passed upon by II. S.
Government chemists and declared pure
before coming into this country. GOLD
MEDAL is the pure, original Haarlem
Oil. imported direct from the ancient
laboratories in Holland, where it is
the National Household Remedy of the
sturdy Dutch. Look for the name
GOLD MEDAL on every box. Three
sizes. Accept no substitute. Your
druggist will gladly refund your money
IX not as repreeentelU
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Transportation
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of 45 mils* in
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THE Mm* ability to mo into the
future, to test carefully and then
stride riiead, that lua characterized
treat inventors, has also lad to the most
marked progress in the treat industries.
Foresight and thoroughness*were the
watchwords during the experimental
period of the Firestone Cord Tires.
They are very evident today to the
motorist. Without them Super-size
might have remained an unrealized
dream, instead of a practical reality.
And Super-size is a vitally important
dement of Firestone Cord success. It
insures the greater air column, and re
silience that absorbs vibration and
shocks. Super-size saves gasoline.
Super-size insures Most Miles
per Dollar in cord construction,
the fact that over eleven thousand
Firestone workers are stockholders con
tributes to the consistently superior
performance of these Super-size Cords.
BULLETIN IS ISSUED
ON CONDITIONS OF
COUNTRY SCHOOLS
The law which provides for the con
■olldatlon of schools and for aid in
the construction of school buildings,
where two or more schools are com
»lned into one, makes the consolida
tion movement one of unusual inter
est in Alabama at the iresent time.
For the benefit of those interested in
the movement as well as those who
should become Interested, the depart
ment of education has prepared a
bulletin on the subject which is now
ready for distribution.
This bulletin Is neatly arranged and
Interestingly written.
Although no very great attention has
been given to consolidation in the
State as a whole, this bulletin shows
that encouraging results have been
iccompllshed by many wide-awake
communities within the past five years
it is predicted that with the state
aid now provided for, the movement
will continue until every country boy
and Kiri In the State will-be brought
within easy reach of a high school
without the heavy expense now In
volved in obtaining a high school ed
ucation.
The bulletin is divided - Into three
parts. The first part sets forth the
Advantages of consolidations. Tho sec
ond rart provides valuable informa
tion for county boards of education
and the third part contains special
reports ' of the rural school agent
with reference to the present status
of consolidation in the rural districts.
Those dedlrlng Information concern
ing consolidation of schools' and tha
transportation of children should write
ine u inri 'ient of education for bul
letin No. 5«.
SERB GOVERNMENT
WILL CHANGE SEAT
WASHINGTON, July 25.— Serbia Is
about to transfer her aeat of Rof«rn
inent from Corfu to Salonika* eesiord*
ins to an Athena cable today to the
Break legation. Serbia aome day* Ago
asked Greece for authority to use this
Greek city as her temporary capital
and Greece • at once compiled. Issuing
Instructions that, suitable buildings be
prepared. .
The Serbian government, which has
made Its headquarters on the Island el
Corfu ever since the annihilation of the
Serbian army. Is anxious- to be as neat
as possible to the allies’ lines of march
which It Is hoped will reoonquer.the
lest country.- H »«*
GERMAN SHIP' AGROUND
(s asarlatrS Press.)
AMSTERDAM, July 25—The Handels
t»lad rerorts that the German steam*
•hip Norderney with a cargo of coal
eras torpedoed in the. North Sea Mon*
lay. She Is aground oft the south
mast of Texel, Frisian Islands;
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Messages
1916
WAR
1913
PEACE
1. 111 I. I
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Messages
NOTB r—Top Curve shows the long distance
traffic for last 12 months of war.
* Lower Curve shows same traffic dur
ing1 last 12 months of peace.
High Tide in Telephone Traffic,
Thu chart shows the extraordinary growth of the l»"g dis
tance traffic in the Bell System under war conditions.
V
It does not show the tremendous advance in the price of raw
materials, which enter into the manufacture of telephone equip
ment-more than doubled since the war began. It does not show
the increase in the price of labor and the shortage of both labor
and materials, which have set a definite limit to the increase in 1
telephone facilities.
The entrance of this nation in the great war was7the signal
for the Bell System to pledge its entire service, unreservedly to
the Government.
As our military strength grows, and we become larger partic
ipants in the'great war, the demands of the Government upon
our service will continue to increase, and must always be met.
An extraordinary increase in telephone traffic, due to the un
precedented commercial and industrial activity incident to the
war, must also be adequately provided for.
. ' • "l \
Like the other resources of the nation, our resources must be
conserved, and we appeal to the American public, always patriotic
to the core, to assist us in meeting these extraordinary eonditiong . ?'
by avoiding as far as possible wasteful and extravagant use of the
service. r
. ■ ' ' . . • fei
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH'COMPANY