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PRESIDENT ASKS
FULL SUPPORT OF
WAR WORK DRIVE
In Letter to Director Gen-1
eral Mott, President Ex
presses Hope of Gen
erous Response
Washington, November 9.
President Wilson, in a letter
to John R. Mott, director gen
eral of the united war work
campaign, which will begin a
drive Monday for $1/0.000,000
to be expended in relief work
among the American soldiers
and sailors by seven organiza
tions. expressed the hope that
the American people would
give prompt and generous re
sponses to the appeal. The let-^
ter was made public today at i
the White House.
“No matter how far d is tant the j
day of peace may he,” the President
said "it will be followed by a long
period of demobilization, during which
the opportunity and need for the con
structive work of these organizations
■will he quite as great as in war times.
TEXT OF FETTER
Tlie text of the President’s letter
follows:
‘•I am sure the people throughout
the country will understand why it is
lhat l am unable to fulfill the desire
of mv heart to make a public address
at this time in the interest of the
approaching campaign.
"It has been with sincere gratifica
tion that I have observed the whole
hearted cooperation of the Young
Men's Christian association, the Young
Women’s Christian association, the Na
tional Catholic War council, the Jew
ish Welfare board, the War Camp Com
munity service, the American Library
association and the Salvation army in
response to my reouest that they com
bine their respective financial drives
in one united war work campaign,
November 11-10. to secure the sum of
at least $170.-00.000 for their invalu
able work. The wise economy of money
and effort, the increased efficiency
which will result from a blending of
experience, the creation of an atmos
phere of truer understanding, the un
mistakable evidence of a growing un
tv of Fpirlt and the influence of all
this in strenghtening the national sol
idarity is reassnring in the extreme.
SERVICE INDESCRIBABLE
“As you now stand on tlie threshold
of presenting your appeal to the entire
.American people, I wlsn to renew the
expiession of my conviction that the
service rendered by these welfare
agencies is indispensable, and my ear
nest hope for the abundant success of
the campaign. The inevitable growth
of the army and navy, the multiplying
demands for our help from France,
Italy and Russia, make it clear that
a generous over-subscription is highly
desirable. No matter how distant the
day of peace may prove to be, it will
be followed by a long period of de
mobilization, during which the oppor
tunity and need for the constructive
work of these organizations will be
quite, as great as in war time, and I
am glad to note that your plans con
template serving the soldiers and sail
ors in this critically important period.
I am particularly pleased to know of
the comnreliensive program of educa
tion to be caried out during the com
ing months.
"Gifts that provide the service which
this campaign makes possible are no!
so much gifts to organizations as gift.
— invaluable gifts—to our soldiers
sailors and marines end constitute aii
appropriate expression of our grati
Humphreys’ “Seventy-seven”
breaks up Coughs, Colds,
Influenza, Cold in the Head,
Catarrh, SoreThroat, Quinsy,
Jonsilitis and Grip. At all Druggist
COLDS
DILLARD WRITES TO
ALL 10 ATTENDED
HIS CHURCH SUNDAY
Enterprise Shown by New
Southside Pastor — Has
Two. Interesting Sub
jects for Today
Dr. J. E. Dillard, pastor of the South
side Baptist church, has shown excep
tional enterprise during the past week
by writing a letter to every person who
attended services at the Southside
church last Sunday, wherein he Invites
them to become regular attendants upon
the services and to offer suggestions re
garding the work of the church.
Dr. Dillard will preach this morning
on “The Most Beautiful Sentence Ever
Uttered," and this evening his subject
will be. "The Rebuilding of the World.”
The letter mailed out by Dr. Dillard is
such an innovation in church work, and
shows such enterprise, that it has caused
much comment. It follows:
“My Dear Friend: We were delighted
to have you with us on last Sunday, and
trust that you enjoyed the worsTiip and
will come with us again.
“I am extremely anxious to make our
services helpful in every way, and any
suggestions that you may make whereby
they can be improved, will be gratefully
received. We want ours to be a church
of the people, for the people and by the
people.
“If you are not in regular attendance
elsewhere, we would be glad to have you
make your church home with us. If you
would like to receive our weekly calen
dar. it will be mailed you gratis upon
request.
“1 shall look forward with pleasure t(
meeting you personally, and rendering
you anv service in my power. Kindi}
let me know if t can serve you in an}
wav. Sincerely yours.
"J. E. DILLARD.”
Colored Employes of the j
L. & N. Mechanical Force
Buy $45,000 Worth Bonds
Colored employes in the inectinnica 1 de
portment of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad company in the Birmingham
district bought $45,000 worth of Fourth
y jberty Loan Bonds, which is consid
ered a remarkably good showing for
them These sales were made through
a committee of their own men under the
leadership of Lewis Jenkins, chairman
of their committee.
Associated with Chairman Jenkins on
the committee were John McGuire, Watt
McDowell, Mike Dindrick, W. C. Rus
sell, James Whitfield. William Cummings,
Alex Gardner, Joe Cornelius, Jake Hen
don, Frank Pickens, Andrew Davis and
Andrew Coots.
Lieut. Walter Lawson
Returns as Instructor
Lieut. Walter R. Lawson of the avia
tion service, who has been in France for
over a year, has been returned to the
United States for duty as instructor at
army cantonments. He is now at New
port News, Va., but in a letter he states
that he expects to visit his family in
Birmingham in December.
Must Be “Deloused"
Washington, November 9.—America!
soldiers returning home after the "'a
will be required to pass through govern
ment “delousing" plants for the remova
of trench vermin. Forty-live of thes
plants tne war department announce!
tonight, will be erected under the super
vision of the surgeon general, at a cos
of $1,500,000. _
tude for their patriotic and unselfiol
devotion. The whole plan of the Unite'
War Work campaign is inspiring am
is most emphatically in the lnteres
of the nation and of all the lands wi
Which we are associated in the mo
mentous days.”
FIELD ARTILLERY AT
SHERIDAN WANTS
MUSICIANS NOW
Musicians are wanted for the Seventy
fifth regiment band, field artillery, at
Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, according
to a letter received from the band master
by General Manager P. A. Fenlmore of
the Chamber of Commerce yesterday.
In his letter the bandmaster states
that men in the draft are eligible for
the band, and upon their enlistment in
it they will be inducted into the army
and assigned to the band.
BITTERLY WESTS
AGAINST ARMISTICE
Declares Australia Launched
Into War Without Con
sultation and Had No
Voice in Peace Terms
London, Thursday, November 7.-pre
mier Hughes of Australia made a bitter
protest against the peace terms tonight
in addressing the Australian clubs.
“We were launched into this war with
out being consulted," the premier de
dared, “and now the terms of peace
have been drawn up and we ha\ e not
been asked to express our views before- j
hand.”
He particularly objected that Austra
lia should be prevented from making
her own laws which would enable her
to discriminate between friends and foes
in tariffs.
“I cannot say what the other domin
ions will do, but nothing is further from
the thoughts of the Australian people
than to extend the same treatment to
Germany in regard to tariffs and eco
nomic arrangements after the war as to
France, Belgium, Italy and America, and
nothing but force majeure will compel us
to do it,” he continued. ‘ Tins clause
takes from 11s one of the most vital o!
our sovereign powers, and in the name
of the people of Australia, I emphati
cally protest against it."
Premier Hughes protested also that
there was no provision in the treaty tor
indemnities with which to relieve Aus
tralia from a crushing war debt, nor a
provision for the retention of German
islands “without which the territorial in
tegrity of Australia is forever menaced
The premier’s speech was loudly
cheered.
AMERICAN MINERS 4 j
HAVE MATERIALLY
AIDED IN CRUSHING
OF GERMAN KAISER
(Continued from Page Civet
be in command of the various armies
during the drive:
Belgian army: Gen. J. A ^ann’
young & Vann; telephone Main oOBl.
British army: Gen. A. J. Arrant; tele
phone Main 2267.
French army: Gen. E. J. Rowe, tele
phone Main 4078.
Italian army: Gen. C. it. Bissell; tele
phone Main 4S5G.
Industrial division: Gen. P. H.
Woodall; telephone Main 662.
Bahor division: Gen. .1. R. R Rives,
telephone Main 4214.
R. F. D. division: Gen. D. E. Mc
Lendon: telephone Main 012.
American army: Gen. H. S. Meade;
telephone Ensley 0.
Bessemer division: Gen. .1. E. Planner,
Bessemer 65; Mr. Morton.
Mining division: Gen. James Bonny
man; telephone Main 62.
Rainbow division: Gen. Mrs. M. u.
Smith: telephone Main 1 260.
| Colored branch, allied armies: Oscar
\Y. Adams.
YOUNG PE©PLE’S CAMPAIGN
In the state much attention is being
given to organizing the young people
for the campaign .
State Superintendent of Education
Sprlght Dowell has written to ail prin
cipals of schools in Alabama urging
them to give all possible encourage
ment to the boys and girls earn and
•Gve division of the united war work
campaign; particularly that they shall
not let the wonderful events that are
transpiring cause a relaxation of effort,
which would prove embarrassing to
those who are directing our war ac
tivities. He says:
“It is safe to say that of all the
good that comes from victory th<
schools will receive the greatest divi
dends. Already a. number of city am
county high schools have gone over th<
top with a perfect record in the boys
and girls' ‘earn and give campaign.
You will parden me. I am sure, for in
j dulging the hope that your school wil
be in the front rank.”
Sues Street Railway
Co. for $7500 Damages
William A. Berry has entered suit
i„ the circuit court against the Bir
mingham Railway, Light and Power
company for $7500. Tlaintlff alleges
that while he was a passenger on one
of the defendant's cars on Eleventh ave
nue, south, on November '.2. 1917, he
had his skull fractured, his head and
face badly lacerated, and one or more
of his ribs broken when the car on
I which he was riding collided with an
other car.
'■ -
Uncle Sam Says:
“Prepare and Save”
Do your Xmas shopping early and save money
by coming to us. Being ready is the sensible
way; being economical-means being careful
where you buy your furniture. We have
bought at the right price, so are in a position to
sell you at the right price. Now, we are prepared
for your visit. Our display win aeugnx an iuv«»
our prices are in range of all people of moderate means. Ou . Chab
Plan will enable you to distribute your payments as convenient We
are ready to help you prepare and to make your money go to the ut
most limit in buying. See us early.
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GEN. ARRANT WILL :
GUIDE DESTINES!
OF BRjJISH ARMY
New General Names “Par
son” Barnwell as His Ad
jutant and Announces
Ready for Campaign
GEN A. J. ARRANT «
of the British army
If there is anything in a name the r
British army has picked a winner as f
their commander in chief for the com
ing united war work campaign drive, t
for his name is “Andrew Jackson ' Ar- J
rant, and he is used to turning Uabiii
ties into assets—for his everyday busl
ness Is liability insurance. ]
The British army is composed of
members of the Kiwanis club, and in the
recent drive for Liberty Loan Bonds
this army took what is known as the
“lean" territory with a quota of ap
proximately $“75,000 and when they ^
had finished working every dugout and •
sector the shekels that had poured into .
Xincle Sam’s coffers came near totaling,
$1,000,000. They asked for the same
territory in the united war work cam
paign, and in view of the fact that no
other army wanted it, their request was
readily granted. ;
General Arrant is going to prove that
he Is the “Old Hickory” of the cam
paign according to the members of the
I Kiwanis club, and they are going to
hack him to a man. He has chosen
wisely in picking his adjutant, and yes
terday he announced that Rev. Middle
ton S. Barnwell had agreed to accept
that commission. In fact, “Parson
Barnwell—as he is known to all Kl
wanians—-was delighted with the ap
pointment.
The headquarters of the club will lie
at the office of the secretary of the
Kiwanis cluz. 227-228 First National
Bank building, and the office will lie
manned with a crew of doughboys, non
coms, lieutenants, captains, colonels,
! all,i even a few “aces” will be noticeable
I throughout the week. General Arrant
• wants every man enlisted in his army
! to report at headquarters Monday,
I sometime during the day, or to phone
jhim there, Main 8302.
! Delegates Lunch Down
Town With Their Hosts j
> | The delegates to the North Alabama I
conference of the Methodist church,!
which convenes here November 13, will .
! lunch with their hosts at downtown '
i cafes on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday .
'.land Saturday, but will be entertained j
, i in their homes on Sunday.
SUITS FILED
Mrs. Rachel Holt, administratrix for
'Thornton Holt, deceased, has filed aj
| suit in the circuit court against the,
I Mabel Mining company for $100,000. |
it. is alleged that the deceased while |
in the employ of the defendant, was ,
thrown from a wagon on November 8, I
1017, and sustained injuries from which
he died later.
DEATHS
I ii. II. O’Brien—Aged 70, died at the resi
dence. 1322 Thirtieth street, south,
Thursday night. Funeral services ,
from the residence this afternoon at
3 o’clock, interment in Elmwood. Hon
orary pallbearers will be: H. H.
Vance. \W J. Edwards, Dr. B. E. Wy
man, John McCotton, J. E. Haver, C. •
C. Maser and Eeo McEean. Active.
H. C, Fleming, E. Self, D. J. Mur
phv William Davis, R. H. Roberts
and M. J. Fahey. Funeral services
under the auspices of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers.
Mrs. Fannie Jolly—Aged 34, died at a ,
local infirmary last night. Deceased
is survived by three daughters and
one son. Funeral services will be an
nounced later by Johns.
! J oil n S. Syplms—Aged 23, died at Pow
I derly yesterday. Funeral services
from Loy’s chapel this afternoon at 4
o’clock, interment in Forest Hill. De
ceased is survived by his parents. Mr.
I and Mrs. W. U. Syplius; four bothers
and one sister.
Mr*. HI In Handle—Aged 73, died at the
residence, 4,19 Tearon boulevard, yes
terday. The remains were sent to
Evansville, Ind., last night by Shaw.
Mrs. IVnnle Strange—Aged 59, died at
the residence, 1220 Virginia avenue,
south, Friday afternoon. Funeral
services from the residence this after
noon at 3 o’clock, interment in For
est Hill.
CharieM Met uinmie Tye—The 8-year
| old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Tye,
died at the residence, 930 Forty-sev
enth street, yesterday afternoon. Fu
neral services announced later by
Woodin.
Ilichard Garnett llill—Aged 36, died at
the residence. 1002 Alabama avenue,
last night. Deceased is survived by
a widow and one daughter. The re^
mains will be sent to Orange Va., to
day for funeral services and inter
ment.
JOHNS
I.ending
Funeral Director*
Phone Main 1002
2011 Fourth Avenue
Shaw Undertaking Go.
Funeral Director*
2117 Fifth Are.
Phone* Mein 9 end 6
CREMATION t?
I ivinw i n nniAa nil YVW 'iln
Adults. $25: Children
____UC. CINCINNATI
1 JRK7JAT10N CO. Office WUu'lut Bloek. Cim-in*
«ti, O- Booklet frth
Official Count of Tuesday’s
Ballots Give Thomson 1051
AgainstHuddleston ’s6338
The official count of the vote cast in
he state election last Tuesday was com
peted yesterday by Probate Judge Stiles,
sheriff Batson and Circuit Court Clerk
Waldrop. The official figures show that
he republican ticket, except the candi
jates for governor and Congress in the
Vinth district, received less than 600
.rotes. The total vote cast for the two
•andidates for governor was 7451, of which
Major Smith received 617, or a fraction
jver 8 per cent.
The vote for all candidates in Jeffer
son county, as officially announced by
the election commissioners, was as fol
ows:
For governor: Kilby, 6834; Smith, 617.
For lieutenant governor: Miller, 6787;
Sox, 437.
For secretary of state: Cobb, 6834;
Long, 451.
For attorney general: Smith, 6903; Mc
Kay, 3S1.
P'or state auditor: Lee, 6874; Carroll,
For state treasurer: Bradley, 6894;
Sloan, 3S7.
For superintendent of education: Dow
ell. 6887; Moody, 401.
For ^eommissinoer of agriculture and
industries: Allgood, 6948.
For associate members of Alabama pub
lie service commission: Cooper, 6879,
Galliard, 6837; Isbell, 393; Robinson, 394.
Voted for two.
For associate justices supreme court:
McClellan, 6877; Sayre, 6858; Chenault, 378;
Tubb, 379. Two eLected.
For associate justice court of appeals:
Sam ford, 6S33; Ford, 409.
For United States senator: Bankhead, i
6850. . ..
For representative in the Sixty-sixtn
Congress of the United States from the
Ninth district: Huddleston, 6338; Thomp
son, 1051.
For circuit solicitor. Tenth judicial cir
cuit: Tate, 7000.
For sCate senator, Thirteenth district
(Jefferson county): West, 6911.
F*or representatives in the legislature.
Arnold, 6941; Benners, 6945; Dickson, 6930;
Hawkins, *3952; Huey, 6947; Ross, 6945;
Truss, 6945. All elected.
For sheriff: Hartsfield, 6995.
For member county board of education:
Minor, 6920.
CAMP HILL GOES \]
OVER THE TOP IN
WAR WORK DRIVE
Word was received yesterday by H* j
l>. Cullen, state secretary of four-min- j
ute men, from W. P. Smith, chairman
of four-minute men and of the united
war work campangn at Camp Hill, that
a-t a rally ye.sterday afternoon the quota
of that place for the united war work
campaign was oversubscribed 10 per
cent. This was two days before the
formal opening of the campaign.
This oversubscription was largely due
to a patriotic address delivered by Dr.
Thomas Dulin, who was present at the
request of Chairman W. Carson Adams.
Negro Mammy Leaves
Savings to Church
Funeral services over the remains of
Amelia Johnson, an aged colored wom
an. who died Tuesday, were held at
St. Johns's African Methodist Episcopal
church, of which she was a member for
many years, Dr. L, G. Duncan officiat
ing. It was her request that her burial
expenses be defrayed out of the money
she had saved and the remainder be
given to the church. Complying with
the request a member of the family
with whom she had been living for 00
years called for Dr. Duncan .and when
he came gave tyim ?25, the amount left
over.
Drs. F. W. Riley, R. M. Davis, Wil
liam Gladden and A. C. Williams will be
the speakers at a mortgage burning at
St. John's African Methodist Episcopal
church, at the corner of Twenty-fifth
street and Third avenue, tomorrow
■ night. The Tuggle institute band will
I furnish music. Dr. Duncan will carry
! the ashes of the burned mortgages
to the next conference of the church.
Five Thousand Cigars
Stolen From Railroad
Jim Payne. Louis Malone and W. N.
Shivers, negroes, former employes of the
Louisville and Nashville freight house,
were arrested by Detectives Pittman and
Burge yesterday afternoon and lodged
in the city jail charged with grand lar
ceny. It is alleged that 5000 cigars con
signed to the Norton Drug company from
New York were stolen from the freight
house a few days ago and were checked
to the sections of the house where these
negroes worked. t\ arrants for their ar
rest were sworn out by R. M. Hudson,
special agent of the railroad commission
at Washington.
Typewriter Stolen
From Jewish Temple
Albert Klyce was arrested by Detec
tives Pittman and Burge yesterday aft
ernoon and placed in the city jail
charged with grand larceny. It is al
leged that on Friday he stole an Under
wood typewriter from the Temple
Emanu-El valued at $110, and later en
tered a garage owned by Mrs. R. R
Baxter, 1632 Twelfth street, south
stealing some automobile tools.
Bootblack Is Charged
With Stealing Watch
Sidney Smith, negro, -was arrested
by Officer Chambers yesterday after
noon and lodged in the city jail on a
charge of grand larceny. It is alleged
that the negro, who was a bootblack
at the barber college here, stole a
watch from J. H. Harigram, of 433
Earl avenue, while getting a shave.
The watch has not been recovered.
The tallest tree on record has been
felled in southeast Australia. It was a
gum tree 471 feet in height.
THOS.W. PALMER, JR.,
IS MADE A MAJOR
Birmingham Lawyer Is an
Instructor in Field Artil
lery at Fort Sill
The friends of Thomas W. Palmer, Jr.,
will be pleased to learn that he has re
cently been promoted to the rank of
major in the field artillery. For several
months he has been an instructor in the
school of fire, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. This
is said to be the largest school of fire
in the world. The artillery officers are
requested to go there and take the course
of study before being sent abroad. Many
who were sent over at first without this
course were required to return and take
it in order to be able to render efficient
service.
Major Palmer was an attorney at law
in Birmingham before he joined the army
being associated with the firm of Percy
Benners and Burr. He enlisted as s
private in battery C, and assisted in or
ganizing troop A of the First Alabama
cavalry. He was appointed first lieuten
ant in the troop, and was afterward madr
captain of the supply troop. He served
| with this regiment on the Texas border
When they returned to Montgomery this
cavalry regiment was transferred to the
117th field artillery, in which regiment
Captain Palmer was transferred to the
headquarters company.
Early last spring Major Palmer was
sent to Fort Sill, and upon the comple
tion of the course of study he was se
lected, on account of his high standing
and efficiency, to serve as an instruc
tor. While this work has been very
pleasant to him, he was sorely disap
pointed that he was not allowed to go
with his regiment to France.
His friends will be glad to know of his
promotion.
Mule Killed in Runaw ay
A dray driven by James Watts col
lided with a dray ow'ned by the Ivy
Bea.f Coal company, killing one of thy
mules hitched to the latter dray. It
is alleged that the horse driven by
Watts ran away, causing the accident.
Watts was placed under bond.
Waiters on Strike
New York, November 9.—Several hun
dred waiters and cooks at the Vander
bilt and Plaza hotels in this city went
Or. strike today, joining 1500 employes
of" the McAlpin, Waldorf-Astoria, Clar
idge and Astor hotels, who walked out
about 10 days ago, after their demands
for a 50 per cent wage increase had been
refused. o
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W arning!
On account of the war, the manu
facture of standard makes of talk
ing machines has been cut to, less
than one-half, while the demand for
these instruments has increased to
such an extent that many dealers
are selling inferior makes of ma
chines to make up the deficiency.
The worst feature of the situation
is that the inferior types are selling
for as much as the original and gen
uine patented articles.
Wg have not departed, from our established policy
to handle only standard makes of talking machines,
and you will find all three lines here: The Victrola,
the Sonora and the Graf onola. If you can help it, take
no others!
However, we have only about one-half of the num
ber of machines we had last year for the Christmas
trade, and if you desire a machine of standard make,
we would suggest that you arrange with us at once.
Remember, if possible, get only a standard make.
Thev cost no mor^ to start with, and cost much less in
the long run.
C. C. Holcombe
Birmingham's Only Exclusive Talking Machine House /
1909 Third Ave. Main 7434
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