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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18
HEADS OFF ATTEMPTS
 AT PREMATURE CANAL TALK

of all nations observing these rules on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such action, or it's citizens or subjects in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic or otherwise. Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable"
 Sir Edward added:
 As it appeared to his majestys govern ment that some of the provisions of the bill now before the United States Senate would not be consistent with this article of the treaty it has thought it right to point out these objections to the govern ment of the United States in order t1at they may be taken into account while the bill is under consideration"
 Sir Edward Grey can now stall off would be catechisers by saying lie has nothing to add to today's reply.
 
 day for New Orleans in charge of Deputy United States marshal. Other Chinamen will be added to the party at Springfield, IL, and at New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18
ASQUITH HIDES
 FROM SUFFRAGISTS

London, July 17-Premier Asduith is on the way to Dublin, playing a game of hide and seek with the suffragettes. The prime minister left his official residence in Downing street this afternoon and later in the day unexpectedly appeared in Wolver- hampton, accompanied 1y his daughter. There the two entered a motor car which has since been lost sight Of.
 That is all the suffragettes have been permitted to know, and they are not lKe- ly to learn anything further of MT. As quiths movements until he arrives in Dublin, where he is due at 9 o'clock to- morrow morning. A great demonstration. consisting of 200 torch bearers and 20 bands, has been prepared to welcome him on his arrival.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18
HOLD EXCEPTIONAL
 '. M. [. A. TONIGHT
Attractive Programme Has Been Arranged for the Occasion

For the second time since its com pletion, the handsome new home of the Birmingham Young Mems associa- tion is to be thrown open to the pub lie this evening from to il o'clock.
 An attractive programme has been arranged for the occasion, the principal feature of which will be an inspection of the building, members acting as guides, music by Calman's orchestra. and the serving of light refreshments by a committee of young ladies.
 Although upward of 2000 of Bir- mingham's men and women braved the weather last week for the first recep- tion, the opening of the building, there were many who could not attend and will take advantage of this opportu- nifty.
 While a few finishing touches are yet to be made on the building, the entire eight floors basement and roof garden are now open and will be shown tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18
BIBLE STUDIES OF BROOKLYN
 TABERNACLE
Rx PASTOR RUSSELL

Embryo Kingdom Parables-Mark iv: 26-32: Matthew xii :S3.
 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven. Mat thew vi:10.
 Many of us in the past have overlooked the fact that nearly all of the teachings of the Redeemer appertain to the kingdom His Messianic kingdom. Some of US indeed had gotten the unscriptural thought that Messah's kingdom would consist merely of sovereignty in the hearts of His followers and in the present life.
 Now we see the real import and con nection of the Great Teachers numerous utterances on this subject As He taught Us to pray. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, even as it Is done in heaven" He meant that we should have in mind Gods glorious promise that eventually, through Messiahs kingdom, ignorance, sin and death will all be over thrown, and the willing and obedient of mankind will be released from these unt1l, every knee shall bow and every tongue confess to the glory of God
 TodaWs study sets before us a number of Jesus, parables respecting the king dom. The majority of these refer to the kingdom class of the present time rathev than to the Kingdom in it's fully devel- oped state during the thousand years of Jesus glory. All of Gods consecrated people, begotten of the Holy Spirit dur ing this Age-since Pentecost-constitute together the kingdom class, the kingdom in embryo-unfhis undeveloped, in- complete. Some of these embryo members of the kingdofp may vet fail to make their calling a9d election sure, and they may become "eastaways' as respects the glory and honof to which they have been called.
 The Kingdom Development Slow
 The first in1straton of our lesson is that Gods kingdom in It's present em- bryotc condition is of slow, gradual methodical development, covering the en- tire period of this gospel age It is like seed cast into the ground, which brings its maturity after many days and varied experiences-wne it is finally harvested. Jesus and the Apostles did the seed sow ing, not only for their own day, but for the whole wheat" class developed throughout this age. And as Jesus ex- plained in another parable "The Harvest is the end Of the Age" The gathering for the heavenly garner will be accom- plished by the first resurrection.
 The different parables do not view the embryo kingdom from the same stand pcint It is because it may be viewed from such a variety of angles that so many parables are given us. Just so We might take various photographs of q building. One might show the eastern side anothdr the western, another the front elevation, another the foor-plan and another show 1t with it's scaffolding Or, if concrete building, the frame work might be pictured, inside of which the concretR Is cast.
 The parable of the mustard seed ap- pears to rebresent the kingdom from tn, viewpoint of the world-as the nomina
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18
HENEY BIT

Washington, July 17.-James B. Rey- holds, secretary of the republican na- tional committee, met Francis J. Heney of San Francisco in Washington today.
 Frank, why can't we book you up for a few speeches for Taft in the coming campaign?" asked Reynolds.
 "fl bite-why cant you?" returned Heney.
 To interviewers MT. Heney said he was in Washington on private business. Heney attracted attention in Chicago by his fight for Roosevelt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18
Spelling Reforms

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In answer to Mir. F. NJ. Kennedy in yesterdays Age-Herald, who quotes Webster's Dictionary in an attempt to prove that I have no business to call ignorant those who spell nonplussed and kidnapped minus one eonsont apiece, let me lodge these statements:
 l. These two words are especially men, toned in my copy of Webster as having what appears to be a secondary accent, and therefore as deserving omission from the list covered by the rule quoted by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday in the office of the probate clerk:
 Laid Norris of Flat Creek, Ala. and Miss Mara Mcdonald.
 Hugh G. Glasgow of Eusley and Miss Maude Mims.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18
RATIFY AGREEMENT
 FOR RECIPROCITY

Kingstown, Ont, July 1.-The lesisla- tive council of St. Vincent today pro- posed resolutions ratifying the agreement between Canada and certain of the Brit ish West Indies islands for reciprocity in trade and declaring that in any arrange ment for new steamship service shall be the provision of q direct line between Canada via this and other small colonies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18
IRISH LEAGUE TO
 MEET IN QUAKER CITY

Philadelphia. July 17.-Miehael J. Ky an president of the United Irish league of America, has issued a call for the sixth biennial convention of that organ ization to meet in Philadelphia Septem- Der g to 26
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18
MT Kennedy. Accordingly, Webster gives

MT. Kennedy. Accordingly, Webster gives both spelings as allowable.
 z But anyone who compares successive editions of Webster back to the immor- tai Noah needs not to be told that those editions have been severally shedding what the English people dub "Amefi- canisms." Once upon a time nonplused and Kidnapped were Websterian orthodoxy Today they are apparently both right and wrong.
 3. Webster's own rule, as applied to words of one syllable in respect of the doubling of final consonants. ought to apply to compound words such as my pet aversions quoted. But really I must refer MT. Kennedy to his own authority to find why the past tense of ban is not spelt baned but banned, the past of pat, pat ted not pated. Hence the past of plus would be plussed and the past of nap mapped. It avoids mispronunciation
 But the weather is hot, and these high matters exhaust your readers and me; hence I beg pardon for quoting so weighty and unappetizng a work as Webster's Unabridged Also there are worthier things to do. However, l am glad to confess that I hope some day that English will have a fonetic alfabet.
 GEO. EAVES, Birmingham. July r. 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18

London July 17.-Aiming to head off attempts at premature and perhaps prov ocative discussion of the Panama canal question, Joseph King, liberal member of parliament from North Somerset, was put up in the house of commons yes terday to ask the secretary of state for foreign affairs whether friendly represen- tations are being made to the United States government with the aim of se- curing generous treatment for such Brit ish shipping as shall pass through the Panama canal?
 Sir Edward Gray, secretary of state for foreign affairs, in reply, merely quoted Article III, paragraph 1, of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty which reads
 "l. The canal shall he free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18
PENSION OFFICE
 BADLY SWAMP'ED Over 425,00O New Applica- ti0ns Have Been Filed SUMS ARE ENORMOUS Pensions for the Civil War Have Al- ready Cost the Government More
 Than Four Billion
 Dollars
SUMS ARE ENORMOUS
By c. E. STEWART

Washington, July 17.-tspeeial.) )--The pension office Is fairly swamped with applications. Over 425,000 have been filed under the new act passed May II, hundreds are pouring in each day, and
 the pension office which has to take care of them all. is undergoing the greatest rush of business that 1t has experienced since its foundation. The payments on the new pensions began July 1, and arrangements to pay
 them up to date just as fast as possible are being rushed. But because of the work incident to filing the applications and then searching the records to de- termine whether they should be al lowed, 1t has been absolutely impossi- ble for the pension office to keep up with the task.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18
Chinamen to Be Deported

Chicago, July 17.-Ten Chinamen, un- der orders of deportatlon, left Chicago to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18

This great rush for pensions Is in spite of the fact that more than 50,00o veterans die annually and the rate of mortality is steadily increasing, most of the veterans being 50 years old or more Many of those who die, how ever, leave widows who are entitled to pensions: all women who were married to pensioners prior to June 27, 1890, falling in this class. The old veterans were great on getting married, as Is evidenced by the returns.
 Pensions for the civil war have al- ready cost the government more than quite a neat little sum. An appropriation for $15S,00o.00O has been made for this years disburse- ments and next year this will be in- creased to s164,000,OO0. The pensions resulting from the Revolutionary war cost about $70 900, ,O00, and from the war of 1872 about S46 1000. 900, The Span ish war estimate is about S34,142,976. lne grand total for all pensions includ- ing those from the Indian wars, Is about s4,SS0,3S1.73o
 Every now and then in Congress some member will try to slip through a reso- lution to 'clear the war record of some person in his district in order that said person may get pension. This clearing of the record is for the
 benefit of deserters. or men who were sent home on sick furloughs and who never went back thus creating a cloud on their title of war veteran and who consequently failed to get an honorable discharge. Tn other words lit is political robbery for the benefit of some rascal who wants to draw a pension for his political aid to somt congressman. and who can now after | all the witnesses are dead, probably produce proof of some kind that he
 was in the war.
 1 It can be said to the credit of Minor | ity Leader Mapn that he has little patience with this kind of legislation and is usually prompt in joining the democrats in heading it off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18

Letters relating to applications and to the working of the new law are be- ing received at the rate of about 10- 900 daily, but Commissioner Davenport has been absolutely unable to answer them. He has his hands full with the applications themselves and correspond is over.
 Many of those entitled to pensions under the new law are getting nervous because they have heard nothing from their applications and they are filling Hnew ones, and thus things are getting gummed up bit. In some cases as many as three applications have been filed by the same person, which only tends toward delay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-18

Birmingham. July r. 1912.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-01
UINTAH OPENING
SEVEN YEARS AGO

CONTINUED from Page II
proved one of the greatest adyertis-
ing mediums this city has ever had.
The Associated Press, as well as 9TH
er news agencies, carried dispatches
concerning the registration and the
opening, to all parts of the country.
People came here from nearly every
state. Grand Junction was crowded
with visitors during the first few days
of the opening, all of them being
anxious to get free land in the reser-
vation. Many people attracted here
for that purpose became so favorably
impressed with this city and valley
that they settled here.
Grand Junction handled the crowds
in a splendid manner, furnishing am
pie and comfortable accommodations
at most reasonable prices.
Joseph NJ. Sampliner was mayor of
Grand junction at that time and he
has good cause for remembering the
date of the opening of the registration
period, for on that date the Stork
left a fine son at the Sampliner
home.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-01
KICKIN' PETE.

My wife, said, Pete, it's after six
It's time that you were out to
work"
He jumped, his eyes upon her fixed,
And drew his pants on with jerk.
Where is my shoes, these socks of
mine,
They feel as hard's a white pressed
brick;
I'll never get them on in time"
She said, Pete, you're born to
kick"
Dish out my tea, and hurry quick,
If ! be late, you are to blame;
This sleepin' late is your old trick;
1t never does make you think
shame;
He slammed the door and off he
went;
She heard him growl block or
He stepped on an orange peel that
Him in ditch beside the stable
door.
Rankin has spoiled the town all
ronnd, u
As he tries to get upon his feet;
From Mayor to Scavenger all down,
The goat their pedigree complete;
Whoever seen such streets that's in
this town.
And yet they swear it does look
neat;
They've spoiled our parks, one can't
lie down,
With man-traps on every street.
Mayor Todd claims our water now is
good
It's far too sofe and hard to boil;
Yet Vedder swears it is half food;
They should be made 10 feed on it
a while;
The weeds that grew so fair on va
Holmburg goes round and cuts them
down;
Vorbeck, he's quite conceited goat;
The Chief he laughed when l fell
down.
The Dems got cut and trimmed at
Baltimore;
The Reps, they lost old Teddy fiat;
They claim they'll have Bill Taft
once more;
But maybe Teddy will come back;
So, everything that's done is wrong;
They're twisted straight from head
to feet;
Yet some how they seem to get along,
Which does seem strange to Kickin'
Pete. En
By Dad Allison.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-01

the dome of the Pantheon.
The proceedings were opened by
the celebrated Come
die Franchise actor Attired in
classical costume, and preceded by a
group of young girls dressed In
white, who scattered roses over the
monument, Mounet-Sully declaimed
an ode to Rousseau written for the
occasion by Henri Bataille. After
this picturesque beginning came the
official speeches. Professor Pain
leve. President OF the oCmmemora-
tion Committee, pointed out that the
wide influence of Rosseau was due to
three themes forever blended in hls
moving symphonies es'-justice, ill.,
erty, and love of country. NJ. Henri
PaZy, President of the Council of the
State Of Geneva, said that while
Ropsseau was the first to recognize
the humble workman's place in So
ciety, he was never the apostle OF
disorder.
The rather acrimonious discus
sions between ROyalists and Republic
cans as to the propriety of celebrat-
ing officially the bi-Centenary were
productive of a number of small dis
turbancp engineered by the group
of rowdies known as the "peddlers Of
the King" Speakers at the SOr-
bonne celebration were frequently in
terrupted by cries of Long Live the
King" Rousseau was the Father OF
Anarchy" Down with Rousseau. q"
One young "ROyalist" had his ears
boxed by a lady, and thirty-fve 9TH
ers were thrown out The same
party returned to the charge on the
occasion of the ceremony at the Pan
theon. The police, however, qnickly
gathered in some hundred Of the
noisiest
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-01
JAIL BIRDS KILL
At PRISON TABLE
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 1.-C. H..
Mullen was killed and Lewis w. No
ell and Martin Mendoza were fatally
wounded in the county Jail here this
morning by John Vaishik.
The. affair occurred while Valshik
was waiting on table in the dining
room. He plunged a knife into Null
lens heart and WOUNDED NOEL and
Mendoza before he could be over
powered. ...
Valshtk is serving five months for
felonious assault Mullen was IN for
one yea: and the 1ih".s were short
term prisoners.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-01

Europe is interested in the work OF
an interesting figure who has Just
passed and who called himself An
thony, the healer. The man died at
Jemmappes, Belgium, where he had
constructed a little temple whicn
from the point of view of the plumbe
of visitors was regarded as a second
Lourdes.
For a number of years Anthony
was a simple workman in a forge.
but later became attached to a busf-
ness house at Liege. Then gradually
he started public preaching, finally
passing entirely into religious work
and healing. His followers became
known as Antonists and several
months ago they sent petition to
the Belgian Parliament, asking that
their religion be recognized by the
state. Petition had more than 100, 900
signatures. Anthony professed to
heal by prayer and by the laying on
of the hands.
Stricken with apopleXy before his
temple altar, Anthony was carried TO
his home by his disciples and later
surrounded by hundreds of his fol-
lowers, who were garbed in a SOU
tame and high hats of a special make.
he announced that he wished his
wife to be regarded as his success
or. He died a few moments after
ward.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-01

Breezy News OF European Cities

Paris, Aug. IA French Celtic
League has just come into existence
and part of its program is to prove
that all Frenchmen are Celts, and
that France has never been a Latin
country. In its prospectus the new
league declares that France is not a
Latin country, and that Frenchmen
are of Gallic and Celtic origin. 1t
adds: "Our ancestors, the dark ana
blond haired Celts, are our real fore
bears. just as the Germans are the
ancestors of the German people,
This pretended Latinity," con-
tinues the prospectus, lis contrary to
history, ethnology, linguistic, SCI
ence, and even common sense.
Though the Gauls were incorporat-
ed in the Roman Empire, they re-
mained rebels until the end of the
regime. And three hundred years
after the Conquest their patriotism
was sufficiently strong to create and
sustain, during thirteen years, the
Gallo Empire, which subsequently
co-operated with the Franks to de-
stroy the Latin-Germanic coalition.
Nor is the expression Gallo-Roman
found in Latin writer's; but more
than 1000 words in French are or
pure Celtic origin. France remaineo
Celtic throughout the Middle Ages,
and up to the Sixteenth Century,"
The Celtic idea. it is contended,
ought to be the definite incarnation
of the French "Fatherland," because
il is the only one perfect enough and
impersonal enough to unite ali
Frenchmen without distinction OF
party.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-01

The bi-centenary of Jean Jacques
Rousseau, the great French philoso-
pher, which has Just been held. was
observed by a series of fetes at Paris,
Geneva. his birthplace, Ermenon-
vile, where he died, and other places
with which he was intimately con-
nected. The French official COM
memoration took the form of a dedi-
cation of the sculptor Bartholome S
splendid monument to Rousseau in
the Pantheon. President Fallieres
officiated.
This monument, to which Rous-
seau's remains will finally be moved
is of white marble, ornamented with
figures representing Philosophy, Ma
ture, Truth, Music and Fame. The
monument stands in the space under
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-01

The series of explosions on French
warships which eliminated recently
in double accident on the battle
ship Jules Michelet, at Toulon, has
led to renewed inquiry into the
possible causes. The opinion seems
to be gaining ground that the prema-
ture gun explosions on the Jules
Michelet were due, like some pre-
vious accidents, to an inherent de-
feet in the composition of the powder
now used in place of the famous
powder b" which caused a serious
loss of life on the battleships lena
and Liberte. The powder used on
the Jules Michelet was new
The powder contained per cent
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-01
MRS.GRACE IS
0NTR|AL TODAY
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga, Aug. Outlining
the defense in the trial of Daisy Opia
Grace, who is accused of having at
tempted to kill her husband, Eugene,
the counsel for Mrs. Grace told the
jury today that Grace received the
bullet wound during a scuffle with
his wife in a quarrel over the sale
of her property.
The attorney declared that Grace
made his wife leave home because ne
did not think he was badly hurt and
feared he would be disgraced if it be-
came known that he was shot in
Niger Row with his wife.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-01
FIRE WATER GOOD FOR COUNTY

San Bernardino, Cal, Aug. l.
For furnishing licuor to Indians OF
to Deisler has paid into the county
treasury $500 in fines in one month.
He was arrested again yesterday
by Indian service agents and was
fined 5000 in the Justices court at
Highland.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-01

of amyl alcohol. According to eX-
pert opinion. the use of amyl alcohol
in the manufacture of powder has re-
Gently been abandoned and dipheny-
lamine substituted in its place. There
is still, however, considerable powder
containing amyl alcohol in use, es-
pecially in the French navy.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-01

Mrs. II. F. Vorbeck left this after
noon on No. 106 for Denver, where
she will visit with relatives for two
weeks.