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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03
CHINESE ARE EASIER TO
AMERICANIzE THAN laps

1t is easier to Americanize Chinese
than Japanese. according to J. w.
Holmes of Honolulu, who has had op-
portunities of observation, says the ST.
Louis Post Dispatch.
zone Of the interesting features OF
the Japanese in Hawaii" he says, "is
the fact that although approximately
through the fact that they were born
in the territory, in the recent election
only three of these exercised their
right to vote.' said Holmes who is in
washington. "This really is a further
proof of the fact that Japanese and
Americans Will not assimilate These
japanese, though native born, are sun,
Japanese, first. last and al the time.
They speak that language in preference
to English, they live mainly upon rice
they marry only in their own race, and
while they may wear American clothes
In the daytime, as soon as they are at
home they discard the trousers and
shirt for a kimono. The man who
speaks of Americanizing Japanese is
certainly not familiar with the condl-
tons that exist in the Hawaiian Islands
The Chinese, on the other hand,
make excellent American citizens.
Those born in Hawaii invariably take
an interest in all public affairs. and a
healthy, clean interest which of general
4at Sen, the leader of the Chinese re-
public, is typical of this class. 1t was
through his American education gained
In Honolulu that he has been able to
DO so much for his own countrymen.
lie IS really more American than Chi
nese. This fact is partly shown through
the education of his family His two
daughters. though female children are
generally looked down ON China, are be-
ing educated in California. In Hawaii.
as well as on the Pacific coast, the Chi
nese Is looked upon as much more
desirable resident than the Japanese"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03
BY STEPHEN AsPDEN

dom, and later in 1So4-6 when Prussia
was suffering from the commercial COM
pusion of France and the Batavian re-
public, detailed plan was prepared. In
the last years more has been heard of it.
The plan was formally brought before
the Prussian Diet in March last year.
Then the minister of public works, Herr
Rheinbaben, said that the project ''awak-
ened the highest hopes and expectations, .
and added that the goyernment has it
continually in mind" The matter was
pressed on the government by Count Won
Spec and DIR. Koenig, two Diet members.
Since then a society has been founded at
Coblenz with the title Dem Deutschen
Rhein die neue Deutche Muendung. 1t
is under the presidency of General Kosch
and Reischstag deputy Prince Henry of
Schoenaich- Carolath. This society is hav-
ing the plans made, and hopes to start a
corporation. under the contract of the
state, to carry out the plan.
Complaints of Germany against the
present condition of the Rhine and Rhine
traffic are these; Firstly, 1t Is an anom-
ally that a country which owns the whole
navigable length of the Oder. Elbe and
Weser should leave the most vital part
of the Rhine in foreign hands When
the Rhine crosses the Dutch frontier it
loses it's individuality and even its name,
and takes according to channeD the
obscure names of Waal and Mas In
commercial and military standpoints Ger
many loses badly Holland owns only a
fifth, and the least historic and inter-
esting fifth. of the river. but by virtue
of the fact that she has the mouth she
is able to control in several important
respects the whole course. The freight
traffic and shipping even on the German
Rhine is more Dutch tnan German, and
Germany's share is declining Holanders
control the Rhine shipbrllding business
and build 10 per cent of the steamers
running on the German section. Ger
mans also complain that the Dutch pur-
posely do little to improve the Rhine.
The Dutch Lower Rhine is shallower than
the German Lomer Rhine The average
depth is from 2-3 to 3 metres. German
authorities report that 1t is easy to deepen
the Lower Rhine to 5 metres.
This would make it possible for most
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03

N ERLIN, August Especial Ger
many wants to divert the mouth
49, of the Rhine from Holland to her
own territory. she wants to make "A sec
ond mouth to the Rhine, which will lie
in Germany territory; and thereby to cut
out the Dutch and the Dutch port of Rot
terdam, which at present have a monopo-
list control of Rhine traffic, and can stop
all Rhine commerce in time of war. The
diversion of the Rhine is an enterprise fit
to rank with Panama, for the new river
will be 215 kilometres long, which is more
than twice as long as the Panama canal,
and half as long again as the Suez. Also
the cost will be on a Panama scale, for
the minimum estimate is s20o,00o,000. This
sum frightens thrifty Germans. but they
are comforted by the fact that their ex-
ira outlay on armaments alone this year
Is $250,000090.
Germany aims at diverting the Rhine
for several weighty reasons. Firstly, the
"Deutscher Rhine which German poets
sing is not "Deutsch'' at all. The whole
lower stretch, including the mouth, is in
Dutch hands, Germany is in the posi-
ton that America would be in If the Mis-
sissippi from Baton Rouge south were
in the hands of different, small country:
and If New Orleans belonged to this coun-
try in the way that Rotterdam the Rhine
port, belongs to Holland; as If the little
foreign state had complete control of the
lower Mississippi owned most steamers
on the upper Mississippi, built nearly all
Mississippi ships, and had the last word
whenever any project was raised about
deepening. marking or otherwise improv
ing the Mississippi channel. In such
case, the one remedy would be to build
q great ship canal from some point above
Baton Rouge to port on its own coast.
And that is what Germany wants to do
today. She proposes to construct cham
mel for seagoing ships between German
Duisburg on the lower Rhine and the
German port of Emden. Such a channel
would pass exclusively through German
territory, and would make the "Deutchen
Rhein' of song and legend a reality
Germany has been at this plan long.
The notion rose in the days of the great
elector, before Prussia was even king
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03
why We Are Right Handed

At first it has been contended that
men use both arms indifferently and
those when fighting pushed the right
side forward had the advantage of
shielding their hearts, and SO lived to
produce descendants who inherited
their tendencies. says knowledge. Be
this as 1t may. there is no doubt that
the two sides of the brain have differ
ent functions, and right and left hand
edness Is by no means restricted to the
arms alone. One investigator was very
often able to recognize left-handed-
ness by the examination of the left eve.
The center of speech is, on the left side
of the brain of right handed person,
and on the right side of a left handed
person. Children show unmistakable
evidence of two speech centers though
one athopies owing to the preference
given to one hand. Nevertheless, ex-
pertinent show that 1t can be success
fully resuscitated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03
Ronaa1ces of the Business Wod--A Caterer Millions

nights off, and when he returned to Phila-
paper correspondent and telegraph opera
tor for the Philadelphia Press. Later he
did some work on the philadelphia Stock
Exchange in the arbitrage and scalping
line. From the Philadelphia Stock Ex-
change he went to New York. He worked
in the Western Union office, at 1a5 Broad
way. for 10 days and then was sent over
to the office of the correspondent of the
ST Louis Republic to act as telegrapher
In short time he became correspondent.
When the war with Spain started, the
st. Louis Republic lent him TO the New
York Herald, to go to the front. The
things Hudgins did in those active days
were probably the most picturesque and
daring that are to the credit of any news
paper correspondent. One of the vessels
the Herald had in its fleet was the Golden
Rod, a yacht owned by Archibald Watt.
It was 16O feet long, was built like a
cigar and had tremendous speed. 1t had
crossed the Atlantic in FIVE DAYS.
Admiral Sampson was a hard man on
the newspaper boys. He didn't want
them poking in their noses where his
warships were on duty and he didn't
want any news sent out of what he was
doing or what he intended to do. De-
spite all his efforts, he couldn't keep the
correspdonents from discovering every
thing that was being done or was going
to be done. One of the most dramatic
events of the whole war was the send
ing Of Hobson into the entrance of the
harbor at Santiago to sink the Merrimao
and close the channel so that Admiral
cervera's fleet would be bottled up
Hobson went in all right and sank the
Merrimac, but after he went In Samp-
son and all America were in an agony
of suspense to know his fate and to
know IL he had succeeded in choking
the channel.
Without telling anybody what his pur-
pose was, IIudgins slipped over the side
of the Golden Rod into one of the
yachts motor boats. He took with him
only one man, a sailor of tho Golden
Rod, who had been in the French navy
Hudgins nluffled the exhaust of tho motor
boat and put out all lights Very care
fully he made for the Cuban coast four
or five miles east of Morro Castle. Then
he ran along the shore until he was di-
rectly under the frowning heights OF the
great fort. He knew that a thousand
guards were on duty in the Morro and
his discovery would mean death. but he
carefully picked his way right into the
mouth of Inc bottle until he came upon
the Merrimac. 1t didn't take him long to
discover that Hobson had failed. The
Merrimac was sunk in the channel, but
not across the channel. The Spanish
fleet was not bottled up. There was
plenty of clear water In the channel to
let Cervera's battleships come out.
Having learned all that he could,
Hudgins turned the motor boats bow
and proceeded straight out to sea. He
had gone perhaps mile when he was
discovered, not only by the Morro, but
by the cruiser New York. The search
lights of the Spaniards and the search
lights of SIMPSONS flagship We're cen
tered on him. A small American flag
was at the taft rail of the motor boat
Sampson said some harsh things to
Hudgins when the newspaper man went
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03

III ELEGRAPIY and newspaper work
are not supposed to be good
training schools for business, but
they have given to America its greatest
restaurant man. He feeds millions of
persons, yet he is comparatively un-
known. His name is Ioulder Hudgins.
Occasionally he serves more meals in
one day than George Boldt Of the
Waldorf-Astoria serves in week It's
a slow day when he does not prepare
1000 meals. lie has gone as high as
1000 meals IN one day. In six years
he served more than 100000 900 meals. 1t
is difficult to understand what that
means in beef. bread, coffee and other
food supplies.
Hudgins is in the forties. He was
born in Richmond, Va. From there he
went to Baltimore and became an
American District telephone messenger.
Telegraph boys get their wits sharpen
ed. Hudgins attracted the attention Of
John w. Garrett at that tine president
of the Baltimore and clio railroad
Mr.. Garrett had lot of imps as office
boys and he hired Hudgins to captain
them. To make himself more useful
to his employer, Hudgins learned teleg-
raphy. When Mr.. Garret died he left
the Baltimore and Ohio and went to
work for L. II. Lee & Bros, a big agri-
cultural machinery concern that had its
plant in Ohio, and its main office in
Baltimore. Between the factory and the
office there was a private telegraph
,to1, Lori, Il
dition, he looked after the assigning OF
the field men of the concern in the
work of demonstrating reapers, mowers
and othesT implements.
In 1885 he went to Philadelphia.
There had been big fire and the main
office of the Western Union Telegraph
company had been burned out. He
worked there until the following sum-
mer and then was sent to Atlantic
City. The Pennsylvania politicians find
Atlantic City attractive in the summer.
They so there in a large number. U.s.
ually flock of newspaper correspond
ents is in their wake. Hudgins used
to handle the articles of these corre-
spondents and in that way got taste
for newspaper work There was a great
storm at Atlantic City that summer. Tt
Frustrated all the telegraph lines and
cut the city off from the rest OF the
world. There was one big ship wreck
and half dozen small marine disas-
ters. Many buildings. too. were dam
aged and some persons hurt.
AuSthe correspondents got busy writ
ing. Some of them turned out stories
nearly page in length. All this mat
ter and about 5000 kilograms were
dumped in on Hudgins. The young oper-
ator hired a camelback engine and
managed to get through to Mays Land
ing, where he got a wire to Philadel-
phia. The wire was very shaky. He
only had a few hours until the Phila-
delphia newspapers would go to press,
so he made one story of about 1900
words out of all the matter the various
correspondents had written and sent
this to all the Philadelphia papers. The
5000 kilograms he forwarded by mail
AS a result of the cleverness he showed
on this occasion the correspondents there
after left their work to him on their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03

inmirgants as 1t Is regarding the ra-
tions served to the soldiers
II you multiply 2O.o0O,oo0 meals by
cents per meal, the result will be 81, ,GOO.-
0Oo That is the business Houlder Hudg-
ms, messenger boy, telegraph operator
and newspaper reporter has dong at Ellis
island in the six years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03

He had very little money, but small
matter like money never need embarrass
a resolute man.
There was another man up at the Her.
aid who had a little money. This was
Charles J. Dumas. They formed the
firm OF Hudgins & Dumas. Their COM
bined capital was insignificant. Their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03
Under No Circumstances

From the London Opinion.
Tramp-"Good morning. lady: I thought
perhaps ] might be able to get bite
here"
Mrs. Snapp-"Certainly note
Tramp-"Ohl then, | am laboring under
a mistake"
Mrs. Snapp-"1t strikes me you never
labor under any circumstances"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-02
FROM THE PINE WOODS.
HYOMEPS Aromatic Air is Guaran-
teed to Relieve Catarrh or Cost
Nothing.

HYOMEI is natures true remedy
for catarrh. There is no stomach
dosing in using HYOMEI, no more
than there is when you go to the
mountains or the seashore TO get re-
lief from lung troubles.
When using the HYOMEl treat
ment, the air you breathe is like that
ION the mountains. high above sea level
where the pine woods fill the air with
aromatic healing that gives health
and strength to those suffering from
diseases of the respiratory organs.
Breathed through the neat pocket in
haler that comes with every outfit,
the healing balsams of H4OMEl
reach the most remote air cells of the
throat, nose and lungs, destroying all
catarrhal germs and giving quick re-
lief
HYOMEI pronounced High-o-me) has
performed almost miraculous cures OF
catarrh often restoring health In chronic
cases that had given up all hope OF recoV-
try Its best action is at the start of the
disease when the breath is becoming Of
fensive, and when discharges from the
nose, droppings in the throat and ire
uuent sneezing, smiling or spasmodio
coughing begin to make life a burden
At the first symptom of catarrhal trouDle
such as smiling and hawking, use Hn0'
MEL and see how quickly you get rele1
| ira bottles if later needed so cents, and
| is sold under guarantee to refund th'
| money If it does not give satisfaction
| Bowditch, Webster & Co and druggists
| everywhere. l..
| Jackson RrOS
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Statistics from
The Poor Dept

w. w. Jackson. overseer OF the poor.
has ANNOUNCED the following figures,
relative to the work of his depart
n,ent. dating from March l to May 80,
which greatly shows a decrease in the
necessity of the caring of the poor by
the city. Two hundred and sixty-four
orders were given during that time to
moor families in the city for clothing.
food and fuel In 1912, during the same
time. AIS orders were given out and III
1911. 1874 orders were given on the town
store and local firms. These orders
cover approximately the necessities
of 65 to 20 families.
At present there are Is inmates OF
the town farm, the highest, last year
being "a. A continuation of this dls-
crease, will greatly aid in the holding
down of the expensce account OF thls
department for the year.
Mr.. Jackson states that the appar'
ent decrease for aid to the poor. may
he laid To the fact that more aVaila-
bio work is in the city, this year. anc
that men unable to find employment
la st wear. have no trouble in doing SO
tbe present year. The many building
operations now going on IN the CITY
have helped out to great extent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-02

be attributed to the general spread OF
scientific methods, through the estab-
lishment of agricultural colleges, and
to the increased use of chemical
manures. The empire alone uses rs
much potash salts as the rest OF the
world together.
An estimate of the value of agricul-
tural products gives for wheat ana
barley, cattle, pigs, etc, and mix a
total Of nearly $2,3S0,000,000 annually.
The sugar-bee fields of Germany pro-
duced in the crop year 1928 an es-
timated 2,606,006 tons of sugar, Iii
contrast to 1,796,o0O produced by Aus
tria- Hungary. 1,92o,600 tons by Rus
STA, and $4,000 tons by France.
characteristics of Germany is its
developed sylviculture, especially in
mountainous districts. For decades
no woods have been destroyed in Ger
many, but many tracts Of unproduc-
tive land have been afforested. About
so per cent. of all the forests belong
to the state or to municipalities
That Germany is a country of small
holdings is shown by the number o.
co-operative societies of farmers
| which have a membership of abou
$500. 600 agriculturists.-Dail Con,
sular Report
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-02
Seth Williams Post
Tenders Thanks.

Seth Williams Post. No. 10, G. A. r..
wishes to express in this public man
ner its thanks to the following persons
and organizations: To the city gov
eminent for it's generous appropria-
ton. to st. Mary's and the Penney
Memorial church societies for use of
churches; to Rev. Father 7. j. Nelli-
gan for able and impressive memorial
sermon: to Rev. Paul S. Phalen for ell
oouent and scholarly Grafton; to Au-
gusta police, Co. M, I'd Regt, Sons of
Veterans and Boy Scouts. for partic-
i1,ation in parade; to Mayor Newbert
for presiding at exercises; to the sew
erai clergy, who assisted in the SER
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-02
Annual Roll Call UniversaIist Church.

The annual Roll Call of the Win
tnrop Street Universalist church was
hold in the vestry, Friday evening,
May so. There was a large attendance
of the members to answer to the roll
by re peating passages from the Scrip
lures Letters and cards from absent
members were read,
This church now has membership
of 1874 OF these SO have joined during
the pastorate of Rev. Mr.. Coons,
Twenty-four members have united
with this church, the past year, and
% the year before. Seventy children
have been christened. During the year
there has been one death among the
members. that of Mrs. Sarah h. Breen
on May g. 1913
Elmer f. Parkman and Charles Z
Netcalf were chosen as deacons foi
the wear to come. Mrs. J. w. Beck was
chosen to have charge of the Commun'
ion service.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-02

With a perfect day for the grand
opening of the new 100000 Maine
Central station, crowd of fully 300
people of all ages and nationalities
thronged, Sunday afternoon, to greet
the arrival of the eastbound train, No.
Ill which was the first to make its
stop at the finest station of its size In
all New England. Long before the ar
rival of the locomotive drawing the
first train of cars to make its stop at
the new depot, curious throngs of peo-
pie gathered to get look at the interi-
or. Those of whom had not been in the
interior before, stood in amazemeht
and gazed at the wonderful piece OF
perfected architecture. Women, wheel
ing their infants in go-carts, others
with their children in their arms,
eargerly hurried To obtain places IN
the front ranks to greet the first train
to make its stop at Augustus new
station.
The grimmy walls of the old station
will no longer have TO be endured by
the tourist or the Inhabitants of our
capital city, but in its place we have
a station of which we may we'll feel
proud, one of the finest in the coun-
try. Scores of sportsmen from the
Northern part of the State were
among those to have the honor of puf-
chasing the first tickets at the ne8
station. The seating and stanuths
room on the interior was crowded 10
its utmost capacity, people We're BUS
lily chatting back and forth, congratu-
lating the. capital city on its new 8ife'
On account of the ideal day little
misses of all ages and sizes were ont
in full force with their brownies
and "kodaks', to get a snapshot OF TIE
first train, the station and It's sur
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What possible connection have these

What possible connection have these
workers with any legislative con-
troversy or political wrangle, started
over IL minimum wage for women, but
which seems too soon to have been
taken up by ultrapurists and theologi-
cal saints to point the hideous moral
that our working girls stand in danger
of contamination from city's vice, its
underworld? Why, half the girls don't
know the meaning of the words, and
the other half shake off the false inn
putations and differences with scorn.
Our working daughters as a whole,
are in no more danger of falling from
virtues heights into the sloughs OF
corruption than are our sons in peru
of becoming drunkards, crooks and
buns.
Pass a minimum salary law, IL ne
eessary. But give the the wage anu
the law because they have earned
them bravely and fearlessly, and have
shown the strength of spirit and in
dependence to win a livelihood in the
honest and respected ways. Don't
hand them the fruits of their labor as
sop to keep them away from snares
into which their feet will never tread
anyway. Pay them but don't insult
them.-Denver Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-02

A Journal man, Sunday accom-
panied DIR. J.. L. Mann to Togus
stream, on his visit to Mrs. Cora
Hardy. who was shot, March 20, in her
camp, her husband being killed, at
the same time Mrs. Hardy is doins
finely. She was about the house, hay
ing returned, a day or So ago, from
her mothers house. Her progress
toward complete recovery has been
wonderful, and is but question OF
care and time The doctor was full
of praise for her as patient and she
vas equally as emphatic in praisine
his care and skill in treating her case.