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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-28

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
All things considered, Japan il dis
playing admirable moderation and re-
straint. There are thousands of jap
anese subjects in Mexico, and they
are in az great danger as the sub
iects of the European nations: but
Japan has dispatched no warship to
Mexican waters, nor has she In any
way attempted to interfere with the
United States in the Mexican diff
Guilty.
Japan has as clear = right to send
ships to Mexico as has Germany or
Italy or France. The lives and prop
erty of her subjects are as much her
concern as are the lives and property
of Germans In Mexico the concern of
Germany; but Japan has considerable
ly held aloof, apparently confident of
the ability Of the United States to
handle the situation wisely.
Japan recently has had no reason
to strengthen her friendship with the
United States. In the California land
controversy she has been ruled out of
court by the American government,
which has acted as best 1t could un-
der the circumstances. Every care
has been taken not to affront the
mil<ado's government, but the mere
fact that the California controversy
still remains unsettled Is sufficient to
indicate that Japan Is far from sat
lsfled.
What Makes a Book Viciousf
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Judge Hand in the Federal Court,
In Manhattan, has before him a case
~. TI<r,n 1Nr oil 4a u
ing to have classed with unavailable
literature a certain book published
by a New York house. The claim is
made that the purpose of the author
was sincere. And the court takes the
view that unless the intent Of the
author Is immoral no offense -
committed In sending the book
through the mails, though in this
case the publisher has been arrested.
On the other hand, the United States
district attorneys office holds that
according to precedent "a lewd book
is one whose matter tends to deprave
and corrupt those whose minds are
open to such influences"
One theory Is that intent is what
counts, the other Is that effect IS
the vital thing. The intent and the
effect commonly run parallel and may
10 htSCQ tObStiCAe pNt ACN 49, -
No one has to buy or has to read
q book. Vicious matter in play Is
forced on old and young who had no
reason to expect 1t when tickets were
bought Vicious matter in publicly
displayed posters Is forced on the eye
of the citizen. So books stand in
class by themselves. And 1t is wholly
conceivable that certain passages in
the Scriptures, or In Shakespeare,
read by themselves, might be de-
moralizing, "to those whose minds
are open to such influences" which
is strongly limited by Judge Hand.
It would seem that the effect OF
book on the average normal, mind,
not on the defective or diseased
mind, should be considered. But with
this qualification the test of the dis
trict attorney seems somewhat more
workable, at least than that which
is suggested by Judge Hand.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-28

has called to volunteer for the Mex
army successful what opening there will be for
England him do Pied Piper among the mitants
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-28
UPLIFT TALKS
ANOTHER CHANCE TO MAKE GOOD
BIZ oRIsON SWEET MARDEN
Author of Pushing to the Front" Etc.
Copyright. 1915

Edwin Stevens commissioner
of public with convict which
the highways and the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-28

Man squirrel and shot by Long Island hunter
Poor excuse Now had mistaken him for nut
might believe.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-28

Doctor New York denies that he captured womans heart
removed her appendix Lawyers evidently are prescribing oi
the patient
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-28

Little Albert had been naughty and talking to his fathe
about proposed spanking You oughn spank father he
said cit hurts So.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-28
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM
THE EXCHANGES

OF the State department under Sec
rotary Knox are given high-grade
consular generalships. "It is a fact, !"
says a Washington correspondent OF
an unfriendly newspaper. that Mr..
Bryan has offered to many of the
officials he found in the State de-
partment positions in the consular
service" The obvious effort being
made to maintain the consular service
at a high standard reflects the sue
cess of a long campaign by reformers
who appealed to the business inter-.
ests of the country to safeguard their
business ventures abroad. The
trouble with the diplomatic service,
on the other hand, is that It has de-
clined in public esteem because 1t
was for so long made the plaything
of rich men, and the American peo--
pie today regard 1t as some sort of
o Joke.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-28
SOMETHING DIFFERENT
There is consolation that Chsoba not
BY T. A. P.

With Christmas looming up than the members
Congress trying to solve that currency question
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-28
Negro weighing 1908 Pounds WEEDS
Woman Weighing 125.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2s.--James
Simmons, a negro, weight 1893 pounds,
who claims to be the largest man in
the world, and Blanche Stevens. a
negress, who weighs a trifie more than
|125 pounds, were married last night at
I'LL Rodman street, house which
Simmons fitted out with specially
tuilt furniture, wide doors and
strengthened floors for himself and his
bride. Simmons, who measures nine
feet around the waist and is so big
that when he travels he goes into the
baggage car because the coach doors
won't admit him, said he didn't think
he would take his bride on On extern
sive wedding trip. His wedding suit
required fifteen yards of cloth to
make, and he wore number twenty
four collar. Crowds poured into the
house after the ceremony to look at
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-28
Finds His Thanksgiving DIM
Floating In Harbor.

Floating In Harbor.
BOSTON, Nov. 2S.-John j. Har-
rington, who says he came by freight
from Syracuse, was trying to be
thankful, though hungry, on CONNER
cial wharf yesterday, when he saw a
market basket floating by. More be-
cause he had nothing else to do than
because he expected to make a haul,
Harrington secured the basket and
nearly tainted when he pulled in a
family-sized Thanksgiving dinner.
Someone, apparently. had dropped a
Salvation Army basket off Charles
town Bridge, for the handle was
broken. There was a perfectly good
dinner. but 1t was not cooked. Har-
rington had a bright idea. Entering a
shabby looking tenement, he found a
poor italian family about to dine on
macaroni and cheese. BY graphic sign
language he struck a happy bargain
and some time later was presiding
over an enthusiastic turkey dinner
party, with macaroni on the side
and forgotten.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-28

Have those graft investigators pityp What If Jo
should break down from overwork?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-24
A National Theological Seminary

AS may be recalled, the Southern
Baptist convention, representing the
white membership of the Baptist
church in the south, has pledged it's
aid to the National Baptist conven-
tiop, colored, for the purpose of Gin
suring the successful launching of a
national theological seminary to en-
gage in the work of furnishing a
better prepared ministry to lead the
negro people," Representatives of the
convention have recommended that the
Southern Baptist association donate
$4,000 as the initial contribution to-
ward the founding and equipping of
the proposed school.
1t is the purpose of those authorized
to act in the matter to locate the in
stitution in one of these five cities
Memphis, Birmingham, Atlanta, Nash
villa or Louisville. 1t is understood
that Memphis is making well or
ganized effort to secure the award
Such seminary as that projected
should accomplish work of far-reach-
ing good, and it is hoped that the
Baptists and other public-spirited and
philanthropic citizens of Birmingham
will take up the proposition. with a
view Of having the institution estab-
lished there. The $4,000 which the
white Baptists of the south are to con-
tribute WILL be only the beginning of
large contributions to follow. AS the
seminary sVork developes and good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-24
Dull Stock Market

The New York stock market, some
times a barometer of financial and
commercial conditions, has been ex-
tremely dull for several weeks past.
1t has boen a waiting market, and has
been quite featureless. But while the
stock market is sometimes a barome-
ter, it frequently happens that it is
without significance SO far as effect
ing general business conditions goes.
Now that the holiday season is
near, substantial activity need not be
expected in stock trading until the
new year. And even then the market
often has way of dragging along
until January has passed.
1t may be just as well that quiet
prevails for short periods in the stock
market. The spurts early in the fall
kept room traders" and few out
siders in practice.
If the Mexican situation clears up
by the time the holidays are over and
a currency bill to be enacted is rea-
sonably satisfactory to financial inter-
ests, there will be very decided re-
vival of prosperity. The stock market
will then become bullish, and Wall
street will be happy once more.
In the meantime the large crops in
this country have put the farmers and
country merchants in good humor, and
when the agricultural sections are
thriving business in the great centers
is never stagnant.
The year 1918 has been on the
whole very prosperous year. There
have been comparatively few failures
in the business world, and the people
generally will have much to be thank
full for from a material point of view
on next Thursday, Thanksgiving Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-24
Organizing for Sweeping Majority

VI iOA OWSNPah6 A'AoJOaty
In jefferson county it will be only
a question, Of the overwhelming size
of Mr.. Underwood's majority.
Every voter hereabouts conversant
with political sentiment knows that
Alabama's great democratic states
man will beat his opponent for the
United States Senate, Congressman
Hobson, by an unprecedented major
ity. The splendid ovation which Mr..
Underwood received in Birmingham
Saturday night clearly indicates the
record breaking vote that will be
polled for the man who has achieved
great things for the state and for the
nation. No such immense gathering
as that in the Gypsy Smith auditorium
was ever seen here on any previous
political occasion, Mr.. Underwood
was greeted by capacity house,"
and the auditorium has a capacity esti-
mated at from 1000 to 5000. 1t was
"packed and jammed," as the saying
goes; and conservative men used to
observing big crowds put the figures
fully as high as 5000.
Before the senatorial campaign
opened, it was generally remarked
that Underwood would be elected by
safe majority; would carry his own
district by sweeping majority; but
how would he run throughout the
state? Mr.. Underwood has now de-
livered addresses in various sections
of Alabama, and he has been received
by enormous crowds, full of enthu-
siasm and determination to assist in
rolling up majority for the states
favorite son that will be memorable
in the history of the democratic party.
Mr.. Underwood's campaign commit
tee is composed of ardent democrats
of great deal of practical experience.
The democracy in every county and
every beat is already aroused in I'm
derwood's behalf. Mr. Underwood has
still responsible duties to perform as
the House leader, and he will have to
be in Washington the greater part of
the winter; but his friends will see
to it that his organization is perfected
and maintained Nothing in the way
Of organization should be left undone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-24

cess reaches this stage, even il the cause
should be completely removed, 1t would
perhaps be too late to prevent a scar after
the ulcer heals. 1t might be SO faint
as to be hardly distinguishable. yet If
It is situated just in front of the pupil.
as very frequently happens, the vision of
that eye would be seriously and perhaps
permanently impaired.
The public should understand the seri-
BUSINESS of such occurrences, and public
spirit should be aroused to the point Of
insisting on municipal regulation, elmi-
mating smoke and dust as far as possible
from city streets. Having the streets
washed every night, as is done in many of
the European cities. instead of having
them swept during the day, and prohibit
ing the burning of soft coal within the
city limits, would go a long way toward
remedying this evil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-24
LARGEST MOVING PICTURE TIIEA
TIRE .

moving picture theatre with a seating
capacity of 5000 has recently been opened
in Salt Lake City. containing all the adj
juncts and conveniences of properly
equipped amusement house for a metro
polls. Built of reinforced concrete, the
building is absolutely ,fireproof, and cost
over s150.000. Ventilation is taken card
of by a complete plant. in which thd
outside air is washed. dried and heated oil
cooled to the requisite temperature, and
then introduced through ventilators. while
the vitiated air is withdrawn through op1
enings near the roof. A complete light
ing system has been installed, a pipd
organ, cost $4,000, built In, and the op1
Grating room, constructed of metal, ash
bestos and reinforced concrete, has beer|
given special attention In case of ac1
cident or fire, the operating room is shut
off absolutely from the rest of the housel
Two machines are. provided with full
equipment so that there need be no waits
in this new playhouse. The manager 1
office is equipped with small projecting
machine SO that the main room need NOT
be used when testing films. Several viewd
of this theatre appear in the DecembeI
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-24
VIEW OF MEXICAN SITUATION
:
by BILL VINES

hexes: Then if there was any question:
as to the returns-said returns being
counted by Diaz himself-said candi-
dates&sere conducted out and given d
nice view of an early morning sunrise
and promptly shot full of holes. This
system of disposing of the opposition
party proved very effective in Mexico.
and Abeat anything that Joe Cannon
ever was able to pull off In the House
of Representatives.
In the meantime we coniinue--ae-
cording to the newspapers-to have a
Mexican crisis every day. The crisis wo
will have tomorrow will be number
t78s.456. Just what it will consist of
we cannot say, but we are right there
on the number.
There are said to exist IL factions in
MEXICO. all contending for the control
|3of the government in some way. Each,
Faction has several hundred generals,
corresponding number of colonels
majors, captains and lieutenant or
/ two and an army. To lose a general
or two Is nothing--but IL anything
should happen that the army gets in
disposed and it begins to look like he
NtShe pass III MS CnechS, lneTe Is
great CONSERVATION for an army can
not be had at a moments notice. Re-
Gently William Bayard Hale, special en-
voy of President Wilson, was in con-
ference with Carranza, the rebel chief
In Sonora. Carranza had a glittcrin,,
array of staff officers of high rank
ana much swagser. who probably know "
about as much abeut military taotis as
eentipede knows about the turkey
trot; while the conference was scing
on Carranzas army did sentry duty
on the outslde-marching up and down
IN solitude and intense gloom
The best thing to do with Mexico Is
TO let them continue to fight It's true
1t Will take long time to materially
reduce the population at the rate they
are going, but every little fresh insur-
rection helps some. IL We could induce
them to take to flying machines and
Football they would get along faster,
but If they keep on they will get up u
point where there are a greater
number KILLED in battle than the birtI,
rate, then there will be faint glffn-
mer of hope that they might be will
ing to listen to reason and the poorer
class, who are the unwilling victims
OF those who are creating all the dis
turbance-may profit thereby.
AT any rate, it will be nasty Job,
for Uncle Sam to have to put his hands Il
to and the President ought to have the
backing of the country in his "hands
OFF, policy as long as he can keep it
: up without loss of our national honor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-24
PET WITH SILVER JOINT

FROM the strand.
With an elbow joint of silver and chilled
steel. a little pet monkey In San Fran
cisco is proving by his ability that the
artificial union Is a success. He is DEM
onstratiRg what Is likely to prove tre-
mendous discovery in surgery-that anky-
1osed joints (hardened and stiffened by
disease) can be replaced by an operation
that IS not necessarily costly or danger
GUS. The same sort of operation has been
performed with equal success upon a pet
dog, and In this case the hind leg of the
animal was provided with a joint of metal
which appears to be as satisfactory for
the possessor as the one provided by ma
ture. In the near future it is planned TO
provide human being with this style of
steel and silver joint, and the perfectng
of this device will restore to usefulness
many people who have become absolutely
helpless by reason of accident or disease.
There are various causes for this COM
plete or partial rigidity of the joints.
such as rheumatism, gout and tubercu-
losis; and in extreme cases 1t has been
necessary to break joint about which
osseous material had deposited. OF course.
1t is only In extreme cases, and after
other methods fail, that it should be
necessary to perform this operation of re-
moving the natural joint and replacing
1t with metal. In >the operation upon
animals 1t was found that when the ten
dons were extended properly the muscles
did their work as perfectly as in a nor
NAL limb, and the joints responded with
the readiness of natural ones. The bones
are capped with sockets which are of
silver, and these are Joined to a joint of
steel. The inventor of this remarkable
joint is a leading San Francisco sur
geon, DR.. Milton Francis Clark, whose
experience among crippled workmen in a
railroad hospital led him to search for
this method of relief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-24
Thanlssgiving onserynnco

thanksgiving is a very general hol-
iday, as everyone knows, and turkey
FOR dinner Is one of the old established
laws that will be adhered to this year
as usual" said L. 4. Coseen of Buff
falo, N. Y.
i can remember when most genteel
folks attended Thanksgiving service in
some churchr-A great many people still
go to church on Thanksgiving Day,
but the custom is not as general as IT
used to be. The majority of people
seem to look upon it as a holiday for
football and field sports l believe in
the good old rule of attending church,
and seldom fail to do so myself; but
am told that the venerable Puritan
stock of New England has come to be
Indifferent to the Orthodoxy whicn
was so much insisted upon In early
times. There are more descendants of
the Puritans who keep away from
church than those who attend. To me
this is not as it should be and it Is
rather sad"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-24
CJNDERS

From the Journal of the American Med
ical Association.
I've got a cinder in my eye!" How
frequently we hear this expression in the
street, especially when the air is filed
with dust and smoke, or anywhere be-
meath the network of elevated tracks.
While this may seem a trivial mishap,
and often is if the. foreign substance is
Immediately removed from the eye, yet 1t
is often a most serious thing and the pub
lie at large little realizes that seemingly
unimportant accident of this sort may re-
suit in serious and permanent impairment
of vision. The membrane covering the
eyeball is a very delicate structure, and
when even tiny speck of any foreign
matter lodges on 1t it quickly becomes
imbedded. The irritation thus set up
causes the person to wink the eye fre-
quently, and each time the lid closes.
rubbing against the particle, it tends to
imbed it still farther into the membrane.
The efforts of sympathizing friends to
remove the offending speck with hand
kerchief or a wooden toothpick, instead
of helping the situation, usually results
in making bad matter worse, from the
damage THIS done to the tissue. Infection
Hs-then easily carried deeper into the
t{y - = No
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-24
Festival and the Auditorium

At one time it was thought that
ground might be broken for Birming-
hams auditorium before the end of
the wear, but unavoidable delays in
the issuance of the 100000 of city
bonds, the proceeds of which must, it
is understood, pay for site as well
as the building itself, makes it prob
able now that the work of construc-
ton will be commenced not earlier
than January 1. 1t had been hoped
that the auditorium would be near
enough completed to make it available
for a festival by the middle of sMay,
but that is too much to expect.
If, however, work is started early in
the new year it might be ready for a
great festival by the latter. part of
June; and June is usually delightful
month in Birmingham. The fact is
that June is more apt to be free from
long rainy spells than the merry
month of May. June invites the gala
spirit, and music festival in that
joyous month would bring great
crowds of visitors to Birmingham.
1t is most gratifying to know that
the Music Study club, which has been
successful in the management of
high class concerts, has signified its
intention to arrange for the audito-
rum festival. Hundreds of local
voices will be trained for the occasion,
and every city that has chorus or
that can organize a chorus capable of
singing oratorio music will be in
vited to unite and form a band of
singers numbering probably 1000 or
more. Just as soon as ground is
broken for the auditorium the musical
forces should begin preparation, even
il the festival has to be deferred until
. fall. Many creditable festivals have
been held in the south, including the
festivals in Birmingham, but the
forthcoming affair in the great audi
torium should surpass anything of the
kind ever undertaken outside of Gin
cinnati or Worcester.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-24
Putting a Stop to Sign Tack,nr

The city commissioners ordering the
enforcement of the ordinance against the
defaeing of trees and telegraph poles with
tacked-up signs is very pleasing to many
OF the citizens of Birmingham" said an
opservant man, "and I note that the
Boy Scouts are to be used to see that the
order is obeyed.
The order of the commission putting a
stop to the indiscriminate scattering of
hand bills and cards upon the streets is
another very timely move, for, not only
We're the streets being Uttered with waste
paper, but the audacity of some dis
tributors was, in some cases, equivalent
to technical assault when they forced
their paper slips upon the persons of
those unwilling to accept them.
Il think the order, restricting the mer-
chants to two garbage cans unfair and
unjust. The city already has the teams
and force. but my argument is that the
merchants of Birmingham are paying the
heaviest of license taxes out of proper
ton. in fact, to the real estate owners s
taxes-and they are entitled to not only
the most liberal treatment in the gar
bage can matter, but they should receive
better police protection"