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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02

NLEyELAND was one of the first
American cities to launch a civic
~ center project to group public
buildings. 1t is the first large city to
scheme out group plan to bring all
its philanthropic agencies into a new era
of team work and efficiency. The plan Is
put forward by the Chamber Of Com
merce. and its base is the cooperative
collection of charitable support. But 1t
is drafted along original lines, and IN
views of its advocates is far more than
a fiscal enterprise. To quote one of them,
1.-The plan will be failure:
4. If it does not raise more money.
-. If it diminisbss th4 personal quality
in charity, even UqosA twice as much
money is raised. A.<sN
: % II the federatl1>l does not have the
courage to diverth ner8ey to work, where
1t is greatly needsd. md fails TO per-
suade organiza tfo1& ~ abandon fields
better covered bS s0fh1fe
~ If 1t fails t6xl11j1fsup weak organ
izations whose WDf4 Xiyes prospect of
service to the conn
IS If it does MT idIate new organ
izations to meet 1e3s
has been that ~ tend to bring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02

HSHE whole Goa
recent ren1s
dent of tn
Grange practically
have nothing to
That was illufn
Now comes an
rore light on u
John II. Rev
l.pouished his Sc
the reason he 81
he became disg
pursued there.
Mr.. Reynolds
longs to one Of
York state. was
tant firm Of
all his friends
future in the y
But it appear
has a conscienco
said that he q
rnsuspecting p4
u,ous men of
guise of respects
Therefore he
rects and 1t -
again in the EN-
Ii this younk
! would doubtless
\ r1ep call success
n What is succe
/ Can it be ac1
| morals and comrp
Success is a ms
also be a high az
Is any man end
| cess who Injuries
Can he be a real
his own conscienc@
All sophistry ae1
AT the time of h
L ouglas, Abraham
self as a failure.
his conscience, an
/ very fact made hin
success of his aGl
Lincoln taught
n .ght." BY the
rght make succeA
If the young q
stock gambling \
furious to the peq
actual success \
though he aband
liant prospects7 |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02

as heard of The
Former presi-
Ftrk Stock ex-
ting that morals
Wall street.
cident throwing
)laces.
recently re-
exchange, and
1ends was that
u the practices
years old, be-
csinilies in New
i OF the impor-
x<awrence, and
. had a bright
finance.
eynolds also
ported to have
Of seeing an
u by unscrup-
1ing under the
- bright pros
start all over
tness.
gone on he
we'd what many
violation of
but it should
Ished word.
called a sue
b with Senator
poke of HIM
had followed
~ years this
< conspicuous
fright makes
IN does not
to see that
ufst and in
not achieve
pg It, even
HainglY bril-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02

81 with Senator
DDoke of HIM
had followed
~ years this
1 apic11oue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02

Violation of
v?
4 but it should
Gshed word.
called a suc-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-19
Is the United States to Be Dis
graCed by II=Treatment of
Mrs. PankhurSt?
Such Woman Deserves Honor W ann Welcome and Thanks
for the Work She Has Done

1t is scarcely beevabe that any intelligent in the
United Statesin out Of public oceshOud think Of inter
ferng with Mrs Pankhurst free coming and going in this
country.
She is woman who has done noby FOR WOMEN what
the men who established this country did FOR MEN 176
The men who established the United States Government
would permit the of England to tax them
WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.
opposing England attempt nfc taxation without
the right THE MEN Of America killed thousands carry
ing a long
Panhurst has simply resisted the effort of the British
Government to tax WOMEN WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.
In a more dignifed decent and humane than
usually adopt Panhurst and her associates have protested
and fought against unjust treatment of by
Is there anything in that to Justify keeping of this
country treating her shameuly with detention and
examination
We can tell the immigration authorities of the United States
that in years will be honored
among useful courageous and admirable of human be
ings-male female.
She has shown purpose determination and lofty
heroism.
She has done that which was absolutely necessary IN ENG
LAND where nothing accomplished unless the entire i'm
peral government is influenced at
Mrs Panlhurst is a political agitaor-and are not sup
posed bar political agator On the contrary this country
is still SUPPOSED offer a welcome the oppressed of other
lands.
Mrs Panhurs represents in its nobest form protest against
tyranny and injustice She has done than any other
living improve human conditions For it due HER
COURAGE AND DEVOTION that women will get every
among civilized people the right and thus the
portunity to influence in public affairs private affairs the
actions of men.
Panhurst confers honor upon this country when
she here and the honor should be appreciated
If there any talk of OBTAINING her questioning her.
treating her brualy at ports which freely admit any kind
of the poor THERE SHOULD BE TEN THOUSAND AMERL
CAN WOMEN AT THE DOCK TO WELCOME MRS. PANK-
HURST, AND TO SHOW THE AUTHORITIES WHAT THE
GOOD WOMEN OF AMERICA THINK OF HER.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-19
g e

the two cities, but points-the spi-
ders thread in the center of the
transit telescopes.
Standard time Is reckoned by
even hour meridians. From the
10th degree, or eighth-hour me-
ridian, west Of Greenwich, through
the western portion of California
and over the Pacific to the 1S0th
degree, or twelfth-hour circle, is
four hours. But Manila is still far
Their west Of the twelfth-hour circle
by four hours standard, or eight
hours east Of Greenwich There
fore, it is 4 a. m. standard on We'd
nesday at the instant that is is
noon in San Francisco, standard,
on Tuesday And eight hours east
from Greenwich is four hours west
of the 1S0th degree And that is
the time distance Of Manila from
both important points.
Always the earth rotates from
west to east, generating real time
This causes the sun to appear TO
move weStWard-i. e.. the day
moves to the west. Simply because
We see the sun, its motion has ever
been used to measure time, before
accurate stellar astronomy. Then
the earth must rotate during six
teen more hours to bring the day
from noon on Tuesday to I a. m. on
Wednesday in San Francisco.
Lore Observatory, Cal.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-19
" And He Found a Crooked Sixpence''
BY WINIFRED BLACK.

IT'S all there-evcry hit of it
in the Mother Goose book.
The little boy showed me the
pictures this very morning.
There was a crooked man and
he went a crooked mile" OF
course, he did, poor, crooked man:
he never could walk a straight
one to save his life. "Aud he
found crooked siX-pence''-
crooked, to be sure it was. If it
had been straight it would have
been in a good, sensible. straight
purse somewhere or in Il till or
anywhere else where the good.
straight money goes. And it lay
against a crooked stile."
He bought a crooked cat which
caught a crooked mouse''-thats
the only kind the poor, crooked
cat ever does think of catching.
And they all lived together in
the little crooked house"-poor
crooked things, poor warped,
twisted -out-of- honest proportion
creaturesi l wonder if they
thought they were happy, living
in their crooked way in the lit
tie crooked house?
I suppose so. I know a crooked
man who's SO proud Of being
crooked that he never lets you
forget it for one minute. He's
always talking about fools" and
easy marks" and something he
calls "come-ons." BY these names
he means, have discovered, hon
est men and women who believe
what they are told unless they
have strong reasons for disbeliev-
ing it.
He was rich when I first knew
the crooked man. He lived in a
fine house in the fine part of a
fine city. He had a stable full Of
fine horses, two automobiles, a
French chef and a little black
eyed wife who wore as many dia-
monds as a Hindoo idol
He's poor now, the crooked man
oh, very poor. So POOR that he
can't even hire anyone to send
special meals to him at the prison
where he is. And the black-eyed
wife has run away with the chef.
And the crooked man is quite
alone. for all Of the ,eople who
flattered him and laughed at his
strange talk Of "come-ons" and
easy marks" are busy laughing
at the jokes Of the man who
bought the crooked mans house
the day he went TO the peuiten-
tiary.
/ went to see the Crooked Man
the other day. He once did a
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-19
You Really COULDN'T Imagine George
Washington inVaudeyille or Thomas
Jefferson YOdIing.
And So You Can't Blame the Paris Temps for What 1t Say
About Mr.. Bryan's Vaudeville Performances.
lCoryrIEht.

pleasant for country be ridiculous by
citizens
But when the country is made ridiculous is well enough
and try avoid such performances future
We quote below the of lie Temps the leading
fetal newspaper of Paris upon the performances
tary State who leaves interview with the Japanese Amba
sador to fill engagement entertainer sandwched be
tween juggers and yodlers.
The history of the United States would rather quee
If learned that during the discussion Declaration
Independence Thomas jefferson had left huredy keep
date Oshkosh that Ben Franklin said Excuse me-
/ am due at HammerSten' in half an hour
We need not complain Europe judges this country by the
Secretary of Statesupposed to be selected
capable of representing the country
This is what lie Temps has to say
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-19

favor for one / love and ! can't
quite forget that-crooked though
he is or may be. Poor thing"
thought when I waited in the gray
gloom OF the warden's gray office
for the Crooked Man to come
from his cell. Poor thing. He'll
want to talk about straight
things and straight people now. I
suppose.
But he didn't. He's crooked
yet, the Crooked Man; born so
and will stay 50 as long as he
lives.
I don't think the Crooked Man
likes straight money or honest
prosperity. I believe he'd rather
cheat someone out Of 500 than
earn $1,000 fairly and honestly,
That's how he is made. He isn't
sorry for what he did that got
nm into the penitentiary-not he
He isn't bit ashamed Of It. He's
ashamed Of being caught-that,s
all. He feels rooIis, aho,,. .t,.
but never mind nh, ~ Ia. Ia,
he'll show 'em-heu fool EN-
me honest men who put him
behind the bars. There must he
something crooked about them
There is about everyone. He'll
find it out, he'll track 'em down.
he'll get even-see if he doesn't
Turn straight? Keep honesto
Do the square thing? Why. he
can't-poor. crooked mamie
couldn't to save his life Thar,
why he thinks no one else can
either
7 wonder why?
1t buys so little-the crooked
money-and its always crooked
too, the thing the crooked money
buys. and nobody wants anvtb,ns
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-19
=. In=ShOOtS =.

The habitual knocker would as
soon knock his friends as anyone
else
Sometimes one succeeds by
embracing the other fellows OPP
portunity
Most people who marry in haste
do not want to wait TO repent at
leisure.
The man who proposes you for
an Office may not always be your
friend
There is no admiration in the
sympathy bestowed upon the man
who wines.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-19
Written for The Georgian
By DR.. c. H. PARKHURST

at the sacrifice of his own better
impulses.
If he has only himself to care
for, it may still be difficult for
him to decide what course to take,
but if he has wife and children
dependent upon him the situation
becomes doubly and trebly difficult.
Such a situation is one that tries
mans soul, even tortures it. 1t
reduces it to a question of pocket
versus conscience, for when my
inquirer uses the word ideals"
he means simply the demand of
conscience.
So that he might have put his
question in this shape-Shall a
man ever go against his con-
science? Which might still be put
in a yet more direct form: Ought
a man ever to do what he ought
not to do? Put in that way his
own moral sense will dispose OF
the question without help from me
or from any one else.
Just word more. The situation
would, perhaps, be in some slight
degree modified if a man could
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-19

This cartoon needs but little explanation.
young man starts lifes stage in any kind of act
he chooses to pick for himself.
Other have gone before himso good-some bad.
1t up to him to make his good he possibly
His audience is the word-and every looking on is
critic.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-19
20 % Longitude and Time
BY EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN.

telescope, or meridian circle, in
Greenwich, and as the immense
nautical as well as astronomical
literature of the world was then
based on this tiny spiders thread,
the astronomers at Washington,
and later everywhere where there
is an observatory, agreed to con
tinue the custom. they did not
change the grand fundamental base
or world standard meridian from
Greenwich to Washington.
So civilization now rests upon
piece of spiders thread one inch
long.
Since p multiplied by Is equals
800, the entire number of degrees
in a circle are included, all the
minutes and seconds. 1. 44O and So
400.
Now, when the precise center of
the sun crosses the spiders thread
it is noon in Greenwich But they
had trouble The orbit Of the earth
is not round, the earth moves fast
ON January ., and slow on July .,
and no two transits are of the same
interval between. And the orbit
OF the earth is inclined to the
equator 23 IL degrees nearly. an
other source Of trouble Then the
diameter of the sun is 1924 sec
onds OF arc, and it is difficult TO tell
exactly which is the center. SO
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-19

AS long he interests the wordhe world is interested
in him
No occupy hfes stage for long if he jugges
WHISKEY, CHARACTER AND MONEY together.
Sooner later he drops character and loses his money
He has only whiskcy left.
Then he is of to the world, AND OF NO USE TO
HIMSELF
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-19

Fortunately lie Temps stating that America
craftsmanship the dernr meters which means the
last and meanest of occupations
This country still has who take public service
ously and Mr. Bryan Office represents them about poorly
he represents the United States Secretary OF State
Office.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-19

So the astronomers in Green
wich, now surrounded by London,
decided to make the civil day be-
gin in the mid-Pacific sea when the
sun was passing the lSOth meridian
and low humans were awake while
high were asleep in London, whose
longitude is nothing. Everybody
fell in with the idea at once of
having days begin when they slept
Let a ship be on its way from
Greenwich around the world,
journeying, like the star of empire,
ever to the west. Then, when they
are approaching the 1SOth degree,
let the officials begin observing the
ships ChronOmeter at, say. shortly
before even hour of 9 a. m. on De
Cember 81. Let them keep their
eyes on the seconds hand until 80,
10, >, and l second before 9. 1t
is still December 81, but when the
fraction OF a second after Q a. m.
has been reached it becomes 9 a. m.
on New Years Day, January l.
The change is when the post
bearing the hands of the chro-
nometer crosses the exact lSOth
degree. measured either east or
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-19

This : hours 46 minutes - sec
ouds is that given by the great
Ephemeris published four years in
advance by the United States Gov
eminent, as computed by the staff
Of expert mathematicians in the
United States Naval Observatory.
And the hand OF man hath not
produced anything with a greater
degree of precision. This is time
absolute between a point in San
Francisco and a like point in Ma
Mia, not anywhere at random in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-19
Pulled Two Ways.


1t may be that he has got to give
up his situation or work on Sun
day He may possibly be on the
staff of a newspaper that has a
different political faith from his
own, so that he will be obliged to
get off of the paper or write in a
way that contradicts his prin-
ciples.
There have been, to my Ilnowl-
edge. cases where a man brought
up in a barroom has learned to
hate the liquor business and is
ashamed to stand behind the bar,
but does not know how to do any
thing else.
Shall he throw up his place or
go on doing work that he has a
moral contempt for? Ny in
quirer's situation may not be
either of the ones just supposed,
but is probably more or less like
some one Of them. At any rate.
he is perpleXed, He is pulled in
two ways.
There is something he wants to
do that he is getting pretty we'll
paid for doing, but that he is doing
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-19

SGVT THlCH is the better thing
w to do, keep your posi-
ton or stand by your
ideals?"
That is the question sent me on
a postal card by an anonymous
Inquirer. The writer, whoever he
is, finds himself in difficult spot.
1t would be interesting to know
what that spot is Perhaps he is
in a position that pays well, but
that involves doing some kind Of
work that goes against his con-
science.
The Ordway new era., 1913-09-05
s1owAwAY BARON CAPTURED
Paw, for Trip, eut ceulda't stand Ills
Close ouarters-causht While
ssshino Fresh Air.

New York.-Attired in pearl gray
cutaway suit. patent leather shoes.
white spats. gay scarf box effect over
coat. Alpine hat. with feather. and
twiriins 4 many-iointed cane. Baron
Josef Won Prussynski, ~ he gave his
name and address. who reached these
shores through the connivance OF \
fireman on board the New York Of tho
American line. appeared before Com
missioner Shields.
Baron" Josef said he met Otto Geh-
ring. the fireman. in Cherbourg: that
Gehring offered to stow him away un-
der his bunk for q trip to America:
that he paid ten shillinss before going
on board and = pound sterling after
being slowed away. 1t vas stufy in
the fireman's quarters. he said. % on
the second day out he went to the
deck for air and was caught
The Ordway new era., 1913-09-05

London Standard. in which the writer
maintained the thesis that good mu-
sicians die young. Painting and
sculpture are conducive to long life.
Yet music kills men young" And he
roes on to cite Schubert, Mozart, Bel
liui, Bizet, Purcell. Mendelssohn. Cho-
min. Weber, Schumann. "Of course.
says Professor Gildersleeve, he had
the srace to admit that Verdi lived to
. rood old, but 1 was not satified with
that concession. and at random 1ot,ed
down the names Of ten famous com
pos~-Haydsn. Rooxini, Lsst Handel,
The Ordway new era., 1913-09-05
USES 4DuMMY" TO FLEE JAIL
Man soush. for Two Ysars for Mail
Frauds Escapes 10 Canada
In Auto.

Cleveland. o-By placing . dunn
my in his cot and by sneaking out .
cellar window. James H. McNicholas.
mining promoter. whom the federal
authorities chased all over the eoun-
try for two years and finally caught in
Boston . few weeks ago. escaped
from the county jail and II now b.
ueyed to be In Canada
Sheriff Smith has offered q reward
Of 81 900 for McNicholas' capture
The federal authorities Will hold .
grand jury Investigation and win I'm
dict several Clevelanders for con-
spiracy to aid In McNicholas' escape.
McNicholas was accused Of using the
malls to defraud- The escape was
spectacular. When an accomplice
brought plate Of chop suey at mid
night from a neighboring restaurant.
McNicholas. who had been allowed
the freedom Of the bull pen." rigged
up . dummy. placed It on his cot. and
then sneaked down the cellar stairs.
The accomplice then left the jail, OBJ
tanned an auto and waited outside
AcNicholas forced . cellar window.
got to the auto and fed
The Ordway new era., 1913-09-05
Friend of Franz Josef Tells Story
Of Royal Family.
Hatred Of the Maayar to the People
Of Acknowledgements Position
Psrilous-Was ones Attacked
BY an Armed Maniac

Budapest.-My little old man was
back In his corner again. slipping his
Turkish coffee. when appeared.
writes "A Diplomat" in the Saturday
Journal. A few days had passed
since. lounging in the same corner. he
had told me the story of King Peter
Of Servia and had promised me for
today 4 story Of the Austrian royal
family.
Was IT Holland 1 promised.- he
asked
NO: Austria" reminded him
-Ah, Franz Josef. yes. l remem-
ber his coronation ! was = boy
then-an unknown boy-with fancy
for wandering: and stood in his
study two days before he was taken
Ill Just lately friend. You are
having vermouth. see- Get the
waiter to bring you . fragment Of
lemon for It
7 irst met Emperor Franz
Josef at Murzteg. He was after ca
percailzie. and so was l. We had
both set out overnight to climb the
mountains so as to be ready when
The Ordway new era., 1913-09-05

two nations II concerned. ana direct
iy he dies there will be, politicians
declare. sharp move on the part OF
= certain European empire in the
north for war between Austria and
Hungary. II Is not Ill health alone
that binds the emperor to his palace
SO much a. the fear that his absence
from the territory will be like rsmor-
ing the buffer that keeps two enemies
apart
Il wonder how many secrets OF
such import that any Of the bisxest
newspapers In Europe would pay a
kings ransom to secure . single copy
for publication are locked in that lit.
tie egriot wood cabinet In the en-.
peror's study.
Tho house Of Hapsburg has ever
since his accession been absolutely
dogged by disaster. Just before he
assembled the throne = maniac attack
ed him with knife and inflicted such
injuries that his life was despaired
of. Then nine days after his corona
ton at Budapest his brother Maxi
milan was assasinated in Mexico. His
sister became engaged to King Lud-
wig of Bavaria. but the match was
broken on And fortunately for the
princess 1t was that the marriage was
never. celebrated. for shortly after
ward the king lost his reason and
drowned himself in the lake Of Star
enberg. But the princess did not es-
cape; she married the Due d'Alencon
and was burnt to death in the Paris
bazar fire.
The Ordway new era., 1913-09-05
HOUSE OF TRAGEDY

in 1867. and he had assumed the title
Of king Of Hungary. He was seated
on 4 white charger shod with gold. q
dozen orders blazed ON his breast In
the sunlight. and. urging his horse to
the top Of a mound. he waved his
sword to the four corners Of the COM
pass and uttered the coronation oath
to protect the kingdom from all in
vaders.
Now. please follow me closely.
Had Franz Josef declined to do this.
had he taken his seat on the throne
as emperor Of Austria only. he would
probably have been assassinated
within a short space For your Mag
var il . man who when he hates 10
the worst enemy on earth. and the
Inhabitants Of Hungary had got 1t into
their heads that Franz Josef meant to
grind down the Hungarians beneath
the Austrian heel.
You remember that about the
time the split occurred between Nor
way and Sweden there was an under
current Of i'll feeling in Hungary
which caused the papers to imme-
diately prophecy = similar split be.
tween that country and Austria II
was all caused by . simple incident:
an Austrian minister-a firebrand. by
the way, and a wholesome hater OF
Hungary-omitted to invite the wife
of q certain Hungarian minister to a
society function. when by all the
laws Of etiquette she should not have
been omitted A feud Immediately
sprang up
NO man, however. brilliant diplo
mat he may be. can exceed the eu
peror as far as his hold upon thes<