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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-12-18

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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-12-18
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY RATES

Via Oregon Short Line. Tickets
on sale between local points and
10 points in Oregon and Washing
ON. December 19, 20. 21, 22' %,
"a. 25. and 81, 1913 and January
/. 1914; limit. January 5th 1914.
See AGENTS eor rates and further
particulars.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-12-18

Saturday evening a dance will be
given at the Auditorium for which
the music will be furnished by
Miss Louise Johnson and her con-
cert orchestra. These ARTISTS have
been heard at the Irene for sew
eral nights and many words OF
praise have been uttered for their
talent This will be the music treat
OF the season and the Auditorium
management invites all to come and
hear the sweet music. there being
no cnarge for spectators i'm the
gallery, The admission to the
dance will be 75c for gentlemen,
ladies free.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-12-18
Catholic:

Catholic: Morning mass 10:30
third Sunday of each month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
EMBODIED SPIRITS

in one simple fact. Suppose the patient
lying on his right side wakens to see the
ghost leaning over the right side of hia
bed. Turn h's bed right around, and the
next time ne wakens the ghost will bo
found to have follow ed him around. Clear
ly, then, the halluolnation Is In some way
connected with the patients right hand
or left hand side. And that is what Dr.
lead has neen ab.o to show. In certain
forms of visceral disease, generally not
serious forms, the nerves of the viscera
send up messages to the brain. Thcse
messages are received at certain areas
of the brain eortex II may be that thcy
are received In neghborhoods adjacent to
the areas corresponding with the sensa-
ton areas of hearing or smell or vlsicn.
But the faulty telephone exchange of the
brain and tine nerves may easily msn-
terpret messages, especially when the
bodily system as Il whole is out of order
What really does happen, then, when a
patient sees, hears. or smells these hal
lucinatons Is that his brain has msn-
terpreted a reflected visceral pain, and
has attributed it to some interferenre
with, or impression upon, the organs OF
sight, smell or hearing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

buyers and sellers when the amounts
involved are not sufficient to justify
the opening of book account and the
subsequent cost of collections, if not
insurance against total loss.
The cash system is conducive to
economy while the credit system is
provocative to extravaganza, and this
difference is, in itself, a matter for
serious consideration in times when
the high cost of living is subject in
which all are so deeply concerned.
There are many things that people
could dispense with if the prerequisite
were cash payment but which the op-
portunity to purchase on credit Of
fers a temptation few can resist.
Every housekeeper knows how
easily small bills mount up, and every
storekeeper knows how difficult
small bills are to collect, and much
of the embarrassment caused to both
sides might be obviated by a more
general practice of the cash system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

Alfred was never like other boys I'm
I'll he was six years old he showed no
Signs oil mental capacity. In the 10 years
which have followed he has been like n
small child. He can count to 10 and say
few names of familiar objects about
the house.
Surgeons say that 1t is too soon after
the operation to tell whether II will have
the effect of fully restoring his mentality
But his mother says she has seen one
hopeful sign.
This Is the gradual passing away of a
certain childish diffidence which he for
merly showed when greeting a visitor
1t was with great difficulty that he could
be induced to say: How do you do?"
and to shake hands with a caller. His
eyes, and when told to do SO he shakes
your hand and the words of greeting
come unfateringly from his lips.
Thus far this is the only sign of i'm
proving mentality, but his mother says
that there are several signs of physical
uphuilding
The boy has gained in weight and
strength since he has been relieved of
the epilepsy He walks with less diff
Guilty than before the operation, and his
appetite is improved. '
In performing the operation, DR.. Kirsch
removed a section of the skull three
inches In diameter. He found that the
skull had been pressing ON the memory
center of the brain, which Is the upper
portion of the left lobe, and that this
pressure had caused certain nerves OF
the brain to become twisted and adhere
to the skull.
He loosened these adhesions. and with
delicate instruments untwisted the nerves
and put them back into their normal po-
sition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
TO WAR IN LIMousfNEs

From the Review of Reviews
With the usual preparedness and FORE
sight in things military. Germany mas
distanced other nations in the matter OF
motor vehicles for var. Its pre-eminenee
in the field lies not so much in the owner
ship by the war department of mc1or
cars, nor along the line OF motor Hghting
units, but rather in the establishment OF
subsidized motor corps for beth passeri-
ger and supply Transportation. Without
the great expense incident TO possession
-an expense which would be useless in
time of peace--jt is thus possessed of a well
developed arm of the service. Corps ur-
der subsidy and subject TO demand in war
time include one of motor cycles, one OF
passenger cars. and a third of motor sup
ply trains of n sort practically unknown
In this country. The first and the last are
subject TO purchase by the government at
a fixed price, the passenger machn,s
must serve in maneuvers for certain
period each year, and all receive in cora
persation substantial payment divided in
various ways. ss
The German army has put similar
plan into operation in regard to passen-
ger motors. An organization known rs
the Volunteer Automobile corps was
founded in 1sO5 1t is headed by Prince
Henry of Prussia and commanded by
the Duke Adolf OF Mecklenburg, most OF
the membership belonging also to the
Royal Automobile club. Its members
have pledged themselves to put their cars,
which must be OF approved design and of
at least 1G horsepower, In the field III TIME
OF war and to serve I'm maneuvers for at
least three periods q. 10 days each during
four successive years. During service they
are paid $50 Il dey and are furnished
with the uniform of the corps, khaki coi-
ored, with red seevcbands and turn down
collar Their machines are intended to be
used chiefly fer carrying orders and mes
sages and to transport higher officers,
such as thoze OF Inc staff and general
staff. UndeI ihis SYSTEM 5000 motor ears
are available.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
THE ROAD TO YESTERDAY

BY Emily Huntington Miller
We dreamed alone my neart and l,
OF summers lost and vanished springs;
A little wind went singing by.
With breath of ioses on its wings:
Come out'' he beckoned, come away
know the road ID Yesterday
We ran together Gown the way,
A pleasant path Of sun and shade
We found the homestead. old and gray
The garden where the children played
Before their feet had learned to stray
Beyond the realm of Yesterday.
The roses plossoned, white and red
The plum trees dropped their fragrant
snow,
A joyous bird sang overhead
The very song pf long ago;
And sunbeans, through the open. door,
Wove webs Of gold along the floor.
But from the window one should look
With tender longing in her faee--
And one, above a holy book
Sit mustng by this freside place
Sweet souls! that hanged to food divine
Lifes bitter Tread. and meager wine.
And all the empty rooms should fill
With childrens voices, clear and swee.
And on the silent stairways still
Sound the light tread of children's feet
20 heart!' sighed, what need to ptayv
There Is no road T., Yesterdayt.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
shifted out of thy tale, into tellin =
me of the fashion.
Much Ado About Nothing.
New York and Alabama

Justice Goff of the New York su-
preme court has decided that Charles
Becker is not entitled to another trial.
Becker is the former police lieutenant
under sentence of death for the muir
der of Herman Rosenthal, gambler.
A new trial was asked on the ground
of "newly discovered evidence"
But Becker is not yet enshrouded
hopelessly in the shadows of the death
chair. He made large sums by graft
in. Gotham, and willy lawyers have not
exhausted the means by which they
hope his life may be saved. Becker
now has the right to carry his case
to the court of appeals, and this he
will do. He is months from execution,
though such fate may be his in the
ultimate.
But why should ones mind travel to
New York to point moral as to the
laws delay? Herman Rosenthal was
murdered only about year ago. Take
the case of Erwin Pope, for instance,
which has been dragging through the
courts of Alabama since 1909. Six
times this negro has been found
guilty of murder and sentenced to
death. He is still living at the expense
of the state. Another appeal is pend
ing, and his attorneys are confident
their client will never hang. In the
light of his experience during the last
six years, it would seem that they
have most excellent grounds for their
confidence.
Becker is guilty or he is not guilty.
Pope is guilty or not guilty. 1t is hard
for those unlearned beings who can
not enter Minerva's temple, but must
stand on the outside denied even the
privilege of looking in, to understand
why court cannot decide whether a
man should be hanged or whether he
should go free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

though any nation ever monopolised
drink, clothes, courage or myth
Certainly it all sounds impressive.
But if these imaginary likenesses are
to overcome all the evidence of physi-
ognomy and language, things have
got out of the scientific and into the
gushingly sympathetic groove. Practi-
cally all there is in Japan is traceable
to China Such is Professor Chamber
lain's conviction, and it certainly de-
serves respectful analysis. Professor
Okakura's ideals of the East" not
withstanding, there has hitherto ap-
peared nothing to outweigh Chamber
lain's authority.
DR.. Knapp's judgment approaches
an anti-climax when he urges that
the oblique eyelids of the Japanese
are no proof of Mongolian ancestry.
at is now known" he says, "that
obiquity of the eyelids merely sug-
gests long lingering in high lati-
tudes, where nature protects the eyes
of animals in the same way"
Just so. Similarly the long linger-
ing" of other human beings in tropi-
cal sunlight has put dark pigment into
their skin. They pass for different
race. DIR. Knapp's logic, however, leads
him back to the legendary view that
there are no racial characteristics of
permanent sort. And that is his
anti-climax.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
japanese j EthnOlogy

1t is understood that Professor
Okakura, Japanese student and
teacher of art and archaeology. has
claimed for his people that they are
branch of the white race DR.. Arthur
May Knapp, former Unitarian mis-
sionary to Japan, has welcomed this
claim, and in the atlantic Monthly"
sets forth the argument.
1t would be most momentous fact,
II really proven, bearing Immediately
on world politics along all the Pacific
shores. And there would be a new
thing under the sun: The Hague court
presently called upon to adiudicate on
the Japanese claims to be of the
Aryan stock! Classify these people as
"the yellow race" and California
seems justified in building every
barrier against their influx. But prove
that they are of our own blood, and
our proud head must bow and our
stern lips relax into welcoming
smile!
Dr.. Knapp's argument, however, is
too wonderful to be convincing. He
finds the Japanese drama presenting
an exact equivalent of the Greek
chorus, "the stately demeanor of the
actors" and "the quasi-religious
strain pervading the whole" created an
illusion in his mind that he was wit
Messing Hellenic drama. He tells us
that what he saw was the story of
the Forty Seven Ronins and that this
heroic and bloody tragedy was pre-
sented without offence to the most re-
fined sensiblities, exhibiting indeed
characteristic Greek restraint. Won
derful!
In the same way he finds the bands
of young men ON their way to THEN
annual carouse beneath the falling
cherry blossoms a reminder of Bac.
chic orgies in old Athens; the flow.
ing robes of the citizens remind him
of Athenian philosophers; the bravery
ef the Nippon soldier speaks to him OF
Thermopylae and Marathon anc
5 Salanis; Japan's welcome to all re-
ligious teachers is an echo of the
hospitable mind of classical Greece
and the native folklore reminds hin
e Irish. Persian. Jewish legends Al
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
The Armor Plate Question

Birmingham is the logical place for
government armor plate plant.
The Secretary of the Navy,
Josephus Daniels, is strongly inclined
to favor the construction by the gov
ernment of an armor plate mill. He
finds that the government could save
great sum of money by manufac-
turing its plate. 1t is estimated that
Uncle Sam could build and equip a
plant for about SS,000,000. Secretary
cation into the present cost of armor
plate and it is thought likely that the
outcome will result in government
plant.
Birmingham offers exceptional ad-
vantages and no efforts should be
spared to convince the administration
and Congress that thissdistrict is the
place above all others.
Paschal G. Shook, one of the best
known and best informed men in this
industrial field, thinks the project
feasible. He says that if the gov
ernment goes into the business of
manufacturing it's own armor plate,
Birmingham is essentially the most
advantageous point for the location of
the plant
In 1897, soon after ground was
broken for the steel mill at Ensley,
Mr.. Shook prepared an exhaustive re-
port for the Commercial Club, prede-
cessor of the present Chamber of
Commerce, explaining the advantages
of Birmingham as site for the "pro-
posed armor plant"
Birmingham is only 259 miles from
Pensacola, 272 miles from Mobile, 349
miles from New Orleans, 39S miles
from Brunswick, 450 miles from
Savannah and 48S miles from Charles
ton. AS Mr.. Shook says, "It would
not be profitable for the government
to locate an armor plate plant on the
coast. The reason is very simple. The
steel ingots would have to be shipped
from the inland steel manufacturing
centers at great cost and, in addition,
there is an enormous wastage. Even
in converting ingots into steel rails
a lot of the spongy portion of the
ingot is sawed off and goes to scrap.
In the manufacture of armor plate,
the saving off process is much more
expensive"
The Chamber of Commerce should
bestir itself in this matter. 1t would
be we'll for President w. P. G. Hard
ing to go to Washington within the
next few days and take up the mat
ter actively with the navy depart
ment and the naval military commit
tees of Congress. Mr. Harding
achieved distinct triumph for the
Birmingham district when he induced
the Steel corporation to resume work
on its wire mill at Fairfield. He will
do even a greater turn for Birming-
ham if he is instrumental in locating
an armor plate plant here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
CHAMP CLARk's REBELS
i the Boston Traveller

From the Boston Traveller.
Congratulations to Champ Clark and
other democratic statesmen OF great fame
and moderate means who refuse to be
held up by Washington landlords. Champ
had large apartment on fashionable
avenue, for which the rent was s125 q
month. Viewing with alarm the fact that
Champ still had money after paying his
rent bill, the landlord raised the rent by
$50 month. which was a larger percent
age at one leap than Champ or any other
man from Missouri would be willing to ac-
cept.
If the Jeffersonan administration now
in Washington is to justify its promise to
reduce the cost of living, 1t must make
firm stand against the rapacity of WASH
ington landlords. Champ has led the
way. If many others follow his example
the hotel keepers will raise their sci1ed-
lles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
MADE BRAIN STRAIGHT
From St. Louis Dispatch to the Ne

From ST. Louis Dispatch to the New
York Press.
A LFRED JONES. 10 years old, of
"A 4S7S Bircher road, is no longer
4 = 'the boy with a twisted brain.
After noted specialists had tried In vain
to restore his mentality and slkillful surgi-
cal operation has relieved the pressure of
the skull on the memory center of his
brain, and after years of intellectual
darkness he is beginning to see the
light.
His mother, Mrs. Anna M. Jones,
widow, hopes that in time he may be like
other boys, As the human brain contin-
ues TO develop until the age of q, it is
pointed out by doctors that there still re-
main six years in which Alfred may profit
by the surgical operation, in case it
proves ultimately successful.
The operation was performed by DR.
Francis William Kirsch at the Christian
hospital
Surgeons who witnessed the operation
have been following the case with great
interest Already there has been one
noticeable result.
Until the operation was performed
Alfred had been subject to daily attacks
of epilepsy. At times there had been
as many as IA of these in one day. Since
the operation there has not been one of
these attacks.
This. alone would be enough to be
thankful for said Mrs. Jones. "and it
encourages me to hope that in time
Alfred will become mentally normal"
Alfred was born on Christmas day,
1897, seven months after the st. Louis tor
nado His mother, who lived in the storm
belt received a severe shock as a result
of the tornado, though she was not physi-
cally injured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
FACTS AND FANCIES
he philadelpi,ia Jublic I T.,Igar

From the Phlladelpl1a Jubllc Ledger.
Times have changed. Nowadays when
Greek meets Greek they pool their savings
and start fruit stand.
Nowadays d farmer is landed gentle
man. But formerly he was man who
gave his son calf to raise in the spring,
and who sold 1t, putting the proceeds of
the sale in his own pocket. in the fall.
He is SO stupid said Jabez Keen yes
terday in discussing one of his employees.
that when the wind blows his hat off he
chases 1t himself"
The men are so tied up by statutory en-
actment that the privilege of sitting cross
legged, which Is about the only one they
have left, will shortly be taken away from
them.
The rules relating to most wills Is that
the relatives of the deceased are the heirs
and the lawyers the beneficiaries of the
estate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
MARIsIlIS HIS AUNT
From the New York Sun.

FfOm the New YOrk sun.
Marrying Alderman James j. Smith
united a nephew to his aunt at the city
hall yesterday. The bride had been di-
vorced from the bridegroom's uncle
The nephew was Earl Oscar Schencl1
of 600 West One Hundred and Thirty
eighth street, who described himself as
an actor, "a years old. The aunt was
Mrs. Oscar A. Schenck, of the same ad-
dress, who said she was an authoress
She is 36. Mrs. Schenck was divorced
In Columbus, o., on July II.
City Clerk Peter j. Scully wasn't sure
whether such a marriage was legal, but
a talk over the telephone with the COR
poration counsel was enough to show that
1t was within the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
AGREED TOO SOON
from the Pathfinder.

from tne Hatnnnuer
The celebrated French poet Saint
Folk, who in spite OF his large income
was always in debt, sat one day In a
BARRIERS shop waiting to be shaved. He
was already lathered. when the door
opened and a tailor entered who hap
pened TO be one of the poets largest
creditors. No sooner did this man see
Saint-Foix than he angrily demanded
his money. The poet composedly begged
him not to make scene Wont you
wait FOR the money until l am shaved %
he asked.
Certainly said the other. pleased at
the \ respect.
SAINT Folk then made the barber a
witness of the agreement, and immedi-
ately took a towel, wiped the lather
from his face and left the shop. He
wore beard 10 the end OF his days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
"iMPERAToR's.p POWER PLANT

FROM engineering news
The electric installation consists of five
2000-amp, 110-volt turbo- generators. Tney
carry maximum motor load of $50 hp.,
and lighting load represented by 10000
lamps. In addition to these dynamos.
there is a gasoline engine driven emer-
gency dynamo Installed on the boat deck.
Should the main service fail, this machine
will illuminate the boat deck and, at the
same time, supply current for operating
the apparatus on the bridge and that of
the wireless telegraph station. The lat
ter apparatus has a maximum range Of
1900 nautical miles.
In addition to the foregoing precaution-
airy measures, there is that of vigilance
and responsibility. The vessel carries four
captains commanded by a commodore.
There is. therefore, always an officer with
the rank and authority of captain in
command. The fourth captain directs the
movements of the crew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
Splendid Concert Band

''Memoli with his concert band of 26
or q men is wianing golden opinions
said a member of the musical set.
Formerly open air music was consid-
cred chiefly under the head Of civic EN-
terprise. Park concerts were regarded
as civic institutions rather than affairs of
musical value But within recent years
the public has become more discriminat-
ing In New York. Chicago and all the
northern cities high class music is hearl
in the parks and il Is getting to be SO
in the south.
Memoli's pand will compare favorahy
with many of the famous concert organ
izations that tour the country. When the
summer concerts began last Sunday week
Memol had his band in good shape, but
with daily rehearsais and daily concerts
1t has improved appreciably and no lover
of music can afford to miss the nightly
programmes. Memeli has indeed a spen-
did band. 1t is certainly great credit
to Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
The Railroad Trouble

The $4,000 trainmen and conduc-
tors of the railways of the east have
voted to strike unless their demands
for increased pay and better working
conditions are granted, but they are
anxious for an amicable adjustment
of the questions which have arisen
between them and their employers
Certainly the railroads, with the vast
interests they have at stake, are not
seeking a condition of industrial chaos.
And lastly the public, which eventual
ly must pay the piper, would like to
see a speedy agreement between the
carriers and their men.
The Newlands-C Clayton act may
save the situation. Leaders of the
conductors and trainmen have given
the terms of the measure their in
dorsement, and. there is little doubt
but that it will be satisfactory to the
railroads.
Already arbitration machinery is
provided for in the laws of the United
States, but it is cumbersome in some
ways and in others it is objection
able. The Erdman law provides for
an arbitration board of three, one to
be named by each of the parties to
the controversy, they to select third.
Thus it becomes one man decision.
1t is urged that a single man should
not be given such enormous authority.