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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-02

" Rothschild Entertains Troops
Some of your American multi million
aires might well take pattern of the
Rotchschilds in some respects. The
Rothschilds have a great estate at Had
dington Hill, which is in the theatre OF
the recent army meneuvers. While the
defending army was in the vicinity of
Haddington HILL Lord Rothschild enter
tanned the troops in royal style. An elab-
crate camp lighted with electricity was
prepared for the First infantry brigade,
comprising four full regiments and tho
flying corps. The troops were entertained
lavishly. The mess tent accommodated
fully 1000 men at a time, and 1t cetainly
was a sight to visit at feeding time.
! If some of the big rich Americans were
to take such an interest in the citizen
soldiery at least it might have good eff
feet.
Lord Srtathcona and Mount Royal,
the Canadian high commissioner is enter
tanning his friends during the stag hunt
ing season in Scotland. Glencoe is one of
| the best deer forests in Scotland The
| venerable statesman, though in his ntne-
| ty-fourth year. makes a fine 1ost. While
he is too old to stalk the Highland stag,
| he takes a keen interest in his guests
and sees that they have the best sport
possible.
The veteran lord high commissioner for
| Canada has fine house near the historic
| Pass of Glencoe, which he built some
years ago close to the ruined seat of the
unfortunate Macdonalds whose depend
ents the Argyll men so basely nassacred.
His title is derived from Glencoe, Coma
being the musical name which the poet
, Osslan called the rushing stream which
enters the sea at Ballaehuish.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-02
Two Carloads of Crockery at
Half Price

English Porcelain Dessert and Ice
Cream Dishes, at 4c
English Porcelain Oatmeal Dishes &c
English Porcelain Breakfast
Plates sc
English Porcelain Plates DC
English Porcelain Soup Plates,
at DC
English Porcelain Cups and Sau-
GERS, at &c
English Porcelain Oatmeal Bowls &c
English Porcelain Meat Dishes.
at Nc
English Porcelain Deep Dishes,
at NC
English Porcelain Cream Pitchers
at Dc
English Porcelain Gravy Bowls at Dc
English Porcelain Gravy Boats at DC
English Porcelain Large Chambers
at 15c
English Porcelain Covered Dishes 25c
English Porcelain Covered Stop Jars
at 95c
English Porcelain Rolled Edge Bowls
and Pitchers at 95c
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-02
Rothschild Entertains Troops

British government which has been more
or less quietly going on for years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-17
NAVIGATION AND POWER.

There may be ground for differences
Of opinion concerning some special aud
local details of the scheme for oStab-
fishing 4 power plant at Windsor Locks,
on the Connecticut River though -"
have seen 10 convincing arguments
against the plan as a whole. Eut Ger
tainly there is logical force ~ Senator
Roots plea for the right of the fed
erai government thus to utilize the
flow Of ravigablc rivers at least rs
what we might call a hy-product ~ It's
indisputable work of improving uayi-
CATION.
70 improve navigation does not by
any means mean merely he deepening
and widening and Strengthening cf
channels. There are many rivers in
this country which need 10 he canal
Ing dams and locks al certain points
Without such works they are useless
FOR navigation. while with them they
are capable Of bearing much commerce.
Now, the federal government is surely
as competent 10 build dam as ia
dredge out bar, and 10 construct q
lock as 10 blast reef.
But when the dam is constructed
water power may be developed. what
is 10 be done with il: 1t would be
folly 10 let il run 10 waste. II would
be unfair 10 let some one person OF
corporation seize monopoly Of il.
The economical. equitable and rational
course is for the government making II
available 10 continue 10 control Il for
the general welfare by renting IL impair
italy 10 all corners There is reason
for believing that if such "a policy were
intelllgenily and enterprisingly pur-
sued. especially on the streams which
flow from the Appalachians 10 the At
lantic inland transportation facilities
would he enormously increased and
there would be u vast development Of
power for industrial purposes al a low
cost and al a saving Of fuel and avoid
ahce Of smoke and SCOT. Italy's white
coal system awaits extensive develop
ment all along the Atlantic scaboard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-17
KILL THAT BILL.

The Mexican imbrogliO ought 10 have
al least one prompt and decisive result
Of direct pertinence 10 American inter
ests-namely. the killing Of the foolish
and miscellaneous bill now before Con
gress which provides for our scuttlinS
out Of the Philippines at fixed datc
in the near future. The most bitter
and hostile satirist Of American affairs
could surely wish no more effective
theme than that which was supplied in
the spectacle of Congress silnultane-
ously contemplating independence for
the Philippines and Intervention III
Mexico, though If he wished pendant
10 II he could readily find it in the rec
ord Of our actual intervention in Cuba
and the recent prospect that that M
welcome act would have TO be repeat
ed. What a performance il would be
for the United States with one hand 10
snatch independence away from Il
country which had possessed it for u
hundred years on the ground that in
orr opinion it was incapable Of exer-
cising independence according TO our
standards, and at the same moment
with the other hand Ia thrust indie
pendence upon another country which
never had possessed il and which b.
the universal testimony and judgment
Of mankind was UNNECESSARILY less
qualified TO exercise it than the other.
Mexico had. before the European III
vasiOn and conquest. far higher civil
iZation than the Philippines. AMI
therefore was and is endowed with 4
richer legacy Of aboriginal traditions.
II was occupied by Europeans at al
earlier date than the Philippines. and
thus has been for II longer time under
their influence. It's population con-
tains vastly larger admixture u
European stocks. and at the same time
is much more homogeneous and united
in race. language. religion and all the
elements Of national unity. For Il cen
fury its has been schooling itself IN
government. and ii has been for
that period in direct contact and init
mate Intercourse with the United
States. with all the benefits Of infu.
cnce which that fact may imply. In
every respect. therefore. Mexico is 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-17
GROTEsQUE.

Few politicians have the saving
sense of mmor when it comes to APP
lraiSing their own pretensions. Thus Il
happens that one Of the loudest agita-
tors for economy" in the House ma
.iority is the Hon. Isaac r. Sherwood.
lie is strong for retrenchment at this
session and wants 10 see the appro-
Driations for the navy cut down by
10000, 900 or $50. 100000. He is valor-
,uslv demanding that the Democratic
party live up TO its promises to reduce
federal expenditure. Yet he more than
any other Democrat IS responsible for
repudiating those promises and giving
free play TO the impulse to extrava
eance which has been running riot In
The House.
General Sherwood broke down the
good resolves with which the Demo
cratfc party assumed power in the
lower branch OF Congress by forcing
the passage year or more ago OF
his S75.OOOOOO pension bill He put
the majority on record In favor or an
increase in national expenditure which
attempts to economic In other direc-
lions could never hope TO Offset. He
was a bigger spender than any Of the
spenders whom he now censures. They
only took their cue from him. Having
got what he wanted he has turned
virtuous. Yet everybody but himself
sees that he belongs 10 the class or
economists" OF whom Mr.. Fitzgera III
fifty said the other day that after salts
fying their own wants they are per-
fcctly willing 10 retrench at the ex-
pense OF anybody else.
As an advocate Of fasting who has
already eaten his share Of the pud-
ding General Sherwood comes very
ear being grOtesque
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-17

no reckoned better fitted for Selt-so''
eminent than the philippines. ie'
none of rs regards il as PARTICULAR
we'll fitted. while many who are po'i'
we'll informed and sympathetic taHn'.
helm regarding il "a sadly Incapable I'll
self Government Al anything IKE 81"
own standard. and some are even w
clarine that its iucapacily is So marked
that we must intervene and take a""'
from il the power which II cannot Us.
Alright. If SO. what Il bitter tiaNe>N
unon reason il would be (" abandon
the Philippines 20 stew in their own
iuice." as this ill-conceiyed Jones OH
provides
II is necessary To- bear in MIMI. iu'-
,herInorc the great and essential III
ference between the two COUNTRIES :"
respect 10 orr relations with them. we
have no responsibility whatsoever Tor
Mexico. excepting To the slight degree
jmplied i'm the maintenance Of the
Monroe Doctrine II never was Il co.
ony or Il protectoratc of ours or Uhdof
our instruction aud guidance. We dld
not intervene to take if away from
Spain. We have no authority over T.
No matter what excuses nigh, occur
in the course of revolution. nol"dE
could say that we were aCconntablc
either through having interfercd IN
Mexican affairs or through having
Withdrawn therefrom. If we should
intervene there we should be commit
ing an act of war. On the other hairi
we are in every respect directly re-
>ponSiblc for the Philippines by vrl'ie
Of our having forcibly removed them
from Spanish control and having Tor
nearly fifteen years held them undo"
our own government, instruction ana
discipline. We are responsible for
what they are and for what they may
now do. and we should he directly re-
spons.ble for whatever happened in
them or 10 them after their abandon
ment.
No rational American could contem-
plate the idea of Intervention in Mex
ico--which would in all probability
mean war Of conquest without the
utmost repugnance and aS the vely
last resort in an extremity which
should be all but unthinkable. But
neither should any one more cOInpla-
Gently regard n proposition to put our
selves under unacceptable obligations
thus 10 intervene. again and again. in
definitely. in still more formidable
troubles. not just across our border.
but al the other side Of the world
There is no paradox but simple and
practical truth in saying that every
consideration which Restraints Us from
meddling in Mexico also urges Us to re-
frair from creating something immeaS
urablv worse than Mexico in the Philip
pines. ID fortifying itself for prudent
dealing with the Mexican crisis con
gress can perform no better act ~
preparation than that 0f putting Il final
qnietus upon the Philippine abandon
meni bill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-17
HELP FOR THE GRAFTERS.

\ bill presented 10 the Legislature
recently by Assemblyman Willmott, OF
Kings County, provides that a member
cot the police force of this city arrested
Tor the commission Of q crime shall
not be dismissed on a complaint based
GU the criminal charge until final de-
termination OF the criminal proceed
ing. In other words. Becker. now in
Sing Sing. convicted Of numbering Ro-
,enthal. the gambler. would perforce
remain member Of the police force
until after the Court Of Appeals bad
.sgsSed on his case.
Doubtless the Beckers and Foxes Of
Tie Police Department would be great
IN pleased by the enactment Of such
law. II would protect their interests.
What if the public's interests suffered?
What's the public good for. anyhow.
but 20 pay taxes and DE grated on?
This is distinctly and decidedly a
measure which not only should not
pass. but should not have been intro
duced The CurraD committees in
vesugation has shown that it is easy
enough for persons OF shady, even Grim
inas pasts TO become members Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-17
CONSIDERS GUARD EXPENSIVE
Unfit for Only Duty Called On to Per-
form, Says Taxpayer

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir II. rs is so often intimatcd. the
National Guard of the state OF New York
is "A social rather than military body
would it not Ice well to consider whether
or not the millions spent annually for It's
housing and maintenance might hc saved
or employed To better purpose? The only
active service the guard has been called
Che cuban war. when more than half Of
the enlisted men were rejected by the
United states as unfit and their places
filed 10y volunteers. necessitatlg months
Of training before any regiment was
,eady TO- sCNice.
The guard also has been called on for
police duty at strikes "A service which is
very expensive. for which citizen soid!ery
Is entirely unfit and the futility OF which
was demonstrated not long ago "a Penn
sylvania. wnen the strikers took away the
guns rom the soldiers. but fled in panic
on the arrival of a few OF the state con-
stabulary. Again, there are regiments IN
this az Well as other states which have
never been called To strike duty and never
Will be.
The reports of the regular army officers
following such affairs as the recent ma
nruvrcs in Connecticut are not very com
forting 10 the people who furnish the
money, while the new proposition 20 pay
all the guardsmen. combined with the
miserable squabble just ended at Albany,
Is not calculated TO arouse much enthusl-
asm in the breast of at least
ONE TAXPAYER
New York, Feb. i. 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-17
PO|NCARE'S UNIFORM
First President Since Marshal
MaCMah0n to Possess One.

Copyright. 1913. by the Brentwood Company)
RAYMOND Poincare is the first Chief
Magistrate Of the French Republic since
Marshal MacMahon who is entitled 10 a
uniform namely the dark green uniform
OF the members Of the Academy, adorned
with green silk embroidery and finished
off by cooked hat and sword. Ii Is a
very attractive uniform, which was de-
vised by the first Napoleon. and by wear
ing il Raymond Poincare will be spared
the obligation OF DOMINIC evening dress
for most official ceremonies and state
functions that take place in the morning
OF afternoon.
Evening dress never looks well by day
light. 70 English speaking people when
worn I'm the morning IL carries the sug-
gestion Of having been out the night be-
fore and Of not having yet returned
home Never did il look TO less advantage
than when President Faure was Obliged
to don it on arriving at 81. Petersburg
after an extremely rough voyage up the
Baltic. I'm order to be welcomed on land
ing by the car. the grand dukes and all
the great dignitaries of the Muscoyite
empire at . o'clock a. IN.
The uniform OF Frances Forty Immor-
tails will b. Ear more dignified and ap-
proprate. Moreover. its sombre, unoo-
trUsive character-devod OF all gold lace
and suggestive only Of eminence In the
arts and sciences-carries with Il a dis
tinction that is peculiarly in keeping with
the role Of chic. Magistrate OF a republic
such as France.
or course. the Protocole. that is 10 say,
the bureau OF the Department Of Foreign
Affairs which has hitherto ruled supreme
In matters of Presidential and official
etiquette in France. may argue that there
IS no precedent for the wearing OF such
uniform by the Chief Magistrate OF the
republic. and may further urge that it "
not seemly that the latter should be
CARRIED In identicaly the same uniform as
that worn by all the other members OF
the Academy. But Poincare is not likely
10 allow himself 10 be stayed by any sucn
representations, and. approaching the
vast superiority OF the green uniform 20
a dreadful evening dress by day, may be
relied upon TO wear il on all state coca
sions.
IL NAV be recalled that several u MS
predecessors as Chief Magistrate o'
France were anxious to have uniform
Indicative Of their rank. Theirs was dis
suaded only with considerable difficulty
from looming the gold-embroidered. gold
epauletted uniform of field marshal az
supreme chief Of the army. BY the repre-
sentation Of close friends. who were alive
20 tine extent TO which such a uniform
would have emphasized. In comica
manner. his phenomenally diminutiye
stature. President Grevy was Indifferent
70 uniforms and preferred his shirt
sleeves.
But President Faure went 70 the lengtH
Of having uniforms and costumes designed
for him. and was deferred from having
them made 10 wear on his state visit 10
81. Petersburg only by the fact becoming
known and being treated with much ridi-
cule BY tho Partisan press. No uniform
that has ever been designed can be hal.
30 fit for tire occupant Of that high Office
az that of tho French Academy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-17
MONEY AND BUSINESS.

A revolution in Mexico, continued
hostilities in the Balkans, more gov
eminent suits against corporations. II
reported bill at Albany 10 Incorporate
the New York stock Exchange and
forced liquidation We're sufficient to
cause daily declines in the New York
stock market ana bring about gen
orally lower level Of prices al the close
OF the week Following "a course
mapped out by public demand and BY
the threatened legislative interference,
the board Of governors of the New
York Stock Exchange passed some rigid
rules Of regulation to prevent repeti-
tons Of irregularities in ira ding which
were responsible for much Of the eita-
ton against the Exchange. Provided a
sane conception Of the business on the
action Of legislatures. the agitation re-
2arding stock market abuses VIII soon
become thing Of the past Though
the governors of the Stock Exchange
allowed the time To pass until public
sentiment forced them to act, they have
row met the issue. and doubtless will
be careful in the future TO avoid public
criticism. Az soon as the public re-
allies that there will be a strict on
forcement OF the rules regarding lille
Ultimate methods Of trading confidence
will be established. The clearing away
of political agitation against Wall
Street will cease when the new order
Of things shall become effective. and
then the volume Of business will be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-17
10, THE POOR BARBER
A Lack OF Refinement, Ignorance Of
Air Currents, Cause the Trouble.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir II is a great misfortune TO those
who are compelled TO visit barber shops
that all BARRIERS are not properly vested
with n sense OF refinement. Perhaps even
IL they We're il might not be possible to
avert a disageeable occurrence which
every BARRIERS customer has experienced
II is true il is necessary for the bar
Der Ia hold his head somewhere above
that 81 his victim. but II doesn't seem
Necessary that the victim should be com
PEELED 10 tolerate the offensive breath OF
the barber blown In his face throughout
the shaving operation.
Every. man who visits barber shops has
met with this infection. For healths sake
alone something should he done in the
way of teaching the barber properly to
direct his breath Certainly the barber
owes IL as courtesy to his customers
to avoid such an unpleasant occurrence.
But no barber that the writer has ever
discovered has been free from criticism
I'm this connection.
I thought that perhaps by writing this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-17
ALL IFS"

The opponents Of the dual system
subway contracts have laid their CARDS
on the table and the public may now
see what weak hands they hold.
Messrs. Mitchell and Maltbie's practl-
al proposal of a substitute is all IFS.
The city may build lines practically
equal TO the lines proposed as parts
of the dual system, they say. If the
city will 90 without all other needed
improvements for several years and
devote all its funds 10 subways. or II
il can sell new kind Of bonds, for
which bankers say there would be no
market. or. again. If il can get con-
stitutional amendment adopted increas-
INC its borrowing capacity for subway
purposes.
And II it gets the Mitchel-Maltbie
lines built. behold what becomes OF
The preferential payment which mas
been so much denounced, 1t may leas
the lines. MesSrs. Mitchell and Malt
bic say. 10 the Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit Company in accordance with reso-
luton once adopted 10y the Board OF
Estimate and AppOrtionnent. ms
plan calls for preferential payment.
Or il may lease them to an indepen-
dent operator say MeSsrS. Mitchell and
Nalthie. like Mr.. McAdoo. giving him
preferential payment-Messrs. Mitch
cl and Maltbie don't call il that but
that is what their words mean, and It
i 70 he recalled that Mr.. McAdoo al
WAYS asked for a preferential pay
ment. Or. they say. it may pay some
one to operate the lines-again pref
erential payment in effect Or. II II
AN raise the money 10 equip the lines.
having built them if can operate them
.tself. Only in this alternative do
Ne>srs. Mitchell and Maltbie avoid the
preferential.
In place of dispatch the opponents
of the dual system propose delay: IN
The place Of certainty they propose IN
certainty. and in the place Of the sin
Gle fare they propose the double fare
And even the practicability OF what
they propose rests upon the opinion OF
men in whose judgment The public
4 ha>u't much confidence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-17

police force. Surely. 10 new bars TO
prevent their dismissal should be
erected 1t is plain that the very nature
and spirit Of departmental workings
assure any member Of the force that
when under fire he will not get the
worst of the deal from his fellows and
superiOrs. The records of the courts III
any number Of cases show that unjust
dismissal is not thing any policeman
fears, for il he has a fair case he can
be rciHstated and get his back pay. \
law like the one proposed by Mr. Will
mott could serve no good purpoSe: II
could serve many bad men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-17

letter you might be good enough to pup
lish il in vour columns and something
might be found which would avert 'he
nuisance Perhaps some device couid De
found which the barber could wear. ~
any rate. such devices are worn III parts
of Japan and Corea by BARRIERS, ana IL
would seem that We are not less ciViilzeu
than they. or less alert TO the importance
OF spreading contagion in THIS manner.
So large a percentage of the male pep
ulation of this city is affected Dy inns
nuisance that / feel justified In attempt
ing to solicit your assistance in this mat
ter. JOSEPH CRIES.
New York Feb 49, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-17
Kino Escapes Awkward ContretempG

King Alfonso narrowly escaped Nha'
would have been an unfortunate contV
temps on the occasion Of his recent trip
across the French frontier TO Pau. The
evening of his arrival there by motor ne.
with the members Of his suite. ATTENDED
at the local theatre the performance o.
The krcutzer sonata by French tia'-
cling company Everybody present was
greatly impressed 10y the acting OF the
woman who played the principal role an"
between the acts the King sent one OF hls
gentlemen-in- waiting with beautiiui
bouquet OF flowers to the artistic. with an
expression Of the pleasure and enjoy
nent which lie and all those with him ia
derived from her moving Interpretation OF
the part OF the heroine.
The aide-6e-camp ON his way TO me
actrcss's dressing room happened 10 IN
auire her real ramc When he heard IL
lie heat a hasty retreat For the actress
in private life was no other than MIC
pa terrer. daughter OF the anarch's'
leader in Spain who had been sentence"
to death by a court-martial at Barcelohs
as the one person chiefly responsible ioi
the sangunary and terribly destructive
anarchist Instruction there few weeks
previously Ferrer at his death left
went 10 the woman who had been M
coinpa Mon and not to his two daughters
who were obliged 10 work for their Nv
ing
MARQUlSE DE FONTENOr.