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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09
In Recognition of Services

Surgeon General w. C. Gorgas of the United States army, with the rank of brigadier general, will be made major general, and Colonel W. L. Sibert of the engineer corps wi, be made brigadier general. Both are Alabamians anl both have per- formed extraordinary services for their country.
 Dr. Gorgas made the building of the Panama canal possible by his splendid sanitary. work, and Colonel Sibert has been one of Colonel Goe- tnal's most valuable assistants in the Pa iama construction department. He is a member of the isthmian canal commission, and directed the construc- tion of the Gatun locks and dam. Both Gorgas and Sibert are as modest as they are able, and the American peo- pie will be only too glad to see them honored in high degree.
 As the law now stands there is nothing higher for the surgeon gen eral of the army than the rank he now holds, that of brigadier general. An act of Congress is therefore neccs- sary to bestow upon him a higher grade. Colonel Sibert being only q lieutenant colonel would not attain by the usual rotation the rank of brig adler general, which goes with the po- sition of chief of the corps for several years to come. If Congress makes him a brigadier general it will not interfere with the promotion of other engineer officers. The Adamson bill, which provides for these honors to Gorgas and Sibert, also provides that Colonel Goethals shall be made a ma- jor general of the line. The bill should become law without unneces- sary delay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09
MIR. HAppING,s APPOINTMENT

From the Tuscaloosa Times Gazette.
 The appointment of MT. W. P. G. Hard ing as a director of the federal banking proposition is giving much pleasure over the south MT. Harding is one of the leading financiers in the south. His name is known far and near and, he will be an element of great strength to this directorate. His selection Is a tribute to the esteem in which he is held. It is good for Birmingham to have such a representative and as one of the Bir- mingham papers puts 1t, MT. Harding s appointment somewhat compensates for losing the regional bank.
 Tuscaloosa is more than interested as MT. Harding is Tuscaloosa boy. His late father, Col. Horace Harding, was the first engineer the government had in Tus- caloosa and he was the first to lay out the plan of locks, etc. His son has an able and strong personality and he has been proving of these late years the justice of those prognostications of his fitness for high position made by his friends in days gone by. He got his first banking experience In Tuscaloosa, going to the First National bank of Birming- ham from the banking house of J. H. Fitts & Co., now the City National bank, and so Tuscaloosa and Tuscaloosa busi- ness men may be said to have given the south this eminent power in the finan- cial world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09

in offering a little more strenuous opposi- ton to the forces Of order, that would only mean more suffering for the men fhemseives-more misery, more bloodshed more destruction more misguided men to punish when order is restored Surely the makers of the gift cannot imagine that the strikers will be allowed to come off victors. to triumph over law and govern ment. But if they are to lose. why make the loss any worse than need be?
 There is terrible responsibility attached
 to any aid or comfort of whatsoever kind accorded to these men. Any encourage
 ment given to them is a blow at our
 whole system, at civilization. Whether the
 support takes the form of loose talk, phy-
 sieaI assistance or financial subsidy. it is crime against the people and a crime against the strikers themselves The
 struggle about Trinidad has gone beyond
 the possibility of toleration in any de-
 gree It is plain. common anarchy ami mated by malignant hate. The destruc-
 ton of the mines by the men is suicidal frenzy, the aggressive movements against
 the state troops are treason. Peace must
 be restored before any sentiment save in-
 dignation, can find room to express itself. Citizens who are banded against the gov- ernment with arms in their hands have no riEhts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09
SENSIBLE HEALTH TALK

From the Buffalo Express
 Pennsylvania has 8 health officer who delights in giving his people health talks. On the whole, they are very sane and sensible It is not often that he Is an alarmist. though he has no hesitancy about talking right out in meeting when there is occasion for him to do so.
 One of his recent health talks has to do with the factor of safety in the human being. Everyone knows that in the things man builds-if he builds them honestly-there is a factor of safety. It is the degree of strength in excess of the demands to be made upon the thing, whatever it is. It is this element which gives stability and wearing power. Man has the same factor of safety within himself. If he keeps that factor of safety up to normal he is nut In much danger of being laid low by disease.
 When the body is exhausted by over work and underfeedins> or by dissipation and excesses this factor of safety" says Dr. Dixon, 's so reduced that it fails to protect us and we become easy victims to communicable or organic disease The thing we should guard against is excess sive and irrational indulgenees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 The more you run around the more you realize that a dollars worth of grammar lessons would do most people moro good than ten dollars worth of instruction in the tango.
 Before marriage it is mostly all kissing. After marraige it is mostly all cussing.
 One reason why woman likes to have a perfectly useless $49 aigrette on her hat Is because she can always let out a whoop about the high cost of living.
 Sunday is the day on which paw lies around and eats up everything in the house. And then he always wonders why he feels so rotten on Monday.
 The slit skirt and the hustle effect are nothing new. The Goddess of Lib erty has been wearing them for 70 years
 It certainly took a wise guy to de- sign the thin gunny sack gowns the women are waring. They leave nothing to the imagination in the front and rear. but the hips sure keep you guess ing. :
 As long as beer chewing tobacco and peanuts remain at cents per packagS you can't tell some fellows anything about the high cost of living
 Tell woman that she looks as young as her daughter. and she won't believe you. But she will always love you for being a cheerful liar.
 Men may differ on politics and other things but they all agree that all the good luck goes to those who do not need it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09

The New York Sun in commenting upon President Wilson's selections for the federal reserve board refers to Paul NJ. Warburg. who Is known to all Goth G. Harding of Birmingham says the edi- tor of the Sun lis spoken of in the bank cal minded citizen and probably as ex- cellent a southern banker as could be Harding has the reputation of being practical man but he is much more than an assiduous student he has an orderly mind and is used to considering large problems in a large philosophic way. He is not hard headed in the sense of being stubborn for he Is a clear reasoner and nobody knows better than he how to give and take in the battle of life. After MT. Harding has been a month or two on the federal reserve board he will be as well known to the country as MT. Warburg or anybody else. That he will be recog- nized as a potent factor in the federal reserve system may be taken as a mat ter of course. Birmingham not only turns out great politicians but great financers as well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09
Probing the Canadian Government

Dr. Andrew Macphail of Canada, In q recent issue of the University Mag azine, of which he is editor, probes the body polite of that province Tn a manner void of scintilla of mercy and concludes his scathing criticism with a warning to his countrymen to abandon their arrogance toward the rest of the world.
 Up until few years ago the great influx of farmers from the northwest section of the United States to Can ada was a source of uneasiness to both governments. The one regretted its loss of population while the other feared that vast portions of it's terri tory would become completely Amerl- canized. But many of the farmers re- crossed the border disappointed in their hopes and the tide of immigra- tion soon died away
 If half that Dr. Macphail has to say about his country is true the situation there may have had much to do with the disappointment of the new conner from the states.
 The magazine article declares that Canada is a braggart of the worst type and that it's immigration adver- tisement has become laughing stock. It asserts that the municipal service in the cities has completely broken down and that the loss of property by fire is the heaviest in the world. Spe- cializing it declares that Montreal is rotten through and through with civic corruption; social and public affairs are abhorrent and the national legisla- ture has utterly failed in the conduct of imperial duties which is it's pre- rogative.
 The doctor attributes as the initia- tive of Canada's present trouble the intermlngllng of private finance ana public politics, and declares that pros- perity in the former and purity in the latter will never obtain until each is assigned to its own proper sphere.
 The only conclusion to be drawn from the magazine probe is that Can- ada stands in need of the same house. cleaning process to which the United States has been subjected for the past decade, and it is to be hoped that she will proceed to inaugurate it with the same zeal, sincerity and effect that have marked the efforts of our own citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09

checked the trade by prohibitive leg islation. However, the government felt itself helpless against the smuggling of treasures which are worthless out side of their setting and the situation has given rise to the organization of the Asiatic institute, which is endeav- bring to foster national sentiment against this grave abuse.
 It is gratifying to note that the campaign against the spoilation of relics is receiving the indorsement of both American and British institutions which have pledged their support and cooperation to the Asiatic institute wherever practicable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09

Harry Kirk, ships barber on the White CT of conspiracy to smuggle cocaine into the United States in large quantities. His professional card" describes him as royal hairdresser and surgeon chiropodist to his majesty, King Albert of Belgium. The customs men who arrested Kirk allowed him to finish shaving one of the ship officers before taking him into custody. Between delft strokes of the razor the dapper little barber said that he once devoted himself entirely to trimming King Alberts beard and pairing the royal corns. but more recently had become the Kings bert went aboard his private yacht for a cruise Kirk and his assistants joined his alleged accomplices named Abrahamson were sent to the Tombs to await a hear ing. It Is said that whenever the ship docked in New York Abrahamson went to Kirk's quarters on the pretense of getting an interview with the barber for a news paper It is alleged that Kirk passed the drug to Abrihamson who carried it ashore and sold it. Customs officials say that Kirk brought over at least 50 0ounces every trip and his profits last year were s6OO0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09

Dr. Edward Anthony Spitza, brain spe- cialist of the Jefferson hospital in Phila- delphia, in commenting on the suggestion made in New York to substitute life im- prisonment in medical laboratries instead of the death penalty as a punishment for murder, said the idea is not practicable. 1t was proposed to use criminals thus confined for experimentation, as is now done with animals. An excellent idea, indeed,' said Dr. Spitza, ''but quite Utop- ian and out of joint with the times, and one that would stumble over public opin-
 ion and constitutional law before 1t could be put into practice. If some enactment could be put through by which the mur- derer could voluntarily offer himself for medical experimentation as an alterna- tive to death think the suggestion would be practicable.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF HICKS

the murder. Several witnesss who had met Hicks testified that he had told them that he had been in a wreck at sea, in which his sloop was run into and the other members of the crew were knocked overheard and either killed or drowned
 The watch was brought in as evidence, as well as the other articles found on the prisoner. At the end of the fifth day Judge Smalley charged the jury, and they withdrew at 10:36 and were only out seven minutes before they returned and announced verdict of guilty" Hicks was then removed to the Tombs in irons. A motion for a new trial was afterward argued and denied. Immediately after this decision the sentence of death was passed upon Hicks, the day fixed for the execution being Friday, July 13.
 Hicks made long confession before Lorenzo de Angeles, the deputy United States marshal for the southern district of New York, on July g. In this story the prisoner gave a complete history of his life from the date of his birth, in 1929, in the town of Foster, Rhode Island. He had run away from home when he was 15. From this on for the next 25 years the story of his life of crime is most amazing, and covered almost every section of the globe, down to the murders on the "E. A. Johnson.''
 Hicks confessed that he had never known of or seen Captain Burr before he shipped with him. He said the captain was an amiable man, and that he even liked him, but that he had engaged him. self solely and only for the cruel purpose of taking his life, because he knew that he had considerable money with him. This confession is one of the most re- markable ever subscribed to by a crim- inal.
 Hicks was executed at Ii: 80 o'clock in the morning of July 13. The execution was witnessed by thousands from the nu- merous excursion boats on the bay and was in plain view from the Battery. A company of United States marines pre- servered order. He made no remarks on the gallows, except to request the mar shal to hang him quick. Hicks confess sion was printed generally throughout the country the day after his execution. There is no doubt, from this confession, that he was one of the most fiendsh monsters that ever lived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09
Labor Saving Devices

All sorts of ingenious contrivances in manufacturing are used nowadays to save time and human energy. Ma chimes have been invented that do the work of numbers of men and do it with more speed and accuracy than it was ever done before. This is true in all processes of manufacture, in the steel mills, the chewing gum factor ies and the publishing plants. The au- tomobile factories are by no means falling behind the procession and the manufacture of automobiles has been improved upon even more than the cars themselves. The huge cranes and other ponderous machinery used in the steel business have been utilized on a less stupendous scale in making auto mobiles.
 One of the most important money and labor saving devices now being used in well known automobile plant is combination pneumatic body hoist and travelling crane. Formerly from eight to ten men were required to place a seven-passenger body on a chassis. With the assistance of the crane this work is now done ex- peditiously and satisfactorily by one man. The device consists of four steel cables with hooks shaped like the let ter "J" at each end. These hooks close automatically when fastened to the front and rear top irons of the body, so that there is no danger of it falling to the floor when hoisted. The operator, standing to one side, touches lever which operates an air valve, and the body of the car is lifted into the air. The workman then pushes the body forward, which is easily accom- plished, as the crane is supported by four cables and is rolled along track. When the body is directly above the chassis the operator again touches the lever and the car is lowered into position on the chassis.
 This same factory also makes use of machine that fills four grease cups minute, linoleum cutter and a de- vice to prevent linoleum from warp ing on running boards.
 So many ways of dispensing with manual labor are being perfected it would seem that great many men are being thrown out of employment As a matter of fact, the demand for labor is perhaps greater than it ever was. The skilled workman is still nee essary for the simple reason that no machine has yet been invented that could be taught to think. And then there is the example of the shoe maker, who survives and plies his calling in spite of the huge factories turning out thousands of pairs of shoes every day with modern ma chinery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09
HER RATTLE

The Bentytown Bard in the Baltimore Sun.
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 ing,
 And the battle of battles the one She fights where the shadows are raging And her heart is so hungry for sun. The battle of life Is tho woman's,
 The quiet, still conflict she knows And you thinking it's velvet and rose! You thinking you've made it so happy, While you have gone off day by day To the foam and the fret and the spanglA Of your lively and militant fray. You thinking a lie to misead you.
 Not knowing woman, too dreams; That her soul is as wide as the wofad ia. That she, too, has glimpses andruonmGl Her battle-to keep her peaee hun sN Her battle-to help you to finl NJ f3<M Her battle--to swallow thinku fafd@b & z And help you to see the brimht " )s S{# # sacrifice decade by decSA&
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09
HE WAS LOST FOREVER

f1E w AS LUST OpH1v HbHN From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
 The fat man, leaving the barber shop, slammed the door viciously.
 "You've lost him. said the boss. You've lost him now for good"
 T know" said the assistant But. hang it. I forgot"
 You shouldn't forget George said the boss.
 And a gloomy silence followed. We ven- tured to break this silence.
 What was the trouble?" we asked.
 "George forgot" said the boss. ito part the mans hair. He only just slicked down the sides and back"
 But the man has no hair!" we cried. "He was as bald as an egg
 NO matter" said the boss. NO mat ter for that. The balder a man is the more punctiliously you must make an im- aminary parting on his coco, and the more carefully you must plaster down the imaginary hair to left and right. He'll quit you forever if you don't" We laughed synically. Ut isn't SO ridiculous as it seems" the barber ended. Every bald man. by studying his head in a certaiN light, man. ages to find a bit of fuzz on it. This fuzz he brushes religiously half dozen Hines a day. It doesn't seem to him that he's bald. Hairs a little too thin, per- lnps. But he's not bald-not bald, like Brown or Smith-oh, no And you break his heart when, after you shave him, you neglect to brush his fuzz. Is he then really as bald as> Smith :? Curses, no! You're fool, that's all. He goes out slamming the door. and he pa tronizes thereafter a barber who will fuss over his white dome as though 1t was Samson's.'