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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-18
The Last Battle

From the American Boy
 What was probably the final struggle of the Revolution was fought in New York city. In this belated conflict the American force-one woman-defeated the British force-one officer in full uniform
 The flag of the United States was the cause of the boodless, but spirited strSg- gle. Noon of November a5. 1Ts3. was the time set for the evacuation of New York by the British troops. leaving America
 independent That morning Mrs. Day,
 who lived at the foot of Murray street.
 hoisted the new flag of the new nation over her house Cunnineham, the notor- ious British provost marshal. was in- formed of this display Of the rebel ban
 ncr'' and rushed to the scene. Mrs Day
 vas quietly sweeping in front of her
 house with the flag fiutt@rin@ overhead
 when the burly. red-faced officer, in scar let uniform and powdered wig hurried ul' the street.
 who raised that rebel flag" angrily demanded the officer,
 q raised the flag was the quiet re- sponse.
 "Pul it down. replied the redeoat. On Mrs. Days refusal he seized the halyards and attempted to lower the fiag. Raising her broom Mrs. Day bclabored th officer so vigorously that his hat was knocked off and the powder. flew in clouds from his wig under. the lusts blows Thc Ina wards stuck Mrs. Day per sisted in her attack. and the arrogant l provost beat retreat leaving the Stars
 and Stripes still flying
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-18
THIS BRILLIANT MOVE WOULD FORCE UNITED STATES TO DISCHARGE PORTION OF ITS INDEBTEDNESS TO ENGLAND
By HOLLAND

New York, August 17.-(Special )-Al- though the announcement that the Bank of England would utilize Canada as a basis for the establishment of heavy gold reserve was at first received with a good deal of astonishment in the financial district of this city, nevertheless there are some reasons for inferring that con fidential suggestion that a step of that kind might be expedient was sent from New York to London a few days ago. That the Bank of England decided to build up a gold reserve at Ottawa was decision not entirely unexpected in this city. There had been negotiations with American bankers with intent to establish in New York or with representatives of New York bankers in London large amount of credit based upon. gold. France took action at that time, and it's infiu- ence was very salutary. While negotia- tions were pending there came hints that !. the governors of the Bank of England had under consideration another proposi- tion and that they were looking toward Canada
 The decision is spoken of in financial districts as disclosing a very high order of banking diplomacy on the part of the governors of the Bank of England. The common expression is, Tt was a very clever and brilliant move" There are several aspects of this plan which have been much discussed in the financial dis .trict. In the first place, when in opera stion 1t will compel us to pay some DOT tion of our indebtedness to Great Britain The aggregate debt caused by the heavy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-18
NO PRESENT WAR l TAX IMPENDING Wilson and Underwood De- eide Drastic Action Not
 Needed Now

l Washington, August 17.-(SpeciaI) ) Following conference between Pres
 ident Wilson and Representative Un-
 derwood today, it became known that
 no emergency war tax is contemplated l for the present, nor will any be levied
 unless that strain imposed upon this
 country by the European war becomes positively too great to be borne In tha {.
 event President Wilson will address a
 message to Congress advocating the
 imposition of such a tax and Congress | is expected to respond without loss of time.
 l In the meanwhile Mir. Underwood and his associates on the committee on
 ways and means will study the situ- ation exhaustively and will decide ten- tatively upon the best method of raIs- ling money to balance the loss on du-
 ties through the curtailment of im- ports.
 This question will be decided as soon as possible. so that no delay may be encountered in framing a bill, should l the necessity arise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-18
.CONGRESSPASSES
 SHIPPING BILL
Authorizes Admittance of Foreign Built Ships to
 American Registry

Washington, August 17.-congress
 today passed the emergency shipping bill which will authorize the President to admit foreign built ships to Amer ican registry so that commercial fleets may sail the seas under protection of the American flag while belligerents of Europe are at war and securing the oceans for prizes President Wilson will sign the bill tomorrow
 Continuation of the effort to enact this legislation followed repudiation by the Senate of the conference re- port on the measure. which previously had been radically amended in the Sen ate As it goes to the President the bill was the same as it passed the House more than week ago
 The conference report met defeat in the Senate by a vote of 40 10 20 be- cause of determined opposition to the provision which would have admitted to the American coastwise trade all foreign built vessels taking American register within two years.
 Twenty democrats and 20 republicans voted to reject the report which was submitted and championed by Senator O,Gorman, chairman of the inter- oceanic canals committee. Seventeen democrats, Senators Borah and Jones lrepuDlcans. and Senator PoindeAtef progressive, voted for 1t. Senator O'Gor' man arraigned the opposing democrats declaring they were championing ar offensive monopoly and borrowing republican arguments in favor or ..un- American principles of protection. As finally agreed to the bill, besides providing for the registery of foreign built ships. authorizes the President in his discretion. to suspend provisions
 of the law requiring all watch officers of American vessels in the foreign trade to be citizens of the United States, requiring survey, inspection ano measurement of vessels admitted tt registry by officers of the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-18
A Measure of Safety

When the United States has absorbed the securities recently sold in great amounts in London, and has thereby paid her debt to Great Britain and Europe. the probabilities are that there will be no further sales of securities, at least in large amounts. There cannot be sales unless there are buyers and there can be no buyers in number and ability sui ficient to take care of all the securities London or the rest of Europe may sell until the New York stock exchange is opened. The governors of the New York stock exchange have been constantly ad- vised respecting the situation ill London. Although they have met With some pres sure which has come from those who have large capital and who have been anxious to enter the securities market because they think that market is also a splendid opportunity for commerce. nevertheless at the time the stock ex- change was closed it was the understand ing that the governors did not purpose the reopening of it until it was certain that London would not again dump Amer
 can securities in large amounts upon this market
 There has been a good deal of discus sion about the ability of those who de- sire gold to obtain it. For it has been recognized that if the gold certificates can be secured in large amounts they may be utilized for the obtaining or gold. The government must redeem the gold certificates in gold whenever presented. In the aggregate d large amount of gold certificates are in circulation in the United States. But even before the war it was not easy even for a powerful bank to secure at one time a large amount of these certificates. One of the trust in- stitutions of New York early In July found special and imperative demand for S5G0.oo0 in gold certificates. The in stiution was anxious to secure these cer- tificates in the denomination of $500. But it was compelled to SCOUT the city anc to make personal appeal to other bankers before the amount was secured. That | transaction occurred before the war was | thought of in Europe. The banks of tn, country are taking care not to pay ou l gold certificates. But there is no doub l that the gold reserve which the Bank O England is building up at Ottawa vii
 be facilitated by the action of American bankers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-18
UNDERWOOD WAS GENTLE
 WITH THE JERSEYITES
DEMOCRATS 2 FROM MOSQUITO STATE WERE CERTAINLY AROUSED OVER CuLLOP AMENDMENT.
By c. E. STEWART

Washington. August 1T.-speeial) Clouds of internecine political strife hung oyer the democratic side of the House during the consideration of a bill to amend the postal and civil ser vice laws, and only honeyed words and patient explanation of conditions bY Representative Underwood averted a deluge of bitter language from several members of the New Jersey delegation. The storm developed in all amendment from Representative W. X. cullop of Indiana to permit postmasters to select their assistants. clerks and other em- ployes without regard to the civil service.
 l Besides peaches, potatoes, politicians and mosquitoes. New Jersey raises a ] tremendous crop of civil service en- 1 thusiasts, and fear fell on several con gressmen from that state that adoption l of this amendment might mean thelr retirement to the seclusion of private | life Whereat Representatives Mccoy | Futile Townsend, Pagan and Walsh got together and indited the following | epistle to Mir Underwood:
 Isn't it about time that selnsh democrats in sure districts gave 1 over their selhshness for the bene- 1 fit of their fellow democrats In ' close districts?
 l We feel absolutely certain that 1 unless you take the floor and undo | what has been done, most serious l damage will result in the close dis | IT cts of the north. Our people VIII
 not stand for footing of the CIVIL service and We believe that those 1 democrats who come from sate
 districts ought not to injure us as tDv have merely in order to build
 I'D personal organizations in their
 districts for use in the primaries.
 Won't you come to our rescue | promptly"
 l "A soft answer turneth away wrath unused MT. Underwood on receiving the
 epistle, and heart heart talk Is better than written words
 So. running across MT. Mccoy ne paused for friendly converse, in the course of which he gently voiced an opinion that the gentlemen from New Jersey had been maybe, impetuous ana | did not exactly understand condltions lin scores of congressional districts. lil the south, he explained, 1t was Tar rom pleasant to democratic postmasters 10 have southern republicans as their as sistants or clerks or in other subordi- lnate positions In some sections, indeed the southern republican Is not regarded by southern democrats as the salt or the lehrth and where such postmasters could be relieved without sacrilege to the civil service the postmasters n question would welcome the raising ol the restrictions.
 The same words spal<e he to MT ITownsend. later in the day. Not thai MT Underwood indorsed or even count enanced abrogation of the civil service 1 system, but simply tried to make the New Jersey statesmen see the stua- ton from both sides
 While greatly modified by this eN- pla r atfon. the Jerse ymen were not eh- tirely appeased. nor were they truly happy till the Cullop amendment nae lbeen defeated by decisive vote
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-18
BRITISH GOLD RESERVE rs IN CANADA IS PROBABLE

selling of American securities upon which
 We must sooner or later make payment
 is estimated a tabout $l3o,oo0,ooo. In the
 second place. the establishment of gold
 reserve at Ottawa wSI cause the export
 of considerable gold from this country to
 Canada.
 After the proposition had been carefully
 considered, the prevailing although not
 unanimous opinion seemed to be that on the whole, certainly in the long run, it might be found to have been not disad- vantageous to the United States. Canada is next-door neighbor. Ottawa is sepa- rated from the northern boundary of the United States at Ogdensburg by only a few miles. The railway trip between our boundary and Ottawa can be made in u little over an hour The gold can be 1 transported to Otttawa with safety Bank of England Notes
 The Bank of England, theoretically. would hold this gold in it's own vaults. | It could therefore issae it's notes upon 1 this fold and the issue would serve con l siderably to relieve the financial stress oi London
 l One view taken in the financial dis | trict of this action by the Bank of Eng
 land is that it may tend speedily to break the deadlock in foreign exchange In I spite of the most careful consideration of I the problem of deadloclSed foreign ex- 1 change by the master minds in that de- partment of international finance. they have been unable to show the way by which the deadlock could surely be broken and an approximation to normal exchange quotations be secured. The great leaders
 in the field of foreign exchange have often said to their friends that they never con- templated the possibility of such situa-
 ton in the exchange market as was sud denly developed by the European war.
 These men have presumed that they have studied foreign exchange from all possible points of view. They have considered various possible contingencies and hay, worked out tentatively the way by which embarrassments of this kind could be met and overcome. But the one ,ontin- gency of vast importance which has now been developed was never considered by l the masters of foreign exchange for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-18

reason that no one ever dreamed of it's possibility.
 With foreign exchange re-established
 upon a reasonable basis and with the absorption by the United States of the American securities recently sold in Lon don and on the continent of Europe, it was thought likely that there would be- gin what will prove to be an unsur- passed export movement of American commodities, at first of grain and other food products. and later Of equipment, especially war materials. The first ex- ports will be those designed for Eng land Of course, the movement will de- pend somewhat upon the safety of the seas, but it Is the belief here that Great Britain will in a short time be able to secure and maintain safety for merchant vessels sailing from American ports to the English coast. Furthermore, 1t Is probable that while the expected heavy movement of commodities from the United States to England is in progress there will be large addition to the merchant fleet flying the American flag. Against these exports the gold reserve held at Ottawa will be utilized, and for that reason it is advantageous to the United States that the Bank of England should have establish a gold reserve in Canada,
 as would be the case had the bank estab- lished a great credit in New York with the London representatives of American bankers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-18
Ashland to Have New Bank

Ashland, August t1-(Special) )-BriciN and sand is now on the ground for the erection of new bank building next to the Ford building. The name of the bank has not as vet been decided upon. At a meeting of those who have sub- scribed to the capital stock held Monday afternoon the following officers were agreed upon for election as soon as the organization is legally perfected; A. c.
 Cuslck, president; s. w. Pruet, Jr.. vice president; Etheridge Parsons, cashier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-18

The Barbour county institute for col ored teachers was held at Clayton, 27
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-18

teachers from all parts of the county be- ing present.
 great deal of fine poplar is being cut for export in Barbour county by ]. w. Fleming, formerly of .Cuthbert, Ga. who has a large force of men at work on different places over the county. Owners of land are reapins big profit from their poplar holdings, which have never been cut
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-18
 TWO ENGAGE IN KNIFE DUEL NEAR LEEDS

Leeds. August Ill., tSpeciai )--rewis Jackson and Kid Fox engaged in a knife duel in which both received serious in- iuries. Jackson was cut in several places on back and neck.
 James Nichols and Miss Eistel Borough were married at Sycamour schoolhouse yesterday evening, the Rev. J. II. Will Hams officiating.
 Mrs. Walter Wood. who has been suf- fering with pelagra for several months Is improving. There are six other cases in and near Leeds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-18
THE CHATTAHOOCHEE
 IS NOW NAVIGABLE
Recent Steady Rains Will Enable Planters to Ship Cotton to River
 Landings


 Eufaula, August -tSpecial)-steady rains for the past few weeks have raised the stage of the Chattahoochee river and traffic conditions are now much improved. The river has not had good stage since last fall on account of the short rain fall all through the winter and spring of the year.
 On account of tho unsettled conditions resulting from the European war, Dixon X Hull of New York city, owners Of the Glenola cotton mills of this city have ordered them closed for the time being. The Cowikeo mills. one of the Conner enterprises. Is still running full time, and since the outbrea@ oi the war has paid 121s cents for cotton.
 The Barbour county institute for col ored teachers was held at Clayton, 27
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-18
TRAINING SCHOOL
 FOR TEACHERS IN OCT.
Meeting Will be Held Under Auspices
 of Dallas County Sunday School Association

Selma, August 1z-tSpeciaI. )-A rrange- ments are being completed for the hold ing of training school for Sunday school teachers here during the month of October. The training school will open on October 4 and close on the 9th The training school will be held nnder the auspices of the Dallas county Sunday School association The leading speak CT during the term of the training school will be John l.. Alexander of Chicago who has a national reputation as schol- ar and Sunday school worker.
 pr. W. B. Crumpton ,t Montgomery, P: esidcnt of the Alabama Anti-Saloon league and secretary of th.' Alabama Bap- list mission board held services at ths Second Baptist church here Sunday morn. ing at Il o'clock
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-04
Resume Sale ofTravelers cheaues

Through the treasurer's office of the
American Express company it was an
nounced that they are mailing notices to
their agents and correspondents to re-
sumo the sale of American Express
travellers cheques for European use. AL
though the company's offices and cor
respondents in Europe were very posi-
tive in their assurances, when war was
declared, that they could continue to
cash all American Express Co. travellers
cheques, it was felt that owing to the
high rate of exchange then prevailing
and the fact that the company would be
obliged to charge higher rate of COM
mission than usual, it was best to dis
continue temporarily the sale of
their travellers cheques, except for
domestic use.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-04

Burlington, Nov. %. News has been
received in this city of the death at Hotel
Dieu, Montreal, of Rev. Peter A. Cam
peau, for the past 10 years the parish
priest at Shelburne and previous to that
for 20 years in charge of the parish at
Vergennes. Death followed an illness of
about eight months which began with a
shock suffered at Shelburne.
Father Campeau was born at Scho-
lesgoe, P. O., 70 years ago and was edu-
Gated in Montreal college After gradu-
alton he was a member of the faculty of
that institution and following that he
went to Paris where he studied for three
years. He then returned to Montreal
ard after short residence there he
was transferred to Vergennes. His
combined pastorates in Vergennes and
Shelburne total 80 years.
While priest in Shelburne Father
Campeau succeeded in raising the funds
which We're used to build the Catholic
church and rectory and he personally
supervised the erection of the structure.
He is survived by brother, who is
also priest, and two sisters. The fun
eral was held from Hotel Dieu in
Montreal Tuesday and a number of
persons from Burlington and Shelburne
attended
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-04
RE SOLUTIONS

At recent meeting of Lake Dunmore
lodge, No II, |. O. O. f., the following
resolutions on the death Of G. Frederick
Hayden were read and adopted:
Once more we are admonished that
the Great Sovereign Grand Master is no
respector of persons. The high, the
low, the rich, the poor, must all sub
NIT when called to lay down the i'm
plements of warfare here and answer
to the summons of death. Therefore be
it
Resolved, That inasmuch as our
brother, G. Frederick Hayden has been
taken from.us by death, we do mourn his
loss
Resolved, That we bow in humble
submission to Gods will for what we
think is our loss is our brothers gain.
Therefore
Resolved, That we drape our charter
in mourning for thirty days
Resolved, That we tender our heart
felt sympathy to the bereaved family.
Resolved, That a copy of these reso-
lutions be sent to the family of the de-
ceased and printed in the local papers
and that they be placed on file with the
records of our lodge.
C. f. YOUTH
WILLIAM SIMoNDS.
j. B. holland.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-04

Miss Nellie Higgins of West Rutland
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Fitzpatrick.
Miss Esther Shea, who has been the
guest of her mother for several days,
has returned to Windsor where she is a
teacher in the high school.
r. Stewart Esten, principal of the
Enosburg Falls High school. who has
been the guest of the Kappa Delta Rho
fraternity, returned Sunday.
Mrs. A. b. Forrest has gone to Bris-
toll where she will be the guest of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Moses Vincent.
Miss Elizabeth Page, who has been
a guest Of Miss Margaret Chatfeld for
several days, left Tuesday this morning
for her home in Chatham, N. j.
Mrs. L. j Bruya and three daugh-
tiers, who have been here to visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Napoleon LaPan,
have returned to Barre
Mrs. Eli King, a former resident,
but now Of Shoreham, is quite i'll.
William Morcomb, sr., has moved his
family to Bridport to the farm which
he recently purchased.
The condition Of Clarence NJ. Carpen-
ter, who is at Grace hospital, Detroit,
Mich, is reported as favorable. He will
have to remain at the hospital some