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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-27

Washington Post: Inasmuch as there seems to have been a strong tendency in the diplomatic corps to turn the Uni- ted States into a battle-ground for con- versational war, with the ever present danger of involving this country more seriously, the President is certainly justi- fled in calling a halt.
 The change from the reticence which is supposed to characterize diplomacy to the volubility which is associated with the political arena was entirely too sud diplomats, trained in silence. should ap-. pear somewhat awkward in the role of exhorters. It has been. as though cer- tain diplomats first endured, then pItied. then embraced" the indiscretions which formerly would have filled them and their foreign offices with sense of panic and disaster. The time for halt surely has come.
 There is no need for the American people to be told what they should do in the present European war emergency. Neutrality has been preserved in the spirit as we'll as in the name. The na- tions at war should be thankful that the United States has held aloof There should be no effort from outside sources to influence the American position.
 Tn view of the strict observance of neu- trality, the references to incidents which marked American warfare or to the pos- sibility of American wars in the future come with very poor grace from the rep resentatives of any of the warning na- tions now at war. It does not wish to engage in any controversy with the rep resentative of foreign nation. The least that the representatives of the foreign nations can do is to withhold their criti- cisms of the United States.
 The United States has a right to re- quest that there be no deviation from diplomatic usages 50 far as this country is concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-27
CHILDREN
CHILDREN By Lucine Finch in The Outlook.

By Lucine Finch in The Outlook. Mother, Why can't see the wind? My mother. Why? 1 see the sky, see the stars, can see the fire. And the green ocean Far as to the sky; Why can't I see the wind? My mother. Why? Oh, child, do not know Dear childs The wind is- Dear, do not know Run now, and play. Why can't see my thoughts! My mother, Why? Like birds they fly, 1 feel them go; am the cage, They are wild birds Reaching to the sky! Why can't l see my thoughts? My mother, Why? Oh. child. do not know Dear child. Our thoughts are Dear, I do not know Run now, and play.
 III. Mother, Why can I not see God? My mother. I can see you, And father dear: I can see people Oh, everywhere. All passing by; Why can not see 0od3 My mother. Why? Oh, child, do not know Dear child. God-God is- Dear, I do not know Run now. and play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-27
The Rowdy Disappearing

NO game under the sun has improved in regard to the personnel of its par.
 ticipants as baseball according to
 Scott E. Chesnuft of Birmingham, a
 Southern league umpire who is home
 following the conclusion of the season.
 "There are very few rowdies in the
 game today" he added, and time will soon come when a rowdy will no more
 be tolerated in baseball than In any
 other profession. Drinking, carousing and other forms of dissipation, once so
 prevalent, are very seldom witnessed
 today.
 Baseball players have learned that
 rough tactics avail them nothing, and
 this is directly the result of the firm
 hand of Judge Kavanaugh, president of
 the league, and the frequent expression
 of disapproval on the part of the fans
 Throughout the season just concluded,
 was compelled to put out of games
 only three men, whereas in the olden
 days umpires often put out half a
 dozen in one afternoon. And another
 improvement which is noted Is that no
 longer do sporting editors attempt to
 roast umpires. During the season was
 not adversely criticized a single time,
 unless one might construe a remark to
 the effect that I missed one or two in
 the nature of a criticism All in all, the game Is on a very high plane In the Southern league" Darlington on Coal Rates J. B. Darlington of Anniston, who is leading the fight of the people against the desire of the railroads to increase
 their rates on Alabama coal. while in Birmingham, issued the following statement:
 Tt is unfortunate that the railroads would seek at this inopportune time to initiate a movement to increase the rates" said MT. Darlington. ~The manu- ffacturers are making every effort to re- tain their organizations in order that operations may continue and labor bs given employment
 "The relations of the railroads and the manufacturers are reciprocal. When the manufacturers prosper the railroads see the railroads. prosper more than do the manufacturers. We realize the inn portant part the railroads play in the development of the country. "When the recent railroad rate agree ment was signed it was generally un- derstood that the rate war in Alabama was to stop. Therefore 1t Is iamentable that this fight should break out anew at this time"
 About Persons Judge Joseph H. Nathan of Sheffield lis visiting Birmingham. John F. Kelton, probate judge ot Blount county, had business in the city yesterday.
 pr. w. H. Sanders of Montgomery. state health officer. is here comforting with local health officials. w. c. Davis of Jasper, member-elect | of the legislature. is in Birmingham. re gistered at the Hotel Morris. 70 Postmaster T. H. Aldrich has returned from a fishing trip of 10 days spent at Perdido Bay, Florida.
 w. c. Radcliffe. secretary of the
 Chamber of Commerce. is at his desk
 again after vacation spent on tho Coast of Massachusetts.
 T.|
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For he today that sheds his blood with shall be my brother. Henry ''
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-27
A HARD LUCK STORY

A HARD LUCK STORY A weary, dusty mendicant
 Approached a farmhouse door; By poverty compelled to bant, A hungry look he wore. Up rose the dog, a fearsome sight A very prince of Towsers; The tramp had called to ask a bite And got one--through his trousers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-27
VIC RDs THAT MEAN NoTHTNG

Glad to meet you.'' I'm so sorry.r Its a pleasure. l assure you Must you gog' Pray. command me. Thanks. so much" q was out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-27
WAR ECHOES

London Music: It is rather curious also that this doctrine of brute force. which is regarded as the handspring of modern Prussian militarism, received not a little of it's impetus from Wagner's Ring" Other wagnerian heroes. Lohengrin, or Parsifal, for example, depended for their strength upon the higher spiritual forces; their victories were not those of muscle. But In the Ring we have much of this sloriflcation of mere muscle, and what ever Wagner intended him to be- Sieg fried. the child of nature, Is type, If not of animal strength, yet of something easy to be mistaken for animal strength. siegfried oonquers, in reality, by means of the talisrnan. the magical sword; but his conduct at times approaches very near to that of the sheer bounder. It is inter- esting to note, too, that Siegfriedism ends in tragedy. Siegfried is finally deluded, as brutes are. He forsakes his true wife and is destroyed by his enemies. The Ring ends in the twilight of the gods and the heroes, climax of universal de- struction-a fatal omen for Siegfriedism and for Germany at the moment. Hap oily, Wagner's last work was "Parsifal," about which there can be no cavil. In "Parsifal' the Bayreuth master reaf- frmed the spiritual values of his earlier work, and such a piece of pure and sacred art as this will do much to heal the wounded hearts of the nations when the fighting is over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-27
BRIGHT BOY

Willie" said the harrassed suitor to the young ladys small brother. .as l was coming in I heard a hand organ down the street. If you'll run out nlaybe you'll see an Italian with his monkey"
 ..Nothin' doin'." answered Willie .r,a rather stay here an see sis make A monkey out of you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-27
SHIRE

Although it isn't rated
 As any sort of crime, The man who wears a wrist watch Is simply wasting time.
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HENRY M. EDMoNDs.
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 space of about the middle of the traJec- head of man, and where, therefore, he would be in perfect safety. It Is evil dent that the greater the danger space the more dangerous will be the rifle to the enemys troops. Since about 1908 Ger many and France have adopted the point ed bullet With this the resistance of the air is greatly reduced and the ranges obtained with the same velocity, weight, and calibre are greatly increased.
 By increasing the velocity the danger space for any range Is of course in- creased, since the trajectory Is much flat ter, and for the same kick of the rifle much more powerful bullet is obtained. Probably every country has developed, or is developing, a semiautomatic rifle, which differs from the ones now in use in every army by the fact that part of the powder gases are used to open the breech block, eject the empty cartridge and reload the rifie-ali of which opera tions are now performed by hand. With a semiautomatic rifle the magazine can be emptied without moving the gun from the shoulder and a great increase in the rate of fire from the infantry will gener- ally be delayed until accurate aiming is possible, unless 1t Is desired to cause the enemy to deploy it's forces earlier and although the bullets are effective at 15OO and 2o00 yards range, the real fighting 1 will not begin until at much closer I ranges.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-05
invented the grandmother idea employed by DOCTOR

of liars this side of the warm zone, and
so far as mere property and financial
rights are concerned we must concede
that distinction to the lawyers. But
when 1t comes to matter OF life and
death and YOU need an expert. a true
scientific liar. call in your family doc
tor.
III he can't give you "A plausible ex-
PLANTATION of your condition summon "A
council OF doctors. including one or two
great specialists from distance. A doc
tor coming a long way on the cars
to see a case has time to think up some
very plausible suggestions. After they
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medicine, and IL they only had it to do
over Well. this sort Of honesty never
fails to bring the family to n realiza-
ton that 1t is time to find new family
physician.
After repeated experiences of this
kind | worked out n formula that has
proved eminently satisfactory. | as
sumo my most solemn demeanor and
inquire in a hushcd voice:
AT what hour did he pass away"
not die, mind you, not die; never say
die In our business. but pass away;
there's something beautiful in that ex-
preston: 1t suggests the migration of a
sanity soul.
Having obtained that information.
state the real purpose Of my call
II am very sorry to disturb you at
this time, hut will you kindly let me
have my thermometer"
The poor thing goes to search for 1t.
or course II reposes safely in my
pocket; but a man has to say some.
thing on such an occasion, and II there
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have sized you up. retired to a private
room and compromised upon a diagnosis
you will have the satisfaction OF know
ing that the family doctor has been CIV
Ing you the very best available treat
ment and that none of the consultants.
being now In council assembled, could
have done single thing more than he
has done.
This admission Is the simple truth,
though they all imagine they are lying.
II they told what they believe is the
truth they would never have the oppor-
tunity to consult with the family doctor
any more.
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THE. FAAILY DOCTOR AND MEDICAL
ART IN CONSTRUCTING EXCUSES
General Practitioner Tells How He Isure Himself Against
Mistake of Telling the Same Harmless Fb Same
Patient-Iruths About the Busy Life the Doctor Leads

people like to imagine their doctor has
more practice than he can attend to.
We doctors ourselves
Although any Of my professional col
leagues. or even my patient. will testif,
that ! have resourceful inventive ca.
pacity. there Is at least one occasion
when | am utterly unable to act upon
the spur Of the instant. become hus-
tered when "a member of the home team
gets spiked and the manager mega
phones: rs there a doctor in the
stand?"
ON the one hand. | think. here Is an
excellent opportunity to get my name
In the paper and in "A part of the paper
that everybody reads. on the other
hand 1t will be embarrassing to explain
ones absence from the office in Office
hours IL the incident Is mentioned in the
paper. SO while | hesitate torn be-
tween conflicting emotions, some doctor
with quicker judgment answers the
summons and gets the patient as well as
the free advertising.
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that the old gentleman has held out so
long-it shows what a clean. upright
life does for us-and slips out and away.
wondering how much longer the old
reprobate can last.
Then the first thing the next morn
ing one makes careful inquiry to learn
whether any message has come from
the old mans bedside. No message.
Must be he is still fighting 'em or Yet
not uncommonly the relatives neglect to
notify one Of patients passing. So
there is nothing To do hut go around
and see
one approaches the house slowly and
clrcumspecty. No signs of under
takers outfit in the street. No stack
of camp chairs on the porch. Encour-
aging. one reaches the house and
walks boldly up to the door and rings.
Then, when 1t Is too late to beat re-
treat, one discovers the crepe hanging
on the opposite end of the porch.
The door opens and sad white face
bids one enter. | must confess 1t is a
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SOME PULLING CROOK LATIN

IT HERE is a wide difference be-
tween the slang in vogue among
Il American crooks and British
criminals. Both varieties are
puzZling to the uninitiated. For in
stance. take the following cryptic warn
ing given by an East Side gunman to
his pal as they stood at the bar OF
their favorite hangout:
Mix crackin, says Barney Bracken,
there's a brill mug in the drum"
What the speaker meant was that
plain clothes policeman had just entered
the place and that 1t behooved them to
stop conversing on certain topics. The
phrase, says Barney Bracken, had
no particular Significance, being merely
thrown in to confuse any outsider who
should overhear the remark.
The crook who by dint of light
fingered strategy relieves you OF your
cash or valuables Is known To his COM
patriots as a gun" dip" or In some
Western States as "A cannon" while
the def wielder Of blackjack or
strong arm highwayman Is described as
a gorilla" The charge made against
a captured crook is rap and the
complainant a "rapper." To he placed
under arrest is to suffer "A fall" and the
process II bailing out man is referred
to az "springing him" When a prisoner
is allowed TO go free he Is said To have
been given turnout" "A Jail guard
is a screw" and the meals received
while in durance vile are listed as
steamed fressen."
\ "moll buZzcr" is "A thief who con-
fines his activities to robbng women.
and the feminine thief Is "A gun moll. +"
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Doctors duty to be sympathetic and
friendly and all that. but what in the
world can he say in such a predica-
ment? should he apologize to the fam
l,y for his failure? Should he regret
rot having tried another line Of treat
lent? Some doctors do so--come right
mt ana say frankly and honestly that
they see now that they used the wrong
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is any more graceful thing one can say
should be very grateful to hear what
1t may be.
giles ON her trembling lips. 1t is bit
cruel To he sure. Yet one must go on
with II. When you get the patients
family in an apologetic frame Of mind
YOU are safe. / say: "Oh, never mind
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Another delicate situation which one
has To meet occasionally. no matter how
competent and successful one may be. Is
that Of the case in which the end is
expected at any time. One calls the
.ast thing in the day and shakes ones
lcad in sad, sympathetic way. wills
pers few instructions to the nurse.
Tells the family it is simply wonderful
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it, it is only trtic, No, no. l should
not have forgotten il. | can stop and
GCt another right down at the corner
drug store. Good morning and | am
off
\ lie? Perhaps it is. But it serves n
good purpose.
The legal fraternity has long had the
name of being the greatest aggregation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-17
FUNERAL HELD UP
UNTIL PROBE MADE
INTO MANS DEATH
Coroner Will Make Further Search to
Establish Facts Regarding Finding
Of Landlords Body.

NEW YORK, Jan. 17-While the
body of Richard ID. I-ankford. late
president and secretary of the South
ern Railway was being taken to the
PENNSYLVANIA station at Manhattan
for shipment To Princess Anne, Mary
land. for burial. Coroner Ernest Wag-
ner interfered and ordered the body
returned to Landlords home in the
Osmond apartments.
The Interference was made by the
coroner on account of certain papers
contained in a strong box belinging to
Landlord which is held by Public Ad-
ministrator Smith and which is be-
feved. will throw some light on the
death of Lankford whose nude body
was found in the bathroom of his ap-
artment with the gas jet on in full
force.
The cortege was two blocks away
from the house when it was ordered
back. Coroner Wagner released the
funeral and 1t proceeded to the Penn.
sylvania station after ccnsiderab BILE de-
lay
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-17
NO HOPES HELD
/ OF FINDING Il
MEN IN DIVER
Submarine Still at Bottom Of Sea
and Efforts at Rescue Thus Far
Have Proved Futile.
AIR MUST BE EXHAUSTED
Equipment Provided for Only Twelve
Hours SubniersiOn-Tugs and sal.
wage Vessels Drag BAY but Missing
Craft Cannot Ike LOcated-ThOus-
ands Watch Rescuers Work.

PLYMOUTH. England. Jan. IL
While the admiralty office held out
no hopes for the survival of the eleven
men somwhere at the bottom OF Ply
mouth Sound in the lost submarine
Al. frantic search for the boat was
Resumed at dawn today.
Every available craft in the harbor
hoyered about the spot in Withstand
Bay where the submarine descended.
Several salvage tugs, capable Of rails
ing the diver if found were at the
scene. The submarine was equipped
to stand submersion not over IL
hours.
Naval authorities fear the officers
and crew are dead The rescue flo
tilla. torpedo boats, tugs and lighters
ceaslessly dragged Withstand Bay
over a wide area. and divers were sent
down in every part of the bay but no
trace OF the submarine was found.
While the tugs and torpedo boats
were at work. the bay was dotted with
scores of small craft carrying hun
dreds of curious persons The shores
and docks of surrounding buildings
were crowded with people. some OF
them friends and relatives of the miss
ing men. and others merely drawn by
the excitement.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-17
$8O,ON Increase Also Provides for
Court Accommodations.

Senator Chamberlain has taken up
the matter Of securing an additional
appropriation for the Pendleton fed
eral building. the action being taken
at the request of the Commercial as
ISOLATION. and a bill prspviding an in
crease of $4,000 over the present ap-
preparation has been introduced in
the senate.
The Chamberlain bill it appears will
take precedence over the Sinnott bill
because of the fact the bill is broader
in scope through providing that the
building shall provide quarters for the
federal court also. The Sinnott bill
was for an increase of $50. 900 but was
found to have made no provision for
the federal court and the attorney
general had ruled that without such
purpose being set forth in the legis-
lation no space could be given for
court purposes in the new building.
The introduction Of the bill by SEN
ator Chamberlain raises hopes as to
the possibility Of securing further
money soon for the local building. Be-
ing with the majority element in con-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-17

one company after another retaining
large blocks of the stock. which
they sold for their own benefit and
that with one exception all the prop
critics upon which they had issued
stock were known by them to be
worthless
Among the companies named are
Crown Coal & Coke company. Crows
Nest & Northern Railway company:
Michel Coal Mines. Limited. The in
dictment charges:
said defendants personally and
through their personal representatives
agents and employees did represent
that the stock of said various COM
panies was of great value and would
become of still greater value. whereas
In truth and in fact, as defendants
we'll knew. said property had little or
no value. and none of said properties
mad any value as mining claims or as
railroad properties except that the
claims of the Crown Coal & Cox.
company contained valuable deposits
OF coal. but the fact that the proper
ties of said Crown Coal & Coke COM
pany did contain valuable deposits
OF coal was fraudulently used by said
defendants and the International De-
veiopment company to more effective.
iy sell the worthless stocks of the
aforesaid corporations
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-17
MORE SCIENTIFIC METHODS
ARE URGED ON SHEEPMEN

SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. IL
Speeches in which low ebb for the
wool growing industry was prophe.
sled were mingled on the program OF
the National Woolgrowers' Associa
ton convention with addresses In
which 1t was declared that flock
masters would rise to greater de-
gree of prosperity by adopting more
scientific methods to compete in an
open market
A resolution authorizing the. ap-
pointment of committee to attend
the cattlemen's convention in Denver
next week and to cooperate with
them TO obtain National legislation IA
passed by the convention.
J. f. Cosgriff of Salt Lake. said he
believed the wool-growing industry
not only would survive under the
successfully with the worlds mar
kets. To do this. he said. ''co-opera-
tion in marketing and the introduce
tion OF improved methods in sheep
raising would be necessary"
He announced that at his own ex-
pense he had contracted for an Aus
tralian woolgrowing expert to spend
year in this country showing the
advanced methods practiced in Aus
tralia.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-17
men WHO v|CT|MlzED LOCAL FARMERS
INDICTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY

Umatilla county victims. and they
were by no means few. of the mining
stock operations of one Russell G
Belden and his partner A. Eugene
Wayland, will be Very gratified to
learn that both of these gentlemen
have been indicted by federal grand
jury in Spokane.
About three years ago they worked
this county and sold alleged worth
less mining stock to the amount of a
good many thousand dollars to prom
inent Umatilla county farmers. Some
o. these farmers gave notes for fu-
ture payments. and, before they be-
came due, learning that they had
been suckers refused payment with
the result that good many suits
were filed for collection, some by
Belden himself and others by the
Bank of Montreal of Spokane. The
farmers won out in most of these
suits. Those named in the indict-
ments as victims are John s. Vim
son of Freewater, William ]. Wood
OF Waitsburg. and John Neiderer OF
Summerville. Ore.
The charges in the indictment are
that the two men laid a snare to trap
unsuspecting persons into buying al
legged worthless mining stocks. 1t is
charged that the defendants organized