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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19
Admirable Address to Girls

Fairfax Harrison, president oI the Southern Railway company, delivered m address before the Alabama Girls Industrial institute at Montevallo Sat urday, which was model in tone and practical advice.
 In the early days of railroad build ing and administration few companies had an executive head who was equal ly at home in discussing railroad prob lems. education, industrial develop ment and agriculture. But in time the railroad president has come to be known not only as man of affairs but as one fully equipped for public speak inp on almost any topic. When James ]. Hill entered upon his career as railroad president and upbuilder ot the northwest he had learned great deal about agricultural resources and was recognized as cogent writer. He gradually developed into one of the most versatile of leaders but ten or fif- teen years ago he was an exception to the rule.
 Today many of the railroad presi- dents are college bred men, and near ly all of them are good writers and good speakers. The railroad executive must be an intellectual man. If he rep resents railroad corporation he must be ready to meet the public as lead er and as an exponent of modern ideas suitable of application to complex modern conditions.
 Fairfax Harrison is the typical up- to-date railroad president. A man of scholarly attainments, he has mastered the railroad business. He is thoroughly familiar with every department of railroading, and he takes a lively in- terest in all large questions. A south ern man by lineage, he is informed on  every phase of southern life. He is an authority on the natural resources of the south. He can talk to the farmer about farming and to the manufac- turer about the industrial situation.
 As matter of course, he is at home in addressing a college student body. The charm of his address at Monte vallo was its vein of kindliness and its gentle counsel. There was noth- ing pedantic about it. Every phrase revealed the cultured gentleman, and from beginning to end it was full of human sympathy.
 MT. Harrison did not commit him. self to equal suffrage, but he believes \ sincerely in the broadening sphere of woman's work. Montevallo has a school just such as every state needs, and this school has no stronger ad- vocate than MT. Harrison. His address should be published in pamphlet form and widely circulated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19
EXCELLENT FISHING

From the Indianapolis News.
 He had just returned from Lake Mani- tou. and. of course. was telling his friends of his success at fishing.
 Are there many fish up there" asked one friend
 'Thousands of them,' replied the an- Rler
 "will they 6ite easily?" asked another friend.
 "will they? Why. they're absolutely vicious. A man has to hide behinda tree to bait a hook"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

Major Weiner, the Englishman who mo- tified Harvard that he would not leave the institution legacy of s10000.eo0 which had been his purpose. unless Professor Munsterberg. proGerman, severed his connection. But as the major has Ger man name he might be willing to compro- mise in favor of the professor It is sug- gested that he cut his proposed gift in half and allow the eminent psychologist to remain in the faculty. The latest story is, however, that weiner is not wealthy person; that his notification was only a bluff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19
The American Bar Association

Judge Hundley and perhaps few ether members of the Birmingham bar will attend the annual meeting of the American Bar association in Washing ton this week. but most of us are too busy in court here to leave even for brief period" said Sterling A. Wood ''The meetings are usually held in the summer, when the courts are in recess but 1t had to be arranged differently this year in order to accommodate high of fcial life at the national capital on the occasion of the celebration of the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the United States supreme court.
 "The programme is particularly attrac- tive. President Wilson is to deliver the address of welcome and as a. matter of course it will be a delicious effort At the annual meeting held in Chattanooga some years ago Woodrow Wilson was the principal speaker. 1 had the pleasure of. hearing him and as I recall his ad- dress, 1t was as profound in thought and as animating as it was eloquent in dic- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19
Business Conditions Improving

Defensive tactics seem to be the fash ion in American business circles, for while the south is being urged to wear equal insistence being urged to wear linen,' said J. B. Russell, of Chicago, representing a manufacturing concern in the southern field. "The cotton planter and the flax grower are to be the bene- fcaries of these movements of course, and they are commendable movements, certainly.
 Tt seems to me that business eondi- tions in general are on the mend, how ever, and that there is every reason to expect aggressive trade tactics to suc- ceed the defensive attitude Not only
 are agents of the warning nations buying
 heavily ip American trade centers, but September exports exceeded imports by almost s17,0O0,00o while the demand for cotton fabrics continued to increase in several neutral countries of Europe. These are the facts as officially stated in Washington, where it was pointed out that the balance of trade has shifted in favor of the United States. as compared | With an approximately equal balance against the United States in August. Just now the allies are reported, on credible authority, to be buying wagons. blankets, auto trucks, drugs and drug
 supplies and other goods needed by the armies in vast quantities. This buying cannot have other than a stimulating effect on all lines of commercial activity. in the opinion of men whose views com
 mand attention in business circles"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

Bryan struck out the suffrage plank from the Baltimore platform, and then made it into ladder for himself. Truly. the commoner is ahead of his times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Agriculture in Perry

We made fine crops in Perry county this year. and we are going to try to do even better next year said L. O. David son of Uniontown. who is known as one of the most prosperous farmers in the alfalfa belt
 We will plant less cotton but more of everything else. raised some wheat this year. and will SOW more for 1915. We have aAine alfalfa country and that crop will always pay we'll.
 Farm lands around Uniontown have greatly enhanced in value during the past 10 years. Farms that used to be con sidered worth only about s25 an acre would now sell for $50 Recently a farm near Uniontown was sold for S75 an acre. The time will come when sI5 will be con sidered cheap for land in Perry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

BEGINNING THE DAY-o "oa' my Father, .begin this work'"s week with me. Lay Thy hand "p""
 and ,..d me in Thy way. Give me wisdom to choose right 'hi"ss' courage to meet the fssues' serens" to bear, patience to endure. An" the evening of this any or ' .y.cL md of my life, let me be un- ashamed. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

Can money make any of us happy? ?' asks New York playwright The world is full of people who would gladly sub init to the experiment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19
BrIrbteniuu OutIook

There seems to be a more optimistic feeling in financial circles in the east. and in business circles generally, than as in evidence a few weeks ago., said John A Bedding, a member of a large mercantile firm of Philadelphia.
 Business conditions are being adjust ed to the conditions brought about by the European war. and it Is believed that before the holidays the situation will be as animating as 1t was elegant in dic- tainly brightening'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

The redoubtable Boston Braves think they can be champions again next year, as easy as not That's the Way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

If the allies could manage to cash some of those checks they have been receiv- ing at the hands of the Germans the worlds financial condition might be much improved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

Theatrical managers who say this is an off year in their business don't re- fer to the costumes of the chorus. That goes without saying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

Hank Gowdy and Dick Rudolph showed weakness after all They could not resist the lure of vaudeville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

Gotham messenger boys have been equipped with roller skates. with the evident intention of making them wing footed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

A Chicago man. 2s years old, has become president of a s7,5O0,o0O bank. having started to work as a messenger. There is something in tie atmosphere of Chicago that makes "a person hustle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

There is no getting around this tango craze. Already Panama is dancing tho .Culebra slide"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

German sympathzers say the wrath of Ulsterites is only slumbering. For the love of Mike, don't wake 1t up!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

It is even hinted that Harry Thaw has retired from the lmelight for "strategical purposes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

Evidently President Wilson's idea is that the government helps those who help themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

This has been a hard year for cham pions, but there is little talk of groom ing any more White Hopes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

The world is beginning to learn that
 the rigidity of a country's censorship varies inversely as the square of it's vic- tories
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

Business at the Krupp factories will probably continue to be good for some time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19
Foreign Trade Recoverinr

Henry Clews in his Saturday review says in part:
 The worlds foreign trade is rapidly recovering from the first shock of war Our own imports and exports are show ing gratifying gains over August and September. In imports the increase was %'436,0Oo and in exports $45, ,S31. .OoO over last month, the excess of exports in Sep- tember being sl6,soo.oo0, against an ex- cess of sl9. 100000 in imports during Au- gust. The large orders received by American concerns for military supplies VIII serve to materially swell shipments abroad. In August and September our cotton shipment fell off about 1000 GOO bales. This loss will be partly made good when the sterling exchange situation is rectlfied and arrangements are made for financing the crop. The world is still sulIering more from financial dis,oca- ton than from the war itself. and the rapid improvement made in London finances Is greatly aiding progress here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

Chicago Tribune: The German defense for It's invasion of Belgium seems to be as mobile as it's wonderful army. The most loyal pro-German must move live ly'' to keep up with it.
 As we have understood the German po- sition, 1t is about like this: In the first place, Germany invaded Belgium because necessity knows no law, and. regretting the wrong done her and Luxembourg, compensation would later be given. Sec ond, Germany invaded Belgium because it was certain that France would in- wade Belgium to attack Germany Third Germany invaded Belgium because France had invaded Belgium first. Fourth, and latest, Germany's invasion of Bel gium was not breach of neutrality, because Belgium was not neutral, but had entered into a plot with England te help her in an attack on Germany.
 Doubtless in due time the reason why Germany invaded Belgium will become clear and settled, even in Germany. In the meantime the world will continue to sympathize profoundly with the unhappy Belgian people, and attempts to fix upon them, or even their government, respon- sibility for their tragic misfortunes will have to be sustained by the most indubi. table of proofs if they are not to react against the German appeal to the world conscience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

A. J. Eaton. Jr., O. E. Young and w.. H. .Overby are the only authorized traveiing representatives of The Age Herald in its circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. posiotfiee as second class matter under act of congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-19
Relieving the Cotton Farmer.

tmC SOtuOn FaTmerS
 II have been deeply interested in aE The measures of relief advanced or put into operation to help the farmer and the small merchant" said for
 mer cotton man.
 lt occurs to me that there has been
 mere than one unwise, however wet.
 intended. move started. The boostin :,
 Of cotton goods can in no manner help the farmer; that is to say, not with this crop. The prevailing market or lack of market, in part caused by the Amer
 ican mills holding off from buying will not give the farmer any money with
 which to buy cotton goods. As the goods boosted are already spun ana woven-most of the finer fabrics hay ing been imported before the war started-would we not presently have
 Gvancing prices for the manufactured product and this with the raw cotton
 at bankruptcy prices? Remember sugar This country imports $66. .000, 900 of cot on goods, mostly fine fabrics Why the Panama suits of next season are already in the making and from goods manufactured largely in Germany! Then the boosting of cotton for sacks and wrapping will only help the cotton mills work off, at good prices tcotton they bought around 121s cents tWlien cotton gets below 10 cents it car be used profitably in place of jute; brl when 1t Is above that price, jute .s the cheaper. and a better wrapper Q.
 sacling material for many purposes
 This has been already proven in for mer crop years.
 "Just remember that all the mills in this country are running full time night and day, and that they can onl, nse some 6.000.000 bales of cotton Wha, we need is money to carry 5000. 00t bales of distressed cotton, allowing foi the prosperous farmers themselves re carry some 5,000.000 bales.
 "The world lsquires 16,00O,000 bales of American cotton, under normal con ditions. Sooner or later. war or no war tho foreign mills will have to have oul cotton. Soldiers. and citizenry, too, have | 10 be first fed, then clothed. The tex tile mills of Germany, with 11,000,00t spindles are running full time accord | ing to press dispatches. So will Eng. lands 55.O0O.00O spindles. if she con tinues to enlist and equip her stead ! fly increasin garmy. already 1.200,00'
 cf all classes.'
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-10
WILL BE NO TEMPORIZING
Be EIiminated-"No Compro-
mise" Slogan.

Washington, April 4-Administra-
ton leaders in the senate buckled on
their armor and plunged actively into
the Panama tolls fight. determined to
maintain an unyielding position until
the end of the controversy.
Though the house bill to repeal toll
exemption for American ships is rest
ing in the committee on in~teroceanic
canals, there were many informal con-
ferences during the day relating to
the issue and among the Developments
a visit OF Secretary of State
Bryan at the capitol in the interest
of the administration policy.
no compromise" was the slogan Of
the administration leaders.
So many bills and resolutions have
been introduced tending TO cloud the
plain issue Of repeal that il has been
determined TO make il plain from the
outset that no temporizing is to be
countenanCed.
President Wilson told inquirers that
he expected no factional delay or fill
clustering and had every reason to be-
lieye from what senators told him
that there would be a prompt report
from the committee on interoceanic
canals.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-10
LIND COMING FOR VACATION
LEAVES VERA CRUZ ON PRESl.
DENTAL YACHT.
Wilson Explains That Envoy Merely
Seeks Respite From labors-No
Negotiations Pending.

Washington, April 4.-John Lind,
the last eight months the personal rep
resentative in Mexico Of the president
of the United States, has sailed from
Vera Cruz for Washington aboard the
presidential yacht, Maynower.
The announcement of Mr.. Lind's
prospective visit was made by Presi-
dent Wilson with the explanation that
his envoy had requested a vacation
and rest from his labors in a trop-
ical climate and that as soon as that
had been obtained he would return
to Mexico.
The president declared that Mr..
Lind's departure for the United States
should not be construed as in the ma
ture of a recall or as forecasting n
change of policy by the Washington
government toward either faction in
Mexico.
No negotiations of any character
were pending between the Huerta gov.
eminent and the United States, and
the recent conference between Senior
Portillo Y. Rojas, Huerta's minister of
foreign affairs, and Mr.. Lind had de-
veloped nothing tangible or important.
and was merely a friendly talk.
Mr. Lind's trip to WASHINGTON. new
ertheless. revived speculation i'm ofi-
cial circles about the diplomatic side
of the Mexican situation and there
were indications from what Secretary
Bryan told callers that while the en-
voy's request for a vacation had been
granted, no definite plan had been
made for his eturn and that the aid.
ministration was disposed to leave the
question open for the present.
Minneapolis.-Mrs. John Lind. at her
Minneapolis home, said that Mr.. Lind
would go to French Lick. Indiana. from
Washington, and hat she and the fam
lily would join him there for an indef-
mite stay. Mrs. Lind said that she had
no reason to believe that her hns.
bands absence from Mexico was other
than a vacation, and stated that Mr.
Lind would visit Minneapolis before
returning to Mexico.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-10
ILL: QUITS u. S. SENATE RACE
in Iowa, Can't Continue in
Campaign.

Des Moines. April 4-Announce-
mem has been received here that
Fred (. White Of Sigourney, Demo
cratic candidate for the nomination
for United States senator, has declar-
ed himself out of the race from his
sickbed in an Ottumwa hospital.
The disease, which is an old stand
ing one. had not been regarded as a
serious interference when he an
nounced his candidacy, several weeks
ago, but recently it broke out again
and he was taken TO the hospital.
where he is awaiting an operation.
Either +. T. Meredith, a Des Moines
publisher, or Congressman Maurice
Connolly of the Third district. will en-
ter the race, it is said.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-10
SUBPOENA CHAS. S. MELLEN
Former President Of New Haven and
Associates Called to Washing
ton by /. c. c.

New Haven. Conn, April 6.-Charles
s. Mellen, former president of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad. was served with a subpoena
by United States Marshal Hawley, cit
ing him to appear before the inter.
state commission AT Wash
ington on April 10, concerning the fin
ances of the New Haven road.
S%ubpoenas were also served on Har.
ry V. Whipple and Samuel Heming.
way, presidents Of the two local ma.
tiona banks; Edward f.. Field, treas
urer of a large department store. and
Samuel M%orehouse, a lawyer. Mar.
shal Hawley has another subpoena for
John L. Billiard, the Meridian nnan.
cier. but has not yet been able to
find him.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-10

doya, Santa te, San Miguel and Union.
District No. 11.-Dallas. Capital So
634,09l with 726 national banks, etc.
Territory: Texas, all New Mexico and
Oklahoma not in district No. 10, all
Louisiana not in district 40. 6, and the
following counties in Arizona: Prima,
Graham, Greenlee. Cochise and Santa
Cruz.
District No. 70. San Francisco.
Capital $S,ll5,52f, with 5l4 national
banks, etc. Territory. California,
Washington, Oregon. Idaho, Nevada
and Utah and all Arizona not includ-
ed in district No. II.
Branch Banks Not Provided.
The organization committee was not
authorized by law to provide for
branch banks of the federal reserve
banks, but the act specifically stated
that such branches shall be estab-
lished. This ash Will be left to the
supervision of the federal reserve
board. yet to be appointed by President
Wilson.
The organization committee an
ncunced that all information 1t has
collected since it began its work last
December shall be placed at the dis
posal OF the banks and the board when
the establishment of branch banks is
considered.
In its announcement the committee
called attention to the fact that I'M
der the requirements of the act it
could not find grounds for the estab-
lishment Of more than one bank on the
coast, but held out the hope
that in the nea future another bank
would be authorized by congress and
somewhere in that section.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-10
St. AUGUSTINE Plans TO Rebuild

st. Augustine, Fla, April "A force
of workmen have begun clearing
away two blocks of charred ruins left
in the wake of the fire in the historic
water front section of st. Augustine.
Plans already have been made for re-
building the Florida, Munson, Clair
mont, Central and Atlantic hotels and
the st. Johns county courthouse,
which were destroyed. 1t is estimated
property loss in the fire, which owners
of the burned buildings said might
reach $4,000.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-10
Pet n Escape.

Washington, April Airs. Charles
W. Morse's pet ants. already the sub
ject Of many complexities, escaped in
the Department of Agriculture and
threw the chronological Office into an
uproar. After an hours pursuit they
were recaptured and placed in a Jar
labeled Explosives" The legal Off
GERS of the department are trying to
decide whether they must be returned
to the bankers wife or excluded from
the country as pests.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-10
COLLEGE Course for Convicts.

Lawrence, Kan, April "A college
education by correspondence for every
prisoner in the Kansas state peniten-
siary will be possible If a plan an
nounced by Frank Strong, chancellor
of the University Of Kansas, Is adopt
ed by the board az administration.
Chancellor Strong would give the priv
ileges of the extension division of the
university. including vocational train.
ing by correspondence, offered to the
inmates of the penitentiary at the ex-
pense of the state.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-10
British Covenanters for Ulster.

London, April 4.-Lord Roberts was
elected president of the League of
British Covenanters, at a meeting
held in Canton hall. Resolutions were
adopted asking the British Covenan.
tiers to do all in their power to prevent
the establishment OF home rule in Ire,
land without the sanction of the ma.
ton. Sir Edward said the govern.
ment either would have to exclude vi.
ster from the bill or make up their
minds they would have bloodshed and
coercion.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-10
ladybugs to FIGHT Pest,

Sacramento, April 3.-Seventy-fve
million ladybugs will be distributed to
California farmers this spring to prey
on insect 'aphids' that attack prin.
cipally the melon, hop, bean and grain
crops OF the state. The announcement
was made by State Horticulturist A. J..
Cook. More than 80. 900. OcO lacybugs
already have been distributed by the
state. THE successes OF the ladybugs
for the last two or three years has
caused a demand this year that we
cannot supply by 40 per cent" said
DIR. Cook.