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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
A Visit After six Years

Birmingham has grown so large, and the improvements here have been so striking that I hardly recognized the city" said W. J. Bass, prominent wagon manufacturer of Chattanooga.
 q attended the veterans reunion Tn 1908, but had not been here since. have been looking around the city with my friend, Major Selman. Birmingham s growth has been indeed marvellous.
 "The Hotel Tutwiler has interested me greatly. Chattanooga has a very fine ho- tel-the Patton-but it is not so large as the Tutwiler, and, of course. is not so modern. By the way, plans are being discussed in Chattanooga for a new high class hotel. At the rate at. which Bir- mingham is going ahead it will not be many years before a humber of costly hotels are built here. It has been the case often that cities long backward in their hotel accommodations when they do start to build on a grand scale soon have, instead of one palatial hotel, three or four of the same high class"
 When asked about business in Chatta- nooga, MT. Bass said that it was quiet at present, but that an improvement was expected shortly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
Long Live the Republic

Since her murder of cabinet min ister Madame Caillaux is hailed by the mob as stormy petrel," the streets of Paris are being patroled by the mil itary and France is in the throes of a crisis.
 But the Frenchman is nothing if rot mercurial; Paris has passed through many such crises and the re- public still lives.
 By her supporters Madame CaillauX is likened to Jeanne d'Arc and her act is proclaimed as the fanfare which is to lead the hosts to the deliverance of France, but fortunately France reeds no deliverance and the public turmoil will peter out as all of its predecessors have done.
 Judging from the number of shocks that have caused the foundations of the republic to tremble since it's in- cipiency one must conclude that the government is pretty firmly estab- lished and destined to endure. It was nearly wrecked when Prince Napoleon killed Victor Noir, the journalist, on the streets of Paris, but it survived. The scandal of MT. Wilson, son-in- law of President Grevy, which caused the latter's resignation, was a severe blow; the exposure and prosecution of De Lesscps was another, while the agitation of the Boulanger trial Threatened to wreck the government.
 Then came the assassination of Car not. the sudden descent and subsequent expulaion of the Due d'Orleans and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
Transnortation of the Future

Aviation is continuing to demand a heavy death toll, and yet aviation has not only come to stay but bids far to revolutionize the transportation of the future. So far France has paid the heaviest toll on human life, but at the same time she is the nation that has lead in the art of human flying It seems ot be Frances greatest am bition to set pace in military avia- ton too swift for other nations to inn itate or even follow. Hence the Frenchman's disregard for human life in assisting his country to reach its goal.
 While mortalities are increasing among the bird men, the number of men flying has increased enormously in the last five years, and the per centage of deaths has fallen off. Again the airship has by great odds been less exacting in its victims than has the railroad train, and no one has suggested or even thought of abandoning travel by rail on account of it's human sacrifices.
 Mans determination is successfully combating the elements and 1t will require but mere trifle of time be- fore aviation will be far safer than railway travel. Aviation passenger lines have already been established in Ghat Britain and France, and Florida operates short air route.
 New York has large company of military aviators but the field of fly ing is rapidly extending and is no longer confined to army maneuvers. In fact it is deemed that aviation as a branch of military service will, with its use of high explosives, prove so destructive as to either eliminate it entirely or do away with warfare al- together; but in the industrial field it's possibilities are inestimable.
 At present France holds five flying records, Germany three and England one, but America is so rapidly push ing to the front, especially in the manipulation of the hydroplane, that with her usual requirement of excel fence it may be safely presaged that in the near future her flying men, her airships and her aerial achieve ments will lead the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
RECORD OF PROGRESS

From the Montgomery Daily Times.
 The great metropolis of Alabama, the wonder of the twentieth century, the pride and admiration of every true Alabamian, the city of Birmingham. the Magic City, of Jones valley, which has risen phoenix like from barren fields and virgin forests. in the past decade, has made rapid strides in it's steady march of progress and in the past two or three years has surpassed anything that was ever dreamed of by the most optimistic.
 In the value of it's new buildings alone the real progress of the city is shown, and in all other lines it has grown apace. Along this time, The Age-Herald very strikingly relates how it has builded and increased from year to year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
KILLS BIG EAGLE

Los Angeles.-W. A. Porter shot a large eagle on the wing with .22 calibre rifle at a distance of 150 yards. The monster bird, which measured feet inches from tip to tip, had been driven off by the cries and frantic gestures of the ,abys 10-year-old sister and was returning in another attempt to carry off the child when the father succeeded in ending ita career.
 Two of Porter's children, Elizabeth May Porter, 20 months, and Vernabelle, 10 years were playing near the keepers lodge at the Green Wing Gun club near Santa Ana, when the bird was seen by the baby as it circled nearer and neareI overhead.
 The little one screamed in fright to it's sister who came running to the baby's side just as the eagle swooped down within a few feet of the younger child. That it did not then carry off the baby the mother and father attribute to the older sisters act of running to the babys side. even though she had no weapon with which to fight off the attacks of the bird. Vernabelle, the older sister, was much more frightened than the baby, and her shrieks and wild gestures drove the bird into temporary retreat on a tree not 250 yards distant
 The father, seizing rife, ran out of the house as the eagle came soaring over the spot where it had first seen the child. Porter waited until it was right overhead before he fired. With a bullet through its wing the enormous bird tumbled to the ground a few feet from the father.
 Clubs and broom handles were used in al tn kill fba hird after if brought down wounded, but when Porter, thinking it dead, picked it up to throw it into a gunnysack, the eagle sank it's talons into his arm and leg and fought viciously before it's claws could be pried off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21

tedious Imprisonment, he was banished, but returned and was brought to trial in March, 1861, before the court of assistants of Boston. While the trial was being con- ducted, Winlocl Christison, another ban ished Quaker, suddenly and most uneX pectedly entered, and took his stand by the side of the prisoner. When the gov ernor asked him why he was there he replied: T have come here to warn you that you should shed no more innocent blood; for the blood that you have shed already cries to the Lord God for yen geance to come upon you.''
 Christison was immediately commanded to prison, and Leddra was offered his life if he would promise to depart and return no more. Refusing this, sentence of death was passed upon him, to take effect on March II. Then Christison was brought to trial, and at the same session Judah Brownes and Peter Pierson were indicted.
 These executions of Quakers had caused the utmost dissatisfaction in Mas sachusetts, and the magistrates became conscious of their mistake. Public sym pathy was turned toward the sufferers Meanwhile accounts of these proceedings had been carried by Quakers to the ears of King Charles, and that monarch, who had other reasons for being dissatisfied with the colonists, immediately granted a. mandamus directed to all the governors of New England requiring them to proceed no further as to corporeal punishments against Quakers, but to send them to England, to the end that they might be disposed of according to law
 The general court suspended the execu- ton of the laws against QualSers at their next session, but soon revived them so far as respected "vagabond Quakers," who were to be seized by any person and carried before the next magistrate, and then sentenced ito be stripped naked from the middle upwards and be tied to carts tail in the town where they were found and whipped through that and the other towns where they were found.
 In 1862, three women, Anne Coleman, Mary Tomkins and Alice Ambrose. were tied to a carts tail in Dover and whipped with 10 stripes in each town. This was the method of punishment resorted to from this on, but it gradually grew less and less, and eventually the Quakers were free to worship in Massachusetts in any other of the colonies then exist ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
Can Make It a Success

'I hope the music festival project will become a reality" said a business man who takes an interest in large musical affairs.
 Members of the Arion society who are now making an effort to bring the St. Louis Symphony orchestra here in May, for the purpose of giving two night per- formances and a matinee in conjunction with the large mixed chorus recently or ganized, will doubtless be successful in raising the necessary guarantee fund The St. Louis organization is one of the best in the United States and it's terms are reasonable.
 Music festivals not only delight music lovers, but they are distinctly educa- tive. If they have not always been finan- cially successful, it was because they were not properly worked up.' It is hoped that the forthcoming festival will be thoroughly advertised in all the cities and small towns within a radius of 100 miles or more. The out-of-town visitors who come to hear grand music count for good deal at the box office. But what should be especially looked after is the local end. If half of the children who take music lessons and half of the boys and girls who love music and half of the student bodies from Howard college and Birmingham college were to attend the festival matinee, to say nothing Of the older folks, the house would be over crowded. The night performances should be popular society events. Three large audiences would not only mean ample box office receipts to meet all expenses but there would be a surplus for next eaa son
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
HELI.ASi

By Percy Byshee Shelley. The worlds great age begins anee The golden years return, The earth doth like a snake renew Her winter weeds outworn; Heaven smiles, and faiths and empires
 gleam Like wrecks of a dissolving dream. A brighter Hellas rears it's mountains From waves serener far: A new Peneus rolls his fountains Against the morning star; Where fairer Tempes bloom, there sleel Young Cyclads on a sunnier deep. A loftier Argo cleaves the main Fraught with a. later prize: Another Orpheus sings agin
 And loves and weeps ,and dies, A new Ulysses leaves once more Calypso for his native shore 0, write no more the tale of Troy If earth Deaths scroll must be- Nor mix with Latin rage the joy Which dawns upon the free, Although a subtler Sphinx renew Riddles of death Thebes never knev Another Athens shall arise. EEF And to remoter time sf Bequeath, like sunset to the skies. The splendor of its prime; And leave, If naught so bright-may live All earth can take or Heaven can give. Saturn and Love their long repose Shall burst, more bright and good r Than all who fell, than One who rose, Than many unsubdued; Not gold, not blood, their altar towers, But votive tears and symbol flowers.
  Or. cease! must hate and death return? Cease! must, men kill and die? Cease, drain not to its dregs the urr Of bitter prophecy. The world is weary of the past Q might 1t die or rest at last!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
The Public and the Army

If nothing further is evolved from the existing Mexican crisis the en- 1 tanglement will not have been void of fruition, for it has raised in the public mind the question of the ef- ficiency of the United States army in measuring up to the requirements of warfare.
 There seems to be but two occasions when the people are interested in the slightest degree concerning the mili- tary affairs of the nation-a desire to have an army post established in the community where the government will purchase supplies and incidently stimulate local trade, and when the congressional military appropriations appear inordinately heavy.
 This condition is in startling con- trast to that obtaining in Great Britain some years ago when a Brit ish ministry was busted from power because it had allowed the supply of ammunition to run low. Military ap- lpropriations may often appear onerous | but it is a wasteful policy to make meagre appropriations for the main , tenance of conditions that are made ouate in measuring up to requirements should the occasion arise. So long as the great powers of the world main- l tain standing armies just so long will this government be compelled to sup port and provide for a military ser- vice and an efficient one at that-not large standing army as old world armies go, but highly efficient army. 1 Much more interest seems to cen ter in our naval equipment, and it was with some chagrin that Santiago de- veloped the fact that so poor was the aim of seamen that only per cent of their shots took effect. This caused brushing up of the navy and in re- cent practice the hits averaged 45 per cent.
 Probably owing to it's lack of spec tacular features the army has failed to command public interest, and con ditions are not all that are to be de- sired. In the event of an incursion into Mexico it is extremely probable that the state militia would prove almost as effective as the federal troops, but the nations honor and welfare demand that it's army should be in cap-pie order and prepared for execution at the tap of the drum. An awakened public interest in the na- tion's preparedness for war will un- questionably result in an improvement of our military efficiency and cor rection of what evils that may exist in the army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
Prominent Bridge Engineer

'Frank C. Osborn, consulting engi- neer of he osborn Engineering com pany of Cleveland, has been spending a few days in Birmingham this week. He is widely known as a successful bridge engineer. He and w. H. Has, singer were classmates in the famous Rensselaer, Polytechnic institute at Troy, N. Y
 "The first time l saw Birmingham was early in the sos l simply passed through the town and l recall it as it appeared to me then as only few strealxs Of red mud. Of course, l have kept up with BirmlnEhams progress by reading and talking with friends who had been here from time to time, but this Is really my first visit. l expect ed to find a thriving city, but it sur passes my highest expectations. Bir- mingham is a real city now and the visitor sees at a glance that it is still striding forward at a great rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF MASSACHUSETTS QUAKERs

ITHE colonists of Massachusetts Bay had nj idea of religious toleration, = and they were especially severe against the Quakers who had settled in that section. They even went so far as to make a law which provided that any mas ter of a ship bringing any known Quaker within the jurisdiction should forfeit AI0 and should give security to carry such Qualers back to the place from whence he brought them.
 In October 1858, a law was introduced into the general court providing that every person of the "cursed sect of the Quak- ers," who should be found within the jurisdiction, should be immediately inn prisoned until the next court of assistants, at which they should have a legal trial, and, being convicted to be of the sect of
 Quakers, should be banished on pain of death
 There was no lack of victims. Three persons were found within the jurisdic- tion, and they were immediately impris- oned. They were Mary Dyer, Marma- Duke, Stephenson and William Robinson. They were brought before the general COuIl Ol oClODtA i', iooS, iOi SS'iA'Oii o''N' presumptuousy obtruding themselves upon us" All three acknowledged them selves to be Quakers, and on the follow ing day they were condemned to die.
 The day set for their execution was October 9. When they were led forth to execution, they were surrounded by a guard of armed men and several horse men, with orums beating, to prevent the multitude from hearing what they might have to say The two men were executed first and the rope had already been att tached to Mary Dyers neck, when a re- prieve arrived She was released and sent out of the colony on the promise that she would never return, but she arrived again in the spring of 1860. She was immedi- ately sent to jail and was ordered to be executed the next day. When she was upon the scaffold it was told her that if she would return home she might come down and save her life To this she re- piled: May, I cannot, for in obedience to the will of the Lord I came, and in His will l abide faithful unto the death''
 Mary Dyer had her wish gratfied. But these three were not the only ones to suffer William Leddra was the next. After several severe whippings and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
BILL ME ON AMERICAN HISTORY
From Bill Yves History of the Unite
 States

From Bill Nye's History of the United
 States.
 From time to time the English also discovered America, the Cabots finding Labrador while endeavoring to go to Asia via the north, and Frobisher dis covered Baffin bay in 1876 while on a like errand. The Spanish discovered wa ter mostly and England the ice belong ing to South Africa.
 Sir Walter Raleigh. with the indorse- ment of his half brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert. regarding the idea of coloniza- tion in America, and being a great friend of Queen Elizabeth. got out d patent on Virginia. He planted colony and patch of tobacco on Roanoke island, but the colonists did not care for agri- culture, preferring to hunt for gold and pearls. In this way they soon ran out of food and were constantly harassed by Indians.
 It was an odd sight to see a colonis coming home after long day hunting for pearls as he asked his wife if she be good enough to pull an arrow out of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
ToMORRow-TRIAL OF WENTWORTH, EARL OF STAMFORD
PAVING AT UNION SPRINGS

From the Union Springs Herald.
 A movement is on foot to pave the side walks of North Prairie street and an agreement circulated by J. A. Crook, has been signed by practically all the property owners along this street By this agree ment the property owners will pay the cost of the work and be repaid hy the city within 10 years, a certain amount to be deducted from their taxes each year providing the city passes a resolution to this effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Many Out-of-Town shoppers

Fashion Week has been a signal success" said R. A. Brown, president of the State Fair association and presi- dent of the Business Mems league. "As president of the league, the organiza- ton that worked up this Fashion Week experiment, I in close touch with the undertaking and am greatly pleased to know that the merchants have been directly benefited. Not only has Fashion Week brought out Birming- ham shoppers by the thousands, but there have been almost as many out of-town visitors as we see here dur ing the State Fair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
A RESOURCEFUL COP.

A RESOURCEFUL COP.
 Patrolmsn O'Reilly: Sergeant, there's a dead horse on Eucalyptus avenue" Sergeant: Well, make out written re- port to the health department"
 Patrolman O'Reilly: How do you spell Eucalyptus, sergeant"
 Sergeant: What, you ask me? And you passed an examination to get on the force"
 Patrolman oReilly onoying toward the door): Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus.
 Sergeant: why don't you make out that report? Where are you going?'
 Patrolman O'Reilly: I'm going to pull that dead horse round on to Park street"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
BoAz AGAIN HAS NEWSPAPER

From the Albertville Banner.
 Our neighboring town. Boaz, again has a newspaper, the first number of which was issued last week. The new paper is the Boaz Weekly News, and is being tenn porarily printed by the Attafla Herald, but will later on, so we understand, be is- sued from the newspaper office at Boaz, Editor J. W. Mills of the. Attalla Her. aid is editor and Crayton Cooley. for merly with the Banner, is manager of the News. sf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21

The chief of the fire brigade, who di- rected the rescue work in the fire that destroyed one of the Wellesley college buildings, is named Mary O'Mahoney, the kind of patronymic that usually stands for courage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21

uECINNI\C TUE DAY-Help me to remember. Q God. that men forni m estimate of Thee from me. Fash lon me then, if it please Thee, into comedy handiyyorI thnt I may com mend my Maker unto men. Hut, Q Thou, whose eyes are in m. soul may I desire only the good of men and the glory "f God. For Jesus
 sake. Amen.-H. M. F..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
TRUCKERs ORGANIZE
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From the Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette.
 Several representative Tuscaloosa coun- ty people met at the courthouse and took steps toward organizing a truckers association, the purpose of which is to aid the farmers in disposing of their pro- duce to best advantage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
DISCRIMINATING.

She: There is some recompense in not being a millionaire; one does not have to dodge taxes"
 He; But the poor man is just as busy lodging taxis.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
ECHOES OF FASHION WEEK
From the Southern Star

If you see a strange looking something coming down the street with purple and aggles to match, don't shoot it. It's just the latest style from Paris escaped from Birminghams Fashion Week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
POINTING AT ALABAMA

From the Houston Post
 The Alabama jurors lack the point ol view. What is needed there is white washing of barns and fences, not crooke,. officials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
NOT AS MOTHER MADE.

Nor AS MOTHER MADE. \ Digby: What kind of a cook is your young wife?'
 "Bigby: Excellent; she made some blanc mango for dinner yesterday and I drank two cups of it.e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21

Gaston Calmette is dead and his trou- bles are ended, but the troubles of Mime. Henriette Caillaux, as well as those of her husband, have just begun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21

Billy Sunday is planning a campaign for New York, where the "sawdust trail" will be operated in opposition to the Great White Way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21

King George of England recently wit messed a boxing bout in London, which is expected to make prize fighting ex- tremely "recherchay."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21

It would be comparatively safe to bet a dollar to a doughnut that Missus Plank hurst never will get the ear of King George.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21

Two brothers who live in New Jersey had their names changed from Limberger to Limbert and now their social success is assured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21

The Bible continues to be the best seller, but Rex Beach has raked in enough money to become country editor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21

A union of certain English authors has been proposed. If Marie Corelli is still suffering from her grouch she won't join.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21

An Indiana steel worker has hired five friends to help him spend Q newly &C., quired fortune. It is seldom that newly rich person needs any help of that sort.