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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24
THE DAY-Lift me-

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lift me- n rrest God, with the remembrance of my Linship with the worlds wise and mighty and good. May l know them as brothers and he worthy or my blood. Lift me with the remen- hrance of my kinship even with Christ and Thee. And help me, belp me, to be worthy of my blood. Ameu.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

Scarlet and pink wigs are being worn in Washington. Gentlemen with a tendency to indulge in alcoholic drinks are apt to think they are "seeing things.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

The charge has been made that Phila- old get tipsy It would be a good idea to trace those juvenile jags to their source.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

A California Indian took to hard drink ing because his squaw danced the tango. That's a better excuse than the noble red man usually has for taking to drink.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24
A FAIR EXCHANGE.

A FAIR EXCHANGE. Scrape, Scrape, scrape,
 Each morn with a trusty duplex, But fringe of bristles remains Greatly my soul to perplex. But when I think of a place Where the hair is getting quite thin I ask if I stood on my head Would I then be bald on my chin?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

A Mexican general advised Governor Colquitt of Texas to 'employ an adviser and use diplomacy, which was equivalent to telling the governor where he might get off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain says would feel like a slave if she wore one. Naturally, what MT. Boissevain thinks about the matter is of no consequence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

Rex Beach is going to try the news has enough cash on hand to be able to lose a little without hitting the bread line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

reformed nsize fighter is now busily engaged in trying to land a solar .plexus blow on the devil It will take more than
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

Professor Taft says he will not accept the presidency of any university or coll lege. Any sort of presidency seems dis- tasteful to him now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

A French woman was fined on a charge of islander for saying that another woman acted like suffragette.'' Evidently all suffragettes look alike to the judge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

One week more and the circus season begins in Gotham. Poets may well tune the Tyre, for gentle spring is already in our midst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

Nothing wore than a. kiss in church row." is the assertion of contemporary. Still a kiss in a church row is apt to be highly explosive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24
TRYING I'D LIVE TT DowN

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
 Governor Johnson of California, bull moose candidate vice president, is so quiet you could hear pin drop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

A gold mine has been discovered in the city limits of Denver. If the mine doesn't turn out well the real estate ought to be worth something.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

A Spanish aviator who fell 1895 feet and lives ought to be able to get plenty of life insurance on the strength of his luck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

It is said that a fashionable part Of Newport may be "dry" this summer, for lack of liquor license. A gloomy pros- pect, to be sure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

Soap is not in demand among the mem- bers of General Kellys army so much as soup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24
FRUITFUL.

"she: "I see that they failed to impeach the judge.''
 He: Well. they impaired his usefui- ness, anyway"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

Pavlowa dislocated one of her toes in St. Louis. Terpsichore weeps over her favorite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24
The Rexioual Ranks

q was in Richmond last week and found very confident feeling there that one of the federal reserve banks
 would be established in that city, but notwithstanding the fact that John Skelton Williams, Richmond man, is a member of the organization commit
 tee which is to select the cities, no tip
 has been given out" remarked J. T.
 Maynard of Washington, D. c.
 q have heard some talk in Washing
 ton about tips indicating that Atlanta
 would get one of the banks, but in view of emphatic statements from Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo that the selec-
 tions had not been made, all rumors to the contrary notwithstanding, I am
 inclined to think that Atlanta is to be disappointed
 "Financiers who are especially well informed concerning the banking and currency law and the needs of the dif- fefent sections of the country, have been predicting that Birmingham and not Atlanta would be made federal reserve bank center, because it is prac- tically in the center of the district which is sure to embrace both Georgia and Alabama. sf ars 1T did not stop in Atlanta on my way south, but I am told that everybody in | the Georgia metropolis thinks that their city is just bound to win.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24
Birmingham and Chattanooga Road


 We have graded two miles of road from Boaz, and the outlook for our pro- ject is excellent" said Col. w. w. Short ridge vice president and secretary of the Birmingham and Chattanooga Railroad company.
 We will build in sections, and will go right on with the first section of 12 mib, to Crossville. Jordan & Phillips eve the contractors. The distance from Boaz to Chattanooga is only ,SS miles. We are building standard gauge line. and will operatsit with steam power at first, but It ls our purpose to make it eventually an electric line. We expect to have the road finished within about two years. Boaz is on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, and we have arranged for satisfactory connections with Birmingham over the line just mentioned to Attalla, and from Attalla over the Alabama Great South 'uIs "Our charter authorizes the construc- tion of line all the way from Chatta- nooga to Birmingham, and it will not be many years before we have our tracks in this city.
 'The country in the Sand mountain re- zion is remarkably productive. The farm and there is great enthusiasm both in Boaz and the adjacent territory. ana in Chattanooga, too, over the building of our road. This line will open up an im- portant trade for Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24
MISSISSIPPI JOURNALISM.

s"rhe rains Of last week have made Ahe creeks quite high and had there been more rain the creeks would doubtlessly have been igher."-Scottsville Press
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24
In the Musical World

Nothing so clearly proves that in- terest in artistic music is increasing steadily than the fact that nearly every city with population of 300,000 or more has first class concert orches- tra,"T said an old music lover
 "Many of us can recall the time when there were only five symphony orches- tras in this country, distributed as fol- lows: New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and Cincinnati. There are now at least a dozen symphony orchestras having more than 70 performers. backed by large guarantee funds; and there are many more orchestras of 45 or 50 pieces in the cities of the 300,000 or 100000 class. Detroit is one of the cities that has recently got into the symphony class.
 ''The only largo orchestra that will tour the south this spring is the St. Louis symphony. It is today one of the best in America. Four or five years ago it was a creditable organization, but now it Is in a class with the Chicago orchestra. the Minneapolis orchestra, and the Cincinnati orchestra"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24
Mr. Baln's Visit


 George W. Bain of Kentucky the great temperance worker and popular lecturer, who addressed a large audience of men here Sunday, was delighted with Birming- ham," said N. +. Thompson. When he was grand chief templar of the grand lodge of Kentucky of the Independent Order of Good Tempars-a strong total abstinence organization-I was grand sec- retary. That was many years ago. We had not met in a long time, but he knew me Sunday the moment he saw me-
 MT. Bain is now 73 years of age, but he does not look day over s3. He says he attributes his good health largely to his life of total abstinence.
 "As MT. Bain has been in great demand as lecturer he has travelled extensively, and while he had passed through Bir- mingham frequently, this was the first time he had stoppel off. He was familiar with facts about the city's wonderful growth. but he found Birmingham much larger and handsomer place than he had imagined 1t to be. He was simply amazed.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24
JUST AS USELESS.

Do not cry if Santie missed you
 And forgot your Xmas needs; Soon your congressman will send you A nice lot of garden seeds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

TO THE POINT. Winter lingering in the lap Of spring; 1t Is sin. If were Spring, in my lap I'd put crooked pin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24
GRADUATED.

Brown: .So Huerta has at last mas- tered the deaf mute alphabet" Jones' why sop
 Brown: He's consented to confer with John Lind"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

CONGRATULATIONS Our daughter writes from Vassar That she leads in the van Of college girls In sliding Down hill in a dishpan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24
TELEPHONE

Hell tprivste exchange connecting a'' Main 4eOo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter under act of Congress March 8. 1879.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01
Prison Politics Up to the Governor.

Governor Glynns action in ordering the removal
~ Warden Mccormick Of Sing Sing was good' 70
far as it goes But 1t does not 90 very far' NC
Cormick was Just a political job holder, and MS
inter incompetence and his brazen disregard OF
tbe nronrieties were 10 have been expected. They
were excused and apoogized for by Superintendent
puov his sunerior. who is amenable to Governor
Glvnn. Is punishment to p short of Riley who
onnointed the heller Mccormick and acquiesced
In what he did? If the Governor thinks his adj
ministration can get out Of this nasty mess oy
making the small man the scapegoat ne sadly
misunderstands the public temper-and that is not
a good thing for a Governor to do, especially when
he is candidate for Office.
Ever since Democracy took charge of state AZ
fairs there has been scandal at Sing Sing When
Sulzer did what Dix had refused to do and ousted
Superintendent Scott from the prison department
he directly threw that department into partisan
lob grabbing politics. Bad it may have been
beforehand II was none too gOod--it has beer
much worse since. Riley is a political job holder
The various prison wardens are job holders; their
subordinates graft and play politics The drug
habit lourishes Convicts leave prison more a
menace to the state than when they were com
mitted 10 jail.
II is incredible that in this state these things
need to be. There surely must be obtainable mel
honest enough and able enough to administer the
prisons satisfactorily and without playing politics
Whether Governor Glynn is elected or not, he vii
have two months to serve This prison scandal
came to a head under him. 1t is up to him u
clean house, kick ont the politicians and take the
prison department out Of politics.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01
A Rover of the Old School.

slippery craft is the Kaser's fast cruiser
Emden. and American sailormen viii be the first
to applaud her daring and Success Her com
mander is doing exactly what DR.. Franklns ships
did Off the coast Of England in the days Of Cap
tain John Paul Jones-also what Captain Raphael
Semmes did with the Alabama through two long
years Of the COS
The latest exploit Of the Emden in jumping clear
across the Bay Of Bengal-it is 1900 miles from
Colombo to Penang-and passing herself of as
japanese cruiser is the neatest trick yet turned.
If she hauled down her Japanese flag before send
ing in her torpedoes there can be no criticism of
ler conduct. AS for the fourth smokestack, worn
by way Of disguise, rowing shippers have liking
for such tricks, which have served their purposes
times ont Of mind. There was the Confederate
cruiser Lapwing for instance She was only a
captured bark in command OF lieutenant and
possessed just one gun, 12-pounder. spar was
sawed of TO a suitable length and painted to look
ike a long gun. Mounted on two wheels taken
from family carriage found on board this weapon
intimidated nothing less than full rugged ship
There are signs that the British public is be-
coming distinctly annoyed by the Emden's SUCCESS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01

Her CAPTURES amount to a tiny percentage or the
total British commerce but II is vexing for the
great British navy to be dened by despised Ger
man captain The Admiralty has already issued
lengthy explanation Seventy cruIsers-Brltish
Australian. japanese French and Russian, nclud
inc a number Of the fastest British commerce de
stroyers--are hunting for the eight or nine German
cruisers on the high seas. Time, patience and
good luck are named necessary preliminaries to
the determination of these dangerous sen rovers.
As matter OF fact, the sympathies or seatarlns
folk will stand with the British Admiralty In their
apparent helplessness Times have changed wire
less and the cable have come TO help pursuing YES
sells since the days Of the great privateersmen but
the seven seas pretty much unchanged Cap
tain Semmes lodged about the Atlantic and Pa
cifc from July, 1862, to June 1864, before he was
caught In Cherbourg harbor by Captain Winsow
In the Kearsarge. One Of his rules was to cruise
IN one locality not longer than two months, that
being about the time required for information 10
get ashore ana pursuit to start The West Indies,
the crossroads Of the Equator where passed the
homeward bound East India and Pacific trade, the
South Atlantic gave the Alabama n fruitful year.
Then learning that Union vessels we're after him,
Captain Semmes 6itted to the East Indies, by way
Of the Cape Of Good Hope, and made another kill
Ing unmoested.
The tactics OF the Dmden are pretty much the
same. She took her first prize in the Indian
Ocean, early in September she rounded Dondra
Head, and ranging up the Bay Of Bengal along the
Suez-to-C Calcutta route sank or captured seven
boats; but by the time the captured crews reached
lana and the alarm was sent out the Emden had
vanished, only to be heard from again 1900 miles
away on the Eight Degree Channel in the Indian
Ocean, southwest of Cochin Now she turns up at
Penang at the head Of the Straits Settlements
and after bagging cruiser and destroyer under
the guns Of fort disappears down the Strait
Of Malacca.
Let who will follow! It IS sweet mess OF
waters IN which she must now be sought. Sunda
Strait LOmbok Strait and the merry currents Of
Macassar-Mr. Joseph Conrad might be able to
locate the flying Emden but the average navy man
will have to worry. Luck may land her on a reef
or under superior guns at any hour. And again, It
may keep her ahoat shopping coal from obllging
rovers long after Rule Britannia" has or has not
been sung on Inter den Linden.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01

though they might have to surrender territory and
pay large indemnities But with Turkey nation
atty itself Is Mt stake If Constantinople changes
hands the sun of the Ottoman Empire will have
set The possession of the Dardanelles and the
Golden Horn has been the sign-warrant of Tur-
keys place among the powers Of the world As
long as that title remained untouched the Sublime
Porte had TO be reckoned with in the concert OF
Europe But If the ancient seat OF the Roman
Empire becomes Christian again and the heir OF
the Caliphs is banshed to some obscure town OF
Asia Minor the Turkey Of history will be only a
memory. II is this melancholy prospect which the
Sultan's government faces II It cannot escape re-
sponslbility for Thursdays mad escapode In the
Black Sea.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01
FOR A LEAGUE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
A Reader Urges That the Peril of Bernhard As.
erosion to America Be Made Clear.
To The Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There are in this country number Of soeie-
ties or associations which, under the meaningless
title German American devote their energies 10
the dissemination of false ideas regarding the aims
end ambitions, they concern America, OF the Ger
man Empire. These organizations are not important
as 70 the number of their constituents the chsrac
ter of their personnel but they have the tremen.
dous advantage of organization and deiniteness Of
object. In the face Of practically unanimous Amer
can sentiment adverse from the ideals and aims OF
the German nation, these so-called German Ameri-
can" organizations by their coordination of effort,
have been able to blind the American TO his
intimate personal interest in the outcome of the
present appalling design of conquest and aggrandize
ment. American sentiment is strongly anti-German,
but il is so purely sentimental grounds. These
grounds are the traditional American prejudice
against an aggressor, which know Germany to be,
ard the damnabe attack on Belgium. The fact
remains that the american Germans" Bernhard
much truly calls them, have managed TO create
D. sense of false security in this country regards
future development in amity with Germany
victorious in her present aggressive war and domi-
nant power in world affairs.
! believe, sir, that there is vital and present need Of
enlightenment for every American in regard to the
future position Of this country in the event of Ger
manys becoming the dominant power in Europe.
There is need of widespread reading of certain ror
tons of General Bernhardi's two books. There is
need for the refreshing the memories of our coun-
trymen the Won Diedrichs incident in Manila Bay.
There is need, in short, Of illumination the whole
megalomaniac tendencies of the German nation,
which have, unfortunately, spread from the coarse
ana brutal Prussan to the additionally friendly peo-
pies of South Germany.
/ beleNe mat as an organized propaganda has
served befog the American position regards Ger
many, there is vital and instant need for a counter
organization, league of enlightenment, to devote
systematic and intelligent effort to making plain to
every American the bghting effect Of dominant
Germany on our national future ideals and on
al that we hold dear. To such organization il
would afford me pleasure 10 contribute financially
and otherwise, to the utmost extent of my ability.
May t'Yenture to hope that through the mediation OF
The Tribune some one OF requisite prominence may
be moved TO take the initial steps in the formation
Of such an organization as have indicated. Believe
ne, sir, such movement started would by no
means lack adherents. A. c. JOHNSTON
New York. Oct 80, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01
MIR. WADsWoRTRs RECORD
What He Accomplished at Albany and
Could Do at Washington.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: It was my privilege to initiate
the legislative campaign which resulted
IN Elihu Roots election to the United
States Senate. | nominated him OF
hobalf of the Assembly. | believed
then he was a credit to the nation;
that he ranked high as citizen and
salesman. At that time he was bit
terly opposed by writer's Of promi-
hence. mon who have since learned to
appreciate the real worth OF senator
Root and have been manly enough -
admit the error of their ways.
am now urging the candidacy OF
James w. Wadsworth. jrp VINO was
the Speaker of the New York Assembly
during the most strenuous years OF the
states legislative history. Mr.. "ads-
yyor,h was the first Speaker who recog-
nized the importance of our greater
New York. He gave to its members OF
Assembly positions of influence on the
Leading committees, listened TO their
advice and sought In every possible
wav to give fair ano square deal TO
the people of New York City. The
knowledge he gained of the problems
confronting the citizenry of our En-
pire State; the absolute impartiallty
DISPLAYED by him in the conduct OF the
duties of his office; the utter lack of
subterranean work so common with the
average wielder of power, stamp HIM
a proper candidate for higher honor.
lie won the esteem of all who served
with him in the Legislature, ire
spectivc of party utilization.
Speaker Wadsworth drove the cor
rupt lobby from Albany. Corporations
long held up by INSCRIPTIONS men
were given a hearing, but only that ac-
corded the humblest citizen, and
nothing more.
If prosperity is again 20 visit our
nation. the first step must be the re-
turn to power Of the Republican party,
the party of definite aim and response
bility. Than James w. Wadsworth,
ir., no sturoier representative of Re-
publican doctrine is to be found in this
wide land. Worthy descendant Of a
worthy sire, he deserves the indorse-
ment our voters will give him on
Election Day. JAMES A. FRANCIS.
New York, Oct. 80, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01
Tammany Must Not Make the Const-
tuition.


Tammany control Of the state for four years
has produced waste, extravaganza, graft ana IL
general deterioration and decentralization or the
states business The Democratic attitude toward
oficeholding has been, in the main, that WHAT'S
everybody's business is nobodys business ana
therefore safely to be neglected or prosttuted 10
selfish uses Department officials have grated
and stood in with grafters The highway frauds
and the Sing Sing scandal will not be forgiven by
the public fo- many long year.
What Tammany has been in charge OF the state
government Tammsny would be in charge OF the
Constitutional Conventon-cyncal, selfish, corrupt.
The constitution lasts for twenty years 1t defines
limits and shapes the policy and action OF the
state 1t is the fundamental law and, as inter
preted by the courts, the last word Of the law.
Making it is one Of the most vital pieces Of public
service.
This state will be I'll advised to intrust this far
reaching function to a convention under Tammany
dominance II is unthinkable that tho Delmonco
directorate which resembles the older Tammany
potentate in working for its own pocket all the
time should direct the remaking of the states
constitution II is unthinkable that the organiza-
ton which puts Ahearn and Haffen on the ballot
as constitution makers can have a chance of sue
should vote for any delegate to the convention If
there Is q suspicion that he is under the Tigers
paw.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01
THE COUNTRY SHOULD CHEER UP
Curtailment of Business Has Gone Too
Far. Il Is Asserted.
To the Editor Of The Tribune,

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: It is to be hoped that the note Of
optimism IN Judge Gary's speech will
have the effect Of waking up a few
thousand Americans especially in the
East-to the fact that the financial
situation is not so bad as IL is painted.
Not but that it had been desirable and
necessary to curtail, but the curtall-
ment has gone too far.
What we need is 70 "loosen up" IL
is time to spend. at least in part.
Business begets business; We are for
getting that Because mis- business is
falling OF the merchant stops adver-
Using Then his business falls of
still morel There is wealth IN this
country as much as ever, wealth m
the last analysis that is, money,
which is not wealth, but simply the
means of facilitating the production
ami dissemination Of wealth, only
money is less abundant and IN a state
Of stringency. The sooner we start
this flowing the sooner we shall all be