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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
Congressman Richardson Dead

The death of Judge William Rich ardson of Huntsville, representative in Congress from the Eighth Ala bama district, is another sad reminder of the falling away of the scared veterans who fought valiantly for the Lost Cause.
 Judge Richardson entered the Con- federate service at the age of 16 and was thrice wounded. His last wound was received at the bloody battle of Chickamauga, and from it he was totally disabled. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1867. He represented Limestone county in the legislature in 1865-67; was probate judge and also judge of the county court of Madison from 1875 to 1886.
 He was early recognized as one of the leading men of the democratic party in Alabama and was elector for the state at large in 1888; was dele gate from the state at large to the democratic national convention of 1904; was elected to fill an uneXpired term in the Fifty-Sixth Congress, and had been a member of Congress ever since. At the time of his death he was chairman of one of the most inn portant committees in the House-that on pensions. Until his health began to fail, Judge Richardson was a reg ular attendant on all sessions of the House, and was esteemed as one of the most useful members on the demo- cratic side. He was greatly inter ested in rivers and harbors work and had performed valuable service in se- curing liberal appropriations for the improvement of the Tennessee river. His constituents always gave him loyal and generous support, and at the last congressional election hs de- feated his republican opponent by an overwhelming majority.
 Judge Richardson was of the fine old southern type-large hearted and chivalrous-and his death will cause expressions of sincere regret through out Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
Underwood.s Great speecb

When the Panama canal Gill was pending in Congress the New York Sun protested vigorously against the clause eXempting American eoastwise ships from payment of tolls. and it is now on President Wilson's side in urging a repeal of the toll exemption provision of the law said an old democrat, but it gave prominence to MT. Underwood $ speech made in the House last Friday. Not only that, but it's Washington corre- spondent wrote glowingly of the demo- cratic leaders effort. Among other things the Suns special said:
 Leader Underwoods s speech against the repeal of the tolls exemption law was the most forceful argument delivered by any of the opponents of the legisla- ton and it has blazed a trail for all who are to argue against the proposed legislation.
 " The speech held the attention of the House and the crowded galleries and was regarded as the strongest address the Alabama member ever has delivered in the House. The speech was notable for MT. Underwoods restraint of per sonal feelings, yet it was strong in its condemnation of the contentious oe Pres ident Wilson and his followers.
 Leader Underwood declared, among other things, that the sovereignty of the United States over the canal zone is at issue in the pending legislation; that the passage of the measure means the sur render by the United States of the right to assert control over its own property" /"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
The Home Rule Cause

The political skies of Great Britain are clearing, and the debate on the second reading of the Irish home rule bill in the House of Commons yester- day was singularly calm. The warlike attitude of Ulster and the wholesale resignation of army officers threw Great Britain into convulsions; but the English are used to crises, and the lib- eral party led by Mir. Asquith is now more than ever on it's mettle.
 Had MT. Lloyd George, radical lib eral, been premier he would have been probably more strenuous in handling the Irish home rule measure when a crisis was approached. He would have dared the Ulsterites, the unionists and all others trying desperately to block home rule; but Asquith's ab- solute fidelity to the home rule cause has never been questioned, and his boise under trying circumstances with civil war threatened has been most admirable and has stood his party in good stead.
 Mr. Asquith, who has been and still is the first lord of the treasury, took upon himself a second office, that of secretary of war in the place of Col onel Seely, just resigned. According to British custom when the premier | fills an additional office of emolument he must resign his seat in Parliament and go to his constituency and stand l for reelection. His district is East Fife in Scotland. He will be opposed by laborite candidate and probably by unionist; but it is believed that he will be returned by decided ma jority or plurality as the case may | be.
 It will be lively campaign, and MT. Asquith will be afforded the op- portunity in his speeches of greatly strengthening the liberal party. Even if he should be defeated, the home rule measure, humanly speaking, would have no backset. Ireland is certain to have an autonomous government sim liar in most respects to that of ] Canada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
THE SOUP AND THE SAILOR

From the Green Book Magazine.
 William Collier is a great student of human nature, and keen ovserver He is always able to relate an amusing incl dent gleaned from his personal observa- ton. Here is a new one he is telling:
 "When I was having luncheon in a fashionable cafe one day. I noticed two sailors enter. They were evidently out on a sightseeing expedition, wished to change their regular programme and so sauntered to the exclusive end of town.
 After they were seated. which was very near me, they scanned the menu carefully.
 Let's stow away some O this con sonny, whatever it is,' said the leader of the adventure. addressing the waiter
 "'What is consummy, pal?' asked the other sailor of his companion, as soon as the waiter had departed.
 "'Why, it's a Dago word for soup the experienced one told him.
 'In few moments the consomme was served to them.
 Huh, sneered the ignorant one. as he viewed the dish, we've been sailin' on soup all our lives an didn't know it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
"JhOupht Plays"

Tone Noguchi recently delivered lecture in London on "The Drama of Silence" which is called in Japan the sNo" drama. The art is referred to as Gin effect a religious act of spiritual contemplation, Buddhistic in its origin, in which the audience take their part as we'll as the actors"
 A curious development of Japanese dramatic literature, "The Drama of Silence" includes about 300 plays. It is the ambition of the properly edu- cated man, declares Noguchi, to know these plays by heart and to act them upon the. stage. A description of the conditions under which the dramas are presented is interesting. The stage is usually about 25 feet square, the scenery and "props" are extremely simple. The audience of "apprecia- tors," who may have books in which te follow the story of the play, watch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01

From the Baltimore Sun.
 The foreign legion is commonly be- lleved to be made up of broken men who have in some way found themselves elmi-
 mated from society. thrown out or left out or gone out of their own will, whether
 by misfortune, error, disappointment or any of the various chances of life, and
 who have joined the legion to lose them
 selves. or because they did not know what
 else to do with their lives. They come
 from all European nations, and are cos
 mopoitan body. and, no doubt, here and there among them is a brilliant talent or
 a fine quality of daring gone astray; but imagine very large proportion of them are simply friendless men who at some moment of abandonment find themselves
 without resources and without a career
 and see in the legion last resource. I believe there are great numbers of ! such frendless men in our civilization Among the thousands of the legion there
 must be, of course, everyseolor of the hu-
 man past; the losers in life fail for
 many reasons and in their defeat be-
 come, it may be, incidentally or tenn
 porarily, antisocial or even habitually so, as late ndTueiS lOuHu lueul Wlln years,
 but in a great number of cases, I believe,
 society has defaulted in their moral obli-
 gations to their neighbors and, holding such views it was perhaps natural that so far from finding the legion a band of
 outcast adventurers and derelicts, I found them very human, l did not read romance or or virtue into them. l know the hard conditions of their lives. If there be an inch of hero in man he is hero enough 1 for me.
 | The story of the French occupation of l Algeria is largely the story of the legion. 1 For almost a century it has been of l the most effective units of the French army all over the world; and here in AL geria 1t has been not only a fighting force | of the first order, but also pioneer force
 of civilization. The legionaries have built ! the roads, established the military and civil stations, accomplished the first pub l lie works. drained and planted; they have | laid the material foundation of the new | order: they have not only conquered, but civilized in the material sense, and the 1 labor in that land and climate has been an enormous toll. >-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01

uNDERwooD's POPULARITY.
From the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register
 Underwood's popularity in Mobile is we'll attested by the attendance at. the Underwood meeting here Saturday night last. curiosity to see the candida te played no part in attracting the great crowd, for the candidate was not pres ent; his friends spoke for him. Undoubt- edly, the influencing motive of all or most of those persons present was the wish to show their loyalty to the talented Ala bamian and party leader, who is a candi- date for the Senate.
 MT. Underwood was not present. be- cause he believes that it is his duty to remain at his post and perform the serv- ice of a congressman. We have heard it said that he does not show sufficient interest in his candidacy and that he is losing votes by his refusal to keep on the stump in this state; but if he is to lose on that account he faces the pros pect with a clear conscience. If the dem ocrats of Alabama turn him down be- cause of his decision to do his duty, that Is their affair.
 But they will not do it. Our people admire underwood's courage. his stick to-it-ness. his entire independence of the fears that control the conduct of some men. This is the great quality. It is what makes him a. statesman; it is the quality that causes him to be respected as the party leader; it is the quality that should, and we believe does, command the approval of the intelligent electors of Alabama. We want a man of this stampj in the Senate, and we want him as the representative there of Alabama He is of the mental and moral force that be- longs to greatness, and will be a fit successor to the great senators, Morgan and Petus, and by his career there will increase the fame of sthe state that has sent him to the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
PrOgreSN Heinz Made

We are making satisfactory progress
 in the work of getting subscribers to the stock of the Birmingham Musical l association" said Secretary James II. Hard yesterday
 ''As is now generally kown musical festival is to be given in May under the auspices of this association. As the rrice of a share Is only S10 everybody who is approached subscribes for one or moro, One prominent citizen put down his name for five shares
 "The festival will be one of the most brilliant ever given in4 Birmingham. The St Louis symphony orchestra, on which we have an option. ranks very high, and in addition to symphony mu- sic We will have a splendid chorus un- der the direction of Mir. Rienzi Thomas. The Birmingham Musical association will be permanent organization, and if the festival is as successful financially as we expect it to be, we will work for much larger affair. in 1915. "The association will be in position not only to give an opatorio annually but grand opera as well. Of course. we cannot have grand opera on a large scale until we have a big auditorium but the auditorium should be built. and ready for use sometime next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
THE WRONG TERM

From the Philadelphia Telegraph
 Senator William Hughes of New Jer- sey, told story in demonstrating that when a man wants to lucidly express himself he cannot be too careful in picking out the right brand of language.
 The parson of a small church in one of the back counties tenderly announcsa that he had received call from anothae field. At the conclusion of the service the parson was approached by one of the deacons.
 ''I have been thinking about the an- nouncement you made. parson,' said the deacon. Are they offering you any more money in that new field?"
 "Oh. yes. brother" was the prompt re- joinder of the parson, 's3oO.''
 Well, l don't know as l blame you parson," thoughtfuliy returned the dea- con, but in making the announcement you didn't use the right term. That isn't a call it's raise'.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
Problem of the Unemployed

The renewed activity of General Coxey in organizing an army ot un- employed to march to Washington city and the recent enormous parade in New York of those out of work have led many people to apprehend that the problem of the unemployed is becoming dangerously acute, but the student of history knows that the situation is by no means new one and review of past statistics will do much toward quieting the alarmists.
 Thomas Carlyle justly said that "a man willing to work and unable to find work is, perhaps, the saddest sight that fortunes inequality eX- hibits under the sum-" but the num- her of men and women in this country who are facing such condition IS relatively quite small.
 The American Association of Labor Legislation is seeking to handle eff fectively the problem of unemploy- ment, and is bitterly opposed to any such methods as those advocated by Coxey and adopted by the Industrial Workers. The association declares that many men are of an "unemploy- able" temperament, others achieve ,oh shiftlessness, while others again have unemployment thrust upon them, and it is the last named class that the or ganization is endeavoring to assist.
 The last United States census showed that during the year 1910 there had been 6,46S,964 persons, or 25 per cent of laborers, out of employ ment sometime during the year and of these about half had been idle for a period of three months.
 The most unsatisfactory figures, however, were found in the federal census of manufacturers for the year 1905, which showed that at one period 7,017,13S persons were employed, while at another period the number of workers had dropped to 4,599,09l leaving a difference of 2,41S,047.
 It cannot be argued that this dis crepancy of nearly two and half million meant that so great a number were out of employment as many of them unquestionably had sought new employers during the year.
 While the situation is grave, it is by no means alarming, and with the advent of the season when work is ob- tainable it is to be expected that ex- isting conditions will soon become greatly ameliorated.
 The American Association of Labor N Legislation is doing yeomen's work and it's labors bid fair to become eff fective in solving many of the prob lens which the question of unemploy- ment today presents. Such problems have always existed and they will re. main with us to the end of time, but much can and will be done to smoothe and straighten the highway of life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01

the actors in silence. The orchestra consists of a flute and two tambour- ines. Besides three or four acting characters and dancer, a chorus drawn up in two rows, with their pro- files toward the audience, helps to in- terpret the play. The actors rarely speak their lines.
 The "No" pleys deal chiefly with the kinship of mankind to the animal and vegetable kingdoms, inclining to- ward the tragic side of life. Their real value," says a commentators, lies in their spirituality and in the silent magnetic intercommunion of thought arJ ideal between actors and audience
 The theatre of contemplation" may be suited to the oriental mind, but it is beyond the depth of the aver age American theatregoer. He might be mildly interested in the dancer who takes part in the performance of a thought play" but he would find the chorus work" entirely diff ferent from his conception of what chorus ought to do. Granted their spirituality and catholicism, the "No" plays would prove frightfully de- pressing to an admirer of George M. Conan or even of Eugene Walter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
There VIII Be no UnmuzzIed Dogs

or the first time in the history cf Birmingham' said Dog Commissioner Kelly yesterday afternoon, there will be no unmuzzled dogs on the streets this summer, or it may be this fall be- fore we get the new system to working perfectly. Under the system used hers formerly it was impossible to compel owners to muzzle dogs, but under tho present rule we can handle them.
 By capturing all the stray dogs, or rather the dogs which no one thinks enough of to buy tag. We will soon have the situation where there will be nothing but tagged dogs in the city and by referring to our. records we will know instantly with whom to deal regarding any certain offending dog
 Prom now or the matter is to be just turned around-backwards from the way it was formerly worked. Hereto- fore the city has endeavored to punish the offending dog, the animal which went without a tag, or without a muzze dur ing the prohibited months. Now we are going to deal with the owners of the dogs. Instead of killing the dog without a muzzle, we will arrest his owner and fine him in the police court. We will offer rewards for every dog turned up that is on the streets without ,nuzzle and will pay the reward out of the fine collected from the owner
 Tt will take sometime to get the system working, of course, but by sum mcr at the latest, III venture to say there will be the best dog regulations in Birmingham of any city in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
THE LYRICAL GOPHER GOVERNOR

From the New York Sun.
 The Hon. Adolph olson Eberhart (born olson), governor of Minnesota, has an nounced that he will be a candidate in the republican primaries for third term The democrats of Mcleod county, known falo Creek and the South Fork of the Crow river emitted this ribald resolution on Thursday, his "announcing' day:
 We condemn the silly, blatant, vena and maudin administration of the state by Governor Eberhart, whose junketing, tangoing. turkey trotting, ballad singing, song writing antics and lack of interest in and grasp of state affairs have aroused the contempt of all thinking men and made the state administration the laugh ing stock of the nation.'
 Silly, blatant. venal and maudln' is a fine string of adjectives; 'yenal' is of course, purely conventional. The un- terrified patriots of Buffalo creek are deally embittered by the aesthetic and lit- erally talents of MT Eberhart; talents which have awakened sympathy, not derision, in more enlightened regions Adolph Olson, whosannexed the name of Eberhart because Mankato, where he first put out his shingle as a lawyer, was crowded with Adolph Olsons, is great big" healthy fellow, who matriculated as cowpuncher and farmers hired man and put himself through school and college If he dances it is from joy in life and to keep solid" with the farmers daughters and votes He has in fact something or the melodious accomplishment and adap- tability of Honey Fits of Boston. As to his ''song writing antics," his Iris Only You," some stanzas of which were made in the dentists chair, all anthologies should contain. It is song of courage as well as of love; it pulsates with the will triumphant over the accursed tooth tinkering steel. Take home a specimen: If sorrows come and tears should dim
 the eye,
 Obscuring visions of the realms that lie Beyond the shadows in the azure blue, There's still one beacon light-'tis you.
 Strutting and tumid critics sheer that this is a mixture of Dr. Watts and al the latest popular songs" It is excellent good verse for a governor, and coming from a tortured soul with a fiend playing on his ivory keys it is sublime. To be sure, Adoph Olsons enemies say he had the proof in his pocket before he wen- to the dentists. Throat-scalded be the tongue of envy. Whatever be Governor Eberhart's grasp upon state affairs, he grasps the Tyre as manfully he did the hoe. He put Gopherdom into the Liter ary Belt. Honor be his.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01

sentence of death was passed by the eourtmartial this sentence was .accom- panied by recommendation to mercy: but 1t was, nevertheless, carried out and Byng was shot on the quarter deck Of the Monarch, on March II, 1757.
 The tragic fate of Byng formed the subject of much discussion at the time. and it has often been discussed since. and many of the English historians haze condemned the execution as a judicial murder. Boscawcn. the British lord of the admiralty, was the head of the board that signed Byng's instructions on Maren 50, 1756. He signed the order for the courtmartial on December II following: and as commander in chief of Ports- mouth, he signed the immediate order for the execution on the March H.
 Byng, as most of the superior of ficers of the navy, was member of the House of Commons; and it fell to the lot of Boscawen to inform the House on DeIember 3. that the King and the board of admiralty being dissatisfied with the conduct of Admiral Byng he, the said admiral, is now in custody in order to be tried
 lHere IS no uOuDt that there had been influences at work to throw as much blame as possible on the unfortunate Byng while, perhaps, he suffered nearly as much from the violent partisanship of his friends. Macauey, the historian has asserted that the punishment of the admiral was unjust and absurd The King refused to commute the sentence. though asked to do so by Pitt
 The conduct of Byng in his last mo- ments confirms no part of the evidence of cowardice, with which he was charged, for he was cool, determined disnified and resigned. In answer to this. how ever, a historian states: There is a broad distinction between passive cour- age in facing death, which is often shown by warlilNe nations, notably the Chinese, than that more active form of affronting danger which leads to vic- tory"
 But in spite of Byng's misfortune at the time, an immediate posterty hon. ored him as British admiral; and it was obtained from among the secrets of min isterial intrigue, that he vas the victim of ministerial cowardce, undeserving of the disgrace of an execution, and obe- dient to orders which the men In office had not the courage to avow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
CONSTANCE.

 Oh Constance dearest. Constance sweet, Long years have rolled away Do ybu recall the summer brook That in the sunshine lay? Can you forget the song you sang The tune. the tear, the VOW You breathed to me that happy day Upon the clovered mow? Long years have rolled away since then: Long years of grief and care, But to thy memry still I'm true, Oh girl with goldenA hair
 CHEEKY Reporter: Senator I.oveall has just been terribly gashed upon both cheeks by would-be assassin" City Editor: Well. give him 4 two column cut"
 ODD TEMPERAMENT Physician: For your ailment absolute rest is sine qua non' Patient: But, doctor. my system won't take any quinine.
 THE BATTLE OPENS.
 With joy I'm filled;
 I'll tell you why.
 Today I killed
 A brand new fly
 Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Two Gold Fish

Said E. C. Janney, a member of the Birmingham bar: Here is a copy of C letter I have just written and mailed to Mir. Underwood
 My Dear Sir: On last Christmas q friend of mine presented my little boy with two goldfish. He named one # them Underwood and the other one liobson. l had lost sight of the fact that these fish were given to him until sunday, when l gazed into the bowl in which they were swimming, at which tyne l noticed Underwood had grown to be twice the size of Hobson. Let us hope that this is an indication that your victory on April will be in propor- tion to the growth of these fish. Yours truly"