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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-08
: = -7-1-1-- . . = 539.49; Indian, $9,771,902.76; diplo- matic and consular, $4,309, 9,S56.66.

matic and consular, $4,309 ,S56.66.
 Senators and representatives were very busy introducing bills and regu- lations as the following figures show. In the senate there were introduced 6641 bills, 472 senate resolutions, 196 joint resolutions and B concurrent resolutions, In the house the total number of bills introduced was 19,, 3O7; house resolutions, GAS; joint resolutions 372; concurrent resolu- tions, 50.
 The senate had considerable exe- cutive business to transact. The president sent no less than 5000 nominations to it for confirmation and, with few exceptions, these nominations were confirmed. Also the senate ratified twenty-six peace and arbitration treaties negotiated by the administration with foreign na- tions.
 The antitrust legislation enacted during the session consists of two laws, the Newlands federal trade commission act and the Clayton anti trust act. They first create con- mission which is to regulate the busi- ness of corporations and firms to a larger extent, to determine whether trade practices are unfair and 70 order them stopped if unfair. Court review, however, is provided for orders of the commission.
 The Clayton act is intended to sup plement the Sherman antitrust act and prohibits specifically exclusive
 contracts, price discriminations,
 holding companies, interlocking di- rectorates, and also attempts to ex- empt from the operation of the anti trust laws labor unions and farmers unions.
 The administration antitrust pro- gram included also the Rayburn stock and bond bill, which provide1 1 that the Interstate Commerce Con- mission should superintend and regu- late the issue of all stocks and bonds by common carriers. This bill was passed DJ the house but was allowed to go over in the senate until lat er
 owing to the financial crisis brought
 on in this county by the war sn Europe.
 New Currency Laws. The new federal reserve act, which
 became law during the session
 provides for more elastic currency Legislation was enacted dealins both with the war in Mexico and the war in Europe. In the first inst
 ance, the resolution jus flying the luse by the president of the armed forces of the United States in Mexi- co was put through after a memor- able debate. Also congress appropri- ated $500,000 to help bring American citizens out of Mexico.
 E In the second instance. laws were enacted soon after the war broke out in Europe extending the Aldrich- Vreeland emergency currency act providing war risk insurance for ves- sels carrying the American flag; ad- hitting to American registry foreigl built vessels; appropriasing $2,75O,- 900 to help stranded Americans out of Europe, and appropriating $1,0OO,- 900 to pay the expenses of American officials abroad acting for belliger. lent nations.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-08
The Origin of "Yankce.,

The Algonquin tribe of Indians, which contested the possession of America with the settlers of the Old Colony in Massachusettes, is credited by Ralph Dacol in his book. Two Men of Taunton" with having ori- ginated the name Yankee. There was no "1" in their tongue and they could come no nearer to pronouncing the word English" than "Yengeesh" This gradually was corrupted into Yankee"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-08

Neuralgia of the face, shoulders hands. or feet requires powerful remedy that will penetrate the flesh. BALARD'S SNOW LINIMENT pos sesses that power. Rubbed in where the pain is felt is all that is neca- ssary to relieve suffering and restore normal conditions. Price 25c. soc and s1 .OO per bottle. Sold by w. L. De- woody & co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-08

serious face. that France and Ger many had come to an arrangement 10 exchange prisoners, and the of flCrrS should name twenty Of his men in view of such an exchange The German went off to consult his men and returned rather crestfallel With the answer:
 are"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-08
Prpfe-. Prison tO Field,

Paris. Nov. 7.-This story IS being told here today. A gang officer, who is a confirmed practical joker, paid a vst to German lieutenant, who had been taken prisoner with large detachment. He told them, with a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-07
Large Vote and Good Order

Whether Alabama's next governor is to be former Governor B. B. Conner, Charles Henderson or Reuben F. Kolb must yet be determined.
 In yesterdays democratic primary the former governor led. Both MT. Henderson and Captain Kolb ran well, but until further returns are obtained it can be only a guess as to which one will be Mr. Comer's opponent. The second primary will be on May II, and it will be full of ginger.
 Thomas E. Kilby of Anniston will be our next lieutenant governor, the combined vote of his opponents being negligible quantity. There was state wide interest, of course, in the three-cornered contest for the United States Senate for the short term Capt Frank $, White, Ray Rushton and Watt T. Brown. Captain White, dt q ldbt HUI iiiShV, Noo NSii ahead, but not until all the returns are at hand will it be known positively that he is the democratic nominee.
 Of the congressman to be elected, the liveliest contest was here in the Ninth district. But now that the full term senatorship is disposed of the greatest interest will center on Ala bama's chief executive office.
 There was naturally keen interest in the legislative candidates and in the candidates for various state and i county offices. Tomorrow's Age Her ' aid will be able to give practically all the results.
 From a weather point of view yes terday was a perfect day throughout l the state. An immense vote was boiled, and it was gratifying to know that good order prevailed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-07
Underwood Sweeps the State

The expected happened yesterday. Oscar W. Underwood, candidate for the United States Senate for the full term, beginning March 1, 1915, de- feated his opponent, Richmond P. Hobson, by an overwhelming ma jority.
 It was splendid victory, for it was won by clean, straightforward meth ods on the part of those who rallied to Mr. Underwoods standard. It was, moreover, triumph of conservatism over radicalism.
 From the time Mir. Underwood was elected to represent this district Tn Congress twenty years ago he has had the unbounded respect of his fellowmen regardless of party, and since rising to eminence in the House, he has been one of the most potential figures in our national life.
 As the House leader Mr. Underwood 
 has won the plaudits of the national democracy and no man has ever gone to the United States Senate bet ter equipped than he. A lifetime student of the science of government and a widely acknowledged authority in the realm of political economy on it's practical side, he will bring to the upper house of Congress con structive statesmanship and mature judgment that will give him com manding rank at once. And added to all of Mr. Underwoods acquired knowledge is poise, self-restraint and high moral courage.
 The United States Senate will al- ways. need men. of MT. Underwood's temperament and character. It has never needed such men more than it does today, albeit that body is graced by not a few able and high minded PeltltDlcn
 The state democracy rose to the oc- casion with telling emphasis, indeed, when it rolled up such a mighty ma jority for Alabama's illustrious son. From the beginning of the campaign there had been no ground for doubt as to the result in the primary It was only question of majority. And now that returns indicate a landslide for Mr. Underwood, the matchless leaders friends may well overflow with joy
 Yesterday was a great day-a red letter day-for Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-07
The Problem of Unemployment

Existing unsatisfactory labor condi- tions in the United States and Can ada have brought into the lime light the question of unemployment and the solution of the problem will soon command the consideration of practi- cal politics.
 Such small nations as Norway and Denmark have attempted to wrestle with the question, and their apparent ly successful results demonstrate what may be accomplished in this direc- ton.
 The Norwegian government was the first to apply state aid upon na- tional scale, but it's efforts have been chiefly directed to the assistance of organized labor. It's law of 1906 pro- vides for voluntary insurance against unemployment and stresses the eff forts put forth by the leading labor unions, the nation reimbursing such organizations to the etxent of a quar-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-07

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 The reason why a girl gets mad all over when her brother musses up her hair is because he isn't some other girls brother.
 No married man has any business being lush and regular rounder. But every wife should understand that the best way to hold a husband is to let him get out once in a while and run around with his friends. Don't ball him out because he gets in at a. m. He expects roast and he will think you are the finest woman on earth if he doesn't get it.
 The announcement Is made that the skirts will not be any fuller this summer. Wel, thtts relief Some of the skirts look as though they couldn't stand the present strain
 A girl is never proud of her figure until she gets old enough to know that she has one.
 The only time woman doesn't care how big her feet are is when her friend.s are standing around saying: How nat ural she looks.
 The reason why daughter gets up first every morning and serves mother her breakfast in bed is because she wouldn' { swap her old bungalow apron for a new tango gown.
 have never met an ideal husbana But imagine he must be a cross betwe a drink of milk and a plate of mush.
 It doesn't seem fair. but it is that a skinny girl who is pretty is lowy'' and a skinny girl who is h9if is just skinny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-07
Build the Auditorium

The city commission should delay no longer in taking the remaining steps to build an auditorium or con yention hall. While Birmingham revenues are not sufficient to justify or make possible large expenditures for improvements that might be eX- pected in a growing city, there IS no valid excuse for the commission leaY- ing undone certain things involving comparatively small outlay.
 The auditorium should be regarded almost as much of a necessity as a water supply, street paving, street lighting and police protection. Moth ing does so much to advertise city as great national gatherings, and in order to have big conventions ade- 'ouate hotel accommodations and an auditorium seating eight or ten thou sand people are necessary.
 By an overwhelming majority the voters cast their ballots last fall for s2OO, ,O0o auditorium bond issue. The amount should have been S250,000, perhaps; but rather than wait and have it done all over again, the city should go ahead and do it's best with the proceeds of $200,000 bond sale.
 It would not be difficult to raise an additional $50,000 as temporary loan; however, S200,000 would give Birmingham an auditorium some what larger than Atlanta's. Local bankers are ready to take the city's auditorium bonds. The supreme court, as a matter of form, will have to pass upon the validity of such an issue; but that detail could be expedited and over with in few weeks.
 Let the commission take this mat ter up at once Ground should be broken for the new building before July. If this be done Birmingham will have an auditorium completed in time for grand opera festival and conventions in 1915.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-07
WAR ON THE COOK STOVE

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The cook stove has been called be- fore the bar. A Boston woman who has made a study of kitchen economics as- serts that the individual cook stove, the individual kitchen, and individual housekeeping are the worst home breakers. They make for extravaganza, and nothing destroys domestic felicity so surely as a strained pocketbook.
 The amount of food which three families of four persons each consume for meal under the present individu- al system of housekeeping, says this woman, in a restaurant would feed 20 instead of only 12 people Individual housekeeping, she asserts further, not only is hard on the mans pocketbook, but also on the womans nerves Nor is it true that home cooking is the healthiest kind of cooking. The res taurant, the wholesale kitchen, pre- pares the food better and serves 1t more attractively. It is more appetiz- ing and, consequently, more digesti- ble.
 The abolition of the private kitchen, the woman continues, will no more de- prive the home of it's atmosphere than the banishment of the washtub has done. We are quite happy to be rid of wash day and to let the laundry do the washing for us. We will be hap pier still, she says, when cooking in the flat will cease and we will get our meals in public dining halls, the food prepared by expert cooks instead of by experimenting housewives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-07

ter of the amount of benefits paid to the unemployed by the unions. While the recognized funds admit to mem bership any and all practical me- chanics of the trades concerned re- gardless of utilization or nonaffiliation with the unions, but little benefit so far has redounded to unorganized la bor in that country.
 Denmark, however, has gone fur ther and done better, as her statute of 1907 recognizes and assists all classes of labor, and its provisions render practicable the accumulation of funds gathered in years of plenty and pros- perity as a medium of alleviation in times of financial distress and indus trial depression. The organized unions have willingly lent their cooperation to the efforts of the government and the feasibility of the plan has been demonstrated.
 The United States might gain a point or two in the solution of knot ty problem by studying the methods of the two little but advanced coun- tries across the sea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-07
----------s9s7|777 THE PROyENCAL POET

From the Boston Transcript
 In France poet may write in dia- lect untintelligble to the mass of his fel- low eountrymen and become famous. In Great Britain or in this country such a thing would be impossible. When British and American poets adapt their native speech to literary purposes, as did Scott and Lowell and many others. they can be easily understood without the aid of dictionary.
 Even William Barnes. with his quaint and picturesque poems in the Dorset dia- lect, was not incomprehensble, but neither did he reach anything more than a fame based on curiosity. But Frederic Mis- tral, writing all his long life in his na- tive Proyencal. and practically nothing but his native Provencal, has been ex- alted among the great poets, not mere ly of his time and country, but of all times and all countries.
 He lived in one of the most romantical- ly secluded corners of France, and throw ing himself heart and soul in his youth into the movement that sought the pres ervation of Provencal traditions and the Provencai language. he became not mere 1y the leader of a literary revival, but a celebrated poet. With his associates he accomplished the unforeseen and made of Provence a literary country within d literary country.
 Mistral was more than poet, however. He was the custodian of Provehces won derful heritage of the past He collected the vanishing proverbs, the legends, the folklore. the word-of-mouth poetry, and prose of his people, and preserved them forever. His repute, meager at first and confined wholly to Provence, spread slow ly. He became known elsewhere in France, he was acclaimed in Paris, his writings have been translated into French, into English into many other lam guages. He was granted a long life and during every moment of it he remained, despite the unexpected worldwide celeb rity that came to him. Provencal of the Provencals. His country, his people, his language, his literature were his life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-07
southerners Like PoIitic-

For 20 years or more l have been making periodical trips through the south and have observed that the southern people take eagerly to pol ities," said N & Waldron of Milwau- kee.
 We have exciting campaigns in the north, but usually they are of only a gia few years ago when the polit- ical cauldron was boiling. It had been boiling for months, I was told. Every body was taking sides and excitement ran high. have been in Tennessee when the whole state seemed to be in political turmoil and IS for Alabama we'll from my observation one cleo tion is hardly over before new cam paign has started"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-07
The King ys. the President

The poet never utterd a truer axiom than when he wrote "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" 7" and recent developments both in this country and Great Britain demon /strate that no matter under what form of government one may live the respective characteristics of the peo- pie will assert themselves and play their part in the drama of life.
 David LIoyd-George is the idol of the middle and wage working classes in England and there is no public character in that country who is more heartily detested by Queen Mary than that great comrnoner. In fact 1t IS questionable whether King George larity which is attached to his royal spouse from the simple fact that he is her husband
 It was only sufficient for the public to suspect that the King had inter ferred to save the commissions of the recalcitrant army officers, to arouse an almost unprecedented outburst or resentment in the House of Commons. His majesty's good faith and obvious ly excellent intentions were not ques- tioned and it was not his suspected predelictions towards the aristocracy that engendered the outburst; it was merely the interference of the throne with the operation of constitutional government.
 England is monarchy, and yet how different in this republic of ours have the activities of certain chief executives in legislative functions been regarded by the public. Two ex- ceptionally popular and efficient Presidents of the United States since the close of the civil war have paid little regard to limitations and in a measure Roosevelt and Wilson are the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-07

J. Orsat, an officer ofpublic instruction in France, has invented an ingenius sys- tenn of international correspondence which has none of the disadvantages of a spoken universal language. Every word in the French language is denoted by a number and the same number is given to the corresponding word in other Ian guages In writing a letter in ones own language to a person in another country who did not understand that language it would only be necessary to put down the numbers of the words The receiver of sthe letter could easily retranslate the numbers into the words of his language
 Dictionaries based on this system are being prepared in all tongues. M. David, the French minister of commerce, has given his approval to M. Orsats idea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-07

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
 The action of the reserve organization committee in denying New Orleans 9 regional bank was a profound mistake from all points of view Fortunately. the mistake is not irremediable and this city's representative institutions should strike for justice at once.
 Under the law the federal reserve board (composed of the Secretary of the Treas ury, the Comptroller of the Currency and five members to be appointed by the President of the United States) must rat fly the organization committees judgment before it becomes final. As MT. McAdoo and MT. Williams have voted to ignore New Orleans, it is inherently proba 5le that they will stand pat5 but the re- maining members of the board can al- proach the subject with open minds II they be men of the right type
 The Owen-Glass act distinctly provides that ''the districts shall be apportioned with due regard to the convenience ana customary course of business" Will any body make bold to assert that this injunc- tion has been obeyed in making New Or leans the financial satellite of Atlants, or that Baltimore should hold the same rela- tion to Richmond?
 In truth, expert opinion has been clear concerning the Crescent City claim from the first. For example, we have before us an exceedingly able and thorough book entitled, "The Operation of the New Bank Act The book bears the names of Thomas Conway, Jr, and Ernest NJ. Fat terson, both professors of finance at the University of Pennsylvania. It is consc- quently absurd to imagine that the au- thors are biased in favor of this city. In discussing the location of the regional banks Messrs Conway and Patterson say: Tt seems to be generally conceded that New York and Chicago will be ON the rest of the number there is no con- their financial prominence; San Francisco and New Orleans come next, but upon tn crest of the number there is no con sensus of opinion"
 It will thus be seen that these authcrl- ties had no manner of doubt as to New Orleans, whatever they may have thought of Atlanta and Dallas, Kansas City and Richmond, Minneapolis and Cleveland.
 Unfortunately, the organization con mittee's report affords ground for the belief that. purely scientific arguments have not prevailed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-07
In the ausine.s Mor1a

Business has been very dull for sev- eral weeks, but the feeling in com mercial circles in the east Is better, and if the interstate commerce commission authorizes the railroads to increase freight rates per cent there will be marked revival of prosperity" said Henry o. Ormond of Boston.
 "We are fast approaching the season when crop reports will affect finan- cial and trade conditions and if the June reports are favorable we may req sonably expect a high degree of Susi- ness activity. With the petition of the railroads answered in the affirma- tive and bumper crops in sight there will be real boom and hard times will be speedily forgot"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-07

idols of the American people. The country was more than content to trust their domination of Congress, yet perfdnctory exercise of recog nized constitutional authority upon the part of British monarch approaches pretty closely the inaug uration of revolution. No matter what the style of the government, monarchy or republic, the national characteristics of the people will be- come manifest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-07
LET THE SUNSHINE IN

From llt-BltS.
 It pays to wear a smiling face
 And laugh our troubles down. For all our little trials wait
 Our laughter or our frown. Beneath the magic of smile
 Our doubts will fade away. As melts the frost in early spring Beneath the sunny ray. It pays to make worthy cause,
 By, helping 1t, our own; To give the current of our lives
 A true and noble tone. It pays to comfort heavy htagtf
 Oppressed with dull despair, And leave in sorrow-darkensd 1
 A gleam of brightness there It pays to give a helping he n6
 To eager, earnest youth, To note, with all their waywa 6ae
 Their courage and their trxAh To strive with sympathy, an love
 Their confidence to win. It pays to open wide the hes
 And let tho eunshine n.