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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-30
WILSON'S FRIEND, JONES
From the Mobile Register.


 President Wilson, trying to land his old cass-mate, Thomas D. Jones, into a place on the federal reserve bank board answers criticism saying that MT. Jones held but one share of stock in the National Harvester company, and was a director for the purpose only of assisting to withdraw it from the con- trol which led it into practices bringing it under criticism of the law officers of the government, and has been most eff fective in that capacity" MT. George w. Perkins, exclaims: No such thing! Jones was recommended by Cyrus Mccormick, says Perkins, as an old college mate and personal friend, and everybody was glad to have him in the directorate. There was no faction in the board and MT. Jones surely was elected by the very men who were in control of the company, and MT. Jones has not done thing in the rescue line, nor attempted it. Jones is all right, says Perkins, but doesn't need to have his connection with the Harvester com pany apologlzed for.
 We know what MT. Roosevelt would say under the circumstances, but MT. Wilson will be expected to produce the goods.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-30
cArlouTwITrED PEEwEEs

T lOil tic NEW IOih liuico
 Benjamin l.. Dulaney, naturalist and owner of coal properties. who owns a big reservation partly situated in the city of Bristol, Tenn, where birds from all parts of the country have found an asylum,
 was telling yesterday at the Waldorf an
 incident which showed that, with all the
 protection human beings may throw
 about birds, a chance action of those
 same protectors may defeat their own
 purpose.
 ''I have seldom regretted anything more
 than an incident one day last week." said
 MT. Dulaney ''I have been much inter-
 ested in pair of peewees, and the fact i that year after year they have built their nest in the same spot There is only one tiny place on the whole of the porte cochere of my house which cat cannot reach. and this they selected. Twice a year they reared a brood, and in the spring they always came back. The cat strolled about and glanced covetously up
 as the father bird came home with his wife's dinner, but the peewees remained safe.
 But one night last week my son came home late and left the automobile stand ing under the porte cochere all night When went down in the morning l nos ticed that the top of the car was only two feet below the peewees nest. Then my gaze was caught by mess of twigs and feathers l saw, partly on the top of the machine, partly on the ground. ] looked in the car. The cat was curled up on the seat in sleek contented slumber The only chance she had had to get at
 the birds. she had taken"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-30
PORCELAIN SHIPS
From Tit Bits.

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 Liners of porcelain driven by petrol may one day oust the steam driven ship of steel and wood. The porcelain ship is the plan of w. Hales Turner of Gravesend, a famous master potter. His scheme is that, apart from the sides
 and framework, ships should be built of plate porcelain. After 40 years labor and an expenditure of about 100000 it has been discovered how to
 manufacture plate porcelain at f7 a
 ton in any size up to 15x10 feet. MT. Turner points out tie advantages of the new material as regards cheap
 ness, cleanliness and permahence. It lis cheaper than any of it's rivals, 1t harbors no vermin, it can be cleaned by washing, the decorations can be sup piled at the time of manufacture and will never need renewing and it will
 never need painting. Such ship could be washed up" like china cup Porcelain is practically everlasting. Tiies at Nankin 4O00 years old are as good as new. If ships hull had to be scrapped the porcelain could be taken out and used for another vessel. In addition, fire risks would be reduced to minimum and fire insurance pre- miums reduced.
 'It would require a f60,000 factory to
 manufacture plate porcelain on stand ardized lines for ships use," says Mr.
 Turner, land as the climate on the Thames is favorable, also the cost of raw materials, why not once more build our ocean liners here?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-30
HORSES IN HOT WEATHER

From the Indianapolis News. The following suggestions for the treat
 ment of working horses in hot weather
 have been published by the New York Womenrs League for Animals: 1. Lead lightly and drive slowly. 2. Stop in the shade if possible. 1 B. Water your horse as often as possible. So long as horse is working water in
 moderate quantities will not hurt him.
 But let him drink only few swallows if he is going to stand still.
 A. When he comes in after work sponge
 off the harness marks and sweat, his eyes, his nose and mouth and the dock. Wash
 his feet, but not his legs.
 D. If the thermometer is 75 degrees or higher wipe him all over with wet sponge. Use vinegar water if possible. Do not turn the hose on him. G. Saturday night give a bran mash, hcold, and add a tablespoon of saltpeter. [. Do not use horse hat unless it is canopy top hat. The ordinary bellshaped hat does more harm than good. 8. A sponge on top of the head, or even cloth, is good if kept wet If dry 1t is
 worse than nothing.
 g. If the horse is overcome by heat get him into the shade, remove harness and bridle, wash out his mouth, sponge him all over, shower his legs and give him four ounces of aromatic spirits of am-
 monia, or two ounces of sweet spirits of
 hitter, in pint of water. or give him a
 pint of coffee, warm. Cool his head at
 once, useing cold water, or if necessary chopped ice, wrapped in cloth.
 10. If the horse is off his feed try him
 with two quarts of oats mixed with bran
 and little water, and add little salt or sugar. Or give him oatmeal gruel or
 barley water to drink.
 | Il. Watch your horse. If he stops sweat
 ing suddenly or if he breathes short and quick, or if his ears droop, or if he stands
 with his legs braced sideways. he is in
 danger of heat or sunstroke and needs
 attention at once.
 12. If it is so hot that the horse sweats in the stable at night, tie him outside.
 Unless he cools off during the night he
 cannot well stand the next days heat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-30
YARN ApoUT GERMANy


 From the Philadelphia Public Ledger It would be excessively unlSind to in- sinuate that the Nicaraguan minister was romancing when he told the Senate com mittee on foreign relations that Germany Is prepared to outbid the United States for a monopoly of the canal route across that republic. Perhaps Senor Don Emi- liano really believes the story, but there are not very many other well informed persons who will.
 Germany has a reputation for hard headed common sense, and despite the alarmists' theories that 1t aims to estab- fish military overlordship of the en- tire world, the Kaiser's government does not possess s4O0, ,ooo0o0 to invest in an- other canal to compete with the water way at Panama. There could be only two motives for so wild an enterprise commercial competition and conquest. If there are any statesmen in Washington so credulous as to believe that another canal would be commercially profitable they are natural curlosities. It is equally impossible to believe that Germany has any ambitions of military aggression in this country, which would be the only other justification for second canal There is always the remote possibility that an international situation might arise when the mere possession of an alternative canal route by another might prove to our disadvantage; therefore. Washington seeks to insure it's position and that of the canal by pre-empting the right of construction. Secretary Bryan is fully informed that physicists have generally coincided in the judgment that seismic conditions make the Nlcaraguan route far more unstable than that at Panama. Moreover, he is aware that serious attempt by any foreign power to build another canal by that of any other route in competition with Panama. would be the immediate signal for war.
 Therefore, it is perfectly safe to re- gard the story as analogous to the var scares which always crop up conveniently in Europe whensthe -eji -5entatives of Germany, .Frunce or England are hestat- ing over increasing the burdens of mili- tarism. We have even had them in the United States when programmes of naval increase were under consideration. Some body for reasons not far to seek is anx- ious to secure the ratification of the Mica raguan treaty. Maybe 1t ought to be ratified, we do not know; but it will not be confirmed by the Senate from any fear that if we do not secure the Mica raguan canal route-which has at best only a hypothetical value-Germany will gobble 1t up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-30
Giving up Money for Love

William Copeland Rhinelander, son of the late William Rhinelander and the late Mrs. Matilda Cruger Oakley Rhinelander, members of old and aristocratic families in New York, has been disinherited for the third time in six years because he married ser want in his fathers family in his youth. His aunt, Miss Serena Rhine lander, is the third member of his family to deny him an inheritance he might have received had he mar ried some high born girl instead of servant. The aunt does not mention him at all in her will, which was re- gently filed.
 William Rhinelander, who left an estate valued at $50,000, ,000, cut his son off with an income of $5000 year, while his mothers will gave him only 5000. The father was at least forgiving enough to provide his son with enough to live on with moder- ate degree of comfort. Had William Copeland Rhinelander not married the servant and still further angered his relatives by choosing as his second wife restaurant waitress, he would have inherited more than $5,000,0OO.
 Thus has a scion of wealth and "eminent responsibility" paid the pen alty for following the dictates of his heart instead of paying heed to the promptings of self-interest. Cases are not unusual where menials and mil lions have figured in romances, but the "straw that broke the camels back" in this particular case was probably the second marriage with waitress. Wealthy and aristocratic families sometimes survive one blow of this sort, but two in the same place is just little bit more than they can stand. The millions have flown, but love, let us hope, remains to William Copeland Rhinelander.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-30

tion with the harvester trust should bar him. from membership on the board, and they add in an unkind spirit paragraphs conveying the in- formation, not without an insinuation, that the harvester trust contributed to Wilson's preliminary campaign for the presidency. MT. Wilson, by enter ing defense, has failed of expecta- tion. He has declared that Jones pos sesses but one share of stock in the harvester trust, and that he became a member of the board of directors to reform the trust" George w. Per kins, in answer to the Presidents re- marks, enters denial He declares that Jones was recommended by Cyrus Mccormick, and that he has not since his election, attempted "to rescue the company" MT. Mccormick contends that Jones has no reason to apologize for his connection with the trust.
 And there is a pretty mess. The Mobile Register, after commenting, expresses wonder as to what Mr. Roosevelt would say. The position of MT. Roosevelt is entirely immaterial, as immaterial, as matter of fact, as whether Mr Jonac holds ona chara or ten shares of the harvester stock, The Senate should determine whether or not in its opinion MT. Jones would "fill the bill" That is the only impor- tant questions, the critics, the spon- sors, the President, Perkins, the Mo- bile Register and others to the con trary notwithstanding
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-30
Words To He Avoided

T was interested recently in looking over list of Words To Be Avoided in the office of the Century Magazine, said a professional man.
 Something like 40 words appear in the list, and while most of the interdictions will be generally approved by good writ CTS of English, I cannot agree with the magazine editor when he places the ban on fall meaning autumn. I will say without looking 1t up in the distionary that fall Is good. It is used by good writers. and while autumn is beautiful word. I think it just as well to say, if we like it, the fall of the year or simply the fall. The Century Magazine does not like the word vest. It would have us write waist coat. But I was brought up on vest, and one of the most expressive phrases used in all parts of the country when I was a boy was pull down your vest.
 Every one should be glad to stand up for good English, but the trouble with interdicted lists is that 1t has strong tendency to make overdone purists or pedants.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-30
One of the Cool Places

At St. Clair Springs Sunday there were many anxious inquiries as to- how hot it was in Birmingham. In fact the chief interest of those at the resort seemed to center on the temperature at home. Prominent among the inquirers was Wes- ley M. Smith of Birmingham. When in formed that the mercury had reached the 100 mark for the third successive day. MT. Smith chuckled and replied:
 '.When I came here I was barely able to walk and now after two days of the fresh air and sulphur water up here I am able to sail around without even cane. What with chicken three times a day the invigorating air and the water it has made a new man of me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-30
STAMPS AS WALL PAPER

From the Outlook.
 In little inn near Chichester, in Eng land. there is room papered with pos tage stamps. One who saw 1t says: "Ceil- ing, walls, doors, chairs, tables. picture frames, every part of the room except the floor, is thickly covered, while from the ceiling hang. long festoons and ropes made of bundles of stamps for which 100000 stamps plastered up and mill 100000 stamps plastered up and mil lion more in these festoons while great bundles. one of which holds 6O,OOO stamps, hang among the heavy loops The pie lures inside the stamp covered frames are of stamps themselves; the ceiling is crnamented with great star; the arms of the neighboring town of Bognor are over the fireplace, and the tablecloth shows the Eifel Tower Queen Vic toria is surprisingly lifdlike in carefully chosen stamps of different colors,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-30

N VERY few Americans are familiar M with an incident during the revolu- tionary war that created a great amount of excitement in England and
 caused that nation to believe that Benja- min Franklin and Sias Deane, our min isters to the French court, had been in league with an incendiary to set fire to the famous dockyards at Portsmouth, England.
 A fire was discovered in the dockyards on the night of December ', 177s, but as it did little damage no attention was paid to it. On January 15, TIT, there was found evidences of an attempt to burn the yards and much alarm was created. Several persons were under suspicion, but es- pecially a painter who had been about the yards and had mysteriously disappeared the night the fire was discovered. In the meantime other fires broke out which otherwise could not be accounted for than by supposing that American agents were employed to spread fire and devastation throughout the kingdom. Fin ally, in February, John the painter was apprehended at Oldham and was brought to Portsmouth for examination. Nothing could be found against him at the time, but later he formed friendship with an- other painter by the name of Baldwin, to whom he stated that he had been in France and there had talked with Hon. Silas Deane, the American ambassador, and that the latter had given him some money and encouraged him to set fire to the dockyards at Portsmouth, Plymouth, Woolwich, etc, as the best means of dis tressing Great Britain.
 phereupon John the painter was com mitted and his trial came up on March 6, TIT, at Winchester. A true bill was found against thim by the grand jury Many eminent men appeared as counsel for the crown but the prisoner appears to have been compelled to act for himself
 The three charges against John were. first setting fire to a quantity of hemp and ropes in the dockyards with the idea of destroying the place; second, for setting fire to a certain building in the dockyards and third, for firing his majesty's naval stores.
 The testimony against the prisoner was overwhelming. Baldwin testified that John had told him he had taken a view of most of the English dockyards and for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-30

Algot Lange, a youthful Danish explorer who is returning to this country after spending three years in the jungles of Brazil at the head of an chronological vania, says that Colonel Roosevelt's dis eovery of the Dubita river. is authentic. Although but 31 years old, Lange Is rec ognized all over the world as fearless and trustworthy explorer. He Is quite familiar with the country traversed by Colonel Roosevelt. The Lange party is understood to have gone higher up the Dubita than Colonel Roosevelt did. The Roosevelt party made their headquarters at Manaos, the capital of Amazonas, while Lange expected to make Ramate de Males. settlement at the junction of the Amazon and Javary rivers, his base of supplies. On an earlier trip to Brazil Lange claims to have gone 20OO miles fur men who accompanied him on this trip into the jungle were all lost. He told in his book how they contracted beri-beri and died. He nearly went insane himself with fever and crawled despairingly through the wilderness 25OO miles from the nearest point of civilization. He was res- cued by Indians. who took care of him un- til his reason was restored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-30
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF DoCKYARD INCENDIARY

:, tifications, the number of guns that each ship in the navy had, and likewise the
 guns in the Notifications, the weight of 1 their metal and the number of men, and
 that he had carried this information at
 which he was well paid.
 1 The only piece Of evidence, beyond the
 prisoners own statements by which the crown could throw out any inference that he was tempered with by foreign power was the French passport produced; but as at its date England was not at war with France, such document might have
 been secured as matter of course.
 After the accused had made rambling defense, impugning Baldwins veracity. the judge summed up and the jury almost immediately found the prisoner guilty, ard
 he was sentenced to death. On the morn- ing after his condemnation he expressed a. desire to make a confession, which he did on March '. and on the 10th he was
 taken from Winchester jail to Winchester,
 where he was executed at the gate of the
 backyard, the gibbet being made of the
 mizzenmast of the Arethusa frigate. He hung for one hour and was taken down ana SuSpenueu on BlocKnOuSe port, at the mouth of Portsmouth harbor, where his body remained gibbeted for several years. In his confession the prisoner, who gave his name as James Aiken, stated that he had visited America, landing in vir- ginia, later going to Philadelphia, Amboy. New York and Boston, after which he re- turned to England at the outbreak of the revolution. Upon reaching home he secured all the information possible re- garding the dockyards and English navy. which he carried to Paris and laid before MT. Deane and Dr. Franklin.
 He stated that he had told these gen. tlemen that he had a plantation in Amer ica. and that he was an utter enemy Of Great Britain and that he had contrived a scheme which, if properly carried into
 execution would effectually destroy the power of the ministry and throw the king dom into the greatest confusion, if not
 into the hands of America. He further stated that MT. Deane had given him
 letter to friend in London to supply him
 with money, whereupon he left to carry out his project, with the result as already noted. After the war that Dr. Franklin or Silas Deane or the French court had aught to do with the crime was not in the least credited by the British nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-30
DR. JOHNSON AND DEBTS

From the Chicago News.
 James Boswell drank eagerly of the wisdom poured out by Dr. Johnson on all sorts of subjects; on debt and thrift the old doctor had ample license to speak (you know what debt harassed life was hisD
 Life of Johnson" some of the best thrift talks I've read. To Boswell he said: 5 ''Whatever you have. spend less. FHu- gality is not only the basis of quiet, but of benehcence. Get as much peace of mind as you can, and keep within your income. and you won't go far wrong"
 To barrister named Simpson Dr. John son wrote:
 Small debts/are like small shot; they scarcely be escaped without wound Great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger. You must there fore, be prepared to discharge petty debts that you may have leisure. with security, to struggle with the rest
 Again Dr. Johnson wrote to Boswell:
 Do not aecustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find 1t calamity. Let 1t be your first care not to be in any mans debt.'
 like that distinction Johnson made between the rattling, worrying, and wounding hail of small debts and the less dangerous booming of the cannon of big debt. A dozen creditors week bearing bills of $5 or $10 will make life miserable, though you can continue to live gayly in city whose debt burden is staggering in size. Thus my family's share of the debt burden of New York city and state is about $500, yet it does not seem to be one of the things worth worrying about. But If l owed $500 to dozen or so tradesmen of New York city I know that I should realize very soon what it means to '.sink into the quagmires of debt.''
 Most of the bigger debts are incurred only after careful consideration. of the chances of repayment you incur them in the reasonable hope that you will not only be able to repay, but also to make something out of the use of the borrowed sum. The little debts pile up with aston ishing persistency-and you know that no permanent profit has come from what they represent.
 Keep clear of the small debts.
 JOHN M. OSKISON 4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-30
The Park Concerts

z Beginning next Sunday afternoon the people of Birmingham will have the pleasure of listening to a series of open air concerts by fine band which will appear under the auspices of the Music Study club.
 The money to pay for the music is being raised by individual subscrip- tion. The city appropriates $500 and the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company $250, but most of the other contributions come from public spirited citizens, who never decline to respond to appeals for the promotion of civic movements. Open air music in the summer is unquestionably ar important civic matter. Any innocent diversion that has an educational or humanizing side to it is of real civic value.
 In two or three years from nop' Sthe city of Bir,,ainShsn, VII he able to pay for all the park music, just as other cities do. In the meantime the people themselves are called upon to contribute.
 The concert fund is now only suf- ficient to pay for music for four or five weeks. But contributions will multiply and the concert series will probably extend to the latter part of August. It should be so.