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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-27

debris hoatcd around the battleship's
grave.
The majority OF the crew apparently
were below, breakfastiug, at the time OF
the explosion. Coal men working on a
neighhorng ship say they saw some OF
the sailors ON the deck raise their hands
To their heads and stand In salute in the
moment that elapsed before they were
swallowed 10y the waters
Instantly the whole harbor was in
commotiou. Officers and crews of other
ships rushed to the decks on which it is
stated their comrades had been thrown
down ami half stunned by the explosion
and boats Of an types raced from every
direction to help, Their errand was al
most frutloss one section OF the crew
escaped through having had shore leave
the night before. They were nearing the
Rulwark TO rejoiu the ship when the ex-
plosion occurred. Their boat landed the
survivors AT Shecrness whence they later
We're taken 10 the naval hospital at Chat
ham.
According t. a local correspondent the
ship Hes IN three huge, ragged sections
which ARE visible AZ low water The masts
and tunnels hav" completely disappeared.
one screw is visible. Tn" correspondents
asserts that a chest of drawers from the
I'ulwurk has been found hurled into the
marches half a mile distant
The consensus of opinion is that the aft
magazine exploded but the cause IL merely
a matter of speculation, The manner and
results of the explosion convince experts
| that IL ~ not possible that il was caused
/ by a mine or torpedo, hut the AFFAIR
I promises to be "A mystery equal TO that
of the destruction If the American battle
! ship Maine in the, harhor OF Havana
The only way the body OF one of the
officers of the Bulwark could be identi-
fed was by the gold braiding on his one
remaining arm
| II is stated locally that the Rulwark' +
complement was Sl5 men, of whom 100
We're reserNlsts. There were only "A few
men ashore on liberty at the time, The
ma iority of the crew belonged to
/ Portsmouth, hut several were from
| nathan.
Houses 10 Sheerness We're shaken as II
! by n light earthquake. More distant
places felt the shock of the explosion and
! il was heard fourteen miles away.
| Residents Of Sheerness. who are ac-
| customed 10 the hiring of big guns. say
they heard nothing approaching n noise,
ship Was Cleared for Action.
The Rulwarli which had been cleared
! for action, afforded practically nothing
/ for man to cling to. There was little
woodwork left aboard and the ship had
| been stripped 10 "A mass OF steel.
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PLAN INQUIRY
INTO STATE OF
US. DEFENCES
Well Known Men Back of
Movement to Learn True
Conditions.
WILL URGE CONGRESS-
TO INVESTIGATE FULLY


Nearly three score well known men OF
New York city. believing the exact con-
dition of the army and navy and national
defences should he revealed TO IN" people
of the United states. nave taken the
first steps toward the Launching Oh
movement to urge thorough congress
sional investigation into the subject WIN
view 70 the adoption OF an adequate
national policy.
Disclaimng any intention or 'nea OF
pro-miiitary or pro-naval propaganda
seven of them have joined IN can Tor
meeting at the Hotel Belmont at O'CLOCK
in the afternoon Of December |. IL is
hoped there to form a committee which
Will undertake the WORK III systematic
businesslike way either lnuorslhe 'he
proposals vi Io"sress'"'" '"'''' Va
II liz hoped a nationwide organization
OF business men will grow out OF tn.
first meeting and that even the most
rabid believer IN the theory that the
United states can lick all creation win
pitchfork' Will recognize the RESPONSE
bility OF the men who VIII ask that Con-
gress do something adequate.
Tho character Of the mon who signed
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tue N"' ~ ''e ''''''e
standing OF the hackers of the movement.
They are ;. Stanwood Menken. lawyer
- william street; Herbert Barry law
yer, SO Wall street George Haven fut-
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editor {; OUTLOOK ana certainty "o'
\yairwr,sb, Charles T.. Leydecker. law.
yer. Rector street. and Franklin -
u,,u, har,sar Al Pine street
p,,. -, ,bo,,, ,r, ,hout any other law
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yers bankers preslueh's Vi '"'se "''u''
trial concerns. officers oil DIE insurance
companies merchants. manufacturers,
.a,,o,s ,,,h,icis,s enpineers contractors.
.t.. 49,, c.ni-
members VI 'e"''s N'''f''''
talists.
Believes Time opP"r'u"e.
N, v.,,..p who ended vacation
-, .n,. .,,,,,or Ia. dayo,irc wc.k.
eo'oau '''s summer ~ -.
OF unrcmtting labor III Lohdon 10 WORK
with the American committee that tacili-
t,,.d the homegoing of stranded Amcri-
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fral weeks ak" anu '''N'N
his friends lie s'id YESTERDAY '"e s'e"'
Europcan war had served as lesson
70 rho United States Men who for years
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United states cou'' g. az
and equipment OF war IL heeHeu oN''
night had learned something new They
were Wondering the words of Congress
man Gardner and were rereading the
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GREEN STRIPE scorer
IN NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLES.
lNDREw USHER 4 CO.. Edinbursh.-Adv.
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Halliday Gius-Art Calendars, &c, and
"stsndard' desks. chas L Matthews, 81 t. 20.
ADV. Dr..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-27

The Bulwark. which had been cleared
for action, afforded practically nothing
for man to cling to, There was little
woodwork left aboard and the ship had
been stripped To mass OF steel
An eyewitness Of the explosion describes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05

deavors to silence their guns and negative their devastation. He must be good marksman, and while he does not carry rifle, he manipulates far more heavy and more deadly weapons. It is true that the sailor also keeps the ship clean and has a great amount of scrubbing and washing down decks to do, but this is his pas time between engagements and he is proud of his familiarity with big guns, his dexterity in handling them and the heroic responsibilities of his position.
 A great spirit of rivalry exists among the marines and the sailors, but it is not enmity. Both are fighting men, both are brave and both are nec- essary. Both are willing to die for the flag and both are deserving of the nations unstinted reliance, praise and honor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
Remarkable Urban Growth

The growth of cities in the United States is one of the most remarkable and interesting phases of American history. The census bureau estimates the population of this country at the present time to be within fraction of one hundred million souls, and while the estimates may probably be out of the way in the matter of a couple of millions, for all practical pur- poses it may be accepted as correct.
 Among the list there are sixty cities having population of over one hundred thousand and of these ten are in the south. They are Birmingham Atlanta, New Orleans, Baltimore Memphis, Nashville, Dallas, Louis. vile, Richmond and San Antonio.
 New York city is accredited with a population of five and one-third mil. lion, which is twice the number of the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies ir 1776, and the population of New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
SAVING A SUBMARINE

St. Petersburg correspondence to the Se-
 attle Railway News
 The Mingoa is one of the submarine flotilla stationed at Libau. On Saturday several weeks ago 1t was out for. exer- else in the neighborhood of the lightship off Libau. with it's full crew of 19 men. under the command of Lieutenant Gar soev, and as usual a tender was present during the maneuvers. The Mingoa, which was apparently proceeding either we'll on the surface or just awash, was suddenly discovered by those on the tender to take a plunge in somewhat abnormal fashion, throwing her stern we'll into the air. For sometime 1t was not supposed any acci- dent had happened, and the return of the submarine to the surface was ex- pected, but the appearance of the emer- gency buoy gave the alarm. These buoys not only serve precisely to locate the whereabouts of a sunken submarine. but are fitted with telephonic apparatus. en- abling the~erew to communicate with the upper air. The moment the tender learned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
All the Greater Compliment

"The honor bestowed by President Will son upon MT. Harding when the Birming- ham banker was selected as one of the five members which he had to appoint was all the greater because it was un- sought" said memper of the Cham- Der of Commerce.
 When his friends referred to a rumor that he would be offered a place on the board which appeared in The Age-Her- aid several weeks ago, MT. Harding laughed it off and said nothing of the sort would happen. MT. Harding had never been sounded, and he insisted right up to the time The Age-Herald's Asso- ciated Press bulletin WAS received that there was nothing doing He was great ly surprised when the bulletin was read to him.
 "Mr. Harding is known in banking cir cles in New York as an exceptionally able financier If he accepts the appointment he will soon be known to the nation as great constructive banker"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
osTRICHEs IN AMERICA

From the Philadelphia Ledger
 The first importation of ostriches into the United States was made in 1882 from South Africa into California. Several other importations followed and 1t was one of these later importations that brought into this country the north Afri- can or Nuhian bird, captured in the pro- vince of Nuhia, north Africa. The ma jorty of birds in this country today are the result of these few importations of birds into California. and consist almost wholly of the South African breed.
 The ostriches are no longer confined to one locality, but are rapidly spreading through the south, and are being success fully kept as far north as Pennsylvania. Ostrich farms are in California, Arizona, Texas. Arkansas, Florida, and Pennsyl- vania. There are about 10 farms that have more than 100 birds each, five farms that have more than 400 birds each, and one farm that has more than 20oo birds In all there are about 25 farms in the United States that are making a business of ostrich farming The total aggregate of birds on these % farms amounts to about 7l00. of which 56S5 are in Arizona.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05

by these means what had happened 1t steamed off to the lightship. which tele- graphed the news of the disaster to the backyard headquarters at Libau.
 The accident happened at o'clock in the afternoon, but owing. 1t would seem. to the dispersal of the men on a Saturday the message was not acted on for sew eral hours, and 1t was not until g o'clock at night that the salvage vessels reached the spot. The weather conditions remained happily favorable, and divers having fixed the lifting chains. the Mingoa was suc- cessfully brought to the surface by mid night. having been nine hours at the bot tom of the sea When the after hatch was opened three men staggered out. barely able to crawl. Fifteen of the crew and the captain were got out unconscious from the after part of the vessel. There remained only the coxswain, who was in the coming tower amidships. It was necessary to raise the submarine well out of the water to get at the coming tower, and this took another three hours work, but the coxswain. when released, after 12 hours confinement, was in the best condition of any of the crew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
The Marine and the Sailor

Some little confusion exists in the public mind as to the status of sailor and marine and the question is ire quently asked if the former ever do any fighting in the event of war.
 The marine is in reality soldier and not sailor. He represents the in- fantry at sea and he goes upon the ship because there is no other manner in which he can find transportation when his services may be needed in a foreign country. He carries rifle, is drilled in the maneuvers of the in fantry and the handling of portable arms. It is the marine that is landed upon hostile shore and he is brought into service where the sailor would be next to useless. N
 On the other hand the sailor is the man behind the gun and he is likewise . trained fighter In some respects il is a misnomer to speak of him as q sailor, for his real title is gunner In time of action his work is often more effective and his services more of . necessity than are those of the marine. It is he who shells the towns, cities and ports it is he who meets the war craft of the enemy and en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
MIRACLEs

By Madison Crawein.
 Ripple on ripple, from the east, The golden stream of morning runs; The dark world doffs it's grays and duns. And high o'erhead nights robes are With axure-deep as Solomon's
 When he sat, throned. at feast And glittering as David when T1e rode to battle, braxen helmed, And prayed his God and overwhelmed Hlo foes and famed among his men. The sun comes forth, king high realmed Who takes his throne again..
 One last long sheaf of golden gray The twilight binds. then lays aside; And one white star, that tries to hide It's blossom there. reveals . ray; J Where. like sweet Ruth. dim, dewy eyeAs Dusk goes her sunset way.
 Then like the state which went before Bathsheba, when, with footsteps slow, She trod tho vise king;s portico.
 Eastward light krowt more and mores And. then, queenIike. with face agloW. The mcon-at heavepAe door.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
SCRATCHING A PIG

"The Klan" in the Tortonto Star.
 Old Twilight shunted pail of swill into the trough. and refiectively scratched the pigs back. Old Twilight is not the only one in the world who learned that there is pork in scratching
 Little do you think. when you sit down to your breakfast bacon that good men scratched for it. There is pork in 1t, and pork is money. and money is gasoline. and gasoline is power and power is a chattel mortgage, and chattel mort- gage is like the grace of God-it is with us always Amen!
 AS soon as I get through writing this. I am going out to the pen to scratch a pig. It helps to make him fat. You have got to please pig, same as woman, or she-the pig. mean-wont reflect credit on you. A pig with grouch is a dead loss. You might just as well pour your swill into rathole. But please your pig; take half an hour off every day and go out and scratch your pig.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
Heroes Rewarded

N At the spring meeting of the Car negie Hero Fund commission, held in Pittsburg, May l, twenty three acts of heroism were recognized. Nine sil- yer medals and Twenty three bronze medals were awarded. Massachusetts, Missouri and Pennsylvania make a fine showing, each state having five heroes. Kansas has three, Kentucky two, New York two, Illinois two, Okla homa two, Oregon one, Michigan two, Indiana one, New Jersey one and Minnesota one. Both of the Michigan heroes are Indians.
 Of the thirty-two heroes ten were IS years old and under that age when they performed deeds of heroism. One was 12 years old, two IS, one IA, one Is and one 16. Two of the youthful recipients of medals were girls.
 The Carnegie Hero Fund is to be sure unique and worthy form of philanthrophy, one that will always be interesting and instructive, but it's inadequacy is apparent every time an award of medals is made. Although the agents of the commission are most thorough in their investigations and it would be a difficult matter in deed for flake hero" to get a medal, still the number of unsung and un- decorated heroes must be so far in excess of those officially recognized that the commission merely scrapes the surface of heroism, so to speak, re- warding here and there brave acts of a spectacular sort, while hundreds of deeds that require even greater bravery go unnoticed.
 It has been said that brave act performed in moment of excitement and peril does not require as much courage as one that is premeditated. A Alldu VIII ACoP AHeO e iiNCi anu oet v the life of drowning person who probably wouldn't be willing to risk a transfusion of blood to save the life of a fellow being. That is human na- ture and is really no discredit to man. kind. But pinning medals on official ly recognized heroes" while so many brave-hearted men and women are fighting day after day to overcome tremendous obstacles, sacrificing themselves for others and playing heroic%parts as a mere matter of course in humdrum round of exist ence has, to say the least, grimly humorous aspect. Why, the man who supports wife and seven children on salary of SIP a week is hero, yet, whoever heard of a medal being pinned on his breast?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
THE RETURNING coNauERoR

From the New York Times
 The report of Col. Roosevelt's emerg- ence from the wilderness has been received with joy by countless thousands. There are many among his admirers who have felt that his absence has left the country
 more or less unprotected in a time of trial. The colonel 1t seems, is returning in a somewhat battered condition, after having explored regions hitherto un- known to man, and, if the cable has not inadvertently deceived us, he is suffer-
 ing from an affliction which of old dis turbed the serenity of the most patient
 man in the world. As the colonel is not
 as patient as Job, boils must annoy him
 greatly, but there are compensations. From afar yea even from the remote headwaters of the Rio Gyparana, which is identical with the Rio Duvida and no longer. therefore, a river of doubt and the Rio Castanha, which has been re- named Roosevelt river, he has scented
 carnage, and by this time he knows all
 about Mir Bryan's proposed treaty with
 Colombia. Wherefore he knows that tHcie IS DettcI game dWdlllIS HllIl III HIS
 own land than any of the strange beasts of the Amazon country.
 The colonels afflictions of body, which
 we trust are slight and will soon dis appear, compel the sympathy of the
 nation. He will have a splendid recept- ion when he returns. He may find it inexpedient then to organize a brigade of | rough riders for service in Mexico, but there is plenty for him to do in the way of electrfying his felow-citizens.. He will need all his strength. all his eloauence, all his lung power, to meet the expect tations of his admirers. His idea of rest is to travel over thousands of miles of wilderness and give battle to the wild beasts. We hope he has not overdone it this time and will return in prime con- dition. We all need to be aroused. Life has been so dull hereapout without the colonel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Optimism in the south

There is a great difference between the east and the south as regards business conditions" said W. J. Seifert of New York
 Tn my part of the country one hears great deal about hard times, but it Is just the reverse in most of the southern states with which I am in touch. There is far more optimism in the agricultural territory of the south today than have ever known before. The large crops of last year will be duplicated this summer. In Georgia and Alabama the farmers have planted for record breaking crops.
 "The south's prosperity is attracting a great deal of attention in the north. was in Chicago last week and l heard while there that -homeseekers in vast numbers were getting ready to settle in the gulf states. Alabama will doubtless get many of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05

state is greater by nearly half mil lion than the population of the entire United States in 1920, the year of the Missouri compromise.
 Of the southern cities in the roster the growth of Birmingham has been the most phenomenal. Less than half century ago the town had not come into existence and the site of it's loca- tion was swamp of frogs and snakes. Today there is not to be found more handsome civic center throughout the entire south. But in addition to its urban beauty there is no locality in the union where a greater spirit of progressiveness en- ergy and optimism exists and as- suredly no city in the land has bright CT prospects or more glorious future beckoning it onward and upward than this queen of the south, our own Bir- mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05

Dr. John B. Blake, in an address at the Harvard Medical school, discouraged the too free use of antiseptics in dressing minor injuries. He said that most wounds can be cleansed thoroughly with hot water and gauge and only when wound is grimy is there any necessity for scrub ping it out with iodine. Carbolized salves have been known to cause gangrene, he declared. and most disinfectants injure the tissues. He said that an antiseptic that would kill the disease germ and not destroy the cell has not yet been discov- cred, fact that is not generally known. Cleanliness, protection and rest are the three fundamental considerations in the treatment of wounds. pr. Blake in- dorsed the use of baking powder in dress ing burns and scads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
BEING A BURGLAR


 Burglar" in the American Magazine
 For nine years I was a burglar. I never owned or carried gun or weapon of any kind, never owner a burglars tool and never was arrested. There is one excep- tion to each of those statements. The first job ever did I carried two guns, a knife, and blackjack--and wouldn't have used any of them to save my life. Two months later I spent s7OO for complete burglars s outfit, good for anything from transoms to safes, and threw them into the river for fear of being caught with them.
 I was a successful thief. I don't know how much stole but both the crooks and the police rated me as one of the most but, even so, there were times when I was broke and hungry for days at time. Unlike most thieves, I was prosperous long after the police rated me as top notch man. Usually that ruins burglar. because he cannot move without being watched. My methods were my own. Within three months after I started I de- cided never to pull any rough work. I had become acquainted with a lot of guns and yeggs. I sized them up as | lacking in brains. no matter how clever they were rated. I decided never to work with anyone, and with the exception of one fence" whom chose with care. no one ever had chance to souesl on me. l think that is why I succeeded and escaped the police so long. The police were four years finding out that was crook and | five years more trying to get the goods on me. In all, 1t took me nine years to realize that any man who Is a thief isn't showing much brains-then I quit Leave the moral part of 1t out, I'm speaking en- tirely from business standpoint
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-05
ACCOUNTING FOR COURAGE

From Stray Stories
 "T think.' she said hesitatingly, and with downcast eyes, that you'd better speak to papa
 of course!" he replied promptly. That's easy. The only thing that trou- bled me was the interview with you.''
 You're not afraid of papa?" she said. inquiringly, opening her eyes in astonish- ment.
 Afraid" he exclaimed. why should I be?"
 Really. I don't know" she answered. but it's usual. you know"
 "Oh, suppose so," he answered in the off-hand way of the man of the world. With inexperienced men there would be nothing surprising in it. but have taken the precaution to lend him money, which is still unpaid
 Then 1t was that the beautiful girl realized that she had caught genuine financier for a husband