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Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-11-21

| avenue, SUNDAY evening anu
snatched away their beloved infant
daughter Florence, whose short life
brought to them their greatest hap
piness. Her funeral was held Tues
day morning from st. Joseph's
church. That an angel awaits them
in heaven is consolation for the
bereaved parents.
st. Paul's parish mourns the
death of another of its most es-
teemed members, Mrs. Mary Gey-
witz, beloved wife of Adolph Gey-
WITT, 432 East Kentucky street. She
was women of exemplary life and
character, one that might be well
emulated. Funeral services were
held Monday morning in ST.. Paul's
church, when Father Thomas York
paid tribute to her worth.
Sunday afternoon the Rev. Pat
RICK Walsh, of the Sacred Heart
church, conducted the last sad rites
l6ver the remains of Mrs. Nora Nc
fCormack Grant, widow of John P.
Grant, who died at the residence Of
her daughter, Mrs. Margaret G.
O'Brien, 2027 Garland avenue. Her
life had been an inspiration and
benediction to her family and
friends, and death, though not un-
expected, came nevertheless as
great shock to all who knew her.
Miss Mollie Mcnamara, sixty
years old and for many years with
n "a. tfr
buried Wednesday morning from the
Cathedral. Miss Mcnamara was a
patient, long-suffering and devout
Catholic woman, who will be missed
very much by host of friends. She
is survived by number of cousins.
among them ID. F., ID. X, j. G. and
C. G. Murphy. The interment was
in New Albany by the side of her
parents, the late Martin and Bridget
Mcnamara.
His many friends were deeply
grieved when they learned of the
death on Saturday of Michael w.
Connolly, aged thirty-four, son of
Mrs. Bridget Connolly, 907 Frank
lin street. The deceased was head
book-keeper for the National To-
bacco Company, and had been i'll
with pneumonia and apolexy but
three days. Besides his aged mother
he leaves brother, Joseph Con-
nelly. and one sister The funeral
was held from st. Johns church
Tuesday morning. Father Schulz
mann conducting the solemn OBJ
sequies.
Miss Maria Flynn passed peace
fully away Sunday afternoon at the
home of her sister. Mrs. G.. L..
Smith. 1913 West Market street.
For twenty-five years she had been |
an invalid, but she bore her suffer- !
ings with patience and fortitude andl
died practical Christian. Three
brothers, James j., John and
Flynn. and three sis-
ters. Mrs. Michae ii. Rawley, Mrs.
G. L. Smith and Mrs. Dennis Cain.
survive her. The funeral was held |
morning from st. Patrick's
nhurch with requiem mass, attended
by many mourning friends and rela-
lives.
Death removed last Sunday well
known and estimable man In the
person OF John ]. McNally, former
Collector OF Internal Revenue and
faithful member Of the Sacred Heart
church. Born In Ireland eighty
Jour years ago. he had lived in
Louisville for more than half CEN
Jury and had spent many years In
he employ of the Louisville 4 Nash |
lille railroad. respected and popular
lmong his snperiors and fellow
Sorkmen. Left TO mourn his death
ire his wife. Mrs. Jane McNally,
I227 West Kentucky street; one y
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-11-21

Mrs. Thomas d. Clines, who has
been quite ill at her home in Audu-
bon Park, is now convalescent and
out of danger,
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-11-21

Friends of John Goulding will re-
greet to learn that he is suffering
from an attack of erysipelas at his
home in New Albany.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-11-21

Mrs. l.. G. Scanlon, Oakdale, en-
tertained for Mrs. Charles Gray be-
fore her return to her home at Har-
rodsburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09

A Rusiness Mans Good Advice

n Moore. one of Birmingham most prosperous business men, does not write or talk for publication often, but when he does he always says something worth while. His state ment printed in yesterdays Age-Her- ald was full of pith. Every paragraph had the ring of common sense philoso- nhv. He addressed himself to the farmers and to the business com munity.
 After urging the farmers to avoid the fatal mistake of planting a large iron of cotton next year he took up the mercantile situation. "Your credit is vour best asset-keep up," he said. Collect from those who owe you and pay those whom you owe. You may not be able to do all this at once, but collect as fast as you can and pay aa fast as you can. This will keep money circulating. When you are out of debt you will scarcely know that the European war is going on, and 1t will be thus with your customers when they discharge their obligations"
 In concluding his statement MT. Moore said:
 Talk about the south being bank rupt is bosh! Conditions we are meet ing today are temporary. With our land, our climate and our men, noth- ing can check the growth and pros perity of the south,
 '"rhe need is for close, hearty CO., operation by banks, manufacturers, johbers, retail merchants and farmers. With all doing his part courageously and faithfully, all will be well.
 Honest industry and cheerfulness never fail to make things better. Let us call off ell conventions and any further meetings for the purpose of bewailing our woes. Let us quit talk ing and go to work
 These are frank and timely words, and coming from man of MT. Moore's long and successful career, they can not fail to have a wholesome and far reaching effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09
As to Turning Points

Since the adjustment of financial and commercial conditions in this country to the European war situation began to be felt there have been inn portant steps in the upward trend of business. The Iron Trade Review says: "The fact ought readily to be apprehended that the more rapidly de- mand for steel products declines, in circumstances like the present, the sooner a turning point will be reached"
 Within the past week or two sev- eral corners have been turned in the onward march of business, but per haps the most important turning point will be in evidence next Monday when the new federal reserve system becomes operative. The more that bankers and other business men an- alyze the banking and currency law
 
 the better satisfied they are with it's details.
 It may be several weeks after the currency system goes into effect be- fore it's benefits are fully realized, but the very fact that everybody whose opinion is worth anything ex- poets it to work well accounts in some measure, at least, for the decidedly better feeling among the leaders in the great business centers today.
 One sometimes demurs at the far fetched uses of the word psychology, but it may with reason be applied to present conditions. The situation never was as bad as people thought it was, and now that everyone knows that business is improving and that the federal reserve system when in effect will contribute greatly to the upward movement of industrial life various branches of trade should be at once accelerated.
 Turn the imagination loose and the business outlook cannot be other than roseate. This would seem at any rate a time for applying psychology to fi- nance and commerce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS
'om the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 When a man starts to go to the devil he nearly always takes a woman with him.
 Twenty-Five years ago if a man wore a silk hat in the daytime everybody in town knew that he was a professor who demonstrated electric salve or Indian sagwa, and formed parade behind him. out starting anything.
 A man can have fine time telling what he intends to do. A woman can have a good time telling what she used to do
 There are several tons of four-leaf clover in the pockets of the men you pass on the streets. But homehow or other hard work continues to deliver all the good luck.
 Some fellows who give a dollar a year to the church expect to have their pray CTS for s100o.000 answered in return. | The trouble with the good books that would lead boy into the paths of virtue | is that boy always falls asleep trying tc read the first page. When foolish young couple marry l 1t Isn't very long journey from castles
 third-fioor flat.
 l Daughter takes a natural picture by posing with sheet wrapped around hel
 torso. But you would have to go into
 the kitchen to get natural" picture o | mother.
 l This early to be6 and early to rise stuff is all bunk. The chickens all live up tc
 1t and all they get is the axe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09
MUSIC AND MILITARISM

1! written at time when England's power was at it's lowest, and when the merry
 monarch. Charles II, was too busy with his actresses and ladies of the court to
 be troubled with insignificant affairs like
 battleships. While the opera singers were
 hoasting of their prowess the Dutch ad- niiral de Ruyters, was sailing the chan
 nel with a broom at the masthead in de-
 rision of the English fleet which he had
 swept from the sea.
 We are all boosters, every one of us. The Chinese call their land the Celestial empire, and the Russians speak of Holy Russia. A Frenchman is ever ready to prove that France is the intellectual lead
 CT of the world An Englishman takes it for granted that everybody knows the British empire is the most ma agnificent that ever existed And where is the American who has not said that the Uni ted States is the greatest country in ths world?
 Therefore if Wagner, and q few million
 O. his countrymen, think that German culture is the only culture worth men, tioning, We must consider it a harm less amusement. We have no admiration for the man Wagner, and we think his | volume of confessions a disgrace. But | his glorious music is as much unlike his I private life as the crimson rose is unlike the manure in which it's stalk is embed ded We may not be able to free our selves entirely of our political and na-
 tional bias, but let us try and keep our attention on the great Germans. the great E.nglishmen, the great Frenchmen, who
 dwell in everlasting amity on the summit l of Parnassus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09
Efficiency in Craftsmanship

'The increased efficiency of the en- listed men of the Alabama National Guard during the past year or two in markham ship is nothing less than wonderful" said Mai Cliff S. Price. inspector of rifle prac- tice.
 'The requirements of the war depart ment in regard to rifle practice make 1t imperative for every man in the National Guard to fire certain number of rounds each year. This is one part of the guards mans duty that appeals to him, and some remarkable shots have been dis covered
 Formerly it was largely a matter of choice as to whether a militiaman at tended rifle practice or not and conse- quently many a fine shot was lost to the service. It is not so at the present tune. Every man is tried out and every mans efficiency as marSsman is care fully recorded. After a recruit gets knack,' if I might use that expression, In handling his rifle on the range, he Is filled with the desire to be rated as q marksman, at least, and always hopes mat sooner or later he will make the team that annually represents Alabama at the national shoots. As a further en- couragement to this end only two com missioned officers are allowed on the team, thus giving the enlisted man every opportunity. to represent his state. Should occasion arise when the services of the Alabama National Guard are needed it's members would give a good account of themselves on the firing line''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09
WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS AccrprEI


 From an editorial in the New Bruns-
 wick. N. J., Daily Home News.
 Strange things are happening in this country as a consequence of the war of the nations. For instance at one of New York's first class hotels, the Martinique, where the clientele is very largely made up of southern peo- pie, you are confronted with the notice that Warehouse receipts for cotton are accepted in lieu of cash for your hotel bill" In other words, southern short in cash-and there are thousands of them in that predicament now can come and register at the Marti- nique and pay for its superior acommo- dations tdrinks included) in bales of cotton. It Is very seductive induce ment on the part of the management and no doubt when the news gets well disseminated through the south the Martinique will be more plentifully peopled than ever before. It is a cur ious condition of extraordinary times. Nobody can predict what other cur ious things may come out of this war. For one thing, we are likely to have a decided scarcity of money in this country. The time may come when northern farmers having no bales of cotton to sell. may trade off potatoes 1 for pair of shoes or a ton of hay for ! suit of clothes. If a mcrcnant does | not have room for the potatoes and 1 the hay. he can hand over due bill made easily transferable. which may take the place of actual money. but, as We said before, you never can tell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09
JUNE IN INDIA

By Rudyard Kipling. No hope. no change! The clouds have
 shut us in And through the cloud the sullen Sun
 strikes down Full on the bosom of the tortured
 town; Till night falls, heavy as remembered
 sin That will not suffer sleep or thought
 of ease, And, hour on hour, the dry eyed Moon
 in spite Glares through the haze and mocks
 with watery light The torment of the uncomplaining Far of the Thunder bellows her des-
 pair To echoing Earth, thrice parched. The
 lightnings fly In vain. No help the heaped up clouds
 afford. But wearier weight of burdened. burn
 ing air, What truce with Dawn? Look, from the
 aching sky, Day stalks. a tyrant with flaming
 sword!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09
Germany's Meat Supply

Barnhard Dernburg, who has been called the "chief spokesman for Ger many in America" has contributed to the American Review of Reviews for November some highly interesting figures relative to the resources of Germany in the present war. Dr. Dernburg proceeds to show that the immense potato crop of Germany, from which flour is now being made, a process having also been discovered for preserving potatoes indefinitely, will provide the bread for the father land. He takes an equally optimistic view of Germany's meat supply.
 The importation of meat into Ger many has been partly prohibited and partly made impossible for some years, he says, in order that the coun- try might become independent of a beef monopoly. When last counted there were in Germany, he declares no less than 2o,Oo0,o0O beeves, 5,0OO,- 900 sheep, 2,OOo,O00 goats and 26,. GOO ,O00 hogs. There were also about 5000, ,000 horses. With these figure! as basis he estimates that German, can produce every year about 5000, 900 beef animals, 5,000,000 sheep ant goats and 26,OO0,0Oo hogs. The peas ants and laborers prefer pork, becaus' it is cheap and nutritious.
 Of course feed must be found fo these animals and Dr. Dernburi makes that proviso. If that con tingency is met he says, "thsrs will always be plenty of meat-and I d. think we can mango it." There ar large areas in Germany, particular, in the northwestern part of the coun try, which can be used for hay field And grazing lands. The chief purveyo v vegetables to Germany has recent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09

l Naval engineers say that the new turbo- electric propulsive machinery recently tested in the collier Jupiter may revolu- tionize the control of battleships The
 navy department is reported to be con ] sidering the installation of the new ma- ships. The new engines will reverse a ship in five seconds, although she may be travelling at full speed. Their adapta- bility and the ease with which they can be controlled was proved when the Jup- iter was navigated in confined spaces of the Panama canal While near Cape Hat teras the captain of the Jupiter thought he saw an object ahead while his vessel was steaming 141h knots The motors were reversed and in less than five seconds the Jupiter was going full speed astern Finding that there was no danger of a collision the ship was again sent ahead at full speed, the order being carried out in the same period of time. Although the Jupiter was designed for speed of II Knots, she can maintain b knots for 48 hours. Under favorable conditions the collier has made 12 knots with 20,000 tons displacement, consuming 60 tons of coal per day, which is an economy of 25 per cent, as compared with reciprocating en- zines. Steam for propelling power is carried in Curtis turbine which drives an alternating current generator at the rate of POGO revolutions a minute. The generator is directly connected with the turbine shaft and the alternating rent is carried to a switchboard where there are two levers for operating each motor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09
City Tree Planting

One of the attractive features of Birmingham is found in it's trees. Many years ago arboriculture received the attention of the authorities in cer- tain of the northern cities. Ornamen- tai trees for parks and streets were planted and nurtured under men trained both in arboriculture and landscape engineering. The results have been manifold, and the outlay of money was nothing when compared with the benefits obtained.
 But in the south arboriculture has been appraised at it's true value only in recent years. Some of the old southern cities were famed for their 1 wide-spreading oaks and elms, but na- ture had been bountiful in providing those things that were beautiful. Nevertheless, the man who has made study of trees in relation to the city beautiful idea has work to do in the umbrageous avenues even of stately old towns like Tuscaloosa and Savan- nah. In the larger cities and especial ly those without trees of primeval growth the arboriculturist has be- come necessity.
 Before science was so generally in vogue Birmingham was fortunate in making a good start in tree planting, but we can now do better. With the approach of Arbor Day the whole community takes lively interest in ornamental trees. The city commits sion has turned over the arboricul- tural side of Birmingham's activities to the engineering department. Maury Nicholson, chief assistant to Engineer Kendrick, acts as the superintendent of parks and playgrounds and that po- sition brings him directly in charge of tree planting. MT. Nicholson is not only thoroughly equipped for this work, but he is an enthusiast. Every man and every woman in Birmingham who desires to add to the attractive ness of the city by planting trees will always have a patient and sympa- thetic hearing from him.
 In earlier days a mistake was made in planting trees too close together. One of the first principles of arbori- culture is to plant at proper distances, or, as MT. Nicholson calls it, the spac- ing of trees. The tree planting data which MT. Nicholson has laid before the commission and which was pub- lished in Sundays Age e-Herald will doubtless be read by most people who have mind to the city beautiful Those who failed to read it yesterday should look up the paper and read il today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09
POLITICIANS LIKE ELECTIONS
ny HILL vINEs

, us quite true that the country was care ful not to overdo the matter of vindi- eating the suffragettes, bu they handed
 them small taste.
 Certainly as a vindicator national election leaves little to be desired. It may gather fat politician by the nap of
 the neck and the brow of the pantaloons
 ana scatter his remains from Maine to california with great abandon, but it Vinoieates him. He may look like the sad remains of a wobbly barn after it
 has been monkeyed with by Kansas cy- clone, or German siege gun. but he still has his vindication. As long as he can press to his bosom said vindicatlon he can defy the world, and at the same
 time appear pleased and cheerful.
 Being of the democratic persuasion. we feel all cheered up by last Tuesdays elec- tion ourselves. Somehow we feel win
 dicated." At this writing we still are the whole works in the House and Sen ate, and at the various and sundry de-
 partments in spite of the great victory" of our friends the enemy. We are in a hattering position to keep them at a re- spectful distance from the meal tick ct, and that seems to us the ''answer--
 If the republicans can struggle along this
 winter on vindication and such other odd jobs as they can get, they are perfectly
 welcome. So far as we are concerned we
 are willing for them to have all the vindi-
 cation there is hanging round not other wise engaged, so long as we continue to carry home the bacon. We are willing for them to have just exactly the same kind of vindlcation in 1916. We are dead stuck on vindicating the republicans by keeping them on the outside looking in. Long may they remain vindicated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09
I , ASHINGToN, November s.
 y Special)-Probably nothing has

ever been discovered which gives the general satisfaction to politicians re- gardless of party as an election. No
 matter how an election goes. it is pleasing to the politicians. The average leader
 in a political party may be all fiattened out by the well-known steam roller, and
 have his record shot so full of holes that it would make a porus plaster look fool- ish, yet he is not discouraged. He comes right to bat with a winning smile and says that the election resulted in his complete vindication of the principles for which he has always struggled.
 An election always vindicates all po- litical parties. That is one of the very best things an election does. AS a vindi- cator an election cannot be surpassed. An election certainly fills all requirements as a vindieator in more general direc- tions than any other class of vindicators not devoted exclusively to the vindicat-
 ing business. For instance, in 1912, ex- President Taft carried two states and re- ceived four electoral votes. Nevertheless he was vndicated-these two states vindi- cated him. All the other states, unfor- tunatey, were busy vindicating someone else, so MT. Taft had to be satisfied with a small and rather feeble vindication, but it answered all purposes
 In the recent elections the republicans
 won a great victory" They have been completely "vindicated." Not that 1t gets
 them anything, except the vindication. Nevertheless they will gloat over said
 vindication, and do their best to cheer
 fully live through the coming winter
 on 1t.
 The suffrag gettes were also ''vindicated."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09

ly been Holland and she is expected to continue in that capacity.
 "So the situation IS at present en- tirely satifactory," says Dr. Dernburg, 'and the starving out of Germany will prove just as much a piece of British braggadocio as, for instance, MT. Churchills digging out of the German fleet on the very day of the loss of three British cruisers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Thrift in CulImnn

The city of cullman is full of thrift. ' said R. A. L. Wilkes, who spent a day or two there recently.
 "The truck farmers in Cullman coun- ty are noted for their industry. While strawberries and sweet potatoes are the principal truck crops, other prod ucts are numerous, and the farmers come out well ahead nearly every year. This has been a good year for them. and as a result the merchants of Cullman are Drosperous"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09

BEGINNING THE DAf-Lora' help me to forget the graves along my backward way--the graves VI dead hopes, of perisbed ambitions of lost loves. Let the sun sparNie ou them, the grass grow green over them, cover them up With May there come out or their u.p'"s for me only devou'er sp grace. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09
The Sugar Situation

From the Andalusa Standard
 Headlines over London date say Sugar Supply Is Cornered by the Gov ernment." Well, it's cornered in this country. but not by the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-09
Just About That

From the Attalla Herald.
 "A piece of bone has been removed from the head of Harvard freshman. The average freshman has plenty to spare. e.'-Birmingham Age-Hersld.
 Wonder If The Age Herald means to insinuate that the average freshman is bonehead?