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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-04
LOST MuLrIMrLLroNAIRE

From the Washington Post
 Receipts from the individual income tax for the 10 months ended June 8 Care now officially reported as amounting to s2S,- 253,535, or at the rate of about $3S, 900, ,o0c a year. They were expected by the fram- CTS of the new law to reach a total of no less than ss267s,0OO during the first full year.
 The country is more interested in an ex- planation of this extraordinary discrep- ancy between fact and estimate than in details of the income yield. But details which conceal more than they reveal are abundant and explanation is absent
 Let us take the one or top class of in- comes ranging above s5O0.O0O and carry ing graduated rates up to per cent. The estimates brought yield of $22 S54 500 a year. The actual results bring yield of only $3,347. $50 for 10 months, or at the rate of s4,125,52O year.
 What has become of the country's multi- millionaires? Those having fortunes of $lo00o,0O0 or over were supposed to num- Der at least 45O when the tax was en- acted. But when the tax Is levied and collected it is found that they have mostly disappeared. Are our multimillionaire legends chiefly fiction. or is our average multimillionare so small a person as to escape the notice of the average federal tax collector?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-04
The Germans Near Paris

After 10 days of desperate fighting between the Germans and the allies on the French frontier, with only meagre and often contradictory reports, the Kaiserls forces are now almost at the gates of Paris.
 The Germans are conducting a whirlwind campaign through France. The allies have abandoned the valley of the Somme. The quaint and his- toric old city of Amiens has fallen into the hands of the Germans. The people made no resistance and the mayor promptly surrendered the mu- nicipality to the enemy.
 Paris being strongly fortified, the Germans will find it hard to make an entrance there The French govern ment and the French military have CO., operated to make Paris as near im- pregnable as possible. They feel sure that no German commander will ever be able to march his men into the great metropolis. What part air. ships will play in the siege of Paris is a serious question. These flying machines have been dropping non-destructive bombs by way of prac- tice, and when the storming begins it may be that bombs from an air fleet will cause stampede and havoc.
 If the Germans capture Paris, what will be their next move? But they are not in Paris yet, and they may never capture it. At any rate, it will be time enough to speculate later on. In the meantime the allies are not dismayed. The British army never manifested more dogged courage than it displays now, and never were the British people more closely drawn to- gether in the bonds of patriotism.
 The war has only just begun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-04
channels

l General Joffre, chief of the general staff
 of France, is described by relative liv- ing in this country as a stout, heavily built man of quiet and gentle manne rs. slow moving and contemplative in private life, but a strict dIsciplinarian in the army. In the field or in his office he is said to be as hard as nails" the .ort of man who will sympathize with .ncou- petence but cannot overlook failure.
 After the army maneuvers last year it is reported that he dismissed five generals.
 When war was declared in 1870 he had
 hardly finished one year at the PoIytech-
 nque. At the age of IS lie was given a commission and took part in the defense of Paris as an artillery subaltern. He at tracted the attention of his superior off cers during the siege and after the war was employed in reconstructing the Paris Notifications. He designed the forts at Enghien. He later saw active service in Tonkin, Madagascar, Dahomey, Formosa and Timbuctoo. Returning to France in the middle 'nineties, he began to work for the upbuilding of the French army and in 1911 was made chief of staff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-04
A Chance for Clean Drama

While we may lose a great deal in the way of inspiration from abroad as
 the result of the paralysis of art and industry of European countries, the bad will be kept out along with the good so far as the importation and adaptation of foreign plays is con- cerned. The bad plays derived hereto fore from this source have greatly out numbered the good. Charles Frohman
 predicts that no playwriting will be
 done in Europe for the next 10 years
 and that American dramatists will
 have an opportunity to prove their
 worth. However, it is hardly probable that production of foreign plays will be
 stopped for decade on account of the
 war. even if it continues for several
 wears instead of one year, as pre- dicted.
 Not only will American playwrights be called upon to put forth their best efforts to supply the deficiency of plays from abroad, but it is said that the plays of vice, crime, social prob lems and character analysis will be discarded in favor of war dramas. Some of the best plays ever written were war dramas and written by American dramatists. A war play,
 while melodramatic in it's theme and
 treatment, is vastly better entertain
 ment than the "white slave" plays and
 all the varied assortment of filth that
 has been dumped upon the American
 stage within the past few years. Prob Hem plays, sex plays and crime plays have crowded each other for recogni- l tion and unfortunately they have in a number of cases proved very success
 ful financially.
 If the public is to be Iured away from it's morbid and unhealthy attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-04
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Many fine blacksmith has been spoiled because a fond mother Imagined he had musical talent
 As long as the dear things let the inan retain the "obey" clause in the marriage contract never let 1t be said that women have no sense of humor.
 There are a lot of little country dis tricts that are voted dry" bys the far mers But you never met farmer in one of these dry districts who would re- fuse swig out of your flask.
 The old-fashioned woman who used to bawl when she went to see "Icast Lynne now has a daughter who misses the villain in the movey films.
 We have lot of fool ideas A woman with eight pounds of store hair oil her dome is supposed to keep her hat on at indoor gatherings. And a bald-headed man is no gentleman if he doesn't take his hat off.
 When girl has sorethroat she al- ways imagines that you imagine that she got 1t the way she didn't get 1t. The mutt complains that his wife cant cook like his mother used to cook never thinks of marrying an old woman with his mothers experience The slim girls are wearing little fool ballet skirts. But the corn-fed girls be- lieve that men are from Missouri. When the doorbell rings woman al- ways looks out of the window before she will answer the ring. She wants to See whether it is collector or an agent If | it is an agent with something to sell she will open the door and buy sorpethtng. If 1t is collector trying to get an fostall- ment on something the last agent sold her she is not at home.
 
 pay. And the other half has money owed I 1t that it can't collect. 1 A woman's reputation and her complex ion are usually what she makes them. | I haven't Seen it done yet, but some ol these days a smooth-faced man Is going
 to get up in street car and give his sea,
 to woman who has rnustachs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-04

TRIALS OF WORKING WOMEN

TRIALS OF WORKING WOMEN From the Chicago Tribune.
 Complaint is being made that in all our recent agitation for the intelligent hand ling of the problem of unemployment woman was completely lost sight cf As a matter of fact, 1t is stated. woman suf- fers from unemployment to not ncon- siderable extent Many of the trades open to her are seasonal In time cs gell- eral depression women get np more can- sideration from employers than men
 While there are. however, hundred and one places where the unempoy ,ti man can spend the day. and even night; where he can find shelter iron, cold and rain, where he can even get food free, the number of places open to the unerl- ployed woman is very small. She can not spend the day in saloon. She can not sleep in hallway. She does not en- joy the mans privilege of panhandIing. She cannot beg in the street the price ol a cup of coffee.
 Why does not the woman who is in such plight turn to homework? is often asked To begin with. there Is no house. work for all such unemployed women Then, again, not all such women are nj for homework. You cannot make cool
 out of glovemaker or Pindery girl on short notice. or no notice at all The problem of unemployment among women lit is argued. must be met with the same provisions and agencies that come to th'
 help of the unemployed man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-04
Pope Benedict XIV,

The new pope, who takes the name of Benedict XIV, was trained in the diplomatic service. He was protege of the late Cardinal Rampolla, who in 1903, was the first choice of the conclave as Leo XIITs successor, but whose selection was vetoed by the triple alliance through Austria, in it's assertion of an ancient prerogative Of the Austrian Emperor.
 The late Pope Plus X was finally elected by the conclave Il years ago largely because of the fact that he had no diplomatic or political record. Car dinal Giuseppe Sarto came from very humble stock, but like all priests, re- ceived classical education. He cared little, however, for statecraft. AS pope he was noted above all things for his unfeigned piety. His mind dwelt more upon the spiritual than upon the tenn poral side of the church, although he was not lacking in administrative abil- ity of constructive sort. Still as the "Pope of the Eucharist" he gained widest esteem, and in history it will be t told of him that in his comparatively lshort pontificate he achieved wonders by precept and example in bringing the laity in his charge up to higher standard of religious practice.
 Cardinal Della Chiesa, who was yes terday elected pope, is from all ac- counts man of exceptionally strong character. While he is not widely known, he was one of the most dis tinguished of the Italian prelates and was we'll known, therefore, to all the cardinals. It is noteworthy fact that notwithstanding the bloody war, the conclave was more largely attended than any held in half century. All the governments at war offered espe- cial facilities for expediting the jour ney of the cardinals to Rome. There was no sort of delay on account of hos tilities. Cardinal Farley of New York, who had been in Europe for sometime, was in Rome at the opening of the conclave. Cardinal Gibbons of Balti- more and Cardinal O'Connell of Boston sailed for Rome shortly after the death of the late pope, but were not able to reach the Eternal City" in time to participate in the conclave, missing it by few hours. They will remain in Rome until after the coronation of the new pope
 Besides being statesman and dip lomat, Benedict XIV ranks as a great theologian, and is known to be as sternly against modernism" in the ology as his lamented predecessor. The world at large will watch the be- ginning of his pontificate with more than ordinary interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-04

| against him should be legally discussed by a courtmartiaL This trial was held Tn the Horse Guards at the end of March and the beginning of April, 176o. The court consisted of the following distin- suished generals; Hon. Sir Charles How ard, the Earl of Loudoun, Lord Delaware. Hon. James Cholmondeley, Hon. James Stuart, Earl of Panmure, Earl of An crum, Earl of Huntingdon. Gen. James Abercromby, the Earl of Albemarle Hon. Francis Leighton. Lord Robert Manners, General Carr, Earl of Effingham Lord Robert Bertie, Gen. Julius Caesar and Judge Advocate Charles Gould.
 MT. Gould in short. speech, explained the nature of the charge. whereupon Fer dinands Prussiap aide-de-camp deposed that he was sent early in the day with orders to Lord George to march to the ie1t With the cavalry in order to sustain the infantry He delivered the message. Lieutenant Colonel Ligonier and Colonel r1tzroy were also given the same orders 10 sacKviiie and hadldelivered them Lord George instead of carrying out the or- aers, started for Ferdinand's camp. This so angered the princs that ihe duplicated HIS prder to dLord George Cranby, with the comment, T knowlhe will obey them'
 Lord George Sackville made an eloouent speech Tn his own behalf on the nature of the evidence that had been brought against him. The puriort of his defense was that he had receivad so many orders that they were confusing, and, therefore, ne was trying to get matters strengthened out before he would moAe in the ma tter Numerous witnesses were called in sup- port of his statement
 The courtmartial pronounced the follow ing sentences This court, under due con. sideration or the whole matter, is of opin- ion that Lord Geoerge Sackville is guilty of having disobeyed the order of Prince Ferdinand, and it is our opi1iion that Lord George Sackville is hereby adjudged un- fit to serve his majesty in any military capacity whatever
 On April 5, 176O George II ordered the name of Lord George to be struck out of the list of privy councillors Regard- ing this trial Horace Walpole wrote to Sir Horace Mann: "Whatever were his deficiencies in the battle, he had at least showed no want of spirit, either on push. ing on his trial or during it.,
 In few years after George II restored Sackville to favor and to his seat in tns priyy council, and during Lord North's administration he was appointed American secretary of state, and such s{ronrlv evinced his hostility to American inde- pendence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-04
Southern Gold Mining


 The gold mining industry in Ala bama and Georgia is passing the ex- p <imental stage and now gives prom ise being great commercial sue
 Dur g many years past gold has been Il ned in several southern states but ds . rule operations have not proved profitable, because of the in ability of the operators to extract the values in low grade ores by the meth. ! o1b heretofore iD use. But recently niany changes have been wrought by fht ingenuity of chemists and it is mid to be possible now to handle yer, )6p ,SEnde deposits at a big profit. 4 2 r<6etfcal mineralogist of large expert
 c6 in gold mining, both in the wes nud in the south, in writing of condi Henc hereabouts says:
 :, k. There are millions of tons of these 4 1ov grade dirt gravel and ore fin Ala hama and Georgia, which contain free nold of more than q per ton in value. <! ond which can be saved by simple < new process combining modern dirt
 h1pdiing methods with an improved { method of saving the values at cost
 - only . few cents per ton.
 u6tenn1ve tests are being made at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-04
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF LORD GEORGE sAcKv1LLE

N the reign of George 1T it became
 quite fashion for both King and = people to run down to degradation and even death, any military or naval commander who should be unsuccessful through only mere fault of judgment or misapprehension of the circumstances under which he might be acting. Admiral Byng was sad and shameful example, and another is afforded in Gen. Lord George Sackyille, who was pursued with the same malignity as Byng, and who would undoubtedly have perished in the same way had the sentence of the court martial been stretched to a similar ex- tent.
 General Sackville's fault was but a mistake, though a bad one, through a confusion of orders. He was a member of one of the noblest and most ancient families in England. In 17a7 he obtained a commission in the English army, when he was only 2l years of age, and three years later was made colonel of foot and soon afterward aide-de-camp to the King.
 Sackville showed himself good soldier
 
 Cumberland in Scotland in 1745. He ad- vanced rapidly, and so high had his repu- tation risen that in 175S he was appointed to succeed Charles, second Duke of Marl- borough, as commander-in-chief of the British forces in Germany.
 After number of engagemenst suc- cessful to the arms of the allies, came the battle of Minden. Although in this gagement the British and Hanover horse, commanded by Lord George Sack ville. were ordered into the action, through some error it failed to put in an appear ance in sufficient time to take part in the struggle.
 Although the allies won the victory, im- mediately after the battle Prince Ferdi- nand of Brunswick, relative of George II, in publishing orders relative to the troops under him, severely reflected on sackvVle's conduct. whereupon Lord George was furious and demanded court martial.
 SackviIle resigned his command in Ger many and returned to England. Here he was charged with having disobeyed three successive orders to advance with the cavalry of the right wing, which had he done so would have rendered the victory. more glorious and decisive.
 The first step Lord George took was to print short address, in whcih he ap< pealed to the angry Englishmen to sus- peny judgment until the charge brought
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-04

Dahlonega. Ga. in the saprolitc belt, which promises to put new life into the entire Appalachian belt, and more especially in Alabama and Georgia, which contain the largest deposits.
 The falling off in the gold produc- tion in other fields has caused some Of the larger mining and mill men in the world to turn their attention to the southern fields. and at present there are fin Alabama and Georgia several engineers examining properties for these interests One engineer of re- pute, after spending sometime in tho Alabama fields states that he is amazed at the size and the values of the deposits: that in his opinion there is no reason why that i'm sew years the annual production of gold in the state of Alabama should not be equal to the production of coal in dollars and cents.
 The future of this industry is strictly a commercial proposition, to be carrie1 out on business basis, handling the low grade ores on an economical plan the same as a brickyard or cement plant. Most of the failures hereto fore have been caused by inexper- fenced people investing large sums building plants and mills not adapted to the kind of ores of this section. But the people now taking hold of this enterprise will have ample experience and capital and the best of it is that they fully understand the business and the new methods of extraction.
 These deposits extend for many miles, beginning in Tallapoosa county, Alabama, extending northeast into Georgia. and the belt Is several miles wide. Therefore, the extent of the ore Is almost unlimited. There IS no question about the values being in the ore, but heretofore they have been unprofitable to work for the reasons set forth.
 Whatever adds to the wealth of the south is of lively interest to all the people of the south. The owners of gold bearing properties in Alabama and Georgia who have worked hero ically if not always scientifically to make mining pay, are to be at last rewarded.
 It seems possible at any rate that within the next two or three years gold mining in the south will be ranked as an industry of large mag 1itude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-04
CAT AND TURTLE FIGHT

Fram the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 When B. F. Magnin of Ninth street and Ridge avenue Darby, went to investigate a noise in the rear of his home which awakened him early in the morning he found the family cat battling a two-pound snapping turtle The cat unable to un- derstand his opponents tactics. was fu- riously scratching the latter's hard shell back.
 The snapper made prodigious efforts to seize the cats flesh with his beak, but was unsuccessful. Magnin separated, the two and captured the snapper. who will next be seen in the form of snapper soup,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-04
IMMENSE CONTRACTS FOR COAL TO
 SOUTH AMERICA

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 It is announced in New York that Span. ish interests in Madrid have contract. ed in that city and Philadelphia for de livery in Argentina and Uruguay of 2.ss,.- 900 tons of steam coal.
 These deliveries are to be within tive years. the shipments to be from New York. Philadelphia and Newport News, the ports of delivery Buenos Aires, Mon- tevideo and Rosario.
 These contracts approximate value of s. 100000 at our ports. and are but a small fractional part of the coal that will be called for by Latin-America.
 It is reported that Brazil has sent five vessels direct to our coasts to obtain coal, while so scarce is coal now in with stoppage in operation through lack of fuel for their locomotives.
 It was bad blow to the coal interests of Virginia. West Virginia, Ohio, Ken. lucky, Indiana and Illinois that the ad- ministration and the senators and repre-. sentatives in Congress delivered when they repealed the tolls exemption law.
 These. by their votes, placed ton mage tax of $1.20 upon every ton Of coal shipped from these states to our west coast states through the Panarn canal
 They aided the coal operators and min CTS of Europe. Australia. New Zealand and Canada by voting to place this ton mage tax upon coal mined in the unite< States and carried in our own vessel through our own canal.
 1t is now, Indeed, fortunate for the coa interests of the country that the Euro pean war has given them an immense out let for the outputs available f0F shipmen at our coasts.
 The coal operators and the coal miner of the Ohio valley would have had evel as great demand for their outputs vii New Orleans and the Panama canal. an they should. and no doubt will hold tn men who voted for repeal of the lav which gave them this market responstbl for It's loss.
 This foreign war throws a great de mand upon cool at our seaports, and no in. the hiatory of the coal trade will b found such activity at the mines am such can for transportation faciiities a the present year will exhibit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-04
Early Oyster season

Along the coast where oysters grow the bivalye can be eaten in July with out the risk of making one sick, but in inland towns it is not supposed to be in season before september-the first month after the summer with an IT in it." remarked club man.
 Last fall oysters were rather late in making their appearance in Bir- mlngham. It was about the middle of September before the oyster openers were in evidence. This season, how ever, has opened early. Very good oys- ters have been served by some of the Greeks here since August 15 But of course oysters are not in prime con- dition until after long, cool, rainy spell. l understand that the bivalves will be unusually plentiful this fall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-04
The New Pope

Tt sometimes happens that the eardi- nals most frequently mentioned for the papal chair and those who start out with strong vote in the conclave are finally dropped in favor of a candidate who had not been considered at the beginning Of the conclave," said an old layman. Cardinal Della Chiesa, who had been archbishop of Bologna and only a few months a member of the sacred college, now becomes sovereign pontiff. His name had not appeared in the public prints un- til the morning of his election. He en- tered upon his exalted duties at once under the name of Benedict xv. He is only 60 years of age-young as the ages of modern popes go.''