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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
Olympic and VGterland
Are Held at New York

New York, Aug. S.-The White
Star liner Olympic to have cleared
from this port to-day with British re-
serves, was held up indefinitely under
Admiralty. The sailing of the Red
Star liner Vaterland on which 1000
Belgian reservists were booked for a
British port, also were delayed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
"War Is the Enemy of
the Home "-Brumbaugh
BY Associated Press

Philadelphia, Aug. S.-The fourth
conference on Home
Education, which was to have met in
this city September % to 20, was to-
day postponed indefinitely.
In his circular making announce
ment of the postponement, Martin G.
Brumbaugh, president of the confer
ence, wrote:
"War is the enemy of the home.
God bless the widows and children"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE

Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. s.-Chicago Board
of Trade closing:
LOO.
Corn September. 7Sh; December.
71%.
Oats - September, 41%; December,
44ss.
Pork-September. 23.10.
Lard - September. 1885, October,
Ribs - September, 1910; October,
.12.52.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
DIES AT PHILADELPHIA

Edward I. Kennedy. aged 81 years,
240 Jefferson street died at a Phila-
delphia hospital last evening. The
body will be brought to his home here
tonight The funeral services will be
announced later.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
a distance of seventy-five miles from
the coast.

Paris, Aug. S.-The French military
authorities are Offering every facil-
ity for American citizens in France.
The French war office to-day placed
three omnibuses temporarily at the
service of the American embassy for
the transportation of homeless Ger
mans from the embassy office to the
school building where they are now
lodged.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08

recesses in the wall during the day,
World.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08
Germans Are Reported to Have Lost
Several Torpedo Boat Destroyers Near Hull
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08

Berlin, Aug. Z, via London, Aug. 8,
1910 ID. m.-The German Federal
Council decided to-day not to proclaim
a moratorium for the public. The
courts were empowered to deal leni-
emily with debtors and the terms for
the payment of debts may be extended
Z orthree months. In certain cases
relief also was granted for bill of ex-
change transactions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08

Nish, Servia, Aug. Z, via London
Aug. s, 12.4O p. M The Austrian
troops evacuated Visigrad, on the
frontier of Novipazar to-day. The Ser.
Wan troops Immediately reoccupieo
the place.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08

London, Aug. S.-The war risks In
surance Office to-day reduced its rate
on cargo from 5 IA to 4 is per cent
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08

Washington, Aug. S.-A letter was
received at the White House to-day
from the Chamber of German Amer
lean Commerce at New York protest
ing against the lack OF censorship on
French and English C; bles in the
United States while a censorship is inn
posed upon the German wireless sta
tions at Sayville, l.. l., and Tucker
ton, n. j.
Paris, Aug. 8, 3.47 p. m.-French
troops to-day entered Alsace and cap
tured the village of Altkirch near the
French frontier, seventeen miles west
of Basel.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08

London, Aug. 8, 11.3O a. m.-The
Bank of England discount rate was re-
duced to-day from to per cent.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-08

London, Aug. S.-A British force on
the Gold coast of West Africa has sefz-
ed Port LONE, German Togoland.
The seizure of Port LONE was made
on the instructions of the British colo
NAL office. No resistance was offered
by the Germans who simultaneously
surrendered Southern Togoland up to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
SOLDIERS LACK TORACco

From the Washington Post
 Col John A. Thompson of Harrods-
 burg, Ky. is worried because the sol
 dlers that are fighting in the Euro pean war have no tobacco to smoke or
 chew.
 Tn the Spanish American war the United States government furnished the soldiers tobacco, and it is a sure thins. that it was source of comfort 10
 them," said Colonel Thompson. at inc New Willard. Neither the German nor the French government, nor the
 English government. I believe fur nlshes tobacco to the soldiers. But it wouldn't make much difference, for the supply of tobacco that ordinarily would reach Europe has been shut off. Ken tIckW produces 40 per cent of the to- bacco raised in the United States. It was not so long ago that she produced so per cent This year the crop is not good because of the continued drouth Recent rains have helped the crop, but it will be below the average. The tobac- co growers are in worse situation than the farmers who raise corn and other crops, because they have no market They are figuring now on the govern ment issuing warehouse receipts as Tn the case of cotton. This would give them relief and enable them to get through the winter. If they hold their tobacco next year, they will get a good price for it, of course.
 Meantime, the European countries which have taken a large part of the Kentucky tobacco are cut off from the supply. No doubt if means were found for getting it in the hands of the sol diers it would command fabulous prices for l recall that during the civil war tobacco brought as high as S3.50 a pound There is only one source from which the European armies could get much tobacco, and that is Turkey, bur 1t is not probable that any is going from that country. I presume the poor soldiers are without the weed that provides solace"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
South American Coal Trade

Coal mined in the Birmingham dis trlct will soon be in great demand in South America, as well as in all the gulf ports. Now that European war IS in progress coal consumers to the south of us are looking eagerly to Alabama, and this new trade once developed, Alabama coal operators should be able to hold it and compete with Great Britain after the war is over.
 In another column will be found an interesting letter from H. M. McNutt on this question. He quotes from a report made by the late Major Burke of Mobile, as far back as 1884, show ing that Alabama coal could be floated to tidewater at a cost small enough to compete with England. But as MT. McNutt points out, the companies min- ing coal in the Birmingham district, With two or three exceptions, are not large enough or strong enough to handle economically and profitably the immense volume needed for the South American trade.
 About year ago several prominent upbuilders of Birmingham started a movement to merge some of the indi- vidual companies, but pending govern ment litigation to test the trust laws the matter was dropped for the time being. It is quite probable that if the United States department of jus tice were sounded now it would inter pose no objection to a consolidation of independent coal companies in Ala bama.
 Whatever is to be done in the way of cultivating the South American trade must be done without delay. The opportunity seems, indeed, to be golden. Will the coal operators of Alabama be able to get together and rise to the occasion?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
Sol caheen,s Hale

Tn passing Caheen's store I was glad to see bale of cotton standing out in the entrance." said a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
 That bale indicated to ne Sol Caheen's 8 civic spirit and his readiness to do help full things for the benefit of Birmin gham and the state of Alabama. Other mer- chants have probably bought their bale but every one of them should act prompt ly, just as Sol Caheen has done The buy a-bale of cotton movement has taken well. All 1t needs to make it a great success in Birmingham is a little organi- zation on the part of commercial bodies like the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trade and the Business Mems League to push it along and check up the citi- zens who are well able to buy a bale and see that they make the desired pur- chase.
 "Sol Caheen told me that he never fe. better in his life than, when he handed out $50 to a farmer in the northern part of Jefferson county for this bale which now stands out as supplement, so to speak, of the show windows"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
The Highest Beauty

"To keep oneself unspotted from the world" James 1, 27.
 No man is perfect. We are all full of faults. But the passion to be per- feet is one of the very finger prints of God in the soul "As panteth the hart after the water-b brooks, so longeth my soul after Thee, o God" So David; so all of us. It is an inter- mittent flame, true; tagging at times, fainting, dying. Nevertheless it reigns in some sort over our lives and drags us on towards the skies.
 This keeping oneself, this inner, inmost, secret holiness of life, is vital. These saints who become statesmen had better beware. The prophets who let the hidden fires languish will pres ently find themselves asking if their message is of any avail, for they will have lost confidence in the power of the intangible and the unseen. When preacher forgets that it is what he is that counts rather than what he says, disintegration has begun. The very inspiration to live is the yearning to be God-like. It is the only suf- ficient explanation of the universe. Take away character, and creation has no motive big enough to justify its aeons of activity and agony.
 Vital, yes-and beautiful beyond compare. Holiness is statelier than any temple, lovelier than any picture, more ravishing than any song; of far more significant and lustrous charm, also, than any grace of land or sea or sky. In fact all these borrow an abiding appeal and value from the soul. It would be difficult to appraise any glory of nature without reference to human use or human appreciation.
 And symphony and canvas and cathedral are the very voices of the soul seeking to say themselves out. They are representations of certain high spiritual qualities in man-mere limitations of that of which we speak. Moreover, they are the handiwork of the soul Architecture and painting and music command; but the soul produces architecture and painting and music. am not saying, either, that artists are of necessity moral; but am saying that art is moral.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
Rearranging Europe

British newspapers have calmed Aown enough to discuss tentatively what changes will be made by the war in the map of Europe. One highly imaginative writer ventures to make two predictions. In case of German victory he forecasts German empire about twice the size of Europe, with France and Spain indicated by small white spots along the Atlantic coast and Norway by another white spot on the German Sea-" which is now the North sea. The Mediterranean be- comes "the Inner German Ocean," Asia Minor Germany Minor," and the northern coast of Africa German North Africa" In case of a German defeat this ingenious map maker prac- tically eliminated Germany from Flu rope, although he does not go so far as to indicate how the victorious pow CTS twill share in the division of the Kaisess domains. The prediction has already been made by the London Chronicle that the Kaiser will come to New York if he is defeated and join the millionaire colony which re- sides alternately in the metropolis and Newport.
 It is safe to say that these forecasts of the future serve only as means to while away the time, and there is lit tie possibility that any state of af- fairs remotely resembling the predic- tions made in London will ever come to pass. In the first place, civiliza- tion would protest against any plan which obliterated national entities like France, England and Germany, not to speak of Russia. The world owes too much to these first three na- tions to stand by and let them be blot ted out, regardless of what the po- litical exigencies might be-
 No matter how the war ends, the map of Europe will probably be much the same that it is now, though some body's pride will be humbled and if the Kaiser is defeated there will be an effective quietus put on rampant militarism. Even if the Germans should win what has become now an unequal contest, we don't think they are quite as bad as they are painted and while disposed to reap the full ad- vantages of victory, they would hardly go to the extent of trying to German ize" all Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
Praying for Peace

President Wilson's proclamation calling on the God-fearing people of this country to assemble in places of worship on the first Sunday in Oc- tober and offer up prayer for peace will meet with very general response.
 When any situation or crisis de- mands the united prayers of great people it is well that one day in par ticular be set apart by the head of the government for the specific object. Individuals and congregations will pray today and on the other Sundays intervening between now and October 4 that the bloody hostilities in Europe shortly cease.
 The Presidents proclamation is short but earnest and eloquent His appeal to the people is informed by profound religious faith. Those who scoff at religion cannot but be im- pressed with the unostentacious relig- ious leadership of strong intellectual man like Woodrow Wilson.
 It should go without saying that all the churches will be filled on the day set apart in the Presidents proclama- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Most girls are so anxious to meet their fate that they go looking for him.
 woman doesn't husband her re- sources when she puts her property in Ejs name.
 Some fellows join the navy to see the sights and others get jobs as ice men.
 barber always makes a hit with a man by telling him that he has the toughest beard in the world.
 Why are the swellest suites in the hotels reserved for bridal couples? :? They never have time to look at the furniture.
 Judginsy from the junk offered as fall styles in mems hats. the hat man. ufacturers must have imagined that this country was crowded with male sopranos.
 The difference between working girl and a chorus girl is that a work ing girl makes up every morning and a chorus girl never takes her makeup off.
 There was a time when young man went with a girl for six years and looked up her pedigree in the old fam fly Bible before he married her. But nc wadays he gets marriage license without even looking at her teeth. whole lot of the lads in the dry counties who vote the prohibition tick ct always carry a corkscrew and a beer opener on their key rings.
 We try to behave ourselves and mind our business. But it is hard to con- trol your emotions when you see a male pansy giving girl the Chautau- qua salute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
THE TRIAL OF coURyoIsIER

the counsel for the prisoner, in spite of the fact that he knew of the confess sion, which was not known by the jury and only to very few persons, deliv- cred most brilliant and convincing speech in defense of the accused in which he pointed out clearly that they had no proof of the prisoners guilt, and that it was a case of circumstances alone on which the witnesses against the accused had given testimony.
 The effect of this speech upon the jury who had practically been convinced of the guilt of the prisoner-was to make them hesitate on their verdict for full hour and a half. The influence of the learned gentleman's address was very visible on almost every person in the court
 Several witnesses were then called for the defense who testified to the prison- er's good character. This having closed the evidence the court adjourned for d quarter of an hour, and on the learned judges resuming their seats, Lord Chief Justice Tyndal proceeded to sum up the evidence, which he did to great length
 l1s On Sunday, July 5, 1s4o, Rev Mir. Carver. the ordinary of Newgate. preached what was called the condemned sermon in the chapel of Newgate. The text was: Job. chapter 34, Fist and 22nd verses: For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and He seeth all bis doings. There is no darkness or shadow of death where the workers of inquiry may hide themselves"
 The execution of Courvisier took place at an early hour on the morning of Monday, July 6, 1S40 On the Saturday before his execution the prisoner wrote another long confession, which he deliv- cred to Mir Carver the ordinary, and MT. Baud, minister of the French Protestant church, in Threadneedle street, London.
 Tomorrow: Trial of Lord Mohun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
Texas Adopts Warrant House

''The press dispatches announce tha t the Texas legislature has passed the war rant warehouse bill," said Percy Clark. This is the key to the present cotton problem, for the federal authorities can arrange for emergency currency through banks, with such cotton receipts as se- curty.
 'The buy-a-bale' movement is com mendable, but already there is a weak spot. Anniston proposes to offer cents, while Birmingham is paying 10 cents The buy-a-bale plan will be but a drop in the bucket relief. It will only change money from one pocket to the other in the broad commercial sense. What we need is $S5.- O00,0O0 here in Alabama by December l. from other sources than our banks pres ent supply, that of the individuals having money to invest in cotton By No- vember 2l T5 per cent of Alabama's 1,5OO,- 900 bales of cotton will have been ginned and ready for market. Ordinarily, money from eastern spinners, or from European exporters, would be flowing into our trade channels Under existing conditions
 it will not for some months. yet. It will take at least $35o,000,0 900 to handle and hold the S,o000o0 bales that would. under nor nal conditions, go to export. The fed eral government should supply this to the farmers and merchants advancing farm CTS at per cent per annum, with an option of three months to one year loan but with the warrant warehouse system under state supervision only
 ''The suggestion of the fertilizer man. ager that the farmer sell his cotton seed is an ironical joke. Why, the fertilizer manufacturer wishes to buy seed cheap, of course. Cotton seed will be relatively higher after the war is over than now It is an important food product, and the oil is in great demand abroad as well as in this country as substitute for hog fat and olive oil. Cotton seed should fetch $25 to $50 per ton. Its crop value is approximately $160000,0O0 cash, besides that fed to stock or used on the farms.
 'It is just as possible and quite as much within the governmental function to help the distressed cotton farmer, whose crop represents our gold balance of trade with Europe, as that the government go into the merchant marine business or with war-risl1 insurance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
OVER THE FENCE WITH TWO ON

From the Popular Magazine.
 When c. F. Stewart, mining engineer. writer, and politician. was the bright the University of Alabama baseball nine, he and his fellows decided to take on the professional team of Bir- mingham for game. They cherished hopes of coming out of the struggle 5ictorious, and to insure this result it was arranged that Stewart should pitch the first five innings. and that a star of hardly less magnitude should officiate in the box the last four.
 Stewart managed to stagger through three innings without being scored on, but all the time he was haunted by the fear that one of the professionals that wound its silvery length through clump of trees about 40 yards back of the center field fence. In the fourth inning, with two out and two men on bases the official scorer called out:
 Sunday to the bat!'
 The first ball MT. Stewart pitched was caught squarely by the bat or MT Sunday and there were spectators of the game who testified under oath afterward that they saw the water in the brook splash when that terrific drive finally spent its course.
 The husky batsman on that occasion was Billy Sunday, now the famous evangelist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
CONSIDERATION

Mary Carolyn Davies, in The Editor. As Milton felt the finger on his lips. That touched them with an ecstasy
 divine
 So have I felt that finger laid on mine Then all the world grows dark. and
 reelng, slips From out my ken, and into chaos dips. The star Keats knew, and Wordsworth,
 and the line
 Of dreamers that star only. dares to.
 shine: The white sky darkens in a world eclipse. Eclipse. but world creation, for anew world unknown, but dreamed. I
 gazing. see.
 I know the light that Tn gray Galiiee Made heaven for the beautiful young Jew; And as he felt it then, I feel in me The godhood that that wisrful poet knew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
OUR EMERGENCY MONEY

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 Don't worry over any insecurity of that emergency money which our banks will issue. Seven years ago s250030,000 just like it was put out and every penny was re- deemed
 That panic money was just as useful as that much gold. The intrinsic value of a piece of money is of no consequence so long as everybody accepts it.
 The silver in half dollar is only worth a quarter; the copper in a penny isn't worth half a cent, but who cares?
 We were talking about the Bank of Engand's notes which folks in London refuse to accept.
 "Id like to buy them at 9S cents on the dollar,' said George Stevenson, who has lived through many panics and fought through our greatest war.
 His theory is that any good commodity which war puts down. peace must put up again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE TURN
 OF THE TIDE IN THE WAR SITUATION

- HE tide seems to have turned in the
 European war. The allied forces
 have checked the onward rush of the Germans.
 It took the English, the French and the Russians about six weeks to get in thor showing their skill and sturdiness against the tired Germans
 The Germans. as a matter of fact, have been rushing like a cyclone toward Paris. Their men were trained and able to stand the hardships of day and night march ing and fighting for few weeks. But they now appear to be tired out and the allies have not only checked them but are apparently driving them back.
 IL IS unfortunate for Germany, but all the world outside of Austria and Germany seems against the Kaiser Wilhelm. The world seems to feel that he was more or iess or bully among nations. and that he had made such preparations for war and was so eager for war that he felt the other nations were afraid of him.
 It is now matter of existence on the part of France and England as well as or Germany. Either Germany is to be crushed or else both France and England are not only to lose their prestige but their trade as we'll
 While the Germans may rally and go
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13
SHOOTING VERSUS TRAINING rom the Indianapolis Star.


 The primary purpose of an army Is, of course, to fight, and modern armies fight with guns, but the layman's idea of military body is that its efficiency must depend mainly on its training, its discipline, it's condition of being well drilled.
 The German army has long been held up as an illustration of what rigid train ing will do and it's movements in the machine sustain this idea.
 As to the effect of the guns of the ln- fantry, that seems to be another matter for, as stated in these columns before, the testimony of surgeons dealing With wounded men on both sides is that most of the injuries are caused by shell or shrapnel fire and very few by rifle bui- lets.
 Yet, in the face of this, Lord Kitchener is quoted as saying of the second army that British authorities are trying to get into shape: Never mind whether they know anything about drill. It doesn't mat ter if they don't know the right rom the left. Teach them how to shoot ana do it quickly"