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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-09
WHAT WILSON SAID.
What Candidate Wilson Said.

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Candidate Wilson'S speech Oh Aug.
ust 1912, before $500 farmers at
Washington Park. J.
One Of the great objects iii cut
ting that great ditch across the 18th
mus of Panama is to allow farmers
who are near the Atlantic to ship te
THE Pacific BY way Of The Atlantic
ports.
Now at present there are no ships
TO dosthat and one of the bills pend
( ing passed, / believe, yesterday by
the senate as It had passed the house
provides for free tolls for American
ships through that canal, and pro
Ihibits any ship from passing through
which is owned ~ any American
railroad company
4 on see the object Of that don't
you? We don't want the railroads to
compete with thenselv ves. because we
understand that kind Of competition.
We want water carriage to compete
with land carriage, so as to be perfect
" sure that you are going to get bet
ter rates around the canal than you
would across the continent.
Our platform is not nolasses to
catch fiies. It means business. II
menas what It says. 1t is the utter
ance of honest men, who intend to dc
business along those lines and who
are not waiting to see whether they
can catch votes with those promises
before they determine whether they
are going to act upon them or not.
What President Wilson Says.
F President Wilson'S message to Con
gress March 5, 1914:
81 have come to ask you for the re
peal OF that provision of the Panama
Canal act OF August "a, 1912, which
Eexempts vessels engaged in the coast
wist trade of the United States from
the paying Of tolls, and to urge upoI
you the justice. the wisdom and the
q = ~ -
large policy OF such a repeal with thu
utmost earnestness Of which 1 an
capable.
| In my own Judgment, very full.
considered and maturely formed, tina
exemption constitutes lnistakel
ECONOMY policy from every point Q
view, and is. moreover in plain con
trayention of the treaty with Grea
Britain concerning the canal conclud
Led November 1S, 1901. We ought !,
reverse our action without raising th
question whether we We're right 9
wrong, and so once more deserve on
reputation for generosity and the re
]demption of every obligation withou
quibble or hesitation.
4 Il ask this Of you in support of tn
foreign policy Of the administrators
III shall not know how to deal Wit
other matters of even greater del
Ecacy and nearer consequence if yo1
do not grant It to me in ungrudgini
y rs.east,r rs...
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-09
A Tremendo Success
Farmer 5 I elephone

The Saturday News job room has
just issued new directory for the
Waverly Farmers Telephone Co.,
which Is doing q thriving business
MI. Roy Dougherty Is the secretary
Of the company and from him we
obtained d few figures III relation to
the company.
There are fifty-six takers, and forty
seven stockholders in the company
The charge to each take is $1.25 per
month, and last year the company,
besides paying all expenses, returned
to their stockholders dividend Of
$500, or about 15Ha per cert. Why
don't other farmers get busy along
the telephone line? fsi
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-09
THE LITTLE HEAT PUSH.

The Scientific American gives the
following novel view Of combustion:
What happens when you touch q
match to the kindling In your kitchen
stove? The simple and obvious ans
wer seems to be IT burns. This is
true enough SO far as it goes, but the
answer does not even suggest the com
plicated and farzreaching results that
are accounted for the very simple
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-09

icident. Nothing is enduring save
character character that stands an
the flrmer the harder it Il attacked,
that grows stronger as the stress I'M
lcreases The man woman who
'aings character aside III the mad con
test for anything else is foredooned
to failure. The forlorn condition Of
Henry Siegel points the moral,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-09
AND He Cor WHAT

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young minister had been called
to country passionate and q great
reception had been arranged for him
Iii the midst of the festivities. in the
course Of which he became much
frustrated. III was asked te make A
few remarks He said
Brethren and Sisters come
among you just as did my ilipstroslss
predecessors mentioned in Holy WITH "
j come to heal the dead 70 east out
the sick and raise the devil. 8
Az last reports he wa s stu stick
ing to the ast-named vocat tien,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-09
Z LoTs OF PREcEDENTs.

Under orders Of Secretary Daniels
the great United States navy has
gone dry. The sdrys" seem TO be
getting lots Of precedents.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-09
WORDS FROM HOME
Statements That May Be Investigated
Testimony Of WatertoWn
Citizens,

Testimony Of WatertoWn
Citizens.
When Watertown citizen comes
to the front, telling his friends and
neighbors of his experience, you can
sely on his sincerity. The state
ments of people residing in far away
places do not command your conf
dence. Home endorsement is the kind
that backs Doan,s Kidney Pills. Such
testimony is convincing Investigas
tion proves it true. Below is a state.
,ment of Watertown resident. No
stronger proof of merit can be had, s
Mrs. NJ. r, Allen, 223 s. Oak st.,
Watertown, s. d., says: Several
years ago suffered from kidney com
plant. Doan's Kidney Pills were rec
commended and began using them.
Three boxes cured the attack and inn
proved my condition In every way.
feel that am doing right In giving
this recommendation and am only
too glad to let others know about
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask fer kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pillsthe same that
Mrs. Allen had Foster Milburn CO.,
Props, Buffalo, N. X Adv. 43
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-09
The slio As Al Aid.s

An article elsewhere III this issue
tells OF two monster silOs being built
by Andrew r.. Lee. His success as 81
business man, farmer, and stock STOW
er is well known, and this mSye On
his part is q great endorsement Of the
silo. The silo Is as practicable IN.
Hughes county as 1t IS any place and
1T is hoped that before fan e0mes. 4,
number OF them viii 90 Up of down
Blunt Advocate.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-09
Unity in Hrookinss

Brookings people have forgiven and.
well-nigh forgotten everybody and
everything connected with politics
and are bent on building UP itg own
progressive burg to the most stalwart
limit. They got together in 4 get
together.get the other evening, some
1900 strong, and city and college,,
civic league and commercial club and
citizens generally united ID abstract
form for performing some concrete
proceedings In the near future which
If they are realized, will place Brook
ings more prominently on the map
than ever in Its previous history A
happy blending of harmony and en-
terprise will help along any town, I
and the people of Brookings seem
bound to become duly innoculated
with the necessary and happily pro
portioned blend: vermiilion Rspub-
ican.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
Grand Opera In Atlanta

The grand opera season in New York always ends with deficit, which is made up by few rich guarantors; but weel. of the Metropolitan company in Atlanta means a financial profit" said member of the musical set Z
 Atlanta is now having it's fifth an- nual opera festival, and there will be as large a surplus this year, perhaps, as there was in any previous year. One rea- son why Atlanta makes such a success or it's Metropolitan opera is that civic pride is brought to bear. Every man in Atlanta who amounts to anything feels 1t his duty to buy not only tickets for one performance, but season tickets.
 Another reason is the business-like management of the Atlanta event Grand opera is hippodromed in the Georgia city. and people are attracted from all parts or the state and from all over the south might say. Birmingham contributes d carload of opera goers ever year. Being great show as well as great musical proposition. large percentage of the people who attend have little or no musi- cal taste and are bored when the finest muslcal dramas are performed. Yet on the whole, grand opera is educative and the net result is far reaching for good
 When Birmingham gets its auditorium we will have grand opera every year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

states-kingdoms, duchies and prin- cipalities-has made the internal sit uation of the empire one of extreme difficulty. The bitter antagonism be- tween the Magyars and Slavs in Hun gary and between the Czechs and Teutons in Bohemia has converted the country into a boiling cauldron, the ebullitions of which are only SUD- pressed by the age of the Emperor and the respect which all entertain for him. In Bohemia the quarrel has been so acute that the Diet of that province has been prorogued, its dead lock suspending all legislation.
 Russia is strongly suspected of secretly fomenting these racial an tagonisms as she seems determined to favor the Slav at any cost, while Ger many on the other hand is equally de- termined to champion Teutonic ascen- dency and domination. Consequently the clash is confidently expected when Franz Josef, the oldest poten- tate in Europe, shall have passed to his last rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
MENTIONS APPLE FIBBED

From the Baltimore American
 Copernicus, Darwin, Newton-all the great scientists of the modern era, have been brought to the grill and their dis coveries made to look like lead niclxels. The latest of the distinguished pro- nouncers of new laws of force and of en- ergy to be brought to book is the gen. tlemep who had nothing better to do than to lie under an apple tree and wish for an apple to fall between his receptive rows of teeth.
 within easy reach, and at once the man whose brain was destined to be weighed and put in a jar of alcohol seized not the apple, but the fact that all things tended to be drawn to center. It was easy to apply this generally and to have law for the solar system, for the universe, so far as the universe would consent to be drawn into the plot to trap a new discovery for the textbooks of the schools.
 Now the government astronomer al Mare Island, Prof. T. J. J. See. has seen the error of Newton and declares that instead of the Newtonian theory being right it is all wrong, and that gravitation so-called is really a display of electrical energy. What is the poor layman p do when the doctors disagree?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
The Census Bureaus Figure.

The United States census bureaus es- inmates of the population of states and cities for 1914 are interesting" said a committee on information and statistics.
 The figures are especially interesting to the people of Birmingham because this city heads the list among the southern cities in increase since the census was taken in 1910. The bureaus basis for making it's calculations was the aver age annual increase in the last decade At that rate of growth, Birmingham has gained 34,ss2 since 1910. Atlanta has gained 24.553. New Orleans 22,0OO Dallas 1S,sS2 San Antonio S,449, Memphis 12. 126, and so on.
 But Birmingham has gained more than the census bureau makes it appear. as hattering as that estimate is, when it comes to comparison. The Alabama school census, taken every two years is very thorough, and forms the most reliable basis for estimating the total population. Two years ago Birmingham had a school population of 43 1000, which would indicate total population of about 16o,0oo It is believed that the school census to be taken this year will show that we have now in round numbers 5o. .OoO children of school age. If the actual count gives us such large figures it will indicate total population of between 19o,Oo0 and 100000, instead of 16s,551. this years estimate announced by the census bureau"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

Insanity in Paris is on the increase, ac- cording to statistics compiled by Dr. Mag nan, head of the St. Anne asylum, and M A. Fiasier. in charge of the sta tistical bureau of the department of the Seine. From 1866 to 1911 the number of patients admitted has shown a constant increase. Although there has been an in crease in population, this has been taken into consideration in compiling the fig ures. In the department from 1901 to 19lC there were 4sO35 cases, of which s5 per cent were admitted to the St. Anne asy- lum. About 20 per cent owed their loss of mind to alcohol. Many who have been sent away apparently cured fall again into the alcohol habit and patients who have been returned as many as 40 times for this cause are numerous. Hereditary degeneracy and paralysis have also in- creased, the latter almost 20 per cent since 1881.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
Europe Anticipating Trouble


 It is broad statement to assert that the peace of an entire continent depends upon one man, and yet that is exactly the condition which obtains in Europe today, the one man being the aged Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, an individual who possesses neither a commanding intellect nor the characteristics of strong leader ship. He is now S6 years of age and his approaching end of life is re- garded with extreme apprehension by the great powers of Europe.
 Franz Josef was but IS years of age when he ascended the throne in 1848 and his policy was vascillating. After dozen years had passed he began to develop policy of constitu- tionalism, but soon lapsed into dis position to drift with the times. Much later he again showed the leanings of a constructive statesman and at the age of 77 succeeded in introducing universal suffrage into his dual king dom. Beginning as an adherent of ab- solutism and ending as reformer he will go down in history as the most remarkable of the Hapsburgs, house which has played leading role in Flu rope since 1273.
 The peculiar autonomy of Austria Hungary, composed of an secretion of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
THE MOTHER OF A HERo

 Margaret E. Sangster, Jr.. in New York Times. crash a flash. a momentary triumph, The blaze of the sun from out sky of blue; And someone lies, heap of huddled gar ments, With heart now still that once sang brave and true. A blur of smoke against the mountains rugged, A buzzard winging slowly through the sky, And miles away little mother-waiting- And praying to the gracious God on high. A moan. stream of life blood .ebbing swiftly. A pair of eyes that close in endless sleep; q A bullet, sharp and sudden in it's coming. That leaves wound so horrible and deep. A paper. printed large in glowing head :. That says. ''He left mother, next of kin." A country's loud approval of hero And one small woman sobbing through the din A fear. tear. a pair of hands clasped tightly. A mind that sees a sturdy little boy. tiny baby face. with roguish dimples, sound Of laughter filled with child ish joy. A nations hero. dying irst-with glory! A man in spirit. though a boy in years. A soldier shot in battle, fighting bravely- A little mother smiltns through ssc tears!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

pr. ". Sotan Fenwick recently deliv- cred lecture at the Institute of Hygiene, London, in which he called the liver an inspector, provided to correct small errors of diet However, pr. Fenwicll said that one should educate his stomach. The action of the stomach, he said, is under nervous control and people of nervous temperament are apt to suffer from indl- gestion, although it is absurd, declared Dr. Fenwick, to say that all indigestion Is nervous. Indigestion can often be traced to overlooking after an illness when the convalescents appetite runs away with his judgment Delicate chii- dren often have their digestions ruined by the very methods which are taken for their welfare Another common cause of indigestion, according to Dr. Fenwick, IS the slipping downward of the organs oi the body as a result of lax support. A hot bath before dinner induces an appe- tite and Is an aid to digestion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF GENERAL sToEssEL

, which was based the indictment of Stoes- sell It was written by Lieutenant Gen. eral Smirnoff, who accused the general of cowardice and incapacity. and finally of deliberate. reasonable hastening of the surrender to save his own life It was not until July 1S that this docu- ment was made public, not until De- cember 10 that the trial was begun ar St. Petersburg. It was continued for
 number of weeks with little interruption. The army officers of Russia were evenly divided for and against the charges as stated.
 Stoessels courtmartial was concluded on February 20, when tn eidict con- demned him to death. The Czar. however, was petitioned to reduce this sentence to one of imprisonment in fortress for 10 years on the ground that the forces against him which led to the surrender
 of the fortress on January 1s 1905. were collosal that the men in Port Arthur
 under his leadership repused several t. through three campaigns.
 The trial was received in St Peters, burg with little satisfaction, for it was felt that nothing had been accomplished by his conviction toward ests sblishing the real responsibility for the fall of the fortress. The newspapers expressed sym pathy with the general and declared that
 the death sentence would have to be com
 muted. As General Voeder was reac,- ing the sentence Stoessel maintained a rigid, soldier-like impassivity. Generssi Smirnoff was also seemingly unmoved,
 but there were tears in the eyes of Gen eral Reiss.
 On March 21, 1908, Stoessel began to | serve his 1O-years sentence in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul. He persisted until the very last in hoping that the Emperor would pardon him. On May 19,
 1909, on the birthday of the Czar, he took advantage of the anniversary to extend to the old general his pardon. As Stoes- sel emerged from prison gates he was warmly congratulated by large crowd. The humiliation of failure is graphically illustrated in this story. Had the result of the war been different the name of Stoessel would no doubt be honored inc
 stead of dishonored in the Russian na- tional Hall of Fame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
An Encouraging Feature

'One of the most encouraging features in connection with the forthcoming music festival is the interest that the schools are taking in it." said J. F. Shelby.
 There has been an unusually large seat reservation, and the matinee as well as the night performance will draw an audi ence that will fill the Bijou to capacity. At former festivals the school children and music students have not turned out as we'll as might have been expected, but this time they are coming in great num- bers.
 The oratorko. Paradise Lost which is to be performed at night, should have strong appeal for the religious element of the community as we'll as music lovers in general. Birmingham has a great chorus for this occasion, and it will be greeted by an overflow house. If all musical en- terprises in the past had aroused as much enthusiasm as the festival to be given next week has aroused, deficits would have been unknown. There will be no deficit at this seasons festival.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Splendid Crop outlook

Reports from the great grain growing sections continue highly favorable and the goed effect on business is now being felt said s. P. Jorgensen of Chicago.
 Planting conditions in the middle west have been excellent. and l understand that in the south no planting season was ever better. The south will not only make a bumper cotton crop, but a larger corn acreage than ever has been plant ed this spring. There has been great increase in corn acreage in Alabama, l am told, as compared with last year. If Alabama produces 1O0,00o,0OO bushels of corn this year, as it probably will, it will attract more homeseekers from the north next fall than in any previous year. The south is now beginning to be gen orally known as phenomenally rich in agricultural resources"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
THE GREATER HERoIsM
From the Indianapolis News.

r TOm tne lnu1andponS [SeNs.
 Volunteers are needed in the army for dangerous service. Instantly there spring forward 10 times the number of men required. Those selected become heroes by their choice, on the spur of the moment. The United States needed men to sink the Merrimac in the neck of the channel of Santiago harbor. Hobson and his lrave comrades sank the vessel and bottled up the Spanish fleet. And the world proclaimed them heroes all, which they were.
 But the world hears little of the every day acts of heroism stretching over years instead of hours What of the widow left with a family of small children, and no money? There can be no trumpet sound- ing the "charge,'' to lend courage; no knowledge that the eyes of the world are focused on her; she does not march 70 the battle with banners flying and stir ring music urging her on. She is face to face not with an act of bravery that may be consummated in few minutes or a few hours, and that will be blazoned through all the~land-she is confronted with struggle that must go on for years with nothing to lend strength but her love for those for whom she must labor
 The charge of the light brigade at Balaklava Cannon to the right of them. cannon to the left of them, voleyed and thundered," The noble 600" were in the heat of battle. They were filled with the unhoy battle fire. Inspiration could point to nothing else than "to do or die.' John Paul Jones' 'T have not yet begun to fight deserves no greater place in the annals of heroism than the silent resolve of the window: 'Ill keep them all together. God giving me strength It is premeditated heroism that enables a mother to say that-premeditation that sees the long, weary struggle, perhaps days over the washtub, back-breaking task; mending the children's clothes long after the wearers have been tucked into bed; 12 and IS hours of work a day; scheming and planning, instead of sleep ing, in order to keep the little flock to- gether. There can be no thought of self for the mother who elects to keep her children together. She is and must be ''thanllful to work for all the seven trusting the rest to One in Heaven
 There are dark days in this self-im- posed task-days when it seems that life is not worth the struggle, days when it seems that flesh cannot stem the tide, days when there is no vista beyond the dull, dreary monotony of doing for D brood that is too young to appreciate the herculean struggle.
 There is no grateful nation to present the mother with medal. Her heroism will go unsung. But somewhere, the One who notes the sparrows fall has weighed the wartime hero and the little mother and in writing in the Book of Gold the world may be sure that the little moth- CTS name is not going to be the last on the page. For how could the heroism of battle be possible without the foundation of the herosm of the little mother?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
POLICEMAN CAPTURES LION

From the Portland Oregonian.
 While circus parade was proceeding through the heart of the business district here today the bolt on the door of a lions cage snapped, and the door swung open.
 With roar huge Tasmanian lion leaped for the opening
 The crowd surged back in terror.
 The animal was half way out of his cage when Patrolman Charles Huston sprang forward. smashed it on the nose with his helmet. drove 1t back. held his arm in the grooves of the cage in place of the broken bolt until he could pro- duce his handcuffs, and finally snapped the cuffs on the door and easement bar The crowd set up mighty shout for his bravery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

tremist in the opposite direction.
 Nothing remains now for Arthur J. Balfour but retirement. The young ho. bloods among the tories will not lose this opportunity to dethrone fetish be- fore which they bowed and cringed while they secretly cursed the idol Yesterday it was 'Balfour must go,' from now it will be, 'Balfour is gone. gone down in failure. gone out in sorrow, gone away into the shade of oblivion to be forgotten or. if remembered at all, to be remember cd as the political Rip Van Wrinkle who slept for 70 years in the English House of Commons"