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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11

The words had scarcely grown cold oI his lips when the heavy hand of A police man was laid in arrest on his shoulder and the young man was taken in charge Demanding to know why he was thus ar rested, he was told by the officer that thu had overheard his remark about hi SON ereign. and that such language wa reasonable when used against the Elm peror on German soil The young maj protested that he had called no name but merely said "the Emperor" He in sisted that there were other emperors like the Emperor of Austria, of Japan. ant of China. The officer quietly listened l. the explanation and naively remarked "Ah. there can be no doubt from you remark whom you meant!'
 The Englishman had to succumb an, was marched off to the lookup.
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who "acts mean" and takes every op-
 portunity to showing his contempt for
 tho prison discipline and breaks the
 rules when he can do so without too
 great a disk of detection and punish
 ment These "bad" prisoners are the
 men who lead the revolts against their
 break jail.
 The prison in which convict AIS was
 confined is a good institution of its kind and the warden is an enlightened, humane man. Instead of sending con
 vict 41S to a dark den he made ef-
 forts to find employment for him that
 would take up his superabundant en-
 ergies.
 The prison has a library and the
 library needed care. There was no
 regular librarian, so the warden ap-
 piled for aid to the head of a nearby library. She sent a young woman to rearrange, classify and catalogue the
 books.
 She needed an assistant to do the actual work. and convict AIS was as-
 signed to do the work. He is an in-
 teilig ent man and the warden thought
 putting him in the library would keep him out of mischief It worked
 He introduced new ideas into the conduct of that library--so much so
 that he became librarian in fact and
 the trained woman merely his assis- tant Some of his ideas were good and worked well. others failed. Buf on the whole he made an amaz- ingly good librarian, interested in his work and keen about running the col lection of books in his own way, with ali eye to doing good to his fellow pris- oners.
 "All I need to know is what a man has read in all the years he has been here. I will then choose his book for him." he said. Do you think I am going to be bothered by men com linz in here to examine the shelves Il will tell them what to read. They will take what I give them or go with out"
 He had found his work. Delving into the records of the past a literary man Cor womam has discov- cred that the boy scout movement is not a new thing, but was known in the days of xenophon, the Greek historian, who lived in the fourth century before Christ. l The boy scouts. but not under the same name, of course.
 But in essentials the boy scouts of the olu time in Greece were very much lika those who have made such success in Great Britain, the United States and other countries. In them were inculcateo l the principles of manliness. self-reliance and helpfulness to orners, which lie al
 the basis of the boy scouts principles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11

HUMANITY may rejoice in one mighty truth we have learned | from the war now wasing; man is yet brave. Civilizations veneer has not
 shaken his courage education has not robbed him of valor; progress has not ccwed him: luxury has not enervated him. |HJistory records no more gloriously gall lant deeds than those now performed daily in battlefields strewn over the world
 on and under the waters of earth and
 an the air above. Alexander's Macedonian phalanxes swept forward with no more
 daring abandon than shown in recurring '.hstances by the corps of the Kaiser
 Caesars heroic legions were no braver in
 heart or enduring in body than the sons
 of Britain commanded by Sir John
 French; the Muscovite battalions of Russ Ky and Rennenkampf fight with the sheer
 and undaunted hardhood displayed by their ancestors of dread Pultowa's day." Joffres Gallic hosts are worthy of every endearing phrase coined by Napoleon in praise of the Old Guard; Austrian, Serv- ian, Montenegrin are soldiers worthy to
 have been commanded by Hannibal or Miltiades.
 Here is a lesson that can only be read eright Modern man in every way is equal to all those who have gone before In his breast burn the sacred fires of patriotism. He is ready at any instant to lay down his life that the flag of his country may know no dishonor; that the land of his nativity may be undefiled by the tread of the invader. It has been popular in some quarters to scoff at what is termed the decadence of the human sTace. It may be that the ethical advance has been more apparent than real. A hemisphere in arms is evidence justify ] ing such conclusion. But certainly phy- sical courage has not departed.
 Even the latter-day traitor can die { gaily and without Qualm. A few days ago the Associated Press told of the execu- ton of Pierre Nasca, put to death at
 Bordeaux flor military reasons" He
 kazed steadily in the eye of destruc-
 ton and drew not back abashed. AS he stepped from the automobile patrol wagon that brought him to the Arlac parade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11

William, were being reared, the first ies- son taught them was one of stern mili- tary discipline. To the little boys the palace was military school Beginning with the crown prince, who now leads one of the German armies, the father would have him appear each morning in his office. dressed in the uniform of a regular soldier approaching a superior. The formal salutation the post, and all else was gone through with by the little prince. As the other boys came on they would accompany their elder brother, so that while there was but one in the be- ginning. there came after time two, and so on till five princes would each morning appear before the royal father simultaneously going through with the re- quirements in genuine military fashion. Just as the clock in the tower pealed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
Fields of Gold


 The mind of man cannot conceive ab- solute silence. Yet in this very state the absolute silence of growth-does nature clothe field. vale and forest, providing for all living creatures the wherewithal to sustain life, says the Philadelphia North American.
 The stiffness of death attends the bursting of the acorn. whose strength, silently developed. shall form the shell ter of the home or the invaluable spoke of the wheels of trade or the ribs of the stout young ship. No sprouting seed. no opening bud. ever has breathed . sound.
 Far from human habitations, where neither roof nor spire points skyward, ir the dead calm of a windless noon, the keenest ear buried in Gods green carpet of grass can catch no sound of movement The brook sings and the sea mutters or shouts, the wind makes known its presence in a thou sand tones, and even the gentlest fall of rain proclaims it's blessing, but growth---the ever-new manifestation of creation--has yet to be heard. For months this silence pregnant with power and plenty has brooded over countless fields in this good land of ours. On more than 50.000.000 acres of plowed and narrowed soil the wheat silently has risen from grain to gold. And now, In the glow of summers first great smile, goes out an army of men. horses and machines, larger than any that ever marched to fight for gain or glory. to gather from these fields the food that shall help feed half the world until in the mysterious cycle of seasons comes again the time for |this life-laden silence.
 | out where the sun but yesterday lighted a sweep of plains coursed by herds of buffalo and rowing bands Of American Indians. the vanguard of this mighty force already is ct work The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11

N the boyhood days of Emperor wi- liam he spent much of his time at
 the royal palace. the favorite grand son of William I, who sought grimly to impress the urchin with the idea of stern discipline, characteristic of the family for generations. The old Emperor watched with anxiety his youthful de- scendant, having in view his successor ship to the throne of Germany
 At the royal gate leading into the pal ace grounds stood sentinel with instruo- tions to present arms at the appearance Of any member of the royal family None understood this better than the present Emperor who was then a small boy of about 10 or F. The grandfather was seat ed, one afternoon, at window of the palace which commanded a full view of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
<fK YoSTALGIA" Greek for 'home- IN sickness")' a feeling of de
 pression and anxiety due to

<sk TosrALGIA" Greek for "hOme- sickness''), a feeling of de-
 pression and anxiety due to absence from home or country. The vic tim of this disease is possessed with the desire of return, and often filled with apprehension and des- pair when the desire is without early prospect of being gratified. It leads to serious physical disturbances, mania or death. Nostalgia is especially liable to f occur in cases of unwilling absence from home, as those of conscripts, etc. Army | nnt dical officers have come to recognize f it in it's extreme severity as disability warranting furlough or even discharge. E n order to save the patients life.-En- cyclopedia Americana.
 Just how far nostalgia, or homesick- ness. yields to the excitement of active service in the field, with fighting and [ the prospect of fighting is not known. But it is certain that many European { army officers who have called so many [ hundreds of thousands of men into the field in the great war recognize It as |A disease and not merely as psychic affection.
 The basis of it is love of home. And, curiously-
 | The soldier who loves his home most makes the best warrior. His is the spirit ] of the American who said, My country may she ever be right. but my country, xlSht wrong"
 So he goes forth to fight and die for E hie faf Rr1t in b,a intervals Of waiting for the enemy's attack, or of inaction preceding his own advance. he hears the voice of the folks back home as he last heard them before he marched away
 E Mt gives him that sick feeling at the E |Ase of the stomach which no soldief may have if he is to do his best. Ii tile feeling continues. the surgeons will order him home, for his efficiency as 2 fighter goes. All feelings, even patriot ism. are inundated by the floodtide of yAecollections of home.
 Perhaps
 the strife in Europe is long con
 ted, General Nostalgia may lead sc
 iy soldiers away from the battle
 Is that the efforts of the other gen
 may be in vain.
 iat would be "a consummation des
 ly to be wished.' Men who feel sd
 ugly for their own firesides that tho e to return sickens them make pool S1\ srs of their fellows on the otheI
 turning is going out.
 the feeling of grief for the deatf s loved one or for a minor afflic.
 but the wearing of black in tok. sadness
 ,ple gre beginning to understand
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| proper thing to do. Same way with orders.
 It Is related of a. union officer at Gettys- pufg-his naine escapes the memory-that he was sent to hold a certain angle in a fence with his company. There he waited Whle the battle roared on all sides of lln. He and his men were housed In comparative security although there was TO telling when the fearful fighting might come their way.
 Then came the time when PicIett's charge was sent against the union line. Or to the high water mark" of the war came the men in gray and the young officer, sent to hold part of the line and not to move away, saw chance to launch counter attack. It was a critl- cal minute, for the fate of the battle fung on hls obedience or disobedicnce of orders to remain in his place.
 But the chance was too great to bs lest. He charged with his men, broke the line of the Confederates and the at- tack failed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11

From Judxe
 Guff-What does Slimsbee do for rec- reation? I never see him sporting any where
 Tuff-Why. I guess he goes in for c little chautauqua golf.
 Guff-Never heard of 1t.
 Tuff-He playa croQuses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11

ecute their orders. have no use for the man who knows enough only to say "Yes, sir He and they want men with origi- nality and initiative enough to think for themselves, to decide courses of action Tor themselves-men who can be trusted in general way to carry out orders. but who know how to deviate from the beaten track when occasion arises.
 The other kind he calls mentally pussy footed men," who go around softly with velvet tread and never raise any dis turbance. They are often successful clerks and subordinates and not to be despised CT criticized as such, for they serve useful place in the world and are the army by whom the orders of the com manding generals are carried out but they never rise to the shoulder straps.
 Rules are made to be obeyed of course.
 Yet
 Times come when breaking them is the
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turning is going out the feeling of grief for the death loved one or for a minor afflic- but the wearing of black in tok- :, sadness.
 ,pls are beginning to understand
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-10
THE NATIONAL SUNDAY
Ebert Hubbard Interviews and Estimates John Rockefeller

is the nearest apDrOaph tn businpSs
perfection of any example that can no
named.
thought of this last summer when
| visited Association Island. in Lake
Ontario, an island that happens TO be
surrounded by water and is five miles
from the mainland. This island is the
tying.up place for goodly fleet of
gasoline launches. To minister to the
requirements of these launches the
Standard Oil Company laid a pipe
line directly across from the main.
land and maintains "A station on the
island. where with one whirl of the
handle of "Bowser" you get your
gallon of gasoline and away you 90
to the fishing grounds. carc.free. with
never a thought but that when YOU
want more fuel you can put into port
there at the island and get the perfect
service which makes Won forget about
IL.
When things are done smoothly.
rightly. properly. beautifully and
them. As rule We only print ac.
counts of the unusual. the extraordi-
nary. the abnormal. the terrible and
the tragic. The world accepts the serv.
ice of the Standard Oil Company Just
as We accept the sunshine. the dew.
the starlight. the silver moon. and
the parcel post.
Gasoline cannot be transported
safely in wooden barrels. II must be
held in metal Mr.. Rockefeller had TO
build pipe lines, tank cars tank
wagons, and storage tanks; and be.
side he had to manufacture a most
volatile and dangerous article. The
Standard Oil Company has been the
biggest consumer of steel. next to the
automobile industry. And the auto
mobile gave the standard Oil Com.
pany its proud position in the world.
but in the evolution of the automo
bile. the Standard Oil Company has
no part. II simply met the demand
for gasoline. The users of gasoline
are an eXacting clientele. To satisfy
them with reliable product al fair
price. has been the work of John ID.
Rockefeller.
THAT the Standard Oil Company
should thrive through this service
is exactly as IL should be-. AT the same
time let it be noted that the standard
Oil Company does not hoard its
money. II is oternally building, and
laying out new pipelines. arranging
new stations, building new steam.
ships. and now il is exchanging its
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
UTAH ELECTRIC CLUB
FOR HOME MATERIAL
Action Is Taken With Refer.
ence to Buildings at Cali
fornia Expositions.

Endorsement of the plan of the Utah
California expositions commission to
employ Utah materials to the fullest
possible extent in the construction of
the Utah buildings at the San Fran
cisco and San Diego expositions next
year, was given by the Utah Electric
club at its regular luncheon meeting
yesterday. The Electric club also voted
unanimously to give It's hearty support
to the commission. and other organiza~
members OF the Electric club represent
one OF the state7s leading industries,
their attitude, as expressed yesterday,
will mean substantial support for the
commission in its efforts to make a
creditable showing for the state at the
big fairs.
Charles Storey of Boise, member OF
the firm Of Storey & Sahh. contractors,
who arc building the Idaho state build
City for a few hours yesterday after
noon, accompanied by his daughter, and
called on some of the Utah commits
sioners whom he had met on the coast.
Mr., Storey had been at San Francisco
for three months IN connection with the
work on the Idaho building, which he
says is almost completed.
Cannon & Fetzer; architects of the
Utah commission, have been advised
that the plans for the Utah building at
San Diego have been approved by the
Panama-California exposition. The
plans for the San Francisco building
have been submitted, but no advice re-
garding them has been received.
The regular weekly meeting Of the
Utah commission will be held in Gov
ernor Snry's office in the city and coun-
ty building at 3 o 'clock today.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
BUILDING Of S|LOS
IS PROVING SUCCESS
Farmers Who Are Feeding
Silage Are Enthusiastic
Over the Results.

The construction Of silos and the use
of silage FOR feed in Utah, boosted
among farmers Of the state by the fed
eral dairy division, has so far been a
complete success and even greater
things are predicted this year in the
silage line, according TO j. A. Dorman,
chief of the dairy division Mr. Dor
man bases his opinion upon various re-
plies he has received from farmers TO
a letter sent out recently to all the
farmers who last year constructed 81
los and used tho feed.
At the beginning of 1913 there were
only five silos in the state, and this
number was increased 800 per cent last
year, there having been fifteen new
that this 800 per cent increase will be
maintained this year and that the close
of 1914 will sec sixty new ones in the
state. The following excerpt from a
letter sent to the dairy division office
by j. j. Atkinson Of Woods Cross is
typical of all the replies:
l am well pleased with my siIagc
and tho results from feeding it
have shown in three ways at least:
First, in the amount of other feeds
that II saves; second, III the in
creased flow Of milk, and third,
in the pleasure that it gives me to
they really enjoy. [ believe that
silage cuts off about % per cent
of the feed expense on my herd of
twenty-five cows and heifers.
Similar replies were received from
G. a. Parrish, Pennington; O. II. Ran
dali, Centerylllc; Gustavo Kunze, Bull,
Idaho, and p p Parrish. CenterVlllc
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
.[[EWELLYV THOMAS
REPRESENTS L.D.S.U.
VIII Compete With High
School Students in Reading
and Defamation.

For the first time in the history of
the l.. D. S. y. department a boy ha:
been chosen to represent the school
III the state high school defamation
and reading contest in the person of
Llewellyn Thomas, who in the final con.
test OF the school, before the entire
student body in assembly, defeated four
glrls and one boy for the school S rep
resentative title.
and faculty TO have been the best quail
fled programme of choice readings ever
participated In by high school contest,
ants, The readings ranged from the
humorous to the extremely pathetic.
The race for the school title was
between Fay Cornwall and Thomas,
Both were so much alike in their
choices of themes and portrayals that
it took the judges, Miss Iyey Cleghorn,
john Henry Evans and D. NJ. Draper
until late hour TO decide the winner.
Those who entered the contest
Marba cannon, Cam Miss MaY MHr|"Sal, cartwriabt mlis
Miss Esther Hill. Samuel Clawson and
the winner, Llewellyn Thomas. Young
Thomas is the brother of Julian Thom-
as, graduate Of the University of Utah
and now secretary to Senator Reed
Smoot In Washington, where he is
Thomas will now be the school s
representative in the district and state
high school defamation and reading
contests. He will be in care of Miss
Margaret Caldwell, head Of the elocu-
tion department. of the institution and
under her direct coaching will acquire
the finishing touches to his reading for
the state contest during the middle of
this month. In speaking Of the con-
test Miss Margaret Caldwell, under
whose direction it was given, said:
believe that the contest
was the best that has ever
taken place at the l.. D. S. u.
The readings gave the readers al
most professional credit. They did
their best, and because of that
fact made it possible to give the
schools representative title to the
best qualified material entered,
heartily believe that the l.. D. S.
will have an opportunity to win
the state contest during the middle
of this month.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
ARRANGE DEMOCRATIC
CONFERENCE PLANS
Large Attendance Expected at Meet
ing Which Is to Be Held Here
Saturday

tentative programme was arranged
yesterday for the state conference to
be held Saturday by the Democrats of
Utah. The committee outlined Il plan
OF action for the conference and sub.
mitted it to the state executive com
mittee for consideration today. The
programme Will not be announced until
after it is approved by the executive
committee.
Democrats from all parts of the state
began to arrive yesterday for the con-
ference and large attendance is cx-
pected. The attendance, however, is
limited TO active members of the Dem
ocratic auization-members of the
state committee, county charmen and
precinct chairmen, 1t is probable that
the Democrats Will discuss Il PROPOSE
tion for combination with the Pro-
gressives, the establishment of a party
organ. and the date for holding the
state convention Of the party
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-03
UTAH THEATER MAY
CLOSE ON APRIL 18
George Barnum Will Then
Go East to Engage Com
pany for Next Season.

The Utah theater will probably close
for the summer two weeks from tomor-
row night. This announcement was
made last night by j. II. Garrett, man
ager of the stock house. Plans for
next season s stock at the Utah are al,
ready under way and the best stock
productions and the highest class stock
company ever seen in Salt Lake City
are promised.
George Barnum, the noted stage di.
rector, who came to the Utah recently,
Will go east as soon as the house closes
and begin to book his company for next
year. By getting into New York, the
actors Mecca. at the close Of the road
season, Mr.. Barnum believes he can
make contracts with. some unusually
fine actors TO appear here next season.
The new season will probably open
about August l. In the meantime ex-
tensive repairs and renovations will be
made at the Utah theater.
Mr.. Barnum, who is one of the most
experienced stage directors in the coun-
try. Is enthusiastic over prospects for
stock in Salt Lake, Talking with a
Tribune reporter recently, he said:
[ want to get stock company
In Salt Lake and put on prodnc-
lions that will draw the very best
theater patronage IN the city. /
want to put on shows that will
equal almost any road show that
comes here. 1t can be done Act
ors can be secured who will be ca
pable IN any part they are as
signed,
/ am against using stars in
stock company. When you have
stars they must have the leading
roles each week, whether they are
suited to them or not. Where you
have a company without stars, but
consisting entirely of capable peo-
pie, parts can be assigned each
week to those best suited to them
Grip Van Winkle," in which Mr..
Barnum is playing the title role with
SO much success this week, will be CON
Singea next week. 1t is playing To ca
paclty houses and is proving ono Of the !
most popular attractions of the season.
The week after next it is probable that
a well-known comedy will be staged |
Az the conclusion Of that week il ia
that the house will be dark
,ned for the summer.