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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-11
the good work go on.

Amiens, frequently mentioned in the war dispatches from abroad, is a city in the northern part of France. . is the capital of the department of the Sommc and is situated on the left bank of the Somme, s1 miles north of Paris by rail- road and 35 miles from the English chan nel Amiens has a population of about sa,ooo, It was once strongly fortified city, but its ramparts have been moved away to make room for handsome boule- wards. The famous treaty of Amiens was
 signed there by Great Britain, France,
 Spain and Holland March 25, 1902
 Amiens was captured by the Prussians
 November 2s. 1870. during the Franco Prussan war. It is noted for its textile industries, which include the manufacture of velvet, cotton, wool and silk goods. flax spinning, hosiery and a great variety of fabrics. It also manufactures machinery chemicals. backing, shoe polish and su- gar.
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pare with the picture of German soldiers as MT. Davis saw them envelop the streets of Brussels. Now>that that army -"the gray of the hour just before day break, the gray of the unpublished steel, of mist among green trees"-has driven southward through the first lines of the allies defense, there is added force to
 the ominous words.
 The protective coloration of armies. to adopt the naturalists' phrase, is sub
 ject of astonishingly recent development.
 Every American schoolboy has learned
 what fine marks the gaudy. British uni-
 forms were at Lexington and Bunker
 Hill Yet it was not until modern rifle
 fire reached its marvellous precision at long range that service uniforms were
 widely adopted.
 The German uniform was the result of long experimentation, and is undoubtedly an admirable neutral tint in the gray green foliage of Belgium and France The British service uniform is more of a drab color The Belgian army is reported l to have fought in it's ordinary uniforms. many of which are brilliantly colored | They have suffered severely in conse- quence The French army has been ont | of the last to adopt service uniform and | there is some question as to what pro. portion of it's forces now in the field is equipped with the new cloth. It is de. scribed as an olive drab, somewhat sug eesting the winter uniforms of our Amer | Iican army.
 From MT. Davis description 1t wouls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-11
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF PULLMAN

A Tno time in his life did the Iron
 "A Chancellor, Bismarck, show his q \ clearness and level-hea dedness more than on the occasion of the attempt to assa ssinate him at Kissingen On July 13, 1874, shortly after noon, Prince Bismarck, was his wont, entered his carriage previous to going to the baths, for which Kissingen was noted
 As the carriage with its famous occu- pant, left the garden surrounding the villa, and entered the street short, thick set man in the garb of Roman priest. obstructed the vehicle by stepping in front of the horss. After repeated calls from the driver, to which he was at first seemingly deaf, he eventually left the road but kept pace with the carriage by hastening along the sidewalk. Eifty yards further on he repeated the performance, again stepping in the road directly before the carriage.
 At this moment, single man stepped from the crowd which was very small at that spot advanced to within a eew yards of the carriage and took off his hat to pay his respects to the Prince. Tn return the latter gave a military salute. at which time the vehicle had drawn al- most parallel with the bystander and at which time the priest was still lurking about the heads of the horses.
 The man then quickly whipped q -e- volver from out of his pocket took ielb- crate aim and fired a shot at Bismarck. The would-be assassin being at the le1t of the carriage and Bismarck at the right shielded the Prince partly, and so discon- certed the aim that instead of the bullet reaching it's intended mark, it grazed the thumb of the right hand of the Prince, which was in the position of the military salute.
 The coachman. to whom all credit was due, sizing up the situation at glance, quickly lashed Kullman--for it was ne across the face which caused him % fling away the pistol and ruin for life down the street so quickly that very few per- sons around realized how near the Iron Chancellor had been to deaths door When looking around it was found that the priest had also decamped at the sound of the first shot, and realizing the futi;ty of searching at the precise moment fo, either of the men, Bismarck ordered the carriage to be put about. and he returned to the villa.
 After desperate attempt to make 9 getaway, Kullman was secured and i'm prisoned. The Prince visited the prisoner whilst he was held and asked him the reason of the crime. Kullman avowed that his motives were revenge and hatred
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An Important Convention

T expect between 1000 and HOO men here for the Phi Delta Theta convention in December" said Robert Thach of the arrangement committee yesterday. We have arranged to entertain the members of the fraternity with a smoker, ban quet and ball at the clubs and at the Tutwiler hotel We hope to have men that are distinguished in this country in law letters and art as we'll as in other fields of accomplishment I consider Bir- mingham extremely well thought of to interest the Phi Delta Theta convention officers, sufficiently to secure for this city the national meeting.
 It is very rare thing for this con vention to meet elsewhere than in some of the largest cities of the country like New York, Philadelphia, Chicago or St. Louis. Therefore the compliment to Birmingham is quite marked
 The men who will attend this meeting are without exception men of affairs, and many of them men of wealth.
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ANTIauATED ADS
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
 Irving Fletcher. at dinner in Phila- delphia, said to a delegation of Philadel- phia business men:
 II advise then, gentlemen, absolute ad- vertising truth. absolute advertising ac- curacy Nothing but harm resulted from the mendacious advertising of the past. It is only since advertising became truth full that 1t became all powerful.
 s.In the old days a man got off at country station and said to native:
 .''How far are Smiths new swell-front brick villas from here?
 smiths villas? Two hours walk down that there sunny road. stranger. the native answered. "why. hang 1t, the ad says they're only a two-minutes' walk. ;. Wall. stranger, drawled the ma tive. you can believe me or you can be l lieve the ad, only ain't tryin' to sell the villas.
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NO TIME TO ARGUE.

I'm not the sort of fellow that takes things for granted said the puEnacious looking individual who was sitting beside meek little man, as he again buried his nose in his newspaper:
 But when takes look over a feller's shoulder at de headlines in his noose- paper it gifts my goat to have him fidget like I was doin' him personal injury.
 Hum. ha. I get off here,a said the meek little man, who laid his paper care fully on the seat and made a hasty exit.
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Electrical Engineering

As important and advanced as elec- trical engineering is today, it is yet in its infancy, said J. F. Heard of Atlanta, division electrical engineer of the Postal Telegraph Gable company
 Electricians and engineers are or iginating new ideas all the while and with scientific development these new inventions are making for the bene- it of the business world
 Il travel through the south and I am glad to see the eager interest that young men are taking in technical ed ucation. l was educated at Auburn, and 1.-the institute there is. l am glad to say, holding it's own with the best oi them. It has a fine engineering de- partment in all branches. Its electrical course is certainly very fine.'
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
LenvIng for oId oxford

B. H. Branscomh. who won Rhodes oxford scholarship. leaves Birmingham this morning for New York, whence he will sail on the steamer St. Paul, September 2s. for England. Oxford uni versity, as everyone should know, IS made up Of large group Of colleges most Of them old and many of them famous. Young Branscomb will matrie- ulate at Wadham college which is ven- erable with age.
 Mir. Branscomb is son of the Rev. Dr. Branscomb. at present Methoolse presiding elder of this district. He mas consecrated himself to the ministry or the Methodist church.
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chanical engineer, mining engineer or a chemical engineer.
 The colleges of Alabama have pro- gressed steadily in all branches of edu- cation, and in cultural development they are ahead this year of last years standards. They cannot overdo the cultural side.
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TYPICAL AMERICAN AMBASSADOR

From the New York World.
 Ambassador Herrick is the only for egn diplomatist who remains in Paris. just as Minister Washburne was the only member of the diplomatic corps who re- mained at his post there in 1870.
 MT. Washburne was. in Paris during the siege and during the Commune, looking after the interests of both Americans and Germans and rendering services of ines- timable value. If Paris is again be- sieged we have no doubt that Mir. Her rick's work will reflect as much credit upon the United States as did MT. Wash burnes.
 MT. Sharp who is to succeed Mr. Her rick, is also In Paris. but with fine sense of patriotism he has refused to present his credentials. and MT. Herric1 remains ambassador with MT. sharp, assisting him unofficially. Z
 The United States mas q rsht to feel proud of men of that kind. This right is stronger by reason of the certainty that what MT. Herrlck and MT. Sharp are doing in Paris would have been done in similar circumstances by American representatives in any of the other Erro- pean capitals.
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in consequence of the ecclesiastical laws
 He also admitted that he had been eng
 bittered by the persecution of different
 persons, among them the Archbishop of
 Posen.
 The trial itself, which was held at Wurzburg. lasted two days. beginning on October 2s, 1874. A plea of insanity was entered on the prisoners behalf The
 public prosecutor opened the case, and alis
 examination of Kullman began. Cnder
 pressure he admitted his guilt on all the
 principal points. Notwithstanding this confession the prosecutor ruled that aralt from it, full evidence should be admitted to the court.
 It was also brought out in the trial that while Kullman was living in Salzwsdal he had joined Catholic society; that he Lad before committed acts of viossace, such as wounding a fellow workman and had given vent to his feelings many times with revolutionary statements. He ad- nlitted that he had uttered threatening
 remarks. such as, "Bevore I die another
 must fall"
 It was also brought out in the course of the trial that he had considered .he
 plot many times, having bought the pistol in Berlin almost a year before. He tried the murder in Berlin, but luckily he cod,d not find the residence of Bismarck Again, he had gone to the country resort where the Prince was staying, but arrived too late, for the prince had travelled on. For his defense plea of insanity was once 1 again entered, and as result he was examined by Hubrich, director of a lunatic asylum, who sound him deficient 1 in a moral sense, yet his free will was |, so triflingly affected that there was scarcely any ground for mitigation. i The public prosecutor then submitted.
 two questions which were to be mainly
 oonsidered Did Kullman intend to kill
 Bismarck, and did he fire the pistol with
 that object? Was the deed premeditated? l The prisoner himself owned his guilt to
 both. rhe public prosecutor then asked
 the jury to find the prisoner guilty, a&d
 demanded sentence of I5 years imprs- | cnment.
 I Kullman was then found guilty as charged in the indictment and sentenced l to Imprisonment for 14 years in the | house of correction, and 10 years suspen- sion of his civil rights and police surveil- lance. The priest whom at first seemed l to have played so great part in the At- tempted crime. was found not guilty. as neither he nor the prisoner knew each other. and by remarkable coincidence he had so acted just at the time to gain
 a, better view of the Iron Chancellor.
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BEGINNING THE DAY-Brenfhe upon me this morning with ins Spirft, 0 Lord. Cleanse me, cool me, uuict me. Let the steady winds ol Thy presence blow my sin away and my heat, and my haste. Eh- compass me round about with my self. fold me in, make me rhine. In His name. Amen.-H. NJ. F.
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EXCEPTIONAL CASE.

I'm not what you would call a hard hearted man."
 "oh. no.s
 Still, if l should happen to read in the newspapers that a youth had collapsed from overindulgence in the Brazilian max ike, l could resist the temptation to send him flowers
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TURKEYS TURN.

In explaining the attitude of the Turkisl government toward the warning powers a Turkish diplomat ndulges in some cutting sarcasm at the expense of Christian na- tions.' The Turk is in fine position just now to do that very thing P c.
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ROOSEVELT IN LotysIANA

From the Washington Evening Star.
 At New Orleans Tuesday night Mir Roosevelt dealt with two subjects of very great interest to the people of Louisiana: d) The Mississippi river, and @ the cane sugar industry.
 He handled the former shrewdly He would lay out the $25 100000 which the Wilson administration would pay to Co., lombia in compensation fer Panama-he characterized it as "blacklnail'-in river improvements, land as many more scores of million extra as are necessary to take control of the Mississippi, and to develop all it's possibilities of usefulness from the headwaters to the delta''
 That alone, we may all be sure, would
 have made him popular with his audience.
 ''The big river'' when in bounds is great blessing to all the people of the valley;
 when out of bounds-and it breaks bounds
 nearly every year-a great curse. Over flows are widely and terribly destructive, and the Louisiana people have to stand their share of fate's assessment.
 The tariff was not so much to the speakers hand. His own record on the subject is against him. While in the White House he did nothing for tariff revision,
 but by his neglect contributed to the diff ficnlties his party encountered when the
 matter was at last taken up. Revision in 1901, when he entered the presidency,
 could have been accomplished. By 1909 1 it had become task so full of peril it | split them wide open in the execution. For the disaster he was largely responsi- ble
 l Nor were his auditors last night in any better position. Hardly good. They l helped bring in the administration which
 has proved their undoing. They adjusted
 the moose with which they are soon to be
 worked off, unless the day Is saved y q restoration of the duty on sugar 1 That cannot be done by the bull moos- CTS, for a liberal estimate of their
 strength in the next House is 20 The sole hope is in the republicans, either | now, or two years hence.
 l But the Louisiana sugar planters are
 not protectionists except as to their own 1 industry. Their senators and representa-
 tives, while insisting on protection for sugar have, with few exceptions, often voted against protection for the industries of other sections. The tariff in their view and action, is, in General hancock 5 phrase "a local question:. Let them write the sugar schedule. and the free l traders may write all the others Bull moosery in Louisiana is inerc l flourish. It will not get anywhere. If the sugar industry's interests depended on MT Roosevelt and his supporters it's grave clothes would be the proper order
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EASY

Say remarked the new arrival ir Dryburgh. .how can get drink here ?? "Got coekscrew ?''
 .Yes"
 'show it to the first man you meet.'
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SPEAKING OF NAMES.

She was round and she was ruddy. And her cheeks were like the rose And she weighed at least one-eighty As the hay scale record shows. She was sound as any dollar. And no stronger girl you've met; Yet this big and robust creature Had been christencd Violet
 Cleveland Plain Dealer He is big and strong and husky; He's not handsome, not by far; He is lowbrowed, scrappy uglS Grating booze at every bar. He associates with ruffians And yeggman is his pal, Yet this unforbidding fellow Had been christened Per-ci-val.
 Allentown Democrat. He is sisshed and happy And he shrinks from blows and strife, And he never said a scrappy Word in all his peaceful life. ~tte would show streak of yellow If he saw wooden gun; Yet this fiossy little fellow Has been chIistened Well-ing- ton.
 Springfield Union. She was built Of bone and gristle, And her nose was sharp and thin, Ana her eyes were sharp as gimlets, And she had scrappy chin; With her tongue she tore her neighbors' Reputation up. and she In the days beyond recalling Had been christened. -ri-ty
 Houston Post. He is crooked and a grafter And he seldom tells the truth; Has been robbing other people Ever since he was youth. Beats his wife and plays the bully, But from any man would run; Yet this much-detested villain Has been named George Washington.
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Austria started out to punish. servla. but made one of the biggest mistakes re- corded in history. Austria has been get ting all the punishment
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Chicago is reported to be having a hard time in getting men to act a judges at baby shows. Evidently a case of safety first"
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Colonel watterson is waging an ind- vidual war against "German-Americans' who object 10 his way of handling the Kaiser without gloves.
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It has been proved by science that mi- orobes are not essential to life. but the merry microbe never stops to consider whether he is essential or not
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Still. even flying wedge is apt to cone to grief in contact with an immovable wall.
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It seems strange to think that the most important question in Paris only a short while ago was, Where shall we diner?
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II is said that anger and excitement may cause kidney disease, but warning like that isn't going to stop baseball fans from berating the umpire
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THOSE GIRLS.

His wooing was impetuous. He threw himself at my feet"
 T hope you kept them under your skirt as much as possible, dear. You wear fours"
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And another thing. You didn't think a few months ago that you would ever be calling St. Petersburg Petrograd.
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The Red Cross is a standing rebuke to the sword but there is no possibility of the latter being sheathed at any time soon
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Historians will have much ado to tell what happened to Belgium in the present unpleasantness.
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FOR HIM

s'Grayee seems to get great many let. ters.'
 Its only those she reads in bed that are important"
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QUITE A PROBLEM

The good old summer time is gone,
 But we are not regretting that, For now our thoughts are centered on The way to get winter hat.
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You could hardly say the Thaw case looms np' but it is, so to speak, still on the boards.
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A BRAVE LOT.

The battered Belgians still resist,
 In truth they've made a gallant stand ana well deserve to head the list
 oi those who fight for native lands aho liberty, with vim and pluck,
 Asainst proud and naughty foe. we can but wish them better luck
 And may their blood soon cease to flow
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Christmas in Europe will be mockery this year
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LEAD US AGAIN

LEAD US AGAIN From the New York Evening Sun. Father, our hopes are bvouacked in our
 hearts, our fearsssnd prayers arc all a-wins to
 Thee! Stretch out Thy holy hand. we. humbly
 ask. And lead us with Thy clear. all solving
 light Out of the desolate darkness of our time. As Thou didst in the bleal black ages
 gone Give us again the Sight that we may see: Once more set spinning ali the looms Of
 Peace; Rekin6le reason, faith, good will on ea5tll. Lord. Thy almighty arm alone can quench The fire that girdles all the world with
 woe, Drench Thou the pyre Of flesh and bone
 and blood Whose glare reflects the stubborn pride of
 Kings And shows the fellowship of nan at end. And fruits of inellowed genius rot apate In shell swept trench of many tttlefelds; Babes sleep unmothered in their cradle nests. While orphaned children weep ;n wakeful dreams. And women robbed of father, husband. son, Trudge troubled through the dust clouds of the blow. .<. s Christ did not die upon ths Cross for this:
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EXTENSIVE PLACE

Are things going to suit you at this hotel?.
 Everything but my money. That's so- ing too fast.o
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Washington bureau. POT HiDos build ing. .t
 European bureau. 6 Henrietta street. Covent Garden, London. q,
 Eastern business office, Rooms as 10 50, inclusive, Tribune buiidlns' Ne" York city; Western business oiiieo Tribune building, Chicago The .; V Beckwith Special Agency. agents ioi eign advertising.
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New York Tribune: There has been but little vivid description of the actual lighting in Belgium. and nothing to com
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seem that one troop of French dragons which he observed were wearing their old blue and red uniforms. If this holds true of any large number of French sol- diers it may prove a serious handicap.
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ElItereu at the Elrmliis nam, <Ala postoffice as second class matter under act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-02-14
NEWS OF THE STATE.
Six Hurt As Stand Falls.

EAST LANSING, MICH. Sir
students we're injured and 1900 root.
ers at the VI. A. C.-Notre Dame besk.
etball game here we're nearly thrown
into a panic when section OF 500 cir.
Gus seats in the college armory gave
way and three minutes later half a
dozen heavy chairs fell ten feet from
the gallery into a crowd OF goods.
The injured are: Miss Marion Doro
thy Donough, Cassopoiis. student 10
home economics course, knocked un.
conscious. badly cut about head: Miss
Louise Taylor, East Lansing. struck
by falling chairs. cut On left shoulder;
J.. II. Belknap, Lansing, knocked un
conscious, taken home; II. M. Belk
nap, Lansing. bruised; Don Barman
Chicago, leg sLrained; Don Toland
Grand Rapids. legs badly bruised.