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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-07
NEW YORK UPPER ' HARbOR GUARDED
 BY DREADNAUGHI
Battleship Florida Patrols Port to Preserve Neutral ity-German Idle Fleet
 Is Augmented

New York. August 6.-The channel lead
 ing out of New Yorks upper harbor was
 guarded tonight by the United States dreadnaught Florida. No vessel headed for
 sea may pass until an officer from the
 battleship has inspected her cargo. The Washington government has taken this step to prevent foreign registered vessels from involving the United states in a possible neutrality entanglement With warning European nasiens.
 Tho reason for the sudden coaling or
 the Florida in Brooklyn navy yard yes terday and her departure this morning with destination unannounced became public tonight with the announcement of the governments plan to preserve neu- trality in this harbor.
 Acting under instructions from Secre- tarles McAdoo and Redfied, the collector
 of the port today organized q flying squad of customs guards and doubled the num- | Der of these guards on the city's piers
 and on ships lying in berths here. Every endeavor would be made Collector Ma | lone said, to prevent any ship sailing with cargoes of contraband character. The | collector passed on to Washington for decision there the question of allowing vessels to carry reservists away from New York, Guards will supervise the loading | of all outgoing ships. The guards will | be on duty night and day and any sus- picious circumstances will be reported to
 the collector, who will communicate with the Florida. Inspectors will board the l ship under suspicion, which will stor
 abreast of the Florida. The battleship's captain and the customs officer in charge
 will decide whether neutrality is being violated.
 Fleet Augmented
 | It was understood tonight these meas
 ures were prompted by reports that a l least one German steamship was pre- pairing to slip out of the harbor with out making known her destination. Tn, idle fleet of nine German ships in DOT
 was augmented tonight when the Fried
 rich der Crosse tied up. not attempting | to complete her voyage begun from Bal | tiInore on July 2S. She had been recalled by wireless while in mid-ocean.
 | German reservists have registered by the thousands at the German consulate | No plans have been made for getting then to the fatherland, according to the Ger. man consul tonight
 | The American liner St. Paul will sal | for Liverpool tomorrow with one of thu largest eastbound consignments of mai l ever carried from this port. The St. Pau will carry 45O passengers. including some | we'll o-do reservists who hope to be able | to reach their native lands; American newspaper correspondents bound for tn,
 theatre of war: consular representatives
 army officers and others. Among tn, | prominent passengers booked are th' Duchess of Marlborough. Mrs Horac, l Lee Washington, wife of the American consul at Liverpool; J, H. Grant, Amer l ican consul at Odessa; Kenneth Patton consul at Cognac; Alex Preyer. Neither lands consul to Cairo. and Gen c. Mills Capt N, K. K. Hamilton an, Colonel Rebers United States army
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-07
POUNDING FORT WITH SIEGE GUNS

Brussels, August 6.-Q1:5O p. m., via
 Paris. )-After having suffered serious
 check and heavy casualties at the hands of the Belgians at Liege Wednesday the German troops today returned to the fray with redoubled ardor and tonight were pounding away at the forts with siege and field guns and rifles.
 In the fighting of Wednesday the esti- mates of the German casualtias run as high as 5000 men, The invaders also are said to have lost large number of guns. In one attack German infantry di- vision supported by cavalry. marched onto mined ground. The Belgians de- tonated the mines and an entire battalion of Germans was killed Wounded Ger mans to the number of 1200 were picked up on the battlefield.
 It is estimated that in the fighting 40,- GOO Germans were faced by 25,000 Belgians. In the attack on Fort Parchon north east of the city, the Belgians. permitted the Germans to draw up almost to the walls of the fortress. Then they turned loose their guns aIUl the slaughter Is reported to have been appalling. rnder the terrific fire from the other forts the Germans were forced to njre all along the line.
 TWO FORTS ARE
 CAPTURED
 n N1SdSiiA1CAlt Ol QHldnS Pcicti dtCd tiis city Wednesday night with the intention, 1t Is said, of capturing high officials. They had reached the building where the of- ficials had quarters when all were sur prised and killed.
 German shells today preached the walls of two of the fortresses which were cap tured From the other forts, however, the Belgians continued to pour deadly rain of shot and shell into the advancing Ger mans
 Despite the heroic resistance of the Bell gians 1t was felt in Brussels tonight that the invaders. by reason of their great strength, could not much longer be de- nied and that ultimately they must gain the city of Liege, whence they are ex- pected to press onward to Namur in their effort to cross Belgium to the French frontier.
 At Namur, which Is strongly fortified, | it is asserted the Germans will meet re- sistance as strong as that at Liege. 
 were still in progress when word lreached here that the Cedric also was making for this, harbor. The Mauretanta brought more than .6C0 passengers and the Cedric more thar 1000. It already has been arranged |that the Hauretania's passengers pro- ceed by land. The Cedric's master late tonight was awaiting orders as to the |disposition of those on board his vessel'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-07
RAPID PROGRESS
 TOWARD RELIEF OF . AMERICANS ABROAD
Financial Agencies Will Be Established to Aid In Bringing Wanderers
 Home

Washington, August e.-Rapid progress Americans in Europe. President Wilson Issued an executive order constituting a board of relief to comprise the Secretaries of State, Treasury, War and Navy, which will have general charge of measures to be taken to distribute the ss,5o0,ooO author ized by Congress. Secretary McAdoo. chairman. will establish financial agencies in Europe. and will provide means for making available funds sent to Americans by friends at home. Thousands of dollars were deposited at the treasury todayisto be sent abroad.
 The state department tonight announced 1t had no information to lead it to believe Americans in Europe were in danger. Tel egraphie reports it was stated. indicated that Americans were safe. ''lt is be- lieved,'s said the departments statement,
 that in the majority of countries ar arrangements already have been made whereby temporary financial embarrass- ment that may have arisen can be re- lieved''
 Many Friends Anxious
 Hundreds of telegrams and letters flooded the department today from anx- ious friends The department will uss every means to communicate with those about whom inquiry has been made and report to inquirers.
 During the day Secretary Garrison scored ship owners who have expected te charge big prices for vessels to be used in bringing Americans home. He declared he might a ra tlaf tla I submit to unreasonable prices The statt department will designated ports to cal for relief vessels. American ambassador, and ministers will make such prompt ar engagements for transportation from in terior points to these ports. Secretary Bryan was encoura ged today by word that the Bank of England woult not suspend gold payments. He received this message from Secretary Barclay charge Of the British embassy here: sThe chancellor of the exchequer thinki Lit is not necessary for the Bank of Eng land to suspend payments in gold ther' Is no failure of credit. Bankers conside themselves able to resume the ordnar, course of business tomorrow" | This is taken to mean that American
 in England who hold properly certified means of credit will find relief. tomor | row
 Word From St. Petersburg | Mir. Bryan received word from St Pet ersburg that only about POO American were in that city. Americans througou | the empire will be taken to the capita and sent to a neighboring neutral nation probably Sweden.
 Ambassador Herrick at Paris informe, the department that sufficient funds wer on hand there to care for the local necessi ! ties.
 1 A woman.s committee to assist America women in distress was formed here today Included in its membership are Mrs E | Fl. Hartman, Mrs. Oscar $. Strauss Mrs II. C. Hoover, Mrs. John Dickson an, Mrs. Joseph w. Jenkins. i The foreign office announced today tha the United States had authorized it's am bassador and consuls in Germany to pro tect British subjects as far as interna tional law permits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-07
Tourists Sail<

units to the countries involved will be raiged soon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-07
History of City

The city first appears in history in tn sixth century. at which time town sre'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-07

Halifax, August 1.-TWO transat- lantic liners flying the British flag. bound from Liverpool for New York, Tut into Halifax today as a haven from German cruisers.
 The unexpected arrivals were the mammoth cunard liner Mauretania and tho biz Cedric of the White Star line. Both had been warned by the British cruiser Essex of the presence of hos Gle vessels in North Atlantic waters ana advised to make with all haste for Hniifax. The Essex herself conveyed the Cedric into port
 It waa early, in the day when the Afaurefania surprised Halifax by steam ine into port Arrangements for con- veying her passengeTa to New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-07

FkooQeta Afe v4r1ed
 The products are varied. but the prin-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27

chey's loop was not performed high II
the air, at a distance that would en-
nance the opportunity for n trick OF
legerdermain. But almost over my
head he spun around, outraging all
wonderful. so wonderful. in fact, that |
was relieved when, after the third
loop, BeaChey came back to the earth.
Then | spent whole day figuring
out how 1t was possible for a young
aviator to be performing a feat the
man who invented and few the first
aeroplane declared was impossible,
there was sufficient food for thought,
and deep thought at that When
sought out young Beachey and asked
him for an explanation, he looked at
me in a quizzical manner, and replied,
I took you for my example and set out
to do what the others thought impos-
sible. Then after studying II all out.
went at 1t and combined thought and
action to a degree sufficient to get
away with It,"
THAT tells the whole story. Doing
what the other fellow declares Is i'm.
possible. And 1t Is rare sport doing
it, too"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27

Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. 25.-Thomas
A. Edison declares that he considers
Lincoln Beachey's loop-the-loop and
upside down flights the greatest con
tributions to science since the Wright
brothers first flew a heavier than air
machine some six or seven years ago.
Lincoln Beachey will give three ex-
hibitions each day at the Wisconsin
State Fair on Sept. Is, 16, II, and Is.
81 was startled and amazed" and
Mr.. Edison recently as he sat in his
laboratory in Orange, N. j., when
saw that youngster take to the sky
and send his aeroplane through the
loop and them follow that astounding
feat with an upside down fight.
could not believe my own eyes and
my nerves were atingle for many
minutes
1.-TWO years ago Orville Wright told
me that man had done about all with
the aircraft that could be done until
the inventive genius, provided some
automatic balancing device calculated
to act more quickly than man can
think and act at the same time.
Contrary to my impression, Bea-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27
HERE ARE SOME REAL
FACTS ABOUT WEEDS.

The experiment station at
Madison once gathered data
from PAS farmers about weeds.
A. /. Stone, state seed inspector,
submitted the questions and the
answers averaged up this way:
What per cent of pasture is
spoiled by weeds? Fifty per
cent.
What methods of eradication
used? Burning, digging, pulling
and sailing. OF the total, 1903
were successful, So partially and
20 not successful.
What was the cost of killing
weeds? Total for the PAS farm
ers, S5,47o, with an average of
$33.
Amount of taxes paid annual
ly? Total Of farms, $1o,684, or
an average of $6s.o5. Had the
cost of cultivation necessary to
keep down weeds in corn been
considered the weed tax" would
have equaled or exceeded the
oft complained of property tax.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27
BOY Scout Merit BADGES,

Considerable changes In number ot
merit badge requirements have been
made by Il committee ut national head
quarters Those for life saving are:
First Go down from the surface Of
the water 1T least seven feet deep and
bring up an object twelve inches or
more In diamctcr. weighing not loss
than ten pounds,
Second Swim twenty yards, carry
Ing Il person OF your own weight,
tM by II two hand carry. using feet
only Tor propulsion.
(M by one arm carry, using side
stroke.
Third Dressed In trousers, coat and
shoes swim nifty yards, and undress
before reaching shore.
Fourth In deep water. demonstrate
three approved methods OF releasing
death grip.
Fifth. Demonstrate Schncfcr prone
prossurel method Of resuscitation.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27
The nlnhnnnnt Raknr.

A baker who bought his butter In
pound rolls from farmer, noticing
that the rolls looked rather small,
weighed them and found that they
were NIL under n pound In weight
Therefore he had the farmer ny before
n magistrate.
These butter rolls" said the Judge,
ARE certainly short weight. Have you
any scales?"
IL have" answered the farmer.
And have you any wcightsw
mo sir"
Then how can you weigh your hut
teri" demanded the magistrate sternly.
That's very simple" said the farm
or. while I've been selling butter To
the baker Two been buying pound
loaves from him, and I've used them
ns weights on my scales"
The baker said he would drop the
Cnse right there
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27
OIL In Midoooan.

Six square miles OF raw petroleum In
the middle OF the Atlantic ocean! The
British tank steamer Batoum once en-
countered this singular field in mid
ocean. and ut first the captain could
not account for II, Then he came 10
the conclusion that the oil was the
cargo of an oil vessel which had foun-
dered. He kept his ship In Tint vicin-
ity for an entire day In the hope OF
finding some pieces OF wreckage by
which to identify the unfortunate
craft. but not trace Of human life or
wrcckage could be found. II seems I'm.
possible that the vessel could have
been burned and left the oil floating.
and there were no rocks upon which II
could strike In fact. there IL no solu.
ton to the mystery. Like 80 many
others OF the sea. It may remain un-
solved forever.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27

The farmer dialect we see in print
Nowadays is mostly bosh:
A cultivated gent is he,
Who seldom says, 'B'gosh!"
He does not chew wisp of hay.
He is no ''rubber-neck;
He speaks things in a proper way,
And never says by Heck!"
He travels in his motor car
And revels when he speeds,
And telephones to merchants
For anything he needs
He even goes to college
And studies agric science
In moss grown methods out of date
He puts no real reliance
He doesn't wait two weeks for mail
When snow is on the lea
But gets his daily paper
On the good old r. F. D.
So after all is said and done,
Wherever you may rove,
The "Bee-Gosh" boys have got 1t on
The ones who say, Bah Jove!"
MAC"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27
FOR TIE CHILDREN


One day "a naturalist lay mutonicsS
Sueul! Watched an animal ut play
In the grass near by. says cur AMI
mai Frieud> fhiS was large brown
backed mouse 4 meadow mouse. that
had come cut from his homo under the
loG and, Wheu tired ot play, had sat
ny 70 mukv his toilet Satisfied at
)eu&th with his appearance, he began
to search fer food
lie did not have far 10 10, for a
few stalks Of wheat grow among the
thick weeds near az hand The mouse
was So larGe that he could probably
have bent the stalk down aud brought
the grain within reach. II not, hN
could certainly have climbed the stalk
lie did not try either ot these p,AuS,
however. Tor these were not his ways,
SiutuE up very Strainght he bi
through the stalk rs high as he could
reach
Tho weeds were So thick that the
straw could not fall its full length,
and the freshly cut end sottlcd down
upon the ground. with the straw still
erect aud the grain out OF reach The
mouse again htt the straw In two. and
again the upper portion settled dowu.
In this way he hit on Ave lcugths "
straw H. ore he could bring the gratis
within reach Of his paws. These fore
paws We're very skilltul little hands
and he dcftly huSked n grain and
ate It. sitting erect and holding II to his
mouth rs naturally MS II boy would
hold an npnle
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27
Loyalty in Cooperation. f;

Many a farmers organization
has gone to pieces because of
the disloyal, short-sighted ac-
ton of certain of it's members.
Any partnership would be
doomed at once We're the men,
bers not loyal. The cooperative
company is especially depend
ent upon the temper of its men,
bers. The great majority of CO.
operative companies are depend
ent upon their members for the
amount OF business requisite to
efficient operation. Where some
of this is withdrawn 1t means
less prosperity per unit for what
remains. Cooperation means
working together, and as soon
as it becomes known that there
is friction the undertaking is at
once discredited in the public
mind. Minor differences must
be subordinated to the common
good.
One of the most common
sources Of trouble is the tendency
of many members to sell to COM
peting companies for perhaps a
trifie more than the farmers
company can offer. This diff
Guilty has led to so-called pen
atty clauses" which have been
adopted by some cooperative
associations. They have been
declared illegal by some courts,
however. The members should
be required to sign an agree.
ment to deliver all produce OF
the kind in question TO the com
pany to which they belong. and
failure to do so should be pun
ished BY loss OF membership
He who will not observe the
rules does not deserve the priv
ileges OF play.-B. II. Hibbard,
College Of Agriculture, Univer.
sity OF Wisconsin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27

The summer fallow method and the
crop rotation method for the eradica-
ton of Wisconsin's noXious weeds
such as the quack grass and Canada
thistle, are probably the ones which
will in time work out most advantage
ously to all concerned, provided the
systems outlined by A. L. Stone of the
College of Agriculture are given a
thorough trial.
Here are Mr. Stones recommends
tions for the summer fallow:
Pillow the field as soon as possible
after removal of crop, soil and weather
conditions considered BY careful cul-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27
THE WORD WINTER"
Said to Have Originally Indicated Wet
ness, Not Goodness.

ness, Not Goodness.
There Is n prevailing impression that
there il something In the word win
ter" that signifies cold, and the sea
son Is usually associated with the idea
OF low temperature, but where the
word originated there was little or
winter as we understand II. while
there was great deal Of moisture ut
the time the earth was nearest to the
sum- so that 1t Is not the temperature,
but the atmospheric condition that has
given us tll word.
The word winter" AZ we use 1t. Is
found with but slight notifications In
all the branches OF the Aryan Ian
guages, for the idea of wetness asso-
ciated with the season was given to II
before the Aryan family was divided.
II we go to the root OF the word we
find "wad," with the Specification Of To
wash out. or TO moisten, or to make
wet Our Aryan ancestors used that
root to apply to all conditions OF
moisture. and many words besides
winter have grown out Of IT. wet ana
water being among them.
This root ''wad' ~ In the Sanskrit rs
"udan," water Anglo-Saxon has "wae-
ter" and In Latin we have "unda,"
wave. from which we get our "lnun-
date"
Our Danish and Swedish cousins
changed the "w' into n "v" and have
winter" In Icelnudic II IL "vetir,'
and the old high German has win
tar" and IL is "w.rrcr" In German
These four words are all from the
TeUtOnic base "wata.' which means
wet SO II has been moisture that has
been Indicated from 'he birth OF the
root on which all OF the different words
In dozen languages bave grown
New York Herald
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27

Come. Tab. let me tie this ribbon
around your neck.
Dads tool box was well stocked.
Ind no idea the school was 10 far
from home
Your unceasing chat racks my brain.
The dead Eskimo was burned IN
ashes.
The classic hair dress In n Grecian
knot
The child they called Babe did nee
behave very well.
Answers Table. stool. sofa. hatrack.
desk, chair. bed
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27
Aaes OF European Rulers.

Among European monarchs King
George OF England IL younger than the
emperor OF Austria. the kings OF
Roumania, Montenegro. Servia. Wurt-
temberg. Bavaria, Sweden. the German
emperor and the king OF Saxony. whe
Is nine days oder than he.
Those who are younger than the
English king are seven In number-the
kings of Italy. Denmark and Norway,
the king Of the Belgians. Queen WI
helmina OF Holland and the king OF
Spain
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27
HOW WOMEN CAN TELL
WHEN JELLY WILL JELl

Eight women's clubs in Wisconsin
applied to the University of Wisconsin
extension division within a fortnight
for household study programs. Just
now the every-summer matters are OF
special interest-for instance. jelly.
Every woman knows that when fruit
Juice doesn't Tell" there's a reason.
But not every woman knows that the
jelIy-making juices are those which
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27
What Has To Be Done

is what the do who would
protect this tO-be dreaded disease
In possible
his animals,
all purchased
healthy.
the disease his herd inject with
with
under 1Oi5 1O5 which show of having cholera
o
order all well treated
their size
will all cholera sick Thoroughly
he resocked
should
cinaed
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27
DO YOU KNOW WISCONSIN?

DO you think YOU know a great
deal about Wisconsin?
Let the 1914 state fair answer
that question for you.
Look over the exhibits in the
various departments thoroughly,
and probably YOU will admit that
what you knew of Wisconsin was
mighty little
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27
WILL BE DUSTLESS FAIR

There will be no sitting dust at
the 1914 state fair.
Secretary Mackenzie has arrang
ed to oil streets and walks several
days before Sept. IA. the opening
date. and sprinkling wagons will be
busy every day.
A fair without dust will be
novelty in itself.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27
About Paul Revere.

Paul Revere was one OF the earliest
engravers In America His engraving
The Boston Massacre sold for $500
Another engraving to attract general
attention was the well known portrait
~ the Indian King phl9
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27
Cholera Can Be Controlled
BY Dr. b A. Beach, Assist mt Veterinarian
Agricultural Experiment Station - The University of Wisconsin

IN AID rs il Is, cholera can be controlled, and
n the farmers of Wisconsin can be saved
annual loss which, while not as great as In
some states, easily amounts to hundreds of
thousands o: dollars.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-08-27

Tam~orh 10 Best Bacon Type.
The Tamworth Is the extreme OF the
English bacon type OF hog. and is one
Of the Oldest and purest OF British
breeds.