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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-03
Europe's Big War

With Germany, Russia and France involved in war, and England about to get into the conflict, Austria Hun gary and Servia, that started the trouble, have dropped out of the public view. If Germany and Russia are eager for battle, France is just as eager. The invasion of French territory by
 German troops was one of yester- days important developments. Ac-
 cording to the punctilio of nations, l.Germany should have first made a declaration of war against France, but the Kaiser is sometimes a law unto himself. Moreover, he cherishes sentiment and tradition and as it was on August 2, 1870, that the Germans and French had their first engagement in the Franco-Prussian war the Elm peror decided to duplicate the move ment of forty-four years ago to a day and do it without the usual formalities.
 Another development that will have far-reaching effect was Ger many's invasion of Luxemburg, in violation of a solemn treaty which guaranteed to the grand duchy "neu- trality forever" But in this general struggle treaty rights are apt to be smashed without scruple or apology.
 Will England participate in the war? It is difficult to see how she can keep out of it. She would doubtless like to remain locker on, but crisis is at hand and the Brit ish government will have to take part in the hostilities in which Europe is plunged. Premier Asquith said last night that he would make a state ment in the House of Commons today.
 Mobilization on the continent has proceeded rapidly. Germany, Russia and France is each confident of it's preparedness. Never in the history of those nations have they been so we'll prepared for carnage.
 Heavy firing has begun and the world may expect some telling battles within the next 24 hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-03

music He facetiously remarked that if it was wrong to have Sunday coneertst then it was wrong to ;llow the chl- dren to look at the monkeys or enjoy any innocent recreation on Sunday
 After the original Sunday concert en- sa cement had been cancelled the state $ attorney pointed out to the mayor that there was no law against open air music on Sunday, and insisted that the band be allowed to render it's programme. As l gathered from reading various accounts. the whole question is now in muddle.
 Certain of the preachers object to the concert, no matter if theresfs nothing in the law prohibiting the music. The last thing 1 read was that the band was to try out public sentiment by giving a concert on Sunday. August 16. In the meantime, the ministers will keep up their agitation. It is no exaggeratlon to say that a large majority of people ih every city are in favor Of Sunday con- certs.
 ..The word sacred used to be used in the big cities-even in New York; but as the programmes that were published contained only one or two hymn tunes, the absurdity in trying to fool those who had scruples about Sunday music was remarked and the term sacred was dropped The fact is that all music or artistic merit is religious in a way. The same compositions-most of them al least-that are played by Memolis band in Birmingham on Sundays may be heard on the organs at church services as vol untaries. offertories and postludcs.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-03
LIFE IN MONTREAL

From the New York World.
 When the thermometer rises above 91 degrees it is hot in Montreal and the major-domo of the Windsor, hotel wears a white swallow-tail coat, dark livery brooches, a low turndown collar and a long, narrow. dark foar-in-hand tie.
 Woven powder and paint scarcely at all. Some French girls are very beauti- full.
 Church to Let'' is huge sign on Do- minion square.
 Yet Montreal is very religious. Men kneel on the steps outside the churches. With two galleries all round Notre Dame will seat 10000 persons, and at times some thousands stand.
 In the old church of Bonsecours lamps in the form of ships are hung. Some are ancient galleAsses. some brigantines. some modern screw steamboats, with proper boats hung to their davits.
 ''Prqtestants and neutrals' pay q higher school tax than Catholics; the money Is spent separately.
 Montreal looks with interest toward the United States. A recent issue of the States news. including stocks, Mexican affairs, sports. quotations, editorials. etc
 The city claims to have gained SS per cent population in 10 years. Its western suburbs look boom-townish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-03
Sound Business Conditions

For months past business in this country has been improving steadily. Conditions are inherently sound; never more so than they are today, despite the disturbance in the securi- ties markets arising from the Euro pean war.
 Bankers feel that there will be no trouble whatever in handling any if nancial problem that may eome up. Prominent New York financiers and Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo are displaying marked optimism, which, of course, is reassuring to the general public Mir. McAdoo, Comp troller of the Currency John Skelton Williams, and w. P. c. Harding and C. S. Hamlin, as members of the fed eral reserve board, proceeded from Washington to New York yesterday in order to be in close touch with the banking situation.
 The government is prepared to give ample relief in any emergency. What. ever hysteria might have been in evi. dence in London's financial circles will soon give place there to something like a normal state of mind. At any rate, general war in Europe, ever if it should last longer than two ol three months, cannot material. check the new era of prosperity in th' United States based on the splendi' crops.
 In all industrial centers there is , more active demand for wage-worker than was the case early in the sum mer, and it is thought that by tn, middle of September unemployed labol will be about as scarce as it was il the early fall of 1907, when prosperity was at high tide.
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ever, on her mineral resources. Ac- cording to the last census she had nearly 6,000,000 sheep, which was more than any other state in the union had except Wyoming, which had more than 100000. As wool growing state Montana is therefore of the first importance and contributes bountiful- ly to one of tbe countrys most neces- sary industries.
 The citizenship of Montana may well feel proud of their state and the anniversaries to be celebrated soon will be of interest to the entire coun- try.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-03
HOW TO TELL A FRESH EGG
By BILL VINES

was known and which commanded the re spect Of every one
 There is absolutely nothing attractive about an egg after 1t has become fatigued AS an egg grows older it gradually loses the respect of the community, and there is general feeling that it has outlived it's usefulness. Merchants dealing in eggs should by all means acquire one of these valuable charts from the agricultural de- partment at once, and after becoming fa- miliar with its use they can save a good deal of money, not only in purchasing eggs, but in getting rid of them. With the chart they can examine their stock daily, and when they find eggs that nave succumbed to long hot summer. theyA should throw them the market or at some candidate for office, regardless of cost.
 The department warns the public that it IS next to impossible to tell the quality of an egg by simply looking lat the out side of it in the ordinary way. fresh with very fine powder All they have to do with old one to make it look fresh is to dust it. But after a knowledge ol the cnaflt ana an examination of the egg in front of a very strong light such as is furnished by an electric bulb which come through hole about one and one-quarter inches in diameter-ons can tell immediately whether an egg is old enough to register for the November elections or not.
 Nothing deteriorates in value or becomes quite so unpopular as an egg in an ad- vanced stage of bad health. But the trouble has been how to discover it's true thoughts and purposes. Until this chart was discovered 1t has been as hard to judge the purity of the life of the av- craze egg as it was a member of the leg islature. Now, however, all this is changed and we have the democratic ad- miristration to thank for it.
 For full information regarding this val uable chart and how to obtain one. plea SC apply to the editor in chief of the division of publication of the department of agri- culture. If after following all directions you are unable to tell a good egg from bad one, and there is any doubt, take the egg in an open space entirely removed from civilization and hit it with tack and leave the rest to instinct.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-03
LIKE M,LukE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Love is what makes a girl throw up a $10 week job and marry a mutt who can't raise dollar a week to stall off the installment collector.
 A girl can paint roses on her cheeks. But she can't paint 8 corn-fed effect on her figure. She has to be built that way.
 A young man is usually too old to learn. An old man Is never too old to unlearn.
 The trouble with a loser Is that he is sure to lose more trying to get even.
 A bargain Is anything that a woman has no use for, but which has been marked down from q to 99 cents
 A man would rather be known as an ignoramus than keep his mouth closed when he has nothing to say.
 The prohibitionists have Issued an awful warning to the country. They tell us that the man who drinks two beers a day spends the sum of $36. 40 per year over a saloon bar. Awful! But we have been figuring ourselves and we have discovered that the man who drinks two lemonades day spends the sum of $72.S0 per year. Something should be done to keep men away from the ruinous cost of lemonades.
 After seeing the noisy clothes a girl can purchase out of her $7 per week we are inclined to feel thankful that she doesn't get s7O per week.
 Consistency is the only jewel that women refuse to wear.
 When the tango comes in at the door, modesty flies out at the window.
 No matter how much faith . girl has in prayer she always looks under the bed before she goes to sleep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-03
ToMoRRow-TRIAL OF JOHN RUsKIN

One argues that England's duty and interest will require this country to take it's stand with France and Rus sia. The Times and the Daily Mail this morning print. specail articles on the subject. One says:
 "The full gravity of the European situation cannot be appreciated unless lit is clearly and definitely understood that in the event of the outbreak of a general confiagration this country can not in it's own vital interest. afford to stand out.
 ."rhere Is no question of Great Brit ain espousing the cause of Servia, no question of Great Britain bindly fol- lowing the lead of France and Russia, her friends in the Triple Entente. Tn the event of a European con- flagration Austria Hungary and Ger many on the one side and Russia and France on the other will not fight about the merits of the Austro- Servian conflict
 "The balance of power in Europe will be the stake.
 'In other words, the control of the
 European continent and the whole
 security of the British empire depend
 on the maintenance of the balance of power"
 Other unionist papers like the Tele- graph and the Morning Post take the
 same view. though they do not express
 1t so flatly as Lord Northcliffes papers l Liberal papers like the Chronicle and
 the Daily News argue that no steaty
 obligation binds Great Britain to take
 an active part in war. and quote MT Asquith's statement to that effect or
 March 24, 1914. Many things have hap pened since then. and the facts In re- gard to this particuler aspect Of the situation are that if a gerenal wal
 involving the two triple combinations of powers breaks out, England will
 nlav an active part in 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-03
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Warburg Before Senate Committee

Paul M. Warburg of Kuhn, Loep & Co. of New York, one of the greatest banking houses of the world, who was nominated by President Wilson sew eral weeks ago for membership on the federal reserve board, declined at the time the invitation of the Senate com mittee on banking to appear in per son and be cross-examined. He did not seek the position, and in order to ac- cept it at the Presidents urgent re- quest he would have to make great pecuniary sacrifices.
 It was generally known that MT. Warburg, owing to his European training and large practical experl- ence as a banker, was exceptionally well fitted for reserve board work, but when the Senate committee refused to make a favorable report on his nomi- nation unless he submitted to an in vestigation, Mr. Warburg "stood on his dignity" and asked the President to withdraw his name from the Sen ate. It was not that MT. Warburg was setting himself to be bigger than the Senate. He simply made it plain that he would never have consented to be- come a member of the reserve board except at the direct solicitation of the administration.
 But the fact that MT. Warburg re- considered and appeared before the committee Saturday, can but raise him in the estimation of the public. It shows that after all his mind was in formed by sense of patriotic obliga- ton. He is being closely questioned as to his connection with certain large commercial transactions, or deals as they are called. The hearing was con- tinued until Monday.
 It is believed that President Wilson has had the situation in regard to Mir Warburg thoroughly canvassed and that favorable report will be made in his case. MT. Warburg will make the sixth member of the board and as soon as a Chicago man whom the president has selected can be con- firmed the board will proceed to or ganize and put the new banking sys. tenn into operation. AS much time has been lost already, it is hoped and be- lieved that there will be no delays aft CT the present week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-03

M ' O-<s august E.-tSDe- W cial)-Always alive to the inter- W est of the farmers and thinking up a lot of purely scientific methods to make the life of the tiller of the soil and the producers the real wealth of the coun- try happy and contented, the agricultural department comes forward now with d bulletin advising the farmers that by ap- plication to the department they can se- cure chart by which-if they have a college education-they can tell a good egg from a bad one
 This chart shows the eggs in their nat ural size, and also as they look when opened in glass saucer. The pictures include an absolute fresh egg, slightly stale egg. decidedly stale egg. added eggs mouldy egg sand various and sum dry other kinds of eggs
 The average farmer after a few weeks careful study of this chart will be able to discern just what eggs should be used for the family to eat and what eggs to feed his mother-in-law on, if she has oyerstayed her time, and what eggs are fit for campaign purposes only. Also the information is given that the ordi- nary cold storage egg of commerce ire quently has @ little green color in the white of it. the department warns you to shun such eggs as you would a book agent, for this little green stuff is bac- teria, and such eggs are not fit for food unless you running a restaurant in which event you should not eat there yourself.
 There can be no question of a doubt but what this chart will be a great boon to society in general Heretofore. so far as the plain people were concerned, the only way to tell whether an egg was trying to impose itself upon an unsuspecting pub lie was to open the same. Under this method an egg that was travelling under false pretenses could be instantly detect- ed However, it would then be too late to prevent adverse criticism Before opened. however an egg that had lost much of the freshness and bloom of youth could roam at large with impun- ity, and could move in the same social set with perfectly proper eggs whose pedigree
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-03
Cotton Grower. Need Protection

The impending conflict of all Europe promises to be of much profit to the United States in the last analysis. '' said a student of economics, "but l fear | that the cotton planters will suffer heavy losses if steps are not taken to protect them, and this at once
 As England has suspended specie pay ments, it seems to me that the federal government should, through an act of Congress, take such action as to provide Tor cheap money, say per cent, to carry grain and cotton At least the cotton grower should be protected for there is but nominal risk of loss by damage and cotton can be stored and kept in first class condition for years Now, we have in the cotton states a comparative monop- oiy of the product. The world needs. and must have it, ultimately. England France, Germany and Japan are large spinners of cotton. It will be difficult to get the raw stuff to these countries, but still twill be attempted to a degree.
 The war will probably have seen it's high tide in from three to six months. for modern weapons, ships and munitions
 
 on sea or land will be fierce bloody and the issues speedily determined. Then, there will be a strong demand for raw cotton and at decided premium. Cot ton would jump to 20c per pound. I hope the federal authorities will make it easy for the cotton growers to hold much of their present crop of cotton until the next crop is planted if need be- Of course, the home demand will take something over half of 16,OO0 000-bale crop, but this will be no guarantee of fair price to the growers.
 IT We can have an abundance of cur rency, as now seems probable under the various provisions of the Aldrich- Vreeland Dill and the regional bank system, we shall see great prosperity in this country, while the Slav and the Teuton, in fact a large part of the Aryan race, are en- gagged in the greatest war the world has known"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-03
Montana Birthdays

Next week will be devoted by Mon- tana to a celebration of two impor. tant anniversaries. In 1864 the state was organized as territory, and ir 1889 was admitted into the union These two events will be observed by all the towns in Montana in a suitable manner with historical pageantry and ether public exercises. Great Falls, the largest city in the state, will be the scene of the most pretentious celebration. The history of Montana as territory and as state will be reviewed.
 Little is heard of Montana in the newspapers. The citizens of the state for the most part mind their owr business and avoid the sort of sensa, tionalism that puts other states SC often on the front page. All her tre mendous resources have probably not advertised her one-tenth as much as Nevada has been advertised by hel celebrated "City of Divorce" Yet Montana has made an excellent show ing. The mineral wealth of the state is very great. She is rich in copper and gold and silver and continues te produce these valuable metals in large quantities, although many millions have alreay been taken from hel mines. In 1899 Montana's copper out put alone was valued at $56, ,0O0, ,000.
 The state is not dependent how
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-03
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF SIR HENRY VANE

|" HE fate of Sir Henry Vane the English statesman, has always
 . more or less interested America for he had, in his younger days, served as governor of Massachusetts during the Colonial period. At an early age Vane acquired strong Puritan views, In spite of the personal efforts of those, who made the attempt, at the King 8 request, to persuade him otherwise. Vane was only 22 when he emigrated to Massachusetts, where he hoped to enjoy the free exercise of his religion. The following year he was elected gov ernor. He was only allowed to serve one year. being defeated by Winthrop, chiefly on account of the protection he had given Mrs. Hutchinson in the religious controversy which she raised. Vane returned to England in August. 1887, was elected to Parliament and three years later knighted. He was al- ways firm believer in popular liberty and was summed by every man who courted monarchy.
 Vane fell from the affections of the English people when they forsook the jealous care of their liberties. He knew no religion but that of justice He in terceded for the Unitarians when they were persecuted; he pleaded for the re- lase of Quakers imprisoned for their opinion; he demanded justice on behalf of the Roman Catholics.
 But because he steadily resisted the usurper Cromwell he was arrested and was confined in Carisbrook castle. His chief opposition to Cromwell was the latter's forcible dissolution of the Long Parliament. When Vane pronounced it as against morality and common hon esty, Cromwell fell a-railing at him, crying out with loud voice: "Oh, Sir Henry Vane! Sir Henry Vane! tlie Lord deliver me from Sir Henry Vane.''
 After he had been imprisoned sev- eral conferences were held between the houses of Parliament, at which it was agreed that he should be excepted from the indemnity bill but that his life should be spared. On the meeting of the new Parliament of 1861, however, vote was passed demanding his trial on the capital charge and he was taken back to the Tower in April from the Scil1y Isles, where he had been imprisoned.
 On June he appeared before the Kings bench to answer the charge of
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high treason, when he made bold and skillful defense, asserting the sovereign power of Parliament in justification of his conduct.
 Though supposed to be a timorous
 man. vane appeared before his judgesa with animated fearlessness; he denied the imputation of treason with scorn
 defended the right of Englishmen to be governed by successive representatives
 and took glory to himself for actions which promoted the good of his coun- ,,try.
 Vane spoke not for his life and es- tate, but the honor of the martyrs to liberty who were in their graves, for the liberties of England, for the i'm terests of all posterity.'' He asked for
 counsel. Who" cried the solicitor, will.
 dare to speak for you unless you can call down from the gibbet the heads of your llow-traitors?"
 Alone, I am not afraid" answered Vane, ito seal my witness to the glori- ous cause with my blood" "Certainly" wrote the King, Sir Henry vane is too dangerous man to let live, if we can honestly put him out of the way" He could not honestly be put out of the
 way; but still, the solicitor urged, "He
 must be made a sacrifice"
 The day before his execution his
 friends were admitted to his prison. One of them prayed that the cup of death might be averted. Why should we fear death?" answered yane; q find it rather shrinks from me than from it." From the scaffold Vane surveyed the surrounding multitude with composure
 and sought to speak to them of English liberty, wishing to confirm the waver- ing and convince the ignorant by his martyrdom His voice was overpowered by trumpets. Not disconcerted by the rudeness, he foretold to those around him that better day would dawn in the clouds if though they were com ing thicker and thicker for a season." Blessed be God" exclaimed he as he barred his neck for the ax. q have kept conscience void of offense to this day and have not deserted the righteous cause for which I suffer- In the history of the world he was the first martyr to the principle of the paramount power of the people, and. as he predicted, "hs blood gained voice to speak his in- nocence." Milton devoted majestic poem to encomiums on him.
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of Rudyard Kipling, dating from the time when Kipling himself was boy at school, at Westward Ho.
 Tt appears that Beckwith, the aquatic
 expert, came to Westward Ho to give an exhibition from the pier. which was
 crowded with the usual summer sight, seers and a fair sprinkling of boys from the school. After some evolutions in the water the swimmer comenced series of diving performances, and it was after a sensational dive from the top of tla pier that the spectators were amazed tn see chubby, stocky boy run to the edge of the pier and repeat the dive with all the mannerisms of the expert. Inquiry elicited the fact that the boy was named Kipling, and it is by this incident more than any other that the Bideford people
 remember the now famous Author.'