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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
SECRETS OF GERMAN SUBMARINES

SECRETS OF GERMAN SUBMARINES
 From Tit-Bits,
 As In most things Germany followed
 the lead of other countries in the matter
 of submarines. England. France. Italy and the United States showed the way
 and when they had demonstrated the utility of submarines, Germany copied their ideas. This Is why the Germans did not really start building submarines until 1906 at which time France had 25 and England nearly the same number.
 No one, of course. except the Germans
 themselves, knows exactly what their
 estimated, however, at the beginning of
 the war that Germany had fleet of 30
 "sea wasps," as submarines have been termed. and another dozen on the stocks. The first German submarine, the U-1 was
 built in 1906. German submarines We're
 numbered in order of their date of launch. ing Thus. the U-9 would be the ninth Tn point of age. It Is possible. however the new submarines being launched in Germany today will be given low num- bers in order that their proper strength sHd'i IlOt DcCofhc hHOWH tO us. The newest German submarines might be termed the super -dreadnaughts of the
 undersea boats. They will be nearly lUUC feet in length, and armed with a 14-pounj
 gun on a disappearing mount and a one. pounder on a fixed pedestal, it having been found possible to expose this gun
 to salt water without serious disadvant- age.
 The disappearing big gun on the latest type of submarines is a marvel of in. genuity. Gun and platform are carried snugly inside the submarine while 1t ie
 cruising, but 1t can be brought into action
 with the utmost rapidity. Two men taws
 their seats on the elevator platform be-
 side the gun. A pull on lever, and the platform shoots up. carrying the gSr with it.
 | As 1t rises from the boat, the gun lifts l off hatchway which automat ticaily l fo rms a protective shield for the sur and the men who work 1t. One of these men trains the weapon round in whatcve: direction it is required. while the othei elevates or depresses and also fires it Another pull of the lever and down drops the gun again, the hatchway closes au tomatically above it. and the submarine l Is ready to dive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
Enthusiasm Worth While

! A month ago the advocates of the Mississippi route for the Jackson Highway from the Tennessee line to the gulf seemed to have won in the contest between Alabama and the sister state.
 2 The fact was that the people of Athens, Decatur, Cullman, Birming- ham and Montgomery had taken everything for granted. Alabama presented the natural route for the historic highway, but Florence, Ala, and the Mississippi towns emphasized reasons why Mississippi should be chosen. Everybody interested in the Mississippi project was working. But when Alabama did wake up it became thoroughly aroused.
 Montgomery and Birmingham real ize fully what the location of ths Jackson Highway through Alabama would mean in prestige for the prin cipal cities of the state; and what the failure in securing the location of the route would mean in the mat ter of harm to the state.
 The Alabama cities affected by tn, Jackson Highway question will mak, strong impression at the meeting al Nashville next Thursday. Birming ham will be especially we'll repre- sented. The highway will be routed through Alabama, but the satisfaction will be all the greater when it is fount that Birmingham and Montgomer, worked with zeal for good cause.
 Enthusiasm in behalf of the Jack son Highway, as any other great pub lie enterprise, nearly always wins. I is enthusiasm of this sort that pay well in the long run.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
Visited Interned Cruiser

Dr. Carl Henckell, rector of Grace Epis- copal church, has returned from the east where he went primarily to visit his mother. In addition to Pennsylvania cities he was in New York and came back by Norfolk.
 with day to while away in Norfolk, " said Dr. Henckell, Y took the opportunity to visit the German cruiser Prince Eitel, which is interned in that harbor for the war. It was a very interesting experi- ence. I had letter from Collector Hamil- ton of the port and went down to the ves- sel in revenue cutter. The Eitei is surrounded by Uncle Sans guards and one of them stopped me. Sorry I cannot let you by without pass, he said. have nothing but the collectors letter, said. That Is not sufficient. you must have a pass. By the way, where are you from? It seems to me know your face, he said.
 T am from Birmingham I said.
 "'Well, I am from Woodlawn myself. he said. and you can go ahead.
 "Officers on the vessel were very cordial and while they served coffee told me some interesting experiences of their sea rov- ing.
 T was most impressed by what they said about soap. It seems they were en- tirely out of soap for sometime and they seemed to consider that real hardship They could be short on food and have scsnt supply of other rations, but to be without soap--that was awful. '"They finally got full supply of soar among other things taken from a French vessel which was stopped. "They maintain the same discipline and order on the interned vessel as though 1t were on the high seas"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
THE REVIVAL OF A FAD.

From the Mac0n News.
 Dancing has become so thoroughly a part of our national life that 1t cannot be regarded as fad. A fad Is something upon which popular fancy seizes for it's brief and transient qualification. It was once fad to indulge in archery, in cro. quet and in like amusements. Then along came roller skating, the natural off-season expression and imitation of ice skating For time nearly every city in the United States had one or more rinks They were even to be found in the small towns, and they drew a large patronage, from both old and young, than the theatres and dance halls.
 But, generally, roller skating lost its popularity Here in the south, in chief halls or garages In the north, however there were many devotees of this form of entertainment and recreation, and they have kept the pastime alive. Indeed. they have brought it back in style. The largest hotel in New York city has announced a skating floor in connection with it's danc- ing facilities. And on Broadway itself there has just been opened place of amusement which gives promise of be- coming an institution-a three-storied at- fair. eating on the first floor, skating on the next and dancing on the other. Sc 1t Is believed that there will be a skating craze throughout the land this winter and in anticipation of 1t rinks are being constructed in many cities.
 Inasmuch as roller skating once claimed hundreds of patrons here and supported rink for several years, until 1t became more the style to dance. the news of its revival as popular public pastime will without doubt be received in Macon witf great deal of interest. And by many il will be welcomed as change from the dancing obsession and as pleasant and healthful exercise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
Devious Methods

The action of the city commission in slipping through an ordinance to reduce electric light rates in sub- terranean session of the commission Saturday is at least questionable. That three men big enough to gov ern the affairs of the city should sneak off like pirates, hold session of the commission, pass an ordinance involving almost every citizen of Bir- mingham and its largest public serv- ice corporation, and then come out and tell a reporter that they had acted on some matters during the day, but could not give them out to the public; and that they should then send the ordinance to the newspaper medium in which ordinances are printed, asking the advertising agent of this newspaper not to let 1t get in the news columns, is strange in- deed.
 If the three political commission CTS of Birmingham wanted to "put over," as the pirate would say, a deal on this great, blear-eyed, man. eating, prehistoric animal known as the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, they should have donned the weapons of legitimate political warfare and acted in the open rather than as a piratical sub marine.
 Men who will resort to such tactics and attempt to suppress action af- fecting every citizen of Birming- ham from the public newspapers might do other questionable things.
 The commission form of govern ment was adopted for Birmingham because by this form the people thought they could always get the square deal, which they feared they were not getting under the aldermanic system.
 Subterranean acts and whispered requests to keep such acts out of the news columns of the newspapers will not strike the people as the fair and square thing.
 These commissioners will have to be watched in the future and possibly if the people or the newspapers could install dictaphone conveniently about the city hall, they might be- come wise to many things which have not heretofore been made public. However much the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company might have deserved punishment, there Is a right and wrong way of doing all things. The methods of the city commissioners were. certainly devious.
 "For ways that are dark,
 And tricks that are vain"
 The heather Commission is peculiar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
WHY TROUSERS CAME

From the Gadsden Times-News.
 Long trousers are 100 years old this
 year. It was just century ago that a
 London tailor. one bright spring morning
 walked jauntily down Bond street in Lon
 don clad in the odd loose brooches that
 hung to his toes. He was a great curi-
 osity. and his freak" apparel created
 no small stir The wits of our day who
 ply their pens vigorously on the subject of women's dress were far outdone by the jokesmiths of century ago when trousers were first worn. But the val iant tailor persisted. was the butt of London town, and thereby gave to mod ern man the clothing for his neither limbs
 It is hard at this distance of time to realize the storm of disapproval that at- tended the transition from knee brooches to trousers. The 5aunty tailor was as. saulted by a mob and was arrested for indeoency. The Duke of Wilmington fresh from his laurels at Waterloo. wal later impressed with the greater conven. fence of the new garment and deter.
 mined to popularize long trousers. So he had pair made and wore them to ball Despite his high standing as popular hero, he was turned away with the ulti-
 ma tum: ''The guests at this ball must be dressed" But slowly and surely the fashion of long trousers displaced that oi
 brooches, stockings, shoes and buckles
 The real reason was economy of time in dressing. Chauncey Depew. referring tc this saving, recently said: "A century O. IA minutes saved each day by countless
 millions invents machinery. accumulates fortunes and fills libraries"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
EATS
From the Nashville Tennesseean.
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From the Nashville Tennesseean.
 Washington epicures feasted on q ham cooked fin ink, but we are just old-fash- toned enough to prefer the kind cooked with cabbage.-Milwaukee Sentinel. We don't wish you any bad luck, neighbor. but just for the fun of the thing wed like to see you pull that proposition on tho supreme authority on diatectics who swishes her skirts around our boarding house table and feeds us rice instead of cabbage because 1t is more wholesome and won't even cook the rice with . ham bone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
Atkinson Visiting Friends

George T. Atkinson. assistant director of the department of city transit of Phil adelphia, is spending a short vacation with old friends in Birmingham. MT. Atkinson got all his early street railway training with the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, and its pre- decessors and has been remarkably suc- cessfui since leaving the local company. He was superintendent of transportation of the local company under George Har- ris, and later went with Ford, Bacon &. Davis. From there he took up his pres ent work In Philadelphia, which now has added responsibility because of the con- struction of the new subway in Phila- delphia now in progress.
 Mir. Atkinson's first street railway ex- perience was as motorman on the old North Birmingham line before 1t became part of the present consolidated sys- tenn. He expects to be in Birmingham m about two weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
Dog Tax and Sheep Industry

Alabama, like other southern states, is admirably adapted for sheep raising. The grazing is good and the farmer who can raise hogs and beef cattle with profit can raise sheep also with profit; only this diff ference: the hogs and cattle are not molested by dogs, while sheep are killed by canine depredators. Governor Henderson signed the dog tax bill yesterday and this measure will go long way in mitigating the killing of sheep by hounds and CUTS. No branch of husbandry is more attractive to the southern farmer
 than sheep growing. But from Vir-
 ginia down to the gulf this animal industry has been almost eliminated.
 Middle Virginia and southwest West Virginia used to be sheep sections. Wool and mutton were products of large value. But the dog has so preyed upon the sheep flocks that few lambs are left to grow to ma turity.
 The dog tax in Alabama should have the desired effect. Worthless dogs should be driven >out of exist ence. This time next year there should
 be ten thousand less dogs in Ala
 bama than thrive in this state today. Every sheep-killing dog that goes out
 of existence will mean a dozen or
 more sheep added to the wealth of tho stafo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
LARGEST FIELD OF SWEET PEAS


 From Tit-Bits.
 The largest single field of sweetpeas in the world Is to be found in southern California, near Redondo. It comprises $50 acres, in which are grown sweet. peas of nearly every known variety and color. It constitutes a truly interestir s sight, and the fragrance from the flowers loads the air so heavily as to bo almost unbearable. Another single field of carnations 20 acres in area located nearby. yearly affords a similar marvellous sight
 Besides these immense fields oi sweetpeas and carnations there are many smaller areas in California de voted, respectively, to the growing for market of chrysanthemums. violets daisies. asters, dahlias, all kinds of lilies, roses and so forth. They are cu' tivated in much the same way as yege- tables, requiring on an average about the same care. Many of the flowers are sold through the flower shops oi the cities. but the chief income to tho growers comes from the sale of seeds The annual shipments of flower seeds from California amount to many tons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
OVERLOOKED 4 FEW

From the Dallas Morning News
 An American at Constantinople has written to friend at t.tilsns that the Moslems are very much dissatisfied with Enver Pasha's treatment of the Chris tians in Turkey. Evidently Enver Is let ting some of them live
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
HOTEL LOBRIES
Let the Police Do It

Tt would be a favor to the police de- partment if the people who hear burg lars attempting to enter their residences would call us and let us do the rest said H. w. Fuller "So many people make the mistake of calling the police, firing off a revolver and turning every light in the house on. Naturally by the time we get there, no matter how quick we are. the intruder has decamped and there Is nothing to be seen.
 People are in no danger. The de- partment has an automobile patrol with which 1t is possible to<reach any part of Birmingham in three minutes after the call is received. so If the people would Just call us and then lie low we would stand a lot better chance of bagging the intruder"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
WHO HAS IT TO SPARE
he pes Moines CapItal.

From the Des Moines Capital.
 A scientist claims to have discovered that the feeble minded can be made nor maj by the injection of normal brain matter into the system. The self-sacri- ficing may now be called on to suppl. a little brain matter for their sool friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
BEGINNING THE DAY-Almighty

God, may some of Thy Glory shine through me. May the poor dwelling he made splendid by the royal ten- ant. May men look through me and get some glimpse of God. Grant, gracious Lord, to cleanse me that Thou mayst live in me and make my life Thy tabernacle. For Chrfst'a sake. Amcn.-H. M. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
ONE AT ALL
From the Louisville Herald.

From the Louisville Herald
 In what way does the position of bank CTS who propose to organise . money strike" against loan to the allies diner from that of those who attempted to or- ganize strikes in plants turning out war material for them?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
MORE OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE

From the Knoxville Journal Tribune MT. McKellar evidently thinks that Senator Kern of Indiaan is undertaking
 too much when he presumes to tell Ten
 nessee democrats whom they must nomi- nate for senator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
ALABAMA WAR NEWS

From the Jasper Mountain Eagle.
 While perusing the war news of battle scared Europe. we Alabamians should not overlook certain war news nearer home. Westevn theatre: After flerce struggle. General Diyersihcation has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21

According to the Philadelphia Record, the first crop of cranberries reaches .he city markets of the east in September and comes from Cape Cod. Jersey cranberries are marketed in October and the Long Island crop comes soon after. Cranberries are natural product of this country and grow wild in low, swampy land. There are two varieties, both being low, trailing vines which bear red, firm berries. They ripen in the autumn and frequently re- main on the vines until spring. The smaller berries are gathered wild for home use, but 1t is the larger sort that are grown extensively for market in the eastern cranberry belt Cultivation began in the nineteenth century and has become a great industry in New England, New Jersey and Wisconsin during the last 40 years It is the leading industry of Cape Cod, where the soil is we'll adapted to cranberries. They have been known to northern Europe for centuries and are grown in Russia, Sweden and Great Britain. They are natives of Russian Si- berin, South America and North America. The variety known as the large Ameri- can cranberry Is superior to all other varieties According to statistics cran- berry culture occupies about 2O,Ooo acres in the United States. The industry is now being developed on the northwest coast line of Washington and Oregon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21

It may be true that 10 United States sol diers put 100 Mexicans to flight, but 10 to 100 would be too great difference in numbers if Americans were tackling Eu- ropeans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21

Mir. Ford the automobile king, has a new submarine "dewdad' and he talks about it as if it were a household neces- sity for Uncle Sam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21

Wall street has been buzzing ever since those Anglo French commissioners ar rived, but a billion-dollar loan Is some. thing to buzz about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21

No doubt stefansson would have com. municated with his friends much sooner if there were any facilities in the frozen north for buying souvenir post cards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21

H. c. Wells seems to think America doesn't know a good American writer when it sees him, which may be more or less true.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21

Chicago pork packers who ask Secre- tary Lansing to defy" England, should remember that the word is not used in po- lite correspondence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
BACKING UP.

From the Macon News.
 The Arabic was bedoed in the stern. indicating that sne was about to ram the German submarine by sitting down on it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
BUSH LEAGUE STUFF

From the Knickerbocker Press. Compared with recent gold shipments from England, exploits on ye olde Spanish
 main bear a similarity to the adventures of ferryboat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21

The strenuous efforts now being made to clean up Chicago indicate that previous attempts were not a success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
THE GERMAN KIND
Fron1 tt

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 General Carranza declares himself on the high road to victory with as much confidence az If he were made-in-0er- many.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21

The effort to make campaign thunder out of President Wilson's foreign policy is in bad taste, but politics and good taste don't always go together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21

The new government in Haiti has been recognized by the United States govern ment but that does not necessarily insure its stability.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21

Mir. Bryan threatens to go abroad and give those belligerent nations good talk ing to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
A LIMITED PRIVILEGE.

why don't you want me to have a vote, Henry?"
 Because I wish you to be happy, dear" But, that would make me happy" No. You would be miserable because you couldn't vote every day, and under our present laws that is impossible"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21

While clumsy enough in other respects John Bull ties up American trade with neatness and dispatch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
ANOTHER CONSPIRACY"

ANOTHER CONSPIRACY" Did you get a story about that runa- way heiress?" asked the city editor of . yellow" journal.
 'Yes, answered the reporter. 'She eloped with her fathers chauffeur, A young German"
 Good! Say he is believed to be Ger man spy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21

The Germans remember what happened to Napoleon in Russia and are now pre- pairing to 'dig themselves in" for the winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21

The temptation to show submarine a ''clean pair of heels is hard even for the commander of an American liner to resist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
QUITE LENGTHY

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 It looks as If Petrograd ought to be included among the places to which 1t is . long, long waw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
WE'D LIKE TO BE ALMOST CHo<ED

From the Macon News. American banks choked with European
 gold" says a headline. We wish they'd cough up. s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21

These are piping times along the Mex. Huerta is compelled to remain neutral.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21

checked the advance of large army of boil weevils along the Tombigee river
 Colonel Alfalfa has received special men, tion for bravery in this action, stead- fastly holding his trenches in the strug- gle. In the northern sector of Alabama General Wheat is delivering heavy blows against Gen. N. w. whitebread's position, with good prospects of success.
 Major General Eradication has Anni- Inflated several armies of cattle ticks in Alabama this year, and he is following up hIs victory at rapid rate. King Cotton recovered from the severe wound he received last fall and will re-. join the army sometime during the pres. ent month.
 Gen. Green Corn of the army of homo defense has mustered a great army this year and will take the field early in Oc- tober. He will be supported by Colonel Potato. General Livestock. Major Hay, Major Legume and others.
 Let every loyal Alabamian stand by these noble warriors and assist in freeing our state of all foreign domination, for we must all feel that such domination is real.