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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
PULLMAN

Cullman. August 9.-lSpecial. 1-Sun- day afternoon Ignatius Pollak. one of the wealthiest men in this state died at his home in this city of a finger ing illness. MT. Pollak Is from Buda pest. and the remains will be cremated In Cincinnati and after the war re- moved to the home of his ancestors. Mir. Pollak leaves d widow, one son, Robert Pollak, who has been for sev- eral years in California oil fields. and Charlotte. who is at home from New York. where she has been studying art
 The body will be accompanied to Cincinnati by Mir. Billings of Mont gomery. MT. Pollak has been in Gull man for a number of years, and has built the most beautiful home In all north Alabama of natural woods and stone from his own quarries. which he named Borkenau, from a maternal ancestor. It was MT. Pollak's inten- ton to build and endow a hospital in Cullman. Just week ago he spoke of his purpose and laid plans to that end.
 Robert Pollak is en route from the west and will join his mother and sis- ter on Thursday. MT Steiner of Mont gomery Is here with the family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
L. LEGISLATURE MAY RECESS
 WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
By l.. s. BETTY

Montgomery, August e.-(Special. )-In order that the senate committee on finance and taxation may have sufficient time to consider the revenue bill, the leg islature may recess Wednesday and Thursday. It had been expected that the committee would spend Saturday and today at work on the bil but owing to the absence of several members If the committee meeting could not be held. Last Saturday there was a bare quorum present. but the consideration of the pub lie health bill consumed the entire day. No meeting of the committee could be held today for lack of a quorum.
 Senator Harry T. Hartwell If Mobile, chairman of the committee, Is very anx- ious for the legislature to recess Wednes- day and Thursday, and he will use his in- fiuence to secure adjournment from to- morrow afternoon until Friday. Senator
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

Miss Elizabeth Mitchell will enter tain informally tomorrow afternoon at her attractive home on Dartmouth avenue complimentary to her guest, Miss Julia Pruitt of Columbus, Miss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
GENERAL SCOTT REACHES Fl PAS0 Bears Special Commission to Gen. Francisco
 Villa

Fl Paso, Tex. August 9.-Major Gen. eral Scott. chief of staff of the United States army. arrived here today bearing @ special commission from the state de- partment to General Villa.
 General Scott conferred with a com mittee of mining men here and made a brief visit to General Villa at Juarez. He was accompanied by his aide, Lieutenant Colonel Mtchie, and George c. Carothers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

Hartwell said today the committee has a large number of bills to consider, and expressed the opinion that at least two days will be required to dispose of the revenue measure.
 Several delegations from various parts of the state have expressed a desire to appear before the committee when the revenue bill is taken under considerations Mobile is preparing to send & delegation in behalf of securing an exemption for the shipbuilding plant to be built at that city, and other delegations will come from the Gulf City in the interest of the citrus fruit industry and in opposition to the solvent credit feature of the 5i'
 Only one committee meeting was held today, although several had been sched- uled. The house committee on the ju- dietary held meeting and considered the impeachment charges against Judge John Purifoy, secretary of state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

been held this week with Mrs. Andrew C. Mitchell, at her home on Third ave nue. has been postponed to a later dat. to be announced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
Don on'tSellMe Strong Drink

"GOD KNOWS . mtrying to stop drfnking but cannot" says John Betz in . note published in his home paper in Pennsylvania. There are mil- lions of good men who want to quit, but cannot, because the diseased condition resulting from the poinson stored up" ntheir system forces continued indul- gence.
 dote to the poison. eliminates 1t from the system, creates loathing for liquor and soon restores normal mental and physical conditions.
 For further information call or ad- dress the Neal Institute. 815 South doth street. phone Main 4bl6.
 Neal Institutes In O Principal Cities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
Montgomery Market

Montgomery. August 9.-(Special) )-Spoi cotton was quoted here today as follows: Middling fair, 9,50c; strict good middling, 925c; good middling, Sc; strict middling, S75c; mddling. s.50c; strict low middling, Sc: low middling. 75oc strict good ordi- nary. 7c; good ordinary, s.62c. Market steady
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

this place is in the city from his home Tn Meridian
 Mrs Thomas T. Huey is in Tuscaloo- ga where she Is the guest of relatives and friends.
 Ike Woods of Mobile is here as the guest of his aunt, Mrs. T. P. Wallace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
JAP CABINET WILL NOT BE CHANGED

Tokio August 10.-(1:o5 a. m.)-The &cabinet formed Sunday with Count lShigenobu Okuma as premier will re-
 2main unchanged, 1t Is announced, ex- 5ccpt that Katsundo Minoura has been definitely decided upon as minister of Communications.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
General Jous Killed

4, Chicago, August s.-Brig. Gen. Henri HJous of the French army a nephew Epf Mir and Mrs. Peter Dudley of Chi Ucago. has been killed in the European zw ar. according to messages received Hoday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18
Pointed Paragraphs

Most OF the walters in hotel are
guests.
Some men make good by stepping
in other mems tracks.
The mosquito isn't the only bore
who sings at his work.
Bargain sales have parted many a
woman and her husbands money.
Bad luck causes a man TO take a
mental inventory of his friends.
Gossip spends more time getting
itself repeated than history does.
Some men who were born to com
mand lose out after they marry
The man who lives for himself
alone might just as well crawl of
and die.
Why does selfish man expect the
vhole world TO mourn for him when
he is gomez
The chauffeur was always driving
glow when the accident occurred
Lots OF men 20 where duty calls,
and stand around with their hands
in their pockets after they get there.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18
Over Particular

An aged Negro porter nearly so
years old, was arrested on some
trivial charge, for which he was
later discharged II proved, during
the trial that he had never seen
the inside OF a court before. and
the hustle OF events greatly dazed
and embarrassed him.
As he stood up when his name
was called the clerk sang forth:
DO you solemnly swear that the
testimony you shall give in this
case shall be the truth. tn whole
truth and nothing but the truth,
so help you Cod"
And the Negro started back,
gasping Then he turned quickly
to the bench
Mister Briles," he said. for he
knew his honor from boyhood in
an unofficial capacity. Use puffect
ly willin' ter tell de truf. but mus
be all cotched up datter way, In
case might want ter git des a step
or two offln de road? Hit don't
give man no leeway. sub Case
and Comment
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18
THE CURIOUS JAPANESE HOUSE.

japanese house hasn't a single window And
It's only the most stylish OF them that have
pane of glass A person who has pane OF glass
somewhere in his house sets the social pace IN
that neighborhood. Instead OF glass they have
paper pasted on sliding frames and through the
paper the light filters Naturally one wonders
how they keep the rain out; this In little trouble.
for outside the paper walls are series OF
wooden doors which also slide back and forth.
when time comes to retire. you look around
for Che bed, but there isn't one In sight 10
rolled up in a drawer, and the Japanese would
not know a bedstead from quilting frhm@
Millions of people In japan have grown 70 man.
hood. voted, paid taxes and gone TO their reward
without ever having clapped eyes on an Amer|
can bedstead To make the bed ready the ser
want opens the drawer and unrolls the quilts on
the floor putting a tomato-canloohns thing nm
der one end for q pillow. Thon ne snu" "a me
paper windows and pulls TO all the wooden
slides so that mob breath Of air can get IN.
and the bed Is ready. Money In the palm
wouldn't persuade a japanese to sleep with me
window open. -
Their theory IL that during the day me air
bsoomes full OF dust and germs so that II you
keep your windows sealed during the night none
Of the germs can get in.-Homsr croy IN Lee
las
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18

Study your fellow men an YOU
Will notice that proneness 20 san
the attention Is Characteristic OF
many OF them study Yourself and
try 10 ascertain by hcv'st nitro
spection whether YOU. toV> belong 10
the misunderstanding ciaCs
Observe whether your attention
flags and aits la the course OF an
ordinary conversation. so that your
mind wanders far from what the
other person is saying 10 you.
Observe whether. in playing
games, similar incapacity to hold
the attention manifests Itself.
And most Of al study yourself
with regard TO your ability 10 hold
your attention 10 the problems OF
your daily work
You may have a tendency TO for
get your work at the least provoca-
-,iofi, allowing Interesting things ~
your Office or factory or store 10 di-
vert your mind from the business
IL haAAA O4 ma FNEl nave a
habit OF thinking up excuses to at
tend 10 something other than your
work.
All this spells attention-weak-
ness. and consequently spells inetfi-
cheney and ultimate failure, Like
the monkeys who were rejected by
the trainer. you will find the bust
ness world refusing to waste time
and trouble on you.
But. unlike the rejected monkeys.
you always have II within yourself
TO overcome your attention-weak-
ness. You can do this by recogniz-
ing your deficiency. and by deliber-
ately and vigorously disciplining
your mind through the exercise OF
will power And you must do this
TO attain any high measure OF sue
cess.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18

fortunate creature might have been ten
derby cared for, but when its natural pro-
tectors were gone, the lot of the de-
formed in body and defective in mind
could not, at best, be an enviable one.
1t is a curious phase of the American
people that many of them revolt from
the mothers sacrifice. Even Jane Adams
argued that it should be saved "as de-
fective and treated as such" Others
who have gone deeper into the question
do not agree with Miss Adams, but ex-
pressed sympathy and admiration for
the unhappy and heroic mother.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18
Should a Parent Have the
Power of Completing Death?

Mrs. Anna Bollinger, of Chicago, is a
brave woman. She deserves the praise
and commentator of all mothers in that
she could face and endure adverse public
opinion and allow her own child to die,
Ill for the sake of the little one.
She overcame her natural, physical
instincts for the higher, more spiritual
quality of mercy, in being unwilling to
force life upon poor, mal-formed babe
for whom nothing but sorrow and ire
mendous handicap were in store If Mrs.
Bollinger thinks any farther than that,
abe may consider that she has possibly
saved still more lives from misery for
themselves and expense to the state in
Tie future.
& While she and the father live, the un-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18
On the Outside of the
Carton, Without Looking In

A hint of the new order of things in
merchandising is offered by the convoca-
ton in this city of the Americal Speciality
Manufacturers Association, under the
auspices of the Michigan auxiliary.
This organization comprises concerns
manufacturing specialties for the grocery
trade, and its announced mission is to
place the stamp of integrity upon the
products of its members.
Pure food full values, honest labels
weights and measures, clean factories and
fair dealing '-certainly this is a credit
able and reassuring creed for any body
of producers to formulate.
And it is not only splendid ethics but
it is good business to thus bring to bear
the combined influence of competitors to
dispel skepticism and distrust, and con-
vince the consumer that he can be on the
outside, without looking in, and feel sure
of the contents of the nifty-looking car
ton.
The American Speciality Manufacture
ers' Association is welcome as an evangel
of both commercial and physical health.
1t gives The Times pleasure to wrap
UP this welcome neatly and deliver it at
the hotel where the association is stop
ping.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18

Not everybody appreciates the ex-
tent 10 which success II life is con
ditioned by ability to prevent the
attention from wandering There
are many men above the average in
mental power who dnd Il difficult
10 get on. because they have never
overcome an unfortunate tendency
ic allow their attention to be easily
distracted.
A little story told OF an animal
trainer might well be taken to heart
by every man ambitious to succeed.
This trainer specialized in "edu-
Gated monkeys his supply OF which
he obtained from an importer Tor
menageries and geological gardens.
One day he said TO the importer
Il will pay you double price for
every animal btfs from YET If yea
will allow me 10 take several at a
time on approval. and keep them
under observation for a few days.
The importer consented. and this
arrangement went into effect Soon
the trainer acquired a greater repu-
tation than ever for his success in
developing monkeys for stage per
formances. Suspecting that there
was connection between the in
crease in his reputation and the plan
Of taking animals on approval, the
importer finally asked him IL such
were not the case.
1t IS" the trainer frankly re-
Piled. and will let you into the
secret
When you send me a batch OF
monkeys study their habits care
fully, and especially their habit or
paying attention.
ANY monkey whose attention
quickly shifts from one object to
another reject as one that will
prove dificult, perhaps impossible.
10 train. Monkeys are like human
beings In this respect To be train
able, 70 learn things readily and
surely. they must be able TO pay sus-
tanned attention
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18
Germany Restless

Within the German empire there
are signs and portents that recall
wildly the mutterings Of the storm
that broke upon France an the Rev
olution We are told that the sup
ply OF food in Germany 10 abundant,
yet the chancellor under authority
given him has Just n1sd the price
at which potatoes may DO sold BY
the producer and by the market
man. There 70 enough 70 spare OF
everything. Jet tho prices Of the
commonsst commodities are under
government control. Moody goes
hungry, but the people have been
warned that they must not carry
their clanor for butter ard table
supplies to the point OF breaking
the srocsr's Windows, and the -
we're penalties imposed upon rioters
nave been officially called to tlfeiF
attention. The last issue Of Imper-
ial bonds WAS so Successful that
there was general 1ubilation, but
Imperial bonds are paid for In pa
per, since the people long ago sur
rendered practically all the gold In
their possession TO the Imperial
bank. BY this process OF bond Is
sue the government can be kept
in paper funds indefinitely. but In
spite OF price regulation the dis
count uron the paper currency will
Increase. ONE measure OF the dis
count was the very disqu'eting In
crease in prices Of commodities
New York Times.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18
Public Officials and Crime

A new law compelling the closing
OF grocery and dehcatessen stores
went into effect IN Milwaukee last
sunday.
Three hundred OF these-practical-
~ ali there are in Mnwaukee--cpen-
ly defsd this new law and kept their
places open
A demand for warrants for the
arrest OF the small store keepers
was made promptly the next day.
The district attorney refused to
issue them, believing public opinion
opposed and thus giving official
sanction 20 open violation OF law.
Many states, and Wisconsin is one
Of them, are already burdened with
antiquated blue laws which are
consistently and officially ignored.
but Il Is high time that bodies OF
Law makers cease 10 add more such
laws 70 their numbered statute
books II they have at heart the vital
moral interest OF the commonwealth.
-AisFesPeet for ls~ is sure molder
Of crime. Crime thrives on IL.
Legislators who pass discrlmina-
tory laws. which even a public on
cial, pledged TO law enforcement,
feels he must ignore, must shoulder
the responsibility. They are equally
guilty with the criminal whom they
have helped 20 make.
It's up to the Milwaukee district
attorney 10 enforce this new law
or UP TO the Wisconsin legislature
TO repeal II.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18
The Keep Well Column
WHAT FOODS 90 FOR THE BODY

Just as coal keeps an engine going.
Sugars and starches are q form OF
fuel" that Is used directly by the
tissues or else stored In the liver
for future use. The liver is a great
reserve storehouse for these vaIua-
BILE products 10 be called upon as
the body needs them. II Is like the
camels hump, which supplies that
animal with a reserve OF fat for heat
and energy.
When not Immediately used or
stored In the liver, starches and
sugar 90 10 make fat tissue.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18
The Silly Season

Well. they're at II again. Those
who imagined that the sugenic craze
died Q natural death have another
guess coming.
Now what do they propose to dor
why. improve the human species. OF
Course. They propose 10 make
new and better man by the process
Of evolution. We are told that the
society TO prevent UNIT marriages
hopes" to silence wedding bells in
tho case OF $4,000 men and women
durfnk the next calendar year. And
then II all goes well they expect TO
place u ban upon $4,000, 900 within
the next 20 years and point finally
TO q perfect race, say in 1880. Well.
maybe they will, but we doubt H..
The secretary OF the board and the
resident director Is quoted AS say
ing: THE human species must be
improved by encouraging NJ mat
ings among the better classes and
cutting OF the lower levels" He
OF the work" will be the most DIM
cult. Rather! Especially when we
recall that in recent contes; for
the two most perfect babies both
prizes were won by infants born In
the slums OF poverty-stricken par.
ents and amid the most unhygienic
surroundings.
Instead OF every state in the
union passing laws" TO further these
silly season schemes some means
should be taken TO protect normal
men and women from the faddists
who All in their idle hours by an.
noying and Fostering those who
have work TO do in this busy world
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18
A Poem a Day
TWO SINNERS.

IWO SINNERS
There was a man. Il was said one
Who went Astray In his youthful
Can the brain keep calm and the
heart keep quiet
when the blood like "A river 10 run
And boys VIII be boys the old folk
say.
And a man is the better who's had
his day.
The man 10 reformed. and the
preacher told
or the pISdigsl son who came back
TO the fold.
And Christian people threw open the
with a warmer welcome than ever
wealth and honor were his to com
And a ,poIies. woman gave him her
The world strewsd their pathway
with flowers a-bloom.
Crying. God bless lady and God
bless groom"
There was a maiden who went Astray
In the early dawn OF her youthful
sh. had NOR. passion and heart than
love led,
And love IL ever q dangerous guide
To wander unchecked at 4 fair girls
side.
The woman rersnted and turned
from sin.
But no doors opened to let her in.
The preacher prayed that she might
be forgiven:
But told her TO look for snercy in
heaven.
For this is the way OF the world. we
know.
That the woman Is stoned while the
man may go.
A brave man welded her after all
But the world said. frowning. We
shall not call"
Ella Wheeler wilcox.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18
Not Afraid.

Employer-Well. what did he say
when you called 10 collect that bnl2
Clerk That he would break every
bone In my body and pitch me out
Of the window II I showed my face
there again.
Employer-Then 90 back az once
and tell him he cant brighten me
by bis violence Stray Stories
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18
The Simplicity of Death
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

One Of the best things published about
the celebrated Frank case was poem
which recited how chivalrous citizens
avenged in an orgy of sadistic murder
the death of girl whom as worker
they never thought to help toward bet
ter wages or conditions.
Life, with its sordid miseries. its
grinding injustice, does not make a lively
appeal; IL seems to be sort of tangled
hopeless, socialistic, theoretic problem;
it is clouded with arguments, befuddled
by the dust of the conflict of gain with
humanity. But death is simple. The
primitive passions it awakens are quick
and clear.
When Marie Rockhill, victim Of a
bungling midwife in Chicago, was
brought back dead to her village Of Etna
Green, there was no condemnation of
her. The town regretted that she feared
to trust its Christian charity. They for
gave freely her waywardness, the pastor
spoke of her with pathetic kindness.
Marie's death wiped away all censure.
But suppose she had returned with her
baby alive to Etna Green? Would she
have been received with the same large
ness of forgiveness? Could she have re-
sumed her place in village circles and
would she have been welcomed again in
to the church and Sunday SCHOOL,
No. il was death that removed the
scarlet letter from her breast. 1t was
death that made pity safe. 1t was death
that changed cruel long-drawn tragedy
of daily struggle to pathetic and tender
tolerance shed about her coffin.
Shocking but truthful is the verdict
of newspaper: Kind as were the in
tentions of Etna Green, the town is hap
pier with Marie Rockhill dead"
The ruling passion of community is
not humanity. but responsibility.
All manner of sin and iniquity can
be forgiven but for one, especially a
woman, who has offended against the
canon of virtuous conduct there Is
nothing to do but to go away or to die
We think more of station in life than
Of life itself. To abate bit from our
censure Of those who through weakness
have gone wrong seems to us to dis
prize our own integrity and to enlist
ourselves among the champions OF evil
But as a matter of fact, forgiveness
and the kindly treatment of the offender
are not signs of weakness but OF
strength. In proportion as we refrain
from accusation and view with humane
gentleness those who gang kennin'
wrang," we demonstrate. not wicked
partnership with crime, but the sure and
sterling nature of our own virtue.
Let us not be less lenient toward the
dead. but let us save some Of our SYM
patty and helpful forgetfulness for the
errors of those that still dare to live.
Millions honored Abraham Lincoln
dead who gibed him living. And how
many revere the name of the Crucified
who would, were He alive. cast Him out
as dreamer, a hereto, and a trouble
maker
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18

the starches and
sugars contain ed
in the various
foods.
Cane and grape
sugar and the
starches contain
ed In such foods
az corn, potatoes,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-18
HER OWN MEDICINE

Germany smashed her way through Belgium
and France and drove the Russian armies before
her for no more obscure reason than that she
was numerically more powerful and at the time
Infinitely better equipped for the kind OF war
which her diplomacy sprang upon the world than
were her antagonists Now, we are disposed to
believe she will receive an ample dose OF her
own nauseous medicine. There can be no AFRO
oance IN the claim OF the Allies that they are az
capable OF organizing victory as the German
Glasgow Heard.