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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06
ALABAMA PRESS

Gadsden Times News: Many places on different coasts have been christened "The Ships Graveyard and the English channel bids fair to rival them all for this title.
 Union Springs Herald: An appropria- ton for a suitable building and exhibit from the state of Alabama at the San Francisco exposition will be asked of the incoming legislature. Alabama is a state of great and varied natural re- sources and these need advertising to the world An exhibit in keeping with the great opportunities which Alabam offers to thrifty homeseekers will be a good investment.
 legislature appoint commission to con- suit with the grafters and find out as nearly as possible just the amount needed for graft? This would not only enable the state to know how much is needed for legitimate running expenses, but the poor taxpayers could in this way have more definite idea about what goes with their money.
 Huntsville Times: We favor the electric chair being established in Alabama It is more humane and will reflect credit on our proud commonwealth in putting away those who are subject to the death pen alty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06
APPREHENsIvE

From the Los Angeles Express.
 A little girl travelling in a sleeping car with her parents greatly objected to be- ing put in an upper berth. She was as- sured that papa, mamma and God would watch over her. She was settled in the berth at last and the passengers were quiet for the night when a small voice piped:
 Mammal"
 "Yes, dear
 You thereo"
 "Yes, I'm here. Now go to sleep
 Papa, you there?''
 "Yes, I'm here. Go to sleep, Ike good girl.''
 This continued at intervals for some time, until a fellow passenger lost pa- tience and called:
 Were all here! Your father ana mother and brothers and sisters and uncles and aunts and first cousins All here! Now go to sleep!
 There was a brief pause after this ex- plosion. Then the tiny voice pipcd up again. but very softly.
 "Mamma!'
 "Well?"
 Was that God?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

stranded chorus girl who tried to commit suicide by taking poison in a Birmingham hotel, had her life saved by a stage manager who applied first aid and summoned doctor. The stage man. ager must know all the ins and outs of the theatrical profession, including an- tidotes for the kinds of poison most easily purcha sed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06
AN OLD-TIME JOKER From the Pittsburg Chronicle -Tele
graph.

It happened that Dean Swift, having been dining at some little distance from Laracor. his residence. was returning home on horseback in the evening. which was very dark. Just before he reached a neighboring village his horse lost shoe. Unwilling to run the risk of laming the animal by continuing his ride in that direction he stopped at one Kelly's. the blacksmith of the vii- lage. where, having called the man. he asked him if he could shoe a horse with candle.
 No" replied the son of Vulcan. but can with hammer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06
SOUTH HOPES FOR IMMIGRATION

From the Washington Post
 "The southern states will take care of thousands of foreigners when the war is over'' said Col A. l. Tate of Alabama at the Willard. "The foundation of the present cotton spinning industry of this country was through the smuggling in of the ArSwright loom and the Hargreave spinning jenny from England, which had been forbidden by law in that country and the immigration of men and women to operate them England laid the foun- dation of her great Lancashire and other textile centers by the importation of Dutch weavers and spinners. who verne forced to expatriate themselves during the French revolution. when the Hugenots fled to England, and they were the most skillful of textile workers
 "The south has been in need of skilled labor for many years to build up it's manufacturing industries The native labor is all right in way but Is not the kind capable of assisting in development of industries. I believe the state of Alabama ought to institute a practical plan for bringing to the state some of the unfortunate men, women and children of Belgium. who are skilled in the manufac- ture of fine fabrics: There is room for many more great mills in Alabama, and 1t would be a great move. in my opinion. if our public-spirited citizens would take advantage of the opportunity now offered by the devastation of Belgium to import skilled labor that at any other time per- haps could not be induced to come to this country. We could well afford to pay the passage of these skilled Belgian workmen and to guarantee them employ ment if in return we could get them to pledge themselves to remain here for a sta ted period. which no doubt could be done"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

BEGINNING THE DAY-My Fath- CT. thank Thee thnt Thou under standest the things, which l cannot say. I thank Thee that Thou seest the inner grace, hidden beneath the ugly crust. I thank Thee that Ihou nearest the prayer, which men think is never said. thank Thee tnat Thou judgest the heart. ana tha' ,rhou kuowest altogether. I give my self to Thy discerning sympathy. l yield myself to the love thnt never faiIeth. Amen.-H. M. 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

The scientist who claims that butter can be made directly from grass wJn be placed by some people in the same cate- gory with the child who thinks butter comes from buttercups.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

A recent cartoon with the caption, No itentary, was or was not a compliment to Cole Blease. It depends on your point Of view
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06
MOTION PICTURES UNDER THE

-'-O AO-' A AS CAtA1o SEA
 In the January American Magazine Cleveland Moffett writes most interest ing account of a new invention by whic h moving pictures of sharks and other sea life are now taken at great depths. The inventor, Charles Williamson, is a sea captain of Norfolk, Va, whose sons, George and Ernest, are carrying on the work. The essential of the invention is a tube which is lowered into the water in which human beings are enabled to remain and do the photography with the assistance of powerful searchlights which they carry. In the following extract taken from the article MT. Moffett relates his conversation with one of the William sons as to the proability that this new invention opens the way to regain lost treasures at the bottom of the sea which amount to many hundreds of millions of dollars:
 Some say there is more gold at the bottom of the ocean than there is in circulation remarked George William son. It is certain that gold and silver have been sinking in the sea for cen turies, millions a month going down like rain and never coming up again. We think we have a way of getting some of this treasure up
 With your deep sea tube?
 Yes. My father is now working out plans to salvage the "Mereda" which was wrecked off the Virginia coast few years ago. The board of underwriters have given him a contract to do this salvage work The 'Mereda" carried large quantity of silver bars, besides a safe full of jewelry in the pursers cabin on the upper deck
 How far can you go down with the tube?
 Competent engineers say to depth of 800 feet, and to go even deeper is merely matter of structural detail. A depth within our immediate reach is 25O feet We call that our commercial depth, and there are wrecks enough within tha- limit to keep men working for hundred years The Empress of Ircand. for instance lies in only 200 feet of water
 Suppose the treasure was shut up in the hold of a wreck?
 We would blow up the wreck with dynamite and then use the grappling and that the tube will allow us to search the bottom of the sea. where the depths are not too great, and to stay down there comfortably, breathing good air. The rest is merely a matter of engineering detail, which will be easily worked out by human ingenuity. How difficult would ir be. for instance, to load sponges and pearls into lowered baskets, if you had the sponges and pearls right before your eyes "
 "'And the same applies to bars of silver and chests of gold,' laughed
 Exactly said Williamson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

0o0,000 men engaged in war are not wage-| earners to any great extent at this time. + takes their little salaries to support the loved ones at home. The 20,000.O00 men| at the front in the various countries rep-| resents only a small proportion of the| inhabitants of Europe that are actually engaged in the war. Every man, woman| and child in Europe Is exerting the ex- tent of their abilities to make their coun-| tries win, and they are doing this to the| exclusion of everything else Even if] Mir Steiner's prediction comes true itat
 going to take statesmanship and politA9
 economists to decide the future of
 country for a year or two at least
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

According to football coaches, intelli- gent students make the best football players. As most of the coaches were stars in their day, it is easy to see whither their opinions tend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

German submarines have createl a state of feeling in Great Britain that was thought to be an utter imposibility 12 months ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06
A GAY DECEIyER.

Who is the man so earnestly advocat- ing good roads for this county?'' "A chap who fell off the water wagon yesterday He's trying to create the im- pression that he was bounced off"
 CERTAINLY NOT. masterpieces of literature and art have been produced by men?' q guess it's because of the tremendous amount of concentration required to pro- duce a good complexion. A woman who does that simply hasn't time to accom- plish anything else.''
 A LENGTHY SEARCH. 'Is Dubwaite deep thinker?" Why. no. What makes you ask me that question:"
 He seems to mediate profoundly at times.'
 Nonsense. He's merely groping in his mind for an idea
 A LETTER SPOILED. He's hot and getting hotter,
 And who, we ask, would not? He thought 1t was a blotter,
 But found it wouldn't blot.
 A ROOM FULL Elise seems to have a great many girl friends"
 Judge for yourself. She received B boudoir caps, alone, for Christmas pres- ents."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

A Nebraska couple who want a divorce after being married 50 years should be patient little while longer and let death do the job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

If those suffragists could take d hint they would stay away from the White House-at least as long as woodrow Will son is President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06
New York's New Governor

Governor Whitman, who has just be- come New York's chief executive. will doubtless make good record in his high office. but do not believe he will be the republican nominee for President in 19l6 D said l.. C. McPherson of Poughkeepsie.
 T am democrat and if President Will son is renominated 1 will take pleasure in voting for him again; but if I were a republican I would be for Associate Jus tice of the United States Supreme Court Charles E. Hughes. He made a great governor of New York and the rcpub- licans could find no stronger Presidential timber than he.
 Speaking of governors, the new incum- bent at Albany is the first, believe, to have a secret service man with him wherever he goes. I notice from the pa pers that Governor and Mrs. Whitman at- tended service at Presbyterian church last Sunday and that detective sat in the pew just behind them The President of the United States is taking only req sonable precaution in being accompanied everywhere he goes by secret service men, but in the case of a governor-any
 
 ernor whitman, however, may have suf- ficient reasons for having himself guarded, even at church, that the public knows nothing of."
 Regarding Cotton For Fortifications The article in a recent issue of The Age-Herald relating to the use of cotton for Notifications is of timely interest," a said a well known citizen. "The warfare as now conducted so far as it relates to trench fighting, demands such great sarifice of life whenever an advance is made in the direction of the opposing force that something is needed to protect the person. The south can fur nish all material needed, if some inven- tive mind will work out the details "A barricade made in sections, say F feet long. 4 feet thick. and 6 feet high, could be constructed of suitable steel and filled with cotton batting. This would be mounted on wheels and pushed before them by the advancing troops until po- sition was reached from which hand grenades could be thrown into the oppos- ing trench. It will be said at once that this cotton would not resist the musketry and machine gun fire The steel plates, arranged at suitable angles, would de- fleet every bullet and send 1t harmlessly into the earth These sections could be fastened together at the ends in such manner that several sections might be advanced at the same time. In advance or retreat, the protection from gun fire would more than justify the small cost of construction.
 The south has the steel and cotton. Who can work out a feasible plan? Barbed wire entanglcments might offer resistance in some places, but each sec tion would offer some protection to the one cutting the wires. provided suitable wire cutting tools were provided
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

The war poets continue to sing in the Unit or miss style that drives Constant Reader to closer perusal of the sport ing page.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

Walter Johnson is among those who are looking forward to a prosperous year with no reduction of salary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

Indiana has proved that it can produce something else besides novelties by it's recent exposure of machine politicians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

The "uncrowned dictator of Turkey is only S2 years old. He'll be lucky if he lives to be 36 years old
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

Men who signed the pledge January are already beginning to eye the calendar with feverish looks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

With another session of the state legis- lature impending, Alabama hopes for the best but fears the worst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

Those deep-sea photographers, should hurry up and furnish us with the picture of a mermaids boudoir.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06
San Francisco As Convention City

Most of the cities that entertain large conventions make good impressions on the vfsitors but no city, perhaps, organizes quite so thoroughly for taking care of great crowds as San Francisco" said Will Ham J. Urner of St. Paul.
 T have attended several big gatherings in the Pacific coast metropolis, and one of the largest affairs was the triennial conclave of the Knights Templar some years ago.
 Everybody is hospitably entertained In San Francisco. I was there recently. and was naturally interested in the exposition which is soon to open. The hotels can &C., commodate large crowds, and there will be no exorbitant prices. But the best of it is that hundreds and hundreds of pri- vate homes will be opened as boarding houses during the exposition, and all will take visitors at very low rates.
 ''rhe exposition management seems to have looked after every detail so far as public comfort is concerned. and I be- lieve the show will be voted in many re- spects the most satisfactory ever held in this country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

When John Bull is in a peevish mood he begins to talk about conscription.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Excellent Telephone Service

When the electrical jobbers were here last month Birminghams excellent tele- phcne service was remarked by many of the visitors" said Oscar c. Turner.
 Our local people cannot fail to note the steady improvement in the Southern Bells system. The company has evidently spared no money in bringing the service up to high standard. It used to be that we had many causes of complaint. but nowadays I find nothing to kick about, and I never hear anybody else kicking. Yes. 1t is high-class service
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

A LOUD PEDAL PLAN. We have a great scheme to raise money for charity" said the enthusiastic worker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06
WAR ECHOES

New York Herald: Since the outbreak of hostilities few details relating to the performances of the reorganized and re- suscitated armee navale of France have slipped from behind the censors screen; though meagre as these may be they seem to possess a significance of achieve ment and to indicate harmony of CO., operation that must be cheering to the allies.
 It is known in a general way that army corps have been smoothly conveyed and transported across and up the Mediter- ranean; that the compact and highly skilled Austrian main fleet is contained within its naval ports; that the com msnd of the Adriatic has been established, and that units of the French force have been joined with those of Great Britain in the Levant, along the transatlantic lanes, in the search problems centered on the German rovers and in the bombardments Of the Belgian coast. Even though lacA- ing in particulars, this surely bulks large as programme of adventure.
 or particular importance, then, is the London special cable published yester- da5 in the Herald, of an interview &C., corded correspondent of the Daily News by Mir. Augagneur, French minister of marine. This is informative in a succnct but large way of the conditions of the French feet Fresh ships have, the min ister reveals, been added to the divisions, and the fleets losses have been confined to two auxiliaries-a submarine and a dcstroyer--and excluding the additions rpf4 iunI hafn day "sensibly stronger than it was five months ago."
 New York World The loss of the For niidable throws no new light on the vexed question of the efficacy of submarines against modern battleships.
 The Formidable was pre-dreadnaught whose keel was laid down in 1S9S Thus far no modern batteship has been sunk by torpedo attack. Every ship that has been lost in such an encounter was designed before the year 1900 Naval ex- perts who insist that no torpedo yet con- structed can sink battleship of the re- cent type have yet to be proved in the wrong.
 The earlier rumors that the Audacious was torpedoed by submarine have not been supported by proof, and although the British admiralty has never officially an- nounced the loss of the ship. the best information at hand is that she struck a mine.
 That submarines are capable of working great damage among ships of the older type is abundantly demonstrated, but naval constructors are still waiting to learn whether the torpedo-proof battleship is an exploded theory or an easily at- tainable fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

who had been granted an audiene by millionaire. What is it?" We want you to stand on stret cod ner for two hours some morning. afte the time and the place have ben arI nounced in all the newspapers, ard seI shoc laces for the relief of indlgent Hot tentots. As you got your start in bus ness by selling shoe laces, some hopl might pay you s5 for a pair. just to hell the cause along, you know. We ougit ( get nearly s10oo.''
 "Ahemr' The millionaire froNned That's bright idea. but I'd rathd give you a check for 5000 and avoid 5 much publicity
 "Oh, very we'll" said the caller, visipl disappointed. wen be glad to get ydu check, of course but the other way woul have set the whole town to talking ar incidentally would have reflected cred on the originators of the scheme E q don't doubt it." answered the mi lionaire grimly. Here's your check"
 A CHRONIC WEEPER.
 Poor Johnson. Hes one of thos winged souls who has been dragged i the dust by diversity"
 ''Ahem! Perhaps so, but I dare sas sheds enough tears to lay the dust.
 A TRUE oPTIMIsT.
 He doesn't talk of hard times,
 He doesn't seem to know
 How many people count their dimes
 And wear a look of woe.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

There is no islander In an allowed fooi' though he do nothing but rail; nor n" ~,t,tur is n known discreet man.
 Twelfth Night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-06

TELEPHONE Hell (private exchange conneesins "" departments) Main 40OO.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11

States Finances Years
REVENUES.
State taxes (page governors message. March 81
ieense and othef taxes
Total year 1916 ..@. XII. J. n. ~. 81. Isl. .
For both years. il JIG and 1917
Other income from blank appropriations
(Auditor.s report, page s28)
All revenues for both years u. Ut. .i. u.
DISBURSEMENTS
Appropriations tGov. message. Mar IS. rs, 8 ~
Deduct $l72,4OOz appropriations pay compen-
sation dept which
No 3 was required to be paid employers s4584
and employees
Also deduct $4,000 appropriated to pay hos
pital asylum expense which by Senate
bill 342 is paid
Deductions from appropriations DO 90
Leaves appropriations. net i. 4. .s a.... a.
Add transfer to school
Total disbursements, two years
Balance on hand July i. 1917 appropriations
tnS expended
Average unexpended appropriations
S7l5.OOO Cp. ID, Senate Journal. Mar. 5,
Darst statement) smaller has been estimated
the sum OF S5oo,00ooO
There viii be due according the estimates
from the revenues Of 1915. July OF year
sum OF s3S8,21546 .s. ~.
Surplus July II. 1917 .... .
1t will be from the foregoing statement, the hgu
have been taken from official
that necessity addition practice
cutting down the
large additional sum can be state.
sec'y Coal Operators Legis1ati,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
TO RESORT |: ! [ ]
Goes q Former Governor Of.
West Virginia for Sake
of His Health.

The Hon. ". M. o. Dawson, mem
Der OF the West Virginia board OF con-
troll, former governor Of the state and
secetary OF state, has left Charleston
for Atlantic City where NE will spend
some time In an effort to build up his
constitution, which has been run
down by work and cares incidental
to office and activity in the party
which so often honored him.
Al r. Dawson was accompanied east
by his son, Daniel Dawson, an at
torney of Huntington. The former
governor has not been very strong
for some time and as the winter and
spring have been rather a rigorous
one, he decided to so away to some
resort He is no longer young man
and has been one OF the most active
men in the state for years, and at no
time has been OF robust mould. His
length Of stay at the resort Will be de-
termined by his health.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
Crime Runs Rampant The!,e
According to Figures of
Municipal C Commission.

CHICAGO, Apr. 40. chicago Is
the ..meanest city iii the world, n ac-
ScordinE to tigures being compiled By
municipal crime commission. More
than i persons are held up or rob-
bed by pickpockets daily. Burglar
lies occur In larger number. Police
records show chat there are nearly
80 casees OF pocket picking. robbery.
burglary and larceny reported every.
day to the Chicago police. One one
tenth Of the offenders are ever ar
rested. A much smaller per cent OF
those arrested are ever convicted.
There is an average OF 20 burglars
per day.
school teacher In politics. For years
tho has taught political economics in
the University or Chicago He has
N been alderman three terms. twice
Scha1rmanHof probing bodies and once
Republican candidate for mayor or
Chicago. Alderman Merrien, is
chairman Of the ATerriem Crime Com
i mission. invest eating conditions in
1 Chicago. He promises that his re-
port soon to sbe made to the city
conncill will prove Chicago is the
.smeanest city In the world. that life
property and money are unsafe in
the Lakeside metropolis.
358 Robberies In Two Weeks.
During the fall the Implicitly OF
hold-ups and pickpockets pstounded
Il the crime inyestfg gators. On October