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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
STORIES TOLD AT
 NEWSPAPER CLUB
Another Industry Affected

The following narration was sponsored by Clyde Ennis
 Over at the Hillnan hotel the porters shortly after midnight gather up all the cuspidors in order to clean them up. A man who happened to come into the hotel late noticed that one of the boys finished his work early and hurried back.
 Whats the matter, boy? You must not have as many ouspldors to clean as you used to have, you finished your work in such a hurry.' he said.
 Nah. suh, boss; it ain't dat" was the reply. You see dis is wah times and folks ain't spittin as much as dey used fo s'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
Rotary Club Funmakers

"I doubt if there are as many men of wit and humor in any organization of 150 members as are to be found in the Bir- mingham Rotary club" said an invited guest at yesterdays regular luncheon at the Tutwiler.
 q was impressed with the business like methods of running the lunch meet ing and of the well balanced programme the grave and gay alternating. There are many funny fellows in the club and the best of it Is the humor is spontaneous. George L.. general as he was styled-is full of waggery and his quick wit is refreshing. I have known Mac for years, but it is at the Rotary luncheon that he lets himself out as a Jokesnlitl. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
Amateur Field Trials Postponed

.eThe Alabama amateur field trials have been postponed to February 4, and G. owing to the unfavorable conditions Of the grounds at Oneonta by reason of water" said a sportsman.
 'The first date named for beginning them was Thursday, January 2S. and al- ready several dogs have been sent in from trainers hands. Others have been held at work by wire instructions.
 'The three classes are, the all-agc, to be run the first day in order to rest up the winning dogs for the gruelling race; the subscription This last has an en- trance fee of S5--the owner of the win ming dog to take the purse.
 ''The derby, for dogs 2-years-old and younger, will be for 30 minutes, and the winner gets a silver cup valued at s25. Capt. T. T. Ashford has presented the club a S25 cup to go to the winner or the all-age The nominating fees for the derby, and for, the all-age. are $2.5C to nominate and S2.5O to start.
 The drawings for braces will take place at Oneonta Wednesday night. February 3. Quite a number of the sportsmen will go to oneonta Wednesday afternoon Others will leave at S:45 a. m. Thursday. The indications are that some 90 dogs will participate in all the several con- tests Winners in the open circuit and entries in these contests are barred il the Oneonta trials. except in the 'sub- scription.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
Building Activity Expected

The Columbus, Ga, Industrial Index in this weeks issue says in part:
 Steadily increasing activities in the southeast indicate good general condi- tions in February.
 ''The first month of the year has brought business improvement that hardly seemed possible six weeks ago, and the prospects are even brighter for greater improvement. Manufacturing plants have been increasing their opera tions, and many which had been closed have begun operation.
 ''The increase in construction opera tions is not so easily expressed in fig ures, but it is large. The plans and preparations for building are such as to indicate that construction operations in the southeast will soon be nearing normal. The Industrial Index expects unusual building activities in the spring and summer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
Crenfnre Next Week

Frank Gerth, representative of Creatore and his famous band. spent yesterday in Birmingham arranging for matinee and night performance at the Jefferson thea tre next Friday.
 'Creatore is on tour which will end in San Francisco, where he will furnish the official music for the opening of the Panama-Paciflc International exposition, D said Mir. Gerth. "It has been several years since he appeared in Birmingham and music lovers will, I feel sure, crowd to hear his matchless band. Two or three seasons ago a man calling himself Crea- tore and representing himself as -ela- tive of the great bandmaster, gave a concert in this city with d small band which was very Inferior in quality.
 "Creatore's band is at it's best this sea- son. have heard them all, and have been associated with several of them, but in my opinion, Creatore's stands ahead of all the others
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News. These self-made men insist on talking shop.
 If woman had her way man wouldn't have his.
 Great thoughts seldom come in very big packages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

Some English writers say they have no time to write novels, now that Europe is at war. The poets, on the other hand, are writing more verse than is good for their regulations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
ALABAMA PRESS

Montgomery Advertiser: What has happened in Alabama has happened in Tennessee" says Luke Lea's paper. the Nashville Tennessean. 'Twere better to say that what happened in Tennessee may happen in Alabama if the Ecstatics do not cool their ardor and recall the deathless teachings of the fathers.
 Talladega Home: Governor Henderson has announced that he will make no ap- pointments until after the session of the legislature That is a decision of wis., dom and at the same time a pretty ef- fective whip.
 Anniston Star: Some foolish people have written Mrs. Sayre that her baby. born in the White House. is public property, and should be named by popular vote. Suppose this popular selection should fall on Timothy Tugmutton or "Obediah Soapsuds?" How would the young mother like that?-Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Or Billy Beasway, or Josephus Clamjuice. or John Henry Milwaukee?
 Decaturs Daily: The two spectacles now being staged in the eastern and western theatres appear destined to have an tn- definite, run. But the audiences are grads | ually departing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

The Aero Club of America thinks aero planes would facilitate Arctic exploration. Suggesting trip to the north pole in an aeroplane would give the average man q bad case of cold feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

The chief disadvantage of rubber necking" over an European battlefield is that the tourist never can tell when the departed armies will play return engage ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

When one stops to consider what Dr.
 Eugene A Smith has done for the state of Alabama and what Senator Lusk, who wants to abolish the office of state geolo- gist, has done for Alabama, it Is to laugh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

Washington bureau. POT Hibbs buiid- ing.
 European bureau, 6 Henrietta street, Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office. Rooms 4S in 50, inclusive, Tribune building, New York city; western business office Tribune building. Chicago. The :. C. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for eign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

Yesterday was the Kaiser's birthday. He got no congratulations from his relatives in England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

The National Geographic society took in 103,157 new members last year, but old Doc Cook says the National Geographic society is a joke
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

Climate in the eastern war zone is much more severe than in tho western, also the fighting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

While wooden cars may be ideal shock absorbers' in case of a collision, that is only true when they are entirely empty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

It's hard to make a fee grabber turn loose. However, the indications are that his days in Alabama are numbered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

It will at least be some relief to have William Travers Jerome no longer con- nected with the Thaw case
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

The governor of Alabama should be given residence that is guaranteed not to leak and not to have cracked walls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

A Chicago fashion decree says skirts must be eight inches above the ground. Every year life is getting harder for germs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

The cotton fund plan will be abandoned, but it served a good purpose by giving the cotton men some badly needed confi- dence,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

The British battle cruiser Lion lmped into port with a German thorn in one foot, so to speak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
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BEGINNING THE DAY-O God, world to give them chance. May we brood over them, labor with them, pray for them. show them to us as the soldiers and the sayiors of the earth. Give HIS a holy fear or them, for tomorrow they may condemn us! In Cbrist's name. Amen.--B. M. D.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
A CRITIC

A maid by the name of Hortense Got caught on a barbed wire fence.
 She twisted and squirmed
 And the hired man affirmed That the scenery whereabouts was iin~
 mease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address,
 THE AGE-HERAID,
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE.

~F01 <hoSAi LIE T hitE1S LII. "The Romans were brutal. Think of the human lives that were sacrificed to celebrate an Emperor's birthday" T don't know that they were any worse than those German generals who planned to make their soldiers do little extra fighting on the Kaiser's birthday. STILL ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. 'It's possible to telephone across the American continent now
 Yes"
 We're living in a great ager
 T don't know about that. Every time think of Belgium's plight I have my doubts"
 HELPING HIM TO IT.
 Pm looking for trouble" said the man with heavy jaw and seven drinks in his system.
 Real trouble?" asked a ltttle man. pleasantly.
 Yep. I aint been in regular mix-up for a coon's age"
 Just so," seid the little man. Do you see that group of men across the street talking earnestly?f Sure"
 well, they are officials of the Anti Saloon league. If you want some excite ment just go over there and say that pro- hibition does not prohibit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
WHAT HE MISSES.

WHAT HE MISSES. .'The rich man with i've or six automo- plies and staff of chaureurs doesn't get as much enjoyment our of them as the man of modest means who has only one car and cares for it himself" "Why not?''
 Because the rich man never exper- fences the joy of taking an automobile apart and putting it together again.
 CAN'T LAND \ STORY. "Is scribson still following the profess sion of literature?'' "Yes, at considerable distance behind. He still writes a great deal of boomerang stuff"
 What do you mean by that?i' "aThe kind that comes back
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

A J. Eaton, Jr., and O. E. Young are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald In it's eir- oulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
WAR ECHOES

Cleveland Plain Dealer: British, French,
 Belgians and Germans are wallowing the
 dismal mud of Flander' and freezing in
 the Vosges. Austrians, Germans, Servians,
 Montenegrins and Russians are suffering
 unimaginable horrors in mid-Europe.
 Never has there been a more cruel war,
 never a war which brought more misery
 to the actual participants.
 Canada, 60 miles from here, has sent
 thousands of her young men to this
 wretchedness. They have gone eagerly,
 some for love of adventure and some for
 love of country. Already Canada is pub fishing her lists of men slain and maimed in battle. In time, too, she will doubt less publish her long lists of the suf- ferings which gunpowder did not cause. Australia, that other great dependent empire which Britain calls her own, also sent men to the war. But they did not reach Flanders, or even Britain. They were. instead, sidetracked at the Suez canal and Cairo, and deposited as guard l ians of Egypt.
 l It would be difficult to fancy anything
 more wholly delightful than camping in Egypt in January Many people of wealth have expended large sums of money for I the privilege. The climate Is f1awless, the l country a delight.
 l Now here are the Australian soldiers, sent to fight Britain's battles, stopped on l the way and deposited in a languorous paradise. They are assigned to com 1 fortabe camps, and given an abundance l of food. Some of them are, in fact, en- camped right in the monday shadow of l the pyramids of Gizeh. Others live in snug canvas houses on the banks of the | dreamy Nile. All of them are enjoying a winter vacation which in time of peace is l beyond the means of any except the most
 wealthy.
 Baltimore News: It is hardly likely that
 whether or not the German imperial chan | cellor had been quoted as referring to the guarantee of Belgium's neutrality as a scrap of paper, this nation would have condoned Germany's violation of the agreement.
 Nevertheless, that callous remark gave
 the color of absolute wantonness to her action Military necessity might have done some little to excuse the latter. But the scrap of paper incident served to demonstrate that military necessity was only a pretense; that what Germany was after was military advantage which she could seize only because of the contempt l in which she held any and every interna- t!onal pledge.
 1 Von Bethmann-Hollweks characteriza- | ton of the Belgian treaty in srch words ! has without doubt been the hardest pill yet given the sympathizer with Germany to | swallow. Mary e would-be sympathizer
 has turned from her because of it. The | expression has become almost a slang phrase to denote contempt for one's nrom-
 ise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
BE MODERN.

BE MODERN. Don't call a girl Your turtle dove, These days, whom you Are making love. Convey her in
 A "honk" machine And say, You are My tango queen.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

No communication will be published without it's authors name Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

When we are born, we cry that WIG arc come to this great stage of fools.
 Lear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
..aust look at my coat !''
Ell, WHAT?

Sir Edward Grey
 Knows how to fay And does the job. completely. Though Teutons scoff, He finished off Von Bethmann-H Hollweg neatly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
THE SPELLING TEST

lacious ideas guiltless of any logicai' locomotive association
 College students need crutches because they have been cruelty lamed in the pri- mary grades" The spelling book ana the multiplication table, preventive or mental bowleg, must be brought back II orthopedic orthography is ever again to be ,nown in the land. How the figures of literacy in official reports do lie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
NEWER HAD ANY

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
 "I hear that Doodley's wife has left him without any reason
 "So well. in that case she left him as she found him."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald. SS.0o
 Daily and Sunday, per month"; .fa Daily and Sunday, three months. 2.09 Weekly Age Herald, per annum.. .5o sunday Age e-Herald. d.............. 200
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter under act of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
A LEICESTER.

A maiden whose last name was Leicester Would smile when her lover carreicester.
 He fled from his dear
 And was gone for a year, But he said he just did that to leicester.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-28
DESTROYED.

Bella told me she used invisible face powder"
 ''well?'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
S6,O00,O00 LOAN
TO THE ARGENTINE
National City Heads Syndicate
of Lending Banks.

Arrangements were completed yes
terday for the loan 10 the Argentine
government which has been under
negotiation for the last several days.
A syndicate Of New York banking in
stitutions, headed by the National City
Bank, has agreed TO lend 10 the South
American republic s6,000,00O, TO run
FOR six months and TO bear 6 per cent
interest. The other members of the
syndicate are J. =. Morgan & Co.,
Kuhn, Loeb G. Co. and the First Ma
tional Bank. II was stated that the
loan was a purely banking transaction
and did not involve a public offering OF
Argentine securities.
Since the war began the Argentine
has borrowed in this market $4,000
600. The first loan was for sl5,00o,OOO
in one, two and three year 8 per cent
notes, and the other was half OF an
issue of S50000,000 Of five-year . per
cent treasury gold bonds. the other
half being placed in London. The lat
ter Offering was not the success hoped
for, but the notes were sold here
quickly.
The s5O,OOO,0Oo commercial credit
granted TO eight London joint stock
banks through the committee OF which
Frank A. Vanderlip is chairman went
into effect yesterday, the subscribing
banks having paid in their share OF the
loan to the National City Bank. The
drafts drawn by the London banks VII!
be placed with the London branch OF
the Guaranty Trust Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
SHOE MACHINERY co.
INJUNCTION LIFTED
U. S. Court Allows Temporary
Suspension Under Bond.

st. Louis, Dec. 2O.-An order sus-
pending the temporary injunction is.
sued against the United Shoe Ma
chinery Company in the government
suit under the Clayton law, was issued
in the United States Circuit Court o.
Appeals here to-day.
The order was issued on the promise
Of the company to give 100000 bond
TO secure the public against injury as
a result Of the suspension Of the IN
junction.
The order Of suspension will hold
until January %, when the court will
hear arguments on motion 10 set
aside the injunction. The injunction,
or the order suspending it, does no.
affect the merits of the antitrust suit,
which may not be finally decided for
two years
The injunction suspended was d.
rected particularly against that clause
in the leases on shoe machinery which.
gives the United Shoe Machinery Com
pany authority 10 terminate any lease
IL the leasing shoe manufacturer vio-
lates any provision of the lease.
One provision, the government con-
tends, prohibits manufacturer who
leases machines from the company
from using q competing machine. The
temporary injunction was issued in the
Federal District Court here on Novem-
Der 10.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
HOGS
PLANS
HOSPITAL RELIEF
Proposes Special Home for Aged
and Feeble Patients.

Albany, Dec. pa plan to relieve
the overcrowded state hospitals was
announced to-day by Governor Whit
man. who said he would ask the next
Legislature to authorize the construc-
ton of building on the grounds OF
the Middletown State Hospital, where
aged and feeble patients could be sent.
Most of such patients, it was said, were
suffering from senile dementia and 70
care for them at separate institution
would greatly decrease the cost. 1t is
said there are about 1000 such patients
in various institutions.
Governor Whitman proposed the plan
al a conference with representatives OF
the State Hospital Commission and the
superintendents of thirteen Of the
state hospitals. All approved the plan.
According TO the tentative plan, the
building to be constructed would &C
commodate about 1000 patients.
At the conference the Governor ap-
proved requests for new construction
and permanent betterment work, esti-
mated TO cost 1902, 493, out Of total
Of sl,74s,s02 which ad been asked.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

FEDERAL RESERVE DISCOUNT RATE-Fr
paper maturing IN tca days or less. per cent: UP
70 uincy days. Der cent.
CALL MONEY oponed a, 8 per ont; hishn,, 7
pcr colt, lowest j. per cent; closing. pit cent,
removal. pr cent
TINE MONEY showed /. nrmsr tendeny. Rates
"a a2is per cent for sixty DAYS ~ 924 pcr cent
Tor Ninety days. @AGS Der cent TOT four. I've and
six months
MERCANTILE PAPER W. steady Ruling rate.
3a34 pr cont for bot name; bank AcceptAnots.
2e2t per cent
CLEARING HOUSE TRANsACrIoNs-E1.
changes S304i53.7l7; balancas. tl9.io9 1875. The
Sub Treasury was creditor To the extent Of fsss.bs2.
B-TfIASURY. York banks gained from
tho Sub Treasury $4,000. and los, aimee Friday
$40 900.
FEDERAL RESERVE DISCOUNT RATES ELSE
WHERE. Boston, for ten days pr cent. up TO
esss sky rS 70 o, hasy dys - Een TS 70 up A y
per cent; chicago. Tor ten days. 81, Ut cent: up
n sixty days I. si1y 70 ninety days. "a; St
per cont. Kansas city. Tor TN DAYS. 3n pcf cent
W % ninety days. pr cent: Dallas. per cent
san ffanclsco FOR Ten day. per cent. thirty
GAYS ~. thirty 10 s!Iiy days. 4; sixty ~ ninety
Gays. ~.
DOMESTIC KXcHANGE.--Chicaso i5c discount
- Louis. - discount DO 5c discount asked: san
Trsncisco. SOC premium. Minneapolis, 80 discount
BANK CTEARINGs -BAliiuore Exchanges.
$500. 0eei balances. t6s'.a Bosionc-EIehanges.
tz6.O52. 1881 o4ancos, t2lN.ssl Chicaso-Lr-
81 augcA. t6l.6hlQt5; bhhnceS, Nllb,bB. fhilA-
Administrators. $40. 800. Ss2; balances. fe.5fs-
sra e. Louis-B1chGnges. s2O.5So.oO7: balances.
i27f2.s6e
SILVER NARKET.--Br silver IN London was
% l.igd gain II i-iGf New York quotation
vas 5tho. W isc. MEXICAN silver dollars. aga
tossc
FOREIGN EXCHANGE Demand sterling rose
further 10 47Zk tho highest prioe reached since
October 7. Francs ard marks we're Likewise sirong
Cable and Fght rate. L0ud0n-Cabls, lISni de-
fnaud az 5-ie Pars-Cable. 5s2is. check.
5ssh Beriia--Cabis. IN. check. 77t. Italy
Cable. G55h. clock. Cbeh. Greeos-Clble, 10 IS +;
rherE 10 so sixty and ninety day bills London
lDantrn J--AlIiy day.. AG9. nlney days. loe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
PaucitY of News.

II It is always true that no news
Is good news Wall Street had yester-
dsy no cause for complaint. The An
coma matter remained to the fore in
brokerage house discussions, the re-
ported sending of the second Ameri-
cen note giving it new life. But, as
was the case last week. there was no
apprehension. Washington's alterns-
tons Of hope and fear are not shared
in the financial district. To the trad
ers an ultimatum is not at all what it
purports 70 be until it appears in print;
and then il arouses more curiosity
than anxiety. The whole dispute with
Austria, in fact, is regarded in the
sane light as a ten-round bout, with
10 decision. Even those who are will
ing 70 assume, with unofficial Wash
ington, that d break in diplomatic re-
lstions with the Vienna government is
inevitable, can perceive no consequent
damage to American material interests.