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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-11
WEEKLY REV|EWOF
 COTTON MARKET Confidence in Ultimate Value Increased by Crop
 Estimates

New York, September 1o-The cottcn
 market has been much more active dur Ing the past week with every indication of broadening general interest on the advance which carried January contracts 1 up to 10S2c, or nearly 70 points above the
 low level of the previous week. and within
 q points of the best price reached In the | market here last spring. Confidence in ultimate value, which has been strongly in evidence ever since the beginning of | the war has evidently been increased by
 the reduction in crop estimates, and the buying movement of the past week had the encouragement of advancing markets; the continued absence of hedge selling on any important scale and predictions that the visit of foreign financiers to this eoun- try will be quickly followed by a revival of export business There has been some selling of October against actual on tho advance. accompanied by talk of heavy deliveries but near month contracts have been readily absorbed against sales of the later months at the increasing prem
 iums, and while some of the local spot
 people have been talking bearishly on the expectation of greatly increased spot of-
 fertngs with the advance of the picking
 season. the chief opposition to the ad-
 vance has apparently been in the shape
 of realizing or straddle selling. The first
 ginning report of the season showed
 rather larger returns than altogether cx-
 pected in view of the unsettled weather
 but this served to emphasize the firmness
 of the spot markets, while the weekly re-
 ports of the weather bureau have led to
 predictions of very bullish government
 crop report early next month, with some
 traders scaling down their crop views to
 less than 100000 bales. Firmness in
 Liverpool and the larger volume of spot
 business reported in the south has nattlr- ally encouraged the advance, and although
 a somewhat less favorable view of inter- national politics led to very heavy realiz- ing during todays trading, offerings were we'll enough taken to steady prices. with closing quotations showing reactions cf only 15 or 20 points from the best
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-11
LETTERS TO EDITOR
No Civilized Warfare
To the Editor of the Age-Herald

To the Editor of the Age- Herald
 As l read the appalling details of the awful catastrophe of war that daily con fronts us In the press, I am reminded of the reply made by father to his boy who
 asked. Pa, what is the difference between
 civilized man and barbarian?" The father answered, "A barba rian Is a man who knocks your brains out with a club
 at arms length. while a civilized man blows them out a mile away"
 The present situation in Europe demon
 strates, if any demonstration is needed, that there is no such thing as civiliz cd warfare. War is butchery It Is whole sale murder. It stands for sorrow, suf- fering and death. As we'll talk of con- structive tornado as civilized warfare Like some mighty Samson. the war god seems to be at work to pull down the
 temple of civilization, and turn the clock of progress back into the dark ages Half of the world is convulsed by the earth
 quake of war. The devasta tions of fire
 and sword go on daily. continent is torn and ruined by this awful Moloch
 Through the inventive genius of man, new
 and tremendous dangers face the dis
 mayed inhabitants in the cataclysm of war In terror they must flee from their homes in the dead of the night, leaving all they have behind. lest some bomb. spreading ruin and death, is dropped upon their defenseless heads from the sky.
 The nerve racking terror and the awful catastrophe of ruin caused by all that attends war of such vast proportions as the present one can only be realized by those who are compelled to face the sit uation. Human suffering is the inevita ble
 symbol of war. It is sufficient to stagger the imagination, and cause the heart to grow fant. Tens of thousands of men are but the pawn in the game of the na- tions, to be slaughtered-fed to the cam non--to maintain what is called national honor and commercial supremacy. Many of the sufferers are the widows and or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-11

Why not take the money that we pay this company and buy enough machinery to produce current enough to do our own street lighting and go into the market and compete with the power company? Why continue this system of paying a corporation for something that we nave already installed, and with the expendi- ture of little money be able to success fully compete for the business of light ing and even power for users of power? We have been fooling around the mu- nicipal ownership of these utilities long enough, and 1 believe that now Is the time to act. do business or qut telling the people that we believe In municipal ownership, and doing something that will indefinitely postpone the actual thing every time there is chance to secure the thing aimed at and declared for If it were possible I would be in favor Of going into the field and competing with the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company for the incand desccnt lighting of the stores and dwelling of the city, but the initial cost of such an at tempt would be too great at the present time, but this Is really no reason why the city should not prepare for such a project. and make it a reality in the ear future. After all, the only argument that can be used against the immediate pub lie ownership of both the water and light ing systems of the city is the shortage of funds, and the difficulty of bond ls- sue for these things, but if the city he'd owned these two utilities we would not be in the severe financial straits we are at the present time, so I say that now is the time to make good on the municipal ownership of public utilities or stop tell ing the people of the city every time there Is an election that they are favored by men who would ride Into office on this issue.
 We want municipal ownership now, not 10 years from now and we want to start with the light plant used to light the city's streets, and the early purchase or building of a water plant. Now is the time, not 1925. J. B. WOOD. T
 Birmingham. September 10. 1915.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-11
|OUR DRINKS EACH ! DAY IS SUFFICIENT
Foperly Taken Will Drive Away Half the Common
 Ills of City People

Natures most wonderful draught, from emedical standpoint. Is teaspoonful oi Euid Vitalitas in a half-glass of either kt or cold water; nothing known means bre for the elimination of unhealthful fdily conditions.
 FChe man or woman who suffers iron, spepsia, or it's train. of ills; who has Eeumatism or nervous disorders. will Id quick relief in Vitalitas and should Ia cure in it's continued use It is esti- Ated that one-third of city people are &1isposed all the time and a large per
 nt of those are sufferers of chronic dis
 ders They are particularly subject to
 ments of stomach. liver, kidneys, bow and blood.
 yitalitas is extracted out of the earth.
 Is wholly and purely natural medi- he and it contains mineral properties
 d natural forces upon which health Id life depend. Marvellous cures are
 Instantly being reported from the use . vitalitas. It will do you good. Bee the display and sample vitalitas at
 ,eryt's Drug Store. 109-111 20th st.. or lite there for information. Also for sale
 Pegram-Patton Drug Co.,. Bessemer,
 a.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-11
texas Storm Flushed Hous- ton Ship Canal Adding
 Six Feet to Depth
ROCHESTER, PLANS
 SOME BIG WHARVES
Fsnts to be in Position to Utilize Benefits of the Reconstructed Wellard Canal Around
 Niagara Falls
By HOLLAND

New York, September 1o.--(Special. .)-In ke far northwest science and capital, Eth the cooperation of the state and neral governments, have shown how to Sercome obstacles to navigation in the Blumbia river so that now. and since Tout June 1, it Is possible to navigate lat river by boats of seven or eight feet 1aft 1000 miles inland.
 At the. same time the city of Houston.
 x completed ship canal and the most IPderni of terminal facilities so that it Is Nv as true an ocean port as are Calves
 n, New Orleans and Savannah. It by be that within short time it will
 possible to report that the city of Pchester will take advantage of its great
 e greatest of the ports anywhere along .r lake. fronts. George w. Thayer. for |erly president of the Rochester Chamber
 Commerce. has given much thought to
 opportunities awaiting Rochester and
 d been, strongly agitating in favor of
 rtain improvements which will make Pchester a great port.
 RNilull d 6dT, MdSSaCHuSetlS pay anu
 e entrance to Long Island sound by
 y of Buzzards bay have been connected a true ship canal. While Boston was,
 fore the completion of this canal, one
 the largest of American ports. never bless her commerce is sure to be con- lerably increased year by year by ason of the facilities the canal offers.
 Bo within a year and half Boston upon Ie Atlantic coast. Houston upon the gulf I'd the far northwest have completed eat waterway improvements which in- Itably will develop large commerce. and Wv Rochester, almost at the gateway of b west, is planning improvements which ben completed should make that city
 e of the largest of the fresh water rts. MT. Thayer has commended to the ople of Rochester the undertaking of e. Canadian government which when 3npleted will represent an investment of
 ,000, 900 for the rebuilding of the Well nd canal. That will be a true ship nal. matching any in the world, MT. payer says, for the enlarged waterway Il be 30 feet deep, 300 feet wide. with (ven locks, each of which will be cap- Flo of lifting a vessel 80 feet wide, 800 Eet long and of 20 tons capacity, and it III lift a giant of this kind 46 feet. It fs been necessary to overcome by science
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-11
Sketching Social Service

There seems to be no limit to the chan nels Of social service, and covering it's ethical side is quite a simportant as coy- ering It's material side, so we are pub fishing this charming little story of O. Henry's, and the lesson may be taken to heart with but a hint of the deep thought behind it. Surely the greatest masterpieces are those painted in blood and tears and those that have service as the underlying thought | We, too, ask: What is a masterpiece, anyway '' O. Henry wrote the story. It was about two girl artists who struggled for bread | In big city. One became i'll. Pneumonia was sapping her life. As she lay upon her bed she counted:
 Twelve, eleven, ten" What are you counting?" asked her companion. The ivy leaves. I have been watching them fall. Now there are but six. When the, last one falls. will pass away. am very, very tired'' The doctor came.
 "The girl must be made to want to live" he said. If you can interest her in something that will tide her over until l have conquered the disease she will get we'll Otherwise there is no chance"
 So the girl told an aged artist who oc- cupled a room on the uoor dpove-uuQ him about the doctor and about the ivy leaves.
 The old artist always had believed tha. he would paint a masterpiece. but ever had he failed,
 The next day the sick girl watched a lone ivy leaf as it clung to the wall out side. The winds blew and the rains fell, but the leaf kept its place.
 And while the girl waited for the fall ing of the leaf the disease was con- quered.
 Three days later she was told that tbe aged artist was dead. They had found him lying across his bed. his clothing frozen to his body. He had gone out in the bitter cold of a night and had painted an ivy leaf on the wall. It was that which the sick girl had watched while she regained strength.
 O. Henry lets the story end there.
 What is masterpiece, anyhow =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-11

the descent of 325 feet between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. At Hamilton, $3,OOO, ,0oC
 are to be expended and at Toronto $25,- 000.000. In MT. .Thayers view, Canada is building magnifcently for her future com merce that is to pass back and forth be- tween the lakes and the St Lawrence river.
 Net many persons realize that already the Rochester custom district reports a larger net tonnage than does any other custom district on the northern border, with the exception of the Ohio and the Michigan district. Detroit, of course, is one of the greatest inland ports of the United States and her commerce Is con- stantly increasing. But Rochester, which before the village of Charlotte and the harbor of the Genesee river were included within it's city limits-something that was done recently-had a greater foreign com merce than Buffalo, Chicago. Duluth and various ether ports upon the great lakes.
 What Rochester Plans
 MT. 1'hayer has shown that at a cost much less than that entailed by the im- rrovement Of Hamilton or Toronto. Roch- ester may lave harbor and wharf fa- cilities at least two miles long. and when these are secured the port of Rochester will be the ocean gateway for western New York ard northern Pennsylvania for all of thes year excepting four months
 Hcw greatly the improvement of water ways facilitates the development of conn merce for a city is illustrated by MT. Thayer, who says that in the lifetime of men now living the Clyde at Glasgow was only waist deep. It cost $40,000'00o to deepen that river for IS miles so that it became navigable for the largest ocean steamers. Glasgow responded magnifi- gently to these improvements.
 By a curious and unfortunate coinci- dence the city of Houston was compelled to postpone or change the celebration in honor of the arrival at that port of the first of the steamers of steamship lina which Is to ply regularly between New York and Houston. A port inaugural eel ebration which was to be held on August r became instead rescue organization. For the hurricanr which swept over the gulf greatly damaging Galveston. ca- reered along it's tragic course on August 1s and r. Although damage to Hous- ton was slight. nevertheless the various organizations which were to take part in the celebration instantly resolved them selves into relief bands. They were able to give much relief, and in that way really made traditional something that was intended to show to the world that Houston had become true seaport
 It was strange freak of nature that every Buil port excepting Houston anu New Orleans was temporarily disabled by the hurricane. Of course, there was ap- prehension in Houston that the hurricane might have badly damaged the bay sec ton of the channel. In order to test that. the steamship Satilla of New York waited in Bolivia roads for the official sound Ing to be made. These showed that the bay section was six feet deeper than It was when the federal government com pleted 1t two months ago. The storm did extraordinary, for it flushed put the lower channel instead of filling 1t up with silt. The storm acted as a gi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-11
U. S. Takes the Cream

London, September 10.-Q:4s p. m) The United States will have the cream after the war. Great Britain will have to be content with milk and the oth- CT belligerents with skinned milk, " This sums up the report presented to- day to the British association by a special committee appointed to study the effects of the war on credit and finance. The committee expressed the opinion that Great Britain would emerge in better position than the other beliigerents as the latter appar- tntly are not meeting any part of the cost of the war or interest on war loans out of current revenues.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-11
STEEL CORPORATION
 SUIT DISMISSED

Trenton, N, J.. September 10.-The final decree In the suit of the fed eral government against the United States Steel corporation was filed in the district court of New Jersey to- day. The document was very brief. It merely stated that the suit had been filed, tried decided and that the suit should be dismissed. It was signed by the four judges who tried tho case Burlington, McPherson, Wooley and Hunt.
 The decision was handed down on June 3. Tho government has an- nounced that 1t would appeal to the United States supreme court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-11

gantic dredge, giving B feet of water where before there had been 27. Acting upon this information, the Satilla pro- ceeded up the channel under her own speed and docked in five minutes. Capt. F. P. Robinson. who had the honor of taking the first steamer of the line which is to operate between New York and Houston through the channel to the city, was greatly impressed with the facilities which have been created there. In speak ing of his experience in bringing the first steamship of this line to its port, he said that Houston's landlocked inland port and the municipal wharfs and ware houses constituted most valuable and influential addition to the safe port fa- cilities of the United States.
 What has been demonstrated at Houston will undoubtedly lead to increased ac- tvity in the improvement of the Missis- sippi river. Many business men regard the permanent improvement of this river as practicable from the view of science in view of what has been accomplished at Houston
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-11
Fine Work Done by Free
 UniDersity DisDensdrv
SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMnNr Fly MRS. SIDNEY M. ULLMAN

Is 1t generally known that the Unt. versity of Alabama has under its dlrec- ton free dispensary that takes care o1 the walking cases'' of Birmingham that this dispensary treats with the most eases of the eyes, of the ear. nose and throat. that medical diseases such as her vous diseases Of women and children are treated; skin troubles and small opera tons are attended to at this place?
 And not a person Is paid except the clerk. In the three years since the free medical dispensary opened. 11,9o0 patients have been treated and 400 or more new cases and 1000 old cases are treated every month. The Anti-Tuberculosis associs- tion affiliates with this institution and the free dental clinic also works with them.
 The temporary building used by the dis- pensary on Avenue G across the street from the Hillman hospital is unsIghtly the new model structure will take she place of this one and the capacity for treating patients will be much greater
 One has no idea of the extent of the work unless they make a visit to the dis pensary on visiting day. A cons tan, stream of people Is coming in and wait ing for treatment. As fast as one patient Is dismissed another is admitted after an exa animation and the case diagnosed ana prescribed for they are sent across the street to have the prescription filled.
 Food Is supplied to pregnant mothers, and treatment to infants.
 A record Is kept of every case treated and this alone has proven a valuable means of tracing persons that apply at other institutions
 The Hillman hospital supplies the dis pensary with a nurse.
 Even though the city has had to take away the appropriation from the disper- sary. it is going along full blast and gaining in popularity, efficiency and fls necessity becomes a greater reality. How the funds to run 1t are gotten is not part of our problem, for the good doctors seem to be doing without or maybe being fed with mama from some secret channel Far be it for us to consider this side of the question when we are not asked or needed.
 However, when you hear of patient that needs such treatment as can be sot-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-11

We treat scientifically and with wonderful success. all man Sner of chronic diseases of the Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat. Lungs. Heart. Liver. Stomach, Bowels. Kidneys and all diseases of the Skin and of the Pelvic Organs of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-11
Montgomery Market

Montgomery. September 1o.-(Spe cial )-Spot cotton was quoted here to- day as follows: Middling fair, 10.38ci strict good middling. 10.13c; good mid ding 9.88c; strict middling, 963c middling. 93Sc; strict low middling S.SSc;: low middling. s.3Sc: strict goo6 ordinary, 7.SSc; good ordinary, 7.50c Steady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-11

ten at the Tree dispensary, be sure to send them there. Don't get discoura rod at the dilapidated looks of the place. pr It's unfriendly appearance. It is carrlt out on the best lines and when the new building materia1izes 1t will be an orna- ment and asset to the city of Birming- ham.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-29
NO MORE AMERICAN SMOKES
FOR FRENCH SOLDIERS

New York, July 29.-PersOns In
this country who have been sending
cigars, cigarettes and smoking to-
bacco to French soldiers and prison.
ers of war in France need not send
any more, because they will not be
delivered. Postmaster Morgan re-
ceived word from Washington that
tine French government had found it
impossible to collect all of the Gus
tom charges on tobacco sent into the
country. All attempts to deliver ar
ticles containing tobacco in any form
have haan susnended
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-29

uttered strange imperious sounds
the sort of sounds by which happier
babies made known their desire for
red rose or a ticking gold watch or
any other rare wonder of babyhoOd.
Louis saw his first sun day when,
after a struggle in which knives and
pistols were drawn, the detectives
took him and his mother away from
the baffIed caVeman of 1915-the
strange father who had kept his wife
and baby in living tomb.
In broken English mixed with
Italian the rescued cave-WOman told
her remarkable story.
81 was married to Joseph Planeta
in New York five years ago" she said.
'The first year of my married life was
happy. Then one day in going
through my trunk my husbanr found
the photograph of a man who loved
me when l was a girl in Italy. .
''The sight of this picture of an old
sweetheart changed him from a man
into a demon of jealousy. And from
that day I have been his prisoner.
Every morning was padIocked
into my room and the windows were
sealed with sealing wax so he could
tell if | opened them to communicate
with a neighbor.
"In the four years my husband
took me out at night for a walk about
six times. When we moved from one
tenement to another my master
walked beside me with loaded re-
VoIver under his coat to keep me from !
telling my story or calling for help. |
81 have never had a friend. ! have |
never heard a human voice except |
that of my husband and of his two
sisters who would come to torture
me-"
1890
BITS OF NEWS
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-29
BITS OF NEWS
O'ConnelI, H32


Lewis O'ConneII, 4432 DrexeI
blvd, faces felony charge for alleged
attempt to kidnap foster daughter,
Clara Stumpf, from mother.
Pat Arnold accused police of caus-
ing sons death. Skull broken. Club.
Twenty of % Vice-tenanted houses
cleaned by owners facing injunction
: law
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-29
LOAN SHARKS PREY ON WANTS
OF STRICKEN FAMILIES


touches in the homes of Eastland
victims wholesale effort has been
made to sWindle the widows and
orphans.
The favOrite method was for a
loan shark to visit distressed home
and represent himself as a charity
worker He would say: 81 am going
to give you $50 Just sign this re-
ceipt" He would actually give the
$50, but the receipt" would be either
a personal note for several hundred
dollars or else an agreement to pay
an exoTbitant rate of interest on $50.
The papers have been so fun Of,
stories of hundreds Of thousands Of
dollars donated for relief that the
work of the swindIer has been easy.
Nearly all the broken homes are Pol
ish and Bohemian. They are not
versed in the slick tricks Of the
American crook.
Undertakes are accused by the
Western Electric Co. Of forcing eX-
pensive collins upon families. Mrs.
Olaf Hammerstad, 3412 S. Wood St,
said an undertaken who is also pol
itician told her she would have to
pay $25 to have her daughters body
removed if she did not let him have
the funeral contract.
81 let him have the funeral" she
said. 81 don't know what he viii
charge"