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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-22
Fans Receive News of Death
 Sorrowfully = Baugh of Birmingham Suggested to Succeed to Presidency
Ny RICHARD F. LussIER

Judge kavanaugh is dead.
 This was the statement that passed from fan to fan last night as the news of the sudden death of the head of the Southern league became known. There were general expressions of regret as Judge kavanaugh was well known and very popular in Birmingham.
 Then the question was asked as to who would succeed Judge kavanaugh as president of the Southern Associa- tion of Baseball clubs.
 Owing to the Federals, last season was Of the country and the able guiding hand of Judge Kavanaugh over the destines of the Southern league was never better demonstrated than in the season of 1914. However the Federals are still rampant, and the coming season for the Southern alarm by the various leaders, although it was felt that President kavanaugh would pull the league through the crit- cal period heretofore But now the leader of the fortunes of the Southern league for many years, has been stricken by the grim reapes and necessity calls upon the directors of the association to elect a strong, forceful man as the sue eessor of Judge kaVanaugh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-22
PETROGRAD

Petrograd, February 21-(Via London, 7:2o p. m.)-Russian staff officers regard the German offensive, from the Balti etc the Carpathians, as merely an attempt to Keep the Russians constantly engaged and prevent them from concentrating at any point on the long front Other than this, It is believed. the Germans have no clear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-22
To Resume Work

New Cumberland, w. Va, February 21.--With the settlement today of diff efrences between sewer pipe manufac- turers of this district and their em- ployes more than 1000 men will resume work tomorrow after two months inac- tivity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-22
Perm to Import Flour

Lima, Peru. February 21.-The gov ernment has decided to import -four from the United States to sell at cost to reduce bread prices. The finance min ister is seeking loan of @1.760.O00 to meet the financial crisis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-22
NO PROHIBITION
 OF MINE LAYING

Efforts to obtain a convention to pro- hibit the laying of mines have failed. Tn 1907 such a convention was drafted and ratified by the United States Great Brit ain and a few of the other nations. though it never became effective un- der it's terms, 1t was forbidden to lay unanchored automatic contact mines ex- cept when so constructed as to become harmless one hour after the person who laid them ceases to control them Simi- larly 1t was forbidden to lay anchored mines which do not become harmless when breaking loose from their moor ings The convention also provided:
 "It is forbidden to lay automatic con tact mines off the coast and ports of an enemy, with the sole object of intercept- ing commercial shipping
 ''When anchored automatic contact mines are employed, every possible pre- caution must be taken for the sect1rit V of peaceful shipping
 These articles never were approved be cause of objections to their weak phrase ology.
 In one of the publications of the IJni- ted States naval college. for the benefit of American naval commanders. the status of the question of mines and torpedoes Is thus summarized:
 Ut may be affirmed that the use of mines is legitimate means of hostilities az between belligerents. This position does not imply that mines may be used at will without regard to those not con cerned in the war. The use of mines should be confined strictly to military
 (CsntinueA n Page Eightl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-22
ACCIDENT PROBABLY
 CAUSED BY MINE

At the German embassy tonight it was pointed out that the accident must have been caused by mine as Germany, sore ly in need of cotton, would not torpedo vessel laden with such cargo for German eorsuElrtinn.
 Early press dispatches from Berlin. an- nouncing the loss of the vessel by a mine. caused a sensation in Washington, where the tension has been more or less pro- nounced over the situation in the war zones since the dispatch of warning notes to both Great Britain and Germany. It was virtually conceded that if the cause of the accident was proved to be a mine. there probably Would be no ground for diplomatic action by the United States. as the laying of mines is not prohibited by any international convention now in force.
 American Consul Fees cablegra n for warded from Bremen through the Amer ican consul general at Rotterdam, Hol- land. gave the state department meagre information. It said:
 Steamer Evelyn. Captain Smith, agents Bull & Co., New York, blown up early Friday at Borkum. Crew saved Ship and cargo lost"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-22
LEAGUE LEADERS
 GIVE VIEWS

The sporting editor of The Age Herald sent telegrams to the presidents of all the Southern league baseball clubs last night urging the candidacy of Robert II. Baugh, and also requesting the opinion of the league leaders on the probable candidacy of MT. Baugh for the Southern league presidency.
 Ii is not known as yet whether President Baugh would allow his name to be men toned in connection with the presidency Of the Southern league. as his large bus mess interests precludes his participation in other affairs, but if it is shown to Mir.
 (COntinued on Page Eighty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-22
LACK OF INFORMATION OF
 CAUSE CAUSES SPECULATION

It was generally taken for granted be- fore the message arrived that the vessel was destroyed by mine. but the omis- sion of any mention of cause introduced an element of speculation The Wash ington government earlier in the day yir- tually had decided to make no reply to either the British or the German note concerning the use of neutral ensigns or possible attacks by submarines on neutral vessels in the new sea zones of war Added significance was attached general ly to this policy, because of the implica- tion that the strong warning sent to Great Britain and Germany might be followed by crisis in the relations of this government with the beligerents if through their practices American ves- sells or lives were lost.
 When the North sea first was mined some neutral countries protested to both Germany and Great Britain. but the Uni- ted States took the position that 1t was impossible to determine which country had been the aggressor and therefore made no protest though it does not con- slider it's right compromised by this si- lence
 Automatically. neutrals are helpless in obtaining redress for the loss of ships by contact with mines unless absolute proof can be adduced to show the na- tionality of the mnes that no pilot was available or that the mines. drifting from their anchorage, were far distant from beligerent areas
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-02
WEIGHT of Ones Head.

Do you know how much your head
weighs? 1t is not the size, but the
contents that counts. Do you know
that 1t is possible to weigh the head
without cutting it off? Do you think
it is possible to weigh one Of your
hands while it is still attached to your
body? You probably never thought OF
1t or else considered it impossible if
you did. But any physician can do it.
If he follows the method described t..
day by DR.. c. D. Spivak of Denver
In paper at San Francisco, Doctor
Spivak described tho apparatus which
he has contrived by which it is pos.
sible to weigh different parts Of the liv.
ing human body. BY means of a pair
CT scales with sliding weights made
like seesaw and by the aid Of ccrl.
plicated mathematical formulate, the
separate weight of any part Of the
body can be determined.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-02
HydropIane a Freak.

The hydroplane of the day is a
freak in every sense of the word. The
various types of underbody construc.
ton are designed to give the boats
lifting power, to lessen the draft I'm.
der speed, and, consequently, the dis
placement-in other and palmer
words, to lessen the amount Of water
that has to be pushed aside in the
endeavor to make high speed. The
hydroplane is the outcome Of years OF
study by the best naval architects and
marine engineers in freak-boat con
struction. Thousands of dollars are
spent annually on these freaks, but
many are thrown OH the junk pile and
the effort repeated. All Of these boats
are overpowered as one would con
slider the needs of an ordinary boat.
But extra power is added to gain a
little extra speed. Thus one Of the
Atlantic coast owners is this year du.
plicating his power by adding sec
ond motor to a 45-miler with the hope
of adding an extra ten miles an hour
to the speed This may be termed
freakishness, yet in the quest for the
60-miler all sorts of freakish things
are being undertaken.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-02
OLD GREEK HAD RIGHT IDEA
xencphon's Conception Of the Dignity
and Value Of Agriculture 10 Be.
You'd Criticism.

Xenophon's work on agriculture
lacks the divine affiatus of the Georges
and the patient, comprehensive re-
:earch of Varro's de Re Rustica;"
it's more modest scope is shown by
the name he gave it: "Oeconomics,"
or, as Etienne de La Boetie rendered
it, LA Mesnagerie"-a capital word,
that has gone down in life!
Xenophon traced the rule Of the
farm on rather general lines; he
started from the principle that, in the
main, agriculture is made up Of COM
mon sense and diligence.
To critics who blame him as un-
scientific let it be said that in south
ern farming, at least, these two quail
ties will carry the crItivator further
than the most beautiful steam plow.
The standpoint from which he
viewed the a yriculturist was not with
out elevation. though it did not strike
him, as it struck Virgil, that the hus-
bandman was a sort Of high priest.
But neither did he regard him as the
mere servant of private and selfish
ends.
The landed proprietor was the pillar
Of society and agriculture the life
blood Of the state; the fields grew
more than corn-they grew men. This
was his point Of view-New York Tel
egram.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-02
New Record by Fisheries Bureau.

New Record by Fisheries Bureau.
The commissioner of fisheries. I'M.
der date of June 10. advises that not
only will the output of the fish-cul.
tural operations Of the bureau Of fish.
cries during the fiscal year ending
June 80 surpass previous records but
for the first time in many years there
has been sufficient supply of black
bass to meet all current demands for
both public and private waters. All
outstanding applications for black
bass will be filed Some of these have
been held over for several years for
lack Of sufficient supply of the fish.
Among recent deliveries of this fish
have been 10000 to a large artificial
lake at Austin, Tex, formed by the
damming of the Colorado river, and at
the station whence the fish came a
large supply is now on hand. 1t is the
policy of the bureau to distribute each
year an increasingly large proportion
of fish which have been retained at
the hatcheries until they reach the
lingering or yearling stages, which
means that the output, being more
mature, is better able to care for itself
and is not so subject to the depreda'
lions of natural enemies.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-02
$4,000 FOR PAGE AID.

The Curtis Publishing Co. an
nounces new rates for the Ladies'
Home Journal one Of SO per line or
$4,000 for a full inside page, $1,000 for
the second or third cover in two COL
ors, and $4,000 for the third cover in
three or four colors, $4,000 for the
fourth cover in four colors. For the
Saturday Evening Post rate of SO
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for a full page, $4,000 for the second
or third cover page in two colors, ST.
500 for the fourth cover page in two
colors, and $4,000 for center double
page in black, $4,000 for center dou-
BILE page in two colors.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-02
VAGARIES OF THE MEMORY
Psychological Have Given Matter
Much Study, but It 10 still Much
Of a Mystery.

The psychologists have given much
study to the vagaries Of memory.
which are among the most interesting
Of mysteries. Why do we forget GER
tain things and remember others?
This question, together with many 9th.
ers Of like nature, seems as yet to
be unanswered.
William James, in the course of q
paper on the subject, says something
which we have tried in vain to recall
will afterward, when We have given
over the attempt, "saunter into the
mind as innocently as if 1t had never
been summoned.
Then, too, curiously enough, bygone
experiences will revive after years OF
oblivion, often as the result of some
cerebral disease or accident.
Such case was that Of the young
woman in Germany who could neither
read nor write, but who was held tc
be possessed of a devil, since, in q
fever she was heard raving in Latin
Greek and in an obscure rabbinical
dialect Of Hebrew. Pages and pages
of her talk were written down, and
they were found to consist of sen
fences Ineligible in themselves, but
not having the slightest connection
with one another.
Finally the mystery was cleared uE
by a physician, who traced the girls
history to the age of nine Then, he
learned, she had been taken to the
house of an old pastor, great He
brew scholar. She remained in this
house until the pastors death. 1t had
been for years the old scholars Gus
tom to walk up and down a passage
near the kitchen and read to himself
in loud voice. His books were ex
amined, and among them many of the
passages taken down at the girls bed
side were identified. The theory OF
demoniacal possession was, of course
then abandoned.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-02
GAME OF LIFE WAS CALLED
Accident to Enthusiastic
Baseball Fan. g,

w. Fl. Murphy, a salesman, living
at the Minneveska apartments, was
on his way to the ball game, reports
the Los Angeles Times. He tried to
board a moving train, grasped the
;handrail and tried to lift himself to
the steps His grasp was not firm,
and his palms were moist with run.
ming, and as he began to elevate him.
self his hands slipped.
A lurch, swing and a sudden shift,
and his body was thrown to the rails.
His legs were caught beneath the
wheels and the train passed over
them, amputing both above the
ankles.
He was taken to the Receiving hos.
pital for treatment. where Surgeon
Wiley and Assistant Surgeons Roome
and Johnson dressed the limbs, an
operation demanding further ampu.
tat1on. AS he went to the operating
table to receive the ether he was
smiling and cheerily talked with the
nurses.
mo more ball games for me for
q while" he remarked
The attentions of the surgeons
stopped further speech, while the
ether was administered, and after
ward, when he had been wheeled from
the spotless surgery to the ward, he
began to talk again. He was at the
ball game.
"Well, he'll get a hit now. The
time has come; he's going to get a
hit now.
"Oh hum, it's rather a slow game
today. What's the matter with those
boys that they're moving so slow
They ought to hurry. Can't they see
it's getting dark? It's certainly get.
ting dark fast. You can hardly see
the outfielders there-not in right
field, anyhow. guess they'll have to
stop soon, won't they? The suns all
gone down. My, but 1t went fast.
"And see how dark it's getting
why-why-
Il guess they'll have to call-the
game
And the surgeons drew the sheet
far over his head and notified the un.
dertakers.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-02
Auto Wins in Train Race.

After a mad race, covering IS miles.
between an express train on the Laurel
line and q high-pcwered automobile,
which had been requisitioned by Chief
Of Police Roberts of Wilkes-Barre,
the latter captured man accused OF
aimflamming a Wilkes-Barrean as he
stepped from a train in Scranton, Pa.
The fugitive got away with a ten
minute start, but the big racing car
cut down the running time, and the
officers were waiting at the station
here for their man, who was taken
back to Wilkes-Barre.
The running time Of the train was
IS minutes, and the automobile trav'
eled little more than mile minute
to overhaul it.-Scranton Dispatch 70
Philadelphia Record.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-02
FusibIe Tin Boiler PLUGS,

The investigation Of fusible tin boil.
e. plugs has been completed at the
bureau Of standards and presented fer
publication. It is believed that there
can now be no excuse for boiler ex.
plosions from imperfect plugs If the
bureau findings are followed, namely,
to use tin to 800 r'r cent purity and
free from zinc, a requirement easily
met, but which has not been the
actual practice in many cases. >
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-02
Motor Ships in Sweden.

A Danish shipbuilding yard at Co.
penhagen has just launched the sew.
enth and last motor ship for the Re.
1eriaktiebClaget Nordstjernan Of
Stockholm. This ship is similar to the
others built and has $500 tons dead
weight AS this boat will run to the
west coast of the United States
through the Panama canal, it has been
named San Francisco.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-02
CORN FOR SILO.

Corn makes the best ensilage when
nearly ripe, though it can be put in
the silo at any stage. The nearer ripe
the corn is the greater amount of food
value secured per acre. The corn crop
increases in weight per acre quite rap
idly after it reaches the tasseling
stage. The season has kept corn back
this year. Leave it as long as posi-
BILE before putting it into the silo 1t
will not hurt the corn for silage even
if it freezes, provided it is then put
in the silo right away
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-02
Value Of Forethoucht.

II dare say there is such thing as
Certifying oneself in advance for
disappointment
1T can be done. When Jagsby goes
fishing the first thing he does after
dropping his line in the water is to
lake a long pull at his flask. After
that he doesn't care whether the fish
bite or not"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-02
Heioht Of Absurdity.

Look at those two chumps having
q heated argument about the merits
and dement's of an automobile"
do you mean the two men examin,
ing car across the street,"
Eyes" .. ..
"Umph! To make matters worse,
neither one owns the car thay ara
wrangling about"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-09-02

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The Nome daily nugget., 1915-11-22
MEETING NOTICE.

THE NOME BARTENDER's UNION Local 868, B. l. l.. of A. (Afiliated with the A. F. of L.) meets every first Sunday in each month at Il a. m.
 AL NICHOLSON, Pres.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-11-22
AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
(Boston Record.)

Loganberry juice Is to be the out put of one oregon brewery drained dry by law. It is an interesting speculation. to what extent the manufacture of non- intoxicating beverages would be in- creased and improved, were the en- tire country to come under the prohibi- tion control. It will not escape atten- tion that in the past decade or two the business in so-called temperance drinks has been tremendously increas- ed. Men of no great age can remem- Der well the modest soda fountains of the old-tim drug store, where the range of selection was narrow, and sarsaparilla, with an occasional wild indulgence in ginger ale or occasion ally root beer; and there were even purveyors who made the root beer from herbs and roots hand gathered nearby. The modern elaborate fountain, where the variety of beverages Is even larger than at the alcoholic bar, is of brief history. Yet we have heard of no dis astrous effect of this increased busi- ness, upon the alcoholic drink business The truth is that the public drinks vastly more of everything than 1t used to. as also 1t eats more candy than it did generation ago. But what the temperance drink" would become with it's alcoholic rival legislated out of ex- istence is hard to guess.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-11-22
LAST YEARS EMIGRATION.

(trom the Chicago Tribune) A brief stuoy of the immigrauon and emlgratlon ngures or the war year Is AignIy relevant as supplement- to .nucn of the expression in certain for s.au newspapers printed in the United .orares. The government report just issued shows 3z6, 7UU. immigrants ad- lnitted and 204.074 emlgrants departed immigration tel to the low level of .s99, while the emigration record showed gains.
 The hgures themselves represent the net results of an immigration policy in which America poses as politictl naven for the downtroden European. The huge emigration figures would go lo show, however, that the modern european comes to America for the money there is in it rather than any aeep hatred of his particular govern ment. In times of peace the higher wages are attractive, but war re- veals his heart interest The Ameri- can possibly has no right to quarrel with such a state of affairs, but he should protect himself accordingly from the type that has no enthusiasm for his political understanding. Other
 aise he will continue to expose his democratic habit of living to system that lessons individual interest and in
 telligence.
 The results are reflected most pain fully in the labor field. The gang"
 labor is either totally unable to be-
 come Americanized, or. if Americanized
 in the matter of wage ideas, expresses itself in blood letting. The Rockefel-
 iers held wages and living standards
 down by importing ignorant foreigners
 and promptly deporting them and inn
 porting others when Improvements
 were demanded in the Colorado fields. The trouble in Houghton, Mich, and in West Virginia was much the same. The sooner Americans recognize that an immigrant that comes over to
 America because there Is money in 1t is dangerous to American political in-
 stitutions, and foreigners accept the fact that the America of 1915 is no
 longer the land of boundless oppor-
 tunity, both will be better off. Pos
 sibly the literacy test, which has been
 vetoed, is not the best means of clos
 ing the doors to undesirable immigra-
 ton. but 1t does not lesson the need
 of restrictive legislation. The present
 Hull affords an excellent opportunity
 for further study.
The Nome daily nugget., 1915-11-22
OUR DEBT TO GERMANY.
tBoston Record.)

How much we owe to German ideals is the theme or an interesting article oy Randolph Bourne in The New Re- public. We have" he writes heard so much of the German industrialism and militarism that we have overlook ed the reservoir bursting with spiritual energy that twentieth century Ger many has become. He continues:
 The bubbling intellectual and econ- omic energy of present-day Italy is German; Nietzsche has ragged through Italian thought, and when it was not Nietzsche it was Heel British poli- tieal thought for 40 years has come straight from German sources. What is the new social politics of liberalism but a German collectivism, half heart edly grafted on raw stock of indi- vidualist Iiberty?" Our own progress sism has been a filter through the British strain, diluated with evangeli- cal Christianity. Our educational frsme- work has been German, though unin- telligently so. Architecture and art forms in England and Scandinavia are strickingly German. Town planning methods and ideals have been lifted bodily. Scarcely a country has been untouched by the German influence
 Whatever the result of the war may be otherwise, MT. Bourne is certain that all the opposing countries twill be forced to adopt German organization, German collectivism."