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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
BIRTH OF REPUBLICAN PARTY

name in 1883. calling itself "the republican the yefr 1854. As one attesting exhibit at least they have the identical cottage it. self wherein the birth took place. They have carefully preserved it and it stands to this day on the campus of coeduca- tional Ripon college destined, no doubt, to be the center of interest in the com ing celebration.
 The date of the celebration is not as yet fixed. but a committee of Ripons leading citizens have waited upon Gov ernor Philipp with the request that he the Honorable Elihu Root and 10 or 20 other leading republicans. bespeaking their interest in the event and their per- sonal presence when it occurs, request Governor Philipp very cordially granted. The legitimacy of republican Senator Robert Marion LaFollette's participation in such republican reunion is somewhat obscured in the committees mind by the rumor current in his home state that he is engaged to make a campaign tour in North Carolina in behalf of the demo- cratic party.
 At all events an interesting project, involving interesting historical research Not likely, perhaps, to stir controversy so keen as that over the Mecklenburg declaration of independence. but a good midsummer topic to convene over, just as Ripon is a nice collegiate town to con- vene in. And if the cloistered atmos- phere of Ripon proves tame for sportive young republican blood, there are the glcaming lights of Oshkosh nor by nor east and only 20 miles away--Oshkosh by Winnebago's limpid waves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
JENNA KNOWS

From the Savannah News.
 Cartoons if well executed do not have to he trar.slated. They can be read in any lan.guage. And so an American car toon showing a tiny Jap handling a big ChineNse by manipulating his queue has causeX trouble in China. The people of that cAuntry have spunk enough to feel resentnfent because they were handled as the cart1son indicates, and they realize no douht thaA lack of preparedness to resist a aggression lis responsible for their situa- tion \ They have now the answer to the fa,oo,ss So,,A Astion asked by a Chinese at o,a os The Kague conferences, Suppose a ration if Nattacked, refused to fight what then?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
THE HEART o. THINGS

By Grace, Cook Allen. It's the morningest day! With the walk
 ingest way.
 And the air of it tingles like wine. There's a sun-spattered note from .
 flarne-flashing throat, And the heart O things grips into minel It's the heart O things, heart O things,
 wakes us this way Earth and the June-time and me With life at full tide and the thought
 of bride.
 And the redbird out there in the trssI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
REMINISCENT
NcWIIN ISC EI IN T From the Buffalo News.

From the Buffalo News.
 Serg. Michael O'Leary of the Irish Guards appeared ae Buckingham palace yesterday and received the Victoria Cross, pinned upon his breast by King George The increasing number of Ollearys deco rations reminds us of the Illinois patriot during the civil war who protested against the addition of any more medals because they rattled so when he rani
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
Prevention of Crime

Environment has not so much to do with producing the criminal as has the offenders own mental defects, ac- cording to Judge Harry Olson, chief justice of the municipal court of Chi cago, in an address recently delivered at Washburn college, Topeka, Kan.
 "Our criminal laws" said Judge Ol- son, "are written for the guidance of the normal, but these constitute only a small portion of the criminals and petty offenders. In the boys court 1900 cases were tested and they showed that 80 per cent of the of lenders were feeble minded. Study of reform schools and houses of correc- tion will reveal percentage of men, tally defective of from 40 to 50 per cent. These are not, except rarely, insane, but represent imperfect brain development .--,-~. .>---.--..-----.--
 It has been known for many years that at least half of the dissolute women are mentally defective-rating as low as a five or six-year-old child in brain power.
 When these facts become thor eugnly recognized, they will, no doubt, bring about a radical revision of our criminal laws. The laws will be built more along preventive lines, which will make penalties less necessary.
 Children should be tested at an early age-in the public schools, pos sibly-and classed according to their mental abilities. Pupils of normal brain power, placed together in classes, would advance more rapidly and along natural lines, while special work should be given to the deficients, in order to develop and bring to it's best possibilities, the subnormal brain.
 Of the children that have been <tested and found of low mentality, it is often noted their families are un- conscous, of the deficiency.
 Judge Olson suggested farm col onies for subnormals, where they would be taught simple tasks, pre- vented from wrongdoing, and enabled to become at least partially elf-sup- porting.
 Obviously it is injustice to allow de- fectives to follow their bent, without help or restrictions, and then when they have developed into criminals, ''visN upon them full punishment for their offenses, prescribed by laws based on the presumption of full men, tai development.
 An ounce of prevention, in this in- stance, would surely be equal to sev- eral pounds of cure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
NEEDLESS EXPENSE.

Do you believe that where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise?''
 Tn some cases" answered the motorist. When I didn't know anything about my car I was afraid to tinker with it, but since I've learned the difference between spark plug and a carburetor I'm al- ways taking the thing to pieces and then having to hire an expert mechanic to put it together again. sa st ,s-,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

for purposes of conquest. As long as theS American government pursues reason able and decent foreign policy there will be no occasion for a coalition of the pow
 CTS of Europe against this country. And even MT. Maxim must admit that we do
 not want army and navy for purposes
 similar to those of Wilhelm II.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
A BLOW TO PRIDE

The owner of costly car
 Who stalls upon a hill, Or else ascends so slowly that
 You'd think him standing still, Must find it rather painful when A rattler rushes by, Whose shabby driver bends on him A cold, contemptuous eye.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
SEDUCTIVE

From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune The big meeting at Madison Square Garden is sure to create in the Bryan mind disposition to enter upon a fourth great battle"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
MEANING MOUNTAIN DEW
From the Fl Paso Times.

T fUIH tIle Fl F dSU IIIIIes. Farmers around Dallas are harvesting
 their crops by moonshine, but that is
 not unusual. In Kentucky, Tennessee
 and north Georgia moonshine is the prin- cipal crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
BEGINNING

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord, may the love of money not crowd Thee out of my life today. Teach me that there are bigger and di- viner things than dollars. Save me from spending my labor for that which is not bread. Rescue me iron, the creeping blight that would eat me body and soul. For Christ's sake. Amcn.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

Ar ordnance expert who resigns from private manufacturer of ammunition is not in the best sense of the word a pa- triot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
NOT IN ALABAMA

From the Macon News.
 It takes over two pounds of cotton to buy one pound of meat, and yet soms farmers don't raise thing but cotton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
REDUCING THE ACREAGE.
A READY DEBATER.

"Dubwaite is able to hold his end of an argument anywhere and at any time"
 True. And I've seen him change ends in the middle of an argument without blinking an eye"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
Husines. Brisk in in. Nor,hv...

throughout the northwest business Is unusually brisk" said Charles M. Cald- well of St. Paul
 When depression was in evidence in the east early in the year St. Paul was busy town. We have solid prosperity all through that section and I believe it Will continue. Whether the European war ends this year or not indications point to real boom in the west during the coming fall. The western railroads Will certainly make good showing in their net earnings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
NOR PLAYED POIsER
From the Macon News.

From the Macon NeWs.
 A man in California 100 years old says he has never cussed in his lift And from that fact alone we are willing to bet that neither has he ever torn upA pack of cards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

The report that General Frenchs health another way of saying that he is slated to be kicked upstairs by being retired with q decoration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
A BLESSING OF PRkcEs

From tne Beaumont EnterpS1se.
 The Germans claim to hVld million prisoners and the Russians )declare they have 67o,0o0 Germans. Homefoming week will be the biggest one oas the calendar when the war is over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

Ruyard Kiplng Is said to be making war peration and profanity. Authors in war time can serve their country best at the front.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

There are so many war pictures in the Sunday papers that the syndicate astron- omers are no longer able to regale us with the latest news from Mars
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
Big Fish Yarn

"I suppose there are more exagger- ated fish stories afloat in this section than there are fish in the sea-" re marked F.. R. Norman as he sat at luncheon in the Newspaper Club cafe. will, l believe, easily take the prize
 s"Upon returning sometime ago from a fishing trip on the gulf Dr. w, c. Gewin began telling a story of a large haul supposed to have been made by him one afternoon. He started by tell ing one or two of his best friends that he had caught some very large fish and that one of them was so large as to almost break the line. and later added that he took all prizes for eaten ing the greatest number of fish in his party
 His accounts were delivered with great gusto. and his friends I.stered d with absorbed attention, waiting witt, bated breath for new revelations. The doctor is very popular, and often found opportunities to repeat his story to a new audience, and with each telling the story became enlarged or some new features added
 The last time I heard the story it was to the effect that he had gone out one afternoon and succeeded in hookine 2 such a large fish that it became necss- sary to cut the line to keep it from hauling the gasoline launch out of reach of the shore. The doctors final and triumphant conclusion was that the fish must have been whale for no otrer known species could have possibly dis played such power"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

Since Restas performance there, Chi cago boasts of the fastest speedway in the world. The fact that it is also re- markedly safe does not interest the seeker after genuine thrills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

The Mexican soldier is not physically able to do much marching, and that is why most of the battles are fought along railroad lines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
IN HoTE HOBBIES
Agreeal Surprised

A$fttH sufpEtscu
 T believe thaY ermany and Austria will be vlctoriou said Leo K Steiner.
 T have been VI b-German from tho start, but when ke war began I had no idea that the Teutons had chance to win. 1 thought that Great Britain, France and Russia, in. alliance, would whip Germany and Austria and would make quick work of it. But Germany has proved to be even a greater fighting machine than people at a distance had imagined. It was prepared for war. Great Britain relied upon it's navy, hut being weak in trained soldiery and mu- nitions it has been put to a serious dis advantage.
 "Of course, no one can tell when the war Will end, but cannot help feeling that It will be before the end of this year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

Opportunity knocked on the doors of American manufacturers of ammunition when the European war began.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

Chicago confidence men lure the unwary farmer into their clutches by promising to show him a German submarine in Lake Michigan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

The Russians are able to execute bril- liant retreats, it is true, but that sort of warfare merely puts more power into the enemy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

+ Lord Northcliffe had lived a genera. tion ass he would have been credited witr yielding a\ trenchant pen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

Teaching 9xtreme pacifsm to school children is a)pt to result in race of mOllycoddles,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

Presidential boomlets are springing up in various pArts of the country with out bursts of or atory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

Ii is pity that Sherlock Holmes is so busy studying the war that he can't make something out of the case of Joseph Smith, an Englishman whose wives died in bathtubs with alarming frequency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

were acting on the assumption that Amer ican dollars are more apt to change the allegiance of Mexican than American guns, which is probably not far from the truth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
STRIKING THE RESPONSIBILITY.

STRIKING THE RESPONSIBILITY.
 Now, this is the way I like to be treated in hotel,' said the breezy drum mer, AS he sat down to breakfast in the Pikesville House. "The morning paper is lying beside my plate.'
 'I begs yo' pardon. boss" said the head waiter, in considerable agitation. "You's in Judge Hornbuckle's seat. He's been settin' there fur 20 years an'-an-he's due here at any minute.'
 q should worry was the drummer's s only reply
 Well, maybe you kin take keer of yo'self, boss. I guess you ain't never been befo de judge. like I has. Oats why Ise gwine out an stay in de kitchen till de rucus blows over"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

EXPRESSING THE FEMININE MIND. "Is it a good idea to send a girl a bunch of forget-me-nots when you want her to remember you?"
 No, indeed. Send her an armful of American Beauty roses"
 REDUCING THE ACREAGE.
 T understand your son is an advocate of intensive farming, MT. spriggins." ''Yes. He's been talking about it ever since he came back from college, but I'm inclined to question his motives"
 "Why so?'
 T suspect he favors intensive farming because he thinks it easier to cultivate one acre than forty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
Of Interest to Real Estate E.chnnE.

Of Interest to Real Estate Exchange
 The Birmingham Real Estate ex- change will be rather active when tho legislature convenes regarding several bllis which the exchange has drafted and will endeavor to have the legis-
 lature enact into law said T. P. Hay.
 assistant secretary, yesterday we
 held a meeting today with attorneys
 to discuss the different phases of the proposed bills, one of which will be an effort to have the period of re-
 d.mptiop on mortgage foreclosures re : duced .f
 Tne legislative committee of the ex : change has had two conferences with their associate attorneys and have drafted three bills in the interest of !, tine real estate fraternity. Francis La I tady and w. H. Wolverton have drawn I a bill enabling the landlord to get quicker possession of property after | tenant has violated terms of contract 1natch & Underwood have drafted a bill putting a limit of two years to
 the creditor of a deceased as against
 the innocent purchaser of his estate
 Alan Jemison and T. P Hay. Jr., re- I port that Alabama is the only state | in the south that has any redemption period at all and that the general con-
 census of opinions expressed by the various parties with whom they cor
 responded is that an equity of re-
 demption as long as two years has a l tendency to make money loaned on real estate seek other avenues for in- vestment. Paul A. Savage has agreed l to draw bill to reduce the period of redemption from two years to six
 months"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
WELL INFORMED
From the Macon News.

The salaried man is the one wh6 knows
 most of all about dollar diplomacy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
THERE ARE OTHERS.

T left home at an early age" said the man who was telling the story of his life, "my parents having named me Clarence Augustus.
 Well" said his auditor. sympatheti- cally, T dare say you were not the first boy who was driven away from the fam fly hearthstone by cruel treatment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

Colonel Aquillar and Major Garcia, emissaries of General Angeles, who purpose of arranging, if possible, for an interview between President Wilson and the general, would have saved time and railroad fare if they had called on Mir Tumulty at the White House The Presidents secretary could have lolG them that pilgrimage to Cornish would have been frutless just as 1t turned out to be. The Mexieans never got even a look at the President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

. u. NrIAIls .. l.. 1ouhB aho w. D. Brumbeloe are the only author tzed travelling representatives of Ire Age Herald Tn it's circulation depar1- ment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

No communication will be published without its authors name. ReJeetv manuscript will not be returned ua- less stamps are enclosed tor that puf- pose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, rostoffice as second class matter un- der act of Congress March 3. 18,9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01
= :.: :s ;;: ;:: ':::: !: :::; 2 fold what it il aytoday.

Liberal gnslons have been provided for widows/a land orphans of Canadians psn.S1 of ,ss per sr',T month % ss1's is given the widof of private soldier. and s5 for each lchildj A sergeant's widow receives s2S a mo1th and $5 for each child. Other grades arei pensioned as follows: Squad, battery or color sergeant major, 80 a month foY the widow and 5 for each child; war rant officer. sS2 month for the widow and s4 month for each child; lieutenant s92 a month for the widow and s6 a month for each child captain. si5 month for the widow and g month for each child; major. $50 month for the widow and $S a month for each child, lieutenant colonel $6o month for widow and slo d month for each child; colonel, s75 a month 1 for widow and s10 month for each child; brigadier general. s1oo for the wid9w and SlO a month for each child. A widowed mother whose only son was her sole sup same benefits as widows of soldiers. Chil- dren who are orphans will be given double rates and the pensions will be paid to theii guardians. Pensions become effee- tive to widows and orphans the day fol- lowing that on which death occurs. The age limit for children is 15 years for boy and r for girl, except in case of disability Pensions to widows or widowed mothers cease on their remarriage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-01

m the Proyidence Daily Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-07
TEAM
WINS AT Football
FROM CALGFO7NIAlS

Los Angeles, Dec. 7-Syra
university's powerful football eleven
finished it's 1915 season yesterday by
beating Occidental College here by 80
to o. The New Workers had things
practically all their own way from the
start of the game and their excellent
record for the season was in no dan
ger of being narred at any stage of
the contest.
The Ca1ifornians played a plucl<y
game, but proved no match for Coach
-O'Neill's husky and finished squad.
Syracuse when once its attack got I'M
der way, scored, almost at will. Occi-
dental was unable to put up a defense
strong enough to- check the battering
line plunges of the Syracuse backs or
their sIashipg runs off tackle.
8 Some spectacular features marked
the contest, with most of the spec
taeular work being, done by the New
Workers. They showed Californians
one of the most finished articles of
football they have seen in some time.
Fresh from their victory over the
Oregon Aggies, the Syracuse boys
tore. into the 9Californians and piled
up the big score. This was their third
game on trip which carried them
from Syracuse to the Pacific Coast.
After playing a tie game with the
University of Montana they met and
defeated the Oregon. Aggies,e an eleven
rated high in Pacific Coast football
circles - -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-07
DARING SPRINT IN
SIX DAY RACE AS
RIDERS GAIN LAP


New York. Dec -Four teams
trailed thirteen others at the compile
ton OF the first day of the bike grind
at Madison Square Garden. For TWEEN
ty hours seventeen, pairs of hardy
riders were tied for the leadership
Then came a sudden change, a
Kaleidoscope change. A rider flash
ed aout of the pack; a sprint; tur1
mol; IuIl. wien the scores were
computed it was found that four
teams had suffered the loss of one
lap.
The deadlock was broken shortly
after O'Clock last evening. Joe Fog
Ter. the Brooklyn idol. instigated the
sprint that resulted in the teams of
Kopsky- Wohlrab, Anderson Sullivan,
Snter- Madonna and Ruddi-Russe-
yanderstuyft losing a lap each
Fogler's daring dash might have
been desultory had not Marcel Du-
puY taken a notion to iprolong the
sprint Veteran, Joess squirt had just
subsidized when Dupuy Hared to the
'front.' and led the field a merry pace
firing, Dupuy dropped back; but
MCNAMARA. the unre1enti ting bolted to
the front, and soon opened q yawn-
ing gap between himself and the 9TH
er4 Fogler and Dnpuy we're first TO
pick UP the chase. the other riders
struggling along behfnd.A
Tn another minute eveAy rider was
on the track, and partnSkrs we're re-
Hew1d at lap intervals. The afore-
mentioned four teams dropped back
In 1.-THE ruck, and soon were Tapped
Only then did the spirits end
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-07
Josh Clarke Struck
Out on Only 2 Strikes


Patsy F1aherty, who was with the
White Sox a number of years ago, had
a trick of shooting a fast one over the
like a rifle bullet to the bases, if men
We're on them.
One day Josh Clarke was at the
bat. F1aherty slippeds over a speed
BALI and Clarke missed it by a foot
Quick as a flash F1aherty shot the
ball to first. after it was sent back to
him, and almost, caught the runner
mapping.
F1aherty wound up as if for a throw
to the plate, but with a peculiar mo-
ton he had he shot it to first. Again
he failed to catch the runner, but no
sooner did. the ball get. back. into his
hands than he whizzed it over the
plate for another strike.
Flaherty got the ball again, made a
motion as if to throw to the plate, but
shot it to first instead. And then Josh
Clarke walked away from the plate.
teHey, where, are you going ?" de-
manded the umpire.
81 struck out said Josh.
You didn't strike outf' retorted the
arbitrator. "Only two balls were
pitched to you
Il struck at those two, didn't 1?''
asked Josh.
YES
wen. did you see the last one
FIaherty threw over to frst?''
wei. i struck at that one. too
answered Josh. ss