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The Seward gateway., 1915-08-06
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE
 REMAINING IN WARSAW.
Moscow Reports that Only Fifteen per cent Flee Although
 Food is Scarce.

MOSCOW, August 6.-Refugees ar irving here from Warsaw report that only fifteen per cent of the people of that city are feeling notwithstanding the imminence of the entry of the Germans. Those who are fleeing do so rather because of the fear of the guns than because of any fear of the Germans when they gain possession.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-06
WORK ON THE TRACKS TO
 BEGIN RIGHT ON MONDAY.
Pile Driver Will Start Operation for Double Track and for Dyke
 at Creek Mouth.

On Monday next the pile driver will be started to work putting in the double track and a dyke at the mouth of Lowell creek. The intention is to connect by a new trestle across the creek the second line of rails which now exist north and south Of the creek. Outside the new trestle will be constructed a dyke for the protection of the tracks.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-06
ANCHORAGE ACTIVE.

Purser Shook, of the Alliance says that the town of Anchorage is very active at the present along the build ing line. He says that all must be moved from the old tOwnsite to the new by August 16th. Many new and fine buildings are going up and the people are very much more optimistic over there now since the moving into permanent quarters instead of living in tents as formerly.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-06
Berlin Expects Big Haul.

BERLIN, August 5.-The German generals now expect to capture great sections of the Russian armies re- treating from Warsaw. All the plans for many months have been based on one idea which had the capture of the Russian armies or a great part of them as its main purpose. The fall of Warsaw had been counted upon but the taking of the Russian army has been the problem in the view of our military leaders. The Austrians have secured possession of the Lub- lin Cholm line of railroad and may be able to prevent large sections of the Muscovites from rereating by a southern route. The military staff IS not giving out much detailed infor- nation at present. The greatest dis appointment will be felt by the people if the number of Russians taken in the retreat from Warsaw is not in the hundreds of thousands. The German attacks on the forTcss of Warsaw and the others named are being car ried out only with a view to captur- ing the largest number possible as the idea that the Russians would attempt to hold the capital longer than was necessary to cover the retreat has long ago been abandoned.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-06
LEFT ON ALLIANCE.

The passengers leaving on the Al liance were, John Rothfus for Ju- neau and W. A Rice for Seattle. On her way out the Alliance stopped at the Salmon Saltery of Carl Stangneth near Canes Head and took aboard 50 barrels of salt fish.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-06

WARSAW, August 6.-It is al- most impossible now to secure food staples in the city and much privation is being endured. A strict censor ship is being maintained over the news sent out from here, of course, so that nothing further can be said.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-06
MAYOR MITCHELL ACTS
 AS STRIKE MEDIATOR.

NEW YORK, July 5.--MayOr Mitchell today interceded with the master garment workers and was successful in preventing a general strike of over 6O,OOO women employ ed in that trade. It is hoped the may or will be able to effect permanent truce among the warning factions.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-06
ADMIRAL EVANS DELAYED.

The Admiral Evans did not arrive at Cordova this morning at nine o'clock. She went into a fog bank off Cape Hinchinbrook this morning about six and up to two this after noon no report had been received from her.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-06
* * * * * % e .: * z. * :' * BIDS TO CLEAR GOVT. ["
 * TRACT RECEIVED. "'

The bids for the contract to clear the streets in the Terminal tract have been received by the chairman of the engineering commission but they have not yet bene gone into. The name of the successful bidder will be known tomorrow, probably.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-06

B. D. Whitfield, a son of City En- gineer Whitfield, is a recent arrival from Seattle. He has already gotten busy as a surveying assistant to his fathers force.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-06
TO
 MEET TONIGHT
MEETING LAST NIGHT FIGURES HOW TAXATION MAY
 BE LOWERED.

A a meeting of the taxpayers will be held this evening in the city hall for the purpose of ascertaining by what means the taxation of city prop erty may be kept down from the fig ure threatened by the assessment. The meeting will take place at 8 o'clock and the largest taxpayers as well as the smallest will be present.
 A sort of preliminary meeting was held last evening in the office of G. Benjamin Poindexter at which group of large taxpayers discussed the matter. A committee was ap- pointed to secure all the facts and fig ures for presentation to the meeting tonight. This committee consists of Hugh Dougherty, Ed. WhittemOre and G. B. Poindexter.
 During the discussion last evening the taxpayers seemed to think that expenses must certainly be curtailed The only manner in which this cur tailment could be made, some of them semed to think, is in stopping school and all other improvement not al ready commenced, and by the cutting down of salaries of municipal officials to the figures at which they were be- fore the present council came into of flee. The chief thing is that the citi- zens have decided to take up the whole question of city government. Mir. Chovin was the only member of the city council present at the meet ing last night and he showed a most praiseworthy disposition to look at the whole matter from the point of view of the taxpayers while wishing to show that the city council acted in good faith.
 From the figures at hand last even ing it was found that the assessed valuation of city taxable property can be cut down fifty per cent and that there will still be enough left to con- duct the municipal affairs in man. ner at least as capable as in former years.
 Curtis Morford of the school board was also present and in answer to questions was understood to say that while it would be advisable to inn prove the schools as far as possible there need be no haste in effecting the improvements to the extent proposed, particularly as the city cannot af- ford them. It was also pointed out that the improvements now intended could only be temporary as Stewards increase in population in the next year or two will call for school build ings of such a description that the present buildings will be absolutely useless.
 It would be hard to predict what at titude the council will take in this matter The mayor has already said that something will have to be done and other members of the council will, no doubt, feel that their duty to the people is superior to any considera- tion dictated by obstinacy. From what transpired last evening it is ap- parent that the taxpayers wish to ap- proach the council in the most annie cable manner and to try with the aid of the council to come to some modus operandi.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-06

Mir. and Mrs. Peter Fritsch of Seat tie are guests of the Overland for a few days. They expect to visit friends along the railway line before returning home.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-06
MOOSE MEET TONIGHT.

The Nose lodge will hold a very im- portant meeting this evening at A. B. hall. All members who can possibly attend are requested to do so.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-06
NO GAME YET.

No baseball game had been played at Anchorage between the local team and the rivals up to the time of the leaving of the Alliance.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-06

Mrs. Lulu Manthey and children went out this morning to their home near Bear creek.
The Seward gateway., 1915-08-06

SEATTLE, August 6.-The Watson and Mariposa have arrived here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-10
THE RRARACoNNE

Belgium's National Anthem. Fled the years of servile shame.
 Belgium, tis thine hour at last, Wear again thy glorious name,
 Spread thy banner on the blast. Sovereign people in thy might.
 Steadfast yet and valiant be, On thine ancient standard write:
 King and law and liberty. Strive, nor seek discharge at length
 Hold thy courage as thy crown. God. Who keeps thee in His strength 2. On thy labors smileth down. Over all thy fruitful land
 Labor's prize is full and free On thine arts enthroned stand
 King and law and liberty. Foes that were our friends of ola
 Are returned to love at last. All the free we prize as gold,
 Praying that our strife be past. Belgians and Batavians, friends.
 Knit in brotherhood shall be; With one voice and shout ascends:
 King and law and liberty. Belgium. mother, thus we VOW,
 Never shall our love abate. Thou our hope, our safety. thou,
 Hearts and blood are consecrate. Grave, we pray. upon thy shield This idevice eternally, Veal or woe, at home. adeld,
 King and law and liberty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-10
Proposed Increase Unpopular

If the proposition embodied in a bill pending in the legislature to in crease the city commission to five members were submitted to a vote of the people of Birmingham it would be defeated, The Age Herald believes, by an overwhelming majority.
 The ideal method of administering municipal affairs is found in the gen. eral manager plan now in operation in several cities, but public sentiment here is in favor of the continuance of the present form with three com- missioners. The pay is ample to make a commissionership worth while for men of high standing and administra- tive capacity. If the commission should be increased to five with smaller pay mere politicians would seek election, and the personnel of the commission would soon fall far below the desired standard.
 If five commissioners, why not seven or nine or eleven? Even with a commission of three it is hard to keep out politics. A commission of five would mean so much politics that many citizens who have earnestly SUD- ported the commission form of gov ernment would be ready to vote fol a return to the old aldermanic sys- tenn.
 Jefferson county representatives who have committed themselves to the five-commission bill have listened tc politicians rather than to representa-, tive people of Birmingham. Friends of the prospective candidates for tn, extra jobs have been busy at Mont gomery, but petitions of protest hay, been signed by large number of Bir rmingham men who consider only tn, good of the city.
 It is sincerely hoped that local pub lie sentiment will prevail and that tn bill will be defeated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-10
A JOY THAT IS GONE

From the Indianapolis News.
 Snow ice cream! What joy it used to
 bc to the child heart, Mother used to make it when she had been importuned to dis let us have one more cupfu mom." The youth of today, perhaps, does not need that joy. with everything so handy for buying store ice cream. But never can such makeshift take away the memory of the earlier dish.
 It was so easy to make, too. Nature
 kindly furnished the foundation, and all that was necessary was to add sugar and
 milk. When the new fall of snow came the children watched anxiously until it became deep enough to scoop up cupfuls
 of the crystals. Then it was carried to
 mother and milk poured in and more snow added, and then more milk poured in and
 more snow added, until there was a full cup.
 Sugar was added until the taste was just right and the mixture was placed out of doors until it had become half frozen mass, and there was the ice cream! | And how those children did enjoy it! It was, and perhaps still is, more of dish born of the country and the small town, far from the madding temptations of the corner drug store. Many a man who could buy an ice cream factory looks out on the snow today and memorys tide comes surging back. The little town, the l little frame house, the woodpile, half
 buried in a drifting mass of white; the
 joy of waking up some morning and find | ing the skyline obliterated by binding
 swirl of flakes, the trip to school envei- oped in the old red scarf, long, long
 day shut away from the beckoning out side
 l But evening came at last and school was out. The boy went tardiiy home
 lodging snowballs and stopping long
 enough to return some Of them. The
 wood must be got up. and then came
 the enow ice cream. And back of 1t all was his mother. She was the central fig ure round which the earth revolved to | the boy Snow ice cream! To the man
 it is now but a memory But each snow recalls his youthful days-and snow ice
 cream was the nectar of the gods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-10
Convention Should Be Called


 Although Alabama's constitution is not old as state constitutions go, it is nevertheless out of date. When 1t was adopted in 1901 strong objections were raised to some of it's provisions, and nowin the light of experience it is found to be out of line in great many respects with Alabama's aspirations and Alabama's needs. Many amend ments have been made to the states organic law, and unless a new consti- tuition is framed many more amend ments will be absolutely necessary. The legislature should call a consti- tutional convention for 1916. As a member of the senate who favors a convention said, "The constitution is now only a piece of patchwork" " Moreover, as the same member pointed out in summing up his req sons why We should have new con- stitution said, "In general terms, we need it because the present constitu- ton puts too many limitations upon the growth and prosperity of the state"
 Alabama should do away with the cumulative poll tax which greatly re- duces the electorate. If we are to have poll tax it should be exacted only for the year in which the voter intended to exercise the privilege of the ballot.
 The present constitution prohibits the people of school districts from taxing themselves for school purposes. Until that is changed Alabama will remain near the bottom of the list of states in the matter of literacy. With a great university and with a great polytechnic institute, with many ad- mirable colleges and with private schools and splendid public school systems in the larger cities Alabama has an appallingly large percentage of illiterates-white as we'll as colored- and this condition will continue until the rural school situation is improved.
 The tax system of the state should be reorganized and likewise the judic- ial system. Municipalities should have a larger freedom in self-government For these and other important rea- sons there is pressing demand for a new constitution.
 Governor Henderson and Lieutenant Governor Kilby are not in favor of this legislature calling a convention, and the members of both houses are divided on this question, but The Age Herald thinks that one of the best measures that could be adopted would be an act providing for a constitu- tional body. Such action would cer- tainly meet the approval of majority of the thoughtful and representative men of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-10
Fred Wardc Tonight

This seasons High School Lyceum course has been very attractive There have been several brilliant lecturers and charming entertainments, but Frederick Warde, who appears tonight, will doubtless draw better than any of them. He Is great favorite in Birmingham.
 "Mr Warde is a fine actor and he is one of the few men of his profession who is equally at home on the lecture platform" said an old theatregoer. ''He is saturated with Shakespeare, and more than that, he is gentleman of native wit and general culture. His last ap- pearance here, I believe, was in the famous morality play, Every Woman, presented by splendid company at the Jefferson theatre. I greatly enjoyed Warde then, but I had enjoyed his Shakespeare lecture at the High school a year or two before even more. Those who hear him this time will certainly be well repaid"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-10
Buying Bad Stock

It is a trite saying that all men have their weak points. One of the most common weaknesses among men, as well as women, is a penchant for buy inp bad stock. There is no way of estimating how much money IS paid in the United States every year TOT stock that is either without any value at all, or is of so little value that It isn't worth a tenth of what IS paid for it. The efforts of the United States government have uneartheo some colossal stock swindling schemes, but the "field" is so fertile and llt- tie "cultivation" pays such handsome .eturns that rascals continue to Hour ,sh and grow rich at the expense of their gullible fellows.
 There is something about an attrac- lively printed stock certificate that seems to blind the judgment of peo- ple. and when smooth tongue ex- nloits the advantages of owning many of these certificates, it is hard for the tempted one to resist paying over hls hard-earned savings in the expecta- tion of being made rich within SIX months or year.
 A man died the other day in New York who was formerly fire commls- sioner and civil service commissioner of that city. He left stock which would have been worth more than S5OO,0O0 at par value, but an investl- ration of his "estate" showed that the only asset he left of any value was bank account of STATS. It would be interesting to know how much he paid for worthless stock. If he paid anything at all, it is quite evident that he paid too much, and the chances are that his ''investments" cost him a cOnSlderaDle sum.
 The small town magnate, who is usually a country banker, is looked upon as an easy mark for unscrupu- lous promoters. In the "back dis tricts" one rather expects worthless stock to find ready market, and even in cities there are plenty of persons unsophisticated enough to buy bogus stock, but here was man who was a public official in a large city anc presumably able to take care of him. self, who leaves his widow $14.78 1T money and half a million in worthless paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-10
Reckless Bicycle Riders

'I do wish something were done with the vicious bicycle riders, generally small negro boys, who dash around cor ners and almost knock you down, or at least, scare you with a startling close call," said young woman in employment.
 'The messenger boys and delivery boys, mounted on wheels, speed reck- lessly along the streets and cut the corners with devilish grin sometimes, and brazen indifference to foot pas sengers. Frequently they are racing, and come one two, three. A few days ago. coming to my work, counted nine negro boys in one phalanx, on wheels breaking the record it would seem, and wholly indifferent in turning corners Ii has been suggested that those who are menaced, carry a stout short stick, and jab it in the wheels of the more daring | and reckless, then to step back and | watch the fall"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-10
Honoring a stuffed Prophet

"The stuffed prophet in the window of the Birmingham Arms company, with The Age-Heralds editorial on the ground hog as weather forecaster pasted up over him, has attracted much attention all the more since the official weather record has by cold. unsympathetc fig. ures discredited the legendary fore caster,' said g. goosebone prophet.
 By the way, in this day of female as- sertion, would 1t not be well to give the female of the species some of the credit for foretelling spring, particularly as ir the feminine of the human species Easter dresses and bonnets are a very important barometric indication? Else why som, early spring attire already upon fail forms these cold, clear February days, As it is now, 1t is the ground he prom ises, etc., in type and talk What abou Mrs. Ground Hog?
 'In my forecasts I sometimes have ref erence to Devoe's predictions found il some almanacs. In making my farming plans few years ago found these in { measure very close to average conditions
 Now, in planning hunting or tishinl trip I look them up.
 'I wonder if that old patriarch of goose bone weather prophets. Hiram Johnson
 if New Hampshire. is still going out to tn roof of his barn, studying the stars an'
 making wonderful forecasts?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-10

While stern official was explaining why he had forbidden boxing matches at the Birmingham Athletic club, a l4-year- old boy, the only support of his mother and her smaller children, was assassi- mated at Tuxedo Junction while ridine home on his bicycle. The most efficient sheriff probably could not have prevented this brutal crime but it shows that the criminal element in Jefferson county is in much greater need of attention thar the members of the Birmingham Athletic club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-10

business, but few of them are more reliable than statistical reports such as Mr. Wilkinson's. Twelve or fifteen years ago prominent citizens pointed with pride to the expansion of the local produce market. It had been steadily expanding, and when it reached volume of something like $10, 100000 some of the young boost CTS felt as if the Chamber of Com merce should get up a celebration.
 But Birmingham has grown rapidly, and the consumption of agricultural products has more than doubled in a few years. The bulk of the food com- modities handled in Birmingham and distributed in the Birmingham district have been shipped here from outside of Alabama. A great deal of the al falfa has been coming from distant states, and the difference in freight between the alfalfa belt of Alabama and New Mexico, Arizona and Colo rado, from which states much of the alfalfa is shipped, amounted last year to S8 ton.
 The alfalfa belt extending from eastern Mississippi through Alabama into western Georgia produces hay of unsurpassed food value. So excellent was the quality of Alabama's alfalfa that the late James B. Haggin, who owned the most celebrated stock farm in America, situated near Lexington, bought several thousand acres of al- falfa land in Greene county for the purpose of supplying his Kentucky stables.
 The Haggin estate has already ex- pended about $100,00O for farm im- provements in Alabama-barns, roads and drainage, etc.-and will expend more as time goes on. It is known that the representative of the estate is more than satisfied with results. Mr. Haggin was eminently successful in the business world, and as a success full stock farmer he ranked at the very top. After MT. Haggin's investment Leslie M. Shaw, ex-governor of Iowa and ex-Secretary of the United States Treasury, made large outlay for farm lands in the black belt. These examples will be followed by other large investments by outside capital ists, and in the meantime the average Alabama farmer should do his best in the way of crop diversification and take advantage of the splendid oppor- tunity presented in Birmingham for marketing his crops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
GENTLE JANE.

Gentle Jane whizzed through the town Running many people down. Still she gave her car but praise, Said: Tt has such killing ways!
 Carolyn Wefls. Last week Tuesday Gentle Jane Met a passing railroad train; Good afternoon" she sweetly said, But the blamed train cut her dead,
 Yale Record. Now her dream of scorching fades Where Jane is the folks are shades; Hitting them brings them no pain. Whats the usev' signs Gentle Jane. Buffalo News. We think it's a scurvy trick To kill Gentle Jane so quick Ere we had a chance, by gol, To run her into our col -f Houston Post. Gentle Jane along the Styx May be still up to her tricks. Speeding in phantom car Where no traffic "coppers'' are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-10

quartermaster's department, where he is still serving.
 Colonel Glenn is the ranking quar- termaster colonel, and as he will be the last veteran of the civil war to retire it is believed that Congress will, by special act, create for him as a matter of sentiment the rank of ma jor general-the rank he would attain could he remain in active service long enough to succeed to the office of quartermaster general. Colonel Clem was born in Newark, o.