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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14
Railroad Invcstigation Work

| was most fortunate that the fast | oespoard train which was week ed a
 ie" days ago near Weems was made
 up entirely of steel coaches" said R. | ouiiinane. representing the safety ap-
 piiance department of the interstate commerce commission
 lt Is my duty to investigate all
 ~fecks of any consequence occurring Tn Alabama and Mississippi ana to make report direct to the interstate commerce commission at Washington, put am not permitted to make pub
 ilc my findings in any case before per- mission has been granted by the gov erhment. l will say, however, that the wreck on the Seaboard could hardly
 nave been due to carelessness on the part of anyone connected with the company, but was probably a malicious crime.
 The interstate commerce commits sion has accomplished great work dur irg the past 10 or ? years. The grasp or the commission upon railway affairs
 IS gradually tightening, and 1t is grant ed more power with each session of Congress As is generally known. the commission has been charged to value all railroad property in the United
 states. This is indeed huge under
 taking and occupies the atten ton of
 great corps of experts. Another ini-
 portant department under the charge
 of the commission is that of boiler in-
 spection. The work accomplished by
 the commission has operated directly to
 the financial benefit of the railroad
 companies as well as to the safety of
 the travelling public and this is beconl-
 ing generally recognized by those in
 authority"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14
From the Florida Times Union.

From the Florida Times Union.
 - xuMAN nature is illogical-that is one of the proofs that we have 'A A developed from monkey origi- resents advice in exact proportion to it's wisdom-when he takes his pleasure he prefers to have it after the order of his ancestors more or less remote. If it be true that one mans food is another mans poison we should not be surprised to find that one mans pleasure Is any, thing rather than that to his closest l friend and still worse to the beloved wife of his bosom and the children who are truly chips from the old block. You find you and the wife or you and your friend have tastes in common while iiv- ing a civilized life which consists of ! W ork, but when you invite either of them to accept your idea of what is play and pleasure you are foolish and you are preparing to bore another to eN- tinction Wherefore why should one human ask another how to spend a va cation?
 | rest taken as you accept a pre- scription from your doctor is work of the hardest kind since it pays nothing l back and carries hypocrisy with it. You may love to fish but another thinks what fool you are to sit in the sur 1 all day when you can buy more fish than you can catch at cost that mesrs nothing to you. On the contrary, what do you think of the intellectual en- dowment of the man who chases but tcrfly across muddy pastures. or the woman who sits under tree and punches holes in new cloth only to sew around them under the illusion that she is building peekaboo waist? This is vacation time; let us beg of you to spare advice. If you can prevail on the wife to take her vacation separ- ate and apart do so by all means-it may be she will be all the gladder to see you when you are once mora a normal citizen. Hire somebody in need of the stipend to take the children away from both of you-their pleasure i may kill the wage-earner but you can quiet your conscience by thinking of the bill duly recipted and the money | that will do something more for an- other after it has rendered full service l to you. Then with fancy free and a heart clear of offense, go off with some friend or enemy of like tastes and make
 as big fool of yourself as possible for | {. month--don't count the cost and never think of what the world would think could it see you. No longer be the digni- fled professional man or merchant
 prince, or dutiful slave of a boss to
 whom you have sold your mind and hody-be yourself, be crank or a clown or anything that you dare not be at home.
 Civilization and culture and training provide us with a mask without which we dare not be seen at home but re- | straint too long endured breaks down i the nervous system at last and the ex- rlosion ruins other lives as we'll as that
 of the sufferer When this restraint has
 reached the limit of nervous endurance some men take to drink for relief | it is because this confinement within fixed bounds becomes uncomfortable that
 drugs provide welcome relief until bad
 habits are changed into walls higher and more terrible than prison walls
 vha pvtsoner In . cell loses all self
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

The wife of an American newspaper man, now one of the editors of the China Press of Shanghai. who is visiting L : parents in St. Louis, recently stated to a reporter of the St. Louis Post Dispatch that living in China is much cheaper than in this country. The cost of foodstuffs and servant hire in Shanghai is extreme ly low. The servant problem does not only one servant 'All around work" does not appeal to Chinese domestics, ap- parently They don't like to work alone and each prefers his own particular duties. Chinese servants are also proud and will seldom work for people who do not dress for dinner This applies, of course, to the better class of servants who fear that their own standing will be lowered if they work for people who do not conform to social ethics. Canned goods are cheaper than in the United States, and meat from Chicago packing houses is sold as cheap as it can be pur- chased by wholesale dealers in America. A sewing machine made in the United States can be bought in China for about half the price it brings in this country Jitney busses have already invaded Shanghai. which has two. They do rushing business in competition with street railways and taxicabs which arc found everywhere. The old-fashoned vic toria. drawn by horses. is still popular in Shanghai. The cost of living in Shanghai of China. because it is the social center of the far east.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Roumania does not intend to take a hand in the war until she is reasonably sure which side is going to win and what will be her reward for partici- pating.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

BEGINNING THE DAY--o Lord, teach me that l am great only as I serve. In whatsOeyer place I am, high or low, help me to minister. not to he ministered unto. Buf, Lord, teach me that pleasing men may not he serving them. Remind me of One who served best of all and was paid in scourgiDgs and death. In Christ's name. Amen.-- H. NJ. 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

One of the British trawlers recently sunk by the Germans was the Velocity, which was evidently not able to show the speed indicated by it's name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Count Won Bernstorff has made ar engagements to occupy his summer resi- dence. just as if there were no war clouds in the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Those scholarly Germans, no matter what else they think, must acknowledge that President Wilson writes corking good English.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Great Britain needs another S1, ,000, 900 GOO to hold up her end of the war Atlas hal nothing on any of the belligerent DOW CTS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Since T. P. O'Connor defsnds the pun, he evidently believes that there are de- grees of puns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Perhaps MT. Bryan realized that he could not stay on board the ship of state any longer and refrain from rocking the boat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Now that Venice has removed her fam ous bronze horses to place of safety airmen may do their worst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Some of the belligerents do not desire a place in the sun 50 much as few strips of territory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Generals may clutter up the front page. but the pictures of June brides monopolze the society section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Posterity will pass on Mir. Bryan, but the present generation seems surprisingly outspoker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

It is probable that the commoner from now on will contain some models of D.. cific prose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Switzerland will make another bid for popularity by taking care of wounded soldiers from European battlefieds. re- gardless of their nationality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Wu Ting Fang says China will expect
 help from the United States in case it is
 needed. However. Uncle Sam must first get into position to help himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Andalusia Standard: One pushing, ad- vertising merchant does more to bring thrift into a community than 30 who hud- dle by their stores and wait for business to be brought to them by the energy of someone else. A dozen live business men reaching out in the byways and hedges for business can make any town hum with prosperity, and the town owes them much ders Don't be sponge and simply ab- sorb; show little enterprise and a spirit of helpfulness in the town where yol live. and to some extent join hands with others in keeping your town to the front
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

| So far the Kaiser has proved bomb
 proof, but he can't afford to take any Chances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

EAen those aD Americans in Munich have Apt yet begun te ''view with alarm" {"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Randolph Star: Under the new primary law, the primary next year will be held in May, less than a year from now. Who will be brave enough to announce first ? In some instances the "eary bird might catch the worm."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14
Regarding Atrocitie. fin p.,x,.m

T have read with considerable in- terest," stated local authority on | European military affairs, the report | of W. T. Thompson. formerly United States consul at Aix-la- -Chappelle. to neeretary Bryan on his investigation Of German atrocities in Belgium, and l was deeply impressed with the state ment that all neutral reports coming out of the war zone deny emphatical- ly that these atrocities have been per petrated.
 | 'EX-Am bassador Bryce's report as head of an Investigating committee, also interested me deeply, and I am sure that the fact that MT. Bryce's rame heads the report lends great | weight to it's argument, but at the same time it must be considered that neither the great statesman himself nor his co-investigators are neutrals and neither were they on the ground when these alleged atrocities were sup- posed to have occurred. think that MT. Bryces committee is in every way
 sincere in its finding. However their report is based upon the testimony of Bolgians and it is easy to see how ! ''tN'N pSbple, III d ktdle oI eAclltinent, que to the confusion and turmoil of war, might grossly exaggerate. MT. Thompson, however, was on the ground during the entire term when | these atrocities are said to have oc- cured. He was handling the Belgian l Interests. It was his duty to see that | they Were protected and if is but nat 1 ural that he would have seen or heard from reliable sources of these atroc- | ities had they occurred in considerable | number. MT. Thompson emphatically denies these charges of brutality against the German troops. He more | over brings out the fact that every
 neutral writer has taken the same stand. In proving this contention MT. l Thompson cites statement signed by | Irwin s. Cobb, James O'Donnell Ben
 nett and other American Journalists
 which declares that the general de-
 ineanor of the German soldiers has In practically every instance been not only decorous but kindly. Coming from these
 writers the statement Is of consider able interest"
 Rirming ham and Sunday Recreation
 Business in this section of the coun- try is improving rapidly. and is quite brisk in Birmingham. remarked Henry B. Schildt of the Herman A. Schildt Icompany of Louisville. who Is regis at ba T,,tv ilor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Andalusia Star: Speaking about court reforms. the Alabama legislature should take old technicality out and shoot him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Talladega Daily Home; While Talladega is in the highway business, we may just as well get on the Rome- Birmingham branch of the Dixie highway
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14
rHE LAsr tNNocATlnN

By Walt Whiiman. At the last. tehderls From the walls ol tue row argai. fortreare5
 house. From the clas f the united locks--ftosY, .
 the keep al ite weil-aosed doors Let me be wafle4. Let me glide nciseiesslYiforth: With the key of spftns ss3lnlaal. the ioeks--.
 with a whisper Set ope the doors o sQtni Tenderiy. be not iInpStienti Strong is your hold. 0 motsi flesh. Strong b yoilr ho.a. c love-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

opeika Daily News: With President Wilson fin office and doing all he can to keep this country out of war and MT. Bryan out of office doing his level best for peace, there is real grounds for hop ing that we shall get through without hav- ing to speak harsh word or fire single shot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14
ALABAMA PRESS

Gadsden Evening Journal: Birmingham krows good thing when she sees it. She had to come to Gadsden for head 10 her new banking institution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Birmingham and Sunday Recreation
 Business in this section of the coun- try is improving rapidly. and is quite brisk in Birmingham remarked Henry B. Schildt of the Herman A. Schildt company of Louisville, who Is regis- tered at the Tutwiler
 T am. in fact. we'll impressed with the city as a businses-center. The mer-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, rostoffice as second class matter un- der act of Congress March 3, lsi9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-14

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald. .ss.I0 Daily and Sunday, per month";. 70 Daily and Sunday. three months. 2.0O Weekly Age-Herald, per annum.. .5O Sunday ARe-Berald ........ 2.00
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-02

out. Honest, helpful Jan came to me
one day.
my friend" he said, q have Sc
cured a passport, or rather a safe
conduct through the Belgian home
lines for yourself and your wife"
But have no wife," I exclaimed.
You must imagine that you have,
then" he returned "a friend is in
terested in getting a charming and
deserving young lady through TT"
lines. I have a limited influence. 1
have succeeded in securing a pass for
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-02

THROUGH THE LINES
o =
BY Walter Jacobs Morse
Copyright by-W G.. Chapman
Whisper" -
Jan Worst, bUrgOmaster, leaned
over, seized my ear, for he was
pudgy and short-pulled himself up
and myself down and mUTmUTed an
OminOus word.
thrilled, l started, too, and ten
feet distant the beautiful lady who
was peTfOrCe my prospective COM
paniOn for a long and dangerous jour
ney regarded us both with close at
tention, almost suspicion.
What Jan Worst had told me an
swered a question l had asked. 1t
related to a patient. plodding pack
horse, standing beside the one where
Lady Disdain" sat, superb and stat
uesque, in the saddle of a more met
tied steed. Why I called her so was,
first, because 1 did not know her real
name; next, because when she was
not secretly weeping over the great
anxiety and surprise that filled her
mind she was cold as ice in her man
ner. She suggested the lofty disdain
of a person forced into an unpleasant
and disturbing situation and submits
sive only because circumstances com
PEELED it.
This much only knew concerning
her-she was a lady of high breeding
and the daughter Of an affluent
American family. Separated, they
had been caught in the battle zone.
It might be that her parents were
dead, for she had not heard from
them. Stranded in the city where I
myself had been halted in my art la
bors by the progress of the war, an
acquaintance, a native college profess
sor, had become interested in getting
her past the disputed frontier.
I, too, was anxious to leave the war
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-02

T've Succeeded in Securing a Pass"
WaIwOTth DOty and wife. 1t is your
last change. Within 48 hours access
to the whole frontier will be impos-
sible. The lady and yourself must
go on horseback. You will lead a
pack horse with a heavy load. 1t is to
be delivered at the end of your jour
ney. The fact that you are to thus.
act for us is the excuse for your safe
conduct. You will follow to the let
ter the route marked out"
But the young Iady-has she a
knowledge Of this awkward arrange
ment?"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-17
FONTENELLE CANCELS PROM
Opposition Of School Board Prompts
Management to Call Off the
Alumni Dance.
WILL BE HELD AT THE ROME

As tho result 81 positive stand by the
Board Of Education. which finally in
duced the Fontenclle hotel management
TO cancel the date for the high school
dance. April %, the dig affair is 20 be
given at Hotel Rome on that night by
a new committee. composed exclusively OF
alumni. and will be called tho Student
and Alumni prom.
Chandler Trimble, alumnus, has Joined
with Henry Howes, the original alumni
member Of the committee. and they will
give the dance and musical entertainment
as scheduled. except for the change 20
the Rome. Edward Zipfel. Ferald I,oveioy
and Chester Trimble. tho active student
members Of the committee, have with
drawn.
Continued opposition TO the dance by
the Board OF Education led Managing
Director Abraham Burbank of the Fon-
tenelle TO cancel the date there. ne said.
lie declared his hotel would not do any
thing TO displease the board. which in
sisted that its dignity must be upheld
by cancellation OF the original plans for
the affair. The new arrangement of com
mite and location resulted, and It is
understood that the school board will
offer no more opposition.
Unsuccessful efforts have been made
by Frank ". Woodland. member of the
Board OF Education and an alumnus Of
the Omaha High school. and by Charles
s. Fighter another alumnus TO have
the alumni association OF the school for
mally protest against the proposed ball
OF the high school students and alumni.
President Stuart Gould OF the alumni
association received letter from Attor-
ney Elgutter deploring the fact that the
dance is to be called the alumni Prom"
and IL to be given IN spite OF school board
opposition.
President Gould replied that the board
OF directors felt that IL was not in a po-
sition to refuse sanction when II had
never been asked or given, and when the
board as body does not contemplate
entering into any social affair except the
annual reunion OF the classes to be held
In June
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-17
Candidates to Try
to Displace the
City Hall Crowd

Harry II. zimman, Harry ]. Hackett
w. $. Jardine. John c. Drexel, A. A.
Lamoreaux and ]. W. Metcalfe. six can
diGates for city oommissionerships. an
nounce that they have agreed on a plat
form which will be relesaed today.
They further state that they have come
TO an amicabie agreement on the pro-
VISIONS Of this platform. They gave out
the following statement:
The undersigned candidates for the
office of city commissioner nominated at
the recent primary election have held a
number OF conferences and have thor
ouEhly discussed the needs of the city
and the issues involved I'm the present
campaign, and find our Views relative
thereto In entire accord Plans are al
ready In progress for a vigorous and ef-
fecuve campaign. We believe the time
" opportune to dlsplace the machine
which so long dominated the affairs OF
the city government with men who rep
resent the free choice Of the voters.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-17
Ladies of Maccabees
to Hold Their State
Convention in Omaha

Mrs. Agnes Temple Boyer. state deputy
representing the Ladies Of the Maccabces
OF the World. Is In the city to make ar
rapgernents for the grand state conven-
ton TO be held here ON Tuesday. April
20. A fine class win be Initiated and the
honor guests OF the occasion will be Mrs
Alice B. Locke, supreme lieutenant com
mander Visitors are expected from all
over the state.
Tho Ladies Of the Maccabees OF the
World Is the largest order In the world
for women. Its monthly interest earn
inss alone from bond Investments amount
20 nearly one-thlrd the amount OF
monthly death claims. The magnificent
net gain OF s.s2s In 1919 shows conclu-
sively the splendid work being done by
this order OF nearly 10000 women.
At this convention a delegate will be
elected to attend the great supreme re-
Wow to be held Mt a later date.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-17
TRADE UNION MEN
DGIVE ULTIMATUM
Want on May / What is Offered for
July l and Also that Holsters
Union Be Recognized.
CARPENTERS WANT MORE PAY

The ultimatum issued by the Build
ing Trades unionists OF Omaha to the
building contractors is to come to a
head May /. The oricklayers want
an increase of 3 cents per hour, be-
ginning with that date. The carpen-
ters want So cents an hour, while
their claim is that some of the con-
tractors are paying this, while others
are paying but so cents an hour. The
Hosting Engineers union demands
jurisdiction over all hosting work.
All Of these are members OF the AL
lied Building Trades Conference,
which includes the plasterers. brick
layers, carpenters, stone cutters and
hosting engineers.
The allied conference has asked the
contractors TO see TO II that no nonupion
men In any one Of these five building
crafts be employed. and has stated In n
letter that Il nonunion men are employed
in any OF these crafts the other union
men in all the other crafts will quit tho
Job.
No word from Builders.
While the workers SCI May az the
day on which the Increase in wages and
other concessions must go into effect the
builders have not yet agreed TO Il and
have not signified any intention Of rec
ognizing the hoisting engineers union
On the other hand. the contractors have
practically agreed 20 allow the bricklay-
ers' advance by July /. In case the hoist
ing engineers are dropped as g union.
That is in case Il is not made incumbent
or them to hire union labor for hosting
engineers
While there are but twenty-five hosting
engineers in the city normally. they are
said TO be 100 per cent organized. That
is every one OF them Is a member % the
union, and they arc determined TO hang
on for their demands. These men get
62h cents an hour on all hosting Jobs
bnd IS cents an hour on concrete mixers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-17
Wonderful Names
Owned by Indians

The charms ana wonders OF Indian
nomenclature are unendlng, n notice
just received az the postoffice regarding
the sale OF lands IN the standing Rock
reservation. North and South Dakota.
contains wealth OF picturesque ana
MISUNDERSTANDING names 81 present
owners o. the lands 10 be sold. bids for
which win be opened May ;. Here are
some Of the names:
Paul Highcat. Henry One hui, Kills
Crow Indian. Joseph Shoots the Bear.
shave on One side. Joseph Different owl.
See the Bear. White Cow Walking, Cyril
Good l-efthand, Patrick NoiAyhawk,
George Iookingbaek. Aaron Fish. Paul
Stretches Himself. Different Tall James
Praneingclk. Charles Otterrobe.
The names of the women owners are
even more picturesque They Include
these;
Ars- Reclining Bear. Mrs. Fool Bear.
Mrs. Did Sot Butcher. Mrs Brush Horns.
Mrs Frosted Red Fish, Mrs. Two
Parents Mrs. Mark Afraid OF Hawk.
Mrs Walks High. Mrs Holy FAX Face.
Mrs. Kicks the Iron. Mrs. swift Dog.
Mrs Taken Alive. Mrs Foolish Thun-
der. Louisa Take the Hat Louisa Low
Dog. Molly Trectop Julia Two Kills.
Martina Goodvoice. Agatha Big Shield.
julia Brown Forehead. Helen Difficulty.
Mary Lean Dog Mamie Cetanmain.
Annie Bobiail Boar. Florence Afraid OF
Hawk, Nancy Chase Alone. Mary Yellow
Fet. Jennie Dog Man Mary shave Head.
Daisy Lizzie Whitespirit.