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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23

be the pride and the profit of the
 Greater Birmingham.
 My friend Ex-Senator Joe Bailey
 has bit off big chew in taking tn.
 Riggs National Bank case against
 Comptroller Williams and Secretary
 MeAdoo. These treasury officials.
 when they came into office, found the
 Riggs Bank crowd had been practically
 running the treasury department for years and doing lots of things which
 were not thoroughly in accordance
 with tl2e national banking laws. They had more or less been running it over former treasury officials, and when called upon for detailed reports they declined to give them, and were
 promptly fined by John Skelton Will
 sonalities and politics to get Williams l out They appealed to the banking in
 terests of the country and filed suit
 charging Williams with attempts to
 cppress them. They issued legal brief to the country charging Williams with
 malicious attempts to punish the bank 1, and its officers.
 Now it Is up to Williams to prove
 that he was acting under the law in forcing the bank to live up to the law in it's transactions and dealings. It begins to look like he has been comp troller in act as well as in name and that the courts will place the stamp of approval upon him. Certainly he
 has demon strated that there are nc
 interests so strong as to either lead or drive him from the path of duty. # * #
 Few newspapers have said much about Ebert Hubbard who went down with the Iusitania, though all of them have had much to say of Alfred Vanderbilt, Charles Frohman and many of the others of prominence who met the same fate
 Hubbard was an active working, writ ing newspaper man. He was educated on | bo Xa Gu,, io1 ctaf Dc ceNtly he has been upon the active writ other Hearst publications This queered him with the old line newspaper men,
 To stray from the Sun school to that oi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23
Brilliant Benefit Concert

Miss Prudence Neff's benefit concert to be given at the Tutwiler on the might Of Friday, June 4, will be a rare musical treat said a member of the musical set Miss Neff, as all musical folks know, is a piano virtuoso and having entered the con l. test for first position among concert ar tlsts to be decided at the musical conven- ton at Los Angeles in July, Birmingham naturally feels great interest in her efforts
 The preliminary contest for Alabama performers was held at Cable hall in March. The committee of judges consisted Of Mrs. Gussen, Mir Klenk, MT. Law renee, MT. Memoli, and Mrs. Julia Nicely Finch. There were few contestants on that occasion, although the contest was open to all panists. violinists and vocal ists in the state. Miss Neff was the only Birmingham instrumentalist who played and the only certificate which the judges gave was to her.
 Later on in the elimination contest held at Memphis, many brilliant piansts from southern states took part, but Miss Nef easily won. She goes to Los Angeles therefore, as the representative of tht Whole south and will there compete with artists from all parts of the United States Each performer must pay his or her owr expenses, and the music lovers and public spirited citizens of Birmingham think i Is as little as this community can do ir the way of showing appreciation of Miss Nens abilities is by helping make tho benent concert a financial success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23

charges under conditions which were never dreamed of in battles of even fifty years ago.
 The British naval brigade which oc- cupied Antwerp in September was composed of unseasoned men. Most of them had toiled at city desks until August, They held the position at overwhelming odds and against all the hideous devices of modern warfare until ordered by their superiors to abandon it. The first battle of Ypres was fought by large numbers of men who had never been under fire before. The courage they showed is now part of history. In this same battle the Germans and Prussians advanced in massed formation, four and six and eight ranks deep, the first rank doomed to death. None of these men flinched. They charged and died. This war is being fought on that plan. Those in front must die that those who are behind may advance, after using the bodies of their dead com rades to bridge barbed wire entangle- ments.
 If long years of peace have bred men capable of such courage, MT. IT, win seems correct in his theory that the man who conquers himself and is moderately successful in the battles of life will not run from a million bull lets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23
Men Bred by Peace

Will Irwin, writing from northern France, praises the valor of the raw recruit, who is found in great num-
 bers in all the armies now engaged. MT. Irwin tells of the French soldier, caricatured with lace trimmings on his clothes, who never faced bullet in his life, charging again and again into hell of devasting fire, until he died or won the coveted position. The French troops in the present war, and all the other troops, for that matter, have shown supreme valor in the most terrible conflict humanity has ever known, and one which internal de- vices of modern science make ter times more terrifying than any wars of the past. France had known com. parative peace for long time before Germany started her famous drive to Paris. So had Germany and so hac England, except for territorial war' which did not effect the body of Eng
 fish people. The Canadians had de
 voted their efforts since 1872 to work, of peace. Yet, raw recruits represent
 ing all these countries have stoot ground stubbornly or made hopeless
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23
Burying the Tomahawk

"Poor Lo," the Indian, no longer dimes on dog meat On the contrary he banquets in palatial luxury.
 A Few days ago Omaha, Neb., dedi- cated $1,00O,000 hotel, named "The Fontanelle," after the greatest chief the Omaha tribe of Indians ever had. In honor of the occasion a party of fifty Indians motored down from their reservation to Omaha, in a flock of automobiles belonging to them. Except for few Indians who, in hon. or of the occasion, donned their an- cient tribal costumes, the members of the party were dressed in clothes which reflected the latest styles.
 At the banquet, the menu card of fered no difficulties, as it did to many a "paleface" present. Those Indians who did not read French com promised by taking the whole bill of fare.
 Twelve of the red skins, however, managed the menu card with ease, for they are descendants of French nobil- ity and have many kinsfolk in France. "Fontanelle woods," often mentioned in war dispatches, is the ancestral home of the Fontanelles that years ago came and mingled with the Omaha 1 Indians.
 | To those who do not know the red man as he is today, it is difficult to imagine the metamorphosis which has taken place. They think of the Indian as wearing blanket and riding 8 shaggy pony, while as a matter of fact, the Indian is discriminating buyer of the latest model autos. Only on gala occasions is the ancient wal bonnet brought forth from it's wrap pings and moth balls-only as mat ter of tribal history is the "chiel talk" handed from generation to gen eration.
 Tepees have given place to farm houses, and the Indian partakes in tn dedication of million dollar hotels.
 It might be good investment fo certain eastern lecturers who are won to depict the Indian as he was, havin, no conception of the Indian as he is, t. include in their "See America First
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23

LUST after the sinking of the Titanic in April, 1912, Ebert Hubbard. who with his wife recently went down with the Lustania, wrote an article on it's sinking for his magazine, The Fra.
 Some extracts from it are here repro duced
 John Jacob Astor half forces his wife into the boat She submits. but much against her will. He climbs over and | takes a seat beside her in the lifeboat. It ! is a ruse to get her in--he kisses her ten- derly-stands up. steps lightly out and gives his place to woman. | Lower away" calls the officer. | "Wsit-here is a boy-his mother is in there."
 Lower away" calls the officer-"there 1 is no more room." l Colonel Astor steps back. George Wid- ener losses him a woman's hat, picked up from the deck. Colonel Astor jams the hat on the boys head takes the lad up in his arms. runs to the rail and calls in mock paint You won't leave this little girl. will you?"
 Drop her into the boat shouts the of | as the boat is lowered. | Astor turns to Widener and laughingly says, "wellAwe put one over on 'em that time."
 "Ill meet you in New York calls Colonel Astor to his wife as the boat pulls off.
 A man runs back to his cabin to get
 box of money and jewels. The box II worth $300,O0O. The man changes his mine and gets three oranges, and gives ont \ ora nge each to three children as they art I lifted into safety.
 i As a lifeboat is being lowered MT. ant Mrs. lsador Straus come running witt arms full of blankets, brought from thell stateroom. They throw the bedding tt lthe people in the boat
 .Help that woman in." shouts an of ficer. Two sailors seize Mrs. Straus. Sht
 struggles, frees herself, and proudly says Not Il-I will not leave my husband" MT
 Straus insists, quietly and gently, tha
 she shall go. He will follow later. But Mrs. straus Is firm All these year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23

we have travelled together, and shall we part now? No, our fate is one.'' She smiles a quiet smile, and pushes aside the hand of Major Butt, who has or dered the sailors to leave her alone. we will help you-Mr. Straus and Leone! It Is the law of the sea-women and children !irst-comel'' said Major Butt. No, major, you do not understand. remain with my husband-we are one no matter what comes-you do not under stand."
 See she cried as if to change the subject there is woman getting in the lifeboat with her baby; she has no wraps"
 Mrs. Straus tears off her fur-lined robe and places 1t tenderly around the woman and the innocently sleeping babe.
 William T. Stead. grim. hatless. with furrowed face. stands with an iron bar in his hand as lifeboat is lowered. Those men in the steerage, I fear, will make a rush; they will swamp the boats" Major Butt draws his revolver. He looks toward the crowded steerage. Then, as he puts his revolver back into his pocket, he smiles. ..No, they know we will save their women and children as quickly al we will our own."
 Stead losses the iron bar into the sea. l He goes to the people crowding the afterdeck They speak a polyglot lan- guage.
 1 They cry, they pray, they supplcate, they kiss each other in frenzed grief
 John B. Thayer, George Widener, Henry Harris, Benjamin Guggenheim. Charles M. Hays, Mark Fortune. MT. and Mrs. Allison. MT. and Mrs. Straus move among these people, talk to them and try to re- assure them.
 There are other women besides Mrs. Straus who will not leave their husbands. These women clasp each others hands. They look into each others eyes. they | smile-they understand
 Mir. Guggenheim and his secretary are in full dress Tt we are going to call on Neptune, we will go dressed as gentle men," they laughingly say. The ships slowly settling by the head.
 One thing sure, there are just two re
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23
Regarding Site for Docks

Although it may be all right to study over the matter awhile before going into the purchase of a railroad or just building a highway, the county or city should at once buy a terminal site for the construction of docks on the War rior river" said a well known whole sale man yesterday
 The plea put up by the board of revenue. l am told, Is that they do not know where to buy such site and that they want to wait on legislation in this regard
 "The county engineer, however, given the assistance of other engineers if select the best site for this terminal dock where the shipping to and from Birmingham would be loaded and un- loaded from the river boats There are many contending forces working for the docks to be located at different places on the river in order to serve private interests But the county au- thorities should select a place from an engineering viewpoint and it then could be held until the rest of the problem is worked out.
 "lf such site along the river is pur- chased now thousands of dollars can be saved. For just as soon as property owners discover about where the pro- posed terminals and docks will be To- eated the price of the land will be boosted three to four times
 "l have been informed that private citizens have offered to buy this site Tor the county If the county author itles will designate the place and hold IL Tor the county to be turned oyer to them at their wish with only interest on the money invested. This plan should be taken up if the county authorities Feel they have not the spare money now to invest"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 There isn't much romance about having a sunny disposition. man usually feels as good as his stomach
 Ever notice that street car runs about So miles an hour when you are trying to eaten 1t and runs about three miles an hour after you have caught it?
 The old-fashioned girl who was always afraid that she might show through now has daughter who believes that a coat of talcum powder is opaque.
 Another mystery is how a thin girl can eat Six square meals per day and grow thinner. and how fat girl can eat ons potato and gain four pounds. N
 A woman can imagine that she is say ing money because she has everything charged and doesn't ask her husband fol some coin every morning.
 Why does a man always take a second look at a red-headed girl?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23

| the Hearst publications is looked upon by the old guard of newspaperdom as mex cusable However that may be Hubbard, like the late Alfred Henry Lewis and many others. went where the pay per word was most profitable.
 Hubbard was a wonderful genius ur4 both tongue and pen. He could say and write that which few other men would dare put in words. He said things and wrote in pleasing manner. On the lec- ture platform he could roast in such rhetoric as to be almost pleasing to the roastee. He was of big thought, con struetive of mind and of act He taught big business and big combinations-be- lieved in the men who could organize what in common parlanee are known as trusts. He admired the man who could bring about big combinations and make them pay.
 He recently told me of a man who had made a success of a peanut stand in East Aurora. He had kept a peanut stand for years. He knew the peanut business and made it pay. Someone urged him to add popcorn to his business. It was too 1 i'm To fp1I rxvlo went into both and failed.
 "He was purely a peanut man." added Hubbard. When he told me of his fail ure I told him not to worry-he could probably be elected to the legislature and make laws for all of us.'
 Hubbard himself was man of big busi- ness in small and varied forms. He made furniture and profit from it; he built up from his success; he raised hogs profit ably, and conducted hotel which paid handsomely. He taught others to profit with him. He taught them to do their work well, as he did. He probably was earning more from his pen than any other American writer recently and was volubly adding to his income on the lecture plat form. He was cratic and ultra and even risque in his views in regard to relations to the other sex, but he was outspoken and apparently honest in them. With this preacher--a genius and an upbuilder. Tho world will miss him.
 I,eHd3,ueQ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23
The Rev. Dr. w. E. Evans

Although the Rev. Dr. w. E. Evans, former rector of the Episcopal Church of the Advent, had been in poor health for sometime, his sudden death at his farm home near Richmond, Va, comes as a shock to his wide circle of de- voted friends in Alabama.
 Dr. Evans was man of rare gifts. He was a clear thinker and his lit erary style was full of grace and charm. During the greater part of his residence in Birmingham Dr. Evans was regular contributor to The Sun day Age-Herald and his signed ar ticles on literary topics, including dis cussions of Shakespeare plays and other English classics, were eagerly read by cultured men and women.
 There were few more forceful preachers in the south than Dr. Evans, and in his occasional public addresses outside the church he always con- manded large and rapt hearing; and being a gentleman of broad human sympathies he was ever ready to CO., operate with civic leaders in promot- ing human welfare in whatever com munity he resided.
 Dr. Evans was born in Maryland, but he received his college education at Randolph Macon, in the little town of Ashland, Hanover county, Virginia. He was ordained a minister of the Methodist church and for several years filled Methodist pastorates in Virginia; but while he was yet below middle age he was received into the Episcopal communion and was or dained for service in the diocese of Alabama. His first charge as an Episcopal clergyman was at Florence. From that parish he went to Annis- ton to accept the rectorship of St. Michael's and All Angels. He was called from that charge to the historic Monumental church Richmond, where for several years he preached to vast congregations. He was one of the most popular clergy. men who ever lived in the Virginia capital.
 From Richmond he was called to tn, Church of the Advent and he held tha rectorship until failing health caused him to resign, greatly to the regre of his parishioners here. After return ing to Virginia he accepted smal charge at West Point, about forty miles from Richmond.
 Dr. Evans had personal friends ir nearly every southern state and hi' death will be mourned, therefore throughout the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23
Knocking on Wood

Rejoice in the Lord" Philippians I3,
 During the middle ages people car cross,' and when danger threatened they put tn heir hands upon them touched wood,'' as they said. There had fingered in their minds the heath en notion that the gods played pranks on men, exalting them frequently only for the devilish fun of casting them down again So it came to be consid- cred dan gerous to boast of prosperity or to rejoice in past blessings, and touch wood, for protection,
 We have exactly the same attitude widespread today. Many good people have the curious, foolish, unworthy feeling that one song of rejoicing is apt to arouse the ire of malevolent fate The elem ent of truth here-and there is always such in any error is that pride in the natural order of things goeth before a fall But there boasting of one's own achievements and rejoicing in the Lord.
 Paul calls God happy God. God is happy in having brought His creation to a continuation in man. made in His own image He is happy in the radiant activities of reckoning man from the lower into the higher, from sin to holiness, thrOug Christ the chief and peculiar agent and all experiences as subsidiary instrumentalities. He is happy in the mighty song yelling up from the redeemed in thousand tongues and a thousand strains. Now, if we, creatures of happy God and recipients of His happy work, can not be happy ourselves, then the earth is crooked and all things turned awry- Any man who stops to think re- alizes that the only joy worth mo- ment's -consideration is 'joy in the Lord-' Joy nnu st be bounded all around by His laws and breathed upon by His presence Joy, in reality is but the outward showing of Gods life in the soul
 Joy is at once the gift and the
 
 source A bundant life is evidenced by the feeling of joy, and joy in turn makes life still more abundant. Scientists tell us that the pleasurable em otions are sthenic, strength giving; whe ereaS the opposite emotions, like sadness and fear, asthenic, de- privative of strength By laboratory hat hotb muscular and glandular activities are lfaVora bly modified by joyful stimuli. Mental processes also as perceptions, attention, memory, reason, are stimu- 1 lated under joyful moods.
 Quit knocking on wood. Lift the 1 headI Face the east! Dare to be glad! ReJoicel And in order that your joy may be undiminished while worlds come and go, let it be ''in the Lord , HENRY NJ EDMONDS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23

ALL A BLUFF Some men put up front that's great, It cannot be denied, But when called on to demonstrate Show emptiness inside.
 CLOSE ENOUGH Where would the average speed king be without his mechanician?" My first guess is under the car'
 DEFEC TIVE VISION Two sides there are to everything That's said or thought or done, And yet. two-thirds of us, by jing, Can only look at one. MOUNTING THE BAND WAGON Richard Bartholdt declares he's for America, first last and all the time However Herman Ridder beat him to it.
 STILL, WE DON'T MIND Compared to Remember the Maine!" the slogan. Remember the William P. Frye!" is a mouthful. BOILED In South America the dove Of peace may now alight. They're short of cartridges down there
 And simply cannot fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23
TOOK THE HINT

rose with stately grace and put a rec. a famous aria filled the room.
 "Ah." exclaimed MT. Boresume .Magnificent!'' What piece is that may I ask?"
 That" said Miss Flibber, signifi. cantly, is Tosca's 'Good-by. "
 Shortly thereafter MT. Boresum was saying Good night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT SOME
 VERY LIVE ISSUES OF THIS DAY

= HEODORE ROOSEVELT not only wins victory in the damage suit brought by William Barnes against him but the jurymen added that they believed everything to be true he said about the political boss
 Roosevelt is certainly the scrapper pre- eminent of this country. Before jury or the people there be none like him. Since this trial the other republican can didates may as well stand aside. He will drop the Bull Moose yoke. bound b.-ck upon the republican elephant and will be the candidate against Wilson next year great race it will be, too.
 Upon whether or not there be a great era of prosperity in this country depends Wilson's success.
 I believe we are upon the verge of an era Ol pTOSptTllJ. dii D1SfHtoo is feeling an impetus. The only brake upon the prospective whirling wheel of good times is the breach with Germany. How ever. the German government does not view the situation as likely to create rupture between the two countries. Karl H. von Wiegand wires the New York World from Berlin that he has found no disposition in the German ministry to de- liberately seek a conflict with America, as has been represented. Germany is not quite that mad,' he adds.
 So with the diplomatic settlement of the pending questions and the elimination of prospective war imbroglios on our part business cannot help but hum.
 and doing. We must prepare for the future We must not only improve the Ensley Southern railroad to the War rior river, but we must build a modern, highway as well graded as a railroad to the new lock or the Bankhead lake. This is the day of the motor truck and the trailer Build the highway, level and hard, and the motor truck will do the remainder.
 It may cost lots of money, but Jef- ferson county owes little. Issue bonds, put the convicts to work upon it. Let forward and make such road as will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23
Iris deeds must win the prize.
 Flaming of the Sbrew.

BEGINNING THE DAY-O God, heIp me to go right on working. Daylight will come after awhile Thou wilt show me the sun in Thine own time. Meanwhile, my Father, help me to light even this darkness by my determination to be true. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23
RLIGHTED AMBITION

BLIGHTED AMBITION "So your daughter has decided to marry the count?"
 "Yes," replied MT. Wadly, with a de- jected air.
 You don't seem pleased. I'm sur prised.
 You needn't be. I was hoping to gel instead of liability"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23
ON PROBATION.

Have the Bounderbys gotten into society yet?'
 Well, they've taken their wraps off, but there's no telling how long they'll stay"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-23

XeSuVius to respect the feel inGS of the Italian populace to the tent of not entering into competition with them