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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
MOVING IS FAST IN CHESS

rioHl lue washington POSt.
 What Is the average length of time that chess player in an International cham pionship game takes to move?
 Among mere human players there are many traditions of how these peers of the game scorn to make a move in less than an hour; nay, more, how they consume whole evenings and oftentimes days in a single move. Such tales are rife in rural chess circles.
 Now, in hard fact, these superplayers move more rapidly than the everyday expert. The common limit in interna- tional championship games is 15 moves an hour; a player failing to get within this limit loses the game. no matter how commanding his position; an average of four minutes to the move is considered ample time. Indeed, when Capa blanca challenged Lasker for the worlds cham pionship he was held to be justified in refusing Laskers condition that the limit be heightened to 12 moves an hour.
 In championship games a chess clock is always used. This has two dials, each dial controlled by plunser Immedi- ately after Black has moved, White strikes his plunger again, halting the me- chanism. Black then strikes the plunger of his dial, starting his clock in turn. The dials thus record the net time each con- sumes in moving.
 Of course, in practical play the con- testant gets more than the four min utes. The first eight or ten moves are almost always book plays, made in less than minute each. This allows much time as credit on later moves. Further more, even when his opponent is mov- ing, player studies his own next move, based on the probable move of his oppo- net But the daylong or even hourlong move exists. only in the imagination of the village champion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
Fruit and Vegetables

We certainly have had an abundance Of fine vegetables and citrus fruits this winter.'' said Charles D. Pantaze of the Metropolitan cafe.
 'We have had luscious strawberries al- most as large as guinea eggs. The toma toes have been good all the winter Grape fruit has been plentiful and exceptionally fine. The celery has been the best for years.
 ''Then the fish and oysters seem to be unusually good. The supply has been abundant, and Spanish mackerel have been more popular with the public than eyer. Birmingham has had a splendid winter market even if most of it is shipped in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
SONG FROM COMUs

By John Milton. Sabrina fair,
 Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool. translucent waveI In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose braid of thy amber dropping
 hair;
 Listen for dear honors sake, Goddess of the silver lake,
 Listen and save!
 (Sabrina answers.) By the rushy -fringed bank, Where grows the willow and the osief|
 dank,
 My sliding chariot stays Thick set with agate, and the azurd
 sheen 1| Of turkis blue. and emerald green, That in the channel strays; Whilst from off the waters fleet Thus I set my printless feet, Der the cowslip's velvet head, That bends not as I tread. Gentle swain. at they request am herel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
UNDERWOOD DEFENDS THE PART,


 From An Old-F Fashioned Debate in the House." in National Magazine for Janu- ary.
 But, Mir. Speaker the gentleman from Illinois states that the President says the conditions of the country are due to lack of confidence True, but not to lack Of confidence in the democratic party. There is no return from hamlet or state that has indicated a lack of confidence by the great masses of the American peo- pie in the party in power. Applause on the democratic side) The democratic party when it came into power inherited cesspool of privilege that had grown out of legislation that had been written on the statute books of this country by our po- litical opponents for 40 years. It was our duty to clean out the Augean stable; 1t was our duty to cure the patient; it was our duty to protect the American people from the grind of privilege and the grind of class. Applause on the democratic side)
 And in the IS months that we have been in power we have kept the faith; we have kept our pledge; we have wiped from the statute books the concessions that you gave to monopoly in your tariff legisla ton. Applause on the democratic side) We have written on the statute books a banking system for the whole people of the United States (applause on the demo- cratic side), and not banking system for aggregate wealth and special class We have kept our pledges to the Ameri- can people, and we have not only indorsed the trust legislation that was on the stat ute books by the orders of a democratic Attorney General of the United States, but we have written on the statute books within the last few months legislation that will vitalize the Sherman antitrust law tapplause on the democratic side), and enable the government of the United States to punish the guilty and point the true road to the innocent, that all men may be free not only in their individual lives. but in their business transactions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
A RAPID CALUCULATION TRICK From Populaf Mechanics

By means of a simple arrangement of numbers, calculation can be made which will easily puzzle any unsuspect- ing person. If the two numbers, 41.096 and ss, be written out in multiplication form, very few will endeavor to write down the answer directly without first going through the regular work. By placing the 8 in front of the 4 and the s back of the 6, the answer is obtained at once. Thus: 41, ,Os6xs3 equals s,41096s. A larger number which can be treated in the same way is the following: 4.10s, ,5s9, ,o41 ,o96xs3 equals 3ll, ,096. Ss0. l10, ,sss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
A Prosperous Section

Business in the middle west-Illnois, Indiana and Ohio-has been fairly brisk since the first of the year." said A J. Sutton of Cincinnati. Tn the Queen City there seems to have been marked busi- ness recovery recently. In most branches of trade conditions are certainly not far from normal in my section.
 T spent day each in Indianapolis and Chicago last week and business in those cities was much more active than it was in November; and better still every body expressed confidence in the future of business. I run across lew pessimists these days"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

of March. Temperatures above 90 are. not uncommon in summr.
 Galicia has short, hot summers and long cold winters. The severity of the latter is especially due to the fact that the Car pathians prevent the ingress of southerly winds. Przemysl has in recent years known minimum temperature of 13 bel low zero. and Lemberg IS below, though in a normal winter the temperature rarely falls more than or degrees below zero in this province, except in the mountains The snowfall is abundant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

fense on the minute and with every element of power concentrated behind it's blow"
 It should be the business of the majority leader and the military and naval chairmen in the next Congress to promote the movement for a strong CT national defense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
Fashion Week

Birmingham's Fashion Week., begin- ming March 8, will attract thousands of visitors,' said a merchant. Last year 8 Fashion Week was a great success, but in general attractiveness this years event will be even more of delight.
 Birmingham is a popular shopping cen- ter. In no city between Louisville and New Orleans do the merchants carry such large and varied stocks. Easter comes this year on April 4-earlier than usual but Fashion Week. from March to 13, will afford the fair sex ample time to get ready
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
DIET OF THE ANCIENT ATHLETES

Webster in the February Strand.
 The actual diet used by the ancient Greek athletes consisted of certain kind of cheese. specially prepared from goats milk. Later on a flesh diet was intro- duced. The Romans, in the early stages cf training, utilized a vegetarian form of diet. consisting of dried figs, new cheese and boiled grain. Later on. again. meat was added to the list. but only one svrt of flesh was thought suitable. and that, cnriously enough. was pork, an eo- ible absolutely banned by most modern trainers. Galen most firmly maintained that pork ooatains far more nutriment than any other flesh food. It certainly is q very significant fact that the ancient athlete complained that if they were forced, when in training, to live upon anything else but pork for any one meal their mental and physical forces alike were seriously impaired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

BEGINNING THE DAY-O God, give me a passion for the right. ! would love 1t with all my heart. Thou kDowest how dull it appears st times to my foolish eyes, and with what slow zeal I follow 1t. Give me n great thirst of the things of the spirit. would pursue them with hurrying feet nnd with tears of desire. Amen. III. M. F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

The rumble of the prohibition steam roller having ceased in Montgomery, it is to be hoped that the "solons" will set tie down to practical work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

Coi John A. Joyce, who claimed to have written Laugh and the world laughs with you, Weep and you weep alone" was probably the only man who had ever dared to argue matters with Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

Uncle Sam is apt to be unpopular when the war is over, both with Germany and the allies. But he'll manage to keep his health in spite of that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

Philadelphians who are trying to talk down Billy" Sunday will find that al- most as hard to do as catching Niagara Falls in bucket
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

The pipes presented to his soldiers by the German crown prince are large enough when burning hriskly to heat up a trench
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

The Dacia will soon become as well known as some of Sir Thomas Lipton's 'Shamrocks," but from a different cause
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

college has a larger telescope in it's as tronomical observatory than the other fel lows college has"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

Hello" says New York. "Hello!' says San Francisco. Hey, there, Denver, get off the line"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

Every now and then somebody gets up and says. ''The gunman must go," And he does-about his business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

An authority says baseball is a sound business. Quite true. With the emphasis on sound"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

Red Cross doctor who didn't have much work to do married a princess. Not bad, if the princess has a large dot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
EXCEPTIONAL

EXCEPTIONAL.
 I dare say those two college men over there are having an argument as to the prowess of their respective colleges in athletics
 NO. Sometimes you'll find college men like those chaps. One is boastng that his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

When a scarcity of money is reported in any part of the world these days nobody doubts it for a moment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

Thaws return to New York was not ex- acty in the nature of home coming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
WELL. WELL.

WELL. WELL. Dame Fashions lately voiced decree Will cause widespread dismay; Transparent skirts will henceforth he Considered quite passee.
 A PRAYER. When this cruel war is over. And the warning nations cease. May all the world united be In deathless bonds of peace.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

Sugar is getting cheaper again, bu wheat is still vaulting toward the blue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

NOT STRONG, ANYHOW. Young Whispin spends all his time dancing the new steps"
 That's true, but while he's doing that you must remember that his brain is get ting nice long rest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
WAR ECHOES

Philadelphia Ledger: A few giant smoke 1 stacks where once stood factories that employed thousands of well-paid hands; solitary sentinel of chimney to mark the site of a comfortable home; heap of stones, all that remains of a prosper ous farm-everywhere ruin, wreckage and desolation. By the roadside, or thronging
 in the streets of yet unravaged towns and cities, the remnants of a self-supporting, self-respecting and contented people-old men fighting feebly for a crust wounded or broken workers who would gladly work all day for turnip; mothers trying vain ly to feed their famshed babes at their faded breasts; children who have cried themselves mute with fear and hunger that is Belgium, the Gethsemane of the modern world.
 Philadelphia has no cause for shame in the past. Gladly, freely, unselfishly we have given, and a million unfortunates have invoked a divine blessing upon us for our charity. But the people in that land of vicarious sorrow are still starv- ing; every day some homeless. half-clad, terror-crazed ones die of utter need; each week the Restitution and desolation deepen and sink lower than any horror the world has ever known before. And this terrible condition cannot be cured yet; it can only be mtigated. Of all the nations of the earth one alone can play big brother to poor Belgium, and that is America. If we do not feed them thousands more must starve. MT. Robinette's appeal for fur ha1,, aid ;, for, nit "a must heed it now. and tomorrow, and un- til there is no further need.
 Jasper in Leslie's: The war is causing retrenchment all over Europe. Luxuries are being discarded. The simple life is now preferred.
 At the close of the war, which may be somewhat distant, it is expected that an era of low wages and lower prices will prevail abroad. This will be reflected here and under our lower tariff will make the competition of foreign goods keener than it has been in many years.
 This means that we must share in the worlds distress. It means lower prices for our crops, too, for every farm in Eu- rope will be under cultivation by those who can find no other employment.
 The ability of American statesmen to meet these new conditions will put them to the severest test and unless we re- strain the present tendency to bust our industries and smash our railroads, we may invite the most serious disturbance of labor situation that we have ever had in the United States and conditions that tend to revolutions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
Another Great Wheat Cron

The west harvested a bumper crop of wheat last year-a record breaker-and as the acreage has been increased and the now, Q new high record will be made un- less weather conditions should be unfav- orable between now and spring." said Seth J. Watson of St. Paul.
 Tt was the great crop produced in the west that kept that section properous and not only has the west benefited great ly by it's large wheat yield and high prices, but the east has benefited indirect ly in a very large degree.
 'The south will do wise thing if 1t re- duces its cotton acreage 50 per cent. Crop diyersification in the south is going to be the making of this section. There has been great deal of thrift in the cotton belt, l am told. during the past four or five years. but when diversifcation gets a good start the south will become as rich as any section of the union, if not richer"
 Unsatisfactory Conditions in Black Belt
 T found conditions in the black belt in somewhat unsatisfactory condition" said Percy Clark, who spent last week in Dallas county.
 "I wasMn that fertile section on the borders of Dallas and Lowndes counties and talked with several planters. The boil weevil has made it's appearance; this with the price of cotton, has demoralized farming conditions Not for many years has there been as much labor offering at any price-with rations furnished, of course.
 T do not know what caused it, whether the threatened government--state and na- tional-investigations of the cotton oil in dustry in Alabama or an unexpected de- mand, but 1t is fact that in 90 days the price of cotton seed jumped from SIP per ton to s26, the latter price offered last Saturday to farmer who is holding quite lot of it.
 Tn Localities in Dallas county I saw pecan orchards, some of them bearing nicely. Charles D. Walker, whom I wis., ited has Il acres of seven and eight-year old trees which produced 12O0 bushels of extra large nuts. These trees were budded and are true to type in fruit Dallas county has some of the finest roads in the state, and ere long, the sand beds of one section and the deep-mudded prairie roadways will have been a thing of the past all over the county"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
THE TIMES.

BEHIND THE TIMES. She doesn't drink. she doesn't smoke And goes to bed quite early To giddy throngs she seems a joke This quaint, old-fashioned girlie
 A MEAN MAN. Docs your husband anticipate your every wish? ''Yes. and then he says l can't have it.''.
 KEEPING THE PEACE. T presume that you and your wife have occasional differences of opinion?'' tOh, yes, but-er-I don't tell her.
 SURE.
 A stickler for
 Propriety
 should always boost
 Sobriety. MUCH MORE CHANGEABLE. q used to think women were fickle." "Yes?" But that was before Mexico's military leaders began to make and unmake presidents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
SLANG SINGERS.

SLANG SINGERS Of all the pests that throng the land The worst we've ever seen Is that poor wight who thinks it grand To call his head "a bean"
 Youngstown Telegram. of all the pests that throng the land 1 The worst we've ever hit Is that poor wight who thinks it grand To call his hand a nit
 Geneva Free Press-Times. Of all the pests that roam about The one who needs a kickin' Is that poor misguided lout Who calls his girl "a chicken
 Warren Tribune Of all the pests that throng the land And infest many a nook, It is that fellow broad and bland Whose hand he calls grub hook
 -Ashtabula Star Of all the pests I've ever seen And really wished to hurt. The worst is that pinhead. I ween Who calls a girl skirt QUITE TRUE. "A writer in this newspaper discusse. the baby crop. Not much room there fo, disersification.' t'You are mistaken. No two babies ar, alike"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejectsd manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
A MEAN MAN.

Docs your husband anticipate your every wish?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27
KEEPING THE PEACE.

''Yes, and then he says can't have it.'..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-27

MUCH MORE cHANGEABLE. T used to think women were tickle" sfyesp,,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
GERMANS IN RETREAT
BERLIN ANNOUNCES PLAN TO
REACH RIGA HAS FAILED.
Troops Successfully Withdrawn From
Forest West of ShIok on Ac-
count of Floods.

Berlin, Nov. 1.-THE German war
Office issued the following official state
ment:
Army group of Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg. Near Kemmern, west of
Riga, three attacks made by the Rus
slams, supported by fire from ships
guns, were repulsed. During the night
our troops, undisturbed by the enemy,
have withdrawn from the wooded land
of the west and southwest of Shlok,
which, on account Of the rains of the
last few days, has become a swamp.
We took more than 100 Russian pris-
oners. Army group of General Won
Linsingen Supported by German ar
tillery, Austro-Hungarian troops drove
the Russians out of Kosceuschnevka. !"
Petrograd. Nov. 1.-THE following
official communication from general
headquarters was issued here:
"On the left bank of the Dvina. near
Ikskul, our troops captured the farm
of Borsg gmuende and took some Ger
man prisoners. Two counter-attacks
by the enemy were repulsed with
heavy German losses. According to
supplementary information, 1900 men,
21 officers and II machine guns were
captured by us in the fighting at Kolk,
in addition to the 1000 men and so
officers prfviously reported"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
TELEGRAPHIC
NOTES

Altoona, Pa, Nov. 11.-Traffic is so
heavy on the Pennsylvania lines that
25 yard firemen have been promoted
to enginemen and all tiremen on fur
loughs have been put to work.
Chippewa Falls, Wis, Nov. 12-Op-
erations for sterilization, the first un-
der the new Wisconsin law, have been
performed at the State Home for Fee
ble-Minded here on ten male inmates
whose ages ranged from fifteen to
thirty years. DR.. J. v. Lyman. assist
ed by DR.. John Ziegler, both of Eau
Claire, operated.
London, Nov. 13.-Conscription prop.
ably will be resorted to by Great Bri-
tain December 1, unless the young
men medically fit and not indispensa-
BILE in any business of national impor-
tance" enlist before November go
Lord Derby, director of recruiting,
made this declaration with the author.
ity of Premier Asquith.
Lord Derby adds: Whether a man
is indispensable or not to his business
will be decided later"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
IL PERISH IN CYCLONE
GREAT BEND, KAN, HARD HIT BY
TORNADO.
Waterworks, Electric Light Plant and
Other Buildings Demolished by
Terrific Storm.

Great Bend, Kan, Nov. 12.-Twelve
persons were killed and more than
one hundred injured, many of them
seriously, in a cyclone which swept
through the residence section of
Great Bend shortly after seven
o'clock Wednesday night.
The Santa Fe railway station was
carried away. Half the houses in the
town were wrecked. Three large
-four mills and several grain elevators
were demolished.
1t is reported at Kansas City that
the waterworks, electric light plant
and many other large buildings were
swept into the river by the tornado
which swept Great Bend, Kan.
A telephone message from Great
Bend received at Wichita, Kan, over
lone wire out of that town, report
ed that six bodies of persons killed in
the tornado there have been recov-
cred.
Fires broke out in many homes, but
the heavy deluge of rain which fol-
lowed the wind checked the flames
before they could spread over the
town.
A schoolhouse lying in the path Of
the storm was completely demolished.
The towns of Pratt and Larned
are reported to have suffered heavily.
A wreclsing train carrying all the
available doctors and nurses in Hutch
inson was sent in response to a plea
for aid from Great Bend
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
BRITISH SEARCH U. S. SHIP
Act Committed in Port of Progreso,
Mex.-Washington to Order
Investigation.

Washington, Nov. 12.-The Ameri-
can steamship Zeelandia was forcibly
searched by party from a British
cruiser last week when lying in the
port of Progreso, Mex. The American
consul there reports the cruiser now
lying outside. presumably waiting to
seize the ship.
On the face of such report as the
consul sent, even though it is incom-
plete, the official conclusion here is
that the British naval authorities not
only violated Mexican neutrality, but
far exceeded their rights in forcibly
searching an American ship in neu-
trail port.
Forcible searching of an American
ship in a neutral port probably would
constitute one of the most serious is
sues to arise between the United
States and Great Britain in the con-
troversy now in the channels Of d.
plomacy over the British navy's con-
duct toward American shipping. While
awaiting further details officials were
silent. A thorough investigation will
be made.