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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

characteristic manner He would maLs ms own paper He went off to New. roundland and soon formed his gigantic paper mills at St. Johns, among ths largest in the world
 He bears striking facial resemb. lance 10 Napoleon 1 and is said to take particular pleasure in the fact. Al. though he inspires loyalty among hia closer associates he is said to be hard man to work with. There is hard. ly a detail of his enormous business ix which he does not interfere and he s never too busy to suggest articles and policies for even the smallest and nnosi frivolous of his publications. He is con. stantly sending favorite correspondent into all corners of the world on "spe- cal missions" that entail big exnenseS put little results and Is forever sum. monlng editors. writers, managers and even lesser fry from their posts iu London to some far distant cline wherein their chief may be travelina
 Thislis the man of fascinating mys. tery In whose hands, it is perhaps noN 100 much to say. rests the immediat1 future of England. A gifted writer had just penned these words which voic( the concern of many who do not ss& In him a savior:
 The times. are dark. the dangen many The crisis that has brought thu liberal government to the dust is fai from over. The sgovernmenE attei piloting the country through the mosi perilous currents it has ever been ems parked on. is dead and in the midst ot the war we are floundering in do, mestic bog the issue from which nt man can foreshadow., Lord Northclifft may rejoice at the confusion he hal done sd much to create, but the couh try will deserve any disaster that cad .befall it if it permits his sinister i'm f7uence to play with itsa destinie1 again."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

dependence can be placed upon its sup port In the early days of the war Kitchener had unique hold on the pub lie, and no man could have survived an open rupture with him. So Northcliffe bided his time
 It was not until late in April that his chance came and he was not slow to realize it's strength nor to seize it's pos sibllities. Kitchener had promised that the war would begin about May l. and the the public had got the idea that there would be. an irresistible advance against the German line in the spring. spring and the end or April came. and there was no general advance Neuve Chapelle, with its appalling casualty lists and It's revelation of muddle and incom- potency, was followed by the German ad- vance at Ypres With few trlfiing ex- captions the German lines stood firm de- spite the fact that they had been seri- ously weakened by the withdrawal of troops for the smashing offensive that drove the Russian army out of the Car pathians and back to the San It be- came necessary to find a cause for this and Lord Northcliffe was not backward in supplying one. He personally visited General French at the front, he sent one of his best correspondents to Flanders and finally delegated Colonel Repington,
 
 Times, to see General French and dis cover the cause of the failure. There vas rule against any newspaper cor respondent visiting the front without kitcheners permission, but this was overcome by inducing General French to invite Northcliffe and his helpers to his headquarters as his personal guests
 Armed with his facts. Northcliffe began his attack upon Kitchener. The army had been starved of shells AL most useless shrapnel shells had been sent when the heads at the front were crying aloud for high explosive shells. Thousands of precious British lives had been sacrificed in vain through the neglect or the blunder of one man. the man who was responsible for the manufacture and the selec- ton of shells. to-wit Lord Kitchener.
 If Northcliffe had been guessing about his facts and had not been able to prove his assertions up to the hilt the public would have rallied to Kitch- ener's support. Even as 1t is. influen- tial sections of the public have shown nasty mood towards Tho Daily
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

\ N Zb.-l T 1N All aboard for Coney Island via ISSxsHSSS the new subway. What a lot s-seszass3 of moles we are becoming here
 In New York town. One might think We no longer like Gods golden light of day, judging from the small bit of Ii many of us bask in.
 Men awaken in the mornings, rush right down into the ground and go smashing and crashing along at a breall-neck speed to their downtown places of business Then, many of them work all day under an artificial light, for real dayliebt fin the skyscraper section Is as hard to pro- cure as world peace. With nightfall they are back underground again and being whirled to their homes once more
 But it is wonderful system-this New York subway affair It is not so very hhclent, either, but since it's birth 1t has been growing steadily and the recent opening of the Coney Island and Queens horo subways makes it far and away the biggest thing of the kind in the world.
 Twenty miles or more underground for cents is what we may have now For instance, one can get on the subway train even above the northern end of Man hattan lsland-up at Two Hundred and Forty-second street, which is well on the way to Yonkers-and get off at Coney Island, something like one hour later Or he may go to Long Island City, or ride down to South Ferry and then north again to Bronx park. We are just honey- combing the island and Greater New York with subways. and if it were not for tho Tact that Manhattan is on a base of vr- tualiy solid rock, there might be a chance for beautiful cave-in one of these fine days.
 Yet the whole system Is not all sub Some of it is subterranean and some of it is submarine, while still other sec tions of the lines are well above ground
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
THE HOME TOWN.

I have seen the white lights glitter over Broadway's gala throng- Folks who make believe their joy IS complete ! have heard discordant echoes of full many a ribald song, In the neighborhood of Forty-second street. But amid the song and laughter. mid the ribaldry and jest. l have often and distinctly heard the call Of the Homeland, and I've longed 10 leave the glitter and the rest, For there's no town like the home town after all. When the call I thought was Duty's took me outward and away. And in other climes bade me while to roam. Though the days are filled with sun light and the nights are turned to day.
 Still I'm longing for the folks back there at home. It may be modern city of a million souls or more. Or it may be just village. dew-im- pearled, But if it's only home sweet home, with memories of yore It is still the fairest city in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

ad In advertising-she admits it, how ever, for Atlanta is nothing if not Frank.
 Funny thing about New York is that what is known as the life" almost in variably results in the death. II really isn't the life at all, and many of the best people" here never indulge in it. Among this class are those who live staid, sober home lives here. They may go out to a theatre now and then, but they never feel called upon to indulge in any of the mid night entertainments afterward. nor do they ever order a wine supper.
 Yet those who think the white way represents ''the life would sooner think of emitting to wear a necktie. or a nat. than to leave off the after-theatre party that lasts until the crack of dawn. They believe that therein lies wisdom and knowledge-that it is absolutely an es- sential-and so it is-to the restaurant owners.
 New York represents temptation with a very large T, and youth and beauty fall for it in alarming numbers. It seems a place for neither the very young nor for the very old, unless with age has remained an unusual stamina, with youth goes a splendid strength of will and courage.
 Take the case of Diamond Kitty Joyce as a sort of illustration of the foregoing. She was once called the Queen of Broad way. and was known as the prettest woman upon whom the white lights shone. She is now dying and deserted in hos pital here, having been run over by a train. after which the amputation of both legs was necessary. It may be that she is even now beyond the border land
 She was a country girl who ran away, so the story goes. She craved excitement, and she had that craving satisfied. She became member of musical show, won hosts of friends who were extremely nice to her in her days of prosperity. but the life" told at last, and she has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

Silver moon lances through shadows came
 darting,
 Each little wave wore a gem on ,ts
 crest. Weary at last, we lay down on the
 heather, Struggled up close, for the shadows were
 deep, Anc there in the valley of childhood to-
 gether.
 Two little playmates were soon fast
 asleep. Then, in the stiffness of nisht-was ]
 dreaming?- Faint on my ear fell a soft little sigha Bearing this message--or was 1t but seen-
 ing?-
 Nay, twas my pjlaymate-the message
 good-by. Only dream. yet walked heavy hearted. There in the east gleamed glorious
 dawn, Yet from my life had the joy departed Only dream-but my playmate was
 gone, Gone, vet I saw coming toward me an.
 other.
 Then, with shudder, my heart grasped
 the truth This one was Age. my departed frtend's
 brother, He who had left me-my playmate-vosf
 Youth.
 sign in Broadway cafe says: '~We are neutral. We furnish the ammunition and you do the fighting-but not here" The early passing of the cabaret is conceded here. but 1t is still hanging on until someone can think of something thai will take It's place. The white lights must lead an awful iie-though they work all night. thed have to be out early every morning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

Though l roam while, or wander in
 colder. alien cline,
 My heart still hears the soft, pur
 suave call
 Of the Homeland, and I'm dreaming o
 returning all the time,
 For the home town is the best towr
 after all.
 Gunda Is dead. Gunda was an enor- mous nurderous elephant up in the Brony zoo. For a long time his anger agains, mankind had been steadily increa sing and his elephants heart was full of the blood lust It is terrible thng-this harborine of anger-and it finally resulted in Gun da's death. He was killed by a bullet fired by taxidermist, whose corps of as- slstants Immediately thereafter set to work to prepare the exterior of Gunda for the Museum of Natural History. His flesh was fed to the lions.
 Had Gunda controlled his anger he might be alive today. yet perhaps he too. felt that he would prefer death to the permanent loss of his liberty. However. 1t may impress and help you. the next time you visit the museum. to take a look ct all that is left of Gunda and re- member that he came to his death as a result of an uncomfortable temper.
 Dishing out the weekly dramatic tip, 1t may be well to call your attention to "A Full House which is filling the Longacre theatre nightly, and bids fair to run through the summer This farce is one of Broadways loudest screams. and is one of the best things that Fred Jack son ever did. After writing it he mar rled-contracts appeal to all of us al times
 And Selwyn S Co. are putting "A Full House" on with that delightful finish and condolences that characterizes their productions. It will probably be here when you come up. and if not it will hit the trail sooner or later, so remember it.
 You can't keep Atlanta off the front page, even in war times Atlanta put the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

"ISTUR EDDITUR: The confidence " of yuth is indeed a grate thing. EsEgy Confidence is big asset at enny old time, and the average yuth of the land usuelly IS chuck full of confidence until he stocks up on experience. Experience cums high, but its got to cum and that's all theere is to it. It usuelly puts a crimp in confidence, too, but it may in time grow to be the moor valuabull asset of the two.
 A yung man of my acquintense resently related to me how his confidence had re- seeved a seevere jolt. His confidence in his own brillient judgmint, and also his confidence In humanity had both been rudely shattured to its verry foundasion, 1 gathured rum what he sed. He felt sore and greeved when he unburdened himself to me, and felt that he had in sum way veewed this life and his bruther man frum the rong angul. In one fell swoop he had been soured and warped and now he looked upon mankind in gennerel with cold sus
 pssion He had started out on his carer with trustful and confiding disposision, full of pep" and an affectsionate regard for most everyone, he sed but now the future looked as dreery and dark to him as life Tn Muntgummery aftur July furst. Fate had been crewel and sudden with him. he intlmated, and rite when he leest sus pected it. had risen abruptly up and kick
 ed him with grate violense in his finansia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

IilDS8tv public opinion Is concerned, has 6eE@ arrived at a crisis. Much that will happen from now on, including the length of the struggle and the terms that will bring it to a close. depends upon the outcome of the struggle between two men now crossing swords behind the scenes here.
 Who rules England? Is it Herbert H Asquth, Prime Minister by the consent Of the majority of the people and the head of the coalition government; or is 1t Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northclffe. maker and molder of public opinion, the proprietor of couple of score of English publications. including the most impor- tant of London newspapers. the vertable Nspoleon os the newspaper world who brought the late liberal government to the ground and made necessary the pres crit coalition cabinet and who, if he so Ileases, will bring the present govern nient down with d crash?
 A close follower of events since the war started would be inevitably led to the conclusion that Northclffe Is supreme Time and time again he forced upon an unwilling and resisting government ac- ton that he declared to be necessary for inc public safety. He has made men and troken them with equal celerity. Abso- 1utely indepedent of all party restraint or loyalty. he would as quickly bring a
 
 not like its ways
 But although Northcliffe can look back upon an almost unbroken list of victories, there are signs that he may break his head against that hard old veteran of war and idol of the British public, Lord Kitchener. And if Northcliffe should fail through Kitchener it. would indeed be a stroke of iron, for the newspaper Napo- leon it was who, at the beginning of the war, forced the famous field marsnal tron the government much against Its will.
 Indeed, Kitchener. who was in England when war was declared. had bdarded the boat al Dover on his way back to Egypt v hen Asquth recalled him Ito be war II mister It was the intention of the cabinet to place Lord Haldane in that the most important of cabinet posts. but Northcliffe would not have 1t so. In all his powerful papers-the Times, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

In fact, newcomer would find it diff cult to tell the "Ln from the subway in places. The subway running out Broad way, for instance, emerges high in the air just north of One Hundred and Six teenth street and runs along above the housetops until 1t reaches One Hundred and Thirty-seventh And a few blocks farther north, 1t is so far underground that an elevator Is required to bring pas sengers to the surface. Of course, all this is now almost ancient history to the New YorlSer-what he learns today is ancient to him tomorrow anyhow-and he thinks nothing of it. There are too many wonders here to stop and endea vor to thoroughly grasp or appreciate each one. When the New Yorker gets on the sub he knows where he wants to get off and nothing else interests him am sure that many ride under the bed Of East river without once realizing whether they are underground or under water, or above either At first upon entering the tubes under the river bed, one experiences a little tightening sensa- ton in the ears, but one soon becomes accustomed to that and it is no longer noticeable.
 And yet figures prove the claim of this company that they operate the safest railroad in the world. Certainly the two new lines just completed make it the most wonderful subway system on earth, and New York is proud of 1t, just as 1t Is proud of everything on the island--almost. 1t doesn't show it's pride save by feigned matter-of- fact ness amounting to an ostensible indif- ference. but listen-here's secret New York hates itself something aw- full.
 Saw horrible sight on Broadway yesterday. poor devil, tired of the game which he had probably found profitless. leaped headlong from tne top story of the Times building, in Times square. throng quickly gath cred about the lifeless body. and as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

THE DESERTION It seems but as yesterday. well I remcm- Gold was the sunlight. as now. and I
 knew Naught of the cold or the snows of De-
 cember Life was promise I hold to be true. For Der the fields with my playmate
 wandered, Happy as birds in the branches above; An, had I now but the joy I squan- Had l but him and his laughter and
 love! Gaily we roamed where the sun kissed the
 heather; Out where the fields waved a welcoming
 kiss; Life was a song and we sang 1t together. Living was loving and loving was bliss. On OCT the highlands, though fair. dim
 pied meadows. Stopring to laugh with the brook now
 and then; Happy alike in the sunlight and shadows, On through the wales to the hilltops again. High in the heavens the sun was now
 mounting. Onward we roamed, nor delayed for the
 counting Of hours. as childhood sped merrily by Far had we wandered ere daylight de-
 parting, Stained with its crimson the darkening
 west:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
Gentle Sarcasm

From the Youngstown Telegram. A
 Blondine-"Isn't Gerty Giddiks3 Keeping company with young Bean brough any more?
 Brunetta-'NQ; she decided he wa altogether too extravagant and shl passed him up.
 ''Is that so?'
 "Yes: one evening he wanted to talu her to moving picture show in jts ney bus."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

I gazed. with others, at the poor. man gled frame, l wondered If there were not some one, somewhere. who thought more of that life than did he who thus destroyed it. It was really quite Il thrilling picture. but they always have good movies at the Strand
 With the thermometer registering only S9 degrees. deaths from heat are reported in New York city-pretty scft for fellow who spent his early life in Dixie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

since admitted that she had tried to die several times, but was not game" enough and called for help at the last moment.
 She now planes it on Broadway. and no doubt Broadway deserves some of the culpabity, but the lure of the life was in her heart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
Ky F.. l.. HEITKAMP

ny IF. I. HETThAMP
 June 17-(Special Cor ! respondence. e.)-Undoubtedly the J great war. so far as English m public opinion is concerned, has 9 arrived at crisis. Much that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27
UP AND DOWN BROADWAY--By Allen Griffin Johnson

EW YORK, June 26.-(Special.)
 All aboard for Coney Island via the new subway What a lot
 of moles we are becoming here
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-03-10
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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-03-10

ship upon any legitimate industry rh,.
hoard. with my active assistance. IN Tho
last three years, has Increased the fran.
chise valuations upon all the corpor,.
items Of the state from S4s.ooo.ooo to
sis2, ooo, 900; and four Of the largest rail-
road companies, whose assessments wsre
raised. have enjoined the collection ana
carried the question into the federal
courts. where the cases ore now pending
for decision. The favorable settlement
OF these cases In the courts together with
the large Increases from other CORPORA
lions which are not contested, means n
great boon to the taxpayers and a most
valuable increase In our revenues. In
the four years Of the present admins
tration the increase Of revenues from the
assessments Of those corporations, which
have not contested Increases, will
amount to q sum to the state far IN ex
cess Of 100000: and the increase Of
revenues from the same source to the
counties. cities. towns and school dis
tricts Of the state will amount to about
81, 600, 900 for the same period. Should
the courts sustain the action Of the board
in the raises made upon the four rail-
road companies have referred to, Il
would add about $1,000. 600 more revenue
to the state and about s2,o00.0o0 more
20 .ne counus' c owns sna 'chooi
o's'ric's !" '"e same iour years
Explains Single Attack.
Notwithstanding my well known rec
ora upon tne BOARD IN tnese matters and
my enorts 10 serve tne oest interests OF
the people py piacins mrser ana Just
burden OF taxauon upon .he corpora-
uons' one man aione IN al the STATE mas
undertaken 10 criucise me soou. Tie
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1915-03-10
THOMAS S. RHEA OF LOGAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY

financial department. the treasurer's
Office, declaring that the present ad-
ministration has well handled q DIM
cult financial condition left to it by
the last Republican administration.
His card of announcement follows:
To the Democrats Of Kentucky:
On the first Saturday Of next August
the Democrats of Kentucky win nom
mate their candidates for state Offices.
and make up their ticket to be submit
ted to the voters in the November cleo
ton. In that primary I shall be q can
didats for the Democratic nomination
for the Office Of auditor Of public ac-
counts: and In making this announce
ment I trust that my fellow Democrats
will give to my candidacy their serious
and favorable consideration. ] shall en-
deavor to be very brief In what I say
in this announcement. and shall rely
upon the fair and discriminating intel
iigencs OF the people for what support
may receive, ia
I hope may be pardoned for calling
attention briefly to my experience as an
officeholder. As sherit OF my native
county Of Logan. and then for the last
three years and more as treasurer Of
Kentucky. I have tried faithfully and
earnestly to SO perform the duties Of
ONCE as to justify the confidence OF the
people who 10 honored me.
Member Of important Boards.
An state treasurer have been. accord
ing to law. a member Of the important
governing boards OF the state. the sink
Ing fund board. the printing board. the
capitol board and the board OF valuation
and assessment. This latter board Is one
OF especial importance and consists of
only three members. the auditor. the
treasurer. and the secretary Of state. II
deals with the important question OF Tx
ing the franchise valuations upon all
corporations doing business In this state,
for purposes Of taxation. The record
made by the present board in the last
three years has been remarkable and un-
precedented. The board has not sought
to hinder or cripple legitimate corporate
Industries OF the state: but II has 20 In
creased their franchise assessments that
the state In now receiving several hum
dred thousands 0 dollars more In taxes
every year from this source than II ever
received before. A q member OF that
board ] have helped diligently In the
work Of adjusting these matters In ac-
cordancs with the best Interests OF the
people and without causing unjust hard