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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11

ed that their being musicians is due ra ther to the fact that all blind persons are required to study music and that those who show talent usually develop 1t IS much possible
 The local association plans to take up the study of the blind throughout the United States and to learn of their activ- ties in other cities and country districts.
 MT Johnson is interested in all work of this wind, and is well posted on mat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
Planning for Harvest

Berlin. June 5.-The German agricul- tural council, a semi-official organiza- ton of farmers has been meeting in Berlin to consider war plans for the harvest year 1915-16. Resolutions were passed declaring that the continuance of the economic and agricultural meas ures adopted during the past nine months will enable Germany easily to face the fture no matter how long the war may et
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
Real Cens0rshin in Russia

Berlin, June 5.--The strictness of the Russian censor is indicated in dispatch from Copenhagen, which gives statistics for the year 1914 showing how many Rus sian newspapers and how many issues were suppressed, temporarily or perma- nently. The figures show that the censor proceeded against and prevented the pub lication of 465 issues of periodical papers,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
Shoemakers Increase Prices

Hamburg. June 5.-For the second time since the beginning of the war the shoe and leather dealers of Hamburg, Altoona and vicinity have announced an increase in the price not only of shoes but of repairing footwear. The first raise came in December Leather, however has so increased in price since then that deal- CTS claim to be unable to operate at any profit at all unless they charge still more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
Emergency Munition Workers

HULL England, June o.-A Hying squad- ron of nlunition workers to be known as the Kings Squad is being organized here It will contain several thousand expert mechanics, men hitherto engaged in work for private corpora tions who can be moved quickly from shop to shop as required Ito do emergency work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11

and 2S0 nonperiodicals. In s6 cases of periodicals the prohibition was only tenn porary, and in "A cases of nonperiodicals
 As a result of the activities of the censor in proceeding with considerable regular ity against periodicals that persisted in printing undesirable material A news papers went out of business during the war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11

after both services with the end iis view of forming a Home Altar Circle" in the church neighborhood. Prayer meeting Tuesday evening at 7:S0 o'clock; workers meeting Friday even ing at 7:30; Sunday school begins this morning at 9:30 o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11

In introducing this law the government declares it's purpose to reject the idea of relief and base all payments on the right of the victims of war to in- demnities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
Price of Uniform

London, June 5-The price of a sol- dier's khaki uniform before the war was 1o.N, according to figures made public during the latest session of Parliament. At present the cost is about s2 60 more
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
TICENTE. CAsAREs.

TICENTE, CASAREs. Argentine,
" March 6.-La Martona. the big
gest butter farm of the world,
lies here in the heart OF the Argentine
Republic, within an hours ride Of .Bue-
nos Aires. and % days by steamer
south Of New York
The farm has more than 10000 acres.
and the most of this is covered with
grass as high as your knees. The
farm has $4,000 cows. all OF which are
N milking condition. It supplies the
most of the butter and milk for the
Argentine capital, and it ships thou
sands Of pounds of butter and tens OF
thousands Of gallons of milk every DAY.
IL sends its products to all OF the other
provinces and countries about. and it
VIII probably soon be exporting butter
10 the United States.
Argentine Caters to American Stomach.
indeed, the Argentine Republic prom-
Uses TO cater moro aAl more to the
North American stomach. 1t has begun
To furnish rs part OF our chops,
steaks and roasts. and ia time Il will
ne supplying much OF our bread and
the butter thereon
The dairy industry Of the Argentine
IS Just at its beginning. Nevertheless.
us annual butter product is already
somethinE like 5000, 900 pounds. and
me shipments to the United States have
already begun BY the Buenos Aires
Herald I see that 1000 boxes Of 60
pounds each We're received in New York
ana that another butter cargo Of 5000
boxes is now on its way All of this
mas been sold i'm advance. and il viii
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06

! port and left the count to his own de-
vices
Zeppelin, cast down by his failure.
nought and stored the wreckaEe. and
then Travelled the length and breadth
OF Germany begging assistance
In 1898 the count plunged what was
LETT OF his own fortune into a new shin
with stronger motors But his North
German oustiuacy stood iu his way
he refused TO adopt stabiliziug fins,
invented in 1908 by Col. Charles Re
Rard- OF the French army. and this de-
spite the free gift Eenard had made of
MS Idea zeppelin protested that they
were not part OF his own brainWOrlS.
Luck. too, was against him. 4 break
ing Transmission disabled the airshIn
and, without steadying fins. it was
blown 20 the Swiss shore. where soon
after landing a sudden winter storm
broke il IN the middle. The count had
squandered his all This time he was
ready TO surrender. despite the fact
that. just before the machinery failed,
the airship had displayed a great adj
vance in speed and navigability.
Three OF a Kind.
1t was the countess Zeppelin and h-s-
daughter who urged him not to yield.
realizing how vital part OF this work
was OF the old mans very lffe.
Sacrificing his last funds. with all his
old daring he now plunged as reck-
lessly as at the beginning. In 1906 the
third Zeppelin was ready. But it was
tested only IN good weather. Tire float
ing shed. now rebuilt on land. demand
cd greater caution. since if could not
be turned I'm the wind This was the
counts lucky ship. He had adopted
Eenord's fins, which converted the
long. thin eZpDelin into veritabIe ar
row The new ship flew fast and was
steered perfectly There was no more
accidents over the lake
In the midst OF this triumph Eber-
hard Zeppelin died-the scientist whom
the count declared the only person able
TO carry on his great work I'm the event
Of his own death. EJerhard's last
ecstatic impression was the hummiug
Of their airship. as with the count ut
the helm. it flew like a swan over the
house Of death
Count Is Aided.
The heroic fight now appealed . the
popular mind, and aid was rus ed to
the counts ventures. A nation al lot
terry raised the money for his .g07 ex-
periments- The empire gave him an
adequate floating shed. Factories Of
Tered 10 lend motors and material
During this year the new airship
created q genuine European sensation
by carrying 10 passengers for four
hours at a speed Of "a miles an hour.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06

slowed many inflated balloons inside Of
MS aerial submarine" where they are
arranged like peas in a pod. There they
displace sufficient Of the air TO out
weigh completely the ships skin and
cargo. and each bag is maintained in
dependent Of the others. like a vessels
WaterriEht compartments. II one COM
partment bursts or if it is perforated
10y q war missile. the others prevent q
sudden descent until ballast can be
thrown overheard TO restore the crafts
buoyancy- Hidden away in the hull.
safe from sun. cold and wind. these
bags or chambers retain gas for long
periods, thus insuring the crafts en-
durance FOR great distances.
4 FIyinE Monster.
All or the airship's other features fol-
lowed so naturally that today il seems
incredible that anv intelligent engineer
should have overlooked them On the
sides OF the hull, all propellers. rud-
ders and fins are rigidly attched They
point the nun TO go up or down guide
IL 70 right or left Two gondolas each
equipped with a motor, are suspended
under the skeleton, so placed as TO bal
ance the weight All these arrange
men1s give wonderfully steady air
ship.
A private commission assembled in
Berlin and ridiculed the monstrous con-
trlTance- Then for three years more
zeppelin worked without a ray Of en-
cOuraEement, begging various societies
-oE ana III NemOuSLrGTlu- his project.
At last the German government was
persuaded TO appoint a commission to
examine Zeppelin's plans Yet the COM
mission partly approved. and refused to
recommend aid by the state
At this crisis. after insistent plead
ing. the Germsn Society Of Engineers
finally endorsed the scheme. The,counr
was enabled to form stock company,
with resources Of S225. 600 he himself
contributing One-half.
SO the first airship was built-in a
floating house on Lake Constance.
This first Zeppelin was crude and
weak, its motors and its steering de-
vices quite experimental Naturally
enough IL was smashed And after the
makeshift rudde-s had been repaired.
its gas-cells leaked away all the costly
buoyancy. which had to be transported
10 the lake in steel bottles.
let-at the last minute-the airshfp
had risen and been steered perfectly
Count ZeDpeEn's scientific principle
was indicated
SkcpticaI Money.
Science noted this, but capital was
impressed only with the fact that the
venture had returned no money. The
society OF Engineers withdrew its sup
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06

ported materials and they are as care
lu.ly set as those Of a millioHaire's
Everything = Clearly.
nave spent this whole morning in
going through the establishments. Ev-
erythinE was iusmaculatelv clean and I
can assure you that you need have no
fear or disease from Argentine butter
made i'm this way.
Later on we took a look at the COWS.
driving through field after field on
Whlch hundreds We're grazing The
farm Is divided into camps and sta
lions, and each station has q house for
ITS manager. near which is its milking
corral.
The cows feed ont Of doors all the
year round, but they are driven in ev-
cry morning. They are MIXED once
o1E only. and this is i'm the corral.
Which Us surrounded by a woven wire
fence and cevers perhaps half an acre.
About 100 cows are MIXED at each sta
uon- Before beginning strap is tied
afouno the hind legs and tail Of each
animal This is 10 keep il still and so
that no dirt may set into the milk
The milking IS done i'm the cans that
are brought from the factory. and as
i5 Is finished the cans are carted off to
the dairy
There are number OF these stations
eatterel M wide distances apart over this
arm and % takes something like . horses
." carry the milk cd II requires some also
for the sauchos. who drive in the cattle
ana who manage the great carts which
bring the cans OF milk TO the factory
me cans are like ours except that they
are. perhaps. twice as large They are made
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06

be used in New York. Chicago and Bos-
ton The paper states that the buyers
are mostly hotels. and that the import
mas already caused a decline i'm our
pric s. The butter. when landed, cost a
traction over % cents a pound and il
was sold at 45 cents. At this rate 10 can
De shipped from here at "A profit
Is Great Industry.
But TO return TO the great butter
farm of Vicente Casares. -he station
here was named after the man who cs-
tablished it. IT is now run by his sons
one Of whom is the assistant secretary
OF agriculture Of the Argentine Eepub-
lie The other owners belong TO a fam
lly which is one of the rich ones OF
this part of the world. and they have
thelr country homes on the estate
Inc dairy farm proper is a business
institution pure and simple It is not
run for show nor for pleasure 1t is
managed like great American fac
tory with experts I'm charge OF the
plant, ana the work goes on with the
best OF machinery imported from all
parts Of the world The pIowiuz- is
done with steam plcws made i'm our
country, the sterilizinE machinery
comes from Europe and the patterns OF
the churns are from far off Australia.
The butter fat is tested by an American
invention, and the milk is pasteurized
upon the basis Of conclusions reached
by the great scientist Of France.
All OF the machines in the factory
are moved by steam, and the steam is
made with coal brought here. from
England The floors of cement and
walls Of white porcelain are also of inn
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06

and I'm the past butter has been practically
unknown on many of the estanclas that
owned more cows than job ever dreamed OF
Today more than 100000 quarts OF milk
are brought into Buenos aires every morn
ms and the annual export OF cheese 8
several million pounds
Possibilities Beyond Conception
AS TO the future meat and butter produc-
don Of the Argentine. its possibilities are
beyond conception With intensive farming
and upbreedinE the proporuonate increase
VIII soon Do much more rapid than Il IS
now This is a natural stock country. and
in the past where the animals ran wild.
they formed enormous herds that surpassed
in number those Of our buffaloes-
IT. must be remembered that this country
had no cattle horses or sheep until they
three years after Columbus discovered
America. Don Pedro de Mendoza brought
over here q horses and mares His colony
hal terrible time and they finally went
90 Asunciou. IN Paraguay, forsaking a part
OF tneir horses. About generation later
another colony came here and they found
that the pasture lands were covered with
droves OF Wild horses. the Offspring OF
Merdozl'5 herd To was little later thai
sheep were brought over. and they bred in
the same wonderful way And then came
the cattle which increased so rapidly that
hre people could not take care OF them. and
they roamed by the thousands over the
For a long time the greater part OF the
stock was Wild. and the killing was done
Tor lleir Alues anu Inflow more IMAM a
hundred years before our declaration OF m
dependence was signed DO was related thar
"a traveller found at Buenos Aires - Dutch
and English vessels laden with bull hides
Each had on board 1900 or 5000 hides.
and in all 100000 cattle had been killed %
make the hides shipped by that fleet. These
hides had nrttcd the exporters about 81
each and the ships made about 500 percent
or them
Too Many Cattle in Old Days.
At this same time. &c is said that the
cattle grew fast that they would have
devasta-sd the country had 60 not been for
the Wild dogs that devoured the calves. 4
little later on a priest, writing about Buenos
Continued on next page. Col -
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06

7 over Gicrsberg the count dropped his
J visiting Card-in the shape OF a sand
bag Then, 10 demonstrate fully the
remarkable power Of his planes. he
plunged down TO the lake. where the
moving craft scoODed water ballast and
floated on the surface
still another lottery brought re-
sources FOR q new vessel. with the first
OF the passenger cabins This craft
with new rudders and stronger mo-
tors. was tried out in 1908. Its decis-
Z i've journey through Switzerland and
. up the Rhine electrified Germany. He
was forced 10 land at Echterdingen.
where the ship could not Withstand a
sudden storm. and burned at anchor
age.
The Inventor Wins.
Echtcrdlugen- deeply impressed With
Zepnelin's personality and with the
possibilities Of his ship. aroused the
German people to appreciation. and
provided the millions to carry out his
mission More 10 national hero than
TO the inventor. an hearts and purses
We're now opened
The veterans lucky third ship quite
Vinuicated his stubborn confidence. II
was sliced in two. and a section insert
I'd 60 give IL greater buoyancy. Then,
late in the winter Of 1909. Mai Sper-
ling and his military crew put the
craft through its PAGES with rigid
German method. The El0omiest critics
were dumb when a Zeppelin not onk-
landed Tor the first time. but landed in
a 40 mile gale. which IL rode out at an
cnor I'm an open plain. Il other tests
u flew in a blizzard for seven hours
This ship was accepted BIZ the govern.
meuL
The first thrill Of these achievements
was not stale when a. new Zeppelin sp-
peared before the world in a continu-
Gus flight OF $50 miles
Once Zeppelin arrived at Berlin
minus one propeller. as the Lusitania
arrived at New York on her maiden
trip But she arrived. creating intense
enthusiasm IS she circIed over Berlin.
ON her return trip 10 Friedrichshafen,
one Of these three propellers broke in
pieces. and q large fragment plowed a
big hole through the hull The airship,
with onc-seventeenth OF her support
gone. simply came down. repaired, and
went on
National Hero.
o On the counts 18th birthday, July
s. 1918. the German press rang with
his praises. The reigning princes OF
the empire sent their CONCENTRATIONS.
The emperor teleETaphed: The en-
peror and empire are proud Of the bold
ruler Of the air and wish increasing
success each year"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06

dairymcn. who take care Of the milk Tor a
percentage OF the profits The cows VIII Pc
divided Up into herds o. from $50 90 -9t-
and one man may BE- iu charge OF each nerA
The milk IS taken 10 the factories or cream
cries. and the dairymen get about one-naiL
There are two large butter factories in
this country which are run as cooperatlt e
institutions These are la Argentina and
Fl Progress. Ia Argentina works up the
skim milk % more than 100 creauleries- anu
both 10 and Fl ProEreso are exporters OF
butter ] am told that there are a number
OF other diaries with from 1000 20 5000 cows
and that these include such breeds as Short
horns. Red LiucoIns ard Red Poles, as well
as the Dutch breeds.
Fayorite Cows OF the Country.
The favcrite mich COW for the Argen-
socalled from the wide belt % white hair
which runs around It's black body These
animals have what is called the milk shape
They have good udlers, thin neczs- stralsht
backs. wide breasts and small horns They
can stand the changes Of climate. and VIII
thrive on any kind OF fodder They are
sood for beef as well as for mills
During my visit 20 the estaucia Of san
Juan near la Plata. / saw special breed
Of cows. created by senior Pereya. who owns
altogether something like $4,000 head OF
stock and who was the owner % the bull
Americas. that was sold az auction fo- a5. 900
gold dollars This new breed IS a cross or
the HolsteIu with the Polled Angus IL has
produced a very fine milking strain and
the major domo told me he considered il
superior 20 that Of any other in this part
OF the world.
The Erreutlues are breeding their meat
cattle Up TO a better status than that OF
almost any other country ana II they
should pay similar attention TO breeding
UP their dairy cattle they viii probably do
equally well with them AS it is now.
there are about 200 dairies in the country.
but these have all sprung up within the past
20 years
Indeed. the story % the evolution OF cattle
breeding and dairying iu Argentina is one
81 the wonders On the history Of stock
raising. Even now it is not uncommon 90
find an estancla that has tens Of thousands
u cows. using canned milk Tor its coffee.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06

OF heavy tin bound with iron and each OF
them viii hold eight or ten gallons Ihose
] saw were clean ana 4 watched Ihein ~
Sing sterilized by the running or super
heated steam through them after each using
Monster Churns at Work.
mere aL5 a I5y IA -.15---s ,-j-c lin,
goes through them at different temperature
and then passes on through a pasteurllation
plant until il finally comes forth absolutely
pure. In one place I saw great separators
out OF which the skinned milk was pour
ing in a great stream through one pipe,
and the rich yellow cream flowing out
I watched the churns. each OF which VIII
turn out 500 pounds Of butter an hour, and
then looked az the machines where me
butter is rolled over and pressed TINS way
and that until all tlH milk is worked out
OF 10 and 10 becomes solid fat In this
process no salt is used, and all butter here
Later on watched them putting up the
milk Tor the city. This Is served out in
bottles and each bottle IS covered some
In another department they were putting
ID milk for the steamers. OF which several
start out from Buenos Aires every day
This was In pint bottles corEed with tin.
in the same way as beer bottles, the milk
being so treated that It viii keep many
In a third room they were making an
Argentine sweet or conserve OF milk and
sugar which is popular over this part or
South America This is called "dulee DC
which is eaten with a spoon Il is sold in
cans the smallest Of which holds ong
half dozen spo0nfuIs and the larger ones
about half a pint The dulce brings
from 5 10 50 cents a can according 20 size
The Arrentines like IL so much that they
often send cans Of 10 TO Europe as spec
i'll treat for their friends
Many other Large Dairies-
In addition 60 this dairy there are a num-
Der OF others sprinEinE up all over the
country Lnere are many IN ms province
quay and the ParEna river. and others in
the alfalfa region. some Of the estanciss
which raise cattle for beef are now milk
ing their cows
In such cases the cattle are given o-er to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06

A OLD bit, and q fine bit Of advice this IS mellow
~ and yellow. and pointed and not very gorg7ously
embroidered. but worth wearing over your heart
In plain American means don't walk too much with volr
chin in chest and your ewes turned the earth!
Look up with your chin out and your ewes wide opeI
tie the reelmg ribbon OF your fate star If You
stub your toe ON the clouds below. Tie to SOME STAR.
But there stars-and stars And that's why your
mother worries about You, young clap, try understand
that Tor she knows that there that belong
to star have path but vh loose change
able uniiNcd and whimsical through starspaces; stars
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
Argentina, With Worlds Largest Dairy
Farms, May Supply America With Butter
FIR ark G. Carpenter
Copyright. 1915. by Frank
G. Carpenter.)

ALREADY New York and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06

that do not matter any thing. Follow that
bazcs rlr. fiVei star That pusatcs with its white
fire, with core, and place in the great,
great scheme And nay be- an this glory, simple
sort OF star wnkug away in modest place. Don't tie
your precious ribbon TO stardrtt viii trail YOU through
all the byways OF the Milky Way enough YOU will
leave staring trail Of diauondust that viii show in the
nisht-sky above Broadway -dmmins its glitter
There are thousands Of who have reached hand
INTO the Magic Bag of Hearts Desire there shone on
Their trails the starlight Of the Right Womau face
NELL BRINELEY.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06

Zeppelin built a long thin light aIu-
MUM sheath, as rigid as steel that
could be driven against air currents
instead of the unruly balloon that says
and bulge5 when IL is driven at any
thing ike high speed against a gusty
wind
But. nevertheless. Zeppelin used the
balloon to lift and support him-hc
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
The Wonderful Persistency
Of This Great Inventor and
His Early, Youthful
Bravery.
AS a Young Officer Was At
tached to Grants Army,
Made Balloon obser- !.
Vations.

OOUNT ZEPPELIN. builder OF the
4 famous German Zeppelin war
balloons participated in the
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-04-30
Sin Cuidado Club.

Mrs. Lester Rogers was hostess o.
the Sin Cuidado Club last Thurs.
day afternoon Several members
sowed ard Others played "Progres.
slve Rock at two tables. Many
beautiful Vietrola selections were
played during the afternoon. Mrs
Rogers served delicious menu, as.
sisted by Miss Lucy Wynns.
The club members present were:
Misses Lealia and LYDIA Rogers,
Glenn Leeoh, Lucy Wynns. kath.
eryn Grlgsby, Edith Badge, suzanne
McCau!, Mrs. W. A. Meadow. The
additional guests were. Misses
Billie Clark, Of Demopclis, Ala;
Christine Hunt. Imogene Slayden
and Mrs, o. v. Clark,