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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-24

While the Kaiser is slightly indisposed,
many to keep as quiet as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-24

If Great Britain can get any comfort
out of the withdrawal of troops from Gal
lipoli peninsula, she's welcome to it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-24
HICH-BROw NEWsPApER

From the savannah Press.
You would think the Knoxville Sentinel
was published in effete Boston. 1t heads
it's equal suffrage column "Enfranchise-
ment for Women.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-24

Although they failed, through no fault
of their own, the Australian troops won
lasting fame on GallipoIi.
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THE PRELIMINARIES.

I'VE hear great deal about political
preferment," said the inqusitive person.
"Oh. yes. The papers are full of it,"
answered the practical politician.
Just what is meant by that?'
ut means a TREMENDOUS amount of hard
work and the most astonishing mental
gymnastics on the part of the Person pre-
ferred."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-24

Gazing through extra powerful glasses
at the dim and uncertain future, the al
lies statesmen say victory is in sight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-24

New York S convivial population should
be able to get gloriously illuminated"
by a. M ii they begin early enough on
New Years Eve.
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ANXIOUS TO HELP.


Mrs. Calder is terribly distressed be-
cause she hasn't been able to decide on a
Christmas present for her poodle. Why,
she's actually on the verge of nervous
prostration.'
That's dreadful. Will no one offer a
SUGGESTION"
"Oh, yes. Some of the spiteful neigh
bors would be only too glad to purchase
gifts that would shorten the little dar-
lings life"
EASILY DONE.
The value of smiling
Has often been told;
If you want to produce it,
Just scatter some gold.
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NO PLACE FOR A FIREBRAND

From the Atlanta Journal.
villa probably figures that he could
find work in an American munition fac
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-24

Since the Sunday moving picture ques-
ton became acute it is worth at least
$4,000 a year to be a city commissioner
Of Birmingham.
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King Peter will find excellent wine i
Italy. And the climate is not bad
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-24

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala.
postoffice as second class matter uu-
der act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-24

Washington bureau. 2O7 Hibbs build
ing.
European bureau, Henrietta street,
Covent Garden, LONDON.
Eastern business office, Rooms AZ to
so. inclusive, Tribune building New
York city; western business office
Tribune building, Chicago. The >. q
Beckwith Special Agency. agents fof'
eign advertising.
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L. ID. Griffis and w. ID. Brumbeloe are
the only authorized travelling repre-
sentatives OF The ASe-Herald in its cir
culation department..
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Daily and Sunday Age-Herald, year $500
Daily without SUNDAY. ......... 400
Daily and Sunday, per month";. 80
Daily and Sunday, three months. 100
Weekly Age Herald, per annun. so
Sunday Age-Herald, per annum.. 200
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-24

Dothan Eagle: Hope Santa Claus will
give a loaded cheroot to the fellow who
spells it Xmas.
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Livingston Southern Home: Paul Poiret,
the Paris costumer, is at the front He
ought to be wonder at charging.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-06
Doi,gs of Society

at Valmar-on-the-Clifs. Naragansett
Pier. r. i.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Hill left town last
Thursday for an automobile tour of the
historic places in the State of Virginia.
Miss Ruth Sturtevant is visiting at Ell
kins. w. Va. and will shortly join her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sturte-
want, at their summer home at Haven,
Me.
Miss Elizabeth Harding. daughter of w
T. q. Harding. Of the Federal Reserve
Board. will go to White Sulphur Springs
about the middle of July for a stay of
several weeks.
Lieuts. De Witt Peck and ]. 4. Min
mis-. L. S. NJ. c.. are at the Ebbitt over
the holidays.
At the opening session of the Interna-
tional Conference of Women Workers TO
Promote Permanent Peace held at the
Panama-Pacifc Exposition at San Fran
cisco Sunday. Mira Ali Kuli Khan. charge
q anaires OF the Persian Legation, made
the principal address Mrs. Clara Be-
wick Colby, of this city, and Mime. Ali
kuli Khan. wife of the minister from
Persia. were also present. The Countess
Dumas. who was in Washington work
ing for the benefit Of the Belgian war
victims last autumn. also was present
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nSsgz.

Those who had charge Of the ban
quet were only too glad to include
this officer among the guests. A lit
tie while before the banquet was end
ed. the English officer whispered to
General Sherman. saying that as a
whole it was a splendid body of men,
their strength of character was re-
veaied in their faces and they were
men of modest demeanor and extreme
ly well bred.
when the English officer said this
General Sherman told him that the
great majority of those at the ban
quet table We're cattle herders and
ranchmen, commonly known as cow
boys. ThereupOn the officer expressed
establishment, saying that he had al
ways heard that cowboys were rough
uncouth and were fond of firing re-
volvers upon the slightest provoca-
ton, whereas the company which he
saw before him was of an entirely
different character from that descrip-
ton. Then General Sherman said to
him that in the company he saw the
average ranchman of the United
States and might understand why
these men had brought the cattle bust
ness to such enormous PROPORTIONS"
Copyright, 1916 by L. ]. Edwards. ALI rights re-
seryei.l
Tomorrow DR. Edwards will tell
How Hartman Went to the Relief of
San Francisco"
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Possible Danger in Posters.

The mayor of New York has sought advice from
the corporation counsel as to his authority to re-
move expansive posters urging an embargo on the
helligerent nations. These fiaring posters, dis
played in New York, Washington, Baltimore and
other cities adrotly worded appealing to all
citizens, in the name of so-called Reorganization
of American Women for Strict Neutrality" to
uphold the hands of the President in his noble
purpose to preserve peace" The origin OF the pos
tiers has not been accurately determined they hav-
ing been repudiated by we'll known women individ-
uay and as representatives of organizations.
Since the deeds of Holt, the fanatic, the sug-
gestion has been made that the posters are calcu-
lated to at least arouse bitter prejudice, if not
TO inhame passion and inspire fanatics to deeds
OF violence. The possibility that they may have
such effect is worthy of consideration by the au-
thorities of Washington where perhaps both
crimes were Matched in the disordered brain of
Holt. II there is any such danger the posters
should be promptly removed Their origin is no
doubt misrepresented and there is a suggestion of
false pretence in their appeal They are evidently
intended to impress the thoughtless with the idea
that the shipment of arms from this country is a
violation of neutrality and that the President is
opposed to it.
Germany, recognizing the right of the United
States to export war munitions is naturally doing
everything in its power to prevent it Miss Jane
adams declared on her return from Europe:
Foreign Secretary Won Jagow told me that he
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-06
SOLITUDE.

Black solitude? All no-there's no such thing
For him whose spirits truly on the wing.
Alone in desert wild there still would be
For him store of goodly company.
The sun, the stars, the moon, the heavens high,
The memol es OF happy days gone by;
The visions rare OF prizes yet urwon;
Ambitious hopes of fine deeds to be done;
The fables of the past, the heroes rare,
Those giant souls whose joyarce was to dare;
The wonders of creation in plain sight;
The glories of the morning and the night
Black solitude indeed! IT'S not for me
With mind to dream, and inner eye TO sec!
Copyright. 1851
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-06

The game of double zero once had its head
quarters at a certain number on East Forty
fourth street, New York City, and was presided
by the late lamcnted Richard Garfield. Be
ing Dclmonco's it became a very popular
and very profitable amuscmcnt-for Mr.. Can
field. The game of O. O.. which takes its name
from that weird phantom OF the imagination
known as Oliver Osborne, is now being played in
one OF the New York City courts where the en-
trance is free, and the landlord is generous. As
to the abstract concrete the odds are thirty
eight to thrty-six. What is it, Osborne Os-
borne? We don't want TO win; VIC simply have
a sad feeling about that fine lot of clothing going
to waste.
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THE MASTER MIND AT WORK

uSement ~ use either ent1fe or N poft.
Virginia had got a new governor
| out of England early in 1772. John
Murray. Earl of Dunmore. who let
| more than a year go by from his first
brief meetings with the Burgesses be-
fore he summoned them again. be-
cause he liked their lack OF submis-
sion as little as they liked his dark
brow and masterful temper; but he
suffered them to convene at last, in
March. 1873. and they forthwith gave
him taste of their quality. as little
! to his palate as he could have ex-
pected.
1t was in June. 1872. while the vir-
gilman burgesses waited for their
tardy summons to Williamsburg that
his majesty's revenue cutter Gaspee
was deliberately boarded and burned
by the Rhode Islanders.
The Burgesses had but just assem-
bled in the autumn when the omin-
Gus news came that a royal commits
sion had been sent over to look sharp
ly into the matter, and see to the ar
rest and deportation of all chiefly
concerned.
Dabney Carr. Patrick Henry. Rich.
ard Henry Lee, and Thomas Jefferson,
young men. and radicals. members of
the House. privately associated them
selves for the concert of measures to
be taken in the common cause of the
colonies.
Upon their initiative the Burgesses
resolved. when the news from Rhode
Island came. to appoint at once a per-
manent committee of correspondence;
instruct it to inquire very particularly
into the facts about this royal COM
mission; and ask the other colonies to
set up similar committees. for the ex-
change Of information concerning pub
lie affairs and the maintenance of a
common understanding and concert in
action. By the end of the year Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island. Connecticut.
New Hampshire. and South Carolina
had adopted the suggestion and set
their committees to work.
Massachusetts,. of course. This was
Mr.. Samuel Adams new machinery Of
agitation upon a larger scale.
Adams himself had long cherished
the wish that there might be such a
connection established between the
colonies.
Tomorrow, A Common Understand.
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HISTORY BUILDERS.
General Sherman and the Cowboys.
Written expressly for The Washington Herald }
BY DIR. T.. j. EDWARDS

Written EXPRESSLY for The Washington Herald }
BY DIR. Z. J. EDWARDS.
NO man who is competent to pass
judgment on conditions in other parts
! of the country ever did more to en-
tighten the people of New York, and
especially leaders in the business
world. respecting conditions elsewhere
| than General William T. Sherman did
in the few years of his residence in
New York" said the late Captain
Frederick c. Wagner. who was on
terms of personal intimacy with Cen
eral Sherman-an intimacy which be-
gan in civil war days.
Il shall never forget a converse tio-
had with General Sherman in viii /
he revealed the cowboys of the great
ranches of the West in an absolutely
new light. The general had been
speaking regretfully of the fact that
various sections of the country ar.
too apt to foster incorrect opinions
was especially true of the view gem
orally held in the East of the char
acter of those who. tended the great
cattle ranches and who were called
cowboys.
General Sherman told me that he
had abundant opportunity to meet with
and to know the great cattle herders
of the West, and he was sometimes
amused and sometimes irritated when
he heard Eastern men speak of the
cowboys as clustering, drinking, pis-
tol-firing men who had little regard
for human life -and who had a very
great capacity for drinking whisky
Instead of a description of this kind
being accurate. the cattle herders and
ranchmen were, General Sherman said.
excellent men, although, of course, the
nature of their vocation and their ex-
posture to weather and dangers made
il inevitable that they should not be
conventional in dress or in manner.
General Sherman told me that when
he was in command of the Department
of the West, with headquarters at st.
Louis, he entertained for several days
a prominent officer of the English
army. 1t happened that there was TO
be a banquet at the time his guest
was visiting him. The general was
invited to attend the banquet. and he
asked the privilege of bringing the
English military officer with HIM.
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HEN thought for themselves in
N Massachusetts,. and Mr.. Adams
80 was too aStute a leader to
, seem to force opinions upon them.
He knew a better and more certain
way.
He drew Mr.. Hutchinson. the gov
| ernor. into controversy. and provoked
him to unguarded heat in the express
sion Of his views as to the paramount
| authority of Parliament and the boun-
den duty OF the colonists to submit
IL they would not be accounted rebels.
He let heat in the governor gener-
ate heat in those who loved the lib
erty Of the colony; supplied patriots
with arguments. phrases. resolutions
of right and privilege; watchfully kept
! the fire alive; forced those who were
strong openly to take sides and de-
clare themselves. and those who were
weak to think with their neighbors:
infused agitation. disquiet. discomfort.
dissonance of opinion into the very
air; and let everything that was being
said or done run at once from town
to town through the ever talkative
committees of correspondence.
He sincerely loved the liberty to
which America had been bred: loved
affairs. apd wanted nothing for him.
self. except the ears of his neighbors:
loved the air OF strife and the day of
debate. and the busy concert of end
less agitation; was statesman and
demagogue in one. and had now a
cause which even slow and thought
full men were constrained to deem
just.
The ministers supplied fuel enough
and to spare to keep alive the fires
he kindled: and presently the system
of committees which he had devised
for the towns of a single colony had
been put into use to bring the sew
eral colonies themselves together
Opinion began to be made and
moved and augmented upon = great
scale.
Spontaneous. no doubt, at first. at
heart spontaneous always. it was ella
borately. skillfully. persistently assist
ed. added TO. made definite. vocal. uni
versal-now under the lead of men in
one colony. again under the lead of
those in another.
Massachusetts,. with her busy port
and her noisy town meetings. drew the
center of the storm to herself; but
the other colonies ware not different
in temper. Virginia. in particular. was
as forward as Massachusetts
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Father Williams Is Improving.

Continued improvement in the condi-
ton of Rev Thomas d. Williams. rector
of st. Anthonys Church. was reported
last night at Providence Hospital He
has not yet recovered sufficient strength
to permit of his seeing visitors. Father
Williams is one Of the best known Cath
Ollie pastors In the Capital. and public
prayers for his rapid recovery have
been said in some of the local churches.
Daily devotions for his health have also
been conducted by the children of st.
Vincent's Orphan Asylum and st. AIMS
Infant Asylum, as well as by the vari-
Gus organizations connected with ST. An
thongs Church.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-06

One estimate places the Austro-Cerman losses
since the Galician drive began at 10000 men.
which is probably not excessive. The fighting
has been steadily in progress for eight weeks over
wide front, and the sacrifices of the successful
army could not have been otherwise than enor-
nous. Probably the Russians have lost a great
many more troops. perhaps well over 100000.
several hundred thousand of whom were captured.
ganization and greater skill the Austro- Germans
must have inflicted terrible losses upon the enemy
But in comparing losses it should be borne in
many and Austria are thought to have passed
their numerical high point-Brooklyu Standard
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-06

personally believed the United States was within
its rights in selling ammunition to the allies. but
it certainly creates strong anti-Amercan feeling
in Germany" Even were this right not we'll
established propaganda with tendency to
inlame the minds of dangerous fanatics should
be tolerated, especially in the Capital.
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We learn with much surprise-very much sur
fines OF Canada TO be a witness for the State
against the long-sufferine Harry. New York is
getting ready for the performance OF what
has been a record-breaking show. The stage is
set for all the talents Harry will be there
Evelyn will be there. Pompom, whoever he is,
may be there Jack will be about there, the ladies
will be there, Dan ORey will be about fifty
miles from there. 1t is rumorcd that one OF the
Jurors has threatened to break up the show be-
cause OF moral compunctions against listening to
the testimony OF Evelyn. This is absurd as many
Jurors have listened to it before and kept awake.
We are bordering over in own mind the real
value OF this court-staged performance, and its
Why Evelyn would como all the way from an
Adirondack camp out of pure love for the State
Or out OF pure hate for Harry is a problem the
ordinary mugwump can't solve and the only con-
illusion he arrive at is that some putocratic
Hammerstein has raised the ante to provide for
4 comfortable existence provided Harry is again
,elegated to the sccluson of prison cell, to
twait second chance to visit his friends up in
New Hampshire. If Evelyn commanded 5000 in
London, and 5000 in New York, she certainly
ought to get 5000 in Chicago after relieving her
,onl of the long pent-up anguish. But just think
If it, and mention this for the benefit of the
egai fraternity, wife is going to give testimony
igainst her husband, and without his consent Is
Harry worth savingl
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-06

In the past six months the New York authori-
tics have taken about $4,000 worth OF morphine,
hcroin. cocaine and opium derivatives from viola
tors of the law. An effort is to be made TO have
the law amended so that drugs so seized may be
given TO the city hospitals for legitimate use.
There is why these oontraband drugs
should be destroyed, and this method of making
practical use OF them and saving the city money
ought to commend itself to the lawmakers who
complaining OF the extravaganza in the
Metropolis.
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Ii three thugs can beat five Greeks, what would
be the chance Of two laps beating one Chinaman
at 4 game OF iantan. The above problem sug-
gested itself by the fact, that on Sunday morn
ing three thugs beat five Greeks, by making use
OF an automobile for which 100 police had been
hunting for four hours through fifty streets, and
rapidly took $50 from a quick lunch in the heart
OF the city. The thugs escaped Q. T. D. And
still they say there is money in the quick lunch
business.
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The prediction of a SIoooo,ooo deficit in the
Postoficc Department is slightly shocking in view
OF tho fact that the administration was not long
ago boasting OF a surplus To what figures will
the deficit grow if the department is compelled to
pay the railroads ar rate for carrying the parcel
post
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REPORTED SEA LOSS DENIED.
Germans brand Tale of Dread.
nourht sunk as Untrue.

Berlin. July 5.-The German admir-
atty announced today that. according
to advices received from reliable quar-
tiers, the report that q German pre-
Dreadnought of the Deutschland type
was sunk in the Baltic Is untrue.
: The German submarine sunk on the
mouth Of the River Ems has been
raised. Only one sailor was killed
The Kaiser hal elevated the King Of
Bavaria to be q field marshal in the
German army a q result Of the bravery
shown by the Bayarisn troops IN Cali
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-06

William Watsons Woman With the Serpents
Tongue" is going to be married, suggesting that
some one believes William merely availing
himself OF poetic license.
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If Holt is really Muenter his letter to the
Kaiser signed "affcctionately yours is more
readily explanable
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A Distressing Thousht.

. 1t is distressing to think what might happen
if the country were invaded by foreign foe
while the larger part OF the army was employed
York Sun
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A snake hunter in New Jersey was bitten by a
copperhcad on Sunday. The motives Of man who
goes snake hunting in New Jersey on Sunday are
at least open to suspicion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-06

He posed as a railroad director
well, was he fake
Not exactly. He presides over the
information bureau at the Union Sta
ton. "-Birmingham Age-Herald.
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You have had seven appropriations
for that river" complained the chair
man of the committee. What does
IL drain. anyhow
The Treasury" answered Congress
man Graball.-Judge.
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A Line O Cheer Each Day o the. Year.
BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.

First printing of original poem, written AAAf
for The Washington Herald
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Morning Smiles.

The Pessimist-The best luck any
man can have is never to have been
born: but that seldom happens to
any one.-Boston Transcript.
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The pessimist was suffering from
rheumatism.
Every bone in my body aches,
he complained.
You ought to be glad you are
not a herring" said the optimist.'
-Tit-Bits.
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Maj. Murrough O'Brien. military at
tache Of the British Embassy. has
leased the Nelson cottage on Prices
Neck, Newport, for the summer.
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Rear Admiral and Mrs. H. T. q
Harris are at the Hotel Mathewson
Narragansett Pier. r. I.
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Mrs Hendrick and Miss Hendricl
will be in town until about the mid
die of July, when they will go {,
Vermont for the rest of the summer