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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

no longer in healthy fear of restraint. Lying and stealing, in addition to drunkenness, were the principal faults of the peons, so long as there was a government at Mexico City to keep them under subjection. They were im- proving slowly and each year a few more were learning to read and write and practice the rules of self-control.
 When the "iron hand" of Diaz was removed, chaos took the place of well-ordered government. And while the Diaz regime did not conform to American ideals, it seems to have been just what Mexico needed. Look ing back now, it was an unfortunate day for Mexico and the Mexican peo
 pie, as well as approximately 30,0OO Americans living in Mexico, when Diaz resigned. The "uplift" in Mexi- co is decidedly unpopular, at least among the peons, who are but little better qualified than the Filipinos for American standards of government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30
A Severe Reprimand.

"The army and the navy departments have had occasion from time to time to caution officers who were given to discuss public questions and occasion ally an officer has been privately rep rimanded. but I do not recall a case in my day, when the Secretary of War, by direction of the President, has rep rimanded through tie press high of. ficer such as Major General Leonard Wood" said F. S. Janey of Philadel- phia, who at one time filled respon- sible clerical position in the war de- partment.
 General Wood enjoys the reputation of being fine gentleman, and he has made a good record in the army. But no matter how great his ability, he would never have been as high up as he Is had it not been for the favoritism shown by his personal friend, Colonel Roosevelt When Roosevelt was Presi- dent he appointed him brigadier gen. eral over the heads of West Pointers, many years older than he. Once gen. eral officer, Wood became major gem eral by rotation. But his appointment as chief of staff was the result of per sonal pull It never looked right. l have nothing in the world against Gen. oral Wood; never met him, but I always thought his preferment was too rapid and out of reason.
 However, I could not but feel sorry for him when 1 read Secretary Garri- son severe reprimand because Wood ilad permitted Colonel Roosevelt to make the speech he did at a military encampment at Plattsburg, N. Y. Roose- welt criticised the administration and that being so, Wood deserved the rep rimand; but still, as I say, l felt sorry. There is some talk of courtmartialing General Wood. but the incident will probably be dropped where 1t is. To a man of Woods prominence and high spirit the reprimand must have been salling. It was punishment enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30
The Mexican situation.

"The American peace congress strikes me as rather inadequate or sanization,' said Joseph Johnson of Washington.
 "The body has had number of ses- sions in this country, but nothing defi- nite has been accomplished, and peace propositions dispatched to the warning Mexican chieftains have for the most part been turned down by Mexican leaders. It is true that the last appeal sent out from Washington has been favorably considered by a number of lesser chiefs. but Carranza, the man who commands the greatest resources and the most advantageous position, withholds his reply; and there seems little hope that he will consent to a peaceable adjustment of his differences unless great concessions are made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

and there CT to indicate any disposi-
 ton to do so.
 as if the United States would be drawn into the European war, but there seems scarcely a remote pos sibility of anything of the sort. Yet the national defense demands serious consideration and the administration will not fail in making it a very live issue when the Sixty-fourth Congress meets in the early winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30
HOTEL LOBRIES
An Atlanta Visitor.

Not only is there a great deal of prosperity in the north. but business conditions in the south have improved decidedly within the past few weeks said John Cornelius Mahoney, repre- senting the General Electric company. with headquarters in Atlanta.
 "Of course, Birmingham is in a class to itself. This industrial district is on a boom. For several years business has brought me here frequently and the big industries in and around Birming ham seem more prosperous now than at any time in my observation. The outlook for continued activity is won derfully bright.
 The upward price of cotton is help ing the entire south and before the end of the year all southern towns will be full of thrift once more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30
Regarding Southern Cities

When I visited New Orleans about three years ago business depression pre- vailed there, but it is very different now" said w. W. Randall of Chicago ''rhe Crescent City, like Birmingham, is highly prosperous now, but from differ ent causes. Birmingham is headed for it's greatest industrial boom. New Orleans Is full of prosperity on account of the general improvement in trade condition and it's splendid export facilities. New Orleans will probably grow at faster rate between now and the next census than in any previous like period.
 There Is scarcely a city in the south that will not make strides in the near future. but in the census of 1920 New Orleans will not only continue to lead in population, but it will cross the 5O0, 0,0OO mark, and Birmingham will come next with probably 300, ,000'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30
kENTUCKY's CLAIM

From the Louisville Herald
 It's far cry from Danville, Ky. to Ccmpiegne, France. It seems almost lu- dicrous to mention them in the same breath. Yet, Dr. Alexis Carrell, magician of the surgeons knife. now in the military hospital at the latter place, must have thought often during his trying exper- fence of a certain backwoods physician who lived long before the days when No- bel prizes were awarded for great achieve ments in science.
 In his modern field laboratory. Dr. Car rel has just discovered in hypochlorite of lime what he believes is the ideal anti septic More than 100 years before, Dr. fsphraim McDowell, ignorant of germ life or germicides, performed the first abdom- inal operation in the United States. Car rel is far from the battle line while he la bors for humanity Mcdowell, in his weather boarded house in Danville, knew that outside his door were men with flint locks who would kill him if his labors were unsuccessful
 Yes, it's far cry from Danville to Con- piegne. But between the two lies all tue f'Afci5 oi iiioocTu surgery.
 It was in 1909 that Mcdowell braved the threats of mob to perform an act of hu- manity. Half century later Pasteur dis covered that all about us are miero-or- ganisms, bacteria, germs, or what you please call them, the function of many Of which Is to spread disease and suffering When this theory was enunciated, Lord Lister in England began an investigation of germ life in connection with surgery He knew that in the treatment of wounds the greatest difficulty was to arrest infec. ton. The cause of infection is bacteria, he declared. Fight poison with poison, was his conclusion, and from his discov- cries Lister stands recognized today as the father of antiseptic surgery.
 From this point the advancement has been by leaps and bounds. From the con- tributions of Oliver Wendell Holmes to those of Mayo, Murphy and Matas, the antiseptic has been of first importance. Anaesthetics and antiseptics have made possible this progress.
 Think, then, of Ephraim Mcdowell, with only his faith in the beneficence in nature to guide him, knowing the many dangers from infection, but trusting in God for success. His name kept alive in the past by Kentucky medical society, Is today almost forgotten. His home, which should be shrine, is falling into ruins. Amer- icas pioneer in modern surgery a Ken tuckian, and Kentuckians are oblivious to his fame
 It's far cry from Danville to Con- piegne. But for heroism, for genius, for abiding faith in God, for that self reliance that makes men great, the palm should be giA sn to the backwoodsman of Ken lucky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30
CONCERNING THE WORD "NoNEY

From the Augusta Chronicle.
 If the metropolitan newspapers which insist on their writers always using none" with a singular verb knew a little more about the English language, they'd get hep to the fact that the word none" is both singular and plural. None are" was good English long before the schol- arly editors of the King James tronsla- tion of the Bible wrote none of these things move me-" and has been good English ever since. The trouble is that many metropolitan editors, ignorant of the history of the language and the older lit- erature humbly accept as law the views of prim purists who want to iron all the life out of the language and substitute starched of grammatical regularity for the good old idioms
 To say that 'one of the victims was killed" most big papers so scrupu- lously insist on doing, not only flies in the face of the natural colloquial usage of the present day. but it isn't even good English judged by literary standards. Shakespeare would never have said it.
 'None" is simply an old Anglo Saxon woro written nan" when singular and
 'nane'' when plural. We write both sin gular and plural in the same way-''none'' and good authorities use the word gen. | erally as plural. When they want be more specific they use mot one" for the singular, as. Not one of the vic- | tins was killed"
 l The word amy" which many news papers insist on using with the same silly restriction. Is likewise either singular or plural. He didn't believe that any of them was hurt is bad English, in spite
 of the big papers. Steele. Thackeray oi Hawthorne would have written that any l or them were hurt or that one of them was hurt"
 These facts may be verified from any unabridged dictionary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

BEGINNING THE DAY-O my Father, help me to he honest. Help me to pay my vows even when 1t hurts. Help me to meet my promises and my obligations even when men do not know or will bring no accu- satfOn. Help me to he honest for the sake of my own self, md before the eyes of God. Amcn.-H. M. ID.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30
MIGHT AND RIGHT

By Henry Van Dyke. If Might made Right, life Yere wild
 beast cage! If Right made Might, this were the golden
 age. But now. until we win the long campaign, i. Right must gain Might to conquer and
 to reign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

The Newark Federals are reported to nave o11ered $lOo,000 for the services of Ty Cobb A business man who gets a paltry s5ooOo year thinks he's doing fairly we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

The fact that Emperor William occas-
 ionally smokes cigarette must be a jolt to the reformers. Cigarettes are help-
 ing to win battles in Europe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

German preacher of Gary, Ind, is thought to have been murdered because he talked too much. One guess as to what he talked about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

By his militant speech at Plattsburg. N. r.. Colonel Roosevelt seems to have plunged his friend, General Wood, into a kettle of hot water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

The Haitians are given until September ' to do something. They will doubtless do something but it will be the right thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

HaVlng come out of the German con- 'roVersy With flying colors, there is noth- ing to prevent President Wilson from spending four more years in the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

r During the week ending August & German submarines sank p British ships. which even the tireless Germans probably consider a full week swork.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30
THE REASON

From the Savannah Press.
 They are raising 92-pound watermelons in Alabama. No wonder its black belt is densely populated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

German admirer rushed up and kissed MT Bryan at the conclusion of a chau- tauqua address. As becomes a modest man, the eminent Nebraskan blushed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

Permitting automobiles to enter Yellow stone park will help the movement to see America first.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

The poets words, T only know she came and went" do not apply to summer, which has not yet reached certain parts of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

Thanks to the example set them by the diplomats of the powers, Balkan diplo- mats are becoming past masters in ann biguity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30
FAVORABLE TO US
]. Knoxville Sentinel.

From the Knoxville Sentinel.
 Every British or German warship sunk in the war makes the United States navy that much stronger by comparison-with- out costing us alpenny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

The meddling of outsiders may have more do with infiaming public sentiment In Georgia against Frank than those out siders wot of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

English pounds have declined slightly, but they still have considerable purchas- ing power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

Judging from late advices, the com mander of the submarine that sank the Arabic will not be decorated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30
THRILLING SUBMARINE HERolsM

Heroic deeds are so frequent in thd great war that 1t is doubtful if thousands of them ever will be chronicled There are exploits in the air which put the inn- aeination of the greatest fiction writers to shame and exploits under the sea which the widest dreamers of the pos- abilities of submarine warfare have never contemplated.
 One of the submarine exploits which will he remembered is that of the Italian submarine Nereide. All Italy has been swept by wave of enthusiasm since the exploit. About a week ago an official statement from Vienna said an Austrian submarine had torpedoed and sunk the Nereide. The Nereide did not return To her base so the Italian admiralty inclined to accept the Austrian statement as trues Meantime one of the great romances of the war was being enacted fathoms deep on the bottom of the sea- What hap-\ pened was this:
 Tho Nereide was attacked by the Aus triar craft. Her commander distinguished the wake of the torpedo sputtering to- waSd him, and, swinging his diving lever hard the Nereide responded to the action of her rudder so quickly that -he torpedo passed just above her, but the strain OF her mechanism was so great that when she was brought again to the horizontal 1 it was found her motors were out of com | mission. The failure of the motors threw the weight of the current used by the electric bulbs on to the storage batteries and these soon became exhausted Soon ftor tho oI. and the ventilating apparatus failed. | The submarine was in darkness. Thirty men were trapped without light thear supply Of oxygen rapidly dninishingA But their courage never faltered and they worked on in the dark in their ef- forts to repair the ships driving machin- cry. They worked on without rest in the train-hursting. stifling interior losing trace Of the passing hours. The thick ening fumes caused the submarine com mandor to succumb. He died at his post, then two more men collaps d.
 | At last, when the last hope seemed gone tine chief engineer. after 70 holrsg exploring with blind fingers. found -hs seat of the trouble and repaired the mech anism. The motors started. The suh-
 marine rose from the bottom. The peril scope reached the surface and found a clear sea. The hatch of the coming tow CT was opened and the courageous crew. got it's first breath of air in three long
 days. However, three men were dead below. two more died on their way to port. Then this message was flashed to rome:
 '.The Nereide, sunk, is risen again."
 Thus the Nerede had come back like ghost resurrected from the grave of the
 sea. Few times in the history of sea war4 | fare has such a tale a this been told
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30
ALABAMA PRESS

Bullock County Breeze: The enterprise ing city of Birmingham allowed the first bale of cotton to sell for cents on Tues day.
 Elba Clipper: Elba is a good town and the people of Elba are some of the best in the world. If we could not live here and do right and obey the laws of the land, and have the good will of all the people. then we would pull up our stakes and leave.
 Andainsia Star: One of the greatest moves that has ever been made In Ala bama is the teaching of adult illiterates. Over 100 of these unfortunate folk are learning to read and write in Covington county. Kentucky originated the Idea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30
HIGH COST OF HUMAN NATURE

And. also. it Is human nature to want
 things, especially reforms, done in a hurryi
 The economists have all kinds of ex-
 plantations for the high cost of livinsl
 Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale has written books to prove that it is due to the
 shrinking purchasing power of the dolA
 lar. He probably knows all about the
 subject. But there is one very deep
 quantity that he has left out of h.s
 nice calculations. And that quantity is--
 human nature.
 It may well be that there Is too much gold In the world. There may be soy
 many gold dollars that each dollar is
 not so valuable as if dollars were fewels
 and farther between. Most of us havs
 to take on faith the theory that there
 Is too much money in the world. We don't see enough of it to believe what
 the economists say. But there are other
 things we can see that are partly re-
 sponsible for the high cost of liring. Our grandmothers were not ashamed td carry home under their arms a bag of crackers or a dozen bananas Our wives go down town and order a paper of pius sent home in gilded motor delivery van. The paper of pins, if it is to catch their eye. must be done up in a little more houncy fashion than any other paper of pins. We want highly paid in.
 spectors to insure us that every articla
 of food we buy is safe and pure. We
 demand that it be packed in sanitary wrappings Those wrappings must as every merchant knows. be attractive to
 the eye. The merchant must have clever people to make those wrappers attrac- tive
 We'll. all this is expensive. We canf 1t civilization. But civilization costS
 money. In reality the high cost of l.v- ing is simply the high cost of human nature.
 You see what human nature is. Son-e of it is very good, some of it is very. very bad The thing to do is to make |, all good. Don't think it can't be done We have got the idea that society is
 some huge impersonal giant, too big to
 reform, Nothing of the sort Society is} | composed of you and Smith and BropA and Black. It will become better tho
 moment that every Smith in the lot sets to work and makes himself better
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

The sport shirt was not intended to be worn by man with prominent Adam 8 apple
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

The property by what 1t is should go, Not by the title.
 --AIps We'll That Ends Well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-30

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 TO matter how men may disagree
 M on religion, politics or the prop CT way of driving golf ball,
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-16
MASSACHUSETTS eoBERNoR
TO MARRY MRS. SLATER
Is Rumor in Boston That Will Not
Down.

Members Of the Norwich Board of
Trade for whom he spoke recently. and
alumni of Holy Cross college will be
interested in the following Boston des-
patch in a New York paper of Thurs
day:
There is a persistent rumor that
will not down that Mrs. Mabel
Hunt Slater, present head Of the
famous mill family, will be the
next bride in the family, and
Governor David /. Walsh is to be
the lucky man. The governor and Mrs
Slater have been inseparable COM
panions for some time past, the gov
ernor escorting her to all public af-
fairs and being on hand at all her en-
tertainments,
Furthermore, friends declare that
Mrs Slater is preparing to embrace
Catholicism, and has been receiving
religious instructions under the direc-
ton of Cardinal O'Connell
At the wedding of Miss Esther Slater
today Gov, Walsh sat in the Slater
family pew and was cheered with Mrs
Slater when they appeared together
Mrs. Slater is owner of the great
cotton mills in Webster. Mass. At the
marriage Wednesday Of her daughter
Miss Esther Slater and B. Sumner
Welles Of New York. three thousand
mill operatives were served a dinner
on the lawn at the Slater estate in
Webster. The Skaters are distant rel
atives of the Norwich family of
Skaters
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-16
DI Ed

STANTON-In North Stonington, April
IA. 1915. Mary Elizabeth. widow of
Hosea w. Stanton, aged 81 years.
RICE-In- Putnam. April Z. 1918. Amy
Young Rice, widow of James Rice
and daughter of the late William
and AM Young.
EVERETNT-In Brooklyn, n. z, April
~. 1915. Mrs Charles E. Everett. in
her 28th year.
PAYNE+In New London. April a.
1915, Henry B. Payne, aged f3
years.
HARRIs-In New London, April r.
1915, Charles Oliver Harris. in his
seth year.
SMITH-In Preston, April Is, 1915,
Henry K. Smith, aged SO years and o
months.
Notice of funeral hereafter
CHAPMAN-In Norwich, April IA, 1915,
Austin A. Chapman, aged Sc years.
Funeral services at his late home, No.
go Hamilton avenue, Saturday, April
II, at D. m. Burial in Preston City
cemetery.
BARNETT-In Jewett City, April IA,
1915. Hannah Finn Barnett, wife of
Dennis Barnett, aged 81 years.
Funeral from her late residence at $50
o'clock Saturday morning: Requiem
high mass at st. Mary's church at 8.
Burial in st. Mary's cemetery in
Sylvandale.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-16
CARD OF THANKS

In our hour of sorrow caused by the
death of a beloved son. Francis Fargo
relatives, friends and neighbors made
manifest their feelings of sympathy by
many acts of kindness which we shall
ever cherish in our memories. To the
children of the Johnson school and tc
their teacher, Miss Julia Kingberger
we feel especially grateful, and we
wish also to thank all who sent flowers
to the funeral.
Signed
ALVIN L. FARGO AND FAMILY.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-16
RICHARD SCHELLENS IN
SERBIAN RELIEF UNIT
Former Groton Boy With Party That
Has Left Liverpool.

The fourth Serbian relief fund unit.
known as the British Farmers hos
pital, has left Liverpool for Salonica.
The party travels on board one of the
British governments transport yes
sells, formerly a Mediterranean liner.
The party includes 100 persons, sur
geons. nurses. orderlies and admins
trative officials. There is one young
American in the group, Richard ScheI-
Oxford graduate, who since the war
began has been in the employ of the
American diplomatic service between
Berlin and London.
The relief party is especially equip
ped to deal with typhus. cholera, and
the other prevailing diseases in Ser
bia.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-16
TAFTVILLE
Probable Lineup of TaftviIIe Team
For Hartford Game Sunday-Un.
claimed Letter at Local Post Of
fice-Various Notes.

At a meeting of the committee in
charge OF the Taftviile Football club
the following men were elected to rep
resent the team this coming Sunday
at Charter Oak park in the semi finals
for the state cup against the strong
New Britain club.
Goal, H Finlayson: full backs, SUIT
ton, capt; Desjardin; half backs.
White, r. Pilling. Knowles; forwards
B. Pilling, A. Ffnlayson, Whan, James
Greenhalgh, Jessie Greenhalgs and
Blanchette.
1t is the general opinion of the foot
ball fans interested in the outcome OF
this years cup race that the winner
of this game has practically cinched
the cup. The local team have been
quite fortunate in one way in placing
them in the semi finals as they have
not yet played a game but they have
been atung in incompetence of teams
The lineup for the game Saturday al
Baltic will be as follows:
Goal, H. Finlayson; full backs, SUIT
ton, capt; Desjardin; half backs
White, B. Pilling, James Greenhalghi
forwards, Blanchette, Holmes, Booth
Mather and Jesse Greenhalgh.