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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-31
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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-31
Deadlock in France, Flanders and Poland Con-
tinues and Spheres Of Operations Widely
Extended in the East
SITUATION IN CARPATHIANS IMPORTANT

SUBMARINE HAS SUNK TWO SHIPS AND CLAIMS TO
HAVE SUNK ANOrIIER-PASsENGER VESSEL IS
PURSUED BUT MAKES ITS EsCAPE-KAIsER
HAS RETURNED TO CAPITAL AFTER
INSPECTION TOUR
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
Bright Outlook in Cotton Belt

Three facts concur which make TOT prosperity among the farmers of Ala bama this fall and winter. The 1915 cotton crop has been made at less cost than any crop in recent years. Many fields were cultivated without fertll- izer, and those cotton growers who were able to buy fertilizer bought less than usual. The use of fertilizer in this state was only 45 per cent of the normal quantity.
 The price of cotton will be not only better than was expected early in the summer, but 1t will be sufficient to al low a good profit to the producer. The statistical position of the crop is cer- tainly favorable to 10 or 1l-cent market-maybe a 12-cent market in October, or at any rate by Christmas.
 And the third fact entering into az CdlCuidtioho lhlt VIII SOuhs
 for much Is the diversification of
 crops. This years corn crop is the largest in the history of the state. The oats crop was large, and forage crops in general are large. There has been a great gain in the raising of live stock, especially hogs and cattle If Alabama does not feed herself this year, she will not miss it much. This time last year the farmers were Respondent. Today most of them have reason to be buoyant and they are buoyant. And prosperity in the rural districts means prosperity for the merchant and the manufac turer; prosperity for the towns and the cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
Foreign Trade Growing

The federal trade commission, which recently finished tour of the United States, made the gratifying discovery that business men have already started after foreign trade and are availing themselves in rapidly increas- ing numbers of the opportunities given them abroad by the war. The commission held hearings in Detroit, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, Ia coma, San Francisco and Los Angeles. They received representatives of prac- tically every industry in the country, the principal object of the tour being to ascertain what business men needed from the government, so that Con- gress might be asked to enact what ever laws deemed necessary.
 The chairman of the commission said, in a recent interview: What surprised me most was the fact that a large number of firms already have engaged in foreign trade. Most of them have started within the last year. Many of these firms have sent representatives into the countries where they believe their product is in demand. They made suggestions to us that were good and in some in stances have already been acted or by the department of commerce" That the opportunities are at hand for building up our foreign trade as never before no one can question, par. ticularly in South America. That American business men are not slow to realize their advantage over for. eign competitors crippled by the wal in Europe means that American prod ucts will take their rightful place 1T the markets of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
DIsCARDING THE HYPHEN

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 Hail to the Behemians of America!
 They have done away with their hy- phen They are no longer Bohemian Americans. They are simply Americans now
 This action has just been taken by the Bohemian National Alliance in it's convention at Chicago, and the announce ment was made by the alliance in a me- morial of allegiance to the United States, which the convention sent to President Wilson. There are 100000 or more people of Bohemian birth or descent in the United States. As emigrants they were regarded as among the very highest class coming to our shores; as American ciu- zens they have been recognised IS above par
 We quote some of the paragraphs from their memorial to the President: We emphaticalhy deny the assumption that the export of munitions of war vio- lates in any way the neutrality of the United States As loyal American citizens and resi- dents. we indorse the principle Nof free ! export of all our products, agricultural and industrial. including the munitions of war, principle long recognized by in- | ternat tional law"
 we express our complete confidence in the government of this republic for its careful and correct attitude as the one great neutral power"
 We desire to say that we are not mak- ing this declaration as hypnenateo Americans. There are no Bohemian Americans. We owe no divided allegianc< and we stand as a unit in our desire to see America as prosperous and q peace fu as possible"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
a lowering of the standard that had been announced.

lowering of the standard that had been announced.
 But another trouble came. Hertz had intended putting Listz's Les Preludes" on his first night pro- gramme, but in order to do so an extra rehearsal was needed, and as that would have cost $250 he substi- tuted something easier-a march that could be played without rehearsal. He gave the "Kaisermarsch," a short and spirited number, but as it's rendition syncronized with the fall of Warsaw, hundreds in the audience whose sym pathies were with the allies left the hall. There was almost stampede. These "pro- allies" protested against allowing the conductor to manifest his pro-Germanism by playing the "Kaisermarsch" in honor of the triumph of the Teutons at Warsaw. Herr Hertz was quick to explain and apologize. He said he had no thought of Warsaw, or, indeed, of the war. He simply played the march because the men knew it and could render It without rehearsal.
 The last advices from San Francisco were to the effect that matters had been smoothed over; that the chair man of the finance committee had re- considered his resignation; that the orchestra would be larger than It used to be, but not as large as It should be.
 Moral: Even as large city as the metropolis of the Pacific slope should develop musical atmosphere slowly and not undertake to crowd an or chestra strictly of the first class upon the community until the people were willing to contribute literally for the best. It is evident that San Fran cisco was not quite ready to get into the Minneapolis, Chicago or Cincln- nati category.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
Musical Conductors Troubles

Every large and rich city-every city of 300,000 or 400,000-is sup posed to maintain a first class sym- phony orchestra.
 Interest in music of artistic merit Is becoming widespread and not few cities of 100000 or 25O,000 sup port symphony bands capable of per forming master works; but it is only such centers- of musical culture and public spirit as Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis, Cincinnati and St. Louis that have been able to keep up orchestras of 80 or 90 men-all of them we'll paid. And now San Francisco is making an effort to enter the class of the first rank.
 It has had for several years a 50- piece orchestra directed by a mu- sician of excellent standing, but the music lovers and those business men who contribute to the orchestra fund were ambitious to improve San Fran cisco's symphony music and, as pre- liminary step, offered the conductor ship of the orchestra to Alfred Hertz, for long years one of the conductors of the Metropolitan Grand Opera. This distinguished musician was receiving a good salary in New York, but San Francisco assured him much larger pay.
 Herr Hertz accepted, but on cer- tain conditions. Being an artist, money was not the chief thing. In conferring with the members of the finance committee of the symphony organization he made it plain that he would have to increase the number of players to 85 men or whereabouts; increase the number of rehearsals and pay such wages as would attract the best talent; all which meant a much larger guarantee to the deficit func than had ever before been asked fol in San Francisco.
 Most conductors have worries wher taking up wor kin a new field. Her Hertz's came soon after his first con cert. The chairman of the financ, committee resigned because the nev conductor was making the cost O symphony more than San Francisco would stand. Hertz then said he would meet the situation by reducing th' number of players and the number O rehearsals, but such cuts would meal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

From the Kansas City Star.
 MIDDAY is honored above all except
 few other days of the Ameri-
 4 can year because it marks the anniversary of the birth of our most illustrious foreign friend, Lafayette. The great French patriot was born September 6, 1757. at Chavaniac, in the ancient province of Auvergne. His an- cestry was of the highest rank in French nobility. His fortune entitled him to a palace, but he preferred the huts of the American soldiers of free dom.
 Lafayette's father was colonel in the French army, who fell in battle two months before the son was born. His mother, of royal birth. soon followed her husband in death. and at an early age the future famous man of two worlds" was left an orphan, heir to im- mense estates.
 At IS, Lafayette was a page to the Queen. At 16 he married the daughter of a duke. Before he left his teens he gave up his privileges of the Queens presence, his life at court. his ease of L out pay. in the army of foreign na- tion. just born and fighting for its right to live. Though educated and trained for title and ceremony, the proudest hours of his life were those he spent under a not too comfortable army blanket with his close friend. George Washington.
 The daring sense of right and justice and freedom would not be satisfied until this mere French boy had overcome all obstacles and launched out with his fortune and what friends he could gath CT to join the struggling little band across the ocean. Several times his plots to escape from France were foiled. for the court was loath to lose one of its most conspicuous young members. Aud then there were tho dangers of the seas English vessels waited for them, but Lafayette and his few followers gained the new shores in saftey and the brave youth presented himself before the American Congress in Philadelphia. His request was different from that of the other foreigners who came in search of adventure and reward. He asked neither pay nor position.
 Then began that meritorious career in the service of our country which makes 1t 50 fitting that we honor the memory of Lafayette today. Then be- gan those notable military efforts. so effective in tho expression of Frances $ sympathy for America in the struggle 1 for independence, those efforts which rrompted a voluntary committee in New York recently to call for the general American observance of the birthday anniversary of the man who performed them.
 l From Brandywtnel to Yorktown through the rigors of Valley Forge and the seeming impossibility of Barren Hill, the boy" who Cornwallis con temptously said cannot escape me- continued the cause of freedom. Thi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

end was that the boastful Cornwall himself could not escape. Lafayet was on his heels, he chased the Briti to Yorktown and there Cornwallis su rendered the last redcoat army to "t boy who cannot escape me-"
 Lafayette then returned to his cou try loaded with congressional resoI man and woman in the new repub and the gratitude of a government th never has needed a helper more than
 needed Lafayette at that time. Th followed years more of fighting, now
 France, but still in the cause of frd throne. But America remained no Id dear to him than he to America. made several visits here, the last al
 most notable in 1s24-25, nine years fore his death.
 Never did any nation give visit
 such a triumphal welcome as the Unit
 States gave Lafayette in Angst. 1s|
 when he landed in New York with son, George Washington Lafayette. q of the first to greet him was JoseI Bonaparte. brother of the great NaIl leon, who was then living at Bordd town, N. Y.
 The announcement of the French 1 triot's arrival sent thrill of joy aI gratitude to every American heart d home. The great pageant of his reel ton, which began in New York, was move more than 5000 miles through ev{
 state of the 25 then composing the uni|
 A letter of J. Fenimore Cooper to Count Jules de Bethizy, set down in ''Traveling Bachelors Notions of Americans" tells of the universal grd tude shown toward Lafayette on his vid From the hour that he landed il America to the present moment, tn voices of men. the journals and tn public bodies have been occupied Il
 celebrating the work of national grat itude. The visit of Lafayette, his aI cient services his appearance. his saJ ings, his tact, his recollection of an| meeting with veterans whom he hal known under other and more adverd circumstances, are the constant themd of press and tongue. The universd sentiment and the various scenes | which 1t has given birth have nd failed to elicit many sparks of thd
 sort of feeling which is creditable t human nature. since it proves thd man, with all his selfshness and d( pravity, is the repository of a va1
 deal that is generous and noble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
Ambassador Dumba to Be Recalled

Ambassador Dumba to Be Recalled
 Dr. Dumba, the Austrian ambassa- dor, is to be handed his passports.
 While the great body of American citizens are not alarmed by reported conspiracy of the Teutonic allies to in- terfere with munitions factories in this country, Dr. Dumba has been caught, to to speak, red handed, and has confessed his part in scheme to embarrass American manufacturers by causing strikes among their Teu- tonic workmen.
 Had it not been for the misad- venture which befell James F. J. Archibald, an American newspaper correspondent, and deprived him of in- eliminating papers entrusted to his care by Dr. Dumba, the ambassador might have "saved his face," but the activity of English authorities at Plymouth, who found the letters, put the Austrian diplomat in such an in- vidious position that he lost no time in making a full confession.
 The American government is long, suffering, but the ill-advised ambassa- dor's conduct could not be tolerated by the state department. President Wilson was right, of course, in re- questing the foreign office at Vienna to recall him. It will be lesson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
HILLS
By Arthur Guiterman.

Arthur Guiterman. l never loved your plains! Your gentle valleys, Your drowsy country lanes And pleached alleys. l want my hills!-the trail That scorns the hollow Up, up the ragged shale Where few will follow; Up, over wooded crest And messy powder, With strong thigh. heaving chest, And swinging shoulder. So let me hold my way, By nothing halted, Until, at close of day,
 I stand. exalted, High on my hills of dream Dear hills that know me! And then, how fair will seem The lands below me. How pure, at vesper-time, The far bells chiming, God. give me hills to climb, And strength for climbing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
TEACHING MANNERS
From the Baltimore Sun.

PrOm the 6dlLlInOre oun.
 Hanging in the station houses of the Western Maryland railway is a large card, printed in two colors, directing all employees of the company to treat the patrons of the road courteously and beg ging the patrons to be courteous to the servants of the company. This marks a distinct departure from the methods of railroad companies a generation ago, and it Is wise departure and a matter of practical importance.
 Courtesy and good manners are now recognized as a business asset. Business today demands good breeding and a civil tongue. So well is thls fact recognized that in high school In New York where there are 5000 girls, two instruc- tors are employed to teach courtesy. Mr. William McAndrew, associate superin- tendent of the New York city schools, says in a recent magazine article that the greatest need in the public schools is thorough course in manners. There are few homes in which the members of the family are as courteous to one an- other as they should be. The father of the family is too often lacking In proper treatment of his wife, and too often the wife scolds and criticises the husband. Most of the patrons of the public schools are wage earners." says MT. Mo- Andrew, "and business today demands good breeding. cheerful obedience, gentle manners. Therefore. our public school course of study ought to include instruc- tion of the sort that will best fit boys and girls to take their places as wage earners in the business world"
 Courtesy is not only business asset, but it is necessary to a happy and com fortable existence It consists principally in a proper regard for the rights, the feelings and the sensitiveness of other people. Without this regard for others life is made very uncomfortable. Tt is better to dwell in the corner of the housestop than with a brawling woman in a wide house"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
Hotel Busine.s Increasing

Business at the Tutwiler has shown decided improvement this week and iln- provement will continue throughout the fall,' said Manager Shireman.
 In this part of the south the normal season for hotel activity is from the mid ale of September until the middle of May. Few southern hotels expect much busi- ness In either of the three summer months. The Tutwiler will soon be crowded"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
Much Building This Fall

Birminghams building record promises well for the coming 12 months" said Charles M. Allen, the well known con tractor.
 few cities have had much activity in the building trades during the past year or two. Dullness here in our line was therefore no exception to the rule.
 But carpenters bricklayers and painters are busy once more and in a short while the building trades will be booming"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
BEGINNING THE DAy-m.xY he

BEGINNING THE DAY-May he merciful this day, 0 Lord, even as Thou art. If my creature falls into my hands, help me to render mercy, remembering God who has rendered mercy to me. Thou hast me aIto- gether, yet Thou hast called me child and been tender to me. Give me grace to do even so unto any needy soul. For Jesus sake. Amen.-H. M. 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
In Northern Alabama

Things look good in the northern part or the state" remarked Dan B. Williams of Birmingham
 The crops are in good shape and much grain Is being grown. Cotton will bring fair price, and merchants are generally in very optimistic mood. Those who visited Birmingham during the mer- chants convention express themselves as highly elated in regard to the manner in which the affair was conducted. My friends who came to town certainly en- Joyed themselves and went away feeling that their time had indeed been well spent. As told one of my friends previ- ous to the occasion, we killed the fatted calf and shot the bull for the benefit of our merchant guests''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
EXTERNAL PEACE.

by d. IHBGrSUII.
 And suppose, after all. that death does end all Next to eternal joy. next to being forever with those we loved and who have loved us-next to that is to be wrapped in the dreamless drapery of eternal peace. Next to eternal fife is eternal sleep. Upon the shadowy shore of death the sea of trouble casts no wave Eyes that have beep curtained by the everlasting dark will never know again the burning touch of tears. Lips toucned by eternal silence vii, never speak again the broken words of grief Hearts of dust do not break. The dead do not weep. Within the tomb no yelled and weeping sorrow sits. And in the reyless gloom is crouched no shuddering fear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

The owner of a cork forest In Spain or Portugal is fortunate individual who can spend his time enjoying life in one of the European capitals while the cork forest works for him, says a writer in the Country Gentleman. Cork trees grow on rocky and unfertile land, In fact, the poou
 CT the land for other purposes, the better it is for growing bark. The outer bark is stripped from the trees every eight or 10 years. The land Is divided into blocks so that, although the harvest time in any one block comes only at long intervals, fairly regular income is produced. Acorns produced by the same trees are sold to farmers who drive their lean hogs into the harvest where they are expected to gain two pounds a day for 90 days when acrons are ripe. There is also beneath the oak trees a herbage fit for goats to eat. income from three contractors-the cork stripper, the hog raiser and the goat raiser. Properly cared for, cork forest lasts forever The age limit of a tree Is 100 years. At the end of that time it can be sold as timber and there are plenty of young trees near it to take its place. In Portugal a cork tree ready for the third stripping is worth $25. An acre of these oaks in full bearing will yield from one to three tons of cork at a stripping. worth about $70 ton to the grower Most of this amount is clear profit, as the in come from pasturage Is supposed to pay the cost of caring for a forest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

Those Chicago robbers who intruded on the privacy of Mrs. J. ogden Armour and stole s75oo worth of jewels, 1t must be remembered, merely swept off a few trinkets that were lying on her dresser
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

When the news of the torpedong of the Hesperian was received by the Friends was loud cheering. It is easy to see whither the "Friends are drifting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

Joe Bailey of Texas, who was thought to have been safely buried in the political graveyard, announces that he will run again for the United States Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

General Funston may be depended on to swim the Rio Grande whenever necessary, if q sufficient depth of water can be found for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

Admiral Won Tirpitz's whiskers are in partial eclipse It remains to be seen what will happen to the luxurious growth of General Carranza.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

Jane Addams has just celebrated her 55th birthday. She's one of those strong minded women who insists on the correct number of candles on her birthday cake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

The exportation of champagne will be permitted by the French ministry of finance. Thus one of wars horrors is eliminated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

Still, President Wilson would not be a good politician if he did not lend an att tentive ear to the spokesmen for the solid south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

The belief among military men that one American soldier is equal to three Mexi- cans may be justified, but some of these days our national egotism is going to receive hard jolt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

According to a statistician there are &C., GOO undertakers in the United States. They are needed In a country where there are more than 5,oooOOO motor cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
NO LEG TO STAND ON

From the Youn8stown Telegram.
 Now that Germany believes the torpel ing of the Lusitania was all wrong, whd to become of the hyphenated Americ} who so valiantly defended that histd slaughter?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

Democracy in Russia has been given a great boost by the war, which is offset by the boost given to militarism in Ger many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
VISITORS EXCEPTED.

1T seldom see large automobile stand ing in front of a pretty bungalow that don't feel sad.''
 You are not envious, hope?"
 "No, indeed. Experience has taught mo that about nine times out of ten a mo- tor car at the curb means mortgage on the. house."