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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
THE WORLD AT SAN FRANCISCO

From The Editor at the Exposition, :"
 Joe Mitchell Chapple. in National
 Magazine for October
 The center of the worlds best work today is San Francisco. It has listened to William Jennings Bryan, who lifted up his powerful voice for peace; to Colonel Roosevelt, who advocated im- mediate preparedness; and to Mr. Taft, whose happy smile irradiated the grounds like California sunshine. and who inclined mora to Colonel Roose- velts view of armament than did Mr. Bryan. It has seen Col. George w. Goe- thals, famous builder of the Panama canal, preside over the sessions of the International Engineering congress, urging that Americans be permitted to obtain greater footho1d in industry on the Panama canal zone, so that it may be more firmly in the grasp of the United States It has heard the Hon. Champ Clark, speaker of the House; listened to Governor Capper of Kansas, who insisted that 500,000 school chil- dren have never seen a saloon It has been inspired by the matchless oratory of Governor Major of Missouri. who took his thousands of auditors back to boyhood's barefoot days. to the country school, to the glories of the old swim ming pool, and traced the history of Missouri from it's beginning to dts triumphant present. It has hearkened to the inspired words of Vice President Marshall, who said: Whoever can af- ford it, even at sacrifice of something which for the moment appears neces- sary, should come to see a real work of art never equalled even by a mirage"
 Princes and pafsntates diplomats and dignitaries, capitalists famous artists architects. authors railway magnates, magazine editors. publishers, governors, senators, congressman, railroad men, society belles, suffragists, bankers emissaries of great commercial inter- ests, and millions of the less acclaimed have journeyed from the far corners of the globe to the city by the Golden Gate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
THE EXPLANATION

From Judge.
 My dear said Mir. Hemmandhaw, a lot of new furniture.
 q am not replied Mrs. Hemmand- haw. and I don't know what gives you the idea
 This shopping list gives me the idea"
 What shopping list?'
 "On this paper which I just picked up off the floor is writteIf: Wash stand, parlor chairs, dining room table, writ ing desk, refrigerator. taboret. piano stool, pedestal step ladder, cedar chest music cabinet and garbage can"
 "Oh, that is just record I was keep ing of the things the baby has fallen from this week..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 LIE cheers which greeted Gen. Sir Ian
 Hamilton in London when he ar \ ! rived there after his recall from the Dardanelles were fner,ted by that gallant soldier and able commander, and they testified to the good sense, the ap- preciation of courage and the patriotism of the masses of the British people. General Hamilton did his full duty at the Dardanelles, just as Lord Kitchener at his headouarters in London is doing his duty, just as Sir John French in the field in France is doing his duty, just as every sailor and soldier lined up in defense of the British empire is doing his duty-offering their lives that their country may continue to exist. With the British soldier of today it is as Lord Tennyson So tersely put 1t in his immortal battle hymn of the charge of the gallant Six Hundred at Balaklava: Forward, the Light Brigade Was there man dismayed? Not tho the soldier knew
 Some one had blundered;
 Theirs not to make reply,
 Theirs not to reason wny,
 Theirs but to do and die
 Into the valley of death
 Rode the six hundred
 The sons of England, of Ireland, of Scotland and Wales in this twentieth century can face death in defense of their country as calmly and as courage ously as their ancestors did during all the centuries since the dawn of history, and even when they know and feel that soma one has blundered in diplomacy they are ready to die in the places assigned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
CHARCOAL ABsORBs BACTERIA Washington Special to the New York

Washington Speclal 10 the NeW
 Times. ss
 Behind the curtain of war, German science has made discoveries in medicine in the benefits of which the civilized world will share. The new line of work has been done by German chemists in the use of animal charcoal for medical pur- poses It has been learned by prscticai experiments that this substance, which has been usel to remove coloring matter from chemical solutions. will absorb ana remove not only poisons from the intes- tinal canal. but the bacteria of typhus
 fever from cholera. The poisons can be neutraliyed within a very short time
 and all poisonous substances in the ale
 nentary canal can be removed by absorp-
 tio,. The action of the animal charcoal extends to the bacteria themselves, which
 it mechanically absorbs and destroys.
 Consul Talbot J. Albert at Brunswick
 in a report to the department of com
 merce, mentions as deserving credit for
 the discovery the chemists Freundlich, Liahtwitz. Glassner and Suida- He says they have proved that the absorbing qual- ity of animal charcoal is promoted by the presence of the phosphates, sulphates and
 nitrates of calcium. sodium and potas- sium. The rapidity of the absorption in- creases with the temperature, so that the heat of the animal body aids the thera- peutic effect of the animal charcoal. The application of animal charcoal ex- tends chiefly to cases where the poison is conveyed to the organism from the out side. and where it arises from bacteria in the intertinai canal in the natural course of living Cholera was the first diseases to be considered; then came typhus and dysentery. when it was pos siblc to exclude the injurious microbes from the system. As the charcoal be- comes infected with the bacteria. or with the poisons which 1t absorbs. such aper- tents as Glauber salts. Karlsbad salts, etc., are used.
 1 It also appears that animal charcoal is applicable in surgery. as it will stop suppuration which destroys the tissues.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

BEGINNING THE DAY-GraciOus Father give me brotherIy sympathy with the weaker travellers in the pilgrimage of life. Teach me to en- courage, not to criticize. Make me to . know that I in my own way am also full of faults and that in their Circumstances I might be far worse than they. For Christ's sake. Amen. H. M. F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
THE MYSTERY

From the Kansas City Star.
 Once there was man who was quietly performing a task which aroused the greatest curiosity among the innocent bystanders. None of them had ever seen anything of the kind being done before nor had the slightest comprehension of wha. it was nor why it should be. The crowd was constantly augmented by more corners and the mystification grew to an almost uncomfortable extent. Finally a sage appeared and to him was put the query. What is the stranG thing that man is doing?v He is minding his own business" replied the sage, and passed on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
coBwEB FOR TRANSIT CRoss-HAIRs

From Popular Science Monthly and
 Worlds Advance.
 Broken eross-hairs in surveyors tram sits can be replaced with spider web. The lens should be removed, and the shellac cut out of the notches in which the ends of the cross-hairs terminated. A length Of spider silk should be carefully re- moved from spiders web and mounted in the notches with thin shellac. Care should be taken that the fingers do not come in contact with the spider silk, as the acid from the human skin quickly destroys this delicate fiber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
ALABAMA PRESS

Ashland Progress: The boil weevil is 2 strictly modern institution. He makes his presence known by presenting his bill. Decaturs Daily. The readiness witt which normal school dormitories burn ir this state suggests that education should begin just little while before the con- tracts are let, instead Of after the build ings are completed
 Talladega Reporter. James Whitcomb Riley says he never reads the newspapers. He knows it would bring him back to plain prose and cussing.
 Sheffield Standard: What's became of the old-fashioned doctor that used to give you "a few powders and prepare the medicine from full saddle bag?
 Anniston Star: The old-fasnioned girl we used to know in her best bib and tucker has cast aside the 'bib but is more tuckered than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

The Germans are not meeting with much encouragement in their efforts to rebuild Louvain. The citizens regard that as an attempt to destroy the evidence,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
OR MORE LIBERAL
.h no,,ston pnst

Ffom the IIOuttOh Post
 Birmingham wants to know why its peo- pie had to pay sf for hearing Mir. Bryan make the same speech that he made in Houston free. Simply because the Bir- minkham people are somewhat easier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
JUST SLIPPED HIS MIND

From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
 If Captain Boy-Ed did not approve of Fry's dynamite schemes, he certainly did not go out of his way to warn steamship captains of their danger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

The Prince of Wales is no doubt a fine form is not worth as much as button from the uniform of a soldier in the trenches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
.sEErNG THINGS

From the Montgomery Advertiser. Some absinthe victim on one of the New York papers writes 1t ":neluctabls
 necessity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
HOME NOTE
AAVAN From the Peoria Star.

FFOm tHe FeUTiH atHr,
 Mrs, Harve- Hines wife of our local barber and tonsorial artist, has filled two sofa pillows with hair from peo- ples heads which Harve has cut dur ing the summer, Mrs Hines says they make real nice soft pillows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

It is reported that General Villa still feels friendly toward the Unite9 States Why not, when he contemplates this country as a future place of residence?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

Birmingham. which was taken by the college boys Saturday, has been returned to its original owners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

For man who has been long time dead, Confucius continues to exert as- tonshing influence in China.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

General Carrannza seems to think that he can get acquainted with European governments without Uncle Sam's intro duction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

The Serbs are fortunate in having moun- tains to take to, mountains being even better than tall timber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

Senator Penrose favors a dreadnaught
 for every state Even our speckled pa
 triots are lining up nobly with the apos- ties of preparedness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

If the Italians could have foreseen the present war they might have built 8 gigantic borib-proof shelter over Venice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

The Gallipoli campaign of the allies has kept the Turks attention centered on one point, but has accomplished nothing more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
Superiority of American R,,,v.x.

OA 1AMcTlcA0 Railways T can remember when it was gen.
 erally conceded by railroad officials in this country that European roads. es
 pecially those of England, were better constructed than our lines and that a higher rate of speed, by reason of the
 heavier rail and heavier ballast. was
 maintained, but in recent years won derful progress has been made in American railroad construction and comparisons in general are now in our
 favor" said J. R. Singleton of New York, who at one time was connected
 with big transportation company. American railways arc now and have been for several years past equal. if not superior to the English roads and as to economies, we are far ahead of the best of the old world systems. "Thel Railway Age-Gazette in it's last
 issue devotes nearly four pages to facts compiled by the bureau of rail way economics, presenting comparative statistics for the United States and 3S foreign countries, covering 606,0
 miles of line, or seven -eighths of the total railroad mileage of the world. As
 the Age-Gazette points out, it is shown that with one exception the railways
 of the United States pay higher av- craze wage than prevails in any other country, yet with one exception freight rates per ton per mile in the United States are lower than the rates in any | other country. In most other countries freight rates are 50 per cent higher than in 1 the United States, and average wages
 are 50 per cent less than in the Uni | ted States. In capitalization per mile of its railways the United States is
 exceeded by everyone of the principal
 countries of the world. The one inn
 portant particular in which the rail
 ways of the United States are sur
 passed, from the viewpoint of the pub | lie, is in the rate per passenger per mile, and even in this respect, taking into consideration the accommodations 1 furnished and the servicc performed rates in the United States are lower l than in any of the countries with l which comparison is made. The low fares in many countries are shown to | be due to the different character of the
 service, which is indicated very clear 1 ly by the figures showing the grea;
 density of low class passenger traffic
 such as we do not have in this coun- try. and the average number of pas sengers per train
 Good Outlook for Stock Market
 Henry Clews in his Saturday review says in part:
 I "The dominating influence of the wal I group in stock market operations has l of late been on the wane. This may bt
 accounted for in various ways Wal profits seem to have been sufficiently discounted for the time being. Liquida- ton was to be expected after such (
 boisterous rise, and, what was mort important very decided opposition developed against reckless operations in some of the specialtiex which i not restrained threatened to endangel the whole market and arrest moro orderly and substantial advance, Tn, war news also had an unsettling in I fluence; there are serious dissensioni
 in both the French and British cabi. nets; the allies have thus far failed
 at the Dardanelles, and rumors wers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

pr. Anna Howard Shaw says the suf- farsists have never had New York, so they can't lose, They can only win The sporting fraternity are bound to admire Dr. Shaw's phraseology
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

New York's latest show for tired busi- ness men has chorus so nearly nude that seats in the front row command grand opera prices
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

It is sad commentary on war that even hero has to be disinfected now and then.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
Orchestra Gets Large Request

For many years the Cincinnati Sym phony orchestra has been maintained at a high standard by generous packers, who have contributed regularly to the deficit fund, but now for the first time it will have a large, permanent endowment said John Weiman of the Queen City The late Mrs. Cora Dow, who was one of the wealthiest persons in Cincinnati, and lady noted for benevolent work, be- queathed in her will $7OO000 to the or chestra. This will put the great sym phony organization of which Cincinnati is so proud, in a splendid position. No high class orchestras of S5 performers can live on the sale of season tickets or box office receipts, even though the audiences fill the hall. Such orchestras are expen- sive luxuries, but they have a strong ed- ucational and civic side, and in all com munties of musical atmosphere and a public spirited citizenship, the annual subscriptions for the purpose of keeping up such institutions are made freely
 But there is nothing like an endowment
 I understand that Mrs Dow's bequest of TooooO will be supplemented shortly by several hundred thousand dollars
 The Boston Symphony orchestra is maintained by Colonel Higginson's S princely donations. The New York Phil harmonic orchestra was handsomely en- Idowed by the late Joseph Pulitzer, and the New York Symphony of which Wal ter Damrosch is conductor is backed en- tirely by MT. Flagler. The Chicago or chestra has large endowment, which was made up by popular contributions. from s1 up to s10,0Oo. Mrs Thomas Nelson Page, whose first husband made a great fortune in Chicago headed the endow- ment subscriptions with slo,O0o."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

If reports being circulated in Constan- tinople are to be credited, there is noth- ing left of the Russians but their rush. D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01

Birmingham's new commissioner is socialist, but it is not thought that fact will impair his usefulness to the com munity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
WHEN THE LEyEEs nREA,

Designs on the turkey bird will soon be carried to their fatal conclusion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
Lshington bureau. 2o7 Hibbs build

the love of grace, Dull. Hamlet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
Chamber of Commerce Canvass
Good nusiness in the south

F. c. Tegder, representing shirt and collar company of Buffalo, in speaking of the improved conditions in the south, said: "On this trip I have found busi- ness much better throughout the south ern states. There seems to be a feeling of confidence among all the merchants. The result is that they are buying goods without any fear of not being able to dis pose of them quickly.
 ''The time was not very long ago when the merchant one tried to sell appeared ruptcy. Now all the merchants have a feeling just the opposite and are confi- dent of the future. I look for a splendid season and I am sure every other travel ing man feels the same way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-01
HOTEL LOBRIES
One of the Best Plays

T saw It Pays to Advertise in At lantic City and believe it to be one of the best plays of the year." said Rob- ert Jemison, Jr.
 "The Birmingham Ad club certainly ,should be successful in its efforts to sell tickets to the play, and, as they are to receive 25 per cent of the amount they sell, I am sure they will realize neat sum. It is a good show and is well worth seeing"
 Chamber of Commerce Canvass
 ''The proposed Chamber of Commerce membership campaign is arousing much interest and it will doubtless bring good results" said w. c. Radcliffe, the general secretary.
 "Our membership has held up very well. better than the membership in civic bodies in many cities of approximately Bir- nlingham's size, but it should be much larger than it is.
 "The Chamber of Commerce has done effective work in the years past, but with an increased revenue it can accomplish far greater good for this city, and dis trict.''
Evening star., 1915-10-20
Would Permit Presidents Absence
ADMIT CONSPIRACY.
Seven Men on Trial as Moon
sinners" Plead Guilty.

FORT SMITH. Ark, October 90
Seven men on trial charged with con-
spiracy to defraud the government lin
the manufacture of ''moonshine" whis-
ky pleaded guilty in the United States
district court here today. Sentence
will be passed tomorrow.
The case against Fred Bowles OF
Fort Smith. the eighth defendant. was
dismissed. The cases against the de-
PENDANTS went to trial yesterday and
their action today was a surprise.
Those who pleaded guilty were: John
L. Casper. Kansas City. alleged head of
the conspiracy; George Hartman, Kansa as
city. employe of Casper: Charles Brew
baker, Kansas City. employe of CASPER:
J. Henry Brown. Harrison. Ark, formerly
government gauger: John Farrab bee.
Kansas City, employe of Casper; s. T.
Williams, Winston Salem. N. C., former
revenue agent, who resigned from the
government service to enter business
with Casper. and John Coffey, Fort
Smith.
Evening star., 1915-10-20
PRESIDENT AND F|ANCEE
SELECT WEDDING DATE
Time Is Not Made Public, But Early
Announcement Is i
Expected.

No surprise will be occasioned among
those well informed II official an
nouncement is made this week for the
date for the wedding of President Will
son and Mrs. Norman Gait. 1t Is under
stood that decision has been reached
by the two who are most vitalIy con-
cerned. but they are keeping the date
secret until the public is taken into
their confidence. Two views still pre-
vail-one that the wedding will occur
early next month and the other that
1t will take place during the Christmas
holidays when Congress is on vacation
and there will be time for wedding
trip. : 70
Would Permit Presidents Absence,
An early wedding also would give
opportunity for the absence of the
President from Washington, inssmuch
as his conferences with democratic
leaders on legislative subjects before
Congress will begin the latter part of
November and he will be exceedingly
busy until the Christmas holidays.
Miss Margaret Wilson, the Presi-
dents only unmarried daughter. will
return to Washington tomorrow. She
mas hnished a concert tour in New
YORK and Ohio. After her return the
hrst OF series of musicals by her Will
be given at the White House.
Evening star., 1915-10-20
Cafranzistas Claim
Recognition Will Bring
Peace to All Mexico

Mexican revolutionary elements here
friendly to Gen. Venustiano Carranza
were today celebrating his recognition by
the United States and other Latin Amer
lean republics as the chief executive of
the de facto government in Mexico. 1t
was the goal for which the various fac
tions had striven for almost three years
The first chiefs friends here regard the
action as triumph Of pan-American
policy. They claim that his recognition
means the restoration of peace and nor
NAL conditions within the southern re-
public in short time.
Eliseo Arredondo, personal represent
ative here of Gen. Carranza, is preparing
to leave tomorrow for Saltillo Mexico.
where he will personally convey to Gen.
Carranza letters of recognition from the
governments of the United States and
the South and Central American repub
.icS.
Congratulations were being received
(Continued on Second Page.l
Evening star., 1915-10-20
U. D. OF C. CONVENTION OPENS
More Than Two Hundred Delegates
Attend Sessions in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, October 2O-More
than 200 delegates from many states
gathered here today for the opening
session of the twenty-second annual
convention of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy. The convention will
continue four days.
The program for the first day in
cluded the annual memorial hour" in
the Mississippi building at the
Panama-Pacific exposition, a time of
tribute to those members who have
died since the last convention. A sue
cessor to the president. Mrs. Daisy NC
Laurin Stevens of Brandon. Miss, who
has completed the customary two
terms in office, probably will be named
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1915-10-20
ZEPPELINs PROTECT SHIPPING
Used by Germans to Ward Off At
tacks by Submarines.

AMSTERDAM, via London, October
2o-Zeppelins are being used by Ger
many, for the defense of commerce
against attacks by British and Russia n
submarines, according to a dispatch
from Berlin. 1t is stated that the
steamer Scotia of Stettin. Prussia
bound from Sweden to StettiE with a
cargo of ore, was pursued by a British
submarine off Bornholm.
In reply to wireless calls for assist
ance a Zeppelin suddenly appeared
whereupon the submarine submerged
and disappeared.
Evening star., 1915-10-20
MISSION WORKERS CONVENE.
Women of Presbyterian Church Be.
gin Sessions in Annapolis.

Special Correspondence Of The stnr.
ANNAPOLIS. Nd. October 20.-About
200 delegates from Maryland. District
of Columbia Virginia and Delaware
gathered here today for the opening
of the twenty ninth annual convention
OF the Synodical Association Of Wom-
ems Home and Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Presbyterian Church. The
convention, which opened with an
executive session. Is being held in the
First Presbyterian Church.
Tonight there will be an open meet
ing, to be addressed by noted speakers.
Tomorrow's meeting will be from IL
o'clock in the morning to o'clock In
the afternoon. with one hour for lunch
con as guests of the ladies of the
local church.