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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-06-17

My dear Mrs. Titus" | murmured
in my dismay. lit isn't to be consid.
cred. am sure you won't persist in
this when l tell you that Tarnowsy's
agents are sure to see you and
She laughed. '"Tarnowsy's agents:
Why should they be herey'
''They seem to be everywhere"
II can assure you there is none with
In City miles of Schloss Rothhoefen
Our men are in the city. Four Of them
preceded me. This morning had Mr..
Bangs telephone to the hotel where the
chief operative Is staying-in the guise
=. of an American tourist and he does it
very cleverly for An Englishman too
and he assures me that there Is abso-
lutely no danger. Even Mr. Bangs ia
satisfied"
81 am forced to say that am by no
means satisfied that 1t Is safe or
wise thing to do. Mrs. Titus" I said,
with more 6rmness than thought |
possessed.
She raised her delicate eyebrows in
"a most exasperating we'll bred, admoni
tory way.
Il am quite sure. Mr.. Smart, tina,
Dillingham; is perfectly trustworthy
detective, and"-
But why take the slightest risk?''
ut ia necessary for me to see Dill
bingham, that is the long and short Of
it" she said coldly. "One can't dis
cuss things over telephone you know
Mr.. Bangs understands. And, by the
way. MI. Smart, have taken the lib
erty of calling up the central office Of
the telephone company to ask if they
can run an extension wire to my dress
ing room. hope you do not mind"
mot in the least. should hav,
thought of it myself"
You have so much to think of, poo
man! And now will you be goot
enough to have Hawkes. order the mar
to row me across the
Il am very sorry, Mrs. Titus" said
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-06-17
CHAPTER XXI.
Have a Tilt With CoIinqraft.

Have Tilt With Colinaraft.
AFTER in the forenoon the countess,
with queer little smile on her
IL lips, told me that her mother
considered me the most Won
derful, the most forceful character she
had ever encountered. frightened
up at that
But Colingraft was not yet through
with me. He sought me out lust be.
fore luncheon. | was in the courtyard,
listening patiently to Jasper juniors
theories and suggestions concerning
the restoration of the entire facade Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27
Steel Corporations Earnings

The large gain in the quarterly earnings of the United States Steel corporation reflects the general ex- pansion in industrial activity.
 The directors of the corporation met yesterday and declared the regular quarterly dividend of IA per cent on the preferred shares. No action was taken looking to dividend on the common, but 1t is understood that at the January meeting of the board it will be decided to resume payment of dividends on this class of stock.
 The corporation made fine show ing in the second quarter ending June 30, but much greater showing in the third quarter, made cup of July, August and September. The total earnings for this third quarter were $3S, ,71O,644; net income, $30,O45, ,791. The surplus for the quarter was SIS, 100000. The net earnings for the preceding quarter were $20,311 ,534 and the surplus amounted to $8,267,- 645.
 The fourth quarter of the corpora tion's operations promises to make remarkably big showing, and when dividends on the common stock are started again they will doubtless run through a long period of prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27

were dubbed "cranks," yet urionism has grown and waxed strong. Only a short while ago the citizens of Detroit were given to smiling as Henry Ford tried out" his primitive automobile on the streets. Now Henry Ford has become world figure, and short while ago set aside s10,000,000 as a world peace fund.
 It often takes 'crankp to wake folks up; to make them think; to start something"
 The "one-idea" man may be bit narrow, he may be of the type that would burn barn to fry an egg" but he has his place and mission in the world.
 Therefore, have patience with the "crank" for though he may be jeered today, he may be revered tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27
More Good Road Building

1f-the south has not kept pace with New York and New England and the middle west in good road building l it has made much progress within the past three or four years, and the tour of the Jackson highway locating com mittee will give new impetus to this movement, no matter what the final decision as to the "official' route may be.
 Several counties in Alabama have splendid roads and within short while most of the principal highways in the northern part of the state will be of modern construction. In south ern Alabama comparatively little has been done to improve the roads, but as result of the report of the Jack son highway committee the bad roads will doubtless be replaced by good roads soon.
 Up to three years ago very few northern auto-car touring parties were seen in the south, but it is different today. The number is increasing rapidly. Year before last tourists from the eastern and northern states began to invade the south Atlantic states by thousands and last year they came by tens of thousands.
 Fine roads have caused the reha- bilitation of New Hampshire and Yer mont--states that were tagging be- hind in material affairs. Down east' communities were becoming impover- ished, but after millions had been spent on the highways all New Eng land blossomed as never before. The tourist business alone has made hither- to poor sections rich. t
 And what good roads have done for other sections they will do for the south. No investment pays better than money spent in modern road building; few investments, indeed, pay so well from any point of view.
 The south has made notable prog ress within the past 25 years, agri- culturally and industria1ly; but with it's varied natural resources and it's wonderful climatic advantages, it's rate of development should be greatly accelerated in the near future. And good roads, including good bridges, will bring this about.
 Every road in the south must eventually be tourist highway no matter what be its official designa- ton,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27
WORLDS LARGEST LABORATORY

Thomas F. Logan in Leslie's
 The naval advisory board appointed by Secretary Daniels has Justified its existence by the announcement of a definite programme for the appropria- tion of $S.0o0,000 to establish a great naval labotatory. somewhere on tide water, the largest of it's kind in the world. At this laboratory. if Congress adopts this suggestion and makes the appropriation, there will be gathered a permanent staff of naval experts and chemists and inventors from private life who will work constantly and se- cretly upon the development of exist ing war weapons and the creation of rev offensive and defensive weapons. There will be shops for the testing of explosives and guns. There will be run ways for experimenting with subma- rines and it will be possible to anchor a battleship neaeby 80 that the in ventors may accommodate their ideas to actual conditions on shipboard. This laboratory, proposed by Thomas A. Ed ison. chairman of the board should prove to be the concrete foundation for the development of the science of mil itary defense in the United States. 1t will make workshop for the diversi- fled ideas of the inventors and chem ists who compose the naval consulting board. By crystallising the inventive genius of the United States into great defensive force protection is assured lives and property of American citizens in time of war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27
JUST A KANSAS TOWN
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star
 H Ew towns, far or wide. impress one
 with their hospitality or morality A as is the case in Clay Center,
 Kas. A stranger one day last week caught glimpse of the typical Kansas spirit in that little city of about 5000 souls.
 On entering it was noticed that the main streets were torn up. It was ex- plained that paving work was going on Neat piles of vitrified brick lined the sidewalks Children in a school yard were romping and shouting. The boys were kicking football about and the little girls were on teeter-totters or stroll ing about in little groups. They were clean-faced youngsters and we'll clad. Picturing them as grown-ups. a vision of clean minded prosperous Kansans arose r A church convention was on in mod ern stone church building across from the hotel. The delegates, with their white badges, were on the streets; bright cheer ful men and women, full of life and show ing it.
 For town of 5000 the hotel was won- der Imagine 1t, tiled floor in the lobby, comfortable leather chairs, an electric el- evator and a host who seemed genuinely glad to look after his guests. After hav ing been in many towns of that size and having noted the assumption of the hotel men. as a rule. that they are favoring visitors by letting them in. the hotel in Clay Center is something lof shock. Especially is 1t shock after Topeka, al, hr,fo to resent the innocent inquiry of stranger what the charge for room for the night would be.
 This is American plan said the clerk, and if you don't eat with us we don't want you"
 But Clay Center is not Topeka and the proprietor had none of the rudeness that characterized the deity behind the Topeka hotel counter. A story or book or. an editorial or something ought to be written about the way a country hotel can be run, as exemplified in Clay Cen ter. The service in the dining room was more than satisfactory; 1t was excep- tional. There was the clerk who had reg istered the guests moving about from table to table to see that everyone was we'll filed
 Wont you have some more hot bis cuits?" he asked. We've plenty more of them" Or wont you have something more? That's not a very heavy layout around your plate" Really. he almost disarmed the travelling men, who love so to srumble in small hotels.
 There was picture show in town. too, and it was surprisingly clean and airy. The play was Tolstoys "Anna Karenina,' a powerful drama, sp!endidly acted It was not a bit preachy. but Tolstoy, even n the povies. uaade one feel the great de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27
Rockies. Bicycle Riders

One of the greatest nuisances exist ing in Birmingham today to the pedes- trian is the bicycle said A. C. Holt
 ''The bicycle, like the automobile Is a good and useful machine if properly handled. but ,here In Birmingham the riders are allowed to run wild, and do pretty much as they please. Grown negro boys, and white boys as we'll take especial delight in speeding around the corners of a curb at night with no light bell or whistle, or anything to warn a person who is about to cross the street o. their approach.
 "A big negro ran into me not long ago on the corner of Third avenue and Twentieth street, but saw what was going to happen in time to brace my self, and no damage was done beyond knocking the skin off of my hand, and soiling my cuff. had only put one foot down as I stepped from the sidewalk when. zip! he was into me like a flash in the pan I have witnessed several similar cases recently.
 They give you absolutely no chance whatever These accidents usually oc- cur between about 5:S0 and 7:30 p. m. or about dusk, just before. or about the time the light are turned on.
 Palm Beach. Fla, has more bicycles for fits size than any city in the United States but they are well regulated, and an accident there is of very rare oc- curfcnce.
 Those who make a practice of such reckless riding here as a general rule have little or no money. and a few ar- rests. with stiff fine by the recorder. would have far-renchins effect. I would like to see the police get busy and break up the nuisance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27

 sirablity of clean living. They don't make sermons any better than Anna Karenina.
 Returning to the hotel a tremendous surprise awaited. On tho dresser iR. the room was a plate of fruits and dainty cookies; friendly goodnight attention that gave a final touch to the hospitality of the place. Then a night of solid sleep on wonderful bed with the fresh, sweet air from the farms coming in at the win dow.
 In the morning the porter was going from room to room rapping on the doors. Eight o'clock. Last call for break fast"
 What you got for breakfast?" asked voice from somewhere.
 Everything good" said the porter That was the truth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27
IF BATTLEsHIrs HAN ON LAND


 The captain of the Pennsylvania will wield weapon more intrinsically pow erful than the German standing army; and his control of it will be more ab- solute than is the Kaiser's control of that army" This surprising statement is made by Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fisle in the November Popular Science Monthly and Worlds Advance.
 After comparing the fighting strength and mobility of a great battleship and an army in the field, Rear Admiral Fiske says
 Possibly the declaration may be &C., cepted now that battleship of 26,OO0 tons such as the navies are building now, with. say, twelve 12-inch guns is greater example of power under the absolute direction and control than anything else existing; and that the main reason is the concentration of tremendous amount of mechanical energy in a very small space, all made available by certain prop critics of water. Nothing like a ship can be run on shore, but if an automobile could be constructed. carrying twelve 12- inch guns, twenty-one 5-inch guns and four torpedo tubes. of the size of the Pennsylvania, and with her armor, able to run over the land in any direction at 20 knots, propelled by engines of 10000 horse power, it could whip an army of a million men just as quickly as 1t could set hold of it's component parts. Such al machine could start at one end of an army and go through to the other like a moving machine through field of wheat; and knock down all the buildings in New York afterwards. smash all the cars break down all the bridges and sink all the shipping"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27
Waldo Story

Waldo Story, the sculptor, who died recently in New York. was the descend ant of noted American family, whose members have contributed a great deal to this countys advancement in literature and art. His father was Will liam Wetmore Story, poet and sculp- tor, who lived in the famous Bar berini palace at Rome, where Waldo Story was born and reared and where he met in his youth many celebrities who were entertained there by his father The elder Story wrote "Fiam- etta," "Roba di Roma" and other works of prose and poetry in the Bar berini palace, which was occupied by the family for sixty-one years. This ancient pile was erected by Urban VIII in 1860. The library contained many rare manuscripts and in the palace were valuable works of art.
 Artists and writers from all parts of the world visited the Storys at Rome, among them Margaret Fuller, Robert Browning, James Russell Lowell and Nathaniel Hawthorne. whose prose work, "The Marble Faun,' was inspired at the Barberini palace. Dwelling in such an atmos- phere Waldo Story's artistic nature soon developed. His best known works. in this country, are his gold mosaic memorial to MT. and Mrs. Au- gust Belmont in Trinity church, at Newport, R. l.; the bronze doors of the library of the late J. Pierpont Morgan and the drinking fountain at Hopedale, Mass. A bust of Lord Ran dolph Churchill, the latter's statue in the chapel at Blenheim, and his monu- ment were also done by MT. Story.
 In 1908 he parted from his first wife, who had been a Miss Brodwood, sold his household effects and gave up his apartments in the Barberini palace. Since then he had spent most of his time in America. His second wife, whom he married in 1912, was Bessie Abbott, the American opera singer. His brother, Julian Story, married Emma Flames and was di- vorced a year later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27


 Martin Marshall in Leslie's.
 Greece Is not, strictly speaking, one Of the Balkan states. but her history and her interests both involve her with them. Like them she struggled for generations to secure freedom from Turkish misrule, and like them she ex- poets further aggrandizement when the Turk is finally expelled from Europe. Tho King of Greece is of Scandinavian descent and his wife is the German kafsers sister. It Is said that the King. under the influence of his wife has kept Greece from joining with the entente powers, with whom her future seems most secure. Greece has a pop ulation in excess of 2,600,OOO and is credited with being able to mobilize about 100000 first line troops and per- haps 50.000 more for home defense. Her navy is not large, but was reorgan- ized three years ago by British off cers, while French officers remodeled her army. Great Britain and France are traditional friends of Greece. Only a. formal protest was made when they landed troops at Saloniki to aid seryia. against the Teutonic invasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27
FAST TRAINS DON'T PAY

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The swiftest railroad trains in the world run from Camden to Atlantic City. They are heyed~,up to a regular average speed of around 6S miles an nour. and what Is more. those meteorie cars usually hit| their destination on schedule time.
 Fine" says the passenger. Not so." replies the stockholder who owns them. One looks at it from the viewpoint of comfort; the other from the purse.
 The Reading people inform us their Att lantic line lost slo00Oo last year. That tells the story why the stockholder doesn't like these fast trains. He wants his money to earn a surplus. not deficit.
 Most Atlantic City business is passen- ger business. so that the Readings tes- timony is interesting. It shows that with even the most ideal conditions of track. equipment and people to carry, tho worlds fastest express service is a bad second to numbering freight train when 1t comes to paying dividends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27
The Crank and His Work

Everybody seems to take a whack at the crank"
 Just what a ''crank" really is, may differ with each individuals view point. But he is quite another person from the "grouch."
 The "grouch" has it "in" for the world in general-he wakes up peeved at the alarm clock for heralding the beginning of another days toll. He is apt to kick the cat, whose approach is prompted by friendliest regard. He makes life unpleasant for all within the scope of his influence.
 But the "crank" can be "crank'' and still have none of these objection able characteristic, for the "crank" is simply "one-idea" man. He has a hobby and that hobby is an all ab- sorbing interest. It may be that the "crank" advocates clean streets, or fire prevention, or the suppression of rag-time music, or the back to the land movement"
 Whatever the idea that obsesses the ~crank" idea is what he lives for, works for, dreams of. Opposition only fixes his determination. He will go ragged, even hungry-he will make any sacrifice that furthers his cause.
 The world is wont to heap abuse and ridicule upon his defenseless should CTS. Yet the world frequently adopts the very measures it has derided. Practically every great movement has received it's first impetus from so- called ~crank."
 me first sdvocstss sfslsbor unions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27
"BOB- WHITE
From Outing.

From Outing.
 Bob White has received complete protection in 12 states, In many other inSonces the season is short one. The states protecting him are New York, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Idaho and Oregon. Perhaps his defenseless con- dition in the other states should be re : garded as tribute to his powers of passive resistance. His chief enemies, after all are not human beings. Pole- cats, weasels, cats, foxes, minks, and common cats account for large num- ber of young birds and a still great CT number of eggs. Coons are especial ly fond of the latter and Mir. White has need of all his cunning and pow CTS of endurance if his little brood Is to be brought to maturity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27
WILLING TO WAIT.

Suppose your country needed you at the front. What would you do?" asked the jingo.
 First of alL" answered the eau tious citizen, "T would estimate the distance between the place where I happened to- be and the front. After that I would put my private affairs in order, take, fond leave of my family and join the army
 "Umph! By that time all the real patriots would be in the thick of the fray"
 "No doubt. As I'm not particularly anxious to die for my country. If it can be avoided. I should hate to stand in the way of large numbers of young men who VOW that nothing would suit them better
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27
WELL DRESSED YOUNG GIRL

From McCall's Magazine.
 The sensible girl will prefer the sim.
 plest, neatest, most youthful styles while she Is under 1S So many girls lose chance to be real beauties in boyish shirts and neckties and achieve only bad imitation of lady of fash ion. The girls in fashionable families have beautiful clothes, but the beauty is always of color. texture and finish never anything startling or conspic- uous. Veils are very bad form for girls under IS. except for stormy weather; and Jeweled combs or hair ornaments should never be worn in the daytime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27
BuCksHor BALLIsTICs.

From outing
 If any man wonders why buckshot 10 often fails to kill, he need only go into the field and test it for range. pat tern and penetration. He will find that it has two principal weaknesses. First it scatters so badly that except at very close range it Is impossible to land more than a few shot on the game; and second. it is. sadly lacking in power when 1t does land The carrying power of buckshot cannot be compared to that of even the smallest bullet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27

It Is estimated that claims against the
 Mexican government exceeding sl.oOo,ooo,
 ooo will be pressed as soon as order is
 restored. Half of this amount will repre-
 sent American claimants and owners of
 Mexican bonds. The other half billion
 represents damages sustained by citizens
 or other countries, chiefly Great Britain,
 france and Germany An authority in the state department estimates that the American claims will be divided as fol- lows: Default on national debt. 1000 GOO: oamase to national railroads, s40,OOo 900 i; otner railroad properties sl0O o0o, 900; dam age to property owned by Americans s2s5,oooooo. Secretary Lansing announces that the United States has not agreed to place its credit behind Mexico to insure the payment of claims and every eror, Will be made to gain reparation for American citizens who have suffered dur Ing the reign of pillage and murder in Mexico. Financial experts believe that Mexico will have no difficulty in raising enough money to finance the provisional government and settle all Legitimate claims. However, they will not be paid until after prolonged litigation, 1.id it Is predicted that some of them, even when recognized. will not be settled for 50 years The large number of American financiers interested in mines and other in Mexico will make the task of financing the country comparatively easy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27
EDITH CAyELL
By Robert Underwood Johnson.
 Room mid the martyrs for a de

By Robert Underwood Johnson. Room mid the martyrs for a deathless
 name! Till yesterday, in her how few could
 know Bbck wars white angel. succoring
 friend and foe Whose pure heart harbored neither hate
 nor blame When need or pity made it's sovereign
 claim. Today she is the worlds! Its poignant
 woe, We thought had been outwept again
 doth flow In tenderest tears that multiply her Oh, something there is in us yet, more
 bright Than Rouen's hungry fIames-that
 could consume Jeanne's slender limbs but not her spirits
 might. Fate stIli has noble colors in her loom. One lonely women's courage in the
 night Has sealed the .asase Isehsn.ollsrns'
 doom! .t,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-27

BEGINNING THE DAY-HeIp me to blame myself and not another for my failures. May I not accuse fate, or circumstances,or or God. May I have the honesty and the courage to face the facts. Then give me humility, God. to come to Thee with the story and resolution to begin to build anew. For Christ's sake. Amen. III. NJ. k.