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The Washington herald., 1915-12-30

1t is little difficult to follow the intiuat;on
that the price of gasoline is being advanced for
the purpose of diseouraging the administration
from imposing tax of cent gallon on the
product. Certainly tax of cent on 30 cents
worth of gasoline is lighter burden than a tax
of I cent on 20 cents worth of it.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30

Ii is question whether the benefits expected
to be derived from Col. Houses mysterious visit
to Europe will not be totally offset by the number
and variety of rumors to the purpose thereof
that the government will be kept busy contradict
ing.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30

Capt. Boy-Ed. Minister Brand Whitlock re-
turning to his post in Belgium, and Col. i. NJ.
House the Presidents friend, sailed for Europe
on the SAME ship, but it is to be doubted whether
the captain will avail himself OF the opportunity to
learn American.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30
In Lineoln's Dav.

Every time the Mason and Slidell affair is men,
toned nowadays, people say how wise President
Lincoln was to back down" Yet there were
plenty of people at the time Lincoln backed down
who said he was q weaklng and . coward
Soringield Republican
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30

A New York Judge has held that corpse can
not be held for a board bill. This will cause
many Of our younger boarders to punish the hash
regardless OF results.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30

What a spectacle is presented by those loud
nouthed advocates of the Sherman antitrust law
as applied to others, who are now under indictment
for violation of it,
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30

Scientists whose specially is the study of lido
syncratic manifestations of the intellect have
gathered in Chicago. And it will be just like Chi
cago TO get mad about it.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30

Representative Kahn wants powder factory
for California and wants it quick Or is it pork
factory?
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30
The Song Of the Submarine. :,
HYMN OF HATRED AND FOUL PL

HYMN OF HATRED AND FOUL PLAY.
Dedicated. in Memory of the Assassination of the
Lusitania and other Deep-sea Murders. to
Diving Dachshund.
BY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER.
Now this is the song of the Submarine.
civilized Christian war-machine,
BY Culture built and by Courage manned
For stealthy crime the sea-brigand.
So sing We winds with the waves at play,
To mad Huns folly and to The Day.
Sing loud oer the blood ed. corpse-strewn swell
TIL fends shall echo from depths of hell
O gallant Galley, o U-Boat brave,
Sink, stink, sneak underneath the wave.
To safely rise for the bastard blow
At unarmed neutral or sleeping foe;
Dive deep. lurk low in congenial slime.
Awaiting chance for your fell design
To drown the helpless. revenge to ~reak
On women children, the aged. the weak;
On hapless stoker and peaceful crew;
On neighbor friend. and your world-kin too.
All, this is the Boat OF Brotherhood.
Whose hero-tars of the Common Good
Drink hates wine in the sailors mess
And swear by the creed of "frightfuluess"
Grand Christ-Iike mission. Great. knightly horde.
Whose War-lord stabs with a shame -fouled sword.
On blackened scroll. meath the deep's salt flood.
Your infamy's written in blood-and mud.
Hoch, Honor, Glory, The Ocean Ghouls!
Mad Kings mad killers of babes-and mules!
God bless these Bayards of chvalry!
Ahoy the ASSASSINS OF THE SEA.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30
THE ACCOUNT.

THE ACCOUNT.
So much joy, and SO much woe.
So much pleasure. so much pain.
So much ice, and chill, and snow;
So much gentle summer rain.
So much laughter, so much weeping.
So much gold and SO much dross.
The account is in our keeping
Is the balance gain or loss?
Copynght Ns)
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30
A Line O Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

FIRST printing Of original poem. wsftten 1aliJ
for The Washington Herala
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30
Another Soldier President.

Published q
Tie Mcclure Neuspape, Syndicate
Copyright isi5 by ic!ure Nswspapsr Syndicate,
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30

Many people went on with their tasks. as if
they were unaware that there were creatures in
the world like Evil Passions, wholesome bright
eyed, at peace with themselves and with their
llow-bcings. Many others quickly yielded. 1t
was as if their minds had become possessed And
throughout the city the usual sins were committed.
through jealousy and malice and envy and anger
and lust and hate. Most of them were secret.
Only few reached the newspapers. These in
cluded the murder by young workman OF his
foreman
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CONTINUED On PAGE EIGHT
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In flock the Evil Passions swept through the
air. For few moments they hovcred over the
highest buildings. Then they divided into small
groups some going into offices. some into houses.
still others flying up and down the streets. looking
for prey.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30

a group of Evil Passions floated in the air,
mighty figures, as old mankind and yet touched
with kind of youth in their hideous faces. They
looked down on the great city, just beginning to
cally rose the Like spires, tall ships lifted
their masts toward the sky. From multitude of
towers came the changing of bells and the shriek-
ing of whistles.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30

Mrs. Julian Jones has sent out card,
for an at home on New Years Eve
from ; until o'clock at her residence.
IS1c Twentieth street
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30

Dedicated in Memory of the Assassination of
Lusitania and other Deep-sea Murders. to
the Diving Dachshund.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30

Tonorrows Gen. Harrison's First
Act.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30

Envy nodded approvingly "You couldn't do
anything that would help me more. You know
how they long to initiate him down there. While
you are at work they will have their eyes on him.
Will enter their minds and as they see him grow
ing richer and richer they will writhe"
They both laughed Indignantly. If the eyes of
the swarming human beings below could have
looked up and seen those faces there would bave
been CONSERVATION in that city
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30

They will be coming soon," said Avarice with
smile. See, the anxious shopkeepers are on the
cars and the ferry. They are determined not to
let any one get ahead of them. But they are not
o'clock that am most interested in. They have
the great appetites See that fine house there, on
the avenue! Some one is sleeping in the front
room who will swallow multitude of these small
creatures in minute. l will wait for him. He
has been laying his plans for a long time As
soon as he steps into his automobile i will take
possession of him and make him do my will. Then
will glut him with joy and he will be my slave"
The Washington herald., 1915-12-30

The sun was well up in the sky now. The
ferries were black with humanity Figures were
clingng to the crowded street In the streets
the people swarmed. Its time for US to get to
sad yeaoaiy You ,1r near hths them call
selves and comparing their lot with others. If
Can get in there first. will leave the doors open
for you"
Quick" said Malice impatiently. 1--WE late
this morning. / long to hear what they are say
ing to another. / will get them to repeat
things they hear that will do mischief. perhaps with
a little change. Keep close to me. Anger"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-16
Attractive Business Building

one OF the very neatest and most at
tractive buildings in Birmingham Is the
new home of the Birmingham Railway.
Light and Power company" said a man
who notes the Architectural features of n
city.
1.-The height, the front elevation and the
side lines are in good tone and taste.
The white tile body effect with colored
finishing, and the renaissance style in
windows and sky line make it an orna-
ment to the block which, on the First
avenue side, has several very attractive
fronts, some of them only a story and
half.
Speaking or architecture, there are
many beautiful homes in Birmingham but
regret to say there are too many bun
gles' in striving after the bungalow, par
ticularly in cheap, bizarre fronts. Then, toe
the COLONIAL is impressive and artistic
on correct lines, but here too there are
some wonderful creations; some masked
behind lean columns and some that are not
in harmony with the main structure In
deed, some of these houses are wonder
fully and fearfully made, in my judg-
ment."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-16
GOVERNMENT BARGAINING

operated at less expense, can carry freight
and passengers cheaper and in "A hours
less time; if it can carry coal to the sea-
Seward line, has a better harbor, is a
better point for a naval and military base.
and, finally and above all, has traffic ex-
listing and in prospect sufficient to make
it commercially successful line from the
date of its completion, what possible ar
gument can be brought forward why it
should be rejected and the Seward route
chosen"
The government no doubt had very good
reasons for its choice, and If is not per-
haps an unmixed evil for Alaska that the
Seward route was selected, for the Copper
River and Northwestern railway, running
from Cordova, is already in operation and
is earning something over expenses, in
Guiding taxes. Last year it carried more
than 1000 passengers and 26,S05 tons of
freight So Alaska will have two railroads
instead of one, unless the Cordova and
Copper River line should succumb to gov
errment competition. In that case, If the
government should be inclined to extend
its field of railroad operation it might
be able to buy the Cordova road at a
bargain, as it has done in the case of
such another good trade, we hope it will
have the grace not to boast of it. There
are a good many citizens of the republic
who will decline to point with pride to
such achievements.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-16
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
If a man is wise enough to call the
janitor the superintendent he is going to
get good janitor service.
Try to act human. The man who takes
himself too seriously is always regarded
as a joke by other people.
A man has to be married for at least
year before he discovers that there are
dangerous microbes in kisses
During the honeymoon she imagines
that he is a Greek god with the world
at his feet But about 10 years later she
regards him as an overgrown insect.
The old-fashioned girl who used to be
born a blonde now has a daughter who ac-
quires blondness.
You may imagine that a 2-year-old girl
baby is the picture of innocence But
you ought to see a young widow who ha s
another prospect nibbling at the bait
Prize fighters are not the only men who
go through the Formally of shaking hands
in a friendly way before they proceed
to wallop each other.
II is easy to be popular. Just keep your
troubles to yourself and be a good lis
tener when the other fellow starts telling
his.
This is supposed to be free country.
But there are a whole lot of tyrannical
wives who refuse to let their husbands
go to ball games.
| When you get out into society and have
to throw the bull it is we'll to remember
that skinny woman is never skinny. She
| Is slender. And fat woman is never
| fat She has a rounded figure.
And If the street cars ran backward
how would the women ever be able to
get off?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-16

step forward should be the rule of the
day. A few flower seeds is a small
investment, but if Systematically
planted along roadsides, a mass of
bloom will soon supplant unsightly
weeds. Care must be exercised in
selecting hardy varieties, and peren-
malls should be given preference.
Beautifying roadsides with flowers
is much easier of accomplishment in
Alabama than in many other states,
where dry or severe climate makes
constant cultivation necessary With
each family taking responsibility for
identifying roadsides along the home
stead, Alabama will soon blossom like
the rose.
Why not encourage the children to
make this angle of home and COM
munity improvement their especial
care?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-16

little change from a week ago. most of
the buying being for last half delivery.
Il is predicted that prices are rock bot
tom and the next move will be an adj
vance.
with steel making particularly. opera
ton is reported at about 70 per cent, and
steel finishing operation at about 65 per
cent of capacity. Demand for finished
steel products is keeping up, and with
the advent of general outdoor operations
this can only increase. Every day adds
millions to our favorable trade balances
and the variety of exports and their tom
mage appear to be improving.
Prices of pig iron have not undergone
any change Recent large sales in the
Buffalo territory have resulted in furnace
stocks being well cleaned up and plenty
of work laid on order books. Production
of pi giron during March reflected the in
creased consumption, being marked i'm
provement over the recent prevailing
rates.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-16
President of Ocean Line

William H. Peasants, who had been
vice president and general manager OF
the Ocean Steamship eompany-Savan-
nah to New York-and who was adj
vanced to the office of president of the
company at a meeting of the stockhold-
ers this week, is one of the best known
and most popular transportation Of
Birmingham's Virginia colony.
I'VE often read about this or that man
in high position having started as an
office boy. Peasants may not have en-
tered railroad service as small boy
but L knew him as a $50 a month cleak
in the office of the general freight
agent of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
way at Richmond, early in the eighties
He was then a good looking, jolly
youth, who laughed and said his sal
airy was barely enough to pay for his
cigarettes and a few beers per day,
much less board and clothes.
Billy Peasants, as we knew him.
came to Richmond from Florida, but
whether or not he was born there ]
could not say. From Richmond he went
west I lost track of him, but not many
years ago | met him here in Birming-
ham. He was then traffic manager OF
the Seaboard Air Line.
"Pleasants is an able man, as a mat
have such an engaging personality"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-16
Railroads of Europe and the War

The railways of Europe have played
an important part in the struggle now
being waged by Germany and Aus
tria- Hungary against the allied
powers. At the beginning of the war
Germany had the longest railway
mileage of any European country,
namely 81, 1856 miles, exclusive of mar
row gauge lines. All the railroads in
Germany have been co-ordinated for
war purposes and it is due to these
facilities that Germany has been able
to transport troops with great rapid
ity to the various battle fronts.
1t is said that for years Germany
has been building railroads with a
view to their strategic purpose in
rushing troops to the frontier. With
the exception of about 2700 miles OPP
Grated by private companies, all the
railroads in Gremany are owned by
the government. Austria-H Hungary
has about 26,523 miles of railways in
operation, while Turkey has only
about 1000 miles of track, with no
great military Importance. Servia,
with 421 miles of track, has the short
est mileage of any country in Eu-
rope. However, a lack ofTailway ia
cilities has not prevented the Serbs
from playing an important and heroic
part in the war.
The railways of Russia have been
vastly improved during the past dec
AIDE. The extent of lines open for
traffic has been increased 40 per cent
while the efficiency of lines previous
ly built has been doubled by the addi-
ton Of sidings, construction of double
tracks and improvement of old lines
The trans-Siberian railway, one Of
the greatest engineering triumphs il
the world, is an important feeder tt
Russia's huge armies. Millions Of
men are at present employed in build
ling new lines in Russia to be utilized
in the war.
All the belligerent nations hav'
found hospital trains great help il
saving lives, while armored trains fo
accommodating purposes have beef
used with much success
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-16
Despite the European War

Business conditions rapidly APP
proach normal and this despite the
European war and the fact that no
one is expecting peace as soon as
we would have it.
There is now nothing to indicate
a close of hostilities within the next
few months. The war may end be-
fore the coming autumn, but the
probabilities are that it will not A
few weeks ago the business world was
waiting for the time when peace ne
gotiations would be in progress. A
great deal would depend upon the end
ing of the war.
But prosperity was due and bust
ness leaders-bankers and manufac-
turers-now see that its coming was
not conditioned upon the war being
over.
The continued activity and strength
of the New York stock market is
felt by all business interests to be
of real significance. Had the mar
ket been only half as active, it would
have been considered a safe barometer
Of business recovery. But it has been
a steadily advancing market for sew
eral weeks, and recently a booming
market, without any sign that vio-
lent slump might be in order.
Business being fundamentally sound
prosperity, when it gets in full swing,
will be here to stay.
The ending of the war, whenever
it comes, will contribute in large
measure to stimulation of prosperi-
ty, but healthy boom of good size
will prevail in most parts of the coun-
try right through the summer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-16
GOSSIP IN LONDON

From the Philadelphia Evening Tele-
graph.
Both Longchamp and Auteuil race
courses have been cut to pieces by the
hoofs of the cattle herded there when an
other siege of Paris was anticipated. In
England every day has its race meetings,
and it is authoritatively announced that
Ascot will take place as usual and that
arrangements are already being made by
Lord Churchill! There is a dramatic DIFF
ference between the spirit of France and
the spirit of Great Britain in these dark
days of menace and of danger.
Owing to the increased cost of living
owing to the war, Messrs. Joseph Sykes
Brothers of Acre Mills, Lindley, near
Huddersfield, and the English Card Cloth
ing company are giving to the men in
their employ a bonus of shillings a week
and to the women 1 shilling week.
The Incorporated Association of Hotels
and Restaurants, at luncheon given at
the School for Walters, London County
Council Westminster Technical Institute
submitted scheme prepared by the as
ISOLATION and the Reunion des Gastra-
homes for taking British youths when
they leave school at ID years of age, edu-
eating them. and afterward employing
them as walters.
Under the scheme youths of from IA TO
16 will be required to attend three terms
about Sc weelSs) at the School for Wait
ers, or other educational centre. The
u
the association, and grant of 5s week
will be made to each boy while attending
school. At the end of the training place
will be found for the youth in a hotel or
restaurant, wages for the first year of
service in London being lis Cd a week,
with board and laundry. During the first
year of employment attendance will be re-
quired twice a week at the institute for
instruct in French and practical training,
the time being reckoned as working hours
AT the end of two years service it is an
ticipated there will be no difficulty in find
ing engagements for the students as as
sistant walters in London restaurants,
where they would be given their food and
wages of from 22s Cd a week.
Lord Peel presided at the luncheon, and
others present were Lord Bessborough,
Mr. II. p. O'Connor NJ. p, Mr. G. Reeves
Smith damaging director of the Savoy,
Clardes and the Berkeley Hotels; Mr..
Isidore Salmon damaging director J.
Lyons & Co., Limited), and Mr. j. NJ.
Gatti, director A. e. S. Gatti, Limited.
The chairman mentioned that the lunch
con had been cooked and served by the
rupls of the institute.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-16
Country Roads

Something new in way of road i'm
provement has originated in Burling-
ton, Ia, where DR.. l. P. Wilson is
heading a statewide movement to
adorn all important roadways in Iowa
with flowers.
Not SO many years ago the drag
cling and similar improvements in
road building were looked upon with
some hesitation by the general public.
But with the supremacy of the. auto
mobile has come a system of road i'm
provement that has not only made
travel easier and more enjoyable, but
has added much to the value of farm
lands.
It il but fitting that yet another
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-16

My sale was highly satisfactory" said
]. d. Collins. the shoe man, "and it
is attributable largely to newspaper adj
vertising.
Il talk with travelling men and they
tell me they see steady improvement in
business all along the line. Money is
coming back to business circles, and grad
ually matters are easing up.
II think the war will be over in six
months or less time, that we will have
a spasmodic boom of short duration, and
then a violent relapse. My reasons are
the natural causes of graduation that
the terrible struggle is over, and the
fever of excitement that will follow; then
when Europe begins to set her house in
order and cease heavy buying of our muni-
tions of war and supplies, and the tide of
imports begin to flow in natural cur
rent, the reduced tariff will begin to be
felt in striking way by our industries
and a gradual hardening will set in. This
will last until after another election
no matter who wins; If the democrats the
country will accept the situation, tighter
its belt and gradually adapt itself to the
unchanged order If the republican:
win a new spirit will show itself in al
lines, and we shall have unbounded pros.
perity, founded on a complete restora
ton of confidence
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
A Good Barometer

Yes, you may quote me as saying
that business is improving said Otto
Mooney. cashier of the Traders National
bank.
TT has been improving steadily for
sometime past and conditions here in
Birmingham are better now than they
were even few weeks ago. when inn
provement was generally remarked.
There are several barometers of
business, and bank deposits may well be
included in the list. Our deposits
Wednesday were larger in amount and
greater in number than had been on
any day in six months. There was no
speeial~reason for the sudden increase.
The depositors came along in the ma
tural course of business.
Il think prosperity will be very much
in evidence in Birmingham the rest of
this year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-16
Birmingham Wins

THE Barons won Thursdays game
in fine STYLE" said a fan returning from
Fleetwood
THE Birmingham organization APP
peared to good advantage, and after
the first few innings the result was
seldom in doubt Pitcher Robertson was
there with the goods, and his support
was excellent. The Gulls at times
showed lack OF judgment at critical
stages. The Birmingham infield is rap
idly getting together and teamwork is
becoming highly developed
"rhe fans apparently enjoyed them
selves hugely, and Birmingham frs.
victory of the season was such as to
whet the taste for further anticipated
triumphs on the local field. Spectacular
plays were cheered to the echo, and
the home team was given every en-
enlargement within the power of the
loyal fan"