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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27
ARCTIC TERMS MIGRATE

winter season. The routes of the various hirds to their winter feeding grounds vary widely, but far the majority of the migrants avoid the land trip through Texas and the modified land trip by way of Canada and the Lesser Antilles. and strike boldly across the 300 to 7Oo-mile expanse of the Gulf of Mexico This water flight is made in a single night even by the diminutive humming bird.
 The wintering places of many of the migrants have been determined. as have their routes of flight. Some kinds of birds are not content with their trip to Mexico or northern South America, but continue their flights beyond the equator to the pampas of Argentina Some of the best known birds that nest in North America make these long winter jour neys. The scarlet tanager migrates from Canada to Peru. The New England bobo- links winter in Brazil, and with them go such common birds as cliff swallows nighthawks and some thrushes. Blackpolj warblers that nest in Alaska migrate 5000 miles to the southern coast of the Carib- bean sea. The record migration for land birds is probably held by the nighthawk, whose northernmost representatives fre- quent Alaska during the nesting season ana fly at the approach of winter al far south as Patagonia, more than 5000 miles away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27
Germany's Chances

With the entry of italy into the European war, Germany, Turkey and Austria are arraycd against Great Britain, France, Russia, Japan, Italy, Belgium, Servia and Montenegro, with possibilities of Greece, Roumania and Bulgaria joining the allies. Ten Eu- fopean nations are al present neutral. These are: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Roumania and Bulgaria ' According to advices from Wash ngton, American military experts think that the services of Italy will prove of great value to the allies and yill eventually bring Germany to srms. One noted strategist declares
 at Italy's entrance into the war
 ade the Kaiser's chances of winning
 per cent less. He does not believe
 ' Italy will be put on the defensive,
 It for an occasional ''drive" made of stfategical purposes. He says Aus ria will be on the defensive from the beginning. Italy has an excellent army If approximately 1,000,000 soldiers, v1tk reservists who bring the total aumber of fighting men up to about ,000,000. It is estimated that this ptire force will be mobilized within e9 days.
 A factor which will give Italy decided advantage over her principal fbe, Austria, is her superior railroad Facilities. Man for man, experts rate the Italian soldier above the Austrian, hile the Italian navy is admittedly uch better than Austria's. It is pre- cted that the Italian fleet will take ie place of the French fleet, which
 now keeping the Austrian warships bottled up" in the Adriatic, leaving 1e French vessels free to reinforce ne allied fleet bombarding the Oar anelles. The Italian forces will, of purse, first retake the former Italian rovinces now controlled by Austria nd re-establish the Italian boundary nes of 1911. After that it is thought ally will fight in a secondary capac- 7, with a view to permitting the < rench and British to invade Ger any. Italian troops may be sent to rance and it is probable that an at- ,mpt will be made to strike Vienna rough the Austrian Tyrol.
 One thing seems certain, and that
 the fall of Constantinople. The ckless Turk may eventually be the aviest sufferer from Italy's partici-
 ton in the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27
The Coalition Cabinet

When Lord Kitchener was placed
 charge. of the British war office
 the outbreak of European hostil-
 es the selection was regarded as Ideal. Kitchener had a splendid rec ord as a soldier. The hero of Khar- tum was the idol of the British peo- pie. No other man at the head of the war department could have inspired such absolute confidence at the time. Kitchener set himself resolutely to the task of raising, equipping and drilling a large army. But suc- Tsssful as he had been as the British iinmander in Egypt he lacked ca- city for large administration. Some- ing more than recruiting and dis filming military forces was needed. snitions of war on vast scale had '---3rovided in hurry. Kitchener s3t equal to that emergency.
 -upled with the lack of muni-
 as the discouraging fact that
 Spencer Churchill, first lord
 kdmiralty, was wholly ineffi- It. He had as his assistant Lord bher, reputed to be England's $ < eatest na.al commander, but Fish, and Churchill were at loggerheads 1 70 fierce did public criticism be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27
WAR ECHOES

St. Louis Post Dispatch: The neutrality or the United States finds little respect in Great Britain and Germany because both of the empires have been disappointed in it. Both presume on our friendsbin and each expected to profit by it at the ex- pense of the other. Both wanted 1. cham pion.
 If we had met the wishes of Germany in all respects, our citizens, ships and cer- goes would not have been exposed to the murderous perils of submarina and aerial attack. If we had taken orders from Lon don, our property at sea would not have been seized and tied up in British prize courts.
 We are under coercion from both sides not to continue or strengthen our ncu- trality, but to break it down. Germany promises to cease submarine assass:na- tion of merchantmen if we will compel Great Britain to abandon its so-cailed blockade of foodstuffs. In other words. we are asked to become an ally of Ger many.
 Great Britain will not interfere lawlessly with our shipping if we forego, as a war measure against Germany. our undoubted right to trade with other neutral nations, To accept British terms would be to act practically as an ally of Great Britain.
 President Wilson's note to Germany covers very thoroughly an important phase of this painful controversy. Sec retary Bryans action in stopping the trade
 
 this country and Great Britain meets the situation in another respect. We can con- fer with nobody except upon equal terms
 The governments of London and Berpn are presuming upon American sympathy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
When Will the War End.

Just when the war will end can be only a matter of guess, but 1t is gen. orally believed in financial circles in New York that Italys entrance into the con. illct on the side of the triple ententt VIII hasten the beginning of mediation, said J. c. Sloan of the borough of Man haitian.
 England is waking up and will prob ably do some hard fighting on land as well as on sea. Italy will give fine ae- count of itself and France and Russia will maintain their good records.
 But as strong as the allies are it must be kept in view that Germany is not near the point of exhaustion. It will be able to fight on for several months to come.
 MT James J. Hill the great railroad man and prophet of the business world, was quoted sometime ago as saying that the war would end October l, of this year. That would be my guess, although many persons who study the war situa- tion think that the conflict will not end before December. In the meantime busl- ness in this country continues fairly ac- tive, in some lines extremely active.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27
Peanut Demand

There is a good demand on thr Bir- mingham market for peanuts" remarked J. o. Taylor.
 Supplies arrive here from North Caro- lima and Tennessee, but shipments are sel- dom received from Alabama. I am at q loss to account for this fact. This is a very valuable crop in the Carolsnas, ard l see no reason why it should not be made so in this state. Coolers are now sell ing for between and cents in this city in wholesale quantities, and the fresh roasted article is readily sold by the pea nut vender. It strikes me that 1t would not be bad idea for the Alabama farmer to look into the peanut industry with view to further diversification."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

T see on the back page." continued Mrs. Gadspur. leaning over the table a if to sean the headlines better, that The love letters of a beautiful divorcee were read in court"
 .Umph There's nothing new about the, war" said MT. Gadspur, quickly reverslno the paper While he was searching fot the love letters of a mythical divorcee Mrs. Gadspur glanced at the front pago which was now turned toward her. and learned from letters a foot high that one of the greatest battles of the war had just been fought.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27
Need of An Auditorium

Every city of approximately Bir- mingham's size needs a large audi torium for festival, exposition and convention purposes, and many cities are provided with such buildings.
 Birmingham is logically a conven- tion city by reason of it's central To- cation, it's excellent railroad service and it's splendid hotel accommodations. Many conventions have been held here recently and several more will be held before the end of the year. But in order to induce national bodies whose general meetings assemble thousands of delegates to come to Birmingham we must have vast au- ditorium-an auditorium with a seat ing capacity of nine or ten thousand. Such a building is needed, too, for mu- sic festivals on a grand scale; also needed for various popular entertain ments from time to time during the year.
 If an auditorium was in urgent de- mand two years ago when the peo- pie of Birmingham voted two hun dren thousand dollar bond issue for the purpose referred to, it is in all the greater demand now.
 Owing to technical reasons the bond issue voted was not valid. It was de- cided that legislative amendment to the city charter was needed if the city commission was to have the au- thority to issue bonds for an audi torium.
 It turned out for the best that the two hundred thousand dollar propo- sition could not be put into effect. When the Chamber of Commerce started the auditorium movement it was believed that a free site would be found and that two hundred thou sand dollars would pay for an ade- quate building. But after the people had voted in favor of the bonds the city declined to give a site in one of the parks and no individual came for ward with an offer. Two hundred thousand dollars would have been much too small an amount to pay for both ground and structure. When the two hundred thousand dollar project had to be abandoned it was understood that the needed legislation would be sought and that when the time came for proposing another auditorium bond issue the amount would be sufficient to provide suitable site and to erect a modern. flreproof structure that could be put to many uses.
 Several important city measures are now pending in the legislature. An auditorium bill should be added. It might be year or more before the time would be propitious for sub mitting three hundred thousand dol lar or four hundred thousand dollar auditorium bond issue proposition to the voters, but by all means let us have the necessary legislation so that the city could act when conditions warranted, and not have to wait an- other four years for the legislature of 1919.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27
ALABAMA PRESS

Athens (Ala.) Courier: It is easier and better to obey the law than to oppose it and make a futile fight Let everybody fall in line now and put the tick out of business.
 opelika Daily News trip through the country in any direction from opelika will furnish visible proof of the fact that this year Lee county will not be an all- cotton county.
 Mobile Register: It is respectfully sub mitted to our esteemed contemporaries that poetic allusons to 'our sun-lsissed state' be pretermitted until after the dog days.
 Huntsville Mercury Banner: The new editor of the Greenvile Living Truth did well to change the name. We have never yet seen a paper that could live up to that name.
 Talladega Daily Home As Bill Vines would probably say, Italy started her end of the war with sort of "press-time vigger''
 Tuscaloosa News: Victor Emanuel de- clares that his country was driven to war. To hear those governments talk, there was not a one that wanted to fight, and yet just look what's going on Anniston Evening Star: The Anniston corporation formed to promote a frog pond is here suspected of preparing for rainy day in dry weather er.-Montgomery Advertiser. Wrong number The real idea is this: Anniston is so healthy that nobody ever dies here, so we decided to get some frogs to do our ''croaking'' just so's We could be like other folks. doncher- know?
 Troy Messenger: Chicago has ordered her police to break up all crowds conpre- gated to discuss the war They profit more by talking business or something of personal benefit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27
AFTER sAPPHo

By Bliss Carman. Ye have heard how Marsyas In the folly of his pride Boasted of his matchless skill When the great gods back was turned. How his fond imaginings Fell to ashes cold and gray When the fiawless player came In serenity and light. So 1t was with those I loved In the years ere loved thee. Many a saying sounds like truth Until Truth itself is heard; Many beauty only lives Until Beauty passes by. And the mortal Is forgot In the shadow of the go4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27
A SUCCESSFUL RUsE.

A SUCCESSFUL RUSE. Any war news in the paper 'today?" asked Mrs. Gadspur of MT. Gadspurs who was deeply absorbed in the morning Ban ner"
 "Um,' was MT. Gadspur's only reply. T saw yesterday where Me Turks mad lost a large number of men in the bonn bardment of the Dardanelles.
 No response.
 And the allies won victory over the Germans"
 MT. Gadspur took a swallow of coffee and again disappeared behind the paper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27
TIMES wHIRLIGIG

TIMES WHIRLIGIG From the Kansas City Star
 century ago a good share of Italy was under French control When Victor Emmanuel was restored to the throne of Pledmont-the most important Italian state-after the downfall of Napoleon. the feeling against France was bitter Gas illumination in the Turin theatre was given up, because France had introduced 1t, and French plants were banished from the citys botanic gardens Austria was then the dominant power in Italy,
 By 1859 Italy, represented by Pied mont, was fighting in alliance with France against Austria. Twenty-three years later Italy had joined the triple alliance with Austria and Germany against France. Now Italy is at war with it's former allies and is in the French alliance.
 The groupings of European nations rep resent no eternal principles. They are merely the result of temporary necessities or purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27

Archangel, the Russian empires oldest port and the largest and most important city in the world situated close to the arctic circle, is awakening from it's win ter lethargy. The arctic ice will soon be cleared from the White sea and Russia will then be able to communicate with her allies from a free western port and receive supplies over a route shorter by thousands of miles than that via yladi- vostok. Archangel is as far north as the northernmost shores of Hudson bay. The months of July and August. During the rest of the year it is closed to all com merce by the sea. The city itself is sit- uated on the Dvina river, 26 miles from the White sea. It is TAO miles northeast of Pe- trograd. It is connected with interior cities by railway and canal. The Norse- men came to Archangel before the year 300 and traded. They laid the foundations of the present city, which has grown slow y pu. Snieiy its iiiipoi eaiiSc IS ShieAi5 ooc to it's being the outlet for the products of the northern and western parts of the Russian empire. When the harbor is open to navigation Archangel is the busiest city in that part of the world. Between 800 and 1000 vessels call at the port dur ing the short open season. The value of exports and imports is about $5,000,000 during the present war. In times of peace the principal commodities are fish, skins. furs, timber, wax, iron, tallow, bristles and caviar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27
IN LUCK.

.Grabscoin gives his wife new motor car every year or two.'
 What becomes of the old cars?''
 They are passed on to poor relations Why, second and third cousins of Mrs Grabscoin own motor cars now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27

They are not attempting to do justice. They are looking for assistance. Both are mistaken. There will be neither syn- mtthy nor assistance here for any bellig- Event that trespasses upon the rights of the United States.
 Louisville. Herald: Mazzini and Met.er- nich. For nearly 20 years they were the antipodes of European politics. One in his London garret, despised, poor, yet 'n- domitable and sleepless, sending his infiu- ence like an electric current through all barriers to revivify the heart of Italy and of liberal Europe; the other in his Vienna palace, naughty, famous, equally alert and cunning-shedding over Italy and over Europe his upas-doctrines of torpor and decay
 Those are the words of Thayer's fa- nous work on the dawn of Italian inde- pendence. At this distance of time they still have their application. Without a knowledge of Austrias rule in Italy from Naples and the two Sicilies to the liberation of Venetia-it is impossible to comprehend the hatred and bitterness with which the people of Italy spring at the throat of the old oppressor.
 Austrian domination in Italy is some thing like 200 years old. It may be said to begin on the day when the Fifth Philip of Spain agreed to the transfer of Span ish possessions in Italy to the house of Austria. Naples Sicily. Milan, to say nothing of Parma and Tuscany. were in the deal. Into the tangle that resulted it would be impossible to shed light even remotely. The quadruple alliance mace a second attempt to settle the affairs of Italy without. of course. the slightest rel- erence to the wishes of the people. The husband of Maria Theresa was sovereign of Tuscany; Milan, Placentia. Mantua were Austrian. And all ties were fluid and unstable-national never. s,ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27

EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS.
 It has been discovered that the average woman worker in the Unit ed States earns less than s5 a week. The question has been asked, What are you going to do about it?' We are perfectly willing to du our share. On the day we read that state- ment in a newspaper We slipped our waitress an extra nickel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27

Mount Lassen is misbehaving after the fashion of volcanoes, but the American volcano, like the American statesman, is a comparatively harmless spouter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27

Doubtless, if Lord Kitchener had his choice he'd prefer real battles to news paper bombardments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord, give me strength and grace to finish this ay this days work. May l leave Ching hanging over to hinder the siesp of tonight or to divide the power of tomorrow. Grant me Tn the closing hours of this day that warm sense of pleasure which comes from having done my duty. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27
GOSSIP IN LONDON

From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. 1 Quite a number of aliens informed near l London have been released during the last few weeks. The system seems to be for the friends and relatives of these men to find substantial security for their good behavior After release, however. the au- thorities keep a good eye on them. Aus ] tro-Jewish subjects are principally those released: they are the least dangerous of all
 Parsians thought the war would have put an end to the supply of ''choucroute" ] (sauerkrauD, more especially the Stras- burg variety, but the grocers shops, says the Paris correspondent of the Daily Ex- press, seem fuller than ever of this deli eaey The explanation Is that for years past the real "Strasburg choucroute" has been manufactured in the suburbs of Paris
 The following is an extract from Dutch bulb growers advertisement in the London Times:
 "The Dutch bulb growers are near to desperation, and no wonder indeed. I
  the many smaller growers who annually sell their bulbs to them I mean all those smaller growers around me. who may call at my office every day by dozens, pressing me to take their bulbs as l did in former years, which is impossible for me because not one-third of my own crop has been sold up to now. And the cause of all this distress? I think you do not want me to tell you what the cause is of the whole world being in disorder. Is it the fault of the Dutch bulb growers? Is Are not we as innocent as the poor Bel gians are? Why, then, should the Meth erland suffer so awfully and why, then, should the lovely bulb district sink into poverty, as long as there are so many, many gardens in England without Dutch summer Towering bulbs which in normal years were planted there Why should Dutch growers be so disheartened that planting size bulbs of new gadioli are now sold for ? pence per 100 instead of 10 times that price?
 This. in short, concerning the Dutch growers
 hS poSitioH Ol lIe belSldn DeSOnld growers Is still worse and more distressed. Over 100000 of beautiful bulbs were sent into my warehouses lately of which 150, 900 only have been sold. In my warehouses are still over 100000 of new and beautiful gladioli far more than 500,00O of begonias, hundreds of thousands of anemones, ra- nunculus and montgretias, with thousands of beautiful cactus and peony lowered dahlias which can all be planted during May and June
 T know my bulbs, and I give you my word as an honest man that 1t is not too late, and all those bulbs will grow and will bloom in every British garden, and when they bloom in your garden also, all low these lovely beauties to remind you that their thankful growers will feel them selves your debtors for all your assistance and for all your kindness, as long as they live f'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27

A Saxon battalion is said to have been shot down by Prussians when the Saxons advanced to surrender to the British. An other glimpse of Prussian militarism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27

Forty-eight million dollars of water has been wrung out of Kansas stocks, accord ing to press dispatches ~That ought to ir- rigate dry Kansas for a while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27
BAFFLED.

"Id go to the end of the world for yoa," To his lass the lover swore; But fate was unkind, for he could not find Her in a department store.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27

Kingsland, Ark. is a forgetful town The city authorities have asked Governor Hayes to authorize a special city election because the town forgot to vote on the date fixed by law Wonder If the town authorities forget to draw their pay checks?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27

From the Washington Star.
 " HE biological survey of the Depart
 ment of Agriculture is making
 known many of the secrets of bird migration that have only recently come to light after 25 years of study Data have been contributed not only by it's staff of ornthologists but by more than 30OO CO., operating individual observers in North and South America and the West Indies Altogether more than half a million ob- servations are represented in the data in the hands of the survey.
 Migration, the survey has developed, is not merely matter of north and south movement, with a given degree of tenn perature. The widest differences as to migratory habits prevail among the feathered inhabitants and sojourners of the United States and Canada. At one extreme are such birds as the quail that live and die without going 10 miles from their matching places. and at the other the Arctic terms, that spend the northern summers near the north pole and other months of the year in the icy regions of the Antarctic, 11.0o0 miles away.
 Some birds that nest in the northern part of the United States and Canada are content to spend their winters in the gulf states, but more than 100 species go to Central and South America for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27

Senator William Alden Smith has launched his boom for the presidency. He'd win easily if he could sget the Smith vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27

Up-to-date Japan has played an envious role in the war, having realized its sub- stantial advantages, with practically none of its horrors.