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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
UNMER1TED SLIGHT.

"A foreigner. visiting in this country, says American men merely make money for women to spend.''
 Well isn't that true?"
 'I guess so. But, confound 1t, he needn't talk as if we didn't know what we were about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
FIFE. FIFE.
From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
 The ankle watch Is announced from Ntw York. and 1t wouldn't surprise us if this innovation gives rise to a custom of strangers addressing ladies and ask ing them the time of day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
You are not envious. hope?"
GRASS CRITICISM.

Hubby. dear, is my gown comme il faut?" asked Mrs. Gadders.
 How do I know?" growled MT. Cad ders "If you mean is it the kind of dress it ought to be against the law to wear, why, yes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

Those bally British refuse to concede that German submarines have made even a dent in their merchant marine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

Some of the London threatres show a. profit, in spite of the war. Yet, English mummers loudly complain of reduced sal- aries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A PRIMITIVE METHOD.

"A E ''rhese government weather sharps all sorts of complicated charts and de cate instruments in making their pred tions.''
 "So they do, but they don't seem to l 1t off any better than the old-fashion man who uses his corns and his rheum tism."
 INCREASING THE CROWDS.
 There's a moving picture man town who wants to take some pictures our busiest street corners.'' "Well," replied the may of Sprin vile. Eff he'll stroll down Main stre guess he'll find a corner or two whe | there's some people stirrin', but if som
 body was to turn on fire alarm abo tn time he gets his camera to goin'
 would improve them pictures a lot A CAREFUL LISTENER. "I haven't heard a speech in many day that impressed me the way you did," said the studious looking man. | "I presume that is intended for a coi
 pliment," replied the beaming orator. 'Yes, sir. took down 50 words
 didn't know the meaning of and you mt have used at least 50 more.' IN SEASON.
 Now doth the presidential boom
 Spread gaily through the land, Requiring but speech or two And music by a band.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

HOW "COLONEL CARTER" BEGAN Thomas Nelson Page in Scribner's Mag
 azine.
 I have understood that the way Colo nel Carter of Cartersville' came to be written was this:
 Hopkinson Smith was the best racon- teur of a formal story I ever heard recall that a mutual friend once told me that Hopkinson Smiths stories had changed the tone of stories told at men 8 dinners in New York. 1 give the ac- count as it was given to me.
 He had become known as a delightful after dinner story teller. and presently his stories made so much impression that one day Glider of the Century Magazine said to him that the stories he told-in the form in which he told them-ought to be preserved, and suggested his writ ing them for the Century. Out of this grew a paper which was styled, at first, something like "The Coloners Dinner Table" the colonel Aelng simply a peg to hang the stories on. But before the pa- per was finished 'the colonel' had cap- tured the narrator, and out of it came "Colonel Carter of Cartersville,' with Miss Nancy and her air of lavender and grace, and all the chivalry and charm of a beautiful picture of the old times in new setting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

The weeks continue to slip by and the fall of Constantinople is still problemat- ical.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
EMBARRASSING

From the Boston Herald. @
 Somewhat embarrassing for those man-American editors who have antly insisted that Germany would n do what tt has just dcne. q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
Business Improvement General

As business improvement has been quite general recently I am hoping to see an appreciable improvement in the lumber trade,' said J. H. Eddy of the Raul Lumber company.
 The lumber business has been very dull for sometime, as everybody knows. It IS now beginning to show signs of improvement and later on I look for considerable activity.
 l was in Virginia about 10 days ago. Richmond had felt the depression like most other cities. but conditions there are now decidedly better. I was im- pressed with Norfolk's brisk air One day while I was there between 45 or 50 well loaded vessels cleared"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
FORD BACK FROM WONDERLAND


 From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger. | For many moons MT. Henry Ford has been brother to Alice in Wonderland. "curiouser and curiouser. he would say as motor cars grew smaller and smaller. and profits, by the same process, grew larger and larger. But yesterday MT. Ford came back from Wonderland and embarked on new venture, the hunt ing of the Shark.
 The Shark it will be remembered, was hunted with forks and with hope" Precisely in that spirit MT. Ford pro-
 poses, by million-dollar endowment, to
 search for peace.
 His argument is almost pathetic, SO
 deeply does it breathe the spirit of forks and hope. "If this country had a navy big enough to fight all or any country" he says in English as questionable as the logic Is faulty, i've would have been con- stanly at war" Let us see. Since the Spanish-American war the navy of this country has been larger than the combined navies of Norway, Austria Hungary, Brazil, Argentine, Chilli, Greece and China. It has been only slightly less effective than those of Ja- pan and Russia put together. MT. Ford may have inside information not vouch- safed to those who merely ride in the
 motor carriages he makes. But the com
 mon impression is that this country has
 been at peace in all that time. MT. Ford, when he declares that peace Is preferable to war, is saying an undis-
 puted thing in a very solemn and now very expensive way. His great contribu- ton to human welfare will consist in persuading the world that to suffer from the horrors of a war against which no preparation has been made Is better than to prepare sanely and wisely against war.
 That is why he is hunting the Shark,
 where "the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes Or, in MT. Ford S l own terminology, the spark plug is get ting mixed with the carbureter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
Splendid state Fair

The people of Alabama are going to see the best State Fair in Birming- ham next month in the history of the Fair association" said President R. A. Brown.
 The exhibits will be larger and more varied than ever and as for live stock. we are already overrun with ap- piications for space. But we are build ing additions to the stables and are making ample provisions for all the cattle and hogs that may4come to us.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
The Iron Market

The Birmingham iron market continues firm at $11 spot on a No. basis and sl1 50 for the last quarter. Rogers, Brown & Co.'S Cincinnati letter is as follows:
 The reopening of school has inspired the following problem In mental arith- metic:
 Steel mills are now running to capa ci- ty and some find 1t necessary to refuse business, while others continue to take orders from the warning nations for fu- ture delivery only. Inquiries are still out for large tonnages. Domestic structural and railroad steel is more in demand. Orders for cars, while scattering, are on the increase and railroads are beginning to figure on their 1916 rail requirements, which makes it appear that they will enter the market much earlier this year than Is the custom.
 While the local pig iron market has quieted down somewhat the east is still going ahead consistently and the St. Louis territory has felt an appreciable improve ment. while the valley is exceptionally optimistic. Even in the quietest markets the iron is being taken in satisfactorily on existing contracts, showing an in- creasing consumption throughout the en- tire country.
 Tn view of this fact. the slight let-ur in orders has not had any weakening eff feet on prices. On. the contrary, some advances were made during the past week The activity of the steel market has. of course. a strengthening influence. Some of the producers who make their owr pig iron now find that their output is toe small and are at present purchasing from the merchant furnaces. A large tonnage is thereby withdrawn from the genera market, causing furnace men to feel quite optimistic as to further advances. Which. therefore, will probably be the future course of the iron market, upward or downward?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
THE MASTER.

Rud Kipling journeyed to the front And wrote of what he saw, The which we Kipling fans perused
 With quite becoming awe. Though other correspondents vie Tn imagery and style, When Rudyard settles to the task
 He beats them bout a mile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
HOTEL LOBRIES
Theatre season st.rt,ns on Well

me season at the Lyric has started oH very well and I look for fine business rom now on." said Manager Semon.
 We had big audiences on Labor Day, or course. and the business has been good throughout the week. considering the re- turn of summer weather Our attractions will be exceptionally bright
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

BUT ROLL STOCKINGS WOULD From the Macon News.
 Those new Tyrolean hats may be charm ing enough, hut they will hardly justify yodeling on the street corners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

Sick in the worlds regard. wrctched and low, A poor unminded outlaw.
 Henry ".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

IN SEASON. Now doth the presidential boom Spread gaily through the land, Requiring but a speech or two And music by a band.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
ALABAMA PRESS

Opelika Daily News: It is the general impression that farmers who diversified crops this year found it to be the wise course to pursue and that they will diversity next year to a greater extent than they did this year.
 Gadsden Evening Journal Our legis- lators In passing the Bonner bill limit ing shipments of liquor to one kind. vinous spurious or malt, must think it d bad practice to mix drinks.
 Marion County News: Buzzards have been outlawed by the Alabama legisla- ture, and the chinch bug is in danger
 Guntersville Democrat: At any rate, Mrs. Hundley must have thought it,. if she did not say it.
 Montgomery Advertiser: Just in pass ing we call this little truth from the Andalusia Star: TWO quarts of liquor every month isn't prohibition--it's s regulation"
 Talladega Daily Home: Dr. Dumba Is not the first person to get in trouble writing letters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

Andalusia Star: Our old friend. tho Birmingham Age-Herald. Is in a class with the New York Times, Boston Her. aid and Philadelphia Ledger. Commenc- ing next Sunday The Age-Herald will issue four-page illustrated rotograv ure supplment The rotogravure process reproduces photographs In a striking way. It's long step for an Alabama newspaper and the Star congratulates The AgeHerald on its enterprise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10

Guntersville Democrat Next Sunday the Birmingham Age Herald will intro- duce the rotosra@re method of illus trating its supplement. We confess we do not know the distinctive feature or the process. but it is patented and is in use in the large metropolitan dailies of the east. and it bespeaks a progress sive spirit in our Birmingham contem- porary to be the first to bring the inno- vation south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-10
ROTOGRAvURE

Marion County News: Next Sunday the Birmin gham Age-Herald will begin the use of four-page illustrated roto- sravure supplement which is some thing in advance of our southern dailies. To appreciate this splendid improve ment one must see 1t. and everyone of the pictures will do to preserve by framing.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03
WAPELLO

There was farewell party given
in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Ticon Tuck
or, who left for Fairview, Utah, last
Saturday. Mr.. Tucker will visit with
relatives and friends for some time
and from there he leaves for Eng
land to fulfill missionary call Of
two years. Mrs. Tucker and son,
Dean, will make their home during
that time with relatives in Utah.
There was large turn out at. the
party and friends were liberal in
donating which was the sum. of $50.
There was also party given at the
home for Mrs. Tucker by the Relief
society. They presented her with a
beautiful token in the form of
purse. All had a good time.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Merkley some time ago. Also
q daughter at the home of. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. v. Call. All concerned doing
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03
STERLING

Mr.. J. A. Hubbard and wife, and
Mr.. H. r. Freeland and wife, all of
Pocatello, were in this community
last Sunday on duck hunt. Fortune
did not seem to favor them to a
great extent as they were unable to
claim more than one duck from this
vicinity.
Business is booming" that's what
John NJ. Patterson says and we can
say the same thing. If you want to
see a real busy little town come to
Sterling.
The Oregon Short Line has taken
1t upon themselves to build stock
yard near the depot. They have a
crew out here for that purpose. When
completed II will be the largest Oh
the branch, and will be the means
of bringing the stockmen and their
herds here for loading in making
shipments.
The Western Elevator association
is making quite an improvement on
their local warehouse here. The east
end is being entirely rebuilt and re-
modelled, being fitting up for Offices
in the near future when the rush
of business will compel them to erect
an elevator. ,g .- s,..s.~
The Mountain States Telephone &
Telegraph company have been quite
busy here for the past two weeks
digging holes and setting poles for
the telephone line which will reach
Sterling about the latter part Of the
month. This line will be the main
one running from American r Ills to
Blackfoot.
George e. Mclean, the pioneer
manager Of The Golden Rule Mer-
camille company of this place, has re-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03
very sick, is some better.

The primary gave dance and fish
pond Thanksgiving night, which was
great success. The fish pond was
all sold out. Regardless of the stormy
night there was big crowd and
every one had a good time.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03

nicely.
Mrs. Tavern Merkley left last Sun.
day to join her husband in Mccain
mon, where they will 60 to their
home in Pebble.
The little granddaughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Hall, who has been
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03
Utah-Idaho Sugar Is
Absolutely Pure

Every step in the manu-
facture of Utah-Idah sugar
is so carefully safeguarded,
that there is absolutely no
chance for it to become con-
taminated while in our fac
tories. Any affection must
come AFTER it leaves our
warehouses.
Sometimes, through care
lessness, the sugar is placed
on freshly oiled floors, or Is,
packed in parts of the build
ing or warehouses where it
comes in contact with odor-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03

laden moisture from other
goods. A teaspoonful of
kerosene will sometimes ruin
a whole sack of sugar. Sugar
placed in bins in which other
food products have been
kept, may become contamin-
ated.
If any of these contamin-
ations should come to your
notice, please do not con-
denim the sugar, but report
the matter to your grocer
for adjustment. We guar
antee the purity; Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-24
POSTMASTER GIVES
BAIL IN GIRLS SUIT
Joseph Kennedy Of lIObokcn
Admits lie Paid Money to
Kathryn Leslie.

Joseph Kennedy. postmaster OF
Hoboken, who Ia being sued for breach
OF promise by Miss Kathryn Leslie, pro-
prietor of a dancing school at Is West
Thirty-iirst street, Manhattan, was ar
rested yesterday afternoon in his Office
on a cap.as issued out Of the New Jer-
sey Supreme Court. He was arraigncd
before Commissioners William Van Bus
kirk and gave $4,000 bail to insure his
remaining within the jurisdiction Of the
court.
Mr.. Kennedy is married and the father
of ten children. lie SAYS that when he
refused TO continue paying money TO
Miss Leslie or her attorneys the action
for $50, 600 was started against him.
Miss Leslie in her suit alleges that
on February Is, 1913, Postmaster Ken
nedy. representing himself to he a
bachelor, proposed marriage and she ac-
copied. She says that when his love for
her grew cold she learned TO her sur
prise that he was married.
Mr.. Kennedy admitted last night that
he knew the woman. He said
Miss Leslie knew at the time I made
her acquaintance that | had IA wife and
ten children. | was indiscreet in that I
wiued and dined her. | never promised
To marry her. I was first introduced TO
the woman by a friend of mine. She
was \ glib t;dkcr and | became inter
es'ed In her and took hor out TO dinner
After a casual acquaintance Of about
three months ! felt as though I ought to
break off the attachment and imagine
my surprise when | got a letter from
her asking $3.50. TO he pad 10 her IN
the corridor of the Hotel McAlpin. |
paid her various amounts to- avoid all
this publiCitV.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-24
PICTURE HOUSES HAVE
ELABORATE FILMS
Current Spectacles Place
United states Producers
in Forefront.

The Hippodrome has set a new stand
ard for laborateness on the display OF
moving picture plays since none are
shown under suoh striking conditions
in New York. The vast stage Ia set
with a scene which recalls the spectacles
for which the theatre was formerly Ia
NOUS. II might seem as II II would not
natter under such circumstance what
the play was. But THE Heart OF Mary.
land with the original auburn haired
representative OF N~Gryldrd Cnluert
swinging on the bell clspper makes cap
ital diversion so there Is no reason why
the temporary departure of the Hippo
drome should not be a complete sue
cess.
The last week OF Sir Douglas Maw.
sons personal Appearances at the Weber
Theatre began on Monday. The ex-
plorer will on Sunday start for San
Francisco and later sail for Australia
His Journey 10 the Pacific coast VIII be
interrupted by the exhibition Of his pic
lures. The interesting Aims now on
view at the Weber Theatre will con-
tinue 10 he seen there, with eXplana-
tons by another speaker.
The Vitagraph Theatre is still show
ing The Juggernaut' with its thrills
and tire wonderful railroad wreck. which
is one of the most notable achievements
IN the making Oh the moNlHs Pl''uie'
In addition 10 this picture play there are
Lifting the Ban OF Coventry" which is
a stirring play of military LIE the
comic "Cutey Becomes a Landlord and
What Dumbleigh Saw"
The Liberty Theatre Is too small for
the audiences that seek twice "a day to
enjoy u +. Grifth's Tie Birth of a
Nation" which IL at once the most am
bilious and the most effective OF any
Of the picture plays shown here. The
Birth of a Nation" shows that the
United States now stands at the head OF
picture producers.
The Strand Theatre. attracting -four
immense audiences every day. Is this
week presenting John Barrymore ir
Are You a Mason Mr.. Barrymore Is
ample entertainment in himself. bu
there are also the Strands usual added
attractions.
The Broadway Theatre changes III
pictures twice a week and there ar
always excellent novelties 70 he seen
Marguerite Clark Is there now II
"Gretna Green" and there are such In
teresting views as the flooding Of nh
Panama Canal and similar curren
events.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-24
ELECTRICITY RATES
HELD UNDULY HIGH
City Club Committee Reports
Charges to Consumers
Are Discriminatory.
MONOPOLY THE EXCUSE

A committee appointed by the city
Club TO investigate electric lighting has
reported that the rates paid by the city
for street lighting are unduly high, that
the methods in Use in the streets have
not kept pace with the times and that
rates to private consumers are dis
c~riminatory. unnecessarily complex and
especially burdensome to the consumer
Of small quantities" OF current.
The report. which was made or De-
cember 81 last but not given out until
yesterday. says that the rate for street
lighting by arc lights has been held up
to within 10 per rent. of the maximum
creased efficiency of the Mazda lamp
has not resulted in the proper amount
of benefit to the city.
The authorities the report says,
contend that they are powerless TO OBJ
tain any material change IN the rates
because OF the complete monopoly OF the
supply of electricty and gas whiih
makes public bidding entirely useless
The committee recommends that the
club request the Mayor to prosecute be
fore the Public Service Commission =
demand for lower rates for municipal
lighting.
on the question of current sold to rri-
vate consumers the report says;
THE rates IN the several b~oroughs are
derived from entirely different systems
OF rate making and are similar only in
that they are confcsscd,y based or pos
sihle competition through manufacture
by privately uwnei electric plants. The
system of rate making In entirely one OF
discounts for quantity used during a
month or a year. This results In all
sorts of rates. An owner OF a small
building used by tenants for manufac-
turing PAYS from so 70 goo per cent. OF
the rate charged an owner OF a large
building devoted 10 precisely similar
purposes. Two large apartment build
ings in the same block owned by ore
owner pay n rate approximately one
half the rate to the smaller apartment
house in between Buildings N a block
combine to purchase through one Of
their number and then obtain a reduc-
ton Of from - - 80 per cent. IN the
rate
1T should he noted" the report adds
that tenants do not get the benefit OF 4
reduction IN rate, but are charged by the
landlord the full 10 cents per kilowst'
hour
The committee urges that rates
should he based or cost OF service, say
ing
That the present rat. system - IN
fair ana highly discriminatory seems
self-proved. as the cost 20 y group oI
consumers located in a single large
building il from one-third 10 one-hsli
the cost 70 precisely similar consumer,
in the same localities PURCHASING
separately. Notwithstanding the fac
that in each case each tenant has 4
meter furnished, read and tested by
the Public Utility Company, the onll
difference being the matter Of collection
and responsibility, ar item figured a
less than ! per cent. by the Eds I
companies. because OF their right I,
exact deposits 20 insure payment