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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
TEXAS VIEW OF MEXICO

From the Fl Paso Times.
 The calling in of the leading Latin American countries to assist the gov ernment of the United States in bring ing about the pacifcation of Mexico indicates that the Mexican problem has now reached it's fnality and the eA. isting strife in that republic Is going> to be settled with but little delay. 4 joint ultimatum will reach the Mexi- can people in few days, the provis- ions of which are substantially as fol- lows:
 l. That peace must be established in the republic of Mexico within at leasA 60 days. ,.5 a..4Is si.,.
 ?. If peace does not materialize with in that period of time, the United States, acting with the six South and Central American powers, will open up by force and keep open the line of rail- way between Vera Cruz and Mexico City f
 8. That the United States and these powers will recognize some individual of the Madero constitutional regime, such as Tagle, Lascurian or some other in the line of succession for provisional President after the death of Madero and Suarez
 4. That this provisional President of Mexico will be sustained by the active and moral support of the combined American powers.
 When the provisional President has been named the American powers by embargo will stop the shipment of arms and munitions of war to Mexico. except in aid of the leader recognized. of Mexico, which is now being dis cussed and arranged in conferences be- tween all the American powers inter- ested, was set in motion at the timA the last warning was given the people of Mexico that they must adjust thAir differences. On June 30, the ambas- sadors of Chile, Argentina and Brazil and the ministers of Uruguary. Bolivia and Guatemala were advised that the government of the United States de- sired the cooperation of their gov ernments in bringing about peace in Mexico. and at once communicated with their governments. They were promptly advised that those governments were in entire accord with the policy of the United States, and the pacilcation plan was set in motion.
 This Is the last warning that will be given Mexico. The next move will de- pend wholly on the actions of the peo- pie of Mexico.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
The United States Navy

The pacifists and advocates of a small navy claim that the United States spends more money on it's navy year after year than any other power except Great Britain. According to the figures, this is true, as in the fiscal year 1914-15 Great Britain's expendi- lures, so far as publicly announced, were $261 ,0O0, 0,O00; those of the United States, $142, ,000,0 ,0O0; of France, SEA- 900, ,0OO; of Germany, $114, ,000; of Japan, $70,0O0,O00. Therefore, the pacifists say, the United States navy should rank second, instead of possi- bly, fourth.
 A newspaper writer attempts to show that while both in ships and in armament the American navy is far behind those of the principal Eu- ropean powers, this is no indication of mismanagement or wastefulness. Because of the higher standard of liv- ing in this country and the fact that workmen are paid higher wages, it costs more to build ship here than anywhere else in the world. In the navies of Germany, France and Japan service is compulsory, the ships being manned by conscripts, while the sail ors of Great Britain and the United States are volunteers. who are always
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
Building Activity Resuming

There was a great deal of activity in the building trades throughout the United States two years ago but very little last year.
 With the return of prosperity arch itects are busy on plans and building contractors are working overtime on estimates for construction of all kinds.
 In Birmingham many houses, some of them large and costly, are now in course of erection and before the autumn is well advanced the demand for concrete mixers, bricklayers and carpenters will outrun the supply.
 The building boom now starting will probably continue through sev- eral years. It is safe to assume that Birmingham's building record be- tween now and the end of the present decade will exceed that of any like period of past years.
 This building activity is sure to have its effect on the real estate mar ket. Prices that may seem high enough today will look dirt cheap a year hence. This is good time to invest in realty and it is good time to build, for the cost of construction will be much higher in 1916 than it ia nnW
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
HITTITES OR GITTITES?

have declared it perfect. But if next year l,e undertakes to frame the plat. form. while refusing himself to run as progressive candidate. then tEere will truly be battle over the plat forin. When in full command. Mir Roosevelt could suppress incspient pro- sressive mutinies with an iron hand he Iould cram Perkins down their throats But as one in 1916 wnc re- fuses to hit the line hard himself, .r who even declares his willingness to support any decent republican,. in order to compass that great eizd at once of militarism and of social iustice--she defeat of President Wilson---lis au- tocracy will be much brok cn. And yet if Victor Hurdock expets Theodore Roosevelt to be humble Gittite, guard ing in solitude the progressive ark, he was never more mistaken even as a congressman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
---'e'--'----- CHANGES IN SCHOOLS

From the Rochester Democrat and Chron-
 ical.
 The state of Indiana claims to be the real pioneer in doing away with the one-room, one-teacher district school and establishing consolidated single schools in each township division In a recent bulletin. which unfortunately is sent out without a sponsor. it is claimed that the change has resulted in a decided inn prov ement of rural conditions in several ways. The children are conveyed to and from the consolidated schools in hacks Thus, indirectly, the country roads have been much improved to make the use of hacks possible. According to this bull letin. the standards of education, includ- ing the competency of teachers, have been raised, with only a slight increase ir the per capita cost of maintaining the schools. Whether the improvement would be as marked in other states than ln- diana, remains to be shown on official authority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
As to the End of the World

When I was small boy I was badly frightened by an insistent prediction that the world would come to an end at a certain hour on a certain day, then in the near future,'' said John s. Wilbur of Chicago.
 Tt was during the civil war. The prophet who had made his calculations for the ending of the world seemed to believe what he foretold would come true. He based his' portents on certan
 Bible prophecies. The war had caused him to work out the signs This prophet had considerable fame in the middle west. His home, if I remember alright, was in Cincinnati Many people believed in him, and I was one who feared he might know
 what he was talking about. I slept lit- tie the night before the day the world
 would be no more. When the set time came I was greatly relieved, of course, to find nothing unusual happening. "I have an idea now that the milen- ium Is far off, but I knew that the Flu
 ropoan war would bring out new proph- cts. And so it has. I was reading the other day a sermon preached by Elder '. D. w S.s
 the annual conference of Seventh Day
 Adventsts, held in Charlottesville, Va. in which he told of the 'soon-coming of Christ on earth. He said. in part:
 "'The Bible says there will be signs of the return of Christ to this earth Where? In the sun. in the moon and in l the stars. History recalls the fulfllment | of these signs. The sun was darkened more than 100 years ago-May 19. 17S0 | The sign concerning the moon occurred the following night; in 1888 the stars fell | with great meteoric shower that standl | recorded in history as the great celestial phenomena. Now. the Bible tells us that
 there will be signs in the earth. What does all this terrible turmoil mean? Il
 means that there shall be no peace. as we hear men talk about it these days but these conflicts are going to get | stronger as time continues. No one knows whether this war will lead into Arma gcddon or not. It ought to be pretty
 loud warning however. for us to prepare to meet God. When the battle of Arma. | geddon comes all the nations will be in. volved, and in the midst of this conflict
 which will be fought just outside oi Jerusalem, Christ will come
 T am acquainted with several Seventh Fay Adventists. They are sincere, goot people. And Elder Thompson is doubtless l one of the best of men. but recalling tn, | scare I had when a child l. give littl heed to modern prophecies.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
CITIZEN SOLDIERY

From the Pittsburg Sun.
 The various camps of national guards men throughout the ccuntry-for at this time of the year the states generally hold their encampments--saii attention forci- States. There was time, and that not so very long ago. when those who ob- jected to a state ma.nf aiming a military
 force of volunteers persisted in referring to guardsmen as tin soldiers" That epithet has happily passed into the limbo
 of things that never had any justification for being. The odous name has been re placed by another which sounds better and conveys to the mind a pleasing pic eure of stalwart American manhood, phys ically fit and mentally alert, ready to ie- fend the country against all enemies, foreign and domestic Now it Is "our citizen soldiery." to whom we pay tribute, to properly house whom we build com modious armories and whom we equip with the latest weapons. and whose werl1 at encampments we watch with unfeignei interest.
 Pennsylvania stands al the very head os states with her splendid citizen soldiery Recruited up to fairly near the limit, well equipped. splendidly officered. the young men of the rank and file are exceptionally fine specimens of the citizen soldiery of the United States. and the state is just.- fiably proud of its national guard The renewed interest in the business mems military camp at Plattsburg, N Y,
 IS another indisputabe sign of the times
 that we are beginning 10 look with serious
 interest upon this question of military preparedness. The Plattsburg camp Is conducted under government auspices.
 Those who attend pay their own way and
 undergo strict military regime for about
 two weeks. They are thus put in fine
 physical condition and are given a more
 CT less thorough insight into military life
 The two weeks are to be lkened to d
 similar period spent by the British youth
 at Aldershot A man who serves his two
 weeks at Plattsburg is no longer a "new recruit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
A HARMLESS AMUSEMENT

From the Charlotte Observer.
 The peace proposition advanced by the American Peace and Arbitration league through Mir. Henry Clews has one objection. It may not sound as we'll to the countries involved in the war as 1t does to outsiders. The rartition and division of territory over which nations are fighting is ct matter in which these nations Themselves, want to have the ruling hand and each one of MT. Clews specifications will be punctured by one or the other of the parties to the quarrel Meanwhile, the way things are going over in Europe 1t does not vet appear time to, be framing up terms of peace. The framing of such proposal may be considered simply a harmless form of amusement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
One of the Good Signs

One of the best evidences of business recoN cry is the eager demand for real estate in many of the growing cities l have recently visited" said w. s. Fitz- patrick of Washington, D. C. ''1n Balti- more. Wilmington, Delaware and Rich mond I was told that For Rent signs were fast disappearing and that the in quiry for realty was becoming very brisk
 Every city in this country felt the depression of last fall acutely and in most of the big cities many vacant houses were more numerous than in many years past. But by this time next year thriving cities like Birmingham will not have houses enough to go around. At least that is my idea about It."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
HOTEL LOBRIES
Republican Admit. wiI.on,. strengtl,

Tt has looked for some time as If President Wilson would be renominated and reelected in 1916 and his prospects seem brighter now than ever,'' said Charles P. Garthright of Boston.
 T voted for Mr Taft in 1912. I was afraid of the democratic party, but while l still expect to vote the republican ticket next time, l am convinced that business men no longer have a dread of demo- cratic policies.
 The recent attitude of President Will son to big business has been decidedly reassuring. We are having a great deal of prosperity and if business conditions continue satisfactory in 1916 nobody can beat the democratic ticket if 1t is headed by MT. Wilson,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
FINLAND
From the Louisville Herald.

from the LOulSV1ll0 Herald
 Next to Ireland, one must place Fin land. The stories are alike pathetic Their people are alike romantic brave and hospitable. Both have suffered from the proximity and. finally, from the union with a powerful and arro- gant neighbor.
 The rumor that Sweden is to get into the war on the side of Germany. seems, to long distance observers, have supposed that the indiscriminate injury to her shipping from submarine attacks had created an anti-German sentiment. But the rumor that she would be glad to wrest Finland from Russia Is quite believabie.
 In spite of the fact that the liberty loving Films have been maintainins their rights for centuries. they have seen as much of Swedish overlordship as of Russian and. on the whole, have liked 1t better. As a grand duchy, they were particularly favored by Gustavus Vasa and his successors. In the armies of Charles XII. they repaid the debt nobly. They were doing as well as any people in Europe until Peter the Great came along
 Even Peter failed to conquer Fin land. Still less to absorb and Russian lze her. Too long the professors of Helsingfors had been teaching liberty Finland came in as a grand duchy re- iaining her Quasi-independence and her ancient foundations. Since then, every attempt at coercion has failed. The diet was shorn of power and, the thorough going Russian system en- forced. Thereupon, national strike went into effect the only one of ita kind in history. Russia capitulated More than that The constitution waa widened, universal suffrage came in, freedom of meeting and of the press. women sat in the diet. Could Sweden do.Aotte42- Wq AonhA4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
ONE SENTENCE ENOUGH
From Golfers.

From COLlers g.
 Germany has issued through its for eign office a quarto volume of 332 pages-about 140 newspaper columns This book Is intended as a rejoiner to James Bryces Belgian Atrocity Report Few persons will read further than the opening paragraph:
 Right on the heels of the outbreak of the present war a turbulent insur- rection broke forth in Belgium againi@ the German troops. This was in flag rant violation of international law. and brought the heaviest penalties on the Belgian land and people"
 Like Austria's Red Book. this false logic sets up certain results of the Ger man and Austrian policies as the causes of those policies. The world at large is unimpressed except with the desperateness of tho case for Germany in morals and in reason.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
REAL BABIES!

By Jane Burr, in New York Times Oh. dream baby smiles in . whimsical
 way,
 But real-baby gurgles and screams And rollicks about in a hustler play Than the babies we know in our
 dreams. A dream baby's breath Is as cool as the
 snow And its loving is pale as the moon, But a real-baby's breath is like lilicR
 that grow
 In the arm-hearted sweetness of
 June.
 A dream babys kiss is . silvery wraitk wan little cloud -crested seal-- But . real-baby's kisses rektndle our
 faith -s For . rsal-baby's kissss sre reall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
WHEN WILSON LAUGHS

From the Houston Post.
 The President is a serious minded per- his laughs occasionally. and he evidently gets hilarious when Hatton Summers and Hoke Smith tell him how to get the price of cotton up to 30 cents a pound by fore ing open the German and Austrian mar kets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
GRATIFYING!

From the Houston Post
 It Is gratifying to observe a degree of honesty where 1t is least expected. visitor in San Francisco lost pocketbook containing $500 and the finder returned the book with all the money but $595 to the owners hotel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
ArRoPLANE BUSINESS GOOD

From the Wall Street Journal.
 The Curtiss Aeroplane company has increased it's working force from 150 to about 20o0 men in the last 10 months and is turning out one aeroplane for the allied armies every working day Two new factories have been opened by the company in Buffalo, and its Hammondsport plant has been en- larged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

J. Ogden Armour is building a brick famous country home, to shut off the view of passing trains and also to pre- vent curious travellers from inspecting his lawn parties. When millionaire really craves privacy he contrives to get 1t somehow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

With so much excitement abroad, 1t is not to be wondered at that Vesuvius, Stromboli and Aetna were unable to re- main quiet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

Emile Gauter says Andrew Carnegie's complce of a new Attila." These are hard times for innocent bystanders and eminent pacjfcators
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

The Martians may shortly have their distracted from the European war zone to lively disturbance at the lower end of the North American con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
Money Is a good soldier, sir, and will n. Merry Wives of Windsor.

my God, give me courage. Give me courage to refrain when all men else indulge. Give me courage to change. Give me courage to disap- point my friends. Give me courage to be true-true to myself, true to truth. true to God. For Christ's sake. Ame1.-H. M. F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

The reports that Germany Is facing bankruptcy are probably just about as near the truth as statements that the empire is stronger than ever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

Even if the Germans should capture Petrograd. those masterly retreaters, the Russians. could be depended on to carry off all the valuabes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

The weather man has been as kind to the San Francisco fair as the manage ment could reasonably expect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

The one-piece bathing suit is seldom if ever affected by the woman whose figure leaves much to be desired
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

The "polyocular" battleship has all sorts of colors painted on its sides to deceive the commander of a snoopng submarine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

Just at the present time the Czar does not feel like pinning decoration on him. self.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

If all the war and political unrest could be confined to Haiti, conditions elsewhere in the world would be almost ideal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

It will be up to Congress to say whether or not the United States shall have an adequate navy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
NOT IN RnLIEF CLASS

From the Pittsburg Gazette-Times For some reason there has as yet been no movement for relief of suffering Turks exposed to hardships by the for
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

General Villa sees in the probable in- tervention of the United States an es- cape from further defeat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

Gadsden Evening Journal: Georgia and North Carolina are straining diplo- matic relations. both claiming Ty Cobb a native.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
ALABAMA PRESS

Mobile Register: The south is achiev- ing much, but our achievements would be infinitely greater if we had compulsory dueation.-Gadsden Daily Times. And we begin to achieve by reducing the number of the normal schools
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16
NOTHING ABNORMAL ABOUT TIA,

From the Charleston Post.
 Money the Big Problem Now For Mex ieo.' says headline in the New York Sun. So conditions are not abnormal down -4hezs. after all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

Huntsville Daily Times: With the mill lions of wealth flowing into our country every day it Is startlingly surprising that anyone would even suggest the thought of hard times See to it that proper levies of burdens on you by public officials are kept down and then so to it in all legitimate lines for all it is worth and you'll have no occasion to grumble North Alabama is the veritable Mecca of pros- perity. It is your fault if conditions are not good with you. Stir about and inn prove them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

Piedmont Journal: An O enthusiastic motorist, who wears Palm Beach clothes, says he would not start anywhere with out his coat, because it is so handy to clean spark plugs on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

Secretary Daniels is as unpopular with Life" as Hebrew ticket speculator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-16

pr. Bobo, the Haitian revolutionist, has q name to c9pjure Eiths ..-4--..-.-.-.-.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-07-24
CAREY LAMBERT
GETS HIGH HONORS.
Former Principal Of Manual Training
School Here Presented With a
Handsome Gold Watch.

A. Carey Lambert, formerly prln-
cipal of the Manual Training Depart
ment of the City Public Schools, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Lambert, of Eas-
ton, Md.,is spending the month of July
sight-seeing in the West with the
Richmond Light Infantry Blues Bat
talon bodyguard of the Governor oi
Virginia and his Staff.
II was through the efforts OF Mr..
Lambert that it was possible for Gov
ernor Stewart to make such fine
showing for Virginia, "the Mother OF
Presidents" when he made his appear
ance at the Panama-Pacific Exposition
on Virginia Day
When he wished to be escorted by
the r. l.. |. b. Battalion, two hundred
men, it was found the expense wodtd
be so great, it would take too much OF
the peoples money if they and the
City Of Richmond furnished the funds.
Sergeant Major A. G. Lambert, out
lined the plans for mammoth l'azaar
to raise the necessary funds, seVeral
thousands of dollars were required al
ter the State and city had made appro-
priations. At first he received no en-
couragement, they thought his ideas
too big. would only bring them in debt,
etc, ETC., but with his usual persis-
tency and determination, he convinced
them it could be done, every one gave
n helning mand and after a tall weeks
festivities, every hour filled WITH nov
ell and pleasing entertainment, the
largest and most brilliant event of the
kind ever held in Richmond, caIno 20
close, and about eight tLousard dol
lars was realized and the trip for the
Blues was made possible.
The Richmond Virginian, in full
page description of the bazaar, says
"a master hand controlled the ar
rangements, and the owner of the
hand is A. G. Lambert etc." Another
paper SAYS: The Blues arc ccngrat
ulating themselves, on the success OF
their venture, but they give all honor
to A. G. Lambert. of Company z"
About one thousand persons were
guests of the Blues, at ball given IN
honor of the women who helped make
the bazaar a success, and in celebra-
ton of the one hundred and twenty
sixth anniversary of the battalion.
Mr.. Fred Peasants, general chair
man of the women's committee, was
presented with a crescent pearl pin
and A. G. Lambert was given a hand
some solid gold watch, with appro-
pirate inscription.