The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-02


a LMOST, if not quite, the last
N word seems to have been
reached in luxurious railroad travel
by the Lehigh Valley road. Travellers
whose business or pleasure takes them
pver that railway are kept informed
of the a tie t
Baseball Scores for baseball scores.
Railroad Travellers Each train is
supplied wit h
information by telegraph, as the in
nings are played. The results are
posted in every smoking car and IN
each Pullman smoking compartment,
while feminine fans who dare not in
wade the sacred precincts where their
male relatives puff cigars, cigarettes
and pipes, have score cards distributed
among them in dainty Russian leather
frames.
Captains of finance who travel on
certain famous trains have long been
accustomed to getting the latest news
of the stock market while they are
flying across the country, but the all
important matter of baseball scores
seems to have been overlooked.
The thoughtfulness of the Lehigh
4nIn NH 10
service will greatly increase the roads
popularity. This is another indication
that corporations really do have
hearts and souls and are capable of
understanding the distress of fans
who might otherwise have to wait
hours before learning whether the
home team won another victory or met
with defeat.
WEIRD and wonderful were the
Wv achievements credited to the
British "tanks" by correspondents
who Wed with one another in describ-
ing the exploits of these new engines
of war. British "Tommies" were al
legged to have
Berlin Says Tanks" roared W t h
Are Failure laug h er at
their uncouth
appearance and the poor Germans
were pictured as terror-stricken and
surrendering in shoals, if so fortunate
as to escape being killed.
Now we have the German side. as
told in wireless dispatch from Ber-
lin. Thse armored tractors which
made all the world wonder have
proved miserable failure, Berlin
says. They can only travel mile an
hour, which makes them an easy tar
get for artillery, while the noise,
smoke and heat, not to mention the al
most intolerable jolting, makes them
anything but joy-riding vehicles for
their occupants.
An instance is given where seven
machines took part in an advance and
only two reached their objective point,
these being put out of commission by
shell fire.
Rather gloomy picture of the vic
torious "tanks" painted by Berlin.
Maybe they are not as wonderful as
the British claim, but on the other
hand they are probably not quite as
useless as Berlin would have us be-
lieve. 1t is hard matter to get the
truth from the front.
I'D FACE and prosperity prevail
= throughout the land and these
two potential words should form the
slogan of the democratic party in the
presidential contest from now until
the 7th of No
Democratic Slogan vember. This
/. of Convincing Appeal month of DC.
tober, which
will witness titanic struggles on the
battlefields of Europe, will witness
also some mighty drives on our politi-
cal fronts, but the public will neve
lose sight of good times.
If the campaign was tame at tn
start, it has been accommodating
warmth during the past week or two
and it promises to wind up with dashe'
of tobasco. Mr.. Wilson continues tt
maintain his dignity, but he is strik