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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26
SUDDEN LIGHT

SUDDEN LIGHT By Dante Gabriel. I have been here before.
 But when or how I cannot tell; know the grass beyond the door,
 The sweet keen smell, The signing sound. the lights around thu shore
 You have been mine before
 How long ago may not know; But just when at that swallows soar
 Your neck turn'd so, Some veil did fali-I knew it all of yore. Has this been thus before?
 And shall not thus times eddyin. flight
 Still with our lives our love restore In deaths despite, And day and night yield one ssligik enc more?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26
A DIAMOND STAR
,e Providence Journal.

From the Providence Journal.
 Bakers Brilliant Work Gives Yankees a Victory ."-Headline.
 Another of those bitter disappointments frequently produced by headlines. It looked as If the new Secretary of War had turned a clever trick in Mexico. but the brilliant work' was merely that of a home-run person in a baseball game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26
.ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
CARELESS.

 He's the most careless man I know I speak of lawyer Till; For almost every day or so He goes and breaks will.
 Columbia State. A careless jade though fair and sweet, Is radiant Phyllis Smart To her no day seems half complete Unless she cracks a heart.
 Albany Herald. A girl more careless far than this Is Nora Jane O'Bate, For not a single morning dawns But what she breaks plate. Memphis Commercial Appeal These girls are doubtless careless girls, Are very careless, still, There is a girl who scarcely moves But what she breaks a bill. Houston Post. And there's another careless girl Named Seraphita Peck; Whene CT on skates she takes a whirl She almost breaks her neck A COMPARISON. What is your idea of high brow?" There are various definitions, but my idea of high-brow is a person who knows as much about the classics as the man in the street knows about baseball THE OBVIOUS CONCLUSION. 1.-Two souls with but a single though you say?' "Yes" What make of car do they think o buying?'' SIDESTEPPING AN ARGUMENT Taking much outdoor exercise thes. days, Dubwaite?" "More than usual' ''Yes?' Hardly day passes that don't walk considerably out of my way to avoid on, of those contentious pacihsts''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26
HOW TIT IS SETTLED

From the New York Globe. At last we have the truth. Shake speares plays were written by the author of the Novum Organum. A Chicago court has so decided. Law courts in Chicago, by the way seem to have time for almost anything but their legitimate business.
 It may be remembered that it was a Chicago court that decided an illiterate Chicago real estater was the real author of "Cyrano de Bergerac." Was it Chi cago doctor who wrote a book proving that the so-called Shakespeare plays could only have been written by a doctor?
 So far. it has been conclusively shown by various people that the plays could only have been made by;
 d) A lawyer.
 @ A doctor.
 (3) A mariner.
 (D An engineer.
 . (5) A theologian.
 The layman is driven to the decision that they were really written by Kipling' s ''McAndrew.'
 In the case of Cyrano the learned judge was presumably obliged to read the work he was judging Evidently the jitney Lucius Cassius who disposed of Will Shax- pur did not feel himself obliged to read the plays If he did, will he kindly in- form an anxious world what are the "phil- osophical facts" which Francis Bacon published in these plays? Doubtless the profound statement that there is good and evil in most of us, or the subtle reflection that it is frequently debatable whether a man should commit suicide. Perhaps the great Cook county jurist will also explain how a man of Bacons scholarship could be guilty of the bowling anachronisms and historical blunders that crop up fn the plays Also how the man who in vented inductive reasoning could have written works in which such reasoning as can be found is entirely deductive.
 Meanwhile it might be pertinent to ask whether there is no law in Illinois to pre- vent litigants from bringing frivolous ac- tions for the purpose of advertisement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

The woman in the Dr. Waite case is said to have entered vaudeville Maybe she'll have better luck than the Patter- son woman who failed to capitalize the notoriety she gained when Caesar Young was killed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

BEGINNING THE DAY-''Chr1st i. said to have set His face stead fastly tow ard Jerusalem," when the cross awaited God help me to set my face steadfastly where my duty lies. Put iron in me; maNe me like flint. Amid all the sr"ce and tenderness which Chrast can give, may there be hardness .ha'
 o+ he turned aside. In Christ's name, Amen.--H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

The latest naval engagement between German and British warships is said to have lasted but 20 minutes. However, modern artillery can do a great deal of damage in less than half an hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

Crowds continue to surge around movie which may or may not be an excuse for pessimism, according to ones point of view
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

If a play as great as Hamlet were written today, the author might rest on his laurels but he wouldn't have any thing else to rest on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

It is suggested that MT. Hughes may part his mind as he parts his whiskers, thus making him an ideal candidate. However. whiskers have ceased to play an important part in politics
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

The Italians recently killed some non
 combatants on one of their aerial raids Is this the beginning of Italian "frightful ness?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

It is possible for an advertiser to exag-
 gerate a trifle and still be honest. How
 ever, nobody expects a circus press agent to stick to facts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

The man who didn't raise his boy to be a soldier is quick to find fault with the United States army
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26
SUPERB INDIFFERENCE.

Although Dame Nature decks herself In colors bright and gay, There's nothing in her spring attire
 To startle and dismay. Conclusive proof that while she's glad Our senses to beguile, She doesn't care, as mortals do,
 About the latest style.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

The scientist who has taught monkey to call him papa" probably doesn't care what people think.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

Recent photographs of Paris, take, from the Eiffel tower. show the city b the Seine to be still intact
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

Henry Ford says he regards his presi- dential boom as d joke. That seems to make it unanimous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

Now that he has fallen into British reached the end of picturesque career.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

Birminghams smoke cloud will soon be rent by the strains of Dixie played by dozens of reunion bands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

A Chicago lawyer is attempting to prove
 that the Jesuits wrote Shalzespeare's
 plays. Hark to loud laughter across the Styx.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

Cigarette advertisements are creating a new interest in art among the more or less common people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26
NOT IN THE LEAsT

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 A submarine commander doesn't mind being damned abroad if he is decorated at home ~e ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

There was not sign of war cloud
 about the White House when the little tots enjoyed their annual Easter egg roll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

Whether modern husband can dance
 or not, he must be able to pay the piper,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26
Visit to Dallas County Plantation

Prof. T. R. Eagles and myself had a very pleasant visit to Dallas county during the Easter holidays" said Prof John c. Dawson, head of the department of modern languages at Howard college. We went to the home of J. E. Duna- way, Sr, upon an invitation of J. E. Dunaway, Jr., student at Howard, and I just want to say we had the time of our lives.
 MT. Dunaway is one of south Ala bama's most progressive farmers, and after having been shown over his plan tations we felt that we knew more of south Alabama and the right methods of farming than we would ever have known otherwise. Since the boil weevil hit Dal- las county the farmers have entered into the diversif1cation and cattle raising plan and marks of prosperity are in evidence everywhere.
 "A few years ago MT. Dunaway in- vested some money in Hereford cattle and short time ago he sold 46 head for approximately $10,00O Cattle raising in Dallas county and in other sections ot Alabama is being made possible by the dipping vats. I am in favor of compul. sory dipping
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

Perhaps the czar has decided to reach Berlin by way of Paris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26
Prominent Visitors Here

Judge Thomas E. Knight of Greens boro, candidate for judge of the court of appeals, was at the Tutwiler last night. Judge Knight is now campaigning prin- cipally in the Birmingham district and in the adjoining counties of north Ala hama
 T am we'll pleased with the outlook" declared Judge Knight. T have been all over the state during the past few months, and am confident I will be one of the three men chosen for the court of appeals. While I will, of course, be g;ad when the race is over, so that Twill be relieved from the strain of the cam paign, I have really enjoyed the canvass very much.''
 Gen. Charles R. Bricken of Luverne, solicitor of the Second judicial circuit, | and candidate for the court of appeals was also in Birmingham last night. q ! completed sometime ago my canvass in l south Alabama" declared General Brick on, ''and I was confident of my suc- cess in that part of the state before I greater part of north Alabama, and l
 am just as certain of very strong sup ! port in every north Alabama county. | Another prominent citizen who was in Birmingham yesterday was John II. Peach of Tuscumbia, we'll known at
 torney. "The Tennessee valley is enjoy ing prosperity" said Mr. Peach, "and
 the business outlook in our section of
 the state Is most promising. While there
 is considerable interest in politics in north
 Alabama, the voters as a whole have
 not become enthused as they have in
 dent Denny of the university here to- l night, and I took occasion to assure
 him that I, along with large number of ! other alumni of the university in the
 Tennessee valley would be present to att l tend the commencement and the Tusca-
 loosa centennial celebration next month."
 Dr. Denny Makes Many Speeches
 1T have been speaking so much lately am very hoarse." said pr. George H. Denny, president of the university, who was in the city last night. ''I made an address today at the Alabama State Sun day School convention at Gadsden, l spoke yesterday at the chautauqua al Talladega, the day before at Clanton
 and at several other places during the past week. I am going back to tht
 university for day to assist in plans
 minsham Thursday night for an bris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

To SLdrlle ana QlSlldy. Conclusive proof that while shes glad Our senses to beguile, She doesn't care, as mortals do, About the latest style.
 EVIDENTLY. What is the title of the book you have there?" "'one Thousand Money Making Sc crets.'''
 Are any of them practicable?" "Well, the man who sold me this booi for dollar seems to have discovered one"
 HIS CHOICE. His mother wanted him to become g minister"
 Just so."
 But his father hoped he would some day make a great deal of money" q see. What profession did the young man finally adopt?' He seems to have compromised. He: playing ministerial parts in the movies
 HARD TO ANSWER. 'Philters is greatly interested in chem. istry.''
 "So I hear"
 He's always busy with retorts.'' Naturally
 'But the kind that gives him most con visits his laboratory to lecture him about wasting his time and spelling his clothes.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

Gadsden Journal: Berlin Baths Now Limited by Cards says a headline. This should lead to an influx of knights of the road"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

Entered at the Birmingham. Als., post office as second class matter under act cf Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-26

SIDESTEPPING AN ARGUMENT Taking much outdoor exercise thes days, Dubwaite?''
 ''More than usual"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11
THE OWOSSO TINES
OWOSSO, MICH, FEB. II, 1916.
Republican Convention Call.

The PRONUNCIATION of the formal cal
for the republican national convention
which is to meet in Chicago, June z
next, Is attracting attention to the
revised delegate apportionment adopted
last year and now incorporated into Il
for the first time. BY this apportion
ment the total number of delegates il
reduced by ninety. three, practically al
of the shrinkage coming in the south
ern state representation, whose In
fuence in the party deliberations will
be proportionately curtailed. The in
sular possessions are accorded two dele
gates each, but without voting power.
but will, it is understood, appeal to the
convention to restore them to full rig hts
and privileges.
The noteworthy thing about this call
is that it is the first and only substantial
step made by any political party in the
direction of more equitable apportion'
ment AS progressive measure for
popular rule. this republican innova'
rion outdoes the democratic party, and
the progressive party, too, for that
matter, neither of which have made
any change in the ancient and inherited
system which both have so roundly de.
nounced.
Attention is also being called to the
fact that the republican call is broad
invitation not only to republicans, but
also to "all other electors without re-
gard to past political affiliations who
believe in the principles of the republi-
can party and endorse its policies" to
unite in the choice of convention dele.
gates. There is nothing new or novel,
however, in this phaseology, for it has
been copied in every republican con-
vention call since the organization of
the party, In other words, the republi.
can party is, and has always been, q
truly progressive party, built on COM
mon belief in principles and policies re-
gardless of previous political differences.
1t is a party national and not sectional
and with an open door-and this is it's
strength and it's promise. Omaha Bee
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11

with the state workers, and DR.. Win.
DeKleine believes that before the two
year campaign Is over the medical men
all over the state will be active cam.
pa'gners in the great work Of stamping
out the disease in Michigan. From the
very beginning of the campaign last
October, DR.. DeKleine has placed his
greatest reliance for success on tie =
operation of the medical profession.
Apparently that co operation is now
fully assured. and the next step will be
the establishment of sauatoria and of
adequate local health organizations.
eff state in Australia can stamp
out tuberculosis" said DR.. DeKleine,
commenting on the Heiser article,
this state should be able to do it. The
statement in regard to Victoris, even if
it should be only half true. is a chal.
lenge to us here. 1t is wonderful. 1t
is an inspiration. Will the people of
Michigan do what the people of Vic
toria haye doue?"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11

Washington, d. c. Feb. San ap
palling oversight of the Democratic ad
ministration in providing for nationa
defense has been laid bare.
Representative Patrick 81. Kelley D
Michigan, member of the Naval AT
fairs Committee, has disclosed to tn,
House that the nine dreadnaughts
seventeen destroyers, thirty.nine sub
marines and two transport and supply
ships authorized by Congress or under
construction since the Democrats have
been in control of the House, NOT ONE
is COMPLETED.
More important still, no apparent ef'
fort has been made by the President OF
the Navy Department since the begin.
ming of the war in Europe to hasten
the construction and completion OF
these additions to the Navy.
Why this neglect on the part of the
administration to carry out the man.
date of Congress to equip the navy for
adequate national defense at this time
In resolution setting forth this con.
dition Mr.. Kelley referred to the Presi.
dents recent statement that 1.-The world
is on fire and we are daily treading
amidst dangers not of our own making
and not under our control; no man can
tell what day may bring forth"
His resolution proposed that the Sec.
rotary of the Navy be directed to ne
gotiate at once with contractors and
government ship yards to learn the
earliest time within which these war
craft can be completed, and report to
the House.
THE President has said in his recent
speeches that the country faces crisis, y
said Mr.. Kelley, land none could tell
what day might bring forth. II this
language means anything, it means
that our need of defense is q present
need. Dreadnaughts and battle cruisers
authorized by this Congress will not be
available for the defense of the country
for four years to come.
Hence 1t seems to me that the first
duty OF Congress is to see that the
sixty-seven ships now under construc.
ton or authorized for the American
navy are completed and made available
at the earliest possible moment. Pre-.
psrations which do not materialize for
Eve years would not avail as anything
If our danger is present one.
81 cannot understand how the Presi-
dent, knowing the danger as he only
can know It, has made no suggestion to
Congress that the ships now under con.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11

Senator VIM. Alden Smith declares
that he is in the presidential race t.
stay until the convention names tn,
candidate. A number of nominating
petitions have been freely signed FOL
him In this county.
Because Hon. j. w. Fordney invited
ex.Vice President Fairbanks to be pre-
sent at the Clinton county Republican
Club banquet on the Gath inst. certain
Washington correspondents intimate
that FordneY favors the Fairbanks
presidential aspirations. What about
Hon. VIM. Alden Smith who seconded
the invitation to Fairbanks2
In recent address to the New Eng.
land Textile Club, ex-President Taft
made this declarations: From the boss
ridden convention, with deliberation,
you will get better candidates, than you
will from primary. OF all the evils
which are supposed to be cure all for
all evils, the direct primary Is the worst.
The primary Is so worked that it can
only be used by the rich man who can
build up his own machine, or by the
regular machine. Both of these things
the primary is supposed to have abol'
ished. The general primary is fraud"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11

struction ought to be rushed to com
pletion.
Either we are not in danger or the
President has been negligent In this
regard.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11


Lansing, Feb. 7.-Dr. Victor g. Heis.
or, Ex.director of Health of the Philip.
pine Islands, and director for the east,
international Health Commission, Rock.
efeller Foundation, is authority for
the statement that Michigan's present
way Of coping with tuberculosis Is, in
general, in line with the method used
IN some eastern countries, notably Aus.
tralia, where the tuberculosis problem
has been practically solved according to
DIR. Heiser. In an article in the Jour.
nal of Outdoor Life" DR.. Heiser de-.
scribes how many sections of Australia
were made practically free of tubercu.
losis, and he declares that the backbone
of the plan is to secnre the CO operation
of the medical profession, which is also
the backbone of the plan that is now
being worked out in Michigan. In
Australia every doctor is paid 90. so for
reporting case Of tuberculosis, which
has resulted in the health authorities
locating practically all cases soon after
the disease began and when it was still
easily durable. All persons 30 located
are then given the choice between going
to a public sanatorium or taking the
treatment in their own homes under
the rigid supervision of q physician,
In short, every known case of tubercu.
losis is adequately isolated and pre-.
vented from injecting others.
That tuberculosis can be conquered
by these methods is shown in the fol.
lowing sentence from DR.. Heiser's srti.
Gle. the Importance of which he brings
out by putting 1t in italics. II have
recently been advised that the enforce.
ment of these rules in the State of Vic
toria has resulted in the disappearance
Of tuberculosis
After describing what he had seen
and heard Of Michigan's present fight
against the disease. DIR. Heiser saws;
That to me was indeed very, very
ENCOURAGING"
While in Michigan the doctors are
not paid ~. 80 for every case of timber.
culosis they report to the state board of
health, they are cooperating Loyalty
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11
Tho Present Situation in Mexico.

For the first time since February
1918, there Is recognized government
in Mexico; and yet that government Il
powerless to maintain order. Villa re
fuses to believe himself beaten, ant
Carrsnza dares not occupy the Mexican
capital.
If there has been political or social
gain. it is merely theoretical, the reali
cation of which not only lies in the
future but is by no means certain.
Economically and industrially, half OF
the country has been at stand still.
The condition of the Mexican National
Railroad is typical. The gross earnings
for the last fiscal year were 81, TIC, 9S2
(Mexican currency. compared with
$61, 447, 791 three years before.
The position of Americans in Mexico
has, since the downfall President Ma
dero, always been dangerous and at
times desperate. In the beginning there
were many thousands of these Amer.
leans, engaged principally in the devel-
opment of the country's resources
Most of them have left Mexico. OF
those who decided to remain-and those
who went back because of the position
assumed by the United States in with
from Vera Cruz and recogniz
ing the Carranzs government-severa
have been killed. At the pres
ent moment we find the British Am.
of Washington again advising
his countrymen to be ready to leave
northern Mexico.
AS for the United States Government
itself, it is cordially hated by all fac.
lions. The followers of General Diaz
cannot forgetthat the Madero revolution
was directed from our side of the Dor.
Ter. The adherents of Huerta remem.
Der the constant snubbing and final
Recognition of the Car.
'anza party was not intended as a
graceful compliment, and its effect is
more than outweighed by the long
period Of doubtfulness and hesitancy
Villas hatred of Americans, always in
violence, Is now without measure or
pounds. From Diaz to Car.
anza," in the American Review of Re-
Jews for February.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-02-11

Chas. Orr of Caro-, a former resident
Of this city. was in Owosso. Sunday.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1916-06-29
New Office To
Be Opened

Ralph E Smith, the new repre-
sentative for the Grand Crossing
Land Co., returned from Minnea-
polls Monday. He had been there
as stated in our last issue, to com
plete arrangements for the opening
of an Office here.
Mr.. Smith will occupy the quar-
ters just vacated by Judge &. G..
Carpenter in the, former law firm
OF Carpenter and Morrison, until
the new Morrison building is com
pleted when he will move in there.
The officials of Grand Crossing
Land Co. used excellent discretion
in selecting this man to represent
them in this territory as Mr.. Smith
has a M ost substantial character
and is hel d in esteem by all who