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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
ALABAMA PRESS

Franklin County Times: Ed Smith is a
 against Borden Burr. Mir. Burr signed a
 scurrilous article against Senator Under
 wood. Now Senator Underwood will be
 a candidate for President in 1920. The
 Times asks a a personal favor to vote
 for Smith. A vote for Smith and Travis l expect to ask for.
 Mobile Item: Editor Frank Julian of
 the Sheffield Standard asks the question:
 When a fellow deliberately votes in a primary election and thereby pledges
 hibself to support the nominee, and then
 because, forsooth, his favorte fails to | receive the nomination, refuses to vote
 for the nominee, is he a democrat, bol- ter or just a plain liar?' Such a silly
 question. He is a mugwump
 Guntersville Advertiser: The southern senators and congressman who are trying to embarrass President Wilson in his controversy with Germany over the sub marine question will have to answer to their constituents back home. Southern people as rule believe in justice, and there is certainly no justice in permitting Germany or any other nation setting aside treaties of long standing and deny ing the right of the use of the high seas to non-combatant Americans.
 Selma Journal Governor Henderson went to the Mardi Gras carnival at Mo- bile. He went for the pleasure of the occasion. He did not go for a speech making trip. He told them so.
 That's wise, governor.
 Not intimating for g. minute that the governor is not good speaker, but the bold fact stares all of us in the face that speech making is not nearly so much en- ioyed as some people seem to think it is. It is different, of course, when we have fine and able speakers, but the ordinary speech maker of today is not any extra ordinary entertainer. He is allowed by sufferance and not heard because of ones enthusiasm. The average speech of to- day is hardly worth the time it takes up. The high grade, educative and enter taining speeches are hard to get. Some times we have them, but it is too often the case that we do not The speaker without really live and worthy message is a sad creature. The man with a live, stirring, appealing message is the man of the hour. To the dump heap with the commonplace, ordinary speech; the people care nothing about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
The Presidential Campaign

Owing to the interest centered on in- ternational affairs, one hears less about the presidential campaign this week than he had been hearing, but the political caulron will soon begin to boil again. '' said M. F. Davidson of Newark.
 T have never taken an active part in politics, but whenever I have voted it has been the democratic ticket. I feel more interest in this years election than I did even in 1912, when I voted for Will son. Mir. Wilson has made us a great President, and judging from the talk I hear in New York he will carry that state in November, and I take it as a matter of course that he will carry New Jersey.
 'If Roosevelt is the nominee of both progressives and republicans, he will poll a large vote, but old democratic poli- ticians say that as the situation now stands, neither Roosevelt nor any other man that might be named can beat Will son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
Candidates for Office

The Age Herald tomorrow will be the most interesting issue of an Ala bama newspaper ever placed in the hands of the voters of this state, be- cause it will contain more than two solid pages of 100-word expressions from candidates for office in Ala bama.
 Every man who is running for of- flee was invited to send 100 words in answer to the question, "Why Should I Be Elected to the Office I Seek?" The responses are remark
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
THE POTsDAMNIERs

From the New York Globe.
 The documents published by the World furnish further proof of a state of things concerning whose existence there has long been no reasonable doubt. An or ganized effort has been made and is still being made to rule American from Pots- dam. This is being done during war immediately traceable to the allegation that Servia was disturbing Austria Hun gary's internal peace
 A steady war has been waged against the peace and sovereignty of this coun- try. A formidable conspiracy has been operating. Sometimes it has used bribery, sometimes the torch and dynamite, some times the corruption of newspapers, and sometimes a lobby at Washington, and a staff of paid speakers and pamplheteers and organizers of fictitious societies. The methods employed have been diverse, but the end is a common one With unity of objective it is clear the activities flow from a common source. The money to carry on the vast propaganda has come from Germany, or from those in America who are the loyal and obedient servants of the German Kaiser.
 The mnutae of the complicated ques- tions discussed with Germany the average man does not feel himself competent to pass on. He is disposed to leave them to the experts and those whose business is to handle them. But the most inexpert are able to understand the forces behind the present controversy at Washington. On the one side is patriotism, and on the other the paid agents of a foreign power aided by domestic treason.
 It Is time for the great majority of Americans of German birth and descent to organize against the further misrep- resena ton of them. They are being pre- sented in false light. Their allegiance does not run to Berlin, yet it is being made to appear to many that it does. German-Americans are beginning to complain of unfair discrirninations against them in business and social life. This sort of thing should be stopped and the easiest way to stop it is for the true German-American sentiment to be less quiescent in the presence of the things that minority pretend to do in their name
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
EDDIE FOY'S HARD LIFE

away from me and 1put them in some nice, warm asylum where they would get better food than they do at the hotel and not have to associate with the edu cated seals and Zero, the human fly.
 But did anybody try to get Eddie into Q nice asylum, where seven burglars couldn't throw him down and turn hi pockets inside out every day or two Nobody. What chance have for a happy life2 They come and climb into my bet i'll the morning and wake me Up before I've had my beauty sleep; they've pulled the others out. They work shifts on me they're so many of them. and from twt to five of them swing on my coat talls all the time."
 MT. Foy stopped to weep, and he would have resumed but one little Foy sat or each foot and another little Foy was or his shoulders and more little Toys wert gyratipg around the room like spinnint nice.
 Co away said MT. Toy to the visitor go away, and when you come back brinf warrant and put them all in jail. Al my age I ought to be able to have warm corner in the Old Peoples home where would only have to read thu papers and tell Wilson what to do. Ins stead of that I'm dragged by this gans around the country and exhibited so tho idle may come and laugh. Pity poor olt man who has to work for a living wher he might be down at Grogans with hii foot on the brass rail shaking the bar keep for the drinks instead of being ex plotted by q bunch of pirates. It's a sat story"
 MT. E. Foy did not finish. Two Mttl, Toys caught his chair and dragged hin dowr backward and then the whole say age seven launched themselves on hin with shril warwhoops of triumph ant the interview was ended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
The Iron Trade

From the point of view of the pig with a roar, the lion being accompanied by a whole herd of bulls,' say Rogers, Brown & Co. Every district has felt the influence of heavy buying, some or ders being placed for delivery into 1917. Particularly noticeable is the improve ment in the districts which have been hesitating somewhat in the general ad- vance. This is true of the south. While their northern brethren were rapidly sell ing out their product at advancing prices, the southern blast furnacemen had to be satisfied with moderate sales, but in the face of this fact they expressed their con- fidence in the future by firmly maintain ing prices, and it is now very apparent that this confidence was justified, for re- gently there has been very active de- mand for all grades of southern pig iron.
 Concerns which have been dormant for years are again entering the market. For a time it looked as though Pitts burg was slowing up and a weakness might develop, but this tendency has all disappeared before very active demand. and prices are being firmly maintained. with some advances.
 Southern Ohio furnaces are holding their iron at $19. with some so well sold up for last half delivery that they have practically withdrawn from the market. Cleveland continues very busy and the Chicago market is so active that further advances are expected"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
WOUNDED THROUGH LEMBERG

John Reed in the Metropolitan.
 The immense station at Lemburg, or Lvov. as a6e Russians cailsits #as filled with troops running and calling up the soldiers asleep on the filthy floor, with stupefied refugees wandering vaguely about. No one questioned or stopped us, though Lemburg was one of the forbidden places. We drove through the ,aneient and royal Polish city. between the gloomy walls of great stone buildings like Roman and Florentine palaces -opce the seats of the worlds proudest mobility. In little squares among the medieval twisted streets were, Gothic churches of the great period-high thin roofs. spires of deli cate stone tracery. and rich rose win dows Immense modern German build- ings bulked across the noble skyline. and there were the brilliant shops, restau- rants and cafes. wide green squares of a modern capital Shabby Jewish quar- ters encroached on the smart streets, lit- tered with fifth and populous with noisy Hebrews; but here their houses and shops were wider. they laughed more. walked mora :xe free people than in the other plux9s te had been. Soldiers-always
 4,lkier shuffling Jews. and quick ges- kf4ssting Poles-the ugli-st race in. the World rthronged the sidewalks. Every Where were wounded men; whole streets Q houset had been turned into temporary koepis asAl Never in any land have 1 seei Fuish vast numbers of wounded as b<44nn the Russian front.
 4 sN Stng crowd of refugees and civil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

ians of all sorts beat about the clerk
 desk in the ante-room of the chancellorie
 Finally he took our pass. read it atten |tively two or three times. turned it up side down and handed it back with
 shrug of the shoulders. He paid no fur
 tEer attention to us. So we forced ou way past several sentries into an inne office. where an officer sat writing at desk. He looked at the pass and smile sweetly.
 "Ya nisnayo." said he. T know noth ing about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

ably interesting and their value to the voter who must make his choice is in calculable.
 Tomorrow's issue will be unusually rich in special features and the Roto- gravure Section will contain some fine European views as we'll as some strik- ing fashion reproductions for women readers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
MOONRIsE

By Arthur Symons
 am weary of living, and long to res From the sorrowful and immense fatigu of love;
 I have lived and loved with Q seeISinn passionate zest,
 And weariness and defeat are the en' thereof.
 I have lived in vain. I have loved | vain, N vain. have lost rl In the game of Fate, and slentlf
 tire; E% watch the moon rise over the
 ghost \N&4 Of burning noontides pallid with sS dcsile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
A HARAssED "LIoN."

DO you see that little man over there in the corner trying to answer questions put to him by half a dozen different women at the same time?''
 "Of course see him. Poor devil!'
 well, he's a famous explorer. He's made some important discoveries" Hum. He looks to me now as if he would be tickled to death if he could dis cover some way out of his difficuities;r HE FOOLED THEM.
 Henry" said the aggrieved young wife, "how could you come home in this conditiona"
 Dunno. m'dear. 'smatter of fact, when I left tn club none O tn fellows thought I could do it. WONDERS NEVER CEASE. 'This fellow is called 'sure-fire' poet. You mean he sells his stuff as fast as he writes it?'' 'Yes"
 'Darned if don't believe anything is possible nowadays.'
 TWAS EVER THUS.
 Mrs. Youngwed says she is economi- cally independent now.'
 "IIow is that?"
 "she sells MT. Youngwed kisses for 25 cents each She made over s20 last week and says it was ridiculously easy, Tt will seem more like work later on.'f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
Regarding Manufacture of Paper

"Following up a few facts regarding the advancing cost of all raw material used in the manufacture of everything entering into the stationery and engrav- ing business and upon which I was re- gently quoted'' said R. W. Ewing, here is a clipping from a Cincinnati newspa- per, which I found among the want ads:
 TO Housekeepers-Will you help keep
 the paper mills running; old paper at F
 cent per pound, old books, magazines,
 etc, cent per pound; will send wagon
 or answer telephone calls. The Salva-
 ton Army
 This simply means that the supply of imported sulphite as well as the supply of wood and other materials from which the paper is made are getting to be scarcer every day and that the people are now taking to buying up old rags, old paper and everything possible that can be manufactured into writing paper, bond paper. wrapping paper and newspaper"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

The very considerable advancemep' lin February and May, at both points
 but particularly the jump from 9sS tons to 17,646 at Lock IT, should be viewe1 as more than an indication of the early fulfllment of the hopes we have So long indulged in of seeing the rivers crowded with barges and towboats ana Mobile busy as the cheapest coal pofI in the union. K
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
A YouYHEUL CRITIC
rom the Louisville Herald.

He was 1O-year-old and he went to see Forbes Robertson. This is what he said Say. sis. Shakespeare's just like that guy what wrote Confessions of a Wife When he gets tired of charac- ter he kills her off'' Amt it the truth7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
Veterans First

"The action of the finance and execu- tive committees of the Chamber of Com merce in adopting Veterans First as their slogan for the approaching Confed- crate reunion cannot be too highly com mended,'' said Hugh w. Hill. "The charge has been made and, I regret to say, with much truth, that at past re- unions the old vets have been a side issue, so to speak-except in the pa rade-and more attention has been given to the entertainment of visitors of note than to the gray-coated heroes who made glorious the pages of southern history
 ''The great majority of the veterans are not too well provided with this worlds goods and many of them, in the nature of things, will doubtless answer the final roll call before the time comes for another general reunion.
 Tt is eminently proper that during the approaching reunion these old fellows should be the guests of honor in the fullest sense of the term and am glad to see the committees in charge have taken this view.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

A correspondent says the German crown prince has blundered again at Verdun. Unfortunately for the Germans, the crown prince must be given his chance along with more able leaders
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

BEGINNING THE DAY-O God, heIu me to ask what men are' not what they have. Save me from the idolatry of wealth. May character and not money be my standard. May [ not bind my life with soid. May not sell my crown and my Lord for a handful of silver. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
Richard Henry Little in the Chicago Hel

Richard Henry Little in the Chicago Her
 aid.
 E DDIE Foy told recently the sor- rows of putting on family act. - Eddie's sorrows come mostly through jealous souls who seek to rescue the little Toys from the stage, where thelr tyrannical parent forces them to work 25 minutes every afternoon and evening. As a result the little Toys do not get to bed until 10 o'clock at night, and they are forced to get up at in the morn ing. Also they have to go to school every day with the tutor who travels around with them and the boys cannot hang around bedrooms and enjoy the other privileges of freeborn American youths.
 .ssolnetimes warm hearted people try to save the children" said MT. F'oy sadly, ..but why don't someone save me? The whul. seven of 'em abuse me like a pick pocket enc not hand is outstretched to free me from slavery. Old Uncle Tom had 1t pretty tough, but he had only one simon Legree. while I've got seven-no. eight.
 "Tve got to pay every one of these even little robbers s15O week. When you pay an ordinary troupe salaries they have to pay their own hotel bills. Do my Thespans Iay their hotel bills? They do not They charge it to papa. They've got a tutor and bunch of maids and governess to travel around with them. Does papa have a tutor to tell him that cat is seldom spelled with k? He does not Does papa have a governess? No! Mamma would knock his block off if he even spoke to one. sn And yet in Cincinnati nice, kind lady who eats nuts and writes to Emperor Will laim to step the war at once started an agitation to take the seven children
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
NO ANSWER.

NO ANSWER. An, when will fell Dissension cease, In hearts of men The ways of peace Build hopes anew, Till they forget The battlefields With life blood wet; The shattered homes. The cannons' roar, The rain of shells Their muzzles pour? From stately fane, From noisome den The cry goes up To heaven, "When?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

A spiteful contemporary says Birming- ham is stil building a highway to the Warrior on paper. Patience, protner.
 Dreams seldom come true as soon as they are conceived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

Colonel Slocum let his Amercanism get the better of mere discipline. Under the circumstances, he hardly deserves to be courtmartialed for disobeying orders in crossing the Mexican border.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
THE WRONG KIND.

Mrs Twobble and I never have a cross word," said MT. Twobble, proudly.
 How do you manager asked MT. Dub waite.
 "we have learned to make mutual con- sessions, but that doesn't help matters at au."
 T don't understand"
 ''she comedies that I am a fool and I concede that she has shrewish tongue. Then the battle begins"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

It's about time for the Czar to make another little speech to his troops in the eastern theatre of war. They are showing a disposition to slow down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

Miss Bessie Shaw and W. D. Brum- beloe are the only authorized travel ing representatives of The Age-Eef- ala in its circulation department. Ihe AGe-HeraId is not responsible TOT money paid to out of town carriers or dealers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

Another member of the Thaw family is winning recognition as an aviator. That sort of high flying is preferable to the kind that first made the name Thaw by word in the land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

If the villistas are counting on the aid of Germany and Japan to help them con- ouer the United States, they are far more ontimistic than the circumstances justify.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

The authorship of that novel credited to Colonel House has not yet been deter mined. If the colonel is not guilty, he should lose no time in proving his inno- cence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald, year $500 Daily without Sunuay 4.UO Daily and Sunday, per month. 'oV Daily and Sunday, three months. 1.oo Weekly AgeHerald, per annum'. .oo
 Sunday Herald. per annum.. %.OU
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
AWAY BEHIND

From the Nashville Tennessean. A contemporary comments that thu crown prince is behind the attack O. verdun Quite some behind. we don
 doubt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

The Kaiser lost in Congress. and mili- tery experts say he is about to lose al Verdun,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

The fat may be in the fire. so far as Portugal is concerned, but Germany mas no time to administer spanking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

Mere than eco converts Chit the trail'' in Baltimore when Billy Sunday issued his first call for repentant sinners to come forward At any rate, Baltimoreans promise to make the sawdust fly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

Politically speaking, Alabama's condi- ticn is anything but favorapie 10 peace and quietude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

Vice President Marshall speaks of 'Jit- ney jurists." Come to think or IT, the wee president is a sort of jitney job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

A New Orleans newspaper made futile attempt to call the attention of Mardi Gras visitors to the city's practical ad- uo ,ta
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

Criminals can be hired in New York for $25 week, but at that price crlme couio hardly be said to pay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

No communication will be published without it's authors name Rejected manuscript will not be returned uh- less stamps are enclosed for that pur- pose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

And vet time was when General Villa was considered hero by Amerlcai newspaper men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
A GREAT ACTOR GONE

Secretary of War Baker got on the joi just in time to study brand new crisis
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Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address,
 THE AGE-HERALD, Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11
A WEAK SPOT.

A WEAK SPOT. You don't seem to be as optimistic as you were sometime ago." That's true. chuckled when the price of gasoline was raised, because have no automobile, but I can't smile when the cost of food goes up. because do pos sess an appetite
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

Ab. that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
 And with a virtuous visor hide deep vice. --Richard HI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

Washington bureau, POT Hibbs build ing.
 European bureau, Henrietta street. Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office. Rooms, AZ to so, inclusive, Tribune building, New York city; western business ofilce' Tribune building, Chicago. The 5. S. Beckwith Special Agency. agents for- eign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-11

Entered at the Birming ham, Aia., postoffice as second class matter un- der act of Congress March 8. 1873.