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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-19
THE UNIVERSAL CRY

The world keeps rolling on through
 space,
 Regardless of the worries That leave their mark on every face The restless throng that hurries From store to store on shopping bent, A single subject preaching: "I can't afford to spend a cent, And Christmas is approaching"
 SANTA IN DISGRACE Tt would never do for the children to hear about this"
 About what?" T see where a department store Santa Claus was discharged for being intoxi- cated while on duty and having a fight with a floorwalker."
 HIGH, COST OF LIVING Son."
 'Yes, father"
 Don't buy girl Christmas present you can't afford" I'm afraid I'm in for it, dad Whats the trouble?" i've got the sort of girl I can't ar- ford"
 HER WAY "It is Dubwaite's proud boast that he calls a spade a spade' 'Dubwaite may do that but Mrs Dup- waite doesn't" "No?"
 eff the spade happens to belong to her she'll call it by fancy name and make the neighbors think it cost lot of money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-19
ALABAMA PRESS

Greenville Advocate: Any price booster will pay 5000 fine when he can clean up $to,OOO by doing it. Send the cusses to jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-19

Greensboro Record: If the Czar of Rus sia ever eats a Christmas dinner in Der lin, doubtless he will be the invited guest of En1neror William
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-19

Guntersville Democrat: Hungry people are excusable for infractions of law at times, but the thugs who stole the car- pets from a Baptist church in Birming- hams suburbs are craving for luxuries that they could easily do without.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-19

Florence Times: The Iron Age says the American people are drunk with un- earned prosperity" The drinks haven't been quite equally distributed; but all of "snifter."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-19

Lineville Headlight: Lineville is full of visiting capitalists these days who are of these capitalists are investing their money in Clay county graphite lands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-19

General Nivelle speaks of victory in confident tones. Still, he should remem- Der what happened to Grand Duke Nicho- las, French and Joffre.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

tn universal ruin awaits us. But when
the whole world is materially ruined
each nation will be as rich as its neighbor.
<I imagine that in England where small
subscribers are not numerous, a certain
proportion of debt will be simply effaced
or repudiated for the very just reason
that men rich enough to lend big sums
to the state are rich enough to lose them.
1t Is immoral. but We should only laugh
and so would even the rich men thus
forced to lose. -
Perhaps they would receive titles of
nobility. a compensation that would be
an admirable and practical apotheosis
for national snobbery.
Anyhow, we shall see funny finances
and the spectacle Of central Europe ad-
ministered like an estate for the benefit
of France, Russia, England. Italy, Ser
bia. Montenegro, Japan, Australia New
Zealand. Canada, South Africa. India
and Belgium.
Those who till the soil will be rich
after the war; those who do not will be
poor, but there will be no more Germany.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
TRAVELTALK SHOWS
THE WONDERS OF PERU
Z. M. Newman Takes Hearers Through
Land of lncas Asleep Under
Centuries Dust.

Peru was the subject Of the fourth
travel talk of the series by E. NJ. New
man yesterday evening at the Belasco
Theater. The visit to Peru disclosed a
sharp contrast with countries previous
ly visited on the east coast. where all is
wealth and extravagant plenty, while
here, in spite of poverty, there Is much
of the greatest interest in uncommon
sights. One is, as the lecturer stated, in
the twentieth or twenty-f1rst century in
Buenos Aires, while in Lima. the capital
Of Peru. it is the seventeenth or earlier,
However. Mr.. Newman declared 1t as
his belief that the progress and develop
ment of Peru will be as great in the next
twenty years as 1t has been In the past
four centuries, due, in large part, to the
great irrigation projects which are now
going forward.
The imaginary journey began at the
port of Callao and went thence to the
capital, Lima, where were seen the ca
thedral and other structures built by the
Spanish conqueror Pizarro From Lima
the ascent of the Andes was begun, un-
folding scenes of mountain grandeur in
a trip to an elevation of 5000 feet at
Ticlio. At Rio Blanco, II, 900 feet above
sea level, was shown an American cop
per mine
Cuzco. the ancient capital of the Incas.
with its majestic ruins of the ancient
civilization of the Incas was seen.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

be treated, and accurate knowledge
concerning the nature of disease can
thus be obtained. If backache, scalding
urine or frequent urination bother or
distress you, or if uric acid in the blood
has caused rheumatism, gout or sciatica.
or you suspect kidney or bladder trou-
Bile Just write DR.. Pierce at his Surgical
Institute, Buffalo, n. Y; send a sam
pie of urine and describe symptoms,
You will receive free medical advice
after DR.. Pierce's chemists have ex-
amined the urine-this will be carefully
done without charge, and you will be
under no obligation. DR.. Pierce during
many years of experimentation has dis
covered new remedy, "An-uric"
which is found to be thirty-seven times
more powerful than Iithia IN removing
uric acid from the system. If YOU are
suffering from backache or the pains
of rheumatism, go to your best drug
gist and ask for 5o-cent box of III
nrie" put up by Doctor Pierce.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
Stacks of Plant Will Not Mar
Capitals Beauty, Says Newton
Assistant Secretary Of Treasury Points Out Structure Will
Be More Than Mile from White House and Invisible
from Capitol and Pennsy ylvania Avenue

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Newton yesterday issued a statement in
defense OF the proposed central heating,
lighting and power plant which is being
opposed on the ground that it would
mar the beauty OF the National Capital
Mr.. Newton's statement Is as follows:
For some time an active propaganda
has been at work throughout the couf-
try setting forth that a central heating,
lighting and power plant Is to be esta b.
lished on the Mall near the White House,
outraging the aesthetic sense of Wash
ington and marring the beauties of the
city, which the whole country is inter-
asted in preserving. This propaganda
has inspired violent published express
sions and has aroused the hostile inter
est of civic bodies and citizens, resulting
in a flood of protesting kilograms to
members OF Congress, the Secretary OF
the Treasury and other officials at the
National Capital.
VIII Not Mar City's Beauty.
1t IS time the truth was told. The
central heating. lighting and power plant
will not add to the Disagreement Of
Washington. 1t will not further mar its
beauty. 1t will not add to the smoke
nuisances 1t will not place more un-
slightly smokestacks in the landscape. 1t
will eliminate many OF these objection
able features.
Congress is Interested in maintain
ing the beauty Of Washington. The
Secretary OF the Treasury is Jealous
of the beauty Of the National Capital
and Jealous in his efforts and desires
to maintain that beauty. These were
the fundamental facts which inspired
Congress. after years OF careful in
vestigation. to authorize and appro-
pirate money for the construction of
central heating. lighting and power
plant and to select the site upon which
il should be built.
This power plant. for which a con-
tract was awarded on December "a,
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
GERMAN DESTRUCTION
WRITER'S PROPHESY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

very little of the German problem to
settle. That is the end whereto the des-
TIMES are forcing us despite all the ell
forts we have made to avoid it.
The question of indemnity to Germany
has disappeared by the force of facts
II she claims one it will be cheaper to
continue killing. If she demands peace
without indemnity. returning 10 the
status quo, what guarantees will there
be that as soon as civilization is dis
armed she will not throw herself on US
again? The moral law directing ner life
compels her to do so.
That is why her ships cannot be al
lowed to go to sea again. She cannot
wage any more war than she Is now
wagng, because she is engaged or all
possible fronts. She can defend aid con-
solidate her conquests, but whas good Is
consolidation when she perpetually has
to throw men into the fringe OF lire ourn-
ing all around her?
Allah has decreed that she shall perish
by her own act, from the consequences
OF the law that she processes and through
her own temperament If the allies had
won FIVE or six months ago, they would
have left Germany still capable of re-
gaining her lines.
No Germany will remain. This may
sound extravagant, but all that will re-
main will be a few peoples living on the
eternal defensive in moral, social, and
political trenches. Grant that everything
in Germany favors a defensive impossible
to break, an influx of foodstuffs which
cannot be stopped, a people Indefinitely
enthusiastic for war. Even then we must
hold on. France, who has paid the flesh
of her flesh; England, with her half
million losses and about to pay more
Russia with her dead impossible to count
All the rats are before us in the same
ditch, and as far as England and the
empire are concerned. we can put as
many men into the lines in France tc
hold the Teutons as the French have.
|. Regarding the financial situation, if
wero younger would say an immense
wave of prosperity follows every war, but
l leave that thesis to people twenty years
spounTer and accept the commoner BELLE
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
Dear Readers

Dear Readers:
| appeal to those Of you who are
bothered with kidney and bladder trou-
bic, that you give up the use OF harsh
salts or alcoholic medicines and in their
place take a short treatment OF AN
uric" l have taken many of DR..
Pierce's medicines for the past twenty
FIVE years with good results. l suffered
with kidney trouble for some years.
recently heard Of the newest discovery
of DR. Pierce, namely, his "An-uric'
Tablets. After using same l am COM
pletely cured of my kidney trouble. A
doctor pronounced me we'll preserved
woman for my age, all due, l believe
to Dr. PierceS medical aid.
MRS. MELINDA E. MILLER.
NOTE-Dr. Eberle and Dr. Braith-
waite as well as DR.. Simon-all distin-
guished medical authorities agree that
whatever may be the disease, the urine
seldom fails in furnishing us with a clue
to the principles upon which it is to
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

1918, will be situated at the foot of
thirteenth street on the river front
on government reservation set apart
by the founders of the city of Wash
ington for commercial purposes. 1t
Will be so remote from the Capitol,
from the White House, from all gov
ernment buildings and from Pennsyl-
yania avenue that it cannot be seen
from these points. 1t will be one mile
and an eighth from the White House
invisible from the White House or
the White House Grounds 1t will be
invisible from the Capitol Building.
To Eliminate II smokestncks.
1T will eliminate from the city of
Washington II smokestacks now ex-
isting on Federal buildings. which
belch forth smoke and gases from
their individual plants. Electricity
and steam generated at this one CEN
trail point will be conveyed to all
other Federal buildings, therefore
making it unnecessary to maintain in
these individual buildings their plants
and smoke stacks.
In all these years that this pro-
ject has been studied by Congress and
experts, 1t has been perslstentIy op-
posed by the local company which has
been supplying electricity to the Fed
eral buildings and the city of Wash
ington.
The erection of the central heating,
lighting and power plant by the gov
ernment Will mean net saving to the
government of more than one hundred
thousand dollars a year in the cost of
heat, light and power for the various
government buildings.
From these facts the public may
draw its own conclusions"
The Club OF Colonial Danes will en-
tertain this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at
the club, 90l Sixteenth street Rev DR.
Charles Wood OF the Church of the Cove
nant will lecture on Robert Browning
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
M'KIM TO SPEAK
in ALEXANDRIA
Sunday School Association
Will Hold Its Annual Meet
Rg Tomorrow.
BAPTISTS DEFER CALL
Southern Railway Company Employees
Attend Session Of Washington Divi-
sion Agents at Manassas.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
X. 4. Knight 4 Son,
6g 63 King street.

! Alexandria. Va, Feb. 6.-The annual
meeting of the Alexandria Sunday School
Association will be held in the Sunday
sChoOlroom of the NJ. T. Church, South,
o'clock, when reports will be submitted
! by the various officers and superinten-
dents. Other business in connection with
the association will be transacted.
! The night session will be held at S
o'clock and will preceded by a song serv-
! ice, commencing at 7:i5 o'clock. Rev.
| Randolph McKim, rector of the Church
of the Epiphany, of Washington, will
mako the annual address for the asso-
citation. His subject will be The I'm
preSnable Rock OF Holy Scripture.
The pulpit committee of the First Ran
| tist Church. at a meeting held in that
| church at II o'clock this morning. made
| its report to the congregation. The ques-
tion of extending a call to a pastor was
deferred by the congregation until Feb
ruary N, under the rules governing the
| selection of a pastor
1t is reported that call may be ex-
| tended to Rev. F.. b. Jackson, of War
renton, Va.
A number OF employees Of the Southern
Railway Company OF this city today at
tended the annual meeting OF the agents
| of the Washington division OF the COM
pany, held at Manassas Those from this
| city attending included W. c. Hudson.
superintendent; G. r. BuddIn. trainmas-
ter: E. F. Ticer. agent: s. D. Shelton,
union ticket agent, and w s. Connolly.
special agent.
Rev. Edward J. McGrath. Of Holy Trim
tty Church. in Washington. and J. Had
ley Doyle. president of the Washington
section of the Holy Name Society. to-
| night delivered addresses before the Holy
Name Society. of this city. in St. Mary's
HALL They spoke on the work being
done by the organization in the Capital,
Arrangements were made for n yesper
service under the auspices OF the society.
which will be held next Sunday night at
o'clock at St Mary's Catholic Church.
The speakers who will respond TO toasts
at the banquet to be given Wednesday
night by Alexandria Lodge OF Elks in the
auditorium of its home. in observance of
its fourteenth anniversary, will be an
nounced tomorrow
The annual meeting OF the board of
! trustees of the Alexandria Hospital will
( be held Monday night at s O'Clock in tho
rooms OF the chamber OF commerce OF
| ttcers will be elected and reports will
| be made by the officers.
Rev. Louis Smet, pastor OF st. Mary's
Catholic Church. today submitted an an
nual report of the affairs of that church,
R. E. Lee Camp Confederate Veter-
ans, will hold Its monthly meeting at Lee
! Camp Hall Monday night at s o'clock.
when matters of Importance will be cen
sidered.
Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson, pastor of
Bethany Baptist Church. Washington
this afternoon delivered an address be-
fore a mems meeting held In the Rich
| mond Theater under the auspices of the
| a Yrnen,s IeaplIa
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

OF many British warships hu--ytns 10
the scene OF the landing. The trics of
using liners, at the commencement Of
war, 10 spread mines, was actually used
by the Germans, and the Koenisen
Lutse W sunk OF Hsrvich on the rrst
day OF the war while at this wo-k
Two results are traceabIe TO the dis
covery OF the plan Of invasion. One ~sF
reorganization OF the army. the Other
and more important was a redistribution
OF the battle feet so as 20 make q raid
impossible. The history OF the past eirh-
teen months seems to show that the
work Of Admiral Fisher was well done.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
Lectures on Travel.

Finding the Worth While in Travel
was the subject of a lecture by Capt
D. w. Thaye~ last night at a meeting of
the Brotherhood Of the Western Presby-
terian Church. H street, between Nine
teenth and Twentieth.
Alfred B. Gawler was elected president
of the brotherhood. Other officers chosen
were: Duncan Davenport, vice president
and Arthur R. Thompson. secretary and
treasurer.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

whole or any part of the military
| stores 80 detained, paying the owners
the full value-of the same, to be ascer-
tained by the current price at the des-
tination." In this connection follows the
! provision which governs the case of the
Frye and should have prevented her
destruction by the German cruiser.
Violation of Treaty Claimed.
But in the case supposed Of vessel
| stopped for articles of contraband, IL the
master OF the vessel stopped will deliver
out the goods supposed to be of a contra
band nature (in this case, the wheat he
| shall be admitted 10 do 1t. and the vessel
| shall not in that case be carried into any
| port, nor further detained, but shall be
allowed TO proceed on her voyage"
The German cruiser started TO dump
| the wheat into the sea, but finding that
| 1t took longer than was expected there
| being nearly 10000 bushels) the German
, commander took the American captain
| and his wife and the crew on board the
cruiser and blew up the ship as she lay.
being under the apprehension that he
| might be discovered and attacked by the
British who had lately sunk Admiral
! Won Spey's fleet off the Falklands.
! In its controversy with the United
States, the German government has con-
tended not only that upon general prin
J Ciples of international law It had right
10 destroy the Frye and her cargo, but
! also that her destruction and the expos
ure Of the United States citizens on the
cruiser TO death or injury in case she
encountered the enemy before she got
into port, could not he regarded as a v!o-
| latiOn OF the treaty! The rule of Inier-
national law, however. apart from the
| plain provisions OF this special treaty, is
| that IF the prize is a neutral ship no
circumstances will justify her destruc
tion before condemnation" The United
States contends that the treaty was vi"-
lated in the grossest and most outrag-
| eous manner. Germany. while admitting
| her liability to pay indemnity. has pro-
posed to submit tho question whether she
| has violated the treaty to arbitration. II
| our government has consented to this
| proposal, II probably cannot take the
ground pending a decision that Germany
has made the treaty null and void by its
violation and that the Appam should
therefore be turned over to Great Brit
ain.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
SUGAR Workers Get Paw Raise

Yonkers, n. Y, Feb. 6.-Two thousand
employers of sugar refneries here were
awarded increases in their wages, to take
effect Monday The refneries are those
of the Federal Company. of which Claus
Spreckles is president, and the National,
which Is a subsidiary of the American
Refining Company.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
Vassar Girls at Prison.

Ossining. N. Y, Feb. 6.-Twenty young
women students Of Vassar College jour
neyed from Poughkeepsie to Ossining to-
day and inspected Sing Sing Prison. They
were shown through the various depart
ments by Dan the Dude Harris and
other members OF the Mutual Welfare
LeagU" reception committee.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
1000 Plan for Strike.

Boston, Feb. Arrangements for a
strike of 1000 workers in the dressmak-
ing and shirtwaist industry were made at
a meeting here, according to announce
ment by union organizers tonight
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07

You merchants who have never tast-
ed the sweet fruits OF increased busI-
ness through ADVERTISING, come in
and lets talk over a plan to start you
RIGHT AwAY.-Dan SayIes
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
RHEUMATISM
CAN BE CURED

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The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
Practice of Recent Years.


But there are other considerations. one
OF which Is that. Notwithstanding the old
rule of international law TO the contrary.
1.-The almost invariable practice OF neu-
trails in recent wars has been to forbid
such use OF their ports except in case
of distress or emergency" And II has
already been suggested that two nations
can not lawfully inforce a rule OF their
own making. or engage in 4 practice. in
derogatiOn OF the right of a third nation
under the existing law or general usage
of nations.
Again, lit is the first duty of a Captor
to convey his prize into a court of his
own country for adjudication" and until
this is done the Captor's title is imper-
feet. "A captured vessel must be brought
within the jurisdiction OF the country to
which the captor belongs before a regu-
lar condemnation can be awarded" This
is probably the reason why the treaty
OF 1873 with Prussia gives the captors
permission to depart with their prizes a
soon as they please Ito the places eX-
pressed in their commissions" The
prizes cannot be condemned nor title
perfected in neutral territory.
The fact that Germany is BILE TO
prosecute maritime warfare according to
the established rules, because her regu-
lar war vessels are bottled up does not
justify her non-obsPrvance or viola ation
of these rules. nor the condonaton of
her illegal conduct by neutrsls When
she could not take the Fryes cargo on
board the Eitel. and was afraid to wait
long enough to cast the wheat into the
sea. she had no right. in plain violation
Bf the treaty. to dynamite the ship. What
a hue and cry would have been raised in
! the United States il a British cruiser had
sunk merchantman lawfully flying the
American flag as was done by the Eitel
even II there had been no treaty such as
ours with Prussia, which should have
saved the vessel from destruction and
| prevented the imprisonment of her cap
tain and his family and crew on board
a man-of-war, exposed to violent death
| thousands OF miles from home. And It
would have been all the same If the FRYE
had been laden with cotton instead of
! wheat.
As Germany has destroyed and is de-
stroying hundreds of merchant vessels
| and their Cargoes by the use Of sub
marines, which could be better employed
| in more warlike work. and this destruc-
ton has been accompanied by the slaugh-
ter OF thousands OF noncombatants, who
! by the law of nations and humanity are
entitled to protection. it will be a pity if
some legal way cannot be found to pre-
vent her from using the ports of a neu-
| trail country. like the United States, for
| harboring her prizes and aiding her in
her depreciation And yet, old and OBJ
solete as they may be, we would not have
the treaties OF 17S5, 1879, and 1873 with
| Prussia treated like scraps of paper"
The Washington herald., 1916-02-07
Our Treaties with Prussia and
~ Cases of the -Appam and Frye

kenned thorIy
In
and to
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