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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
OPERATIONS ARE ON
 HISTORIC GROUND
Kashan, Taken by Russians, Where Wise Men First
 Saw Star

London, January 29.-The brief dis
 patch that the Russians have taken
 Kashan in Persia brings another TO-
 mantle name into the theatre of war
 operations It is almost a sacred name,
 as tradition says it was from Kashan
 that the wise men started on their
 holy pilgrimage to Bethlehem so many
 Christmases ago.
 Every step taken both by the Rus
 sian and British expeditions in this corner of the world is in a country of
 interesting history and tradition. The British, from a base on the supposed
 site of the Garden of Eden, operated
 against Bagdad, the city of the Arabian
 Nights, and the Russians in their ad-
 vance on Kashan recently took Ham, adam, the ancient Ecbatana, which con
 tains, according to the Mohammedans, the tombs of Esther and Mordecai. The belief that at Kashan the wise men of the east first saw the star of Bethlehem has found support among learned Christian theologians. But,
 however that may be, Kashan became a great city in ancient times, espe cially after it was rebuilt by Zobeideh wife of Haroun- -Ranchid. It once had $500 houses and 40 mosques and was renowned for its silk weavers and brass workers. But civil wars, earthquakes and economic causes brought about it's decay. There is still seen the famous leaning minaret, 130 feet high, which once served as an oriental divorce court. Unfaithful wives were dragged up the spiral staircase to the top and showed off Four miles from Kashan are the remains of the wonderful pal ace built by Shah Abbas, the greatest of the Persian monarchs. The oasis con structed by the Shah is still green, it's pavilions are gay with paintings and mosaics and it's gardens full of roses, watered by streams that run through blue tiled channels. In this palace a political tragedy was enacted in 1863. Mirza Khan, prime minister and own brother in law of the reigning Shah was condemned to death He asked per- mission tC commit suicide and opened a vein in his arm in one of the ancient tiled bathrooms of the palace. The ruined palace with it's summer houses amid trees and gardens surrounded by desert is described as the most beau- tifuI thing of its kind in the near east.
 kashan is also famous for its SCOT pions, which are said to be among the largest and most poisonous in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
Suits Filed

The following were among the damage
 suits filed in the city and circuit courts yesterday:
 will Watson vs. Gus and Eli Stevens. s5Oo damages claimed for alleged per- sonal injuries received while in the em- ployment of the defendants Emanuel Evans vs. Alabama Fuel com
 pany, 5000 damages claimed for alleged personal injuries
 R. C. Click vs. Sloss-Sheffield Coal and Iron company, S25,000 claimed for allegefl personal Injuries received while in tha employment of the defendant compa nv
 e ". Move vs. Birlningham Railway,
 Light and Power company $10,OOO lama ces
 claimed for alleged personal injurieG
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville, February 12.-(Special.) A delegation of members of the Hunts vile Chamber of Commerce ~went up to Winchester. Tenn, today to meet with the good roads boosters of Frank lin county and urge them to favor building the Dixie highway from Win chester to Huntsville in order to get to Chattanooga instead of attempting to build it through the mountains of southeastern Tennessee. The route to Huntsville is open and in use now. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
REPUBLICAN GUARD !. GAINS FRESH GLORY

Paris, January 29.-"The publican guard" the crack Parisian regiment whose band was heard in America in 1904, is not expected to do duty out side of the entrenched camp of Paris, but it has, however, furnished 516 men to fill gaps in both cavalry and in fantry regiments and earned 164 cita- tions in orders of the day with nine crosses of the legion of honor, 21 mill itary medals and 99 war crosses
 The guard Is recruited among men who have accomplished their regular military service and who volunteer for military career in this select Pa risfan corps.
 Many of them are subaltern off cers; none of them are untrained men. Their particular service is to protect the capital act as escort of honor to visiting notables and guard public buildings such as the Bank of France.
 In September, just after the battle of the Marne, General Gallieni, then the military governor of Paris, asked for volunteers to fill up the compile ment of officers and the ranks of some regiments of infantry every soldier and officer of the republican guard volunteered; the men needed were chosen by lot. One simple guardsmen, Baillergeau, worked his way up to the rank of captain. then was killed lead ing his company to the attack.
 The names of "Dantzig," "F'riedland." "Alceola" and "Burgos" were inscribed upon the banner of the guard" before the war; the names of Champagne. l" "Arotis," "Ypres" and "Hartmanns- weilerk opf" must be added for guards" have distinguished themselves in all those conflicts.
 The municipal council of Paris has voted that special plot be set aside in the Montparnasse cemetery for the burial of the members of the "repub- lican guard" who have fallen on the field of battle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13

pillows of pine boughs. They look out only on what in nature is most beautiful. And their surgeon told me there was not a single man on the sick list. That does not mean there are no killed or wounded For even in the enchanted forest, there is no enchantment strong cough to ward off the death that approaches crawling on the velvet moss or hurtling through the tree tops.
 War has no Knowledge of sectors. It is just as hateful in the Vosges as in Flanders, only in the Vosges it masks its hideousness with what is beautiful. In Flanders death hides In a trench of mud like an open grave. In the forest of the Vosges it turks in nest of moss, fern, and clean. sweet smelling pine. Copyright, 1916, by Richard Harding
 Dayis)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13

the toes. tapes that stick to the stock ing, bandages and plasters that make a package of the toes, trying blood bringing razors and scissors. Then I tried 'Gets-It' just once and you ought to have seen that corn come off-just like banana peel" It's simple, won derful. It's the new way, painless, ap- piled in two seconds, never hurts healthy flesh or irritates. Nothing to press on the corn Never fails. Quit the old ways for once anyway and try 'Gets-It" tonight For corns. calluses. warts and bunions.
 "Gets-It" is sold everywhere. 25c a bottle. or sent direct by E. Lawrence & Co, Chicago, Ill Sold in Birming- ham and recommended as the world s best corn remedy by Eugene Jacobs Drug Store. 1904 Second avenue, Bir- mingham; Gale Drug Co. @ stores), BOT First avenue and Pratt Station, Pratt City. Ala.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13

man was brought to the city hospital and in an operation most of the frontal bone of his head was removed. There is no hope for his recovery, it is stated. Steger is a son of Joseph Steger, a prominent farmer.
 Monte Sano lodge No. l. Knights of Pythias, was revived last night with a membership of about 50 members. Gra- ham Purdue. grand chancellor of the domain of Alabama, and w. H. Weak ley. district deputy, came here to re- organize the Knights of Pythias which was formerly one of the strongest fra ternal organizations in Huntsville. Da- vid A. Grayson was elected chancellor commander of the reinstated lodge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
COrns Come Off
 Like Banana Peel
Wonderful, Simple "Gets-It Never Fails to Remove
 Any Corn Easily

wouldn't it jar you? Here I've been going along for years, with one des- perate corn after another. trying to get rid of them with salves that eat off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13

that reached from above was like that which filters through the glass plates of an aquarium
 It was very beautiful, but was it war? We might have been in the Adj rondacks in the private camp of one of our men of millions. You expected |" see the fire warden's red poster warning you to stamp out the ashes and to be careful where you threw matches. Then the path dived into a trench with pink walls, and overhead, arches of green branches rising high CT and higher until they interlocked and shut out the sky. The trench led to barrier of logs as round as a flour barrel, the openings plugged with moss and the whole hidden in fresh pine houghs. It reminded you of those open barricades used in boar hunting and behind which the German Emperor awaits the onslaught of thoroughly terrified DlgS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13
GERMANS ON SAME LEVEL

Like a bird nest it clung to the side of the hill, and across a valley, looked at a sister hill a quarter of a mile away.
 "On that hill," said the colonel, Ion a level with us, are the Germans"
 Had he told me that among the pine trees across the valley Santa Claus man. ufactured his toys and stabbed his rein deer, I would have believed him. Had humpbacked dwarfs with boards peeped from behind the velvet tree trunks and doffed red nightcaps, had we discovered fairies dancing on the moss carpet the surprised ones would have been, not us, but the fairies.
 In this enchanted forest to talk of Ger mans and war was ridiculous. We were speaking in ordinary tones, but in the stiffness of the woods our voices carried, and from just below us a dog parked.
 Do you allow the men to bring dogs into the trenches?" I asked. Don't they give away your positon?'
 That is not one of our dogs,' said the colonel. That is a German sentry dog. He has heard us talking"
 ''But that dog is not across that val ley,' I objected. Hes on this hill. He's not 200 wards below us''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13

Thomas Steger. aged 20 years, was fatally injured at the saw mill at Ky land yesterday when heavy timber became entangled with a saw and was hurled against his head, crushing tho frontal and nasal bone. The injured
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02
HOW GOOD ROADS HELP THE SCHOOLS.

Uncle Sam il an industrious booster for good
roads. Almost every department of the many in
Washington sends out literature dwelling the
advantages of smooth ample highways. The latest
argument for good roads to be sent to Honolulu in
printed form is of good deal more application in
this territory fn of the usual Washington lit
eraure 1t bears on the relation between roads and
school attendance
\ 10 per cent increase in the proportion Of the
available children attending schools took place fol-
lowing the construction of good roads in counties
studied by the office OF public roads and rural engi-
neefing. The Improvement in roads was followed
also in several Of the counties the report shows by
consolidation of number of the little oneroom
schools into graded schools. which give the pupils
better educational advantages; by development
Of various Industries; and by social improvements
due toseasier intercourse. These improvements are
related closely to increases in land values and de-
crelses in hauling COSTS effects also traced to the
constipation of improved roads The studies we're
made in, spotsylvania, Dinwidde, Lee, and Wise
Counties Va; Franklin County, N. Y. Dallas Coun-
y, La Iauderdale County, Miss, and Manatee
ConnR fla. -
n Epotsylvania County, Va the average daily
school attendance increased from 81 per cent of the
enrolment before the roads we're improved to Il
per cent after. Several small schools were conso.
ld,ted Between 1909 the year preceding the build
ing Of good roads, and 1919 the year following their
completion, the shipment of forest products, the
principal products of the county increased more
than 78 per cent. The increase during this period
in the poultry business in the county was q per
cent and in dairying 10 per cent.
n Dinwiddie County, Va, the average daily at
tendance for children for Ii schools the mproy-
ed roads 634 per cent of the enrolment in 1912
3 while the average attendance for all other schools
in the county was SO per cent, Several school CON
soidations have been effected, larger school build
ings have been constructed, and pupils have been
transported to school at the expense of the educa
tional system since the road improvements were
made. Truck gardening and dairying, which we're
profitable only within miles of the principal mar
ket town of the county before the road Improvement
are now carried on proftably within Emile radius
Other counties showed similar increases.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02
IcLIvE DAVIES BACK IN HONOLULU
AFTER z YEARS IN WARNING ENGLAND

American election and arriving in
New York two days afterwards. There
was no sign of German submarines.
Speaking of the election of Mr..
Wilson. Davies says that although the
English PEOPLE did not generally IA
yor one candidate against the other
it was so universally accepted
in England that Wilson represented
the ideas of the American people that
they were quite surprised to know
that Hughes made as close race as
he die.
In New York City Mr. Davies only
stopped for short time on company
business ard came home by the south
ern route passing through Washing
ton, d. G. He was quite agreeably
surprised with the air of prosperity in
the Carolinas and says many cotton
mills are being erected in. those
states.
Il was attracted to the Carolina
towns through which we passed" says
Davies, because of the scarcity OF
glazing billboards near the depots
and the infrequency of the swinging
doors of the saloon"
Passing on west through Texas. the
returning Honolulan got a glimpse OF
the regulars and national guardsmen
along the border and reports that they
are hardy lot, well encamped, ap-
parently, and ready for anything.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02
Description of Volcanoes Reads
Much Like a Promotion
Document
Especial Star Bulletin Correspondence


WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. 10
The Layas of Hawaii" are given
many kind words in a bulletin just
issued by the Geological Survey In
addition, attention is called to com
prehensive paper on the subject. II
is rather technical in character, but
will prove helpful to those going deep
/ into the subject. The bulletin given
out by the survey follows:
None of the island possessions of
the United States exhibit more nota-
BILE points of interest for the observant
traveller or the naturalist than the
Hawaiian Islands. The natives are
typical of the race inhabiting many
island groups of the south Pacific, the
plant life has the attractive features
of insular development in semi-tropical
ATTITUDES, the marine life of the warm
waters is wonderful, but perhaps the
most fascinating, instructive, and awe
inspiring of all the natural phenomena
of Hawaii are furnished by its active
volcanoes. The whole group of islands,
extending in chain for many hundred
miles, is of volcanic origin, though
some of the islets and reefs are but
the wave-battered remnants of volca-
noes whose fires haveilong since died
out.
Approaching Honolulu by steamer
from San Francisco, the traveller has
the evidence of volcanic action plain
ly before him in the first land he sees,
in the ash cone of Koko Head and the
well-preserved craters of Diamond Head
and the Punchbowl, which are in the
outskirts of the city. The high noun
tains of the island of Oahu are also
made up of black laya-basalt-but
they are largely covered with vegeta-
ton and one must go. to the largest
island of the group, Hawaii, for the
wonderful demonstration of the pro-
cess by which all these island noun
tains have been built up from great
ocean depths. Kilauea, one of the
most active, and Mauna Loa, one of
the largest volcanoes in the world, are
showing just how lava builds up noun
tains. Both of these volcanoes are
included in the newly created Hawaii
national park.
"Since the time of Captain Cook the
Hawaiian Islands have been visited
by biologists and others interested in
the problems of volcanoes, and much
has been written concerning them.
Professional Paper SO, Iavas of
Hawaii and their Relations by Whit
man Cross of the United States Geo
logical Survey, department of the in
terror, presents summary of what
is now known concerning the layas
of all the islands. This paper is large
ly technical in its character, for it
is intended primarily to serve as a
basis for future study of the rocks
by biologists.
at appears that there are many
other kinds of lavas in Hawaii be-
sides basalt, and many facts of asso-
citation of the different lavas are of
interest to students of the inner his
tory of volcanoes. While much is yet
to be learned concerning the layas of
these islands, Mr. Cross shows that
present knowledge of the rocks is suf-
ficient to throw light on some of the
most vexed questions pertaining to
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02
Says Americans Are in Better
Position to Predict Than
English i

T. Give Davies, director of Theo,
II. Davies e. Co., Ltd, who returned In
the Wilhelmina last week from a two
years sojourn in England, says that
people here and in the states are bet
ter prepared to make predictions on
the outcome of the European war
than Englishmen. =.
They are so busy in England that
they haven't time to forecast" he
says. Everyone is doing something
for the good of the country. General
ly they will be glad when it is all
over, but they haven't time to think
much about that either. ~. .-...
Mr.. Davies left here in August,
1914, at the very outbreak of hostili-
ties to take charge of his parents af
fairs when his brothers joined the
colors. One brother was killed in
action in 1914; another, T. NJ. Davies,
is now lieutenant in the English
army, and third, George F. Davies,
is captain.
Give Davies sailed from Liverpool
in October in an American ship, leav!
ing England few days before the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02
DECEMBER >, 1916.
SAVE THE TREES.

No sooner did the press of Honolulu print the
fact that the Hawaiian Electric Company ask
ing the city TO destroy the fine rows of ironwoOd
trees along the public road Waipio the route
10 Haleiwa, than protest began to roll up of large
proportions.
1t will be sheer vandalism to cut down these trees
Vandalism on behalf OF public service corpora
ton Already these young ironwoods begin
ming to form finely attractive vista one which is
seen by nearly all visitors, and which affords pleas
IRE to residents whenever they pass that way
The electric company will have to show better
reason than the convenient of road before lIo
nolulu will consent 10 the destruction of two miles
OF trees which have been grown with considerable
care and promise some day to make noble avenue of
inestmable value to the island from scenic stand
point.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02

Correspondence from Maui and the word brought
back BY visitors who have returned from the Valley
Isle show that the first Maui County Fair is the big
success which its promoters promised it would be.
Honolulu will be glad TO know also that the response
By people outside Maui has been hearty and that
the exhibits by Honolulu firms are very credtabe.
And BY the way the success of the Hawaii and Maui
fairs is &c big factor toward getting the proposed
territorial project launched for Honolulu in 1917
or 1913
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02

California makes the trouble and expects the rest
of the country to protect it. 1t may make war
and drag the rest of the country into it. California
is our junker state in all except willingness to
strengthen the ability of the federal government to
meet the trouble it may make and is perfectly will
ing to make. California ought TO have given the
Republican ticket great majority, A state which
demands the privilege of making trouble ought to
be willing to meet it, 1t ought to be willing to take
ordinary precautions against consequences. Chi
cago Tribune.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02

If all the bad things Republicans have said of
Democrats and all that Democrats have said of Re
publicans during the campaign that has just passed
are true this dear old country is in bad fix and
needs great deal more prayer than it does legisla
ton OF course not half way meant that was
said, and it all uttered to get the offices and
not to glorifS the republic which is totally differ
ent thing. Now is the time to return to our muttOns
and good will and to practise that fraternity which
is better for country than armies tariffs.-Ohio
State Journal.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02
EDITOR
TEDDY RoosEvELTs VISIT To HAWAII.
From the Maui Weekly Time

From the Maui Weekly Times.
The cabled announcement that Col Theodore
Roosevelt and his wife viii visit the islands in Feb
ruary Of next year will undoubtedly be hailed with
delight throughout the Territory of Hawaii. Aside
from the fact that the expresident will prove a
mighty booster and advertising card, Hawaii should
be proud Of having Americas most illustrous son
as visitor 1t will be the first time in history
that an ex-presdent of the United States lands on
our shores and when this ex-presdent is the great
American living and the greatest president the
Il United States has had since Abraham Lincoln, the
pleasure and honor are multiplied
That Hawaii will fttingly receive her distinguish
ed guests goes without saying. Col. Roosevelt's
friends and admirers in Hawaii are legions, and in
the colonel's phraseology, they will be delighted
to meet him.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02

Senator Metzger is on his way but Dame Rumor
has arrived before him with the busy little
let that he may be the next secretary of the terri
torF When he was in the legislature he was known
as the sighting solon from Hilo' and it is certain
that IL he accedes TO the honors and emoluments
Of The secretayship. he will be no passive figure in
ONE eMetz' is man Of vigorous ideas for which
he is willing to make vigorous fight anytime he is
challenged.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY bulletin IS
REGULAR BOOST FORTERR|TORY

the origin and relations of the igneous
rocks of the earth. The chemical re-
lations are discussed with particular
thoroughness. Psychologists will find
valuable material in this report, bear
ing on many problems"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02
SAILOR CHARGED WITH
ACCOSTING WOMAN AND
BRANDISHING A KNIFE

Eric Streboll, sailor, was arraigned
in police court this morning on a
charge or vagrancy which includes an
accusation of soliciting part-Hawai.
ian woman on the street and later
threatening her with knife when
she attempted to escape. The ca: {
has been postponed to Monday, pend
ing which time Chief McDuffie of the
detectives is investigating.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02

T.. NJ Newman the travelogist who was here last
summer, is spreading the fame of Hawaii far and
wide over the mainland Clippings are coming in
from many papers showing that his illustrated lee
trres are proving very popular and his pictures of
Kilauea are said to be unusually fine. Unlike many
people who lecture on Hawaii he sticks to facts and
avoids fights of fancy which sound foolish to the
folks down here when put down in cold print.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02

Individually, Congress will gain by Miss Rankin s
appearance, but for her it will doubtless be great
ordeal to be the first woman to appear in one of
the greatest pariaments in the world The fact that
she is the first woman to receive such honor will
surely help her the embarrassments of her po-
sition.-New York Evening Post.