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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-21

From Germany in Retreat-Rumanla,
by Frank H. Simonds, in the American
Review of Reviews for October, 1916.
WNT HAT Rumania had to gain by
MW the defeat of the central pow
ers has always been patent.
Across her frontiers in Pennsylvania,
Bukowina, and the Banat are 3,5O0.OO
people Of Rumanian race and tongue, liv-
ing under conditions recalling the plight
of Italians subject to Austrian rule in the
Valley of the Pc before the liberation of
Italy. The dream, the hope. the purpose
of all Rumanian patriots has ever been
to contribute to the refrigeration of the
Rumanian race. To the hour of national
and racial deliverance Rumanians have
looked forward for all the years since
Rumania gained her freedom.
But such unification could be
achieved only after the downfall of Aus
tria-Hungary. Over 10 years there has
been no promise of such downfall and
Rumania has marched with the central
powers, as did her Latin sister, Italy.
With Hohenzollern sovereign, an aris-
tocracy permeated by Teutonic influence,
Runania has been an ally of the Ger
man Emperors. The Russian course In
taking from Rumania Bessarabia after
Plevna gave German diplomatists a han
die in Bucharest, as French invasion OF
Tunis gave them handle with Italy.
Yet it was always inevitable in the
case of Rumania, as of Italy, that the
desire for national unity would some day
override all arbitrary and ephemeral po-
litical alignments. Pennsylvania for the
Rumanians, Trieste and the Trentino for
the Italians, were reasons why these
nations could not forever remain in the
orbit of the central powers and must
become their enemies whenever the mo-
ment for the realization of national
hopes arrived.
Had allied diplomacy been little less
stupid, Rumania might have enlisted
when the Russian troops were at the
Carpathlans in the spring of 1915, at the
precise moment when Italy made her de-
cision But that moment was lost and
the subsequent defeats of Russia apol-
ished all chance for many months.
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:. TALKED IN COURT As DAYS

y rom the London Times.
AT the conclusion of the hearing in the
case Of the Amalgamated Properties OF
Rhodesta Gtd) against the Globe and
Phoenix Gold Mining company Gtd. },
Mr. Upjohn, X. c., concluded his speech
for the defendants. having addressed the
court for As days, the hearing having oc-
cupied IA days in all. He said he was
not sure whether he ought not to apollo
gize for the length of time he had oc-
cupied, but he felt that he could not
blame himself. He had more than $4,000
questions and answers to go through, 5000
pages of printed evidence, and 256 ex-
hibits. In reading, noting and synthe-
sizing the case for the purpose of placing
it before the court he had occupied 81
days, not to speak of the work done by
the other counsel for the defendants
Justice Eve said Mr.. Upjohn's great
speech was bound to provoke great
deal Of criticism because of its length
But having listened to every word of
that speech, he was we'll qualified to Of
fer an opinion upon it, and he wished
to express his appreciation Of 1t as an
example of unwearying industry.
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GREATER RUMANIA

Yet when Russia did return to the Of
fensive, when second Austrian collapse
followed, when Bulgarian conquests in
the Balkans raised a new peril to Ru-'
mania, nothing could be more certain
than that Rumania, would make the de-
cision. Not to be another Belgium or
second Servia, this was the chief solicit
tude of Rumanian statesmen, but not less
determined were Rumanians that they
should not be another Greece and see the
golden moment pass forever and pre-
serve a sterile neutrality to the hour
when, the lands Rumanians desired to
possess were apportioned among the par
Elephants in the war or made the price
Of separate peace with Hungary. /.
A good many foolish words have been
spoken in criticism of the Rumanian
course. Yet the fundamental fact is that
millions of men and women, who are Ru-
manians by race and tongue and desire to
be Rumanian by nationality, have been
over long years held captives in Austrian
and Hungarian provinces and subjected
to the most stupid and intolerable attacks
upon their language and their racial ln-'
dividuallty. The desire of men of a race
to be united is one of the most deep
seated of human emotions. The desire Of
the Italians of the Pc Valley to be Joined
to Sardinia, to exchange Hapsburg for
Savoy sovereignty, supplies one Of the
fine pictures of nineteenth century his
tory. The real driving power in Rumania
was the same.
If Rumania realizes her dream she will
be nation of nearly 10000 square miles,
holding 100000 people, not less than
100000 of whom will be Rumanian by
tongue. Among the remainder there Will
be not one but several races and tongues
and in substantially all the territory Ru-
mania will acquire. Rumanians will hold
a clear majority In the east as in the
Valley of the Pc the Hapsburg empire
drew arbitrary lines separating men OF
the same race and sought to maintain
the lines by crushing the spirit of her
captives. Her failure in Italy was not
more striking than her failure in the
east, and as she failed with the Ru-
manians she failed with the Serbs.
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of the founders of the republic urged,
would have proved very unpopular,
but six or seven years with no sec
ond term for the chief executive would
be acceptable to most people. With
the four-year term a President has
hardly time to get his bearings and
show his executive capacity before
another campaign is upon him. An
exceptionally able and popular chief
magistrate, such as Woodrow Wilson,
is needed by his party and the public
for second term. But better it would
eight years, so as to escape the too
frequent campaigns.
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vs. 7AsHINGToN. D. c.. October
WV Observation-Disclosures the
" German capital of Upper AL

NV As sHsspsssl,- 2 e. 0''' sss
" v German capital of Upper AL
SAGE whose aviation grounds are re-
ported to have been bombarded by French
airmen recently, is a place of sentiment
tai interest for Americans as 1t was mere
that F. A. Bartholdi. the famous French
sculptor of the Statue of Liberty in New
York harbor, was born says a bulletin
of the National Geographic society. is
sued in its war geography series.
Built on both sides of the LAUGH,
tributary of the Rhine, which flows about
10 miles to the east. Colmar is a thriving
commercial and manufacturing city OF
more than 10000 inhabitants. 1t is only
about u miles east of the French border
and Is Il miles by rail south of Strass-
burg on the main limo to Basel. Switzer-
land.
Tho textile manufactures constitute
the chief Industrial activity of the city.
Silk, cotton and wolen weaving. and the
manufacture of sewing thread are OF
prime Importance, while the vineyards ana
productive fruit orchards of the sur
rounding country are a profitable adjunct
to the Industrial life of the community.
"While much Of the city is modern
with fine buildings and straight Streets
the inner town is particularly picturesque
with some of its buildings dating back to
the time when the Emperor Frederick IL
declared this an imperial free city IN the
first half of the thirteenth century. It's
rise to prominence at that time was que
largely to the ambition and capacity OF
one Of Frederick's subjects. Woifelin'
who surrounded the town with walls. put
who in the accumulation OF vast wealth
did not fortify himself against the envy
of his sovereign. The latter confiscated
much of Wolfelin's horded store of gold,
and tradition says that the despoiieo
subject was murdered by his wife, who
was no less avaricious than he and who
feared that the Emperor would confiscate
her share of her husbands holdings. I'M
less she 'disassociated herself from him.
1.-THE civic rights granted to the city
by Rudolph of Hapsburg in 1874 served
as a model for many other cities through
out the empire. The town prospered no.
tably and two centuries later had at
tanned a position of such power that it
babe defiance to Charles the Bold.
During the disastrous Thirty Years
war, which laid so many cities of Ger
many low, Colmar was at one time in
the hands of the Swedes and at another .
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"CAVE-MAN. STUFF
m the Pittsburg Post.

From the Pittsburg Post
From a new piece by the Hattons, who
were dramatic critics-and now see
what's become of them:
Scene in which O'Keefe tells Carey
what to do.
"Bein' sweet and gentle with women 1,
all out of style these days. 1t amt soft
ness they're after, it's sweep Sure
they've put all that sentimental, grace
full. gentle stuff away in camphor balls
to keep it unframed for their grand.
children What's wanted now Is punch
Don't beg anything of any woman. Take
her, kiss her, beat her. Be a man. They
won't laugh at you then"
Scene in which Carey does it to Alice.
He grabs and holds her SO she can't
move. She struggles vainly. then h,
bends her back and looks at her with in.
tense masculine demand.
Il don't like it," she says
Don't your" he says.
you hurt my arms"
ct hope So"
How dare you touch me" (Carey
kisses her. She struggles again.) "It's
dreadful to be kissed like that.''
'Tll try another way" He kisses he,
again)
You're rough! g..
You said l was cold blooded
''Well-I- told lie-I-I-" (she closes
her eyes and speaks in q half whisper)
II hate your
I'm started now and it's great So
you think I'm fish, do you? Do you
feel cold Alice? Because il you do /
might turn on some more steam" Gle
jams her head into his breast) "Holy
cat, this is some system!
'I can't breathe?
II don't care If you suffocate so long
as you do it with me- But I'll let YOU
come up for air If you'll give in"
Never
"All right, I'm in no hurry, I could do
this all night" (Alice gives a slow gasll
of surrender. She raises her face, looks
up at him, hesitates and then smiles II
him in contentment. She raises her
arms. puts them about his neck. standing
on her tip-toes, kisses him.)
"Oh, Tom. why didn't you do, that long
ago? No man ever shook me before
It's cave-man stuff, Tom. love your
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-21
Signs of Prosperity

1T has been long time since L have
seen things brighten up SO quickly in Biz
| mingham,' said C. H. Nesbitt, chief mine
inspector, yesterday. Several weeks
ago business was slack in Birmingham,
and things generally looked dull, but con-
ditions are entirely different now. The
business men greet you with smile that
shows palmer than words that business
is good and there are many more evil
dences of prosperity.
There Is just this indication, and Incl
dentally one that never fails to tell bust
ness conditions. Real estate has again
become active. When real estate bust
ness gets good, and the lumber business
gets good, that Is safe indication that
prosperity Is at hand. To sell lumber,
someone must build, and to build there
must be changes of real estate, and good
prospects.
II have some property that for three
years 1 have not had an inquiry on. In
the last week have had a half dozen
inquiries on that property and several
Offers My information is that all indus
tries are running full swing, while the
mines are loading every car they can
get, and the demands for coal and ore
are heavier than ever before"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-21
HOTEL LOBBTEs


THE amendment concerning school tax
lies very close to the health interests OF
Alabama" said DIR. George Eaves, secre-
tary of the Anti-Tuberculosis league.
I'VE find that the chief obstacle to our
work is the illiteracy that abounds. Peo7
pie who read are likely to be thoughtful
and our appeal is always to the thought
full people.
Our little army of workers is hemmed
in by discouraging Indifference.
In many counties and in many parts
of every county it is hard to interest the
people in health defense because they do
not know the facts and are too indolent
of mind to respond to anything beyond
immediate needs and daily cares or joys.
Enlarge the volume of intelligence and
you VIII promptly raise the level of pub
lie health by reducing cruel fear and by
increasing effective cooperation Of
neighborhoods against the enemy. No
lover of Alabama can desire anything
more earnestly than this. Therefore the
amendment should pass triumphantly for
this reason alone"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-21
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

A Chicago orator announces that
some day the women of this country
will be heard from. Heard from?"
Well bet a perfectly good ten-spot
against a plugged Mexican dime that
the orator isn't married man.
When nature forgets to give a man
chin, he can always grow beard.
But woman is up against it. The best
she can raise is a mustache.
When the pure food people get
around to it they might compel the
sausage manufacturers to label the
short fat ones poodles and the long
thin ones greyhounds.
We have attended several tango
teas. And the dancers acted as though
the tea had a tang and was uncorked
with bang.
There may have been time when
beauty was only skin deep. But now
adays you'll find that most beauties are
too deep for mere man to understand
single man may regard two as his
lucky number. But it is different with
married man.
pretty girl may spend her money
for some things that she doesn't need
But a thick veil isn't one of the things
The high skirts demonstrate the fact
that some girls have mighty poor ex-
, cuses for wearing loud stockings.
! What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who used to use the kitchen
stove for a cuspidor?
| Any time a man Is willing to admi,
that he is wrong it is good bet that
he isn't.
When a man eats like hog and
sleeps like horse he likes to attribute
lit to his clear conscience.
! Most of us keep ourselves poor be-
cause we spend money to keep other
people from finding out that we are.
The man who is wearing black
eye can save a whole lot of time and
trouble by wearing a placard reading
Yes, But You ought to See the Other
Fellow"
We don't pay much attention to our
creditors. But we take a deep interest
in the affairs of our debtors
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-21
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
LOATH TO GO

He talks about this vale of tears"
Bemoans the SLOW revolving years"
With countless woes to mortals fraught,
And seems SO many times distraught,
You'd think this man found life a bore
And wished that it might soon be DER.
Indeed you would, but falling i'll,
Because, no doubt, he needs a pill,
Forthwith the gloomy one takes fright,
Calls up a doctor in the night
And summons him In haste-doth wear
A look of most abject despair
And in his fearful fancy sees
His weeping wife sink to her knees
Beside his bier. At thought of death
Turns icy cold and gasps for breath.
'Tis passing strange. Methinks he should
Be wondrous glad if thus he could
Escape life's ills and rest in peace,
Where earthly toll and trouble cease.
Yet, all his acts reveal a plan
To linger here as longs he can.
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BY Ruth McEnery Stuart
l stand above a white-rimmed sea;
Its deeps are mine its mirrored height;
Mine it's low plant of mystery.
All mine it's glee song Of delight.
Mine its strong soul; it's body mine;
I lave me in its kind embrace;
In dreams upon its bouyant brine
1t gives me back a cherished face.
Mayhap 1t helps me understand
The language of infinity,
The secret of the shifting sand,
The testimony Of the sea.
I am above all circumstance,
1 am beyond all power to hurt;
No more shrink from sorrows lance
So with all strength I am begirt. q
I've tasted of the bitter sup;
Earth's bulwarks all are proven frail;
Yet sweetened now is life's low cup.
All hallowed tits my Holy Grail.
Above it's wrecks of ships and men
The placid ocean shows no scars; Z
Above my deeps where storms have
MY tranquil soul reflects the starA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-21
Tragedy That
Started the War

7N HE announcement that one of the
u conspirators who took part IN
the assassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand, heir apparent to the Aus
TRAN throne, in 1914, died recently in
a Bosnian prison, recalls the tragedy
which plunged the world into war,
titanic struggle which is still draining
Europe of it's manhood and may con-
tinue to do so for an indefinite period.
This mans name was MEDIC Kerevic.
Three of the conspirators were exc
cuted in 1915 and Gavrio Prinzip, the
actual assassin, received sentence of
twenty years in prison.
Had these men and their accom-
p1ices foreseen what their crime would
lead to they would have shown far
greater prescience than perhaps any
of Europe's statesmen. When the news
was flashed around the world it is not
believed that anybody, high or low,
dreaming in fancied security or nurs-
ing a secret ambition for power,
thought that the results would be SO
widespread and SO appalling.
The assassination itself may have
been only pretext, but it served pass
ing well to further the schemes of I'M
scrupulous statesmen and misguided
rulers. History holds no more strik-
ing proof of the capacity for evil that
lies in the power of one man or a
group of men, mere cut threats and
murderers whose distorted minds con-
ceived a commonplace and brutal
crime that was destined to bring about
the greatest war this world has ever
known.
If Prinzip hears from time to time
m echo of the madness which he,
tool of other minds, set on foot, no
doubt he marvels at his handiwork.
No other unbalanced mortal with
pistol in his hand ever plunged a
world into darkness and the chances
are that no one ever will again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-21
Was RooseveI& Slated
For Cabinet Position?

For Cabinet P0sGGl@my
AZ S Hughes chances for election
4A wane there is less talk of men
who might be invited into his cabinet
than was heard month ago. But
ardent republicans there be who are
still expecting victory and who in
their leisure moments are specializing
on cabinet states. A Roosevelt ad-
mirer has written letter to one of
the New York papers proposing the
colonel for Secretary Of State. He
takes it for granted, indeed, that the
one-time progressive would be offered
the state portfolio.
While there is no precedent for an
ex-President holding cabinet posi-
ton, Roosevelt would not sickle on
that point. But if Mr.. Hughes should
be the winner on the 7th of November,
Elihu Root would be the logical man
for premier. In the first place the re-
dictionaries would run the administra-
ton, and Root is one of the leaders
of the standpat group. In the second
place he is singularly well equipped
for the diplomatic end of the govern
ment. He was Secretary of State
four years under Roosevelt and was
one of the best the country has ever
had. Roosevelt has no fitness, either
temperamentally or by training, for.
diplomatic duties. Were he Secretary
of State he would make a mess of it
from the start.
With Hughes in the White House,
Roosevelt might be induced to take
either the war or the navy portfolio.
But if the President rendered the col
onel cabinet office it would not do
for him to slight Taft, the only other
republican ex-President.
The former progressives who re-
turned to the republican fold would
have a right to some of the high
places. Perkins would fit into the
treasury department, but Roosevelt
would expect, no doubt, to have
Hughes create new office for his
benefit, that of assistant to the Presi-
dent. There seems little likelihood,
however, of the 400 per cent" candi-
date having to take up such bother
some work as cabinet making.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-21
SUSPICION AROUSED

DO you favor the suggestion that doc
tors abandon the practice of writing
their prescriptions in Latin?'
I'm general way, 1 don't suppose 1t
makes much difference" replied the con-
firmed invalid, "but sometimes when J
think my physician is merely jollying me
along I certainly would like to know
what Latin words signify bread pills and
sweetened water"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-21
Chicago Golf Courses

THE weather here is little colder
than 1 anticipated, but not nearly 81
frigid as it Is in Chicago said l. e.
Goble, who is the southern representa-
tive for the Chicago Betting company
Mr.. Gobel is at the Tutwiler. II get to
Birmingham at least four times a year."
continued Mr.. Goble, "and I consider this
one of the most attractive cities in the
south. / believe from now on Birming
ham will pick up and become a better
city than 1t was a few years ago. i
have never lost faith in it, even If some
of the citizens, as well as some trav-
elers, have.
81 read a paragraph in one of the Chi
.cago papers a few days ago about the
municipal golf course you are trying ia
get built here. 1 am sure this. is a step
worthy of the cooperation Of every citi-
zen in this community. Lincoln and
Jackson parks, in Chicago, have large
1S-hole golf courses for the citizens. They
are extremely popular and it is hard to
accommodate the crowds that come to
enjoy the sport. This golf proposition.
to my mind, is one OF the best indications
that the city is going forward"
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APT TO CHOKE

Simple language is best" remarked
the stylist.
politician. Sometimes a man is COM
PEELED to swallow his words and it merely
complicates matters II he has been in
dulging in the sort that contain seven
and eight syllables."
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PERILs OF SOLDERING

FROM the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Colonel Colston says the Kentucky
militiamen have experienced little trouble
aside from being kicked by mules and
suffering other minor accidents. An OFF,
Ger who looks upon being kicked by a
mule as minor accident is a man Of Wig
orous temperament and constitution, At
for the hardest service and the bloodicst
field!
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LOSING VENTURE

do you know anything about the
ni1ieu of this play?" asked the man with
horn-rimmed spectacles.
'If you mean the chap who's backing
this show" answered the amiable low
brow, ct guess he's off somewhere wish
ing he could kick himself
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-21
A GRIM REMINDER

do you find football more exciting
than baseball?''
ooh, yes, indeed" replied the fair de-
butante. IT don't know much about the
game, it's true, but the sight of an am
bulance standing near the side lines
thrills me to the CORE
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-21

BEGINNING THE DAY "The
beautiful souls of the world have
an art of SANITY alchemy, by
which bitterness is converted into
kindness, the gall of human expert
ence into gentieness, inEratitude
into benefits. insults into pardon
And the transformation ought to
become so easy and habituaI that
the Iookers-on may think 1t spon-
taneous and nobody give us credit
for It'll. NJ. e.