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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

Frost lives, is as good 8 background Liverpool or the barrel organs of Picca- dilly. For even the eternal verities" are best understood when they are evolved out Of our own seemingly narrow exper-I fences, which, after all, are but the smaller segments of the great circle that includes everything of moment that men may know and be moved by. And so ill MT. Frosts poems, early and late, that tell of remote and lonely country life, there is no difficulty in catching the larger symbolism. That it is American is no small merit even when found in such simple stanzas as these from "Impulse:" Tt was too lonely for her there,
 And too wild,
 And since there were but two of them
 And no child. He never found her, though he looked
 Everywhere.
 And he asked at her mothers house
 Was she there
 This has all the local limitations of the mountain farm in it, but the lesson is ob- vious to all, when, as the poet puts it, The knew at the grave
 Surely with all the world in ferment, eager for the newer light and the newer ideals after the war, it must be the American singers, who have some concern for their high task and know their own who may speak from the heart with voice of authority to America and be something more than the idle singers of an empty day" And that he has glimpsed the situation and has vision of the message is no inconsiderable thing for Mr. Frost to have done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 rf~AY to the people of your great
 country. sir, that Peter Kara 0 georgevich salutes them. 50
 Peter. dispossessed King of Serv1a, Peter
 the peasant king, descendant or the
 Black George who raised the standard or
 revolt against Turkey 100 years ago. told the correspondent of the Associated Press
 f, Enbea. The majority of the American people salute him in return Ihey nave watched with sympathy and aonlra'ioi the heroic, hopeless struggle or ms brave people for freedom and independence apainst their secular enemy ana op- nrassor. the Turk, against their old enemy and despoiler, the Austrian, against the megalomaniac Bulgarians whom so lately thev had brought low, against the Kaiser, the common enemy of small states' or democratic peoples, of the state TOT the people.
 "There in Servia," says the King
 mournfully, 'it is extermination, star vation. death" Old comrades of the Serps in many disastrous years. They cannot be exterminated, or they would nave been. They are a tough and durapie race. They have seen worse things even
 than their present case They have seen their children kidnapped to be made con verts to Islam, to be enrolled as Janis ga ries. to become the most terrible of the Sultan's soldiers and oppressors of the Christians, the ablest Servian minds in his service, rising to be grand yiziers. For centuries the Serb 'herd," the Rayah, might not ride a horse, If he met a Turk, must dismount to emphasize his degradation. He could not make the sign of the cross, a salutation of imme- morial life He could not bury his dead save in the darkness. He could not wor- ship God save in secret. He was taxed unmercifully. Pasha and Aga, Spahi and Janissary, horde of Turks lived at ease on his back But he survived, and the resolve of independence famed unquench- able in his heart The folk songs and
 epics kept alive the memory of the heroes In the blackest misfortune the Serb re- called the heyday of Servian power under Stephan Dusan or mourned over the fate of Tsar Lazar, news of whose death at
 Kissovo the ravens bore to the Tsarina Militia, waiting in the castle. Kissovo the Flodden Field, the Waterloo of Ser via, was fought more than 500 years ago They say that Serb peasants still fight with one another over it. Sc tenacious
 and intense is Serb patriotism and pride of nationality.
 After iron trials. massacres, intellectual revolts, through wars where women fought side by side with men. Servia won her autonomy She will win it again.
 The entente powers have done nothing for her as yet, but her time will come. The
 shattered remnants of her army will be reformed. No honorable peace can be made by the entente that does not restore and better her position in the Balkans. When the Serbs were called into the Balkans from beyond the Carpathians by the Byzantine Emperor. say 1900 years ago. they returned to the lands of their ancestors, of that dim great race. Wends. veneds or what not. that spread from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

agreed to reduce rates in the city 15 per cent in the near future.
 This wonderful fire and police record can be traced almost directly to prohibi- tion for in the fire department it is pre- venting conflagrations by minimizing care lessness and wantonness, and in the po- lice department it is forestalling crime.
 Tt may be well to call the liquor peo ple's attention to the further fact that the effect of their slanderous -'~ '~t@--le~tS will drive away from their ranks many conservative people who have heretofore looked upon their propaganda with fa- vor.' !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
HOTEL LOBBIES
Great Interest i'm Ed,:cntion

Commissioner John R. Hornady is great ly impressed with the large number of visitors at the present meeting of the Alabama Educational association, for he says:
 ''It is a clear indication that the people of the state are awakening to the needs of education. You take several hundred persons and bring them together in a meeting like we are having in Birming- ham at the present time and it is signifi- cant of only one thing-and that is prog ress in the cause of education
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
CuRTAIL1NG HIS FUN.

"The president of Razzler university writes that our boy is obehind in his studies," said MT. Gadson
 What are we going to do about it?'' asked Mrs. Gadson.
 q don't see how we can do anything to help him, except to cut down his al- lowance and take away his motor car.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
WORDSWORTH AT DOVE COLLEGE

By Alfred Austin. In this low cottage nestled near Mountain and lake. you dwelt Twas here you titled the ground, twas
 here
 You loved, and wrote and knelt. Hence, whereso'er your kindred dwell Your songs since our hearts compel To feel the things you felt
  Hence long. as gentle brows shall bend Der your rustic page, Their pious love shall still befriend The poet and the sage; For, when we cross your cottage sill, Virtue, no less than Genius, will Invite the Pilgrimage. The tallest tower that ever rose Hath but span to soar. Palace and fane are empty shows; But Time will be no more When Wordsworth's home no longer 1eadA Mems far-off feet to Grasmere's meads And sanctifies its shore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
ALABAMA's SENATOR
,a ttanoOQa New

From the Chattanooga News.
 Oscar w. Underwood made a magnifi- cent speech in the Senate in favor of nitrate plant for the government. and we shall refer to it at greater length Alabama is represented by an unusually strong delegation in Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

No doubt the de facto government of Mexico is quite willing to see the puni- tive expedition terminated, but the chief object of that expedition has not yet been accomplished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
BEGINNING THE DAY-There

BEGINNING THE DAY-There will be n great many times during this day when shall use my tongue. If | use it sparingiy my words will be or more avail. My speech need not be heavy to he earnest and need lack no charm or sweetness to De honest. | can heal wounds today with my words, or I can make them' ..Nav the words of my mouth be ac- ceptabie in Thy sight, Lord my strength and my redeemer." Amen. H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
, LOOKING AHEAD.

50 you've decided to name your boy after George Washington"
 a long time and so many boys have been named after him who never amounted to anything that our son won't be conspicu- and fails to become great"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
SECOND CHOICE

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 It is reported from Pittsburg that ferro- manganese has advaneed from $SS to 5000 ton. Well, well just have to have the man stop leaving 1t and try oatmeal in- stead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
BROUGHT TO TERMS.

BROUGHT TO TERMS. The armor plate makers, Once naughty and bold, Have lately grown humble Or so we've been told. No longer they threaten Uncle Sam with their wrath. If ever he ventures
 To step in their path. But having decided
 To take good advice, They're now saying, Uncle, Just name your own price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
AT TT AGAIN

From the Nashville Tennessean.
 "The Little Bad Man from Egypt is whispering something in our ear, and na best we catch it. relates to the subject of going fishing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

It's far cry from Palm Beach to New York tenements, yet it is quite probable that some of the money spent at Palm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

Certain scientists have jumped on the toothbrush with both feet but it continues to do yeoman service in the mouths of the nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

"Peaches,'' an Apache Indian scout, does not appreciate the true significance of the nickname that has been wished on him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
CRAFTY FELLOWS

From the Kansas City Times.
 The Barnes men in New York are re- rorted to be 'reticent, thus proving themselves real politicians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

Birmingham guarantees to make eacr one of the Confederate veterans who at- tends the reunion feel at least 10 years younger
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

Moving pictures are a boon to human ty. Some people patronize the movies" to such an extent that they have hardly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

The impression in some quarters that the National Guard was moribund has been disproved by the activity of it's lob byists in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

David showed great bravery when he tackled Goliath, but Oscar Underwood went out of his way to do battle with the powder trust
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
SMALL RETURNS.

T get a nickel every time take a dose of medicine" said Tommy Twobble. ''Ain't you got a lot O money?" asked little Sammy Dubwaite, delicate child.
 Nav! It's just my luck. I ain't hardly ever sick"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

It was typographical error, Aspho- Gelia So far as we know, MT. Irwin Cobb writes grammatical English.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

A recent Zeppelin raid resulted in the death of only one child. At that rate the Kaiser never will conquer England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

In strict justice to MT. Charley Chaplin. it should be said that when he isn't pos ing before the camera he looks almost human.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

These are the days when many prom ising youngster is sent back to the 'bushes" to learn something more about baseball.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
STARTING TROUBLE

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The Salvation army now plans to be- come a great matrimonial bureau where before it was supposed to help the unfor- tunate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

It is impossible to believe that some of the candidates are as truly patriotic as they pretend to be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

disavowal by Germany won't improve the submarine situation, if submarine commanders continue to do pretty much as they please.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

Alabama is slow and painfully learning how to be hospitable without serving anythmirg stronger to drink than grape juice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

Personalities in a political campaign seldom win votes but they certainly do swell the attendance at a speech-making.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

Oneonta Southern Democrat: Accord ing to Dr. w. H. Oates, state prison in spector, there were a great many more prisoners in the jails of this state last year than the preceding year and the prison feed bills were more than $27, 900 greater. Blount was one of the few coun- ties in the state that showed decrease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

The Dutch are showing a disposition to "see red," although Holland is said to be a land of soft colors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

Indiana goes for Fairbanks, says q press dispatch. That was foregone con- olusion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

A SUBTERFUGE. Beware of the fellow, Apparently mellow, Whose fist is remarkably tight; When you reach for the check He examines a speck On his cuff and s alarmed at the sight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
ALABAMA PRESS

Anniston Star: There is always some thing to be grateful for. Sentimental young idiots have stopped singing You made me what I am today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

Mobile Register: A gulf coast man raises fish for his table in back yard pond. The high cost of food doesn't worry thinking people in this blessed country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

Selma Times: A California man claims he has perfected an invention that makes the human skin bullet proof. It is only necessary to bathe in it to be immune from the shot of guns. Testimonials from those who have tried the remedy are now in order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

Franklin County Times: Senator Under wood is fighting against the big cocnerns grabbing up all the water power sites.
 Go to it senator the common people are with you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
AN EXCEPTION.

There is no money in poetry True. If you tell man there is no money in the pressing club business, the chances are that he won't go into it. but that doesn't apply to poetry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

Through talier'd clothes small vices do appear king Lear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

TOO SLOW FOR HER. ''Do you know what I've been thinking about for the last half hour?" asked MT. Dubson.
 q can't imagine" answered Miss Teacher.
 I've been thinking about kissing you.'' "Umph! If I'm ever about to drown I hope it will fall to somebody else's lot to throw me a life-preserver'
 OFTEN THE WAY. Now, Pluck and Luck once ran race, Through many years elkended Pluck finished With smiling face, But Luck was sorely winded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08
A PERPETUAL CANDIDATE.

q suspect Jibway of having political aspirations"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

If Jibway thought you merely suspect ed him of having political aspirations he would die of chagrin.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-08

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post office as second class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1879
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-01
EFFICIENCY IN MISSIONS
Lutheran Clergymen Discuss Means
of Making Work in Home Field
More Valuable

Efficiency in mission work was dis
cussed at length by Lutheran ministers
in attendance at the second and last day
of the Congress on Home Mission Work
of the synod of East Pennsylvania in the
Temple Lutheran Church. sd and Race
streets, today. The Rev. w. F. Bare
urged up-to-date methods and more busi-
nesslike procedure in order to improve
the mission work and make its effect
more positive and certain. The Rev. C.
Mclean Davis led in the discussion.
The Rev. DIR. j. f. Hartman presided at
the opening, and the Rev. DIR. C. T.. Wiles
led the devotional exercises.
Among other clergymen participating
i'm the program today are the Rev. E. r.
Snyder, the Rev, Frank e. Meyer the
Rev. |. w, Bobst and the Rev. NJ. r.
Heilig, of this synod, and the Rev DR..
Frank Swart2, of New York, and the
Rev. DR.. a. S, Hartman. of Baltimore.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-01
WORKMAN STABBED IN FIGHT
MAY DIE: ASSAILANT HELD
Fight Over Tool in Shop May Result
Fatally for Victim

AS a result of a quarrel over their tools
Bruno Pritt "a years old of Ii2 Catha-
rine street, is in the Cooper Hospital,
Camden, with a stab wound that physi-
clans say may be fatal, and Pasquale
Belperio. % years old. of 1904 South Car
Isle street. is held by the police, accused
of having done the stabbing.
The two young men are employed in
the cabinet-making plant of the Victor
Talking Machine Company, Camden. and
it is thought that jealousy caused the
trouble. According to Francisco Lanci
ana, of $50 Bainbridge street, the two men
worked side by side. Today there were
only two chisels available. One was IA
finely tempered tool and the other was
dull. Belperio, who is a large, strong
man, would use nothing but the best
tools, according to Lanciana, and when
Pritti, who is very small insisted on
using the sharp chise Belperio tried to
take ii away from him. Lanciana said
the men fought so furiously that he tried
to separate them with hammer i'm his
hand. Suddenly Pritti dropped to the
floor with a cry and the chisel imbedded
between his ribs. The chse blade was as
sharp as razor and was eight inches
long and one inch wide. Belperio at
tempted to escape, but Lancana held him
until Detective Troncone arrived and
placed the man under arrest. The two
men have long been jealous of each
others work. according to workers in
the factory.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-01

whole, It is variously estimated that from
% to 30 per cent. of all the insane pa
tients admitted to the asylums year by
year owe their misfortune directly or
INDIRECTLY to the abusive use of alcohol.
"The general average percentage of
poverty is due, directly or indirectly to
drink This percentage is 25 per cent.
ut is estimated that in this country
about $4,000 children annually are deserted
by their parents, and that about 10 per
cent of this sum of children owe their
desttution to the intempcrance of par
ents. More than half of all the crimes
are due to Notwithstanding to the COM
mittee of 50, who investigated II prisons
scattered throughout 10 states, represent
ing 13,402 convicts.
"In 1907 2,OOO,OOO,OOO gallons of alcohol
was consumed, or double the amount Of
the 16 years preceding. All these facts
simply show us the evils of alcohol"
Mrs Clara Hoover Stilwell Is RESPONSE
BILE for the success of the contests which
are being held in the public schools. She
is the official representative of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
and the Friends Temperance Union. She
has the sanction of the board of educa-
tion and special card from Superintend-
ent John p. CARRIER which admits her to
the schools to tell the children about
the contests.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-01
DEAN ASKS INJUNCTION
AGAINST CUSTER ORDER
Bryan, Easton Rector, Will De-
mand Nature of Bishops
Charges on Dismissal

EASTON, Md. Feb. dean Henry b.
Bryan, of the Cathedral rectory here. has
filed application for an injunction against
his removal by Bishop William Forbes
Adams. Murray Lloyd Goldsborough,
Dean Bryan's counsel, filed the request,
as the Dean is snowbound in Utah.
Bishop Adams ordered Dean Bryan to
resign by January 81 and gave no reasons
for demanding the resignation He also
demanded that Dean Bryan surrender the
keys to the rectory.
Dean Bryan, who Us well known in
Philadelphia. does not intend to withdraw
from the diocese until he learns the
charges against him. The bishop refuses
to disclose them, although friends of the
minister say the strife followed a quarrel
with daughter of the bishop last Easter.
Resolutions expressing regret over his
plight have been adopted by the Easton
Volunteer Fire Company and Spence's
Band of which Dean Bryan was chaplain
The petition for an injunction was filed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-01
PHILADELPHIA HOBO
HELD IN MURDER CASE
William Schaeffer Quizzed at
Souderton on Killing of
Thomas Barrett

The police OF Souderton, Pa are work
ing on the theory that a Philadelphian
may have had something to do with the
murder of Thomas Barrett, Civil War
veteran whose body was found in a stable
In Souderton on the night of January 10.
The man, whose recent actions are being
investigated is William Schaeffer who
gave an address at S64 North Sth street,
this city. Schaeffer is now serving a SEN
tence Of 80 days on the technical charge of
vagrancy.
Schaeffer and Thomas Nash, of Newark,
N. j., who was arrested with him, were
put through third degree" yesterday by
District Attorney Anderson, at Norris
town. The examination lasted nearly three
hours.
Schaeffer says he has been a wanderer
for seven years and he has the appear.
ance of the typical hobo. The police say
he admitted several facts which fit into
their theories about the murder. They
say he confessed having been in Souder-
ton the day before the murder took place,
and that he knew the murdered man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-01
VILLTSTAS ROB TRAIN;
GET $4,000 BOOTY
Several Americans on Board.
May Wreck Railroad and
Isolate Foreigners

Ell PAso, Tex, Feb. t.-Eluding Car
rama soldiers who had been sent to pur-
sue them, Villista soldiers have reached
the railway line between Juarez and
Chihuahua City. Shortly before noon on
Monday they held up and robbed pas
senger train that had left Juarez for
Chihuahua the night before and today
they are reported to be destroying the
railroad. BY wrecking the railroad the
Vilistas would isolate scores of Ameri-
cans in Chihuahua City and other parts
of the State of Chihuahua.
Several Americans are said to have been
on the train that was held UP and Il is
also reported that the Villistas took from
the train and shot to death General
Tomas Orneles, former adherent OF
Francisco Villa, who had surrendered to
Carranza.
The Vlllistas looted the express car on
the train and forced the passengers to
give UP all their valuables. It is reported
they got more than $4,000 in booty.