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The weekly soliphone., 1916-10-13
MAD kING' OF
 EUROPE IS DEAD Otto of Bavaria, Never Used Soap or Water or
 Cut Hair and Nails.

Copenhagen, Oct. 12.-King Otto of Bavaria, Europe's Mad King, died suddenly today in castle at Fuerstenried where he had been confined as insane for several years. He was seventy years old and was declared incapable of ruling in 1913. He succeeded King Ludwig the Second in 1888 when the latter con- mitted suicide. Otto refused to use soap and water, and never had his hair or his finger nails cut
The weekly soliphone., 1916-10-13
The Road to Success.

Charles M. Schwab was talking in his native Loretto about success.
 "I married on $6 a week. he said, but I knew success would come. and before the winter was out I was making $5,000 year.
 'In everything war, in mu- milton making, in blowing up pow der actories-there's one road which leads straight to success
 eff for example, you're a play wright, the road to success is the happy ending. Every successful playwright bears in mind the. dia' logue of the young couple at the end of Hamlet
 "'How silly of that Shakespeare, said the girl, to drown Opheli' and murder Hamlet. Why, the. ousht to have married!'
 "I ain't no high brow critic, the young man agreed, but that how I'd a fixed it. "-Washingtol Star.
The weekly soliphone., 1916-10-13

Bayonne, N. J., Oct. 12.-One Wor and four strikers perhaps fatally 1nJlret same time four policemen were woundsd,
 thirty-six hours in the Big Hook dlst11t a bor uprising against the Standard piCo.
 have received bullets during the AmIper the owner of which was reportedstp 'e hs breakers, was completely wrecked PAa m matelv one hundred infuriated nhe1 gh set on fire. Not less than twenty Arqbr ferent parts of the district last nl9h1 ana were supposed to have been set |of4 7 s is feeling of intense uneaslne7S U mug city.
The weekly soliphone., 1916-10-13
CIRCUS DELAYED
 BY CIGARETTES
Far East Performers Insist ed on Carrying Smoke
 Weeds to Fayetteville

Fayetteville, Oct. 12.-The Carl Hagenback-Wal circus of II cars arrived here yesterday, nearly two hours late. Wicked cigarettes caused the delay in arrival. This city being the home of the state university, it is against the city or dinance to smoke or bring cigar cites into town. With the big show are people from all over the world. Of these the Turks, Japs. Hindus and Egyptians are inveterate cigar ette smokers. They have been in the habit of carrying a supply with them ill the sleeping cars.
 Acting on the advice of city off, cials,, Edward Ballard and R. M. Harvey, the circus managers. had the last section of the circus trains bearing the performers halted at the city line. The foreigners and others with the show were instruct ed to destroy their cigarettes. The Orientals flatly refused and declar- ed war. They even went so far as to appoint sentinels armed with huge swords and guns to guard what they called their sacred property"
 For a while the air was blue with Oriental .cuss words, mutter- ings and cigarette smoke. Inter- |preters were put to work on the people from the far east and they Succeeding in persuading them to |arbitrate. Finally they yielded and they gave their cigarettes to the mail man with the circus. to keep until after their departure from thi2. city,A The orientsls tss o1s1m9a1 M
The weekly soliphone., 1916-10-13
Farmers Are Numerous.

It is estimated there are about 7,000,00O farmers families in the United States today, taking the word farmer in it's widest sense and including all persons living i'll the open country.
The weekly soliphone., 1916-10-13
NEW WAR HORROR.

Pctrograd, Oct. 12.-Poisoned sweets and garlic infected with cholera bacilli were dropped by enc my flyers who attacked the Rouma- nian port of Conrges, is new frightfulness of the war that has caused the greatest indignation
The weekly soliphone., 1916-10-13
Lead Pencil Waste.

Neah pencil manufacture in the Irrlited States is consuming 79,- 0Ob ,00p feet of lumber annually, of which about one-half is estimated to be wasted in sharpening or thrbwiag away short ends.
The weekly soliphone., 1916-10-13
BRITISH CAVALRY IN ACTION

London, Oct. 12.-British cavalry have cleared the territory around Seres of Bulgarian troops, but found the city strongly fortified and oc- cupied by Bulgars. Near Dolraii tbe British conducted further raids on enemy trenches, driving i'll two advanced Bulgar posts.
The weekly soliphone., 1916-10-13
AAkothelTcrton Ip Fention.

An indivial life r; invented in Germany provided |ith com pass in fro and an Intermittent light, operal Nv a m or, which, like tHe liglis supple by a stor- age batteryn the req
The weekly soliphone., 1916-10-13
ALLIED ATTACKS REFUSED.

Berlin, Oct. 12.-Six strong al lied attacks on the Front between Morval and Bouchavesnes on the north Somme, continued until late this afternoon, but were repulsed.
The weekly soliphone., 1916-10-13
Invents NeNW Toothbrush.

The reach of the inner surfaces of the teeth as well as the outside is the aim of a dOuble-ended tooth brush invented by Memphis den- tist.
The weekly soliphone., 1916-10-13

The destruction of birds costs this country $1,OOo, 100000 a year, it is estimated.
The weekly soliphone., 1916-10-13
WOMAN KILLED, STRIKERS INJURED AS SEQUENCE TO
 STANDARD OIL TROUBLES
Rioters Wreck Saloon and S ct Fire to Building Because Owner H arbored
 Strikebreakers.

lan was killfd
 :, while at the
 turing the paFt a result of la- Thirty rioters |od. A saloon, Eboring strike Pb of approxi- l building was bke out in diff | ority of which
 ,ikers. There ! out the entire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-21
Requirement of Mexico May Be Necessary

The President his letter deals with the Mexican situation 1t should have been handled months ago.
 He has borne with supreme patience the outrages committed by MeXcans along border The situation requires action of the rmest character Nothing will now satisfy the American people but armed intervention which will bring peace out of chaos in Mexico
 The American government in maintaining the Monroe doc Urine to the world to establish stable form of ment under which the rights of investors and the safety of Americans and foreigners in Mexico will be guaranteed
 If necessary let take Mexico by force of and 1t part of this country.
 President Wilson in his Mobile speech declared that this government had desire acquire additional territory Since that speech conditions have changed regardless the form expressed views of chief executive Congress has the feet right to act as conditions might justify.
 The Mexicans have proven that they cannot govern them selves If must intervene why do the practical thing by taking the territory and giving the honest people of that land government under which they live in peace and prosperity?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-21
Preparedness

FPrepardness is matter of tndivid- 1 ual effort, no less than that of the state and nation when the people get togeth- CT in active and harmonious co-operd- tion for common purpose" said w. A. McRae, commissioner of agriculture OF Florida. in an interview.
 "The average yield of crops DOT acre
 on the American farm is much less tn an that on European farms. This plain ly indicates that there is need Of pre- paredness and action on the part of the American farmer for better blowing, seed selection planting, cultivation and harvesting. There are thousands of un- derfed children in the large cities Of the country. This means there is some- thing wrong in our marketing system. or lack of system. Our natural re- sources are being scattered or wasted with such a prodigal hand that warn ings of scarcity are already posted in many fields of endeavor. This means the need of preparedness for conserving and practically utilizing what is eft of treasures of land and water so count fully given by the Creator to our con- tinent."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-21
Cash Your Checks

"In spite of the fact that the refund checks. for the reunion entertainment were mailed out 10 days ago. checks totaling s1100 have not yet been cashed." said R. A. Brown. chairman or the reunion executive committee, yes terday. q have been informed that quite a number of people want to keep them as souvenirs and that fact is said to account for the failure to cash them. However, we want to wind up this re- union fund and we would appreciate it if every one holding one of these check s would cash them without delay. Then, if they want them as a souvenir they can get the cancelled check by writing to General Secretary W. :. Radcliffe at the Chamber of Commerce, and asking him to send the check which has been paid. Those who will caA in person can get them by signing a receipt for the cancelled check. which will other wise be held as a voucher. We have checked all the money we have left in the bank. but it will be impossible for us to finally wind up the reunion af- fairs and file our vouchers until these checks are cashed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-21
BEARDS IN THE WHITE HOUSE Trnn the NaW York Trihl1na

IOIil tIc NtW IOTh IIIUuIc
 The nomination of Hughes and Fair- banks by the republicans has aroused much interest in the subject of whiskers as a presidential adornment. It is inter- esting to note in that connection that IS, or almost exactly one-half, the num- her of those who have been President. have not been withou; some kind of facial foliage. It may have been due to the influence of the civil warrior ob- servers say that when nation takes up the sword it lays down the razor-that boards have been most in evidence with Presidents in the last half a century.
 Abraham Lincoln set a fashion that was followewd by Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Harrison The first appearance of whiskers in the executive mansion dates from March 4, 1925, when John Quincy Adams took office. He wore variety of sideburns, something along the order of that made famous in recent years by Chauncey M. Depew, Martin vanBuren, who became President in 1887, had a growth even more luxuriant than that of President Adams, although of similar cut. Zachary Taylor also had side whis- kers, but not very pronounced in style or quantity.
 Abraham Lincoln was the first Presi- dent to wear beard covering the chin. He shaved his upper lip. General Grant had a complete set. mustache and all. Ruth erford B. Hayes also had full beard and one of very generous proportions. Presidents Garfield and Benjamin Har- rison were fully bearded; President Ar thur wore a mustache and side whskers. President Cleveland, Roosevelt and Taft had mustaches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-21
HOTEL LOBBIES
Jackson Highway

Birmingham will be reFresented at the Jackson highway meeting at Clan ton July by 10 delegate5.' said W. C.. Radcliffe, general manager If the Chamber of commerce. yesterday. "A committee of 10 delegates will be named in few days to attend from this city and district and take part in the meet- ing, which will form a state assocla- tion(to boost the claims Of Alabama for the highway. Representatives from both the Huntsville and the Bee Line routes vii be in attendance and it is probable that movement will be start ed to have first class ferry across the has been under consideration in the past"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-21
THE TRENCHES

"'We are French -Canadians,' we re- piled with pride
 Well, we're Canadians, too,' came the astonishing answer. We come from On- tario
 There came a pause. There was no firing. Then the German shouted, Let mo see one of your group; let him stand above the trench, and on my word of honor we shall not fire.'
 "One of us sprang out of the trench and stood up. There fell a deep silence upon the two armies Then many stood up, and finally the Germans, too, were rising. We talked for hours so. when the officers were not looking. When they looked we did a deal of firing-but our aim was much too high.
 "One day the Germans threw over a bit of paper. wrapped around a stone. If you don't fire on us we won't fire on you someone had written. We kept that strange pact for days, until the officers, discovering this pact of peace, moved us to another part of the trenches"
 Wars are decided upon in palaces, and by rulers. They are fought in trenches and by the common people, Our New Bedford barber Romeo Houle, turned soldier by the contagion of excitement in a foreign city. and fighting under a foreign flag, like John Poe, the American adventurer and soldier of fortune who met death in a charge as member of "The Black Watch, a Scottish Highland regiment, went into the trenches of his own accord He was not a conscript torn from his home and his family at a king s war concerning the causes of which he knew nothing.
 But for our officers says Houle, peace would have been declared in the trenches. We had no wish to kill each other"
 And but for their superiors the officers would as willingly make peace in the trenches. The spirit of war is traced back to causes over which officers have no control. The origin of war narrows down to the ambitious planning of a clique or king. The tragedy radiates to the remotest cottage of the most ob- scure peasant Its horrors are as re- mote from the experience of those re- sponsible for it as they are from the newspaper reader who scans a barber warriors narrative of trench life and shudders momentarily at the depletion of occurrences which, in the experience of the common soldiers. cover weeks and months.
 And of the 500 French Canadians, with whom the American barber left Montreal, boys between IS and 2S, clad in new uni forms and inspected by an English duke. 16 survived when the American returned home. having had more than enough of adventure!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-21
MUSCLE SHOALS AND BIRMINGHAM

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 There has been some talk here and there to the effect that Birmingham, on account of it's coal interests, was not enthusiastic for the location of the gov e1nment nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals. Birmingham is fighting to procure the government armor plate plant, involv- ing as 1t does an investment of Sll,- 0G0,00 and it has been taken Tor granted in some quarters that Birming- ham might be willing to sacrifice nl- trate on the altar of armor plase.
 Frankly. we have not believed any such thing. We have not believed that Birmingham was or could be indifferent to the nitrate plants location at Muscle Shoals. And now we are glad to re- ceive assurances on this matter from nc less an authority than the Bir- ningham News. which no doubt speaks tho full sentiments of other Birming- ham papers and Birmingham leaders when it says, in response to query from the Nashville Banner:
 '"The News believes that it speaks for all of Birmingham. as well as itself
 
 can possibly exert to get the nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals will be put to work. Further. the News is cpnfid ent that not the Tennessee valley alone will benefit from the location of the plant al the shoals, but Birmingham and Ala bama and the whole south. If the prop aganda work that has been dcne al- ready by the News and other journals in Alabama for the location of the nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals in the Tennessee valley is not sufficient for the Banner. Birmingham will send delegation to Washington whenever the hearings begin."
 There is nothing to be added to this confession of enthusiasm for Muscle Shoals. We hope Alabama gets both the nitrate plant and the armor plant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-21
SHOWERS. FOR FREIGHT CARS

From the Los Angeles Times.
 Shower baths for freight cars may seem a rather startling idea, yet the Southern Pacific is actually installing them in Los Angeles The idea of the shower baths is to detect any leaky places that there may be in car roofs. and so get it re- paired before the rainy season sets in.
 In carrying out the idea General Su- perntendent of Motive Power Heintzel- man, whot hit on the plan, has had great showers built over the freight tracks in the yards and will run the cars under the sprays to see if they need any calk- ing.
 Tens of thousands of dollars are lost the company yearly, according to South ern Pacific officials, through moisture damage to commodities in transit It is hoped, through the shower baths. to de- velop any little weaknesses that the as- sorted and fancy boxes may be heir to, so that their hides can be frightened to keep the showers from heaven out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-21
THE TERM .sTWo BITsv

From the Milwaukee News.
 The discussion over the origin of the term two bts'' and it's multiples of four bits,' "six bits," etc., may arouse as much comment as the Bacon-Shake- ern people the term sounds like a popu- lar slang expression, but to the people of the west and southwest it is common if not provincial. The price of "a quar- ter'' is seldom used. It is invariably two bits" It is much easier to say "six
 bits" than 75 cents.
 Explanation of the origin of the term
 "bit" comes from the reference to the monetary system in 1792, when the Span
 ish milled dollar became the unit of money. At that time there happened to
 be coined under Spanish authority a piece of silver for Mexico representing the eighth part of a dollar called a
 real after the name of coin in Spain and with the same value as the early
 American shilling. Yankees used the shilling as common expression, and some can remember when farmers in the central and ca stern states employed their extra help at so many shillings a day. Six, eight, 10 and 12 shilling was heard in all lines of trade.
 When adventurers went to California and the southwestern part of the United States they found that dos reales of the Mexican was equivalent to two shilings
 in the United States. Later dos reales became common as a quarter. Americans have absorbed very few Spanish words.
 While the language is filled with German and French words, few Spanish words were found. The American never learned to say dos reaes and he might have Americanzed that amount by saying two bits. Hence it may be that two bits" is of southwestern and not eastern origin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-21
wILLOWWOOD

By D. G. Rossetti. I sat with love upon woodside we'll Leaning across the water. l and he; Nor ever did he speak nor lock'd nt
 me, But touch'd his lute wherein was audi the certain secret thing he had to tell Only our mirror'd eyes met silently In the low wave; and that sound can1e The passionate voice I knev; and my
 tears fell. And at their fall. his eyes beneath
 grew hers: And with his foot and with his wing
 feathers He swept the spring that water'd my
 hearts drouth. Then the dark nipples spread to wavl
 ing hair. And as I stoop'd. her own lips rising
 there Bubbled with brimming kisses at mJ
 mouth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-21
HOBBY HORSES

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger Let not the hobby horse be forgot, as the refrain of Hamlet would hay e kit The wise and good pr. Bradshear, a citizen whom Pennsylvania delights to honor, urges his readers in the Amer ican Magazine to have some varieSat- ing interest apart from the days toll.
 q reckon it is one of my hobbies" he
 says, ito have every one else have q
 hobby"
 If there isn't room in the house for
 8 hobby horse. then let us have hobby
 dog, at least. or even tiny hobby kit
 ten The pride and joy of many grandmother's life is a hobby baby
 and pr. Eliot proclaims Ii one of the
 supreme satisfactions of mortal exist
 ence to watch an infants daily live
 Illness and loveliness out of graId-
 parental eyes. The actual maternal monopoly is too notorious to require
 honorable mention. Everybody knows
 that a mother loves her baoy.
 People make pets of strange things
 and habits of strange ways. There are specialists in nearly everything that one might ndIne. l He sweet pea anu the dahla, the beagle and the cocker spaniel, the clay pigeon and the pouter pigeon, the Greek coin and the postage stamp, the angle worm and the aard- vark, the orchid and the cabbage. all have not merely their devotees, but their devout societies. One man dotes on woodprints, another on door knock CTS, another on simplified spelling. This gentle paranoiac Is all for sea- weeds and that one collects playing cards, and third is ruled by pas sion for andirons. while a foulth IS made happy by quaint epitaphst or gar goyles, or prehistoric boxing gloves.
 Farm and garder provide mighty army with an avocation. while many rejoice in the detailed specifications of the mushroom, the fringed gentian. the campanula. or the Ambrosia artemisiae- folia The one important thing is that by some kind of imaginative calisthen- ics the soul shall be lifted by the wings out of the beaten, dusty groove. Of | all the hobbies that there are. that of hutching money is the poorest and meanest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-21
WHEN GIBSON FIRST MET DAVIS


 From "The First Glimpse of Dayis." by Charles Dana Gibson. in the July Scribner.
 Dick was 24 years old when he cane into the smoking room Of the Victoria hotel, in London, after midnight one July night-he was dressed as q Thames boatman.
 He had been rowing up and down the river since sundown. looking for color. He had evidently peopled every dark corner with pirate. and every floa- | ing object had meant something to him. He had adventure written all over him. It was the first time I had ever seen him. and I had never heard | of him. I can't now recall anotser fig- | ure in that smoke filled room. ] dor:'t l remember who introduced us-over 27 years have passed since that niget But | can see Dick now dressed in a rough brown suit.sa soft hat. with hand kerchief about his neck. splendid, healthy. minded. gifted Eoy at play And so he always remained.
 His going out of this world seemed 1 like a boy interrupted in game he loved And how we'll and fai-ly he played it. Surely no one deserved sue cess more than Dick. And it is a
 consolation to know he had more than 50 years of just what he wanted. He
 had health. great talent. aud personal charm. There never was q more loyal | or unselfish friend. There wasn't an
 atom of envy in him. He had ln-
 bounded mental and physical courage, and with it all be was sensitive and sometimes shy. He often tried to con-
 ceal these last two qualities, but never
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-21
SHAKESPEARE IN DENMARK
rom the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
 Denmark has hit upon an original method of celebrating the Shakespeare tercentenary. The Danish Authors sol ciety proposes, in the beginning of July, to give performance of Hamlet" at the Castle of Elsinore, the scene of the Hamelt legend. The existing Kronbora castle is. of course. many centuries later than any date that can possibly be as- signed to the historic Hamlet-if, indeed there was ever such a person. On the other hand, it has been argued with some plausibility that Shakespeare may have had Kronborg castle in his mind when he wrote the play, for it had certainly been visited by some of his fellow actors. and possibly by himself. Moreover the man. rers portrayed in the play belong rather to the early days of Kronborg4 than to| any period to which the "Amlethus'' of Saxo Grammaticus can possibly be as1 signed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-21
SMOKE!

From the New York Telegram
 If cigarette smoker wishes to give of crystallized ginger in his pocket. A nip of this aromatic confcction will il ig claIsaed ward off any tendency to look wistfrlly upon the enemy. An other help recommended consists oi an oyster oh the half shell. sprinklec plentifully with salt and parrika When that is swallowed the "b'te." it is asserted. will remove the craving foi the cigarette.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-21
Punish the Guilty In Huntsville

The condition of affairs in Huntsville should be probed to the bottom and guilty party in this murderous political feud should be given the limit of the law
 Governor Henderson has done right in granting military lection and Chief Justice highly commended for relieving Madison county officials of duty and sending judge and prosecuting attorneys from other counties deal with the situation Even jurors should be selected who be nonpartisan
 Alabama has suffered too much recent years from murder euds and awessnes and examples should be made of the Huntsville cases.