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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18
MRS. FUNK WANTS
TO DEBATE ISSUE
Challenges Raymond Robins, Who Is
Supporting Hughes, to Series
of Joint Debates

New York, September 17.-(Special)
Raymond Robins. chairman Of the pro-
gressive national convention of 1916. now
a member of Mr.. Hughes campaign
committee, was challenged today to a
series of Joint debates by his former CO.
worker in the progressive cause, Mrs.
Antoinette Funk of Chicago.
The challenge is one that Mr.. Robins
cannot well ignore, nor can the republi-
cans campaign managers. Mrs. Funk, a
Chicago lawyer of national prominence.
was one of the big Four" progressive
leaders OF Illinois. Few men can equal
her in debate. She has been pitted with
Mr.. Robins in public arguments against
Jane Adams and Prof. Charles E. Mer-
RAM.
Mrs. Funk became last week a member
of the associate committee of progressives
cooperating with the democratic national
campaign committee She puts her chal-
lenge to Mr.. Robins on the high ground
of public service, asking that her former
associate submit the case of Wilson VS..
Hughes to popular juries.
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son river and wanted to see some Of
the points of interest Believing l was
on the right track at last 1 ushered
him into the dank dimness of Grants
tomb on the upper drive, hauled him up
to the top of the Woolworth tower and
finished UP with what I considered
master strike-a visit to the aquarium.
At o'clock that evening he floored me
with this Let's go eat a lobster din
ner at some lively cabaret joint. You
see, 1 have visited most of the places
we went today before and I really would
like to see just touch of what you
call the life up here"
An Albanian whom I have always
known as a church goer, also surprises
me by deciding after visit to the mon
ument ITO an Amiable Child" and a
trip around the island in a sightseeing
yacht, that he would prefer going some
where where the women smoked in pub
lie. You never can tell. / would have
carried him to st. Patrick's cathedral If
let alone but when we emerged from
Healy's Sixty-sixth street restaurant the
next early morning he was still keen for
it, and wanted to top off with the Gus
tomary morning meal at Jacks before
going back to Atlanta-and to church.
And now. C. t. Walker of Birmingham
is here. He has just called and delv-
cred the same sentence about the points
out, but I think we'll start off by see
ing the Illuminated Soldiers and Sailors
monument. If he stands for that, we
may go through the Syrian section, and
afterward I should be able to, know
whether to guide him into the Midnight
Trolic" or the cathedral of ST. John
the Divine, but you never can tell, and
it's uo to your judgment of human ma
ture lurking beneath the spoken word.
Maybe I'll tell you all about it after
ward.
Is everybody in Birmingham hula
rulaing after the most approved Ha-
waiian fashion these days? Gotham has
gone mad over it. The weather man
sings "Coola. coola.' the strikers cry,
"Scabalula," the inebriate no longer con-
tents himself with a mere "hic," he gets
out a sort of 'Hic-a-dula," and the Ha-
waiian slur is cast upon everything.
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lands in southern Russia, through the
Bosporus and Mediterranean, she Will
become one of the worlds chief reli-
ances for wheat. There are also to be
vast opportunities for railroad construc-
ton in Russia and the evidences are
plentiful that she expects to turn to the
United States not only for the material
needed for railroad construction, but for
the men of ability who can show how
that material can best be used.
Probably England will after the close
of the European war undertake to Sc
cure large trade in Russia and the
reasons are excellent why England
should find great market there for her
commodities Russia will owe England
a large amount of money which repre-
sents advances made by Great Britain
to Russia in war days. Probably Russia
will have a large trade with France, for
she already owes France a great deal
Of money. But those who have recently
come from Russia-for instance, Samuel
McRoberts, vice president of the Ma
tional City bank are persuaded that In
the world encompassng struggle for
trade in which the United States must
take a part it will be found that our
present work Of preparation will enable
us to gain fair share of the enormous
trade which awakened Russia will offer
to the world.
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STEEL MILLS HAVE:
MASS OF ORDERS
Domestic and Foreign Con-
sumers Still Clamoring to
Place More Business

New York, September 1.-THE steel
mills are declared to be more concerned
about inability to make appreciate head
way against the mass of orders already
upon the books than In securing new
contracts. although shipments in Septem-
Der thus far are more satisfactory than
in August.
Domestic consumers needs for the first
half of next year are being satisfied and
the foreign demand for commercial forms
would take up a large annual tonnage
IL mills could promise shipments before
July l, 1917. Because of this later handi-
cap fewer export orders are being placed
now.
Russia. however, continues negotiating
for 10000 tons of barbed wire and the
closing of contracts for 1850 more railroad
cars, requiring 1900 tons of steel, is
imminent. Japan and Italy are still urg-
emily pressing for ship plates in lots 1000
steel, skelp and loss phosphorus and basic
pig iron. Holland has taken 500 tons
Bessemer iron and wants more Japan
and Canada are negotiating for addition
al lots of basic and the Netherlands for
more foundry iron.
Domestic consumers OF Sheared plates
are anxiously seeking to place orders for
5000 to $1,000 tons of plates with Penn
sylvania mills; more than half of this
tonnage is wanted by ship yards on the
Atlantic coast The continued pressure
for wrought pipe is expressed in an adj
vance of 81 a ton on black butt weld and
of 81 ton on lap weld Steel and iron
boiler tubes also are up 81 a ton. The
need of sheet bars is shown in the offer
ings of premiums of 50 to IS a ton
over prices paid on recent orders at 81
to $40 ton-for shipment over the last
quarter of this year.
Railroad equipment orders placed in the
past few days require 1880 tons of steel
Miscellaneous rail inquiries amount to
5000 tons The Pennsylvania RailroaA
company for lines east and west of Pitts
burg, the Chesapeake and Ohio and the
Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroads have
placed bridge orders calling for about
1000 tons of steel shapes Contracts
closed for enlargement to steel plants
require $500 tons of steel.
Recent sales of pig iron amounted to
ITO, 900 tons, about two-thirds of this be-
ing for steel making grades for ship
ment mainly over the first half of next
year. The great activity was in the Pitts
burg and Chicago districts.
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FOOTBALL PLAYER
|NF|NE SHAPE NOW
Says He Needed More
Strength and Tanlac Gave
1t to Him-Gains IA
Pounds

w. A. Dodge. Jr.. rate clerk for the
Southeastern Tariff association, and a
popular football player, residing at
Lakewood, a suburb of Atlanta, Ca,
few days ago said:
Il took Tanlac because needed
more weight and strength and 1t GER
tainly has given it to me. have
gained IA pounds on two bottles and
I'm heavier than L ever was in my life.
1 had suffered for sometime with in
digestion and bad stomach. /
Couldn't eat many of the things l liked
fbest because of the distress that would
follow. Gas would form on my stomach
soon after meals and at times would
have severe pains in my left side. My
food failed to give me the proper nour-
ishment and 1 was away off in energy
and strength as we'll as weight I
wasn't what you'd call sick, but L
wasn't at myself by any means
Il exepct to play football with the
Atlanta Athletic club this season and
knew Icouldn't play much of game in
the shape L was in. But l just want to
say ] feel now that 1 can enter the
games with a whole heart and stay
with the boys to the finish. l had read
a whole lot how Tanlac had built up
so many people and l decided 1T might
be the right thing Tor me ana IL Ger
tainly was My indigestion is gone and
1 can now eat the things that make
muscle and strength. In addition to
the IA pounds I have gained in weight
by energy is increased 100 per cent and
| feel that my powers of endurance are
doubled"
of endurance are doubled"
Further evidence of the value of Tan
lac as muscle and strength builder
and invigorator is given in the recent
statement of Heyder Barr, star fielder
for the Shreveport team in the Texas
league, who said: I've gained Is
pounds on Tanlac and can recommend
1t as the best medicine on earth to build
up a weak, rundown system. Ia
suffered with stomach trouble and in
digestion and finally had to give up
my work on account of bad health.
Tanlac has made a we'll man of me and
can play better game than ever"
Tanlac is sold in Birmingham exclus-
lively by Patton-Pope Drug Co., and
Eugene Jacobs Drug Co.-Adv.
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Tuscaloosa Bank Shows
Prosperity of Community

Tuscaloosa, September T.-(Special)
The prosperity of Tuscaloosa banks is in
dictated in the remarkable showing that
the City National bank made at recent
meeting of the directors. This bank has
doubled the business of 80 years within
the last five years and during the last
yaar the book value of their stock has
risen from $40 to over $500 per share At
the last meeting Of the directors OF this
institution it was decided to pay divi-
dend of ~ per cent quarterly In the fu-
ture instead of the semi-annual dividend
as heretofore.
Hon. Fred Fite. prominent attorney OF
Tuscaloosa, and member of the legislature
from this county. has formed a connec-
ton with Birmingham law firm and will
leave Tuscaloosa next week to make his
home in Birmingham. Mr.. Fite Is among
the most prominent Of the younger MEM
bers of the Tuscaloosa bar and has made
a splendid record here as practtcing
attorney. 1t Is understood that Mr.. Fife
will resign his commission as second lieu
tenant in the cavalry regiment to which
he was. recently elected.
Artie F. Rice, aged H. and Pearlie En-
glebert, aged IA, were issued marriage
license by the probate office after
obtaining the consent of the prospective
brides father. The young people have
tried for a year to obtain the consent
of their parents and only succeeded lately.
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Athens College Opens
With Good Enrolment

Athens, September H. Especially
Athens College for Young Women
opened the 1916-17 term here this week
the history of the institution. The
opening exercises were presided over
by President Glasgow, former pastor
of the local Methodist church, but re-
Gently elected to fill the vacancy left
by Miss Mary Moore as president Of the
Institution
After the devotional exercises con-
Quoted by Rev. K. NJ Mathews, Method
ist pastor at Talladega, President Glas-
gov introduced the following gentle
men. who in turn made short appro-
pirate addresses: DR.. I. F. Hawkins.
presiding elder of Decatur district;
Rev. X. M. Mathews. Rev. Clay 1. Hud-
son, pastor of the Athens Baptist
Nashville, secretary of the general
board of education of the Methodist
Episcopal church, south, and W. r.
Sanders, president of the local board
of trustees of the college. These speak
ers were enthusiastic In the commenda-
ton of the work of the school and
wished the college and the new admin
istration a most successful future The
prospects are bright. and all connected
with the school are congratulatfng
those who had the canvass in charge
upon the unusually fine opening with
such a large enrolment. Students have
been coming in on all trains since Mon
day, and number are still to. come.
The work of naturalization and CLASH
fication is proceeding nicely.
1t is very unusual that even with a
new administration there should be
only one new member Of the faculty.
The dean, Miss Jackson. and Miss
Moore, teacher of voice, are returning
to the school after doing work else
where. Another significant fact is that
there is not single one absent from
the senior class. Several young ladies
were accompanied by their parents, who
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18
TR|-C|T|ES HOLD
ELECTIONS TODAY
Tuscumbia Fair Prepare
tions Well Under Way.
Full Docket for Court

Sheffield. September f7.-(special.)-fn
this city tomorrow a city commissioner
to succeed w. H. Habbeler. who declined
to stand for reelection. will be elected
Three candidates have offered for the
vacancy, Judge Allen J. Roulhac. Jacob
spielberger and j. B. Pippen. The can-
didates and their friends have made a
close campaign. and 1t is predicted that
the race will be a close one.
The city of Tuscumbia Is governed BY
the old a1dermanic system. and full tick
cts are in the field. For mayor there
are three candidates in the field, Mayor
John II. Sherrod. who seeks re-election<
o. B. Clark and ]. w. Sparks. Here also
close campaign has been waged ana
the race Is q close one
. Commissioner Jordan Of Florence. seeS-
ing reelection, has no opposition, and
will. of course, be the winner.
The regular October term of the circuM
court, with Judge Charles p. Almon-
presiding, will convene at the COURT
house in Tuscumbia, Monday, October ,.
Circuit Clerk Charles Simpson has every
thing ready. There appears on the civil
docket As cases for trial; these nave peen
criminal docket shows 101 cases, includ-
ing appeals from the county court. The
intention of the court is to try and dis
pose of all matters in three weeks. SO
as to save additional expense to the
county.
Just ten days until the sixth annual
fair of the Tennessee Valley Fair as
ISOLATION will open at the fairgrounds in
Tuscumbia. Opening Wednesday, Septem-
Der q, and continuing through Saturday,
the goth, the fair will be the big event
of the year in this section. In the event
of good weather conditions large crowds
are expected from Haleyville. Russell-
vile, Spring Valley, Leighton and else
where A large number Of fine race
horses have already arrived at the fair
grounds, and it is expected that the rao-
ing cards this year will be the bess
ever presented at the local grounds.
Thomas J. Locke, Jr., and 8. B. stress
of Columbus, Miss. we're in the trt-
cities last week, bound north over the
Jackson highway route. The road In
Mississippi and Alabama over this route
is nearing completion. Sheffield. Flor
ence and Tuscunlbia will be on the Mems
phis, Birmingham and Atlanta highway
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LITTLE NEW YORK STORIES
BY A BIRMINGHAM MAN
BIZ ALLEN GRIFFIN JOHNSON

New York, September 17-(Special.)
Yes, sir, it's just as I tell you, here in
this immense mart of wisdom, wicked
ness, white lights and white slavery, you
have to rely upon your Judgment of
not so directly to the natives as to those
who come to us from the old home
town." those whom we foolishly fancied
we had line on when we used to live
back there where the neghbors found US
sufficiently interesting to keep an eagle
eye upon.
But in Manhattan Oh, my son, my
faith in man is fluctuating to the point
of complete fluke Somebody has said
that language was thing given to us
with which to conceal thought -oh,
wise somebody Verify, have come to
believe that there are certain phrases.
etc, which may mean almost anything.
and the only way in which one may
arrive at the correct Interpretation In
each instance Is by using ones judg-
ment of human nature. Take for in
stance a sentence which I have heard
from practically every southern visitor,
VINO nad not Deen mere oIlen: L would
like to see some of the points Of in
terest'
There was a man from Nashville here
recently who pulled that on me-if you
know what I mean-and. having both
time and money at my command, 1 de-
voted "a hours to his entertainment. j
thought all visitors liked the white light
district and thither l conovyed him,
letting him gaze at the outside of all
the buildings wherein something inter-
esting is going on, and telling him all
l could about the inside. At the end of
the day he thanked me and asked If I
didn't know where the Statue of Liberty
was, and where were the Bronx zoo and
the Jumel mansion. That twisted me
up and the next day was spent among
the relics, etc.
Soon after he had departed an Ala
bamian popped up from under the Hud-
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HER SIDE OF 1T

Oh. DAVID, David. can a man never
understand that what you dismiss in
us as mere anger springs often from
a deep hurt, sudden shock. and
FEAR? Yes, positive fear. 1 will put
it to any young wife married six
months, as I have been, with never
a thought of another woman upon the
horizon of her love. Would not any
woman have been shocked into anger
AS 1 was?
Oh. of course. 1 knew you had
friends; that you must have cared for
other girls before you knew me. But
no actual face, no name, no living
personality, had confronted me.
All day, David, I had worked to
make the house pretty, to choose a
dinner. every detail of which should
be delight to you, to arrange little
surprises that would silently tell you
of my love and my JOY in you and
our home
My heart had sung. My hands had
flown over their tasks. 1 had sent
up little prayers of thanksgiving for
the dear perfection of our happiness
l had actually been plying other
women-my neighbor across the hall
who struggles with her jealousies; my
cousin Beth round the corner who has
nothing in her life but wealth; the
widow downstairs who sobs in loneli-
ness.
All of them were wretched, where
I was happy and blest 1 felt so
humbly thankful Davy. I wanted to
KNEEL to something or someone out
of sheer gratitude that you were mine
and l was yours and we We're together
in such perfect sweet accord.
Then
fashionable motor chugs UP to
the door and out YOU step, while
pretty face smiles with the vivacious,
interested familiarity we women know
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HER SIDE-AND HIS
How Cora and David Temple Solved Their Marital Problems

so we'll and recognize with a terri
fed pang through the heart.
oh, the cruel. sick shock Of It.
David 1t is not that we fear or hate
the woman. 1t is that there is A
WOMAN something new and menac-
ing has come close to US. Some one
else shares the person We had thought
was ours alone. Any woman will
understand this feeling. Perhaps no
man can. A man has room in his
heart for more than one love. A
woman rarely has.
Then-while l was still struggling
with myself, you offered her some of
the flowers you had brought for me.
She didn't want to take them. All,
SHE understood. . You forced
them on her-MY flowers, the en-
blems of your love for me upon our
wedding day.
Oh, the unkindness Of it, David. The
INDELICACY of it. / could never
have done a thing like that to you.
And there 1 stood at the window,
waiting, waiting for you to end your
animated chat with her and remem-
Der the little home party we had
planned together.
For the first time since our mar
rage I felt the symbolism Of it
the waiting wife, the passive one, the
helpless time-marker l saw in a
flash how, as wife, 1 have only the
law on my side, while the other Wom-
an has everything else.
Yes, it is the wife, the tied one, the
dependent one, who has the handicap.
Hers the handicap of duties and re-
sponsibilities and the deadly hopeless
handicap of familiarity, while the
Other Woman wears freedom an,
novelty like a halo.
1t was then that my composure left
me and 1 WAS angry. Angry be-
cause 1 was hurt and frightened and
shocked. Put yourself in my place,
David my dear-and see if you do
not understand.
Copyright, 1916 S. S. McClure)
ellis Side of 1t" will appear in to-
morrow's Age-Herald.)
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Herzberg Is Optimistic

Montgomery, September T.-(Spe-
cial. Probate Judge L. L. Herzberg
of Etowah county is the first probate
Judge visiting the auditors office in
the last few months who has not
brought in pessimistic accounts con-
corning agricultural and commercial
conditions. Unlike the judges from
other sections. Judge Herzberg de-
clared that the city of Gadsden, where
he resides, is on a big boom and that
everything Is on the hustle there
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RUSSIA AND GERMANY

Russia will not submit after the Euro
pean war is ended to commercial trea-
ties with Germany Of the kind to which
she was subjected after the close of her
war with Japan. G. w. Barron, in his
after the European war began, said that
after the European var began, said that
one Of the causes of the war was Rus
sia's refusal to renew the commercial
treaties which Germany had compelled
her to ratify and which gave Germany
al, the advantages of international trade.
Russia, however. must have commodi-
ties and the probabilities are that she
will turn to the United States for the
greater part of the commodities which
she needs.
There are abundant opportunities for
investment of American capital in Russia
for the exploitation of some Of her I'M
surpassed natural resources. These re-
sources are greater than those of the
United States. She has more iron than
the United States, and in due time will
be able to compete with the world in
the iron manufacturing industry. She
has an abundance of copper. and those
who are expert forecasters of the future
say that the worlds demand for copper
in the next 80 or 40 years is to be so
great as to make it commercially profit
able to operate all the copper mines in
the world.
Russias agricultural possibilities are
stupendous, and If as one of the re-
suits Of the war she finds convenient
transportation from her great wheat
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