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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

w poupular periodical. We find
 these objections to it: The writer devotes several heavy paragraphs to a tiresome description of the trees' lawn, flowers, vases, chairs, portraits ana the like, around the home, and a pare few lines to a study of the people III the house. whereas the theme of the story is people, She occupies three solid pages of wide measure matter in threatening to tell the story. Finally she does connde in the reader what the story IS, put she does it grudgingly, as concession lo those who feel that they ought to nave their moneys worth when they read a maga zine At one or two points Tn the piece-it is more of a piece than a story she leads the reader right up to the cage of the story she wants to tell; then she spies some flowers, a lake, and some more trees. She stops a while and describes these again How that woman does love scenery! There's mean, brilliant, worn. growing old woman who is the central character in the story. The woman IS from the reader, hidden, however. The writer seems to hesitate to introduce the reader to the old hussy. m going down to Bangor to get drunk, and Lord. now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
IN BLOODY MEXICO

into Mexico, I have heard the most fri ful stories of atrocities of all kinds; these stories are true. They are not f; for sensational newspaper publication, incidents gravely described by honest, spectable American citizens who tn selves have seen what they have rela The records are full of them. The rep in the various departments in Wash ton reek with them. Murder, rapine, rage, footing, pillage, arson and dest ton of property are greater and n atrocious than ever before occurred such a space of land in the history this continent It is as unparalleled it is brutal In five years Mexico come to be territory where no Tiff safe, where no property right IS sac where murder is pastime.
 Moreover, the country is bankrupt. has no financial resources nor any finance. Productive industry has stop Agriculture, save in small and isol places is abandoned. Typhus is epide in. sections. The people are hungry. \ ico, as a. functioning nation, has prs cally ceased to exist. It is merely a graphical division overrun with ban' some of them called soldiers and som them robbers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
General Wood and the Presidency

Ex-President Roosevelt's friend and military protege, Maj.-Gen. Leonard Wood, United States army, is now be- ing put forward as a possible candl- date for the presidency on the re- publican and progressive tickets.
 With the approach of June ', the date for the two conventions In Chi cago-the regulars and the Roosevelt progressives-the prospects for har- monious getting together are far from bright. A month ago it looked as If the "old guard" would be induced to accent Roosevelt as the standard bearer of a reunited party; but that programme will not be carried out, judging from present appearances.
 The republicans are counting more than ever on forcing the nomination on Justice Hughes, believing as they do that the progressives would be quick to rally around his standard; but if Roosevelt cannot get the "old linep nomination he will naturally de- sire to name the man; and from his point of view-long and intimate com radeship-General Wood would be the logical gentleman to step in his shoes.
 It has been suggested by some poli- ticians that General Wood, unless he resigned from the army, could hardly accept the republican nomination, even if it were rendered him on silver waiter, because he would be opposing President Wilson, commander-in-ch chief, who will be the candidate of the demo- cratic party to succeed himself.
 There is no law against any army officer accepting a party nomination any more than there is law pro- hibiting a member of the judiciary Hughes, for example-accepting po- litical honors, no matter how strange or unfit it might be considered. In 1868 while General Grant was the commanding officer of the army, he was nominated by the republicans for the presidency, and was elected, but he continued to perform his military duties right up to the eve of inaugura- tion, when he gave up his life com mission in the army
 In 1880 Maj Gen. Winfield s. Han cock was nominated for President by the democrats. He accepted and did considerable campaigning in a quiet way, but he never resigned from the army, and no one expected him to re- sign. Hancock was highly esteemed by everybody and was an idol of his party, because having been union general and surrounded in the bitter days of reconstruction by republicans, he was independent enough and noble
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
SEA soRCERY

SEA SORCERY Richard Le Gallienne, in Harr Weekly. Did you ever feel this about the sd Ir her huge enfolding ecstasy Lost as you lay, Adre cam and asway-
 That you were suddenly going to be
 Rock and sea weed, and even as she? That you swayed and swung on the bI of change.
 A wordless glory, wild and strangS
 Translation blindingly swift and swed That, moment more. | And secret door, As 1t were. would open and take you And you and the sea be kin and kin And the Land nevermore be pressed your feet. So, when your heart is filled full the sea, And your body hangs poised. like q tai sphere, In an infinite ether of mystical glee, Streamed through and through,
 Like the sunlit dew. With glory of gold, And 8 glory of blue; With the delicate vastness of beaver l near And soft as a flower or a tear; Flesh no more, but a thing to hold
 Joy like cup and song like bird;
 Only in music is hidden the word For the height and the depth of y ecstasy,
 Lost in palace of light, and aione
 As god is alone. with the sea.
 Ahl then of the sea have a care,
 In that moment of high content
 Is the mystical snare It was that the wise Greek meant By the sea nymph and her hair.
 Call back your heart. lest it fill
 Too full of felicity.
 Your mortal heart, lest it break With too much of divinity, And the soul of waters enter in. And you and the sea be kin and kin
 An! then shall you watch. as she sw and sings,
 The earth and it's folk as alien thins
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
Reunion Weather

Richmond, the capital of the Con federacy, is proverbial for it's lavish hospitality, and when acting as host to a Confederate reunion 1t IS gorge ously decorated; but at the last two reunions it was unfortunate Tn the matter of weather. Last year there was rain and the temperature was un- comfortably low. Eight years before, that is to say in 1907, there was a great deal of rain during the reunion at Richmond and the air was so chilly that oyercoats and fires were in order, although it was in the month of June.
 A veteran who recalls Richmonds s first reunion states that while the weather was not bad throughout the three days. there were warm showers and a very steamy atmosphere.
 Birmingham has been honored with three reunions-two before the one to begin on Tuesday-and on each occa- sion of the past the weather was per feet. While it is too soon to forecast with any degree of confidence, we will probably have ideal weather next week. The present hot wave will be broken probably by thundershowcrs
 L Friday and Saturday followed by flair" The thermometer is likely to drop to 80 as the highest and keep be- low S5 or S6 all next week.
 At any rate beautiful weather in May is the rule in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
Wilson's Chances for Reelection

'Humanly speaking, think it almost certain that President Wilson will be his own successor at the end of his present term, but if believed in luck or custom, would say he would be defeated at the polls in November. for the very req son that no democrat, since Andrew Jack son, has succeeded himself" said w. F. Warmly of Chicago.
 Martin Van Buren was nominated for reelection but he could not make it. Cleveland was twice elected President and served two full terms, but one term intervened.
 q did not vote the democratic ticket in 1912, but I am free to admit and it is generally admitted that MT. Wilson has many remarkably strong traits, and that he has proved to be shrewd politician But what will make it easy for Wilson to win again is the split in the G. 0. F. The regular republicans and the pro- gressives can only get together on Roose- welt, and the old-timers will not have it that way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

enumerated in July, is expected to show fully 53,OOO, which, multiplied by 3.75-a conservative multiplier- would indicate a total population of 198,7
 In 1910 the city's population, ac- cording to the federal census, was 132,6S5. An increase of nearly 66,000 in six years is doing pretty we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

BEGINNING THE DAY-O Lord' .tor me before | go too far in any wrong course that l may ne Pur- suing. Let me not hurt my lie De- yepd repair! Let me not inJure my brother beyond redress! Stay my hand! StartIe me! Help me to con slider the end. Help me to submit all te Thee again. For Christs saKe' Aynen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
WOMEN MUST BE AMUSED

FTOnn 7OUIIICI S'
 We accept the following insinuation from the Cincinnati Telephone Bulletin
 When you see stunning girl going into a theatre with a fellow wearing a toothbrush mustache. horn-rimmed glasses. and carrying cane, take it from me that girl craves amusement
 It seems to cover the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
ADDITIONAL RISK.

Motorists have to be careful about run ming over people in this town"
 Why must they be more careful here than anywhere else?"
 This is a prohibition town. and if the pedestrian happens to have a flask in his pocket when he's struck, it's apt to cut tire to pieces"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
PURITY AND CRIME.

This is striking piece of sculpture. Let's see what the title is"
 "well?"
 Its called Purity" and is dated '1sos' '
 That isn't complete"
 "No?,
 The full title should be. Purity, As She Appears Under Ten Years Accumulation of Soft Coal Soot'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
WHY GASOLINE RISES

n
 Thomas F. Logan in Leslie's.
 The following figures taken in part rom tbe federal trade commissions report are sta rtline The total production of gaso- line in the United States during the year 1915 was 25O0,O0O barrels. The total sales were 27.eoo,00O barrels. of which SSooUO were exported leaving for home consump- tion 21 GOO, 900 barrels. The decline Tn pos sih,e production of gasoline is 20 per cent and the stock on hand has been reduced Inv e7h per cent, leaving less than So days s,nn,v in reserve on January l. lsl6. eaipst this it is estimated that the con sumption will be increased at least lo'VVV' Ooo barrels, making tho total requirements for 1916 approximately S0OOo0W barrels. This increase is based on the fact that on January 1, 1916 there were aproxlmate- ly 2,Ooo,e eco automobiles in use whereas con sarvatiye estimates indicate there Will pc
 | 9 OoO OO0 in use by'~the end Of this year. lconseryative estimates show over 00O,0OV
 motorboats and stationary engines using ga soline. Van H. Manning, director of
 the limited States bureau of mines, pre-
 diets that gasoline will go to still higher
 nrices. The report of the federal trade
 Icommission shows that during the year
 | ,a,5 inc Standard Oil companys price foI gasoline was { per cent below the prices
 charged by 47 other refiners. Bust the
 | trusts!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
Samuel G. Blythe, in the Saturday Even

ing Post
 1.-TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Mex jeans have been killed in battie or
 x after being made prisoners, or oieo from wounds since the Madero reVoiutioii
 began. in 1910 The best figures aVaiiapie
 show that some 270 Americans have been
 murdered in that time by Mexlcans. NO
 man can do more than guess at the num-
 here of Mexicans slaughtered officlaly-
 "executed'' Is the term. Thousanos oi +ben have been shot by Villa, by Car ranza. bv the other chieftains Moreover Mexican women and children have been killed by the thousand.
 The stories-true and conservatlve-that are told of the outrages by these se-called natricts on their own people, to say notl.,n- of foreigners, are incredible. The entire country of Mexico has been brutal izsd. There have been robbery, arson loot wanton destruction of millions or dollars worth of property, both foreign owned and owned by Mexicans. The place
 is rapidly becoming a wilderness over
 run my marauding, bloodthirsty bands. Since I have been on the Mexican DOT der and in such trips as l have maoe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
WHY BOYS HATE CATS

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
 Tracing back the hatred of boys for cats, it may be supposed that it origi- mates in the cats treatment of a cap tured mouse. A boy likes fair play and hates duplicity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
A DECEPTIVE POSE.

What is meant by the 'virtuosity' of musicians performance?"
 "Oh, that" answered the low-browed person, lis 8 knack some of them have of scraping a fiddle or humping a piano as if they had forgotten all about the 5000 or $500 they insisted on being paid before they would sound a note.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
ONE OF L1FEs TRAGEDIES.

A rcbber took his little hoard, With which he hoped to buy Ford And with his mate to chug along Amid the joyous motor throng.
 Whats that? Oh, yes, he bought the car And he and she have travelled far, But had that robber never come, There'd be no mortgage on their home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
HIs MIND ELSEWHERE.

Does it require mental concentration to write best seller'?'
 T hardly think so." replied the man who loves good literature The last pop ular novel glanced through was dc- tated by the author to his secretary, l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

i underStanus Wnlle on uSillHS IiP' judging from the style of the novel, must have caught some fish"
 DISCRIMINATION.
 "care much for poetry?" asked studious person.
 "Yes, indeed" replied the man who reading a pink paper.
 who's your favorite-Browning, ByI Keats, shelIy?"
 "oh. I've never read anything by Il fellows. but I saw piece on the sp| ing page of newspaper yesterday was every bit as good as Casey At Bat. WORTH SITTING UP FOR.
 "Dubwaite looks rather worn and gard"
 Hes had too many sleepless nid lately"
 "He ought to take something True. He says if he wins a few n| iackpots hell be able to take a triIl Canada this summer" YOU'VE SEEN EM.  Bessie got lavalliere From her most loving Ben; But all the girls in town know It Game from the five and ten. Allentown Democrd Katie has piano About which she brags; But everybody knows she got 1t with tobacco tags. Houston Pol Polly has a Persian rug Imported, so they say; But we've a notion it was made Somewhere in old N. J. Birmingham Age-HeraI Anna has lovely chair Marked Chippendale, but pish! That there thing was turned out last At old Grand Rapids, Mich. Columbia Sta Susie has some pretty gems, She calls 'em diamond rings, But every other girl is hep l. They came from old Hot Springs. l Macon Telegrar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

Mysterious explosions continue to oc' cur in various parts of the country. The dently not corraled all the Teut conspir- stors yet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

Carranza may decide to hang on to the last, but if he is wise he will quit While the cuttings good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

A contemporary says the barber shop is a great leveler. However, the artists have a way of showing the man who never gives tip that he might be more popular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

It is estimated that the American peo-
 pie spend about $500, ,0O0O0O a year on music. Geraldine Farrar, John McCor- mack and Caruso should worry, also IT, wing Berlin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

The citizens of Birmingham should help the authorities in cleaning up the city for reunion visitors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

The defeated candidates are beginning to lift their heads and take nourishment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

There are few war correspondents who could write copy while under fire, and even if they did. the censor would not let it go through.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
REFRESHING FOR MORA LEFFECT

Under the new election law Sabbath calm prevailed around the polls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

It is said that David Belasco was in- tended for rabbi Perhaps that explains his clerical clothes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

The National Guard need not fear a
 repetition of it's experiences at Miami and elsewhere during the Spanish Amer ican war We've learned few lessons
 since then.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
ALABAMA PRESS

Tuscaloosa News: will singing follow the dancing fad?'' a contemporary asks. Well, we hope not. The sound of danc- ing doesn't carry as far as that of the human voice.
 Alabama Reporter: The report shows TO death of Selma baby in April Sell ma is demonstrating the example of be- ing decent to the babies. even during a political campaign.
 Mobile Register Whats become of old MT. Anonymous, who writes criticiz- ing the paper, but forgetting to tell his name?' He's right here, on the job, and doing his little best to get front position
 in the editorial waste basket.
 Dothan Eagle: Some people who like monograph music in the home are defer ring the purchase of an instrument until they can get one to fit Ford
 Selma Journal: Dispatches say holy war has now been declared on Great Britain. Thought they were all holy from the way the emperors, czars and kings have been constantly calling on God to bless them in their murderous onsiaughts for the past 20 months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

Thanks to the parcel post, an egg is nc sooner laid than it is whisked away to the ultimate consumer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

The Kaiser and King George may shake hands some day, but Josephus Daniels and Admiral Fiske will never bury the ratchet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

If General Wood wants. to run for the presidency he had better take his sword off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

The Danish West Indies, which Uncle
 Sam may purchase for s5,OO0.OO consist
 of three small islands, St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John. They have a com
 bined area of about 1SS square miles and
 population of FLOSS, composed chiefly of free negroes who cultivate sugar cane. The islands have strategic importance be- cause of their proximity to the Panama
 canal In 1867, says writer in the Kan sas City Star, Secretary Seward nego tiated for the purchase of the islands for g, 7,50O,0OO. The Senate failed to ratify the
 treaty, however. When Germany tried
 to buy them Denmark was warned by
 the United States not to make the sale,
 as it would have been considered a vio- lation of the Monroe doctrine. In 1902 Secretary Hay negotiated for the pur- chase of the islands for $5,00O000. This ment because of German influence. Re gently German interests have built inn
 mense docks and a coaling pier at St. Thomas and it was rumored that the
 Kaiser was determined to gain a foothold
 in the group If Denmark sells the West
 Indies another European nation will have ceased to be an American colonial power.
 Portugal and Spain lost their holdings and Russia voluntarily withdrew when
 she sold Alaska to the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

The attempt to change the name of Coney Island "hot dogs to something more euphonious is doomed to fail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

The editor of Hearsts Magazine has teen arrested by Anthony Constock' s successor for publishing alleged obscene matter. A boom in circulation is conf dently predicted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

understand. while on a fishing trip, judging from the style of the novel must have caught some fish"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

If American aeroplane manufacturers can make highly efficient machines for the belligerents in Europe, they ought to be able to turn out few first-class aero planes for Uncle Sam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

EYy7E have just read short story by A/ a well known woman writer in a
 w poupular periodical. We ma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-11

What simple thief brRgs of his own ..,.i,te Comedy of Errors.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-30
EIdora News Brevitiss.
Special to Times-Republican.

Speclal TO IlmeS-Republlcan.
Eldora, Nov. 30.--Miss Miriam Wen.
dell, of Williamsport, Pa, arrived in
the city w Wednesday, for a visit with her
uncle p. s. Davis, and other relatives
ard friends.
w. NJ. Satchell left Wednesday for
st. Paul, where he will join Mrs.
Satchell for short visit with relatives
and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Allison and
daughter, Miss Florence, left Wednes-
day for Minneapolis, for short visit
with relatives. Miss Florence is a res
ident Of Logan county, Colorado, and
this fall was elected county superin-
tendent of schools. She was formerly
an instructor in the public schools Of
this city.
John Miller left Wednesday for
Charles City for visit with his broth
er Charles and family.
Mrs. C. M. Haas and daughter, Miss
Virginia, left Wednesday for points in
California, where they expect to spend
the winter.
At the home Of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Hamilton, in south
Eldora, was celebrated the marriage
of their only daughter, Miss Florence
to Mr.. Lon Newly. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. T. H. Gallagher, of
the Methodist Episcopal church, in the
presence of the relatives and a few,
friends. The young people are we'll
and favorably known in this section
OF the county.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Claussing and fam
lily left Wednesday for Falkland. Okla.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-30
FRANK SMITH, ON TRIAL FOR
MURDER, SAYS FATHER TOLD
HIM 70 SHOOT MRS. oERLAcH.
VOICE FROM DEAD
l ~ BLAMED FOR CRIME
Smith Declares Message From Father
B Said Ii He Did Not Kill Woman She
Would Kill His FamiIy-says Wife
and Family Wsrs Abused by His
Cousin, Mrs. osrlaeh.

Centerville, Nov. 30.-The time for
which those interested IN the. strange
testimony in the Frank Smith murder
case have waited came when the de-
PENDANT himself went. on the stand. His
testimony followed shortly after that
OF his wife's cross examination. AT
first he seemed confused and asked to
have questions repeated and frequently
said he didn't understand them. AS
the examination progressed he answer
ed much more promptly and decisively.
He told Of hearing his dead father
command him that morning to Kill
Mrs. Gerlach or she would kill him and
his family. He had no recollection OF
talking to various people that day. but
did remember of being in Unionvilie'
where he saw Mrs. Gerlach and asked
her about the letter he had that he
thought came from her. He said she
had answered, ''Tll fix you" and reach
ed in he thought, for q gun in her bug
CIV and cit made me mad and had the
explosion in my head like had be-
fore" He says that was the last he
remembers till he was In Jail.
He told Of his wife being afraid OF
Mrs. Gerlach because she had abused
her and shot at her going by the house.
He declared he loved his wife and chill
dren and this affected him. IS
When he had been on the stand
about a half hour a dispute. arose be-
tween the attorneys as to the admis-
sion OF answers to certain questions
and the Jury was excused for the ar.
gument Of the law points before the
court.