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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-15
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-15

Beer has been raised in price in
Rio Janeiro. Forcing beers cannot
compete because of the high tariff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-07
Lord Kitchener's Tragic Death

Since the European conflict began
 Great Britain has been through many crises, but the greatest blow that has
 fallen upon the government and the
 British public alike is the tragic death
 by drowning of Earl Kitchener, secre-
 tary of state for war, when the steam
 ship Hampshire went down off the
 West Orkneys Monday night. He was
 on his way to Petrograd for confer ence with the Czar, and was to have returned to London for the reopening of Parliament June 20.
 Kitchener was England's ablest soldier of recent years. He had been popular hero since his brilliant achievement in the Sudan, in the eighties, and no military chieftain was ever more lionized in London than he
 when he arrived from Egypt as Lord
 Kitchener of Khartum.
 He summed ovations and preferred
 the quiet life, but he was the one com manding military figure whom the people were always ready to honor.
 He had a genius for organization and leadership and when he accepted the war portfolio shortly after the car mage in Europe began the English public and the entente allies as well felt that the ideal man to develop military policy and direct the army had been found.
 Like all strong leaders Kitchener had his critics in high places. Under the incessant fire of the newspapers controlled by Lord Northcliffe pub lie man less resolute than Kitchener might have yielded to heartless in trigues and resigned. But his col leagues and the public had faith in him and he continued his arduous labors unmoved.
 When the war started Kitchener did not try to disguise the fact that England was i'll prepared. He said it would require year or more for him to organize and train an adequate army; that the war would last three years or more Since then he had three million well drilled men in the field. His critics had ceased to at tract public attention and Kitchener was doing the most effective work of his eventful career. New honors seemed to await him. But an untime- Fly death claimed him and all England is overwhelmed with grief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-07
PARIS IN WAR TIME

From Cartoons Magazine.
 Fabiano. the artist of the boudoirs and cafes, and creator of those little French girls who actually melt in your mouth, has, like other Parisian artists begun to turn his attention to more serious sub jects
 q would like to record for posterity the physiognomy of the present time" he tells an interviewer for Cartoons Maga- zine, who observes:
 Paris during the battle of Verdun! rather fear that a more serious artist will be required to picture her than the gay Fabiano. It would be not unworthy task for Steinlen's deep understanding, Herman PauFs forcefulness. heroic gam inerie'-all combined-to portray truly the invincible courage that glows in the per haps a little mirthles smile on the faces that throng and cross the Paris boule- us something in his fugitive sketches
 Here one may see the Dame blanche, as the Red Cross sister is now called; the ebon-hued soldiers of the African army; the Scotsmen in their short kits; the newspaper girls-the newsboys are all in the trenches-the Laisses pour compte. as the chicken-shouldered young men whom the military authorities have re- jected are called, and the New France, as Fabiano terms the bearded soldier home on furlough marching with soldier ly gait, his boots and uniform all white with Champagne claw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-07
Jere King still Improving

"I have reached the point now where the doctor is good enough to let me do some little stunts around home said Jere c. King, the we'll known at torney who has been making game fight against serious attack of anaemla
 for many months. T get outsin the yard and water my flowers and climb up on a step ladder and trim my trees and bushes and do other little odd jobs
 but of course nothing that requires any exertion.
 When a man is short on blood he has to go mighty slow, but l have the satisfaction of knowing l am 100 per
 cent better than I was last fall. feel more confident than ever that am go- ing to get well. There is plenty of the old fighting spirit left in me and that will always tell in the long iun MT. King is at home and his friends all over the state will be pleased to know that he is making such game fight and that his doctors believe he will be able to resume his practice in the fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-07
HOTEL LOBBIES
Haynes Able Educator

The election of Thornwell Haynes. as president of Birmingham college, mets with the unanimous approval of the friends of that institution, declared Judge W. w. Brandon of Tuscaloosa who is here attending the commence ment exercises of the college. MT Haynes is one of the able educators oi the south and his experience and reputa- tion as a diplomat will be of vast aid to the work he will do for Birmingham col ege. The trustees are to be congratu- lated upon securing the services of such broad and able man to head the insti- tuition.
 Birmingham college is destined to be- come a power for the educational and moral development of Alabama" said Judge Brandon. T have always been keenly interested in the work of the col lege and it is now receiving more hearty cooperation from the Methodists and from all friends of education than ever before. Birmingham is the place for the location of a great denominational college, and we are confident that Bir- mingham college is destined to give Bir- mingham great aid in an educational way. The support which the school is receiving from the people of Birmingham is becoming much more marked and it is highly appreciated by all friends of the institution
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-07
The Warrior River Road

There has been year of highway talk, but Birmingham is no nearer the Warrior, so far as highway connec- tion goes, than it was last summer when we were celebrating the com- pletion of the governments engineer ing feet of bringing deep water navi- gation to the Birmingham district. Senator Bankhead, while member of the House of Representatives, had directed his best energies to the inn provement of the Warrior, and after the governments great plans were consummated at a cost of nearly twenty millions dollars, it was natur- ally to be expected that Jefferson county would lose no time in building the few miles of roadway which would virtually put Birmingham in deep water communication with the world.
 But not only has. no start at building to the river been made, but the board of revenue gives no ground to hope for early action. This is all the more disappointing when it is recalled that the board had the county engineer survey two proposed routes and after wards w. A. Crossland, government engineer, go over the details and rec ommend the route that he deemed best. Nichols Fish Trap and Taylor's Ferry, the two routes found most practicable, should both be utilized ultimately as highways to the War rior, but the government expert hav- ing recommended that the former be the route adopted for earliest con- struction should be the determining factor in what seems to be vexing problem.
 It is the nearest route and the coun- | ty can extend the present highway to the river at comparatively small cost
 And in order to get something started
 many people who preferred the Fay lor's Ferry route gladly agreed to the government engineers report.
 It was believed that the board was
 waiting only for MT. Crossland's re
 port in order to take up the matter ot
 proceeding actively, but now it finds there are no funds available. More over, the interests insisting on build ling to Taylor's Ferry at once will be lstrongly in evidence again.
 Is another "wait" all that is com
 ing this summer?
 What the board of revenue should do is to commit itself to both route; and as soon as one is finished begin or the other. Both will be needed.
 This board has done well for tht county. It is made up of good men and it should be able to find some way to finance the Warrior river highwa,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-07
The School Tax Amendment

The chief cause of illiteracy in Ala bama is that clause in the constitution which forbids the people from voting a special tax levy in school districts for school purposes. The rural schools suffer and that means that thousands of children are without any schooling whatever and that other thousands have very little.
 In November the electorate of the state will have an opportunity of remedying this hindrance to the cause of common school education. An amendment to the constitution is to be voted for at the general election, and this amendment authorizes the people to vote a small tax in any school district for school purposes.
 The importance of such a change in the organic law is obvious and if the amendment carries it will not be long before nearly every school dis trict in Alabama, including the city of Birmingham, will have ample funds for the maintenance of schools along the most approved modern lines.
 The amendment should be ratified by a large majority. But there are many people who have habit of vot- ing against any and all amendments In 1909 the prohibition amendment was defeated by majority of thirty thousand votes; and it should have seen defeated. But since that time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-07
Praise For Auditorium Work

You may be sure I am highly grat- flied at the success of the auditorium bond issue" said W. Blanks Everett, assistant general manager of the Chamber of Commerce, yesterday.
 "of course every one realizes that the assistance of the members of the city commission in declaring that they favored the issue was most valuable as was the work of the Chamber of Com merce auditorium committee.
 However, it will not do to over look the tireless work of large numbers of idividuals who lent their hearty CO., operation to the Chamber or Com merce during the entire campaign. Many men who were not members Of
 the chamber worked for the auditorium and the assistance which we received
 from the public generally enabled the
 bond issue to be carried by the sub-
 stantial majority it received.
 While the vote shows that there were a number of voters opposed to the proposition, 1 am confident that after Birmingham gets her auditorium and the people see what it will do for the city and after they begin to realize the benefits which will come to every citizen, the whole people will be a unit in indorsing the project. It seems now that it will not be very long until Birmingham has an auditorium the equal of any in the country and larger and better than most of the other cities. If this should prove to be the
 case, it might be that we will be re- paid for what we have lost in the past by not having the auditorium"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-07
PRICE OF suNDAEs GOING UP

New York. Letter to the Pittsburg Dis
 patch.
 We are on the edge of horrible catas- tophe. The price of soda and sundaes IS to be doubled. in fact, redoubled. No stated reason is given for this ruthless attempt to deprive the young men of their special privilege, except the bald statement, owing to the war" and as in hundred other cases, it is deemed suf- ficient.
 Not only is the younger generation struck dumb with horror and apprehen- sion, but members of the Temperance league are said to be taking matters in their own hands determined to prevent this unheard of soaring in prices. Their argument against it is that it will drive myriads of young men into less innocent ane peaceable haunts; that once they loose the habit of strolling leisurely into the soda fountains their morals are in danger
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-07
HOW ENGLAND GETS DOLLARS

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 This war is making new precedents of many kinds. The financial precedents are startling both in magnitude and in character. War debts and war cost have reached~proportions away beyond hu- man comprehension, but England's method of selling her own loans is not only comprehended but must be greatly admired. The United States will not buy enough French and English bonds to pay for the supplies which those coun- tries purchased here. The United States will, however, buy an unlimited amount of the stocks and bonds of its own cor porations which are owned in Europe. British brains evolved a way to buy
 these American supplies and to pay for them with American dollars.
 Parliment has compelled British in- vestors to turn over their American securities. taking new British loans in payment. These American securities are being sold as rapidly as possible in the United States. and the proceeds in dollars are used to pay for war sup plies. Never before did any nation mob ilize in this fashion the individually owned stocks and bonds of it's people and compel them to exchange them for it's own loans. It is good business for the British government, and it Is also
 good business for the United States
 which gets back it's own securities at
 moderate prices with the proceeds ot its unexampled sales of materials at sky high prices. But only time can tell l if this is likewise good thing for the
 individual British investor. At any rate
 he has the satisfaction of knowing that when he sells his American stocks and
 bonds he gets in exchange lien upon
 his empire, for whose safety 5.000.00C men have shouldered arms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-07
Blockade Runners Devices

Tn an interview with the London cor respondent of the Brooklyn Eagle Rear Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair commandant of the Tenth cruiser blockade squadron in the North sea- from August 4, 1914, to March O. 1916, gives an amusing account of the ruses adopted by blockade runners to eyade the vigila1ce of the British commanders.
 Double bottoms, decks and bulk heads have been used for conceallng guns, rifles and other firearms or ammunition, trick which is perhaps the most obvious that might be at tempted. Copper keels and copper plates have also been carried on sailing vessels, but more ingenuity was shown in the use of hollow masts for purposes of concealment and one of the clever est fakes perpetrated was the trans portation of rubber onions, rubber be- ing highly desirable and valuable form of contraband This trick was discovered when British officer dropped one of the fake onions on deck and was doubtless considerably astonished to see it bounce ten feet in the air. Rubber has also been con cealed in coffee sacks and cotton has been hidden in barrels of flour. '.fRub- Der honey" would seem to be about the last word in faking, the rubber beng in the form of honeycomb filled with a ''curious liquid mixture"
 Less enterprising blockade run ners depended on false manifests to carry them safely through the Brit ish patrols without detection, but this form of trickery soon became so com- mon that the chances of success were negligible.
 Adimral de Chair also explained CldC LIc DlOChdulLS 1AOOc 10 SoAAARSS~~- chiefly of auxiliary armed cruisers, usually converted passenger ships or merchantmen covered with war paint and mounting several guns, the real fighting vessels of the fleet being kept in readiness for the long-awaited bat tie with the Germans, which material ized a few days ago in the North sea Although there are number of Royal navy men in command, most of the of ficers are drawn from the Royal Ma val reserves, men who have had nota- ble careers in the mercantile marine service and are well qualified to deal with trading vessels. The British cruis. CTS usually keep about twenty miles apart and it is almost impossible for a blockade runner to pass through the line without being halted for inspec- tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-07
MArcHLEss EXPLORATION

From the New York World.
 q wish at this point" cables Sir Ernest Shacketon to the World from the Falk- land Islands, ito place on record the cheerful attitude of my companions.
 The little company had drifted for months in a disabled ship pinched by ice floes had spent 163 days on floating ice and seven more in boats in constant danger; had lost one boatload of their crew; leaving P men on a desolate Ant arctic island, to try an almost hopeless cruise in small boat in raging autumn nal seas, they had spent six days of utter misery. jettisoning even oars to save weight, all 'supericially frostbit- ten" They had before them greater dangers.
 Better than usually happens, this matchless story of daring and determina- tion answers the question. "Of what user? The Shackleton party set out in one of the least known regions of the sea. It discovered Caird's coast. not far beyond where weddeil reached 'farthest south 93 years ago. It may have detect ed a new strait south of Bransfeld. It achieved a crossing of Whale Island, as a minor feat. and through all perils and sufferings 1t seems to have preserved it's scientific material.
 The rescue of the men on Elephant Island Is not an easy matter nor yet a hopeless undertaking. They had full ra- tions until about May 25, but doubtless have added to them by gathering pen guin and seais for the winter now we'll begun But to force passage to their relief, through possibly 15O0 miles of ice floes in the direction from which help would naturally come. is task for a stout ship and for hearts as valiant as their own.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-07

dents reminder to them, as their conn
 manding officer, that they are "ruore than college students on whose part thoughtless action might be of private
 moment only They are officers of the United States You cannot" he remind ed them. forget your duty for q mo-
 ment. because there might come time when that weak spot in you should af- feet you in the midst of a great engage ment, and then the whole history of the world might be changed by what you did or did not do, or did wrong"
 Of the immense responsibility naval officer assumes. of the breathless
 interest with which his action may one day be followed by the world, of it's im- portance to his own land, an instance but few hours old must have been in the mind of the President and of all | who heard him. In kind if not in degree. that is the thought under which all pulp
 lie servants should face their absorbing work.
 They Tive their lives under the most stimulating compulsion that any man can | feel the sense not of private duty only
 but of public duty also" Theirs too is 1 the honor of the United States In these trying times of war and world
 wreckage and shattered precedents. that creates the special obligation" to which
 generous hearts must respond with an especial devotion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-07
HHE Lindfeld, a four-masted sbarque
 of 2276 tons, had been 12S days at

HVHE Lindf1eld, a four-masted sbarque
 of 2276 tons, had been 12S days at
 - sea. One Friday, when about 80 miles southwest of the Fastnet Rock, a submarine was sighted on the surface.
 b"wsrrit. At the same time the Ger
 man naval flag was run up and Captain
 The submarine approached and fired two shots of which one hit the barque' s Ncrberg was ordered by signal to send his ships documents to the submarine.
 A lifeboat was swung out and the mate and four men lowed over with the documents, while the rest of the crew collected their most valuable possessions. When the mate left the submarine it hoisted a signal ordering the Norwegians to abandon their ship as quickly as pos sibe. Captain and crew then took to the boats, and the submarine fired four shots into the barque, which sank in 40 minutes.
 The submarine commander had prom ised tc two the boats as far as he dared towards the west coast of Ireland, and this was done. It was rough journey, with the waves breaking over the boats, and after three hours the painter broke. The submarine commander then ordered the Lindfeld's on board his vessel, but they had to leave their belongings be- hind them. The boats were again taken in tow, but after 8 few hours, with in- creasing wind and sea, they were lost. It was about o'clock in the afternoon when the Lindields crew of A were talk en on board the submarine Captain Nor berg remained in the coming tower for an hour chatting with the commander and the pilot. The submarine, which was marked U-70, was an excellent seat boat, 220 feet in length. with a crew of 37, including the commander. two lieutenants and a war pilot.
 The captain of the Lindfeld was all lowed to go wherever he liked on board. He was told that on the surface the sub
 marine could attain speed of 25 knots, but that was so-called emergency speed. Below the surface the maximum speed was 15 knots. The submarine probably was built in 1914, because the motors had that date stamped on them. There were two guns on deck and sup ply of 600 shells was carried. There were two torpedo tubes, one forward and one aft, and the vessel could carry 10 torpe- does. When the Lindfeld's crew came on
 board there were nine torpedoes, as one
 had been used the day before in tor pedoing steamer.
 Captain Norberg was told that the sub- l marine could remain away from its base for 30 to 40 days. It was then a week since it had left Germany, probably Bremen, because there was a Bremen pa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-07

several amendments which had much to commend them went by default, be- cause the opponents turned out and voted, while those who would have voted in the affirmative stayed at home. The fact is that no amend ment has carried since the defeat of the one submitted in 1909.
 The friends of education must push a vigorous campaign this summer and next fall if they would make sure of carrying the school tax amendment.