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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-11
MRS. AUGUST LONG FAILS
IN ATTEMPT TO END LIFE
Note Saying She Preferred Death to
Undergoing Second Operation
Explains Taking Poison.

Fearing she would have to undergo a
second operation. and preferring death
to the ordeal, Mrs. Bessie Long. wife
of August Long, I'LL B street south
east. took poison yesterday afternoon
while at Pratt and Sharp streets, Bal
timore. She fell to the pavement uncon-
scious, and was picked up by Police
man Krotee. She regained conscious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-11
Belgian Aviators Drop Proclamations

HAvRE. September 11-An official
statement issued by the Belgian war Of
fee says that a Belgian aviator flew over
Brussels on Wednesday night and dropped
copies of a proclamation. Another avia-
tor performed a similar mission over
Antwerp on Thursday.
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Obituary.

WALSH MARGARET WALSH. A
faithful friend and beloved companion
among those with whom she lived for
more than a quarter of century. To
the children whom she watched over
and gave so generously of her beau
tiful nature and wise and tireless care
she was an inspiration and support
Her character was an example and in
auence for good wherever she was
known. She devoted her life to living
the Christianity she professed. B. II. .
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still in a serious condition. The ply
sicians handling the case say that It IS
result will be. They are working hard,
however, in an effort to save her lie.
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CARD OF THANKS.

GOODRICH. We wish to express our
sincere appreciation for the kindness
and many floral tributes extended on
the occasion of the death of our
daughter, FLORENA L. GOODRICH.
MIR. AND MRS. EUGENE GOODRICH.
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ARMY NAVY.
Army Orders.

sergt. First Glass George c. Doug
lass, Medical Department, at PIT c
street northwest, this city, is relieved
from further duty at Fort Barry, Cal
and will report at Fort Niagara, N. Y.
for duty.
Private William Hertzke, Headquar-
tiers Company. I'd Infantry, is trans
ferred to Troop B, I'd Cavalry. and will
report a Fort Myer, Va, for duty.
@. NJ. Sergt, Fred Bell, Quartermas.
ter Corps, is placed upon the retired
list at Fort Sam Houston, Tex, and
will repair to his home.
Naval Orders.
Admiral W. S. Benson has been com.
missioned.
Lieut.. G. c. Pegram, from the San
Diego to command the Hull.
Lieut.. W. w. Bradley, from the Hull
to the San Diego.
Lieut.. Gunior grade) ]. A. Byers,
from the Stewart to the Oregon.
Lieut.. Gunior grade) R. A. Hall, from
the Paul Jones to the Oregon.
Lieut.. Ganior grade) S. B. Robinson.
from the Whipple to the Oregon.
Lieut.. Gunior grade)' r. T. Young,
from naval aeronautic station, Pensa-
plane Company, Buffalo, N. Y.
Lieut.. Gunior grade) Wadleigh Cape
hart, from inspector of aeronautical
material, Boston. to works of Curtiss
Aeroplane Company, Buffalo, n. Y.
Ensign August Schulze, from the Cleye-
land to the Oregon.
Ensigns c. E. Rosendahl and H. F.
Floyd. from the Cleveland to the West
Virginia.
Passed Assistant Surgeon NJ. A. Stuart,
to navy yard, Norfolk, Va.
Passed Assistant Surgeon J. A, Biello.
from naval recruiting station, New York,
to Naval Hospital, Portsmouth. N H.
Assistant Surgeon L. H. Williams, NJ.
R. c., from navy yard, Norfolk, Va, to
Naval Medical School, Washington, D, C..
r. c., from Naval Hospital, Portsmouth,
N. H., to Naval Medical School, Wash
ington, D. c.
Assistant Surgeon o. D. King, MRC.,
from Naval Academy, ANNAPOLIS, Md. to
Naval Medical School, Washington, D. c.
Assistant Surgeon A. c. Sinton, NJ r.
c., from receiving ship at Norfolk, Va,
to Naval Medical School, Washington,
D. c.
Assistant Surgeon v. H. Carson, from
marine 'expeditionary force, Santo Do
mingo, to Castine.
Assistant Surgeon J. T. Borden, from
LIST Brigade of Marines, Port au Prince,
Haiti, to inspector in the Haitian con-
stabulary.
Assistant Surgeon J. B. Helm, from
Castine to the Haitian constabulary.
Palmaster Charles Conard, from ad-
ministrator of customs and fiscal Of
ficer, Port au Prince, Haiti, to home
and wait orders.
Paymaster w. L. F. Simonpietri, from
collector of customs and captain of
the port, Cape Haitien, Haiti, to home
and wait orders.
Chief Boatswain E. H. Peircey, from
no "aShinpfnn IN
mand Navajo.
Chief Paymaster's Clerk H. L. Gres-
slit, from Colorado to treatment Naval
Hospital, Mare Island, Cal.
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ADDISON. On Saturday. September 3.
1916. at pm, JAMES F. ADDISON.
beloved brother of Bette Potts.
Funeral from his late residence. 200 Sd
street southeast, thence to st. Peters
Church, Tuesday. September Il, at 9
am. Interment private.
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OGDEN. ON sunday. September 10.
1916. 1T her residence. 1861 Columbia
road. CAROLINE HAMILTON OGDEN.
believe daughter of Mrs. w. S Ogden.
1ntcfmcnt Wednesday, September -. at
GreenvilIe, Ill
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srccaRpI. ON SUNDAY sentemh.r

SItthRpI. On Sunday. September 10,
1916, at 1890 am. at his residence.
1922 street northwest, GIOVANNI
b, beloved husband of Mary A. Sic
cardi.
Funeral Tuesday, September IL. At 10
am, from his late residence.
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0RNE. On september >. 1916. at 4:45
pm, AZ his residence, 1877 Columbia
road. CHARLES RICHARD ORME
aged forty-fwo wears.
Services at his late residence Tuesday,
September u. at 10 am. Interment
private. Baltimore. Md, papers please
C0pN.) IL
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SPAR. On Monday. September
1916, at 6 am. al her residence. L
9 street northeast. WILHELM
widow of Henry Spar.
Funeral from her late residenc,
Wednesday. September IS. at
pm. thence to st. Matthew's Lutf
Church, on u between 10th and
streets northeast, where at .
services will be held. Relatives
friends invited. Interment at AR
ton cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
THE VALUE OF TIME
om the Knickerbocker Press.

One of the most important lessons any individual, young or old. can learn is the value of time; for time is not only money, but can be turned into money if the habit of thrift attends its use. Those who employ labor quickly realize the im- portance of the time element in all busi- ness transactions, for the labor cost, which is so vital an element in the cost of everything, depends upon the thrift ness of the worker in the use of his time The minute that does not produce some thing is not only wasted minute but a costly minute to somebody. Many a man fails because he cannot get results from labor.
 The child that is taught to turn the out-of-school hours into recreation that brings returns has learned one of lifes most helpful lessons. The young man or woman starting out in business career needs to learn the same lesson-that the time out of business is not merely for play, but for self improvement. It is not what you do between and that brings business success but what you do from 6 to s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
HERE AND ABROAD

Girard, in the Philadelphia Public
 Ledger.
 Not so long ago I saw them in Japan hauling pig copper from the largest mine in the empire. How were they doing it?
 With oxen over a route 12 miles to railway station. Out in Butte, Mont.' or up at Calumet and Hecla they would hardly call that up-to-the-minute eff ficiency. In Philadelphia see ive-horse teams and great automobile trucks hauling milk. In Vienna saw woman hitched be- side a big dog hauling milk through the streets. Ours is a new country, but we have been efficient enough to accumulate $2oO0 of wealth for every inhabitant, while superefficient Germany has
 amassed only $125o for every inhabi- tant.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
Fayors Wrist Watch

Not only military officers, but the av- craze citizen, are taking the wrist watch seriously. according to Joe Kahn, a well known young draughtsman of Ensley, who further asserts that the stigma of "mollycoddleism'' Is fast dis appearing from those with the hardi-
 hood to wear their timepieces on their wrist.
 "W caring a wrist watch,' said MT. Kahn, '1s a sign of the efficiency of the times. The officers of the military wear wrist watches, not because it is popular fad, but through tha sober fact that it saves time. One has only to glance at his wrist to see the time of day, and in the heat and hustle of bat tie there is very little time for officers to be reaching in their pockets for their watches To outdoor workers the use of the wrist watch is also popular and the ridicule of 'mollycoddleism' is rapid ly disappearing, as men generally are adopting the idea of wearing their waches on their wrist. Within the next | few years man will be an object l of curiosity if he does not wear a wrist watch"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05

a call for soldiers by the government t bills were being pressed as if they i tended to skip town, get killed and tn beat them out of them.
 ADJUTANT GENERAL BUSY.
 Montgomery, April 27.-(Special to T Age-Herald)-The adJutant generals ( flee is the storm center for news that not yet forthcoming.
 Colonel Ligon has heard absolute nothing from Washington further th has already been printed in the newsp pers.
 However, he is flooded with letters fro every section of the state offering to raj companies to go to the front.
 Reports from Gadsden, Birmingham, D catur. Bessemer and Dadeville would dicate that the troops at these places a now on a war footing and are ready move at moments notice. One trouble seems to be that the sta authorities are not informed as to whe the troops are to be mustered in to t service of the United States governmel It Is understood that Mobile has be designated as the point of mobilizatio but who defrays the enormous expense moving 2500 men to that city?
 It is learned that Governor Johnst will keep an eye on that and will e deavor to see that Alabama does rot p, 1 cent out of the treasury for moving t troops to Mobile. That. 1t is said, a counts for his seeming slowness in ma ing any statements of what the militia can expect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
"UNBELIEF"

By Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton. There is no unbelief: Whoever plants a seed beneath the And waits to see 1t push away the cl
 He trusts in God. Whoever says when clouds are in
 sky, Be patient, heart; light breaketh
 and by.'' ~
 Trusts the Most High. Whoever lies down on his couch to sle Content to lock each sense in slum
 deep,
 Knows God will keep. The heart that looks on when eyel
 close, And dares to live when life has wt
 Gods comfort knows. There is no unbelief: And day by day, unconsciously, The heart lives by that faith the
 deny,
 God knoweth why! '.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
Cotton in Choctav County

'"The boil weevil is already making his appearance in Choctaw county" said Earl c. Garrison, rural mail carrier who attended the rural letter carriers con- vention in Birmingham. 'I hardly think we will suffer from them as badly as we did last year. but they will destroy many dollars worth of cotton. In spite of the boil weevil, the farmers in that section are planting more cotton than they planted last year. They seem de- termined to raise cotton and are plant ing more acreage in order to realize more after the boil weeviI has finished.
 Crops are fine in that section, and we are having good seasons. The pros- pect, aside from the cotton and boil wee vii proposition, looks good for a good yield; still. you never can tell until your crop Is more mature than at the pres ent 'r4 gsIi-t' 5i MA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
Will Carry New York

Tt is a safe bet that the democrats will carry New York in November said Benjamin D. Holdsworth of the borough of Brooklyn. "The state will be the great battle-ground and the re- publicans will possibly use the bulk of their slush fund there But President Wilson has made good. and during his administration Congress has dis tinguish itself by wise and benefcent legislation.
 '"The republicans had expected to make their telling blows against the democrats Ky pointing to hard times. But not in my recollection has the country been as prosperous as it is now. The east is especially prospe -ous, and as tor the people of New Y.,rk they ace simply flush with money. It wor- ries the republican managers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
A VETERAN EDITOR
From the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register.
 Editor John c. Williams of the T ladega Daily Home, chronicles the ginning of his forty-eighth year of new paper service in the same establishme This is pretty fair record, especia that part about service in the same tablishment. Henry Watterson has date of one year earlier as editor of t Louisville Courier-J ournal, and James Stanley dates back to 1865 as editor a proprietor of the Greenville (Ala.) Ad, cate. The curious thing is that thu old mossbacks are the youngest heart fellows we have among us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
Morrisette to Columbia

J. F. Morrisette, professor of law in the faculty of the University of Ala bama, and a well known Tuscaloosa at- torney, was in Birmingham yesterday en route to New York. He will take a spe- cial course in law at Columbia univer- sity for six weeks.
 "The outlook for the law school and for the entire university is most aus picious for the coming session. said MT. Morrisette. "The attendance last year broke all previous records, and we can see no reason why it should not be even better during the coming year. And keep your eye on the university in athletics. We expect the greatest football team we have had in a decade and with the ma terial we are assured of, the chances are that we will have it.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
CONTINUOUS STRUGGLE

T understand Mrs Gadders' gowns where she Is staying this summer"
 "So they are."
 'I presume she is well pleased with herself"
 "Oh, a woman can never rest on her laurels where clothes are concerned. Each day dawns ushers in new battle for sartorial supremacy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
ALABAMA PRESS

Sheffield Standard: The art Of barbe- cuing was first used in the Tennessee valley. Old recipe still in vogue, all ex- cept the cold bottle.
 Anniston Star: Those Birmingham re- porters down on the border will find fighting Mexicans very slight mattes as compared with fighting typewritera. Coosa River News: Cherokee county is
 being satirized in some quarters for not sending a number of volunteers to Mex ico, with the National Guard. Should actual hostilities start, watch our smoke. We sent as many volunteers to the Con- federate army as any county in the coun- try. and records prove that they did execution.
 New Decatur Advertiser: At the Louis vile and Nashville shops here they are working on an order for 600 box cars,
 and they are turning them out at the 1 rate of 10 a day, or one every 55 min | utes. The frame work is of steel, and
 the ends are of pressed steel plate; the
 most substantial car made today; a | splendid car
 Andalusia Star: It is now being ru-
 mored that Taft and Roosevelt are to bury the hatchet and that Roosevelt,
 Taft and Hughes will be smelling the
 woods" for the republican ticket before | the campaign is very old. Let them shell, | it will take more ''big guns" and more
 ammunition than the G. O. P. can mus
 ter to drive the democrats out of Wash l ington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
THE PLEASURE SEEKERS

Now doth the giddy throng betake Themselves to gilded places, And all night long they keep awake To go the swiftest paces. They're soon worn out, but what of
 that? They know for what they're question
 ing; So longs their "rolls' are round and
 fat, They have no thought of resting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05

ators are honest in their efforts tc make full count, but some souls will always be overlooked.
 The school enumerators have a de- cided advantage. Those who make the count are teachers familiar with the neighborhoods they are to visit and acquainted with the parents of the children. The area to be counted | is small enough to be thoroughly covered in two weeks.
 When, therefore, the school census takers turn in their reports the public may feel sure that nobody has been left out.
 Hats off to Ripon, Wis, a town that of- fered to give up s75,OOO appropriated for a public building for national defense. Pork barrel' statesmen could hardly be- lieve their ears. The thirsty citizen who drinks blind tiger'' whisky from bottle with a broken seal takes his life in his hands, but either way, he regards the situation as desper- ate.
 The guardsman who has not yet been equipped with the complete uniform of his country naturally feels that soldier S life is not what it is cracked up to be.
 The Fourth of July had stern signif1- canoe for those soldier boys who have already reached the border and are suf- fering slightly from nostalgia.
 How do you buy your fish? asks an eastern contemporary. Surreptitiously when they are supposed to have been caught on fishing trip.
 Evidently all the Villa generals are not acceptable to Carranza, but he would hardly turn down the friendly offer of "Pancho's" services.
 Great Britain learned the folly of send ing untrained men into action at the be- ginning of the war. The front is no place for rocky"
 The past theatrical season was notably successful in New York, but outside of Gotham there was more gloom than glee in the box offices.
 The American and Mexican peace makers had their feelings hurt because they insisted on putting in where they were not wanted.
 The old-fa shioned Fourth of July orator who used to boast that the United States could whip the world was painfully silent yesterday.
 In some parts of the country pros perity is so prevalent that the man who doesn't own a motor car is painfully con- spicuous.
 Many columns of siclzening slush have been written about the Orpet trial. There is no protection against the "sob squad"
 General Carranza is establishing new legations in Central America, as if he ex- pected to stay in business.
 A splendid exhibition of hard riding and hard fighting helped to make Colonel Dodd a brigadier general.
 We are told that Berlin realizes the gravity of the situation. If Berlin doesn't it must be sound asleep.
 The British public Is enjoying the novel experience of cheering war news from the western front
 The year 1916 will go down in history as the open season for cold storage candi- dates.
 England has just cause to feel proud of her fighting cockney clerks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
NED BRACE TELLS ABOUT AGE=HERALD EXTRA OF EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO YESTERDAY
E EsTERDAY, IS years ago. in Bir-
 mingham was the busiest day l ~ avar had in rnerusna rer runrk

VHs1EFDAT' IS years ago. in BiF- -
 mingham was the busiest day I
 ever had in newspaper work.
 In those days the printers celebrated the Fourth of July with a picnic and the afternoon papers did not publish
 At 1 o'clock in the afternoon the news of the destruction of Cervera's fleet at Santiago came over the Associated Press wires to The Age-Herald and The News The late Rufus N. Rhodes, a splendid newspaper man. was then in charge of The News, but could not do a thing to- ward printing an extra, as there was not a printer in town and no way to reach them at Hawkins Springs, some twelve miles out
 There were no automobiles in those days.
 The Age-Herald was likewise without printers, but, fortunately, I had learned typesetting in my younger days and proceeded to set up the story with the biggest type in the office I put three headlines, which filled half the front page, and printed three big flags under them, and then set the messages from Washington In large enough type to fill the balance of the page.
 With the assistance of a negro who knew how to fire the boiler, I stereotyped the plate and run off the edition and they were sold as fast as the press could run. The story that was printed on the front page at two o'clock on the afternoon of July 4, 1S9S may be read with interest now:
 "Washington, July 3.--d210 p. m.)-The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
RESULT OF ovERwoRK

RESULT OF OVERWORK What's the mater with this poor fel- low?" asked the asylum visitor. He's another war victim'' Did he lose his mind at the front?'' NO. Considerably at the rear. He used to be an editor. Now he thinks seconds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
Asj62,uea
SAFE AND SANE

Perhaps he's not a patriot, Because the weather being hot He spent the Fourth reclined at ease, Upon couch right where a breeze Stole in to cool his brow. Eschewed The festive throng, its manners rude. The tiresome speech, the senseless nois The wicked pranks of little boys, The picnic, with it's dust and flies, A bleacher seat meath blazing skies. Just stayed at home and took his rest, And while that's not some peoples wal At least he's feeling fine today.
 SLIGHT DIFFERENCE
 Here comes the formidable Mir Pincer. She reminds me of a battlI ship" That's the way she impresses mi However, battleships wear differei shade of paint
 THE LAND OF DOLLARS Love of country is born in pel son. said the professional patriot.
 Still. 1t is possible to acquire lom thing of the sort.'' fs
 T doubt it, sir"
 Look at the affection foreign prin donnas have for America"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
Caheen,s New Department

T have had. my hands full for several weeks receiving and checking up the purchases of T. J.4 Crittenden, who has been in the east for the past few weeks purchasing the stock for Caheens new shoe department" said Sig Rosenfeld, who, with MT Crittenden, Is to have charge of Caheens latest addition to their many departments
 We see great deal of newspaper talk and quite a bit of advertising about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
Keep Cool in the Movies

Despite the sultriness of the weather, John Calman, treasurer of the Strand and Colonial theatres, Is emphatic in the statement that he remains cool by attending the current photoplays at the heated period of the day.
 When it gets hot" said Mr. Calman, T hie myself within the theatre and sit under an electric fan while watching some good looking heroine being de- ceived by the villain in the play. Honest, that is the only way of keeping cool these days, other than burying yourself in an ice box and that is not practice able.
 The public also appreciates the fact that 1t is cooler to attend the movies than walking about the streets or even staying at home, for excellent business is reported by the proprietors of the pho- toplay houses along Second avenue. It has been found to be good business to provide cooling breezes-it pays'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
A STIRRING EFFORT

You say the orator plunged into his speech?''
 Y That expresses the idea exactly. He widowed in a sea of adjectives for 45 minutes and when he rose to the sur- face grammar sharps declared that the walls and ceiling of the auditorium were spattered with split infinitives.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
ADRIFT WITH THE TIr1ES

tiful and the advertisements are fre- quently changed. Last month 1t was au- tomobiles. This month 1t Is cigarettes We can hardly wait to see what next month will bring forth.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-05
HOTEL LOBBIES
Recruiting Psychological

Psychology plays a large part in re- cruiting men for armies" said H, M Burt, manager of the Florence hotel, yesterday.
 When the streets are filled with sol dlers marching in uniform, with bands playing, and the people In a more or less excited state, it is a comparatively easy matter to get men to leave their busi- ness and enlist for service. But it seems to be rather difficult when everything is quiet. But should the United States face serious national crisis and the people become aroused to the danger, an entire brigade could be recruited in the Birmingham district in a short time"