The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-20

certainly make a hit Tn ,Blrmln;  Madame Schwimmer of Hungary, who had plan for getting the soldiers out of the trenches by Christmas day, The project, as the Hungarian suf- fragist unfolded it, looked feasible to the Detroit philanthropist, even if it appeared farcical to all worldly wise people. Will Mir. Ford continue to give his moral support, to say nothing of money, to the Stockholm confer ence? Dr. Aked will not be slow in finding out. It will not surprise his friends, however, if the famous divine is soon back in his pulpit in San Fran cisco.
 When the time for mediation seems propitious, the friendly offices of neutral statesmen and diplomatists will be accepted by the belligerents. Continuous sessions of self f-constituted mediators at this stage of the conflict will be not only absurd but waste of time.
 T HE movie magnate who charges a l nickel for admission to his show receives a coin that is now worth 6 cents, and it is said that if it were possible to corner all the nickels in the
 United States Wars Effect on they would be the Lowly Nickel worth more than
 eight million dol lars above their face value.
 The European war, which seems to have bearing on nearly everything these days, is responsible for the in- creased value of the nickel, erstwhile an humble coin and popularly dubbed a "jitney." A shortage of nickel would make it extremely profitable, news paper correspondent points out, for the Deutschland to carry back to Ger many a cargo of 5-cent pieces, which could be melted and refined for about 5 cents pound, thus yielding to the fatherland two much needed metals, nickel and copper.
 Uncle Sam may yet have to look into this matter, since his valuation of the nickel is considerably less than it's present worth, simply as metal. How ever, there is no danger of some Ma poleon of finance cornering all the "jitneys" in the country. They are too elusive in the first place and too wide ly scattered.
 There was time when proprietors of movie palaces" might have done so, but most of them have raised their prices. The average individual seldom has more than enough nickels for car fare.
 A MONG the numerous problems A with which the state depart ment is wrestling just now is that of getting John Raymond out of Mexico. Raymond admits that he has no legal standing as citizen anywhere on
 earth. He "Unreconstructed Rebel' is a man Is Found in Mexico without a
 country, possibly the only "unreconstructed rebel" who survives the civil war. He was Confederate soldier in Mary land regiment. At the end of the war he refused to take the oath of alleg- lance and moved to Mexico where he has resided ever since.
 Raymond is 79 years old now and almost destitue. He was offered enough money by the American con- sul at San Luis Potosi to pay his travelling expenses to the border, but refused to accept aid from govern ment which he has eternally for sworn.
 Living away from home so long has given Raymond the wrong perspective. With the possible exception of him. self, the "unreconstructed rebel" is no more. He should permit kindly gov ernment to assist him in his need and come back to the United States, where the spectacle of Confederate veterans offering to go to the front and fight for Uncle Sam would do him world of good and perhaps take some of the bitterness out of his heart. l General Castro has been permitted t' enter the United States. but the depart ment of justice will probably keep an ey' on him.