The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-31
BESSEMER SCOUTS
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Local Pythian Lodge Making Preparations to Entertain
 Delegates to Convention

Delegates to Convention
 Bessemer, July 30.-(Special) )-Act- ing on the theory that the Lord helps those who help themselves" the Boy Scouts of the Bessemer district have decided on a plan to raise funds by their own efforts for their proposed home and headquarters. They have de- cided to collect the waste paper of the city, waste paper at this time being much in demand on account of the war. and market it. the proceeds to be placed in the building fund. They will visit the residential section of the city once week and the business section as often as the occasion required The Long-Lewis Hardware company has donated the use of their large truck to the scouts for this purpose and the boys will commence the collection at once. Scoutmaster c. R. Kuchins asks that the boys be given encouragement in this laudable undertaking and as sures the people of Besesmer that they will return tenfold in personal serv- ice every favor and courtesy extended He termed the scouts as 'the nations pride," and calls attention to the fact to every call when they could be of service to the community
 Myrtle Linton lodge, Knights of Pythias, has commenced active prepar- at for for Ii 1f 4l,- delegates to the Third District Pythian convention, which meets in this city early in August. About 200 delegates are expected to be in attendance and the meeting promises to be of more than usual interest as the work of the convention will be almost entirely de- voted to the complication of the ranks and the effort to further ad- vance efficiency in the work of con- ferring the degrees.
 James Lovett, who for several years has been assistant superintendent of the benzol plant of the Woodward Iron company, left yesterday for Cleveland O., to accept the position of superin- tendent of the benzol plant of the River Furnace company at that point MT. Lovett was reared in Bessemer and has many friends who rejoice in his well earned promotion.
 Much interest is being manifested in the meeting of the city council on Tuesday, night, when the health and sanitary ordinances will be acted upon by the city fathers. The citizens ot Bessemer are alive to the gravity of the health situation and fully indorse the attitude of the aldermen that "an ounce of prevention is worth pound of cure.''
 Bessemer baseball fans are much elated over the victory of the local nine over the Ensley aggregation or last Saturday and have already began the selection of a suitable flagpole on which to raise the pennant on the To- cal grounds of the T. c. l. league.
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 commerce of the world may be found American concerns which are engaged in large commercial opera ations as import CTS of foreign products and materials and as distributors of American products and manufactures to foreign countries and which constitute important channels through which American trade reaches the outside world. Their foreign af- filiations may have been fostered for many years, and when once broken can not easily or promptly be re-esta blished Other concerns may be put upon the list at any time and without notice It is understood that additions to the pro- scription may be made whenever on &C., count of enemy nationality or enemy as- sociation of such persons or bodies of per- sons 1t appears to his majesty expedient to do SO The possibilities of undeserved injury to American citizens from such measures arbitrarily taken, and of se- rious and incalculable Interruptions of American trade are without limit.
 CONDEMNATION IN ADVANCE
 Tt has been stated on behalf of his majesty's government that these meas ures were aimed only at the enemies of Great Britain and would be adopted and enforced with strict regard to the rights of neutrals and with the least possible detriment to neutral trade, but it is evil dent that they are inevitably and es- sentially inconsistent with the rights of the citizens of all the nations not involved in war. The government of the United States begs to remind the government of his Britannia majesty that citizens of the United States are entirely within their rights in attempting to trade with the people or the governments of any of the nations now at war, subject only to well
 
 standings which the government of the United States deems the government of Great Britain to have too lightly and too frequently disregarded. There are well known remedies and penalties for breaches of blockade, where the block ade is real and in fact effective, for trade in contraband. for every unneu- tral act by whomsoever attempted. The government of the United States cannot consent to see those remedies and pen alties altered or extended at the will of a single power or group of powers to the injury of the own citizens or in derogation of it's own rights. Conspicu- ous among the principles which the civ ilized nations of the world have accept ed for the safeguarding of the rights of neutrals is the just and honorable prin- ciple that neutrals may not be condemned nor their goods confiscated except upon fair adjudication and after an opportuni- ty to be heard in prize courts or else where. Such safeguards the blacklist brushes aside. It condemns without hear ing, without notice, and in advance. Ii is manifestly out of the question that the government of the United States should acquiesce in such methods or opplica ations of punishment to it's citizens
 NO TRUE JUSTICE
 Whatever may be said with regard to the legality, in the view of international obligation, of the act of Parliament upon which the practice of the blacklist as now employed by his majesty's govern ment is understood to be based the gov ernment of the United States is con-