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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-26

FIELD HEADQUARTERS, MANI
pUIPA. May 25 (via radio to Colum-
bus. N. M, May 26.)-Candelario Ger
vantes was killed by American troops
south Of Cruces today.
Cervantes was the leader OF the
bandits who have been terrorizing
this section Of Mexico for many
months and who has been relentlessly
pursued by the various detachments
which form the punitive expedition.
He was killed after he attempted TO
rush a party Of engineers who were
repairing a road about six miles south
Of Las Cruces, about nine a. m. to-
day. It is estimated that there were
about twenty in the attacking party.
Three Americans were wounded.
one OF whom died shortly after the
enpgsment.
News Of the attack was sent at
once TO the United States garrison at
Las Cruces and Z cavalry company
under command of Lieutenant B. T.
Marchant, Of New York, attached to
the Thirteenth cavalry. was sent in
pursuit Of the bandits. The bandits
had their fire returned by the engi-
neers and fed in disorder into Anne
da canon, to get into the Bacora
country. A troop of the Eleventh
cavalry, under Captain Guy Cushman,
also started in pursuit. Cushman's
command overlook the bandits and
engaged them. Two OF the bandits
were killed and number wounded.
Cervantes was one OF the dead. His
body was identified by the mayor OF
Las Cruces. BY General Persling's
order, the bodies were brought hero
for further Identification. Both Mexi-
cans were killed by George o. Hs,iitt
of the Seventeenth infantry machine
gun company. who was himself
wounded.
It is believed here that Cervantes
did not intend to attack the road work
ers. but that closely pursued. he tried
to cross the valley and ran into
them.
"The death OF Cervantes win have
q good effect as far as clearing up the
bandit situation in this vicinity" said
General Pershtng.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-26
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-09
The Southern Training Camp

The military training camp which the government established at Platts- burg, N. r., last year under the su- peryision of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, United States army, as commander of the department of the east, was in tended primarily for business men who might desire to give expression to their patriotic instincts by learning the duties of soldier while taking their summer vacation.
 The experiment was success. The enrolment was fully as large as the war department had expected, and a majority of the men who sought mili- tary instruction have signified their intention of returning to the camp this year.
 After seeing practical achievement resulting from the Plattsburg venture and realizing the large possibilities of converting raw volunteer material into something of military asset, the war department decided to extend the op- erations of the summer training sys- tam by establishing camp at Fort
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-09
Safety First

"The work of the Alabama Safety association in reference to the safe operation of coal mines in the state cannot be too highly commended,'' said Frank V. Evans. Tt is composed of men connected ill the several depart ments of the coal mining industries and at its meetings suggestions and plans are discussed that tend to pro- mote safety to the workers as well as the more efficient methods of oper- ation.
 "The association numbers among it's members the practical miner as we'll as the scientific expert and at the meetings both phases of the question are thoroughly discussed. The most striking illustration of the work of this association is the comparative state- ment of fatalities for the years 1914 and 1915, which show a 50 per cent decrease of livee lost for the latter year, during which time the associa- tion had extended its work throughout the mining section of the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-09
Means Much for Birmingham

There are few people in Birmingham who do not appreciate the fact that the Rotary club is one of the livest organiza tions in this city, said Charles D. Rice. T was delighted to be able to partake of it's hospitality at the weekly luncheon and l enjoyed every minute of the time
 I spent with these hustling business men.
 "When the proposition for the indorse- ment of the Birmingham Motor Speed way came up, President Rushton inn
 ncdiately referred the matter to the public affairs committee and requested @ report from that body. The committee realized the enormous good that would be liably informed that they unanimously indorsed the building of it. The manner in which all questions of moment are handled by this excellent organization is deserving of great credit.
 Every one in Birmingham knows that the building of this Birmingham Speed way will be one of the finest things for the district that has ever been started Tourists will be sure to stop over here in the future on their way to Florida and upon returning to the east. Folks from all parts of the United States and many from the foreign countries will flock here to see the races which will be of inter- national interest. Indianapolis was put on the map through it's speedway. Bir-
 mingham is going to build one as fine as any on earth, and all are bound to be boosters who believe in the Magic City of the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-09

Oglethorpe, Ga, to be opened on July 5 and to remain open until August $. No one connected with the army would expect to find summer school or camp turning out thorough sol diers, be the discipline never so se- were. But these two camps-Platts- burg and Oglethorpe-will grow Tn popularity and become centers ot training activity, whose influence In developing a stronger and more patrl- otic Americanism will be widely felt next year. A camp for the west will probably be instituted, and each of these centers will be like military leaven for the communities adjacent.
 While the enrolment at Camp Oglethorpe will hardly be as large the first year as it was at Plattsburg, with a vast population to draw from, it should nevertheless be large enough to make the project interesting.
 Army officers assisting General Wood in seeking the cooperation of colleges and the heads of military schools are making earnest appeals to student bodies in Alabama and other southern states to enroll when the time comes. Alabama should fur nish not less than two thousand vol unteers for the camp-college boys and young business men who can ar range to get a months vacation; and the south as a whole should be repre- sented at Oglethorpe by fully twenty thousand men.
 In this time of the governments effort to strengthen the national de- fense every nucleus of military training will help the cause of pre- paredness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-09

strength of President Wilson as man and the confidence with which he is regarded by the country at large.
 The situation in Washington abso- lutely reversed itself in one short week. Instead of vote for the warn ing of two to one as predicted by ad- vocates of the McLemore and Gore resolutions both measures were tabled by overwhelming numbers. It was said when the agitation was first brought to the surface that the best the administration could hope for was to prevent any action at all.
 President Wilson, instead of mega tive parliamentary strategy, brought matters to a clean-cut issue and de- manded record vote to place the re- sponsibility, and this was exactly what Congress did not want-an issue where there could be no lodging. As President Wilson becomes better known to the shifty politicians who cumber the halls of Congress, he be- comes a greater enigma. They can | not fathom his mind and just when they think they have him where they have long wanted him, he turns the tables and emerges from the tangle with great personal triumph. It cannot be disguised that Con- gress, democratic or republican, is not partial to Woodrow Wilson, and the reason is not difficult to find. Con- gress cannot handle him. It has no method by which the screws can be put on him. He doesn't care ap- parently whether or not he is re- nominated or reelected and no politi- cal threat has the slightest influence upon him.
 Above all, the President is of the people and for the people and does not hestitate under any grave contingency to appeal to the great American public for a manifestation of confidence which has never yet failed to uphold him in his course.
 Many congressman fear the people; fear for the people to understand the littleness of some of their tactics, the muddle in which they manage to get legislative matters and they can- not understand a man who is so de- void of political intrigue, so abso- lute in his confidence in the public and so impervious to pressure of any kind as is Woodrow Wilson. Conse- quently many congressman fear and dislike Woodrow Wilson, but he usu- ally triumphs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-09
the Kansas, City Star.

From the Kansas, City Star.
 VU7 E shudder as we read the news
 w from the war front:
 W For 4S hours streams of dan gerousy wounded have been making their way toward Germany. < Trainloads of wounded, moving Paris ward today are bringing evidence of the French fortress
 From the battlefield of verdun a stream of wounded men pouring east ward and another pouring westward. day and night without ceasing.
 But, if this battle had been fought 76 years ago, there would have been no men with stretchers to hunt out and carry away the wounded; no ambulances, no hospitals, few surgeons, no nurses. The wounded would have been left upon the field with the dead, to perish from cold, hunger and thirst or from gangrene.
 In the Napoleonic wars there were no nurses, no field hospitals and only few surgeons. The wounded dragged them selves off the field if they could, other wise they slowly died where they lay. For days after those big battles groans and walls and shrieks went up from the field, the sounds gradually diminishing as the wounded died. Even so late as 1859 the battle of Solferino was fought with only few surgeons to care for the wounded Henri Dunant was there and has described the horrors of that field after the battle. Wounded officers were cared for, the rank and file got little at-
 tention. "In the silence of that night could be heard the signing, the stifled cries of anguish, despairing appeals for help and water. What pen can describe
 the agonies of that night" writes Dunant. For days wounded lay because there were so many the small staff of surgeons could not attend to them. ''The great majority perished where they lay That 1t is not so today is due largely to the influence and example of women. The first war nurse was a woman, Flor ence Nightingale. In the winter of 1854 England was stirred to its depths by re- ports of the sufferings of the sick and wounded in the Crimea. Miss Nightin- >>> Germany volunteered to go. The gov ernment accepted her offer. She took s4 women nurses with her and arrived in Scutari in time to receive the wounded from Balaclava, and few days later
 600 shattered men from Inkerman. What
 she did is history now The world never knew such self sacrifice. such devotion before She used to work 20 hours at a stretch with the wounded. Each night she made her solitary round of the big barn-like hospital with lamp, ready 1 for any complaint. The men called her the Lady of the Lamp and kissed the hem of her garment. Gradually she col 1 lected 1O,O00 men under her. They adored her. "The angel of the trenches .'the soldiers friend" tour good angel.' Saint Florence they called her.
 | Every man wounded in battle since then owes much to her. Every trained nurse
 in the world should reverence her name, Before her time only the poorest and most stupid women were nurses. Nursing ' was considered one of the meanest ot
 callings. She raised the dignity of it SC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-09
HOTEL LOBBIES
Talks of the Reunion

l believe the Confederate reunion to be held here in May will be as largely attended by Sons and Daugh- ters of the Confederacy, if not by the old vets themselves, asgwas the great reunion of 190S," said Morris l.. Dodd Of the District of Columbia. T was in Richmond and Norfolk recently and heard many people in those cities ex- pressing lively interest in the forth coming event. And in meeting friends from Charlotte, N. c. I learned that the good old Tar Heel State would be well represented by its young folks.
 T had the pleasure of attending the last reunion held in Birmingham and recall it as one of the most brilliant and enjoyable gatherings I had ever seen.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-09
A Judge Grows Weary

T., order to save what is left of his shattered ideals, Judge Jacob Il. Hop t;ns bachelor, requested that he be transferred from the bench ot the Chicago court of domestic relations to some other department, which was granted.
 "Once I viewed marriage through rosy mists of sentiment and poetry, he said to newspaper reporter. l believed there was still love In the world-love that endured from the
 dls to the grave. In the court of sSn stic relations my ideals died one
 he. Day after day I listened to ng but the sorrows and tragedies nf married couples. began to wonder zvaather any such thing as marital s.8gniness existed on earth. So l asked s,s transferred, It was a last meas s.sse Df self -defense-a measure to save ' least some of my ideals"
 Although he may count on the sym pathy of the public in his sad con fession of disillusionment, Judge Hopkins is convicted by his own words of temperamental unfitness. Men have sat on the bench for the better part of their lives, seeing paraded before them the utmost degradation of which human nature is capable, yet they have not lost their faith in humanity nor has the love of their fellow man grown any the less. Rather they have gained more forbearance, more kind Illness and greater patience with the weakness of men and women as the years rolled by. Were it otherwise how would justice be tempered with mercy and what balm would there ever be in court of law for the erring brother, or sister?
 The first requisite of a good judge particularly in criminal cases, is g broad humanitarianism, which is not affected by the examples of mans unworthiness that come under his ob servation. The judge who loses his faith in humanity is not fit to serve on the bench. The Chicago judge may have made an excellent record, but his usefulness in the court of domestic relations was clearly at an end. By looking beyond the sordid environ ment of his court he might have re tained his ideals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-09
REAL "BooK LEARNING.

from the Pn1ladelph1a Public Ledger. The session of the American Library institute just held in Atlantic City called public attention to a new conception of the calling of the librarian. A library Was formerly regarded as a mere reposi- tory of books, and any one who wished
 to familiarize himself with these books felt himself under suspicion and had to show good cause for wanting to see them. The librarian was the custodian of a lit- | erary museum, and his first care must be to see that the exhibits ran no risk of theft or damage. Nowadays the effort of those who have a heart in the calling be- l yond the thought of the small material 1 reward is to spread good literature broad 1 cast not simply to accumulate it on the shelves. There is an American Library 1 association which deals with all phases
 of the practical routine of libraries. The
 American Library institute is fellowship ! of specialists and scientists in book lore. Each is a librarian face to face with the
 problem of making the house of letters
 a vital factor in the life of the com munity.
 1 Their enthusiasm goes deeper than the
 card catalog and the business of circula-
 tion, into the underlying purposes and
 theories of the distribution of books The
 practical phases are not neglected But
 the institute reaches across the. horizons
 that artificially divide one sphere of in
 fluence from the next and takes account
 of the fact that in the best interests of
 research and higher education there
 must be cooperation and the utmost fla cility for borrowing and lending. It must be known where special collections ant
 rare volumes can be had. Scholars must
 be given access to the books and raw ma terials of their trade. There must be the
 means of copying unique and priceless
 documents. These desiderata are only
 to be attained by organization, and the
 American Library institute lives to pro.
 mote no selfish end, but in the generous ! service of the truth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-09
Effect of Political Agitation

While there has been some hesitation in the financial world and a slight Hull in general trade, growing out of the political and diplomatic situation i'll Washington, business is fairly active and will be even more active as spring ad- vances," said l.. T. Wormley of Chicago.
 Any dsquieting feeling in the stock market due to the clash between the President and Congress will disappear, as the sweeping victory of the adminis- tration has a far-reaching effect for good
 Industrial centers are busier than usual, and if the report that will soon be coming out from the agricultural de- partment indicates another bumper crop of winter wheat, there will be a very high degree of prosperity along all com mercial and manufacturing lines. The outlook at the present time is. unques- tionably bright ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-09
Warrior River

Tt is extremely gratifying to me to see the interest Birmingham is taking in the Warrior river" declared Jenkins w.. Jones of Bremen, a prominent engineer, who was at the Morris yesterday. II was associated with John H. Bernhard, president and general manager of the Alatama-New Orleans Transportation company, as engineer for some years be- fore the people of this district seemed to realize the future possibilities of the river. With the proper use of the river, Birmingham will become great dis tributing and jobbing center, something she has needed for many years
 MT. Jones was the engineer in charge of the construction of the tipples built several miles above Tuscaloosa for load ing coal in barges on the river, and also constructed the loading and unloading fa- cilities of the Alabama-New Orleans Transportation company at New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-09
BEDOUIN LOVE SONG

By Bayard Taylor. From sthe desert come to thee On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire. Under thy window l stand. And the midnight hears my cry; love thee, I love thee, With love that shall not die
 Till the sun grows cold,
 And the stars are old,
 And the leaves of the Judgment b
 unfold! Look from thy window and ssee My passion and my pain; lie on the sands below, And I faint in thy disdain. Let the night winds touch thy brow With the heat of my burning sigh, And melt thee to hear the VOW Of love that shall not die
 Till the sun grows cold,
 And the stars are old,
 And the leaves of the Judgment b
 unfold! My steps are nightly driven. By the fever in my breast. To hear from thy lattice breathed The word that shall give me rest Open the door of thy heart. And open thy chamber door, And my kisses shall teach thy lips The love that shall fade no morq
 Till the sun grows cold,
 And the stars are old, &Ay And the leaves of the JudgmenSk2 x
 unfold! w
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-09
WHEN EGGS IS EGGS
he Pittsburg Dispatch.


 1 It may be, as it has been jovially made clear to us and never denied, that pigs 1 is pigs, but when eggs is eggs is very debatable question, if an investigation just made in Boston is to be relied on. The trusting householder has been going on the comforting, but apparently fool ish theory that there were strictly fresh'' and Storage" eggs and worried no more as to any other classification. All wrong. There is no such thing as strictly fresh'' in the classification of the metropolis of culture. And, prithee, should not culture apply to eggs above all things? You know it, whether you try them at your own table with the morning paper or in the form of ham and at the nearest beanery. There are, however, Boston tells us, 21 varieties. They range from the nearby hennery, whites, fine to fancy down through the ordinary to good, the gathered or mixed, the segregation as to color, to the refrigerator dirties.''
 It is maintained for the benefit of those who are not initiated that the safest bet is the nearby hennery, whites, fine to fancy" In the east these are what are understood in this neighborhood as the newly laid speedily gathered in adjoin- ing poultry yards. Safety first is assured when reliance is placed on these; as to some of the rest the advice of counsel might be sought before testifying. The many varieties, of course, are for the trade. The consumer probably could not understand them and probably would not want to try. Reliance must be had upon the dealer who serves the consumer, for not every consumer of the egg can con- stitute himself setudent of trade techni- calities any more than can the man who has infrequent dealings with railroad be supposed to have commerce commits sion acquaintance with tariffs.
 Classify them as they may, when it comes to eggs, there will go on the little drama-whether comedy or tragedy de- bends on the egg itself-wherein the hero- inc housewife cries bravely: Are you sure these are fresh?" and the villain answers: Strictly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-09
Excellent Choral Organization

There has of late been quite a notice able increase in the attendance at the Southside Baptist church." remarked Judge Alvin M. Douglas.
 This, I believe, is due in part to the new chorus of 40 voices which is render ing splendid service. This innovation is to be highly commended, and helps to at tract large audiences. The Southside Baptist church, with it's great marble en- trance way, is a splendid edifice, and the members of the congregation are justly proud of what has been accom- plished thus far.
 "Our latest step, however, I believe is proving so popular that 1t will be readily perceived that an enlargement of other choral organizations of the city would result in the advantage of augmented church attendance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-09

From the Memphis News-Scimitar.
 Young people are thrifty up Hopkins ville Ky, way. Among other wedding presents received by "a newly married couple was tombstone, but instead of becoming indignant and returning the gift, the prudent young couple had a lapi- dary carve a suitable inscription upon the slab and placed it over the grave of the bridegroom father. who passed away to waste around that household.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-09
From the Columbus Dispatch.
ADRIF"T WITH THE TIMES

| Twobble, rather sharply. why shou you notice the little minx?"
 "Ahem! There are two neat and nif reasons, my dear, which I shall not d scribe at length" said Mr. Twobble, he made a nasty exit UNCLE SAM, PLEASE NOTE.
 T dare say the scenery of switzerlal 1 is it's most valuable asset That may be true in peaceful time but not now And what do you consider Switze lands most valuable asset at present? ?i "A citizensry trained to arms'' KEPT NOTHING BACK. "Dubson doesn't speak to me al more" What's the trouble?' He asked me to tell him frankly wh I thought of him.. "Yes?"
 And for once in my life was pc fectly frank" WHAT HE'S WORRIED ABOUT. T presume you are giving great de of thought to your forthcoming addre on preparedness"
 'Oh, yes.'' replied the statesman, "a though my secretary. as matter of fac is writing the speech. What I'm thinkir about is the possible effect it may ha1 on my constituents
 CROWN HIM.
 A superman
 Is Abner Blue;
 He pays his bills .sa
 When they fall due.