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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12
-s0'-----------------7--- LITTLE THINGS COUNT

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Any high school girl graduate can write pretty essay on 'The Little Things That Count
 For example, a cinder in the eye is more formidable than Mount Shasta, S600 miles away. One fly spells a barrel of ointment, and so on indefinitely.
 Had the President of the United States resigned yesterday forenoon at u:4o O clock scores of persons would have been less affected than they were when the elevator men in a skyscraper at Broad and Chestnut quit work.
 We do have a Vice President, but we have no wings to carry us to our eight eenth floor offices. Consternation is feeble word and far too anemic to de- scribe the feelings of that throng of men and women who swiftly clogged the corridors of that huge building.
 Can you imagine a more futile thing than 2A floors of masonry and steel with out an elevator? You never can imagine how many people shoot up and down in these iron-grilled cages in 10 minutes until the cages cease to fly like shuttles on a weaver's loom.
 Just a few cents worth of human en- ergy in the arm of man, or rather the lacs of it, puts <. 3.000,0oo worth of building on the scrap heap!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12
A "NIGHT' OF TT
New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis match

New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis
 patch.
 Have you ever had might" Of 1t in Little Old New York, meaning, of course that the night ends at 6 a. m. By 'it'' I do not mean to suggest anything in par ticular. But a might of it' begins with dinner at [, theatre at S:30. After the show it is Ziegfelds "Follies' at midnight until ?. Then you taxi to the club at Reisenwebers to see the "Hoola Hoola at 8 a. m. and from there to Healy's to fox trot until D. After which you go to Jack's s to meet the celebrities who are having their piece de resistance-scrambled eggs at ' o'clock Then you pass on your way to your hotel the millxmen, 1ewsboys early workers, other late stragglers, yawning policemen and street cleaners With your purse considerably lighter probably also your head, you get feelings of spiritualistic native on inhaling the fresh, rlear air and seeing bright old Sol come up You feel sorry and ashamed that you are sun dodger. But your half formed resolutions ooze out about the time you get pick me up after emerging from the hay in the afternoon and your ready to repeat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12

ready appeal. That city is centrally located and is we'll able to entertain a great crowd of visitors. Tulsa also will have much in it's favor. Oklahoma IS state of more than ordinary in terest. It has been much exploited in the last twenty years, and people who enjoy travel and sightseeing will be glad to pay it visit.
 Tulsa is marvel city. Birming ham is only 45 years old in name, but ancient when compared with Tulsa. Fifteen years ago the Oklahoma won der was village of only about one thousand souls. The census of 1910 found it with a population of 1S,1S2. Its estimated population today is close to 90,000. It is a rich city, too.
 The Tulsa reunion delegation starts for Birmingham tonight in the most elegant special train ever got together in Oklahoma. It brings many promi- nent people and famous brass band. The Tulsans are noted far and wide for their team work, and if they do not get the reunion for 1917 they will make lots of friends here and will add greatly to the festivities of the oc- cation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12
THE NAVY LEAGUE VS. FORD

From the New York World.
 In its displeasure because of certain views published by Henry Ford reflecting on it's methods, the Navy league demands satisfaction in the courts. On the face of the legal papers the directors of the league seek s10O, 900 damages for libel. But, president of the league, they want an open fight and place themselves at MT. Ford's disposal.
 Mir Ford is a man of peace given to the frank expression of his opinions. The Navy league is a band of patriots. conse- crated to the cause of naval expansion and not backward in prompting its doc trines. Neither part makes a secret of it's principles. Neither shuns publicity.
 To MT. Ford S1000O0 is a mere trifle, where his sympathie are engaged. There are directors and subscribers to the Navy league who would never miss $100,000 ir the occasion called for such sacrifice. It is not question of money between MT. Ford and the gentleman who have sum- moned him to court. It is on an issue of national policy that they are at odds, and a transfer of funds from one bank &C., count to another would not heal their diff ferences. If they could arrange to con- tinue their discussion at long range, both sides would find safe vent for their zeal, and neither would stand the risk of de- priving it's particular cause of needed financial support.
 The Navy league should be mercifu}. Some day it might have to face an action for libel. It's rhetoric at times has been heated it's criticisms pointed and personal. It has the faith of fanaticism in it's own unerring righteousness. So has MT. Ford. Between them they stand for peace and preparedness, which most people believe amount to the same thing. Why not let the printed debate rage and save their energies for better ends than tedious legal disputes?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12
Glad It Is Over

During the few days I have been able to get away from the court to make a canvass for reelection as judge of the appellate bench, I have greatly enjoyed myself said Judge John Pelham, who was at the Tutwiler yesterday While have not been all over the state, have been able to get to many of the cities and towns and have been royalty treated by numerous friends. While serving ols the bench, and prior to that time, have become acquainted with men in every town in the state, and especially is this true in regard to attorneys. It does me good to get away from Montgomery and go around with these friends for few days However. I am glad that the strenuous work of the campaign is over. "
 Judge Pelham apparently is reelected to the court of appeals by large ma jority and the early indications, were that he would lead the ticket by consider able plurality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12
A Military Transport Feat

Four contingents of Russian troops have been landed on French soil to strengthen the forces operating on the western battle line, after traveilng IT 5oo miles. This is a remarkable achievement in military transport history.
 The Russian soldiers were concen- +rated in Moscow and were trans ported from that city over the Trans Siberian railroad nearly 75Oo miles to Port Dalny, near Port Arthur, and from that point began sea journey of about 10000 miles. Because of the war, the troops traversed the coasts of half the eastern world, passing through the Yellow and China seas to Singapore and entering the ln- dian ocean through the Straits or Malacca. Thence they went by way of Alden and the Red sea to the Suez canal and Port Said, and having reached the Mediterranean they pro- seeded as straight toward Marseilles as the danger of submarine attacks would permit.
 While the transports bearing troops ub;cb arrived at Marseilles April 20 were near Shanghai the Germans tried to attack the vessels, but the at tempt was said to have failed because ammunition for their heavy guns failed to arrive. Another attempt was also made near Singapore, but with out result. The Russians were warned and changed their itinerary.
 The arrival of the first Russian troops on French soil, after their rec ord-breaking journey, was one of the most interesting events of the war and was joyously acclaimed by the French, most of whom did not know that the Czar was sending reinforce ments, these plans having been kept a secret as. far as possible. The fact that the Russians came unarmed and without military equipment indicated that there was some basis of truth Tn the reports that the Czar had more men than he could fit out for war. The presence of Russian soldiers on French soil also showed that the great war will be fought to finish at the western front, probably at Verdun. Predictions are being made that the end is not far distant. All the latest advices from Europe presage a speedy ending of the strgugle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12
ITALIA IRREDENTA

By William Cullen Bryant. Voices from the mountain speak; Apennines to Alps reply; Vale to vale and peak to peak Toss an old remembered cry,
 Italy
 Shall be free!'' Such the mighty shout that fills All the passes of the hills. All the old Italian lakes Culver at that quickening word Como with a thrill awakes; Garda to her depths is stirred.
 Mid the steeps
 Where he sleeps, Dreaming of the elder years, Startled Thrashhymenus hears. Sweeping Arno, swelling Pc, Murmur freedom to their meads. Tiber swift and Liris slow Send strange whispers from their reeds
 Italy
 Shall be free Sing the glittering brooks. that slide Toward the sea from Etna's side. Monarchsi ye whose armies stand Harnessed for the battlefield, Pause, and from the lifted hand Drop the bolts of war ye wield.
 Stand aloof
 While the proof Of the people, .might is given, Leave their kings to them and heaven. Stand aloof and see the oppressed Chase the oppressor pale with fear, As the fresh winds of the west Blow the misty valleys clear
 Stand and see
 Italy ~. Lo cIe To the eulfs that steep her shore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12
Invitations for 1917 Reunion

Will the Birmingham reunion be the last? Many of the leaders among the veterans had expressed themselves as be;np in favor of discontinuing the general gatherings and confining the activities of the venerable organlza- +;on to state reunions, on the ground that a large percentage of the old sol diers are becoming too feeble to travel long distances.
 But out of forty thousand sur yivors many are under Fl, and it is estimated that not half of them are "A years of age. They were young men in 1861; thousands were only schoolboys. They are not only in good marching trim today, but goodly number will be in prime condition for reunion attendance next year, and the next.
 The probability is that when the vote IS taken HeTe OH tHe qucotloH LII holding a reunion in 1917, it will be ir the affirmative. Most of the larger cities of the south have been hosts to the United Confederate Veterans, ana many of them would be glad to enter tain a reunion again.
 There will be at least two cities rep resented in Birmingham begging for the reunion in 1917-Memphis and Tulsa, Okla, and the organized and spirited efforts which each of those cities will make to win the honor will have a strong influence on the veter- an body assembled in Birmingham tc keep the reunions going while longer.
 Memphis invitation will make a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12
New Train Is Convenient

"All the state officials and other people living in Montgomery are very glad that the Louisville and Nashville has put on the new train between Birmingham and the capital, as well as the gulf cities, ' said Alex E. Walker, state superintendent of banks, who was here yesterday. Be fore this new train was put on, we had to leave here at immediately after lunch in order to get back to our homes that night. If we did a days work here, we could not get home before noon the next day, thereby breaking up days busi- ness. Now we can leave Montgomery at a reasonable hour in the morning, get here in time to do a full days work and return to the capital after supper. This train is very convenient, and operates to the advantages of people living in both Montgomery and Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12
THE SPELL OF VILLA

Half a mile beyond the barracks, whert the singers of this ballad lounged on long benches with their crossed bandoleras o cartridges catching the slanting sun, stood apart by itself a large building of brown uncovered adobe bricks with an ell of fin ished adobe plaster in the rear. In thii store they sold a sweet yellow cheese pc culiarly palatable. While a. pock- mark ef boy slowly searched for this article foI me on the dark, dusty shelves, I heard a sacrilegious sound in the rear. wa were in a Carranza town, Carranza gar risoned, but in the ell quartet aided by a guitar were softly humming the bias phemous songs of thS hunted vllla
 First was that rollicking song of villai dorados his golden ones''-the sure shooting. sure hearted outlaws whose loy alty has been rewarded with appointment to his personal bodyguard:
 These are the men of Francesca Villa Who drive before them the white faced
 gringoes, S
 As the straw that their horses staml
 and scatter
 In a desert march on a dusty morning. 
 Next tLat more ancient more familiaiI catch Us. Cucuracha" C'The Cocqroach'D DI which the Villistas have adopted and exl banded for their own purposes:
 With the whiskers of Carranza
 I'm going to make a hatband,
 To hang on the sombrero
 Of the valiant Pancho Villa.
 And the galloping chorus, meaningless but effective as the choruses of manJ songs that men fight by:
 Oh the cockroach, oh, the cockroach
 Will not move, the old sow-poke, Because it hasn't. because it hasn't
 Any na~ihuana to smoke Here Were inc senss of Villa being sunt on the slN a}tnes Eithin sarshot of thd Carranzs EafwssN Rancho Villa has inl deed intfeNehef a4Ynself in the hesrt Of the nor herr Aif4,icans.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12

Gregory Mason, in the Outlook. V VILLA has ravaged our ranches and
 the olooding rushing proudly through our hearts when he raided Co- lumbus and defied the whole grlnso ariis . Carranza reformed the marriage laws anu established prohibition, but he does not stir our ,ma gination. His -wlnueo sneeches are insufferably dull and we do moi understand the wordy notes he writes to President Wilson. :,
 So spake 8 man whose ploou ls hail Mexican and half American, who mas iiNeo hoth north and south of the RIO Granue' vhose svmpathies in the present dfficuity ,e+ween Mexico and the United States are entirely with the latter nation, but who was trying in that speech to interpret TOT me the peculiar psychology or ms span ish-Indian fellow citizens.
 -s.He started the blood rushing proud ,v through our hearts," did the vivid Durango bad man. But the riglo sooo man of Cahuila never does that. CaI- ranza's appeal, what there IS or IL, IS U the intellect. Ana ploou IS 'heno brains in Mexico.
 Tha narching songs adopted by the
  villstas and Carranzistas tell the whole story. The impudent confidence, the hu- morous deviltry. of the Villa war songs is absent in the 'Adelita" of the Carran- zistas. with it's conventional sentimental ity.
 As I walked my horse one drowsy aft ernoon past the cuartel (barracks) of the Carranzista garrison at Neuva Casas Grandes, near General Persing's head quarters, the quavering melody of "Adel- itap reached my ears with these softly drawled words;
 Adelta, if you should run off With an
 other man would follow you through eternity; Over prairie in military trains,
 over oceans on big battleships
 Over mountains on a gringo aeroplane. Adelita if you were my wife.
 I would buy you dress made of silk, And take you to a dance at the Quartet
 on the hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12
RIGHT WAY TO READ NEWS

From the New York American.
 Here are a few suggestions which may help you to read with better understand ing the fearful and wonderful war news sent across the water to us daily.
 When you see dispatch beginning, a returned neutral, whose name cannot be mentioned" and dated somewhere in Switzerland, you can safely set it down for the invention of a needy penny-a- liner who wants the price of meal
 When you see a dispatch that purports agreed upon at meeting of either the French, German, British or Italian army staffs, you can set it. down as a pure fake. The crowned heads and military chiefs of Europe are not in the habit of confidentially relating their secret con versations and military plans to news paper correspondents located in Holland, Switzerland. Italy or any other neutral or hostile country.
 When you see a dispatch asserting that "wc inflicted enormous loss upon our en- eraies with no loses to ourselves you can safely disbelieve it. When two armies fight under modern conditions both get hurt.
 When you see dispatch asserting that during the night, after successfully re- pulsing the enemy, we withdrew to bet ter position, previously prepared you can make up your mind that somebody has had licking and is putting as good q face as possible on the defeat.
 When you read that "our gallant army is only waiting the proper signal to be- gin the long -heralded offensive, which will! finally smash the foe,' you can make up your mind that gallant correspondent is writing against time and space
 When you see a dispatch dated Berlin via London, or Athens via Rome, or Cop enhagen via Geneva, recollect that you are reading stuff which has no definite origin and is worth To more ana no less than a dispatch from Peking. China. via Po- dunk Ind.
 If you want to know how the war is really going pay attention to the locall- ties mentioned in the official dispatches, and by aid of your maps you can easily decide which forces are advancing and which are being pushed back. And when all is said and done, it is always the more powerful and victorious armies which ad- vance and the weaker and defeated armies which fall back.
 That is the acid test of warfare and its results.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12
From the New York Times

From the New York Times.
 "ROM office boy to the job of presi- dent of New York, Chicago ana 1 Kansas City meat packing corpor- alton, at a salary which consideraply eA- ceeds that received by the President or the United States, are three contrasting features in the successful business career of Thomas E. Wilson, who is beheVeo 'o be the highest paid employe in the Worlo identified with the active management oi a purely private commercial organlzauoil' He has held his new job 20 days, ana al though this is a brief period upon wmch to base an estimate Of ones capd- bilities his firm is already convinced that he is worth more than even the large sal ary he is to receive.
 When the firm of Sulzberger x sons company of America was recently III pro- cess of reorganizati ton its stockholders ana directors determined to place at the heao of the business an expert In thelr line "ho was excelled by no other person III the world. regaYdless of what the servlces ol such a. man might cost, and their hrst choice for the job was Thomas Edward Wilson. He was then the president of the meat packing industries of Morris & oo' of Chicago, with which he had been con nected from early youth
 "How much Thomas E. Wilson was ap- preciated by his former business associate and life long friend, Edward Morris ST. late president of Morris & Co.," said friend of his the other day, may De judged by the fact that when Morris built his new residence he made a gift of his old home to Wilson.
 "This house and grounds, on Woodlawn avenue, in Chicago, are said to be valued al a quarter of a million dollars
 q have heard that Wilson was to re- ceive a salary of about quarter or a million dollars in his new position do not believe either the firm or hlmseH yet know the exact amount his serVlces Will return to him yearly for his work with Sulzberger S Sons company, because my understanding is that there are certain contingencies which depend upon the de- veloprnent of the business, and thereby increase his income.
 MT. Wilson's office is in Chicago, and the question as to the amount of the sal ary he is receiving was asked Of wee President James A. Howard, head of the eastern and foreign shipping and sales de- partments of the company
 MT. Wilson will receive $125,ooo year for his services,' replied MT. Howard. He has certain other interests in the firm in connection with his position as president which greatly add to his income, it is ex
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12
HIGHEST SALARIED MAN

pected, but of these details would prerei that MT. Wilson be consulted. l do no1 feel at liberty to say anything as to whaq
 his yearly income may be, aside from the fixed amount of the salary agreed upon As a beginning in his new work, there
 fore. MT. Wilson will receive at least 2 daily wage, including holidays and except ing only Sundays, of $40o, or at the rate ol approximately $2404 weekly.
 .The directors of the company do nol consider this an excessive salary for thell president in fact, they consider him wortf every cent of it, knowing as they do hif
 peculiar capabilities" said MT. Howard sinilingly.
 One of the directors was asked:
 What does man do to earn S125,0oo of
 more a. wear in a business corporation?' This was the answer:
 Well for one thing, he establishes the
 policy of the company and organizes the various departments so that the policy ol it's business may be carried out to thf best advantage, and has general super vision of the men he designates to do thlf part of the work. Of course, MT. Wllsol: cannot attend to details, although he may know where to find any detail of the busi ness when need may arise. Then, too, he is an able fnancier and an expert in thf meat packing business. You must remem her that it has been life work and studS } with him. He is being paid for. what hf knows as we'll as for what he may do i1 active or advisory capacity
 As president of the Sulzberger & Som, company, MT. Wilson will have jurisdicI ton over some 120o0 employees, who arf connected with the firm here and brancf establishments in Argentina and Europeai countries. Vice President Howard, whS was one of the factors in the settlement of the meat packers claims in the priz( court in London recently, said of MT. Wlls son:
 "He is a man of most delightful person ality democratic to degree, and II
 known for his generous friendship witt
 every employe who has worked with him from the humb lest to the highest MT. Wilson is AT years old He was borr at London Canada, and was taken whel boy to Chicago, where his parents mad9 their home. He entered the meat-packint business after attending the public school in Chicago, and advanced from one posi- ton to another until he became vice pres. ident of Morris &, Go. in 1906. He wa elected president in 1913. He is also presil dent of the St. Louis National Stoci Yards and is interested in other corpora tions. For seven years MT. Wilson was mem Der of the First infantry, I. N. G. He il a republican, is married, and lives at 4Sl Woodlawn avenue, Chicago Some of hi clubs include Chicago, Athletic, Souti Shore Country, Kenwood, Saddle and Sir
 lOn,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12
HOTEL LOBBIES
surre~ts nn Epitaph

Lomax M. Smith of Memphis sends The Age-Herald copy of letter he has sent to Col. L. B. Musgrove of Jasper as fol lows:
 My Dear Mir. Musgrove
 T suggest the following as an appro- priate epitaph to mark the last resting place of the late hero, Richmond Pearson Hobson: Harki Frm the tomb, the doleful sound, Mine ears attend thy cry, Come all who will and view the ground, Where Richmond Pearson doth lie. Tread softly round this sacred heap, It guards ambitions restless sleep. One whose greed for place ne'er forsake
 him, Don't mention office, else you might
 wake him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12
Commander of Forests Cavalry

q should like to call attention to the fact that in your headquarters di- rectory of Confederate veterans you placed General Collier in command of Forests cavalry, with headquarters at the Tutwiler," said Senator Frank s. White.
 Gen. Baxter Smith of Tennessee is in command of Forests cavalry, with headquarters at the Tutwiler. He is lieutenant general of veterans. Gen. w.. A. Collier is a major general command ing division of Forests cavalry. His headquarters are also at the Tut wiler"