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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-14
More Mail Is Confiscated

Berlin, October 1S.-(By Sayville.)-Ad- vices from Amsterdam to the Overseas News Agency announce that the British authorities confiscated the entire mail on board the Holland-American liner Nieuw Amsterdam, and the steamers Ternate and Rotterdam, bound for Rotterdam. A Rotterdam dispatch reports that the post master general of Denmark has an- nounced that the steamers Iceland and Botte, plying between Iceland and Dem mark, were compelled to surrender their mail to the British.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-14

choice of mates Is the sole privilege or the contracting parties. Would it be nec- essary for me to bring proof of my standing? I surely can. We love each other and are perfectly suited for each other morally. physically and spiritually the same tastes, aspirations and hopes.
 The romance had it's origin when Jor- dan met Miss, Smith several months ago while she was touring the west
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-14
Edward Tate

Carrollton, October 13.-(Special) )-Ed- ward Tate, IS years old, died Wednesday night at the home of his parents in the Marvin Chapel section after an illness of the past month. He was a young ran with promising future, and was a member of the senior class of the Car rollton school this ssssion. He is sur yived by his parents and a number of other relatives. Funeral services were held this afternoon. conducted by Rev. M. R. Smith,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-14
Queen Conpratulates Rutgers

| New Brunswick, N. J., October 13.-By 1 order of Queen Wilhelmina of the Neither lands, Chevalier Van Happard, Dutch
 minister to the United States, attended the celebration of the 150th anniversary ! of the foundation of Rutgers college here
 today and in her name bespoke congratu- I lations. Rutgers was founded by Dutch colonisists of New York and New Jersey
 under royal charter from the King of England in 1766.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-14
Shoe Company Reduces Hours

Binghamton, N. Y, October 13 -Endi- colt, Johnson & Co.,, one of the largest shoe factories in the world, employing 12,Ooo. today announced voluntary re- duction of working hours from 60 hours a week to 4S hours without reduction in pay
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-17
AUSTRIAN ATTACKS
REPULSED ON CARSO
Italians Hold Newly Gained Po-
sitions at San Martino
Despite Assaults

ROME March 17-Another day of des.
perate and bloody fighting along the
lsonzo front particularly south of Gorizia,
has gone by without the Austrians being
able to regain any Of their lost ground
the war Office announced last night.
There has been fierce fighting on the
Carso plateau" the report says. "for the
possession of the positions we captured
Tuesday in the San Martino zone.
After severe artillery and musketry
preparation the enemy launched two
strong attacks and succeeded in reaching
the brink of our new trenches, but was
on each occasion vigorously repused leav.
ing the ground covered with dead.
'ln the morning the enemy artillery
renewed the attack. maintaining 1t with
increased violence until night, but the
firmness of our infantry and the con-
stant and effective support of our batteries
enabled us to hold our positions.
Along the rest of the front our de-
tachments continued their attacks. wreck
ing the enemy's trenches with grenades
in various places, innicting losses and
causing explosions"
The official report also mentions some
artillery actions in the Tyrol and says
"A thick fog yesterday impeded artillery
activity on the Isonzo heights but the
firing was more intense on the hills west
of Gorizia."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-17
WHOLE WORLD WRITES
ON TYPEWRTTERS THAT
ARE MADE IN AMERICA
Business Show Audience Hears
George E. Smith, President
Royal Company, Tell of
Trade Growth
U. S. BLAZES THE TRAIL

The world does it's typewritlng on Amer.
lean typewrters In turn. the world Is
pouring its millions into Americas Golfers,
according to George Edmund Smith, presi.
dent Of the Royal Typewriter Company,
Now York who attended the first annual
Philadelphia Business and Efficiency
Show last night at the First Regiment
Armory, Broad and Callowhill streets. Mr..
Smith IL former newspaper man. He
was with the Chicago Tribune before he
entered the typewritIng business score
of years ago.
THE United states leads the way In
typewriting and office appliances" said
Mr. Smith 1T has blazed the trail. In
the path OF the typewriter has followed
the American office equipment.
And because the typewriter people be-
licvc in preparedness" he added, they
are now making ready to handle the cnor-
nous volume Of business which will come
to the United States as soon as the Euro
pean war Is over. For instance, at our
plant, the Royal, alone, we are building
an enormous factory and preparing to in
crease our output $4,000 typewrters a
year
BIG FOREIGN TRADE.
speaking Of the way the American
typewriter Is used in foreign countries,
II might he of interest to mention that
we make 164 different types of keyboards
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-17

for the foreign trade We make some
that write from right to left instead OF
left to right Turkish. Hebrew and Greek
have to have special action in this way
Every ship that comes from foreign lands
brings gold TO pay for American type
writer's
People OF this nation little realize how
much they have TO be proud Of in the
achievements OF America In the realm Of
typewritlng and office equipment" con-
tinued Mr.. Smith. II hope all Philadel-
phians realize that under this roof and in
this show they have the opportunity Of
seeing the best in the world In office equip
ment and typewriters. ! know this is the
truth-and, what is more these appliances
are the result Of generations of work
the achievements OF the brains Of Amer
lea"
Mr.. Smith said the typewriter held a
unique place In the history OF the world.
He also said that as the automobile has
centred about the gasoline engine. and the
aeroplane has centred about the gasoline
engine, the entire field Of office equip
ment has centred about the typewriter
and, as a result of the increased speed in
getting out letters, so the rest of the office
equipment has followed 10 keep pace.
NEW EFFICIENCY STANDARDS
Mr.. Smith asserted that the American
typewriter. the American sewing machine
and the American harvesting machine are
in class by themselves, and that they
have set new standards In the world for
efficiency. Mr.. Smith held that Americans
have achieved these successes because of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-17
MAILER ARTISTS HoNORED
Alexander Van Rensselaer, Host at
Supper-Gifts Distributed

Alexander Van Rensselaer, was the host
at buffet supper given last night in honor
of more than 100 persons, who took part
in the recent performances of the Mailer
choral symphony at the Academy of Mu-
sic. The affair took place at Horticul-
tural Hall. Mr.. Van Rensselaer, Is presI-
dent of the Philadelphia Orchestra Asso-
citation.
Gifts were presented to different MEM
bers of the symphony. A silver cup was
given tc Henry Gordon Thunder. grand
fathers clock TO Arthur Judson, manager
of the orchestra a dress suitcase to Louis
a. Mattson, assistant manager; while Mr..
Leopold Stokowskl received from some
unknown donor several small china dolls,
representing the chorus
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-17

the class OF men who go into the type
writing business, He says in Europe men
daily with IT," while in America men give
their whole lives and brains TO the busi-
ness,
Americans grow UP in the business
said Mr., Smith; they do not trihe with
II, They are in earnest. In this coun-
try there is S55.0OO.O0O invested in type
writing companies alone, 20 say nothing
of the millions in office equipment"
The typewriter, he explained has gone
through four stages; first the invention
itself, then the adoption of a universal
keyboard, next TO make the writing visible,
and II Is now being made so II will last.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-17
TWO PLUNGE FROM sCAFFoLD
Workmen Badly Hurt by Fall of
Twenty Feet

WEST CHESTER, Pa, March i7.--Ed-
win Murphy and John Delmar. Philadel-
phia tile workers, who have been en-
ployed on the interior Of the new Brown
Opera House here we're badly injured to-
day. and are In the Chester County Hos
pital The men were working upon a
swinging scaffold 90 feet above the con-
crete floor. on the platform was almost
ton of material y rope parted, and
the men plunged to the floor.
Murphy suffered serious cuts on the
head and one arm is injured; Delnar
has a fractured elbow and was injured
internally by the mass of material fall
ing upon him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-17
WHOLESALE SILK PRICES
ADVANCING STEADILY
Operators Said to Be Buying UP Big
Supply of Goods

The prices of wholesale silk are ad-
vancing SO steadily that, according to all
reports, they will soon be in the war
BRIDE class. Not only are the prices
reiorted this week much higher than those
OF last, but operators are said to be buy
ing up big supply of silk goods for
future sales and further rise in that line
Is predicted. In some cases even silk
goods are not on the market, The same
story Is told by mill owners, importers,
wholesalers and retailers-namely, con-
unued demand inadequate supply and
prices which are undoubtedly going up"
The price of Japanese raw silk contin-
ues to advance, while prices of certain
Shlnese pongees show a marked increase.
me same is said ON Georgette, one of
tne coming fall fabrics. Among the popu-
iar' spring and fall color mentioned are
gray Belgium, navy and black.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-17

Three children were carried ont ol a
smoke-hlled room to safety by Police.
man Long, OF the Cd and Dickinson streets
South Orianna street The fire Originated
in the room where the children, PaulIno
aged Z benjamin, aged g. and Nathan,
years old were at play Mrs Cohen
heard the children's cries and met the
policeman as she hurried outside TO give
the alarm. The loss was trihina
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-17
Dies as Result Of Hemorrhare

Investigation Of the death Of Samuel Nc
Williams, 3s years old Of 1871 Olive street,
who was found in a pool Of blood last
night on the floor of his home. today dis
closed that he was seized with severe
hemorrhage Of the nose, The body, which
was sent TO the Morgue by Coroner Knight
for n post-mortem examination was or
dercd released after detectives Of the mur-
natural causes,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-17
ACTRESS SERIOUSLY BURNED
Her Clothes Ignited by Curling Iron
as She "Makes Up"

ALLENTOWN. Pa, March 17-Norma
harry leading lady Of Loves Lottery"
y lhe orpheum Theatre, is lying i'm dan
sFtous condition at the Hotel Allen, her
siotnes having caught fire from a curling
% noh while she was making up last night,
nss lights were consumed by the flames
ana large part of her body is scoTched.
The Washington times., 1916-01-21

even to this form OF OSCILLATION. Sew
eral hospital employees are also suf-
fering from Rr>.
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
Kissing Put Under Ban
In Grip-Ridden Hospital

ST. LOUIS, Jan. "A ban has
been placed on kissing at the City
Hospital by Superintendent Pringle
between patients and relatives who
visit them at the institution.
DR.. Pringle said he believed kissing
of patients who are afflicted with a
disease sufficient to keep them at the
hospital, tends to spread the disease
in the community. This is especially
true. Dr.. Pringle said. in regard to
grip, which has sent eighty patients
to the hospital in the last few days.
kissing on the brow or cheek is
still permitted, although DR.. Pringle
said he expects to extend the rule
The Washington times., 1916-01-21

they foster the spirit of miIitarism or
OF peace. kindlinoss. and harmonious adj
justmcnt of difficulties"
Replying 10 the argument that such
training inculcates obedience. Mrs. Uar-
ris said that even 30, its real object was
"thc ultimate taking of human life"
If. as n nation" she continued, I'VE
feel II necessary to prepare for defense,
then let II be through mechanical de-
vices and ornaments manned by those
Of mature years who have chosen this
calling. rather than by militia rizing the
young and innocent of humanity, not
capable Of iudginE for Themselves"
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
Campaign of Sheer Murder.

~On February 12 it will be year
since the time when we notified Ger
many that in case any of our citizens
were killed, we would hold her to a
strict accountability; and during these
eleven months the passenger ships
sunk by German or Austrian Subma- =
rfnes in defiance of our warning have
included among others the Falaba,
Lusitania, Arabic, Hesperian, Ancona,
Yasaka, Willie de la Ciotat. and Per
siam. They were British, Italian, Jap
-anese. and French. Many hundreds of
Americans We're among the passengers
and couple of hundred of these in
cluding many women and children,
were killed.
The total deaths on these ships since
March last amount to between a.o0D and
2.loo. The campaign against them has
been a campaign of sheer murder. on a
Naster scale than anv INDUCED in in a
like time bv any of the od-time pirates
OF the Indian Ocean and the Spanish
Main
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
Arrives, Recognized, Wed;
"Ad" Brings Girl Husband

PARIS. NJ, Jan. 2i-Miss Anna
Franklin, twenty. who lives with her
sister-in-law in st. Louis, was married
to Frank Port, farmer. near Grand
Rapids. Mich. Neither the bride nor
bridegroom had seen each other before
the wedding day
Port met Miss Franklin at the rail-
way station here in response to an ad-
vertisement for a right kind Of a hus-
band" inserted in a newspaper by Miss
Franklin.
1t was prearranged that Port should
wear a small white star In his coat
lapel and Miss Franklin was to wear a
white ribbon.
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
HIGH SCHOOL CADETS
OPPOSED BY WOMEN
San Francisco Mothers Congress
lndorses, >"I Didn't Raise My
Boy to Be a Soldier"

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2l-san Fran
cisco women at the local mothers con-
gross met TODAY to indorse the idea. "I
Didn't Raise MY Boy to BE n Soldier"
and to discuss their stand on military
training In high schools
Mrs. Frank II. Harris. president, spoke
In opposition to the plan. saying i'm
part: such training comes at time
when the mind. soul and body Of the
bov are in the formative period We
should be careful what influences bear
upon the boy at that time; whether
The Washington times., 1916-01-21

soldicr one rite, one gun, one boat,
added to the American army or navy
so far. because of anything that has oc-
| CURED in this war. and not the slightest
! step has vet been taken looking TO-
ward the necessary preparedness. Such
, national shortsightedncss, such national
folly. Is almost inconce.vab.e. We nave
had ample warning to organize
scheme of defense. We have absolutely
disregarded the warning. and the meas
urcs 50 far officially advocated are at
best measures of fhalf-preparcdness' ana
as regards the large aspect oil the uues-
uon. are not even that.
"but taking the amplest care OF tne
reg ular army and the regular navy Is
not enough. A democracy should DO ,ts
own fighting. | believe in universal
service on the swiss and Australian
models, adap pied to our own needs; tha'
is, to military training in the schoois
after the age of sixteen, ana, 100, LOT
six months service with the coiors III
the field for every man sometime PC
tween the ages of eighteen and twenty
one. q.
Continental Army "Sham.'
with a small regular army of quar-
ter of a million mcn-a force which
relatively to the nation bears the same
proportion that the police force OF
New York city bears to the population
of New York city-we would be given
the time to develop from our citizens, IL
they had universal military training. an
efficient army adequate to our needs.
Military service should no more be op-
tional in democracy than should the
payment of taxes. One should be ac-
cepted as an obligation just as much
as the other
THE proposed continental army is
sham. 1t would be merely an ineffi-
Gent riva of the national guard For a
year or so, during the period of novelty,
1t might attract some men. But we can
not expect men to sacrifice their busi-
ness interests and put themselves at a
disadvantage compared to their less
patriotic business rivals as a permanent
thing. They. ought not to do it: and ii
Is an outrage to ask them to do 1t.
Military training should be required
as a matter of right, and not asked as
| a matter of favor of all our citizens. In
! a free democracy the nation has a
| right to the service of its citizens both
! in war and In peace"
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
Should Prepare Adequately.

Now, the total number of lives of
non-combatants. including many hun
dreds OF women and children. thus
taken exceeds many times over the az
gregate in all the sea-hghts Of the
War Of 1872 both on the American and
on the British side. 1t is over double
the number of lives lost by the British
sailors in Nelson's three great victories
at the Battle of Trafalgar, at the Bat
tie of the Nile and the Battle of the
Baltic combined. 1t much exceeds the
total number of lives lost in the Union
navy-and indeed in the Union and
Confederate naVieS combined-during
the civil war
1T remains therefore for US to pre-
pare in adequate fashion. ] commend
to you very strongly the speeches and
statements of CONGRESSMAN Augustus
p. Gardner on this subject.
Warning Has Been Ample.
For eighteen months. with this
world-cyclone before our eyes. We as a
nation have sat supine without pre-
pairing in any shape or way. 1t Is an
actual fact that there has not been one
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
COLONEL PLEADS FOR
:''ADEQUATE" DEFENSE
Calls Proposed Continental Army
a Sham-WouId Make Mill
tary Training Compulsory.

Asserting that every man who Is
both intelligent and patriotic must
therefore advocate preparedness" The
odore Roosevelt addressed a strong plea
for preparedness to the National Sc
,curity League. which was read at last
nights session. He said, in part:
1T seems to me there are two mat
ters which every good American cttl-
zen should now get clearly before his
mind as regarde national defense.
THE first of these matters is not TO
mistake names for facts. Peace is not
a question of names 1t is a question
OF facts. If murders occur in a city.
and If the police force is so incompe-
tent that no record is made of them
officially, that does not interfere with
the fact that murders have been COM
L mttted and that life is unsafe.
In just the same way, II lives are
taken by violence between nations. 1t
- not of the slightest consequence
whether those responsible for the gov
:ernment of the nation whose citizens
have lost their lives do or do not assert
that the nation is at peace. During
the last three years we have been tech
nically at peace. But during those
three years more of our citizens have
been killed b. Mexicans. Germans.
Austrians, and Haitians than were
Killed during the entire Spanish war.
Benefits of Spanish War.
ut is true that the American citi-
zens'. killed during the past three
years have been mostly non n-comb ba =
tants, including women and children,
although many men wearing the ma
tional uniform have also been killed,
some of them on American soil. But
the fact that women and children are
killed instead OF full-grown men in
uniform surely increases instead OF
diminishes the horror.
I'VE have had a great many more
citizens killed during this time of al
legged peace, and thanks to the ac-
tivities of the emissaries OF foreign
governments with the torch and the
bomb on our own soil, we have had
much more American property de-
stroyed, than was the case during
tho open war with Spain; and whereas
no benefit whatever has come from
this loss of life and destruction OF
property during the last three years
the short war with Spain brought in
calculable benefits to Cuba, Porto
Rico. the Philippines, not to speak OF
ourselves.
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
Set Right.

Green--What is a sense of humor?
Brown--A sense of humor is that
which makes you laugh at something
that happens to somebody else which
would make you sorry IL it happened
to you-Tit-BitS.
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
On the Level.

stout people, U,ey say. are rarely
guilty of meanness or crime"
well, you see. it's so difficult for
them to stoop to anything low,"--
Stray Stories.
The Washington times., 1916-01-21
Piles Cured in 6 to Ia DAYS

Druggists refund money If PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles. First application gives re-
lief. SOC.
The Washington times., 1916-01-21

Cascarets are a treat, They liven
your liver, clean your thirty feet OF
bowels and sweeten your stomach. You
eat one or two CasCarets like candy
before going to bed and in the morning
your head is clear. tongue is clean.
stomach sweet, breath right. and cold
gone and you feel grand.
Get 10 or Decent box at any drug
store and enjoy the incest. gentlest liver
and bowel cleansing you ever expert
enced. Stop sick headaches. bilious
sive breath and constipation. Mothers
should give cross, peevish. feverish, bill
iouS children whole Cascaret any
time. They are harmless and never
erie or siCken-Adyt.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-11-23
BLUE AND BETHEL.
MISS EDNA YATES.

Frank earns and family and George
Quillin and wife visited II. Hartley
and family, near Lamar, Sunday.
George Berry and wife took dinner
with George Lilly and wife Wednes-
day.
Nellie Miller Of Fort Scott, Kans., is
spending few days with Bunnie At
kinson.
John Hagen and family spent Sun
day with John Smoots and family of
Minden neighborhood.
Jewel Lilly spent Friday night with
Ballard and Rosco Lilly.
Charley Pugh and family visited
John Yates and family Sunday.
Mrs. Lee Mitchell took dinner
Wednesday with Mrs. John King.
George Lilly and wife called on
Lesby Garrett and wife Sunday after
noon.
Walt McPeak and family spent Mon
day at the Budd home.
| Nellie Miller and Bunnie Atkinson
called on Mrs. Cotton Thursday after.
noon.
Violet Budd and Beulah Faris spent
Sunday with Ruth Pugh.
Thelma Lawless visited her brother
Leslie and family Sunday.
Mrs. Will Wood and daughter Gladys
spent Thursday with John Yates and
and family.
John King and family spent Sunday
with Lee Mitchell and family.
Mrs. Vivian Costley and children
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with +. p. Cotton.
Mrs. Workman and daughter Lota
visited Sunday with Harve Lucas and
family.
gRosco Lilly and Bessie Law called
on George Berry and family Sunday
afternoon.
The Waters Cemetery Association
elected officers last week.-Robert Kin
eaid president; Houston Cline, clerk;
Sherd Berryhill, treasurer.
Nellie Miller and Bunnie Atkinson
called on Mrs. George Lilly Friday az
ternoon.
Mrs. George Costley called on Mrs.
Frank Peoples Wednesday afternoon.
Len Quillin, who has been husking
corn in Iowa, returned home Saturday,
Mrs. Wood and children spent Sun
day with Mrs. Alice Keltner and child
rem.
Alice and Eula Pugh visited Sunday
with Orlea Crusa.
There will be pie supper at Blue
Schoolhouse Wednesday evening,
November 20. Every one invited To
come.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1916-11-23
DRY FORK.
Mrs. w. +. KING.

Riley King is still improving.
Mr.. Keller has moved onto the place
vacated by Bert Ward and family.
Clarence King and family visited
relatives in Carthage Sunday.
Seth Gresham and little son visited
at John Smelser's Sunday.
Mrs. Smelser, who has been visiting
relatives in Texas, returned home last
Friday.
Mrs. Sterling of Salem neighborhood
has been visiting in Duenweg the lat
ter part Of the week.
Mrs. Lemasters was in Carthage last
Friday.
Wilfred Smelser visited Paul Wood
one day last week.
Mrs. Helen Frost gave a party at her
home last Saturday evening for the
young people Of Mount Moriah. A
large crowd was present and everybody
had pleasant time.
Homer King and family of Carthage
took supper Sunday evening at Clar-
ence Kings.
Leola Patrick and friend of Duen-
veg autoed up to S. H. Sterling's place
Sunday evening.