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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-09-22
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-09-22
Verdict Against Wireless Company

Verdict Against Wireless Company
 New York, September 2l.-The federal district court here has decided that the DeForest Radio Telephone and Tele- graph company had infringed on the so- called Fleming patent for an instrument for converting electric currents. A suit brought by the Marconi Wireless Tele- graph company as assignee of the pat ent, was held to be meritorious, while a. counter claim brought by the DeForest company. based on allegations concern ing other patents, was dismissed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-09-22
Ole Miss, Luv ain't Dead an Buried, as Long as Miss Green-eyed Jealousy keeps her Veil pinned on, ready ter go to de Funeral. Naw'm.

rendered" and some even bearing the insulting phrase, please remit.
 Finally the woman had to make clean breast of it and tell her husband; such "a cat and dog" fight you never heard of they didn't speak for days, and inb the end came inevitable indignities heaped upon the poor foolish woman; embarrassment, sacrifice and harder work for the husband followed for he was responsible for the bills and mis- cry and unhappiness for both of them ensued, and they were wretched Tor weeks to conceal because of a marked down" frock in seductive, alluring "show window a few months before, and the siren voice of the clever sales lady who said "charge it!'
The Washington times., 1916-05-18
ERA OF VACATIONS

II the thesis that the world is
growing better requires proof it
should be found in our changed atti-
tude toward vacations. Those lapses
from the round of work which once
were admitted with a sort Of shame
facedness and a plea that we were
call run down" and needed rest are
now a subject Of pride, to be made
much of in prospect and retrospect
and to be gloried in to the utmost in
their duration. The only time you
hear nowadays Of the old unregen-
crate who hadn't had vacation in
some preposterous number Of years
is when you read his obituary.
We are learning how to play. We
are learning to mix play with work,
and we are learning when we scuttle
work altogether for while to enjoy
ourselves frankly and unrestrain-
eddy.
1t was Chesterton who said that
he would never live in the country,
because II he did he would never
have the exquisite pleasure Of going
to it from the city. Any city chap
on vacation who doesn't catch the
first train for the fields or mountains
or shore has failed utterly to realize
what vacations are for. Their true
SAVIOR lies in change. There should
be a complete transformation OF
physical scene, to begin with. Ex-
changing one city for another will
not do IL. Fields for the street.
dweller, seas for the inlander, noun,
tains for the plainsman, the gent.
atty of smiling farms and peaceful
villages for him whose year has
been spent in the rigorous land Oh
peaks and precipices-that is the
| law.
The Washington times., 1916-05-18
4 GOVERNMENT NITRATE PLANT

Not every measure labeled "for
preparedness" is to be hailed with
ap2ssval; 1t is as easy to be misled
in the name Of defense as by the
babbling Of the pacifists.
One Of the first goats to be de-
tected in the flock Of defense meas
ures Is the proposal to build with
Federal appropriations a hydro
electric plant for the manufacture Of
nitrates to be used to make explo-
sives in time of war. Advocates Of
the measure say there is grave dan
ger of a shortage Of nitrates In such
event, and they add that the plant
in peace times should sell its product
as fertilizer.
The Merchants Association Of
New York attacks the bill on every
point. First, it denies the necessity
of any such step, asserting the pro-
duction Of ammonia as by-product
of coke ovens is increasing rapidly
and within two years will exceed the
amount Germany is using today for
conversion to nitrates and thence to
explosives. What the Government
should do, it says, Is to devote a
comparatively small sum to develop
ing the process of converting sui
phate of ammonia to nitric acid. The
process is Of German continuance,
and, while not exactly secret, is not
generally understood.
Further, the association views with
mistrust, which nearly everybody
will share, any plan which contem-
plates putting the Government into
business. There are plenty OF fer
tilizer manufacturers, competition is
keen and the price regulated strictly
by the price of raw material. The
Government probably would under
take to benefit" the farmer by sell
ing below the market with the
double result Of creating a deficit
which the taxpayers in general would
have to meet and Of injuring private
enterprise.
This puts very bad face on the
whole proposition. Facts regarding
the supply Of ammonia and its avail
ability for conversion into nitric acid
must be known generally to scien'
lists and to the men interested II
manufacture Of explosives. Why
then, was the bill framed and intro
duced? What is behind it?
We begin now to give reader cal
to the accusation heard at the very
first that it was a "power grab" al
bottom.
The Washington times., 1916-05-18

conclusion save that IL Ia q prepara-
ton Of the German mind for slack
ening Of effort Mt verdun, and ac-
acknowledgement Of failure there. Be-
yond that, II suggests that when the
verdun effort Is abandoned, there
will be no magnificent resumption Of
the attacks toward Calais. Germany
is evidently ready to surrender the
initiative, to discontinue offensive
efforts, and to rely on holding pres
ent lines defensively.
! II IL going to be hard to convince
the German people, and keep them
convinced for a great length Of time,
that such a program Is needful.
When they see sacrifices merely for
the sake Of holding on, they will be-
gin to demand, "Why not peace7 II
there is nothing more to gain, why
more sacrifces?"
The answer will have to be that
the allies are determined on continu-
ing the struggle, and that Germany
cannot quit so long as they are able
to keep at It. Plainly, Germany is
preparing for long period Of de-
fensive war, during which she will
hope to convince the neutral world
that she is ready to make peace, but
that her enemies will not consent To
it. OF course, they will not--on the
terms Germany would now demand;
or on any terms that Germany will
be willing to consider SO long as she
is not distinctly beaten.
The world will not fail to under
stand.
The Washington times., 1916-05-18
THIS IS A DIFFERENT CASE

Some 1,400 track workers and
foremen on the Boston and Maine
road walked out yesterday, striking
for an increase of 20 cents a day
In their wages. II Is stated that "a
majority Of" the track workers re-
ceive IS cents an hour. This leaves
the presumption that the minority
receive less than Is cents.
At eight hours a day, this major
ity would thus be earning s1.44 q
day; with pretty liberal allowances
for time in which because Of weather
they cannot be employed. This Is a
pretty good wage-for track workers
by comparison with the general
scale Of wages for that occupation
throughout the country.
But when the contrast is drawn
between such wage as this, In time
of such aggressive living costs as
people must face nowadays, It 10
small wonder that there Is general
disaf{ection that the aristocracy Of
the railroad wage-earning classes
the engineers, firemen, trainmen,
and conductors-should be demand
ing more pay. Trackmen are human
beings, entitled to live. II the en-
gineef whose wages average So a
day the country over, Is unable to
get along, and must have more or
strike, what shall be said for the
track walker?
This New England affair suggests
very pointedly that IL the public Is
going to be charged higher rates in
order to raise somebody's pay on the
railroads, the men at the bottom of
the wage ladder ought at least to
get the first consideration.
II the public gets anything to say
about it, that will happen.
And as the public pays, 1t ought
to have something to say.
The Washington times., 1916-05-18
INDICTED GERMAN
CONSUL SURRENDERS

NEW YORK. May ls.-Carl A. Lue-
deritz. German consul at Baltimore.
surrendered to the Federal authorities
here and was arraigned before Judge c.
y. Wolverton. of the United states Dis
trict Court. for pleading upon an in
d!ctment charging him with having con-
spired with Franz Hobart WachendoTf.
better known as Horst Won der Goltz. to
obtain u passport for Won der Goltz
from the State Department.
Luederitz pleaded not guilty. and was
released after 5000 ball had been fur
nished by a casualty company.
Luederitz came 10 New York with his
counsel. Charles W. Field, of Baltimore,
and the arraignment followed confer
ence between Field and Roger II.
Wood. assistant United States district
attorney.
Field stated that he was only tempo
rarily connected with the case. May
20 was the date set for changing the
plea Of Luederitz or making new mo-
lions,
The Washington times., 1916-05-18
A CALL FOR STRONG JOHN

Would that Strong John Thomson
could be in a box at the Belasco
Monday night! Strong John, as some
we'll remember, was an apostle Of the
"Three RS" He was Of the grim
and relentless birch rod school of
educators, and fairly represented his
day. But if he were here now he
would make a curtain speech, we
opine, at the Belasco Theater when
Martha" is produced there, and
sagely admit that the world does
move.
For Strong John the Thomson
School was named. And there was
conceived the idea of producing the
community opera. There the adults
foregather as regularly as the
pupils. The school is thrown open
to them, and both grown-ups and
children wander far afield from
what Strong John might have con-
sidered was education.
But education, nowadays, Is not
removed from life as it once was
The best sort Of education is a little
slice from the life Of the big world
outside. And pupils of schools have
more and more of a chance to peer
into the play and work of the worlC
around them. Likewise no one
thinks education is over when schoo
is done. So it is perfectly reason
able that adults should be taking 6
perennial postgraduate course IL
the Strong John Thomson School.
Thirdly, as the preachers used t
say in Strong Johns day, education
ought to make the city better. /,
the children and adults of the Thorn
SON School can give music an i'm
petus in this community by present
ing a municipal opera, give then
! free reinl
The Washington times., 1916-05-18
Men Desert to Arms
Plant, Circus Tied Up

TRENTON. May 1s-Because $50 can
vas men quit Barpum G. Bailey's circus
in Newark to work In munition plants
at s. a day. the greatest show on
earth" had hard time when II reached
Trenton. II was well toward noon be-
fore the last of its cars arrived. and
the parade. scheduled for 10 a. m. was
abandoned.
The afternoon performance was given
up, and the crowds that gathered at
the big tent went home disappointed.
Twenty thousand school children and
many ADULTS hned the streets awaiting
The crippled forces OF the circus were
able to arrange everything in time for
the evening performance.
The Washington times., 1916-05-18
A REMARKABLE GERMAN VIEW

Count Won Moltke, chief Of the
Supplementary General Staff of the
German army-whatever that may
be-has given a remarkable inter
view which the Berlin censor has
permitted to be published in Austria
and abroad. In substance, he as
sumes that the day for German Of
fensive is past, and treasures Ger
many with the argument that the al
lies are now at the peak Of their
power, and will not be able in the
future to accomplish any more than
in the past.
France, he says, has all her re-
serves under arms; Russia is not
able to assume a general offensive.
England, even under compulsory
service rules, will be able to add only
a few hundred thousand to present
forces. Italy cannot conceivably
break the Italian lines.
All this is mighty different read
ing from the confident expressions
of a little over a year ago, when
the Germans thought they were only
few days from Paris, and were get
ting all ready for their dinner en-
gagements in that interesting CAPT.
tai, by way of celebrating before
they should turn about and dash to
Petrograd. They were going to
crush France with one swift blow,
Russia with another, and make peace
by Christmas.
Today their military authorities
are telling the German people that
there is no danger of the central
empires being themselves crushed by
superior weight!
As usual, in all German state
ments Of recent time, General vor
Moltke assured the country that
events at Verdun are progressing
we'll, and indicated entire satisfac-
ton with them. If Verdun has beer
yielding the results that the Ger
man general staff expected, then in
deed is the blood of a multitude or
the hands of those authorities; fol
Verdun is not taken and there is les!
, prospect of its falling than tive
months ago.
To make his reassurances thu
more effective with an 'increasingl!
disaffected German public, Genera
Won Moltke insisted that there is m
danger of America getting into tn
war. At this point his tone is rathe
contemptuous; Americas "chief ain
is good business" he says.
No analysis of this statement, es
pecially in view of its indorsemen
Ay the censorship, can justify an,
The Washington times., 1916-05-18
Washington. May Is.
Unionism and the Schools.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Believing that you are actuated by
the highest appreciation of the teach
er's worth to the community. may I
suggest that you misinterpret the
teachers spirit when you say that
they refrain from joining the labor
organizations because OF belief In
the superiority OF their professional
standing.
The position OF the teacher is not
superior. but different. The laborer
works for himself and his family.
and according to the best interests
of the organization with which he Is
ployed to work in the interest of the
whole people, and in part pays him
self. Through the relation which the
teacher bears to each generation, the
s1 ns aS "a labor Ps ws1
as the enjoyment of the leisure after
labor are enhanced.
1t Is not too much to say that
wherever the teachers hold their own
interests first, in that school or COM
munity labor IL most hostile to all
conditions which affect II immediate
ly. There selnshness and narrowness
obtain. In the communities where
the teachers seek to elevate and
conserve the true spirit OF growth.
Improvement and value TO the rom
munity. there the larger measure of
cooperation may be found among all
organizations, recognizing as they do,
that they are all working for a com
mon end. the advance OF the social
order.
1t does not appear that the high
| school teachers are aiming at purely
personal ends in the steps they have
taken, but at a wider afiliation with
an organization, the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. which must see. II
II has not already done so. that Its
purposes can be served best through
| the service II renders to the general
| improvement OF society.
May i suggest also that the grow
Ing suspicion that the attitude OF
school children in scorning work with
the hands, in ignoring the trades, 1,
due to misconception and false stand.
ards reflected by school teachers" 1,
founded upon unfamiliarity with tn,
work and attitude of most teachers
In Washington schools. That attitud,
respecting work Ia one which APP
pears afresh in every generation, Il
frequently fostered at home, and
sometimes generated by the sugges
ton OF the leisure classes, who fiaun
their ease and irresponsibility in tn,
picture sections of the weekly press
| CHARLES NJ. THOMAS,
President, Teachers Association o.
the District of Columbia Uncorpor
ated).
Washington. May II.
The Washington times., 1916-05-18
QUEEN NEAR DEATH
AS AIR bombs FALL
Helena Of Italy and Two PrIn-:
oesses Narrowly Escape in
Austrian Raid.
BY JOHN H. HEARLEY.

ROME. May 1a--oueen Helena ana
the Processes Jolanda and Mafslda
narrowly escaped death when Austrian
aviators attacked two trains on which
they were passengers near Vennice Mon
day. Il was learned today following their
returns to Rome.
Bombs burst all about the royal
train in which the Italian queen and
the fifteen-year-old Jolanda were rid
ing. and the coaches were showered
with spent shrapnei from anti-aircraft
guns. One bomb exploded near the ex-
press train on which the fourteen-year-
old Princess Mafalda was n passenger.
Queen Helena. with Princess Jolanda.
was returning to Rome from the front,
having spent several days with King
Victor Emanuel at army headquarters.
Princess Mafalda had gone to Venice,
where she boarded an express train
for Padua. planning to meet her moth
er and sister there.
Were En- Route To Padua.
A squadron OF Austrian airmen.
swooping down on the province of Vene-
tia, attacked both trains as they sped
toward Padua. Two planes pursued
the express aboard which the Queen
and Princess Jolanda were passengers,
bombarding them continuously until
their bomb supplies were exhausted.
Passengers became panic-stricken. and
were only Gained by the Queens mag
nificent example Of pluck. The avia-
tors were finally driven Off by anti
| aircraft artillery.
| News of the attack was telegraphed
ahead to Padua. Upon arriving there the
royal family was greeted by an enor-
nous crowd which gave them a tre-
mendous ovation. shouting viva Italy"
The princesses waved their handker-
chiefs In response.
1t is believed here that spies in
formed the Austrian air base OF the
exact time on which the Queen would
depart from the front. and that the
attack on the train was carefully
planned.
The Washington times., 1916-05-18
Walloped By Irate Wife,
Hasn't Any Kick Coming

BALTIMORE, May B-Frankly ad-
hitting that his wife had a right to beat
Peter Manchester declined to testify
against her when they We're both ar
raigned before Justice Grcht at the
Eastern police station.
According to the testimony Manchester
came home last night clean as whis-
tie" His better half was at the stove
with a soup ladle In hand. stirring some
broth. When he told her what had
happened. in the words Of Patrolman
smeared him with the ladle."
The Washington times., 1916-05-18

Congressional temper indicates that
the measure will overrun the esti-
mates: II 1t goes TO S22s.o0o.ooo 1t
The fate Of the river and harbor
bill is yet to be determined; and the
Senate hlibuster, now in progress.
may be decisive In this regard. -,
called AZ fo PasssS .6e HT9S ws this biz
It was severely FLASHED in conference.
following the Senate fight against
T.; and this year II passed the House
by a greatly reduced vote. So there
Is good chance for substantial
saving here.
On the other hand. q bill looking to
Federal aid in building good roads in
the states has passed both houses
though they have not yet agreed,
through conference, on the fnal
terms.
The Senate measure looked to
spending tS5,000.000 I'm Ave years in
aid to the State road work. There Is
no serious doubt that in8some form
The measure will become law. despite
mat many serious men feel that Il is
ribbing up one OF the most dangerous
pork barrels ever devised. and one
that is likely for mony years to be
demanding refilling at intervals.
The general belief Is that, once
launched into road building. the Gov
eminent Will never get out of Il
again; the road bill will be added to
the list OF regulars for which pro-
vision muft he made.
Some Other Pork Barrels.
And the shipping bill. 1t asks for
$5O.O00.000. Somewhere in the yitals
of the army bill Is snuggled away n
proposition to spend sec. 100000 on a
Government nitrate plant.
once more there is the rural cred
Its bill. 1t looks to creating twelve
regional land banks. each with $780,
Doo capital Sthe House raised the cap
ltal to S7b0,D00D; the capital to be
! taken by the National Government.
Just minor Item but II, too, is the
| beginning or system that in various
| ahc,lnistrative ways Is likely to be
costing the Government money right
Looking into the future, there Ia con-
viction that In the inevitable course
OF events the increasing cost of living
OF everything that the Government
must buy and do-will by another year
necessitate advances in a great num-
Der OF directions.
Salaries OF many thousands of Fed.
erar employees, especially In the civil
service. have not advanced as other
living has increased. There e viii TG be 'h re-.
quirement for a readjustment of sala.
ries and wages. which will presently
aun Dig item 70 the budget
! II the budget this year reaches 81, 800,
100000, It is generally expected that a
year hence II will get close to 81, 800, ;.
ooc 100. In fact, II Is realized now tina,
the big jump upward in the presen,
session Is probably going to mean Q
mere beginning Of a series OF increases
epoch.
How will the bigger bills be paid,
That's another story. Tho revenue bill
can't be framed until the appropria'
lions are known ir detail.
The Washington times., 1916-05-18
United States Rapidly
Advancing to a Three
Billion Dollar Nation
of Present Session Expected to Total
Nearly Billion and Half Preparedness, Good
Roads, Rural Credits, and Shipping
Bills Also to Open Vaults.
By JuDsoN c. wELLIvER.

The Governments appropriations be made for the fiscal
ele7 are roughly estimated good authority billion and
quarter Of dollars.
The total may 20 and II the river and habor
pork gets rolled safely down the ways and the public build
ing that being discussed seriously brought forwe
II may reach ST ,4oo0o0yoo0
only few that the biennial appropriations Of
Government passed biondoa mark and old Tom Reed
snchy defended his Congress with the declaration that this
billion dollar country"
Now it's right the point Of being hreeblon dollar country
AND explained Of many in the making Of ap
preparations when they up they down. The
budget Of extraordinary condons but there
extraordinary conditions that make it smaller
early session make anything like est
possible Congress do good many things YETI but
nobody who has watching the tendencies Of the
sion is expecting that it will do much pruning
CONFIDENT VOTERS WILL APPROVE.
The Washington times., 1916-05-18
The Fable Of the Painter and the
Musician.


To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Once upon a time a painter and a
musician went into, partnership and
divided their profits. which were about
equal But as the painter became over
run with orders, so that he could not
core with them, the musician. who had
a slight knowledge of the art OF the
brush as an amateur. agreed In his
spare time to I'LL In the background and
other unimportant parts or the others
pictures. but meanwhile not neglecting
his own profession. A critic. when he
heard that the pointer and musician
shared everything In common. became
most incensed with the latter. saying:
".Iust look at that fellow, how lazy he
Is; he gets his share of the profits and
does the lesser and easier work OF the
two. What contemplate creature.
lust tc do the backgrounds and let the
other fellow do all the work.
DRAMATlS PERSONAL.
Tho Artist .',,.,..'','''' France tATHly)
The Musician. ..... Great Britain Navy
The Critic. Average American Arm
chair Critic.
THOMAS +. MILLER.
Washington, May n
The Washington times., 1916-05-18
"Many organs in China,
Too Few RooSeVeltS''

. DURHAM. N. c.. May 1S.-"China has
too many W. J. organs and too few
Roosevelts." said Dr. N. G. Poon Chew.
former consul for the Chinese Gov
erEment and editor of the first Chinese
newspaper in America. in an address
TODAY.
He told Of the necessity of China in
oculating fighting spirit into its
G fniteS ststes could spare Roossve t
very we'll and China needed him.