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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
L0cating Board for
 Aru7nor Plate Plant

1T7 HE coming of the naval experts N who will investigate the claims made for southern irons for armor plate, and recommend site for the government 11,000,OOO plant, is naturally awaited with keen interest. They will spend several days in Ala bama, stopping day in Chattanooga on their way to Birmingham. They will give a week or more to hearings in the south.
 These representatives of the navy department are technical men, of course, and will wish to get at the facts regarding the quality of steel made in each district they visit; also facts about the local water supply and labor conditions. It will be mis- take for orators in any city where hearings are held to talk simply for talks sake, simply for the sake of being eloquent. Every community should have honest boosters, but when technical men are busy with technical matters flambouyant speech making bores them.
 There will be no ''hot air" talk in Birmingham. There should be nothing of the sort anywhere.
 1 When the farm loan board arrived at Macon to hold hearings Senator Hoke Smith opened up" with a speech telling about the greatness ot Georgia. The presiding member of the board stopped him and told him polite. ly but firmly that they had time only to listen to relevant discussion; that oratory was not in order. The atti-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
Error of Judgnnemt
 On Part of Germans

MM AYBE it is not the German peo- GV0 pie who are suspicious of Americans, but the shifty German war lords who judge all hu- manity by themselves. At any rate, the fact has been estab- lished by the confession of Capt. Charles A. Polack of the North Ger man Lloyd steamship Kron Prinzessin Cecilie that there was official au- thority for the concerted attempt to damage German ships interned in American waters the moment diplo- matic relations with Germany were broken off by President Wilson.
 Captain Polack says he was or dered to disable his ship by member of the German embassy at Washing ton, but has declined to give the per- sons name. When German vessels, not only in this part of the world, but at Honolulu and in the Philippines, were damaged by their crews, it did not require much reasoning power to see that preparations for break had been made long in advance and orders had been issued to take effect as soon as President Wilson severed diplo- matic relations.
 Since they have discovered that the American government does not intend to seize their ships, even if there is a war with Germany, the jealous of ficials who were responsible for the work of disabling German ships tc such an extent that they cannot bs made ready for sea for months, anc then only at great expense, are re gretting their haste. They have beer the victims of their own distrust ant suspicion of all mankind.
 A splendii mercantile marine worth many millions of dollars, hal been crippled and will remain so unti after the war. Then, at the very timt it will be needed most, extensive re pairs will have to be made, thus giv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
Mndc strons Arguments

''The Community club had the pleasure of hearing several brilliant women to- day. said Joe Mudd, president of that organization. Mrs Pattie Ruffner Jacobs told of how sentiment in Ala bama was changing toward the proposal of giving women the right to vote, and later introduced Mrs. Julian Parke, the state president, and two other speakers, Mrs. Gotham and Mrs. Wilson.
 They outlined why they felt the right of suffrage should be extended to women, and it must be admitted that they made intelligent and appealing statements. Mrs. Gotham of Arkansas denied with em- phasis that, extending the right of suf- frage to women would make them half masculine.
 Instead of votes for women causing divisions in the family, as is often charged, the speakers stated that it would afford another topic of conversation and another matter of congeniality."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
.0R F AsHINGToN, February r. WW (Special)-As usual, when in
 Washington for the annual

! 1 l WW (speciaL)-As usual, when il 1 Washington for the annua
 Gridiron club dinner, I must tell it's story as prepared in advance by one of tlhe
 bright young men of the Associated lPress. Here it is:
 Patriotic fervor stirred participants at
 the closing dinner of the season given by the Gridiron club of Washington to- night with President Wilson, members of the cabinet, and others prominent in government and business life of the na- ton as guests.
 In the midst of the dinner a call of the |'bugle, sounding sharp above the chatter of the banquet hall caused the guests to pause and look up. Then came a word of command and the rattle of accoutre- ment and into the hall swung a platoon Iof Uncle Sam's bluejackets from the navy young ensign.
 smartly they marched to the center of the hall, halting before the President of the United States. Present armsr was the command, and as the ensign saluted with his sword, the sailors obeyed their order. Just then a beautiful silk Ameri- can flag was unfurled and the Gridron quartet sang the Star Spangled Banner"
 Three hundred diners arose in their places joining in the chorus and winding i up with volley of cheers in a great out burst of patriotism.
 Songs that rang with the spirit of Americanism and demonstrations of loy- alty to the President were interspersed with travesties on the peace note leak woman suffrage pickets at the White House gates, prohibition for the District of Columbia, California's part in the national election with Sena- tor elect Hiram Johnson impersonating himself and with other satirical allusions tc various phases of national life.
 The leak inquiry was caricatured in sev- eral sketches, one of them a musical me- llange and another melodramatic effusion entitled "The Waif," in which Admin
 and Barney CT. W.) Lawson" as. the
 irrepressible villain. Introducing the mu- | sical sketch, one of the correspondents
 with tremulo tenor sang Down on the ! Lealxy Way" which was followed by
 another sung by club member in the
 character of Representative Wood of 1n- diana, whose resolution led to the con
 sressonal investigation into charges of a
 leak on the peace note message.
 The .Leaky Way" chorus ran thus: | Come where the information oozes l Down on the Leaky Way. l Come see the Lambs at play, 1 Bears eager for the fray;
 1 Come hear the tickler gently ticking,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
. &EJED BRACE SENDS STORY OF THE FUN AT 2 LAST NIGHTS BIG GRIDIRON CLUB DINNER

Giving the leaks away See the brokers gay,
 They are making hay,
 Down on the Leaky Way. The impersonator of Representative Wood was presented as William Wood, Leaks," who sang; I come from Indianny,
 statesman great and true, And when I smell a scandal l don't care what I do; Oh, if I hear a runnor
 I follow it for weeks,
 For I'm William Wood, the Plumber,
 I'm the guy who stops the leaks.
 
 Hazel Jones'" as one of the silent suf- fra. ge sentinels at the White House was introduced and made the target of sew eraI jibes in minstrel skit. DO you know Hazel Jones?" queried one of the wandering minstrel corre- spondents4
 Why yes," was the response. She is one of the silent sentinels at the White House gates
 DO you know Hazel had an awful ac- cident?"
 'Is that so? What happened to Hazel?" "Why, one of those big fat squirrels in the White House grounds bit off her ear"
 That's horrible. Did they kill the squirrel?"
 'No, indeed. The President said it wasn't the squirrels fault, and the Pres ident was right
 'I must disagree with you. The Pres-
 
 well, suppose you were squirrel and you were hungry and you couldn't get any pork chops, or lamp chops, beef- steak, or friend onions, or anything like that, and you were just plain, old-fash- toned squirrel with an appetite for nuts, and for eight hours in the rain and the snow and the sleet somebody stood in front of your house that they called Hazel ... I leave it to you The President was right, he sure was right Camping Tonight" was a song to the We're camping tonight on the White
 House grounds,
 Give us rousing cheer; Our golden flag we hold aloft, Of cops we have no fear. Many of the pickets are weary tonight Wishing for the war to cease
 
 too,
 It is no life of ease. Tom Lawson, Barney Baruch, Charley Sabin and Otto Kahn appeared as quartet, singing: "They met Tom Lawson in the street, Barney and Charles and Ot He said: You boys appeared to know More than the public ought; Now won't you come to Washington And tell about the leak?' They whispered: No, no, thank you,
 Tom
 And didn't give squeak. "But Tom came, willing, eager, too, And said they should be brought So Henry sent a sergeant-at-arms TOT Barney and Charles and Ot Now boys said Bob come tell us all About this inside ring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
A FISH STORY

winsted. Conn, Correspondence New
 York Herald.
 LeRoy Willard has small pond on his estats is the north end that is literally alive with trout of all sizes
 'sThe trout are so thick in the pond" said MT. Willard, "that when we cut ice there this week the mass of fish raised the cakes of ice as fast as they were sawed six inches or more. thus accele- rating the work of getting the ice out. The water congealed so fast this winter that many of the trout were caught un- aware in the more shallow parts of the pond and frozen in. I now have trout in ice storage. and when the law is off we'll have a trout dinner
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
All See Good T innes Ahead

Real Estate and Builders In Bhngham
  years in he obstacles
   things ahead Every in todys section is page optimism reading real
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
FAMOUS ANGELS
Le New York World.

From the New York World.
 Debutantes Who Will Represent Fa- nous Angels.-Headine.
 Michael with his sword, Gabriel with his horn. Uriel with his spear, Sandalphon, the angel of prayer, and-well, who are the other famous angels2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18

BEGINNING THE DAY--o Lord. our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day, defend us in the same with Thy mighty power, and grant that we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our do- ings ordered by Thy .GOvernance may be righteous in Thy sight. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.--Van Dyke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

LUKE M'LUKE SAYS
 Our idea of good financier is nus band who is smart enough to pay his wife a regular salary not to ask him for any money.
 May be 1t is good thing that a mans facilities for kicking himself are so hopelessly inadequate. If they were not most of us would have to stand up to eat our meals.
 What has become of the old-fashloned girl who wore red flannel ones that butt toned just below the knee and who wouldn't think of going out without her Arctic overshoes.
 As soon as her husband begins to make some money woman isn't satisfied until she purchases some genuine Louis Quinze furniture that was made in Grand Rap ids, Mich.
 Us poor male dubs will have to wear smoked glasses this spring. The styles | for the dear girls call for sport silks and Khak-Kooi and Rockies and Shan i lungs that are almost as quiet as Verdun | on a busy day. The sport silks are a i crosssbetween rainbow with the D. IT. kaleidoscope with the ferries and . delirious cubist painting. | It seems sort of tCIgh that our pool old grandpaws and grandmaws had tt die and go to hell because in those dayi
 there were no three-ring circus evangel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18

They whispered: No. no. thank you,
 Bob'
 And didn't tell thing
 pr. Grayson's nomination as medical director of the navy with rank of rear admiral, was another target for musical shafts to the tune of Captain links" He's an admiral great in the new navy. . His name is pr. Cary G. And though he'll seldom go to sea, He's an admiral in the navy; And if the navy has a chill
 Take a pill, take pill, No battleship will have the grip While he's admiral in the navy" In initiating a new member of the club, John snure correspondent of the Des Moines Register-Leader, pseudo Ellis Is- land officials conducted an immigration examination for admission:
 Inspector to applicant. sharply: "Born?' Applicant: "Yes."
 "Business?'
 Rotten"
 Foreign country?"
 'Ioway."
 ''who is President of the United States?'
 "rWoodrow Wilson,
 What does he do?"
 Spends most of his time lodging women with yellow flags"
 'rWho is Vice President?"
 ''I don't know"
 "Never mind, neither do we" ''Who makes the laws?"
 ''Woodrow Wilson,"
 'Tf Wilson makes the laws, what does Congress do?'
 "squanders money on creeks rivulets and bluffs, mostly bluffs"
 What is the building called in which Congress meets?
 "A school for scandal"
 "'What are the qualifications for rear admiral of the navy?''
 "To cure a cold and play good game of golf"
 Are you an anarchist?"
 "No, I'm member of the press gall Iery''
 Thereupon the applicant qualified for admission.
 In the inauguration of Ira E. Bennett, originally from California, as president of the club, a group of California 'bad [ men" and Senator-elect Hiram J. John son appeared "Ah sin," described the recent election, concluding thus: 'The voting went on a way that grieve. And my feelings were shocked at the
 state of Hys sleeve Chuck full of double-cross ballots, the
 same with intent to deceive. The result as we know, convulsed the
 whole land, And here's Hiram J.. who did not under
 stand,
 And his smile it Is childlilke and bland" Johnson See here you Hongkong hatch etman, do you mean anything personal? An Sin: whassa mattah-you no likee? Johnson (in despair): You see, gents, the reward we reformers receive-to be the chopsuey of the heather. And yet the last hope of the nation comes from California-yes, from glorious California, the shining shore, where OCT and o'er- and more and more-oh. sunset land, of poets strand-where the Pacific rolls and rolls-ah, gents, could go on forever, singing the glories of that golden land of flowers and wonderful majorities ........ An Sin: You singee in Senate, execu- tive session, sabe?
 The evening closed with the club sing ing; Hello Gridiron, Hello Frisco
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18

tude of the farm bank board will be the attitude of the armer plate ex- perts.
 The Birmingham committee to com- pile data for the official visitors has left nothing undone, for thoroughness is most desired. This districts chances look bright indeed.
 Geraldine Farrar was the only person in the audience at New York theatre who refused to stand up while the na-. tional anthem was being played, although her English husband on one side and a former Mexican army officer on the other rose to their feet. This merely goes to show, as some people have suspected all along, that Geraldine is a badly spoiled darling.
 state contemporary seems to think that Birmingham is infested with graftels and confidence men. Such is not the case, although a few of those gentry are found in all cities and towns large enough to be put on the map. An advertiser says 56 miles of a certain brand of cigarettes are made every work ing day. Trying to smoke all the cigar ettes is just as foolish as trying to drink all the whisky.
 It is estimated that Billy Sundays New York campaign will cost more than $1O0,0 ,0oO The popularity of Broadway is something that has to be reckoned with * * .. The popularity of the movies has not but the medicine shows out of business. N B.: Talented people are wanted at s1O and s15 per week, all expenses paid. i * X * i Emperor Charles of Austria a-Hungary has risen considerably in world esteem since it has been learned that he doesnt like to take orders from Potsdam. 1 The Turks say they will fight for Con- stantinople to the last man. They'd bet ter consult the Kaiser before making any more reckless statements like that. 1 A Philadelphia newspaper publishes an 1 of Do triotism." Nowadays that brand of pa triotism is open to suspicion. 1 Despite the fact that Zeppelin raids have ceased and it is now safe to ven- ture out at night, the London stage is said to be in bad way. l * * * l The wholesale way in which the federal grand jury indicts Indiana politicians in dicates that they are nearly all of the practical" variety. !. :. 1 Bavaria makes the best beer in the world Some people think that's good enough reason why Bavaria should domi-
  4 nate Germany.
 There is some talk of mobilizng New Jersey mosquitoes to repel a possible in vasion, but who's going to do the mobil izing?
 The esteemed Montgomery Advertise shares with "Pancho' Villa the opinior that Carranza is 'muttonhead."
 i. <
 Dr. Parkhurst says. Broadly consid cred, our civilization is dead failure. That includes Europe
 It begins to look as if the conclusion
 of the war will find Germany ''unte
 alles."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18

an automobile isn't absolutely necessary in the pursuit of happiness.
 Another reason why you should marry corn fed girl is because there isn't any chance of her being accidentally washed down the drain pipe when she IS taking bath.
 girl to hear you ask her to be yours is because she knew six months ago that you were going to ask her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
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LIGHT EXERCISE.

q hear your wife is fond of outdoor sports"
 "only in mild way. She occasionally borrows the neighbors' baby and gives him a whirl around the block in his per- ambulator. but she doesn't have to wear bloomers and Q sweater to do that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
ANOTHER MATTER.

Gan you use tho little poem left with you the other day?" asked the poet. T could use it." replied the editor, "but I'm naturally hnd-hearted and don't want to hurt your feelings"
 "But 1t wouldn't hurt my feelings in the least to have the poem published" You don't understand me. meant that could use 1t to light my pipe
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18

the other powers, an advantage in the world trade war, of which they will gladly take advantage.
 Getting Ready For
 a Supreme Effort
 1.-THE British guns are roaring day O and night along the Somme. The object of this continuous artillery fire is not only to harass the Germans now, but it is training British gun ners in all the arts of modern artll- lery warfare in preparation for the great struggle that will begin in the spring. ~
 Already there are indications that the belligerents are making ready for a supreme effort to win decision in the world war. Experts tell us that the battles of the past two years and more, while sanguinary enough in all truth, will be surpassed by the con- flict that will shortly begin.
 Germany will not be caught nap ping. She, too, realizes that the last act of the drama will soon be played out to it's bloody conclusion. It is not believed that the war will last another year. This spring, or this summer, should see it end.
 In the meantime Germany is con- serving her strength and disposing her forces for opposing the allies. She will fight on the defensive, while to the entente will fall the task of dis lodging her troops from positions strengthened with all the skill and in genuity of her expert army engineers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

central and we oon of express To all blind
 % A talking aoout the funnyc Il
 herhou what sort of  womani like .Is Dubson prepar
 ulbe willing to hou never ea" e4' "' - ~ trusta a amadw he poodle" lar o mem BA coNvERsAToN.
 
 Banner" A like assumeT' 'Ive been thinking Of going as 1eorse Washing If presentth haractera acc yquieu h youw be able o compl-  Howl IS that? haven't found out yeti you know"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
TILE REAL CAUSE.

THE REAL CAUSE. Oh, it isn't the tofling. The heartache and molling That fills humankind with despair; Nor the griefs that confound us And the sorrows around us- It's the thought that we're getting mo-
 where!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18

No matter what: He's poor, and that's revenge enough.
 -Timon of Athens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18

ing the crafty Japanese, as well as the other powers, an advantage in the world trade war, of which they will gladly take advantage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18

tente or the central powers and we don't dare to express an opinion that might cause her to leave"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-08-01

(By a. DOANE oklahoma Expcrimcnt
Alfalfa seed is rarely ever crown
commercially except in acmarid reg
IONS, 1t is difficult To grow This croIs
FOR seed In the humid sections. About
half of the seed produced in the United
States is grown on irrigated lands i'm
regions OF dry summers. Rain or mos-
turc from irrigation after the alfalfa
plants are in bloom has Il tendency 70
Mlmu'ate new growth from tho crown,
This greatly rcduccssthc yield. When
a seed crop is desired irrigation is
withheld until the seed has been nnr-
vested. Usually HE second crop of a!rnl-
IN Is allowed to produce seed. However.
IN the Southwestern states tho third
crop Is often preferred for seed, while
IN TO Eastern ana Northern states il
is necessary That the first crops be
used for seed production.
Various factors affect the amount os
seed that the mfalfa plants produce
such as thickness of stand, moisture
supply ana conditions Favorable for
tripping. The heat of the sun often
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-08-01

iAvorS trippng, rs less Sccd is usual
~ prOGucCd IN the shade than where
The plants arc exposed to the sunshine.
Abundant moisture lessons seed pro
apparently because it s,in:u-
iatrS the growth OF new sprouts. TOO
iltlic moisture may also seriously re-
uucc the seed yield. but with the deep
root system Of alfalfa it is not fire.
quontly subjected to this extreme. In
all producing sections The Weld of seed
varies greatly from season to season.
l'rom three to nine bushels Of Srcd is
the average Yield. Recently alfalfa
sect production has been on the in
crease In Che scmiarid regions without
irrigation This seed IS considered
profitable for dry land farming. Thin
stands are best for seed production on
dry land. PLANTING it in rows about
three feet apart is also desirable, since
1t allows frequent cultivation.
For seed the alfalfa should bn hor.
vested as soon rs most of the pods are
ripe ana the seeds yellow and hard.
CnCd.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-08-01
PHILIP DAY.

Mrs. Alice Day Compton of Green
wood suggests that VIC write some
thing Of our paternal anccstcr, Philip
Day, who was the sion of royal house
Of England. Philip Day, when quite a
young man became involved In diff
liculty with an officer Of his segment
epd ran away. He bound himself to
q captain of a merchant vessel for his
passage TO Virginia who in turn trans
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-08-01

time We will tell YOU something of the
life Of this wonderful woman We
have only faint recollection Of grand
father but we were intimately asso-
ciaied with grandmother for period
Of years.
Just word morc-My uncle ii. H.
Day had powder gourd grown in
i1@O, with The date, 7. Day 1917 on the
&oUrd. This VAS handed down 10
Srandtathcr With thc date \. Day lS25
inscribed, On another part Of the
%orrd is Inserted II. II. Day 1890. 1t
is now in possession Of } Butler Day
oi GrconW ood who j. the last male Of
Tho named
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-08-01

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