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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
Plan to Merge Two
 Colleges Popular

10 IRMINGHAM is destined to be- 10 come great educational cen ter. The colleges and preparatory schools here are flourishing, and in the course of time their student bodies will have far outgrown present ac- commodations.
 The North Alabama conference, at it's recent session at Woodlawn, took steps looking to the consolidation of Birmingham college and the Southern university. There seems to be no doubt but that the Alabama confer ence, which controls the latter insti- tuition, will agree to the terms pro- posed for combining the two.
 The Methodists of north Alabama are to raise O,0O0-S40,0 900 to build additional dormitories at Birmingham college and s100,O00 to be added to the permanent endowment.
 The trustees and friends of the local college were greatly encouraged Sat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
Pledged to Build
 Large Auditorium

ID IRMINGHAM needs many things, .W but nothing so much as an auditorium with vast seating ca pacity. The taxpayers have twice voted favorably on an auditorium bond issue. The first proposition was for s200,O00 issue, but after archi- tects had submitted designs and esti- mates it was found that building to meet this city's demands would cost something like $250,O00.
 The second proposition was, flor bond issue sufficient to pay for splendid combination building-city hall, library and auditorium. The taxpayers ratified it by an over whelmning vote, but injunction pro- ceedings growing out of a technicality thwarted the mandate of the people, etiiu tilC CeioS ID ioW DSlOlS tHC ou- preme court of Alabama.
 It had been thought of late that the auditorium project would have to be postponed until another legislature was elected and the city charter amended so as to overcome any tech nicalities that may now interpose themselves.
 I But the public clamor for an audi torium is now so insistent that the new city commission will strain every nerve to erect an adequate building. The community concerts which have proved so popular, accentuate the need of a peoples temple that will accommodate thousands. And when 1 Commissioner J. R. Hornady, who, with President Commissioner N. A.
 Barrett and the other three commis- Isioners, attended yesterdays singing,
 made brief speech in which he pledged the commission board to
 build an auditorium, the applause
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
The Man Who Sank
 Tho T.11sifania

A BRITISH official photograph ot EA the U-boat commander who sank the Lusitania, the first to reach this country, has been published in American newspapers. When the Kaiser recently bestowed on Captain Lieutenant Swieger the Order of Merit the identity of the man who committed one of the most atrocious crimes charged to Prussianism was definitely established.
 The photograph shows a rather pleasing and youthful face. The fea- lures are not those one would expect a murderer to have. But the Kaiser's praise and his worthless decoration will not palliate the offense of Cap tain Swieger. We do not know whether he sank the Lusitania in obe- dience to special orders, or whether the great liner, with its load of non- combatant men, women and children, fell chance victim to Captain Swie- gers submarine. We do know that orders were issued to sink the ship, and Captain Swieger did what any other U-boat commander would have done, had he sighted the Lusitania first.
 There is only one country on the face of the earth where Sweiger is re- garded as hero, and that is Germa- ny. The blood of women and children is on his head and the heads of his superiors who sent him on his despi- cable mission. When the liner steamed within striking distance of his prowl- ing submarine, he won his fame, such as it is, at little risk to himself or his crew. What he did required no great amount of pluck or daring, but it did require heart of stone, and Swieger had it.
 If he can get any comfort out of being hailed as an arch-murderer, he's welcome to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
ENGLISH ACTOR OF DISTINCTION

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Many theatregoers will regret to hear of the death of William II. Kendall. Nearly two decades have passed since he and his wife appeared in this coun- try, but their admirable work is still fresh in the memory Of all who saw it. Tn q sense, perhaps. the talents or Mrs. Kendall were more distinguished than those of her husband There was more penetrating quality of imagination and emotion in her impersonations. Yet MT Kendall in his own way was quite as finished an artist. It has been said that he sacrificed himself to his wife, and this is true so far as he undertook roles with tragic quality he could not alto- gether bring out, in plays where her part dominated the others. Yet in polished comedy and romance he was rarely sub or dinated and here Mrs. Kendall duly subordpated her personality to his. ln Impulse" for example, he revealed the true wis comica, and in plays like The Only Way" and "Clancarty," he acted with distinction only too rare "The Kendals'' made many personal friends while they were in America, and these, as we'll as the larger public, will sym pathize with Mrs. Kendall in her loss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12

New York, November I-Cspecial.) One of the best Of the reports that have been received at the federal reserve bank in this city referring to the second liberty loan campaign, tells somewhat remark able story which relates the success of the very efficient selling campaign or ganization in the northwest.
 For a few days after the subscriptions to the second liberty loan were closed, some doubt prevailed about the results in the great wheat and other grain grow ing sections of the northwest, of which Minneapolis is the commercial center. When the first liberty loan was offered for sale to the inhabitants of that dis tlict the volunteers who were serving as salesmen for the government met With much difficulty, not only in persuadlng the farmers whom they were able to meet to subscribe to the loan, but also in reach ing all the farmers. The district as a whole is of such enormous area and the farms in so many cases are so isolated that there was entailed a great deal Of travel by automobile or by carriage, sometimes over difficult roads, in order to reach the farmers.
 Furthermore the organization was de- layed about 10 days In getting to work by reason of confusing and sometimes contradictory dispatches or instructions from Washington. The experience gained in the campaign in May and June of this year was of much help in enabling the ,%,r ha great wheat sections. the corn belts and other agricultural regions of tho north west, fully competent to reach the farm CTS and to persuade them to invest some of their savings in liberty bonds.
 As 8 result of this campaign reports now come from Minneapolis that tho total subscriptions received in this great agricultural section will aggregate at least $130,0ooOo0, and may possibly be considerably greater.
 The well perfected organization of vol untary workers made up of business men, bankers, manufacturers and in some cases women looked upon their service as associated with the most important service the northwestern states have ever been called upon to perform for their government. It was in that spirit that the farmers as whole met the bond salesmen and subscribed literally: for the minimum allotment of S105,0OO,000 was well over subscribed.
 In comparison with the results secured in New York city the ninth federal re- serve district has done substantially as well as this city, for $13o,0oo,Ooo which the farmers and others in that district have subscribed Is relatively speaking as large a subscription as the s1,5OO O.0oo,OOo which was made in the second federal reserve district of which New York is the cen ter.
 In reporting to friends in New York the result of the campaign carried on in tho great agricultural section of the northwest. John H. Rich, federal re- serve agent of the ninth district. spoke
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
LIKE M,LuKn SAYS

 It is hard to get the ideas out of girls head that music consists of mak- ing noise. Consistency is jewel. And woman would have more use for 1t if she could wear it on her finger. Funny how the odor of beer on a fellows breath will shock a girl when the odor of champagne won't faze her. Don't argue. All the average argu- ment consists of is a lot of hot air and
 unnecessary conversation. A woman always frisks the closets when she fmoves into a house to see if the last tenants left any family skele- tons in the shape of bedbugs A single wrinkle will worry a woman more than an entire bald head will worry a man. A princess imagines that taking time for reflection means posing in front of a mirror for an hour. We know a lot of spendthrifts in this world who spend only time. The old-fashioned woman who used to pin switch onto her hair now has a. daughter who pins her hair, onto q switch.
 We have often wondered who it was that started the belief that a woman's clothes can't be stylish if they are com fortable.
 A mean cuss went home with some feathers on his overcoat the other night and told his wife that he got them from brushing against the chickens in the crowded street car. The fly season is over and we have quit studying this pest. The result of our observation is a knowledge that while fly can find his way into a house through pin hole in screen, he can't find his way out through an open door. What has become of the old-fashioned small boy who used to charge the other kids two pins to let them see how deep he cut his foot?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
Sheffield Coming Forward

T am glad to see that Sheffield. where spent a number of years in business. is in line to be at least developed on sound basis said II. B. Urquhart.
 When I left there seven years ago the town was passing through series of financial -- depresslons and many de- spaired of it's ever coming back. I am, therefore, glad to know that those who never lost faith, but stood by 1t, are Ill a way to reap a rich reward.
 "The nitrate plant will be but starter. It vii not be long before other industries will be begun, just as the old ones will take on new life.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
ohristmas Packages for Boys

If parties wish to send parcel post packages to the boys in France above the weight accepted by the government Tor transportation through the mails, / said R. B. smyer. the obiging postmas- ter who is doing everything he can to facilitate the sending of gifts to the sol- diers abroad, they can send up to 20 pounds by paying tho amount required to take them to Hoboken, N. J., where Uncle Sam will see that they get across in a transport. I will be glad to explain fully the best way to get packages across to anyone interested in forwarding them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12

was thunderous. No local announce ment could have been anything like so popular.
 Birmingham has the railroad facili- ties, it has the hotel accommodations, and with a big auditorium, it will be the greatest convention city in all the south and one of the greatest in the United States.
 We can't have the auditorium too soon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
POOR JIM!

From the Mount Vernon Correspond
 ent in Monroe County Tribune.
 Jimmy Russell, who was born and reared near this place, died at his home near Calhoun few days since, and was buried at the old Ebenezer church, about three miles west of Mount Yer non. Alas poor Jim. He was for number of years quite notorious char acter; he being hard thinker, horse jockey and card player. He was also engaged in several shooting scrapes. lie was a shrewd money maker. " hen sober. Jim was kind libera1 and hos pitable man. We were glad to learn that he had somewhat reformed dul1na his last days. He was separated frfonl two wives and had third when ne died.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12

urday when the Rev. J. B. Cum ming, financial agent of Birmingham college, announced that L. B. Mus grove of Jasper had proffered a gift of S10.0O0 on the condition that the consolidation was effected. Other generous contributions are in sight, and when the time comes to close up the merger transaction a very large part of the $40, ,OoO, if not all of it, will be in hand.
 Among the many inducements for the Southern university to move to Birmingham is the large and beauti- ful campus that the college owns sixty-odd acres on a high hill com- a splendid prospect. Few in the United States possess such an inviting campus. But the compelling reasons for merging must be viewed from the educational presented here.
 The atmosphere of scholarship is developing steadily and with the in- crease of wealth in the Birmingham district a vast architectural pile will tower above that part of the city known as Owenton Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
From the New York Sun.

From the NeW OIk pun.
 N YEAR ago come Christmas we A\ had the pleasure of reviewing Ss S Prof. Cyclone Sniders 1917 Almanac, and we then believed. with that credulity from which mortals suf- fer in spite of Dr. Johnsons scorn, that Georgia had produced another great man; as great man as Ty Cobb or Hoke Smith or Joe Johnson, the only Georgians that most anybody ever heard of. It seemed then as if a man had arisen who combined all the quali- ties of Jeremiah, Kipling and Swim burne Almanac time has come round again, and Professor Snider's annual lies before us, but how different!
 The seer has dropped the Cyclone" from before his name. The Prof" ap- pears in only one place. at the top Of the poem Flow Enjoy the Weather" and the verse below it has none of the former power.
 "'Tis there on the highest mount I
 stand
 With my telescope in my hand; Iris there I take my observation And make my calculations"
 Feeble stuff from a man who last year aroused the world with his pre- diction. rhymed and otherwise, that Broadway would be swept by tor nado who told, in self-revelatory poem that burned the pages. how he kissed a certain young lady.
 Even the Snider portrait has de- teriorated. Last year it showed the nrofessor seated, dawdling with gold headed cane. It was then the accepted belief that nobody, not even the late Robert Fitzsimmons, had ever manager a silk hat, a dress suit and gold headed cane in the presence of the camera quite as well as Snider. Now we see only bust picture which shows the shirt front, the plug hat and the Sulzerian face. It has no atmosphere. March will be cold, wet and stormy hit of course here will be some fair, warm days" Pooh! Tho first poem in inc almanac Is entirely local. about certain Black Jay:
 .fHe picks up scanting 1ust ior run no pick his teeth and see nm ruh' kItho that gun was a heavy load Ta ', Sys,t summing down the road"
 )Rut on the next page, where more c Aore;a folk song might be expected. wA come upon piece beginning:
 
 "Rojesvensky went to sea
 nrassed as fine as he could be-
 He sailed up and down|the sea,
 Looking for a Japanee."
 Ehis is no time. and an almanac cer. tai(nly is not the place, to revive mem or,}es of a conflict between present all ,;eA Tbe verses "When Father Mashed His Thumb" are in better taste. but eveh they have nothing to do with the wehther. July will be very hot morhth." bold prophet, indeed!
 A wear ago Professor snider was a na atHonal character, author of daring publication. This year. we fancy. he is only a prominent citizen of Griffin. Ga. TShree of the banks of Griffin have advertisements in the almanac. Per hans }one or all of them called in the canI to fatten the gold reserve. Another advertiser who occupies space once usked to describe the coming desolation of Broadway sounds the praises of Q {cosmetic;
 Now loosen your neck And bore your check
 For the nearest drug store And get some of Blanks Beauty Skin
 Cream"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
ALABAMA PRESS

Talladega Home: Tn these war times Mcclellan, ladies occasionally go about two and a half to three miles farther to Alexandria, and place a floral tribute ln the grave of John Pelham, Alabama s marvellous soldier boy; Lees great com Mander of artillery, who was killed In battle just as he was entering manhood. Boy. though he was. he placed a wreath of immortality on Alabama's brow that will never fade.
 Mobile Register: The first action of the new commission of Birmingham re- sembled somewhat that taken by the commission in Mobile: The Birmingham
 commissioners cutting off the official
 head of the police department, without
 so much as a by your leave. or please excuse me. Nobody there seems to have
 thought of tenure of office.
 Opelika News: About the only fellows manifesting any interest in Alabama politics at this time are the ones who want to serve the public in an official capacity.
 Montgomery Journal: Some wild-eyed
 patriot suggests that all girls should scornfully refuse all ice cream and candy offerings from young men. He has mixed up the end of the war with the end of the world.
 Gadsden Times-News The Russian ambassador to England said sometime ago that Russia would be all right as soon as she got over her politica! ver- bosity,' We wonder what he would call the present trouble. Anniston Star: Prohibition doesn t seem to prohibit the making of mean liquor in the mountains around this section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12

BEGINNING THE DAY Lord keen my devotion fresh. May my prayer be new every morning. May my thanksgiving be real at every meal. May I pray, not merely say prayers. May I think and live, not merely speak, my adoration of Thee. Give me the heart of piety, not its language only, or its garments He- new me from Thine own life, God of my salvation. In Christs name' Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
SOLITUDE

By Byron. There is a pleasure in the painless
 woods, There is g rapture on the lonely shore. There Is society where none intrudes By the deep sea, and music in it's roar I love not man the less. but nature
 more,
 steal From all I may be, or have been be-
 fore. TO rningle with, the universe and feel What can ne'er express. yet cannot
 all conceal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
KULTUR AT ITS WORST

From the Savannah Press.
 It is claimed that German Red Cross workers were seen footing houses in France. Another exempliication of ''kultur. Birmingham Age-Herald.
 German Red Cross workers footing houses does not compare in atrocious- ness with German airmen bombing Red Cross hospital tents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
FALL OF A RISING GEORGIAN

That quatrain suggests the abandon that made Professor Snider's poetry so admirable in the dear dead days. Merely suggests however; the sub stance of genius Is missing. Something depressing appears to have come over Snider. Perhaps he has heard about the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12

The plcasant'st Angling Is to see the fish
 Cut with her golden oars the silver stream,
 And ~reediIv deyour the treacherous bait. Much Ado About Northins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
Remarks on south's Prosperity

sT have visited several southern states this fall and in each one or them have found prosperity in great CT evidence than usual" said M. w.. Foster of Philadelphia
 While the cotton crop is short, the price is so high that the south is roll- ing in money. It is safe to say that agricultural Alabama is better off to- day than 1t ever was before. It has certainly made reputation in its bumper food crops"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
uoves Here From c1anton

T had to come to Birmingham so often that I just decided to sell my home at Clanton and move up here,' said A. R. Aldridge. for years Louisville and Nashville conductor, but who severed his connection several years back when hurt in a bad wreck. '1 am now living at West End and greatly pleased at the thought of being a citizen of the Mag City"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
cAmlEzn1NdAa,m6H

P. s. The Y M c. A. is cared for in this campaign, S60,0O0 for the army Y. M. c. A. and s15.OoO for the work of the Y. w. c. A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
Reports Not Exaggerated

q can testify to the fact that the reports of damage done to the nla- chinery of interned German ships havc not been exaggerated" said Paul w. Aston. formerly of Birmingham, but now in government service as steam filter.
 q have worked on several of these vessels in New York harbor and oth. CT ports and the wreckage of machin- cry was of the kind that makes a mechanic heartsicl. However. the ce- lerity with which repairs have been these vessels are in commission, with the Stars and Stripes floating over them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
No WONDER SITE FnozE I'M

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 The Chicagoan who was fined $2o for attempting to kiss girl on the North slde'.rshould be committed for lunacy for attempting an arctic exploration of that kind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
Strong for Alabama

TT left an awfully good state to come in search of a better one when I left Kentucky" said Joseph H. Settle, district passenger agent of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, but Alabama comes about as near filling the bill as any I could have chosen. l permanent growth right now than any other town on the globe.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12
Member ot the Associated Press

Member of the Associated Press
 The Age Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication of spe- eial dispatches herein are also re- served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12

TELEPHONE He'll (private exchange connecting all departments) Main 49OO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12

Washington bureau, POT Hibbs build ing
 European bureau, Henrietta street. Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, Rooms AZ to 50, inclusive, Tribune building, New York city; western business office Tribune building, Chicago. The $. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-12

Anniston Star: Prohibition doesn't seem to prohibit the making of mean liquor in the mountains around this section.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-05-18
A GREAT OFFER

The Special Vote. Opportunity in
the Weeks Set Apart for New
Subscribers Gives Contestants
a Chance to Make Surprising
Increases in Their Votes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-05-18
RED CROSS BRANCH
Island Pond Ladies Start a Red
Cross Membership Campaign.

A Red Cross membership campaign
is on in Island Pond. You have
wanted to help and have wondered
how to do it. The right. thing to
do now and one that will be of great
service is to join the Red Cross
branch of the Vermont state chapter
now being formed here. Volunteer
your service or the committee will
draft you. Give them your name
and one dollar and do it now.
A meeting was held in the Y. M.
c. A. building Tuesday evening.
L. A. Cobb called the meeting to or
der and a temporary organization
made with A. w. Bosworth, chair
man; A. H. Nourse, secretary and
treasurer. The chair called on Mrs.
Lawton to explain the object of the
meeting. Mrs. Lawton responded
and concisely stated the necessary
steps to be taken and suggested that
committee be appointed to secure
members. The chair appointed L. A.
Cobb, Mrs. H. E. Randall, Mrs. F.E.
Boyce, Mrs. M. T. Sadleir, Mrs.
Robert Lawton,a "a committee to nomi-
nate membership committee and
the following were nominated and
elected Mrs. G. S. Foster, Mrs. EN-
lily Lacroix, Mrs. A. E. Parlin, Mrs.
H. E. Randall, Mrs. F. E. Boyce,
Mrs. A. A. Danforth, j. S. Sweeney.
This committee is to secure members
and report at an adjourned meeting,
Tuesday evening, May 20, at the
Y, M. c. A. building at eight o'clock
at which time permanent organiza-
tion will be made.