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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-04
Simpson Must Serve

2 Montgomery. November 3-(Special)
 Claudius W. Simpson of Etowah county must enter the national army as a se- lectman The provost marshal general
 notified the state military department
 Saturday that President Wilson had enled his appeal for exemption and Ad- utant General G. J. Hubbard notified 1 he district exemption board of north Ala bama to see that he is entered on 1.-the rolls of the army. Simpson was de- slared eligible by the Etovah exemp- i ion board and his appeal to the district ooard resulted in the decision of the over board beng affirmed President SWilson has refused to interfere in any lease which has been carried to him |from Alabama to date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-04

Thomas An Quin Is the first Chinese po- liceman in San Diego, Cal He was ap- pointed special policeman to serve with out compensation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-04

cracies. So it was that when he final ly became q member of Tony Pastors road conpany-and that was honor enough in those days-he gave series of limitations of actors that attracted such attention that 1t vas not long before he was 8 member of Ezra Kendalrs com pany in the then popular "A Pair of Kids"
 The star of young Vermonter, one Charles Hoyt, rose over the theatrical horizon about thls time, and young Tim Murphy next found himself in that play wrights "A Bunch of Keys" He played three parts while in this farce, being given increasingly important roles as he gained experience, then, when Hoy 8 "A Brass Monkey was produced he created Dodge Work and played 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-04
Manager of Wallace Says
 Invisible Government" Is Issue in the Campaign

Montgomery. November 3.-tSpeciai> Declaring that the main issue in the pc litical campaign now beginning is the people vs. invisible government" Oscar S. Lewis of Dothan. manager of the campaign of John II. Wallace Jr., Sat urday night declared that sentiment of those who favor free government Is crys- tallizng in favor of MT. Wallace and predicted that Nil. Wallace will be the standard bearer of those opposed to in visible government
 Mr. Lewis, flo ,r leader of the local optionists in the state senate of 1915 said there win be no temporizing and that the man who will occupy the gov ernor's chair during the next four years twill not be il pussyfooter. dodger, trim mer nor a hand-piclsed individual but will be a nan on whom the people can rely--one who has the courage Of his convicuons and who stands for the right of those who submit to authority to have a volce in their own government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-04
IMMORTAL SPECTACLE BEEN HUR'
 AT JEFFERSON WEEK AFTER NEXT

Gen. Lew Wallace's i'm mortal "Ben-Hur," the greatest stage spectacle ever produced, is coming to Birmingham week after next. It will be presented at the Jefferson theatre for three performances, Mon- day and Tuesday night, Mo- venber 12 and 13, with a matinee Tuesday.
 The spiendors and pastimes and halo it's and evils Of the dying world of organism are portrayed with pas sion and truth, and the dawning life of q new religion it teaches is depicted with living actors who voce the soul of new light. It's depletion of ancient history in the days of the Mes siah, until the chief facts stand out in simple rotation as the letters os the al- phabet is too well known to need repeti- ton.
 The curtain rises on the tableau of the Three Wise Men of the desert and the flaming star of Bethlehem, the mems hands raised in awe and reverence as they group about their camels.
 Then comes the brilliantly colored pie lures of the housetops of Jerusalem, and the terrace of the Palace of Hur." Next is one of the great scenes of the play the interior of the Roman galley ship the muscular, grim visaged slaves tugginG in rhythm at the oars, and then the wreck showing "Ben-Hur' and his cap tain struggling in the waves. The. scene changes to the home Of Simonides and a moment later comes the vision of the sun lit grove of Daphne, with the superb temple reared to the god Apollo; Roman figure is 'Ben-Hur," the soldier, stern and unrelenting.
 Again the scene changes, and we are at the fountain of Castal'a--a lake danc~ ing In the pale moonlight with gliding boats and flowery shores in the cool gray shadows-with Iris. the Egyptian toying with the wiles of a Cleopatra on Ben-Hur. After this is the chariot race the most vlvidly thrilling picture the stage has ever known. The last scene Is a fitting climax to the brilliant stage pictures. It represents the Vale of Hin non. which becomes transparent, reveal Jerusalem. The miracle of the cleansing of the lepers is performed but the "Christ's'' personality is not rep resented. His presence is indicated by a great shaft of white light. which tradi- tion says was reflected from his person. Ben-Hur. his mother and sister are united amid a great chorus of thanks giving, swelling out from the hillsides as the curtain falls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-04
Callaiux to Witness

Paris, November 3.-Joseph c. Call iaiux, former premier, was called to- day to testify before Captain Boueh- ardon, the examining officer In connec- ton with one of the charges of having commerce with, or communicating in- tolligence to the enemy, which are un- der investigation. M Caillaiux was ab- sent from Paris today and will be heard on Tuesday,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-04
MUTT AND JEFF COMEDY COMING
Bud Fishers Cartoon Char acters to Appear at the
 Jefferson

Mutt and Jeffs Divorce" which comes to the Jefferson Thursday, Friday and Saturday. matinee Saturday, is hailed as the banner laugh show of the year. No one lives who can withstand the laugh appeal of the team in print, in the cartoons of their author, Bud Fisher. Everyone who has reveled in the stage antics of the duo since they made their bow before the footlights, knows how overwhelmingly amusing they can be. In their newest medium they are said to outclass anything in which they have before appeared. It's a di- 5orce that gets 'en going this time, and keeps 'em hotfooting. Mrs. Mutt and Mrs. Jeff are the pursuers, and a demure doll face heiress the cause of the mixups The debutante is an heiress entrusted to Mutt and Jeff for guardian ship. They are to get big slice of money for their care of the young wom- an. Conditions arise whereby they must keep their ward hidden from Mrs. Mutt and Mrs Jeff. That's enough. What happens once the secrecy Is started is plenty. The production is said to rank in it's scenic and costume novelties with the most pretentious of the g. Broadway shows. The company engaged for it's presentation includes many of the most successful of travesty artists. The cho- ruses are said to include some Of the handsomest Of the young auxiliaries now on the stage. The song hits include four that promise to become a national rage, All the dances were specially de- vised for the production.
 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-04

, he is again in comedy part, one that
 creates love even while 1t excltes laugh
 ter, and one of which It Is said that Lee
 Wilson Dodd who wrote the play, and Francis Perry Elliott, author of the book from which the play was made, might
 well have had Tim Murphy in mind when they created it.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-09-07

able for termination and growth,
and the chonces for a crop are
good, even though the winter and
spring rainfall may be below the
average. On the other hand, seed
ing in a dry soil means that the
rainfall and all other climatic con-
ditions must be much better than
normal if a crop is to be produced.
Brief suggestions for winter
wheat growing under dry-farming
conditions are given in Farmers
Bulletin 1915. Growing Winter
Wheat on the Great Plains, which
will be sent free on application to
the United States Department of
Agriculture.
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Winter Wheat On
The Great Plains

Washington, d. C.-In the cam
paign for increased wheat produc.
ton, the United States Department
of Agriculture is calling particu.
lar attention to the desirability of
winter wheat in the Great Plains
region, yet advises against plant
ing when a lack of soil moisture
at seeding time is practically GER
tain to mean no crop. Under such
circumstances it may be better to
wait and sow spring wheat. The
production of winter wheat under
dry farming conditions, says the
Department, is likely to be stimu-
lated in the Great Plains area, by
present and prospective prices and
by plans now under way to in
crease the crop as patriotic effort
to meet the necessities of war con-
ditions. The soils of the plains are
generally rich; fertilizers are not
used and this makes agriculture
in this section independent of the
wartime fertilizer situation.
Winter wheat is recommended
for the region for several reasons. |
In the first place it is naturally |
adapted to an extensive agricul-
ture, in which large machinery can
be used to advantage and mini
mum of man labor can be made to
cover a maximum acreage. In
the second place winter wheat
shows a closer relation between
yield and water content of the soil
at seeding time than any other
:rop. Under dry-farming condi-
ions, in a normal soil, winter
wheat can use water from a depth
IS three feet, the Department adj !
Uses sowing as great an acreage !
S possible. Conditions are favor :
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-09-07
SPOKEN IN JEST

Even standing on your dignity
won't always enable you to see
over the heads of the crowd.
Many a man is on such good
terms with himself that he hasn't
time to be pleasant to anyone else.
Just because a girl calls a fell
low a muff is no indication that
she wants him to hold her hands.
Nor does the size of the family
Bible always indicate the amount
of religion there is in that particu-
lar family.
The ingenuity that many mani
displays in lodging creditors would
make his fortune in any other line
of endeavor.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-09-07
FROM FAR AND NEAR

The oldest college is University col
lege, Oxford 1t was established in
the year 1850.
The athletes of ancient Greece are
trained on new cheese, dried figs,
grain, milk and warm water.
Tests by Irish scientists have shown
that the wind will carry disease bac-
terra 260 feet and as high as 90 feet
into the air.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-09-07
Horse Greek

Mr.. and Mrs, Roy LaRowe, Lee
LaRowe and Lenora Schuld were
Circle visitors last Saturday.
There will be a dance in Joe
Kudena's new granary Satul day
Sept. 18th. Everybody come.
Aenry Koepke was a visitor at
the Kudena home last Sunday.
Miss Rose Waetzig called on
Mrs. Roy LaRowe last Friday
evening.
Quite a few foom here attended
the Soldiers farwell reception at
Circle last Monday evening and
report a fine time.
C. Rood, contractor from over
at Oswego was a visitor in town
over Sunday.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-09-07
SAID BY THE WISE

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.
-Selden.
Men shut their doors against a set
ting un.-Shakespeare.
Thou little thinkest what a little
foolery governs the world.-Selden.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-09-07

Many a man who can talk four or
five languages hasn't sense enough,
when asleep, to talk in one that his
wife can't understand.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-09-07

American women are said to spend
$10,000,000 year on poodles. Think
of the baby carriages that sum of
money would buy!
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-09-07

A preferred creditor never asks for
his money
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-09-07
GATHERED UP

Prudence is common sense well
trained.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-09-07

There is no idle curiosity. 1t works
overtime
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-11
Short Snatches From Everywhere

IIoyd-Georges cold did not extend to his feet
Wall Street Journal
Constantine viii have peace until he declares
var.-BrOOklyn Eagle
Fsostou at least refused hub Of the water
wagon-Atlanta Journal
AS victor the kaiser invites peace, but to vic
tors II comes unsou ght--Wan Street Journal
II note could only stampede the bellgerents a.
easily as in does the market--Boston Herald.
Now II Germany really meant it, she come for
ward and explain detail just what she meant by It
Washington Times
The forming Of the Billy SUNDAY Cooperation In
spires the fear that salvation is to remain
free.-New York Evening sun
Kaiser wilhelm perhaps soOthed By the thought
thar neither ala NOahs peace dove accomplish any
The lnfIitiauen enlisted "for home and country
their observation-disclosures North American
It seems to he increasingly evident that king Alec
hol will seat AT the councll table AT wnicn
the future OF the world is to be Gecided-New YORK
The governors conference did not attract as much
attention as meeting of the international Brother-
hood Welfare association this year-St Louis GLOBE
Democrat
There is one unusual attraction about count Tar
nowsk Won Tarnow. If YOU can remember his first
you'll probably recall his second-CleVeianc
Plain Dealer
Oklahoma CITY mas had its food test expert
ment. and it reports there a gain on s7z-cent
meals. We can't think OF anybody but a landlord
gaining that sort Of meal.-Chicago Herald
Villa has promised be good II viii let by
cones be bygones- He might have waited 10 see
whether the kaiser gets away with IL before following
Wilheln's example.-CharIeston News and Courier
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-11
HOGWALLOW NEWS
Dunk Bolts, Regular Correspondent.
George BinEham.l

If energy and perseverance, has any
thing to do with success, We believe
Miss Hostetter Hooks viii some lay
be = great singer. She sings both with
and without anyone listening 70 her.
and when accompanied by other voices
she sings fast and get through ani
comes back and helps others over t1e
rough places
Sidney Hooks got after a rabbit over
on Musket ridge yesterday He was
in considerable hurry, as ne wants II
catch il before the game season closes
The wife Of the editor Of the TICK
vile Tidings has about come to the
conclusion that life is not worth Nv
ing
Friday morning the deputy constable
arrested a man wearing blue pants, on
a charge Of having stolen = calf from
a man near Bounding Billows. Before
the man had been in jail long the
taller got into conversation with nm ;
and finding him TO be q second COUSIN
IF his wife. he was turned loose on
habeas corpus proceedings
II A person acts honestly and hon-
orably in all his daily transactions
there is no reason why he should no ,
live to respectable old age, provided
he does not starve- says EaZ BARROW
Washington Hooks viii put MS
raz5r-back hog on exhibition at Tick
bought two loads OF corn for II 10
eat while getting ready TO appear be
fore the public II Wash's hog doesn
come away wearing the gold medal
the judges had better hide nut-
The blacksmith is advertising sale
on good luck horseshJes- Yam sims
bought a full set last saturday ana
Sunday called on the willow OF The
Calf Ribs neighborhoOd--Copy
1sI7-E. l. Adams
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-11
Death of the Bnca Grande Trooper
An Incident of the American Army
By BUCK EVANS.

p WAS coming back from Mexico.
where / had been for some time
Il with the punitive expedition We
stopped AZ Boca Grande for a lunch,
when I heard the story I am about 10
relate-one the War Dogs (war CORE
spondentsl overlooked probably while
admiriug their bandana handkerchiefs,
their imitation pig leather boots and
their khaki trousers or making out
their swindle sheets teXpense &C
counts.
heavy gray mist was hanging dis
mally over the Sierra Madres. 1t was
an afternoon to try mems souls-the
kind that would make lad from the
hustling. busy city feel as though he
was about TO reach the end Of the
trail. II was the same BOca Grande
that had been the scene Of a horrible
triple murder-three -IringOes" hal
been lowered from the weakened old
limbs of a Suiltless old cottonwood
tree that stands proudly above the
others where the tiny Boca river makes
its horseshoe bend.
Tt was late in the afternoon and we
We're halted by a guard and informed
chat a negro boy was dying in the
tenr Just across the river and II was
the wish OF the chaplain that we he
halted, as the negro sergeant told rs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-11
OUR PUBLIC JAH>.

From tho New Republic.
Not in DOstoevsky's House OF the
Dead" is this description OF prison
conditions, but in the report OF an Illi
nOis state official Nineteen Of Chi
cagO's 40 jails are underground. and
through II run open sewers In one
jail. the men. the women, the insane,
and the prisoners food are held in one
row and the sewer runs the length OF
the row. When the sewers overflow.
the floors are flooded. Rats and YER
min are numerous The men sleep on
planks. If there are more than tWOSinen
in q cell they must lie on the floor
beside the open sewer. Sometimes
eight OF ten are put in the same cell"
According 10 the same report the
county jails throughout Illinois are
equally well adapted for making great
criminals out Of little ones. They are
dark, damp. i'll smelling caves. too
Small for any separation Of the off
ferent classes of prisoners As an in
evitable result, the jail becomes the
feeder for the penitenuary- But not
only Illinois is guilty. The state OF
county jaiIs throughout the nation has
warranted Amos Butler, former presi-
( dent of the American Prison associa-
ton. in saying:
I'VE seem to have dedicated one i'll
stitution in every county to the propa-
cation Of idleness. vlciOusness, and
crime"
When viii the legislatures realize that
! Il is better public economy to use jails
as means Of arresting the growth OF
crime than as schools for the fostering
I of to-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-11

-O allow ourselves 10 be cheated
out of an opportunity is not only
- unfair TO ourselves, but Il Is IN
fair to others, for It also cheats them
out OF the good we might be able TO
10 them If we had taken advantage OF
The opportunity
lie US hope that there are Few men
selfish enough 10 think that man
owes nothing to his fellow man. 1t is
a commonly accepted thought that a
man has certain moral obligations TO
others. and that he who willfuIly neg
lects them fOrfeits his right To the
respect of his fellows
The endeavor TO attain proficiency IL
any wholesome line Of work 10 sur
pass the standards Of merit that have
been attained by others. and 20 improve
con tiuually on our own past achieve
ments is the spirit OF the honorable
life.
Il is not for ourselves alone that
We strive 10 attain a high standard,
but because we should do our share
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-11
Little IntuOieDs
Sudan Grass Successfully Grown In Southwest
Buffalo Bill Was The Greatest Drawing Gard

perity during the last year said
Claude D. Miller, manager OF the Pos
tai Telegraph-Cable company. The
past years business OF the Postal Of
flee at F. PasO showed an increase OF
50 per cent over that Of 1915, which
was the largest year in the history
of the local office only ten per cent
Of this increase can be attributed to
the abnormal military business caused
by the presence Of the national guard
forces here The greater portion OF
the increase resulted from the pros
perity Of Fl PasO's business institu-
tions."
While there are some national
cuardsmen who leave FL PasO dis
gruntled because they were forced TO
come here at the order Of the govern
nent there are many that are enthu-
siastic over this city" said r. Harper,
Cf philadelphia As a rule the knock
OF makes himself heard first. but u IS
the thinking man that Is impressed oy
a city and the kind Of a man thar
makes a good citizen 1 have known
Pennsylvania militiamen 10 knock Il
Pasc but 7 have heard them boost Il
and / would not be surprised II this
city gains a number OF new citizens as
a result OF the national guardsmen
here The Pass city is certainly a
thriving place"
-NIagOffn avenue needs resurfacing
badly I believe. there being quite a
number OF rough places in this high
way" said P c Hamilton This
much used street is rather uncomfort-
able and is a bit hard on the springs
of an aut- mobile Texas street is
being used a great deal more than
8Iagffin now. and Is one Of the best
paved streets in the city. I believe
that II the jitne cars were permitted
20 run out on Texas street. they would
make a great deal better time, and IL
would be better for traffic as q whole"
If anyone is troubled with inscm-
MA said Jack Dawson. city clerk.
Il would advise him TO 20 % Austin.
Should he make this trip and stay
for any length OF time in the city,
his troubles viii surely be cured II
is very much alive now. too, for the
legislature is meeting While there
was introduced around the hotel by
the governor as a repre- sentative from
Van Zandt county He did this for
the benefit OF one Pinkie Francis
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-11
A Heavy Hand On Greece.

The utimatum of the entente allies, giving the gov
ernment of Greece but 4s hours in which comply with
the recent demands of the allies for withdrawal OF
troops from certain districts, liberation Of Venzelis
prisoners discharge of the commander whose troops
were engaged IL the Athens fighting, and apology
10 the allies officers and the colOTS, calls to mind
tain accusations directed toward king Constantine OF
Greece by NJ Diomede former Greek minister of finance
He is now a Venizelist.
NJ Diouede asserted in a recent issue OF the Temps,
in Paris that the Greek army is only awaiting word
from Berlin to attack the allies; that the military
tache of the German legation IN Athens, Mai Fal-
,hausen had constantly advised the Greek king,
Daced him in communication with the German emperor.
supervised the cOnceament of munitions for the Greek
troops and so organized the troops themselves that IS
coo would available for attack on the entente
forces It would be presumed that such an attack
yvould be delivered at time when least expected
nv the allies and therefore most likely to be dangerous
This expression by N. Diomede presumably sums
I'D the entente'S suspicious of Greece fairly we'll
whether they well founded Americans with infOr
nation available only from unfriendy Greece
are unable Judge But while the queen Is German
priucess and the king Is said TO be pro German his
sympathe, It looks to outsiders if what Greece de-
sres OF all is just to be let alone 1t seems too,
that the compliance with the ententes demands regard
ing disposition of troops should be enough and that
public apology delivered person to the allied repre-
sentatives and the coors unnecessary humiliation
Greece, at any rate, should be fully by nov
that the hand of Mars is heavy, whether Teuton or
Franco British