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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13

From the New York Times
 THN REPRESENTATIVE MEYER LON-
 IN[ DON, the solitary voice in the
 GS House against the declaration of
 war with Hungary, represented
 perfectly the official socialist party of
 the United States That is German socialist party, bitter against the war;
 aiding Germany as far as it can. MT. London is under a delusion when he talks about the socialist opposition 10 war. and about "an international cooe oe ethics" Internationalism Is deau, save in the United States
 That once renowned association, L In ternatonale which started from the meetings of French workingmen visiting the London exhibition in 1862, was for mally founded by British and French workingmen in 1864. In it's inglorlous history the hold of it's doctrines was stronger among Slavs and Latlns than among the Germans. Bakunin ana ms fellow Russian and Polish anarchists got control of it in 1S69 The French com munists played directly into the hands of Germany in 1871, adding the last toucn to the disaster of France. Karl Marx was a, nationalist in that war. He ex- jpressed his hope that France would De thoroughly beaten, and he was an enemy of the French republic. The madness l of the communists made international- isn, odious The Internationale divided I into moderates and irreconcilabes Marx led the former faction. The foi- l lowers of the Bakunin faction were in
 Spain, Italy, Russia, France.
 l Nihilism killed Alexander 1T, and brought reaction. Meanwhile, as the German empire grew to greatness,
 Msrxian socialism dwindled, and the so- 1 cialists, after a period of conflict with
 the powers that be, foiled by state so- cialism and more and more seduced py
 commercial imperialism, became finally
 the tools of the military caste Iheir
 surrender to imperialism dates from 1915,
 when. amid the frenzy of the patriotic 1 of 1913, their representatives accepted' with only the faintest murmurs, the gl- gantic appropriations for the army and
 navy They were ready, with Rebel, to fight to the last gasp for the father iland.', The size of the appropriations
 showed that they were not for defen- sive purposes.
 Rebel was speaking of defensive war. What of it? At the time of the decla- ration of war in 1914 and steadily since the German socialists have kept up the pretense that it is defensive war They are defending the frontiers" as a look at the map will shop. When the second war credit came up in the Reich
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
Cossacks May Save
 Stricken Russia

0N HE ultimate fate of Russia would
 0 seem to depend in large meas ure on the Cossacks and such leaders as General Korniloff, General Kale- dimes, General Alexieff and others, who are sufficiently enlightened and patriotic to give their lives rather than see their country sold into Prus- sian bondage.
 Recent dispatches from Petrograd and other points indicate that the Bolsheviki regime may soon be over- thrown by the strong counter. revolu- tion in which the Cossacks are play ing conspicuous part, under the leadership of their hetman, General Kaledines. Russian statesmen and soldiers of lesser renown, but equally desirous of saving their country from destruction, are said to be Hooking to the standard raised by Kaledines and Korniloff.
 Already the motives of Germany in catering to the Bolsheviki element are apparent to the whole world, includ- l ing the Bolsheviki themselves, who 1 find the Germans asking a great deal and conceding little. Leon Trotzky, who is none other than Herr Braun stein, is probably not surprised by de- velopments, and neither is his traitor ous ally, Lenine. These renegades thought they could put through a deal which would deliver Russia into the hands of her enemies and cripple the allies, but the end is not yet.
 Civil war is raging now in Russia. Out of the bloody cauldron will
 emerge new government, in which
 sanity will take the place of insanity
 and patriotism will supplant greed 11
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
FOR THE MAN WHO FAILS

By Paul Laurence Dunbar. The world is snob, and the man who
 wins
 Is the chap for it's mohey's worth And the lust for success causes half of
 the sins
 That are cursing this brave old earth. For it's fine to go up, and the worlds
 applause
 Is sweet to the mortal ear; But the man who fails in noble cause Is hero that's no less dear. Iris true enough that the laurel crown Twines but for the victor's brow; For many hero has lain him down With naught but the cypress bough. There are gallant men in the losing
 fight
 And as gallant deeds are done As ever graced the captured height Or the battle grandly won. We sit at life's board with our nerves
 high strung,
 And we play for the stake of fame. And our odes are sung and our banners
 hung
 For the man. who wins the game. But I have song of another kind
 gales An ode to the noble heart and mind Of the gallant man who fails!  The, man who is strong to fight his fight, And whose will no front can daunt, If the truth be truth and the right be
 right,
 Is the man that the ages want. Though he fail and die in grim defeat, Yet he has not fled the strife, And the house of earth will seem more sweet [ For the perfume of his life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
ALABAMA PRESS

Montgomery Journal: To be at peace with Neighbor A and furnish Key 10 his henhouse to Neighbor is dishonor- able and mean We'll be the honest en- emy of Austria.
 Mobile Register: The Berlin Lokal An zeieer says that President Wilson's de- scription of Germany's aims in war IS "douhlv shameless" It would never do for a Prussian organ to admit that the President is even halfway right. e,adsden Times News: The velvet bean is making the south Alabama farmers rcb and prosperous. They have almost forgotten about the boil weevil down there.
 Talladega Home: It was Napoleon who o,u.vs saw the star of his destiny shin- ;n. in inc sky in broad daylight until inst before Waterloo. Hence he was ca1led the man of destiny" Bill may
 have thought he saw his star gleamins ,r ,iaaav but he didn't count on the Stars and Stripes.
 1 tuscaloosa News: Not so much differ snce in the names, Lafayette and La
 Toilette, but what difference in the
 spirit of the boy patriot. and the Amer. ican stacker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
German Agents Still
 Getting in Their Work

M YsTERIoUs fires and explo- GVA sions are reported in Ameri- can newspapers every day. It is sig nificant that most of these disasters are such as to hinder the country's war industries.
 The holocaust at Halifax may have been accidental although it is stated that German suspects have been rounded up by Canadian authorities. Whether an accident or a cold-blooded outrage perpetrated against the all lies, the explosion and resultant fires at Halifax constitute the hardest blow the allied governments have yet received on this side of the Atlantic. The appalling loss of life and prop erty at Halifax fixed the attention of the entire country, and large part of the world, on the unfortunate city, but lesser catastrophes are of daily occurrence and child could see that they are not all due to natural or un- avoidable causes.
 The German conspirator is still abroad in the land. He is everywhere, despite the remarkable work done by the governments secret service de- partment. The utmost vigilance is needed to guard our munitions, our docks, our shipping and all other in- dustries engaged in carrying on the war. While precautions are taken by manufacturers whose plants may in- vite attack and our principal seaports are carefully guarded, patriotic Amer jeans can perform a service to hu- manity and to their country by re- porting all suspicious persons. No one who cannot give proper account of himself should be tolerated in any community. There are only two classes of people in America now those who are with us and those who are against us. Take no chances with the alien spy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
Popular orchestra Conductor


 Walter Henry Rothwell, who is to be the guest-conductor of the Cincinnati orchestra this week, is well and fa- vorably known" said John Wiegand, church organist and Ndirector of music at the Tutwiler.- He was conductor of the Savage Opera company some years ago, and was especially successful in Madam Butterfly and 'Parsifal Later he was conductor of the St. Paul Symphony orchestra, holding that posi- tion seven years. During the last two or three years he has lived in New York and has been active in teaching and directing. If he makes a happy im- pression in Cincinnati, it will not be surprising if he is chosen the permanent director in the place of Dr. Ernst Kunwald, resigned.
 Well educated, authoritative conduc- tors are more numerous now than they were 10 years ago, but those of the very highest rank are still rare. MT, Roth- well made the pest of his material in St. Paul, but, as the Cincinnati orches- tra has ranked for some time with the five or six famous symphony organi- zations in the United States, the manage ment will be, no doubt, particularly ex- acting"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
As HE SAW IT

From Everybody s Magazine
 The average foreigner can rarely com prehend the geographical area of the ITrited States, as was quite fully illus trated by the Englishman and his valet who had been travelling due west from Boston for five days. At the end of the firth day master and servant were seated in the smoking car, and 1t was observed that the man was gazing>stead- ily and thoughtfully out of the window. Finally his companion became curious. civilian" said he, 'of what are you thinking" ?"
 .I was just thinking, sir, about the discovery of Hamerica, replied tho valet. columbus didn't do such a won lderful thing after all, when he found this country, did he. now, sir? Halter
 alls said an done. 'ow could e 'elp it?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13

sive farming in a very full sense, but the time will come when no am bilious grower will be satisfied with less than three-quarters of bale to the acre, weather conditions favora- ble.
 A million bales for Alabama next year would be good enough, but if so large crop is attempted the farmers must not lose interest in food and feedstuffs production. Diversification will assuredly pay better in the end than the old "one crop" plan, even if cotton prices are above the average. "More of everything to eat" should continue to be the slogan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

The loafer who used to say that there was no use doing anything until the Panama canal was opened is now saying that there is no use doing any thing until the war is ended.
 People like to see little girl proud of pretty clothes. But they will hate her later on for the same trait because she doesn't outgrow it.
 A man who lives in flat can always get good service out of the janitor if he is smart enough to call the janitor the superintendent
 It takes a man long time to realize that good health is the greatest lux ury and the cheapest.
 What has become of the old-fash- toned man who believed that a blood hound could trail criminal?
 A princess is there with bells on when it comes to sweeping into a room. But it is different when it comes to sweeping one out
 When a girl has thin arms she would hate to have you think that it Is a habit with her in other parts of her anatomy.
 You never appreciate how golden si- lence is until you have to listen to an alleged silver-tongued orator for an hour or two.
 Maybe the reason why they call them cheap excursions Is because they make you feel so cheap Every time we run into a man who :magines that he is perfect we dis cover that he is at least perfect fool We do not believe in divorces as a general rule But when man spends half his time working for his wife ane the other half fighting with her, he is entitled to some relief
 The New York department stores ar; advertising Chicken Coats" And, a' | the coats are not made of feathers, W. l suppose they are being worn by tn, species of female they are named after Just imagine! There was\ tim' when the bicycle was regarded as th | limit in speed machines and bicycl riders were arrested for scorching The difference between good clerl and an ordinary clerk is that an ordi nary clerk will sell woman the ar
 ticle she wants and a good clerk vii
 sell her an article she doesn't want.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
A LITTLE LEARNING

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
 President George Kister of Champion college said the other day in Prairie du Chien:
 Learning, profound learning, is the light off the world, but we continu- ally get new proof of the harm It, tie learning does.
 "A lady employed a schoolgirl of 12 to scrub her front steps. The schoolgirl worked well, but suddenly she stopped coming. The lady met her on the street and said:
 .'what's the matter, Minnie?' Why have you stopped working for me-?
 "The urchin tossed her head.
 "I'm takin' Latin now,' -she sniffsds and I don't scrub steps no more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
plackman ApprecIatcd

T went down to the Hillman to the children's bazar and to see the famous Raemaker cartoons" said Mrs George w. Connors, one of Birmingham's most cultured matrons, "and they are truly wonderful, but I think The Age-Herald, in MT. Blackman. has a sure enough genius and that some of his recent work ranks alongside of the efforts of the noted Hollander. whose drawings have a worldwide reputation.
 T think the paper and the city are to be congratulated on having such an artist as Is the talented cartoonist whose daily output is of the very highast or der''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
The Different yiewpoint

Its all from the viewpoint" said Joe Loveman. Monday my children came running into the room with radiant faces on account of the snow. To me it meant that sales would be cut down for the day. To those without wood or coal or those who must face it in the open, it meant hardship and suffering A friend of mine told me of cute saying of his youngster.
 Tt seems Monday was his birthday and after he got dressed his mother took him to the window and as he looked out at the white expanse which covered the hills and the valleys, he turned to her and said, Mamma, wasn't God good to give me such a beautiful day for my birthday"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
Pressroom Efficiency

q am here to tell you that a press man earns his money when a cold snap comes along,' said Frank M. Smith, a well known preAman.
 Few people realize how needful it is that pressroom is kept warm, oth- erwise the output will fall below the normal and the work show q deterio- ra tion. Frequently outsiders come into the pressroom and because we are at but if they remain for bit they soon find out that the coats are not needed, as the temperature calls for shrtsleeves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
pr. poteat Here sunday

q want to extend on behalf of the Southsde Baptist church an invitation to come out and hear Dr. F. M Poteat on next Sunday morning and evening"" said H. M. Watson.
 "I fee. sure that if the public realized just what scholarly and brilliant preacher he is that the house would be crowded. Dr. Potea Is the president of Furman university at present, but has occupied some of the leading pulpits in America. Come and hear him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
Complimcnts Boy Scouts

'sThe Boy Scouts is wonderful or ganization." said J. Frank Rushton, field marshal and campaign manager of the Red Cross membership drive
 They are taught to do things for oth- CTS and to assist humanity and when they grow up they will be out looking for something to do instead of having to be asked to do things for the good of the community and town in which they live. They do whatever task is set for them with smile and I think the people of Birmingham and every other town with such an organization should encourage the boys always and a friendly pat on the back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
SOME PROGRESS

 "Im on speaking terms with dozen editors" said the budding author. Does that get you anything?' occasionally it gets me a typewriter letter of regrets instead of printed rejection slip"
 MAD CLEAR THROUGH q understand Jibway was in Lonion during an air raid" "So he was"
 How did he behave?' "He conducted himself like a red- blooded American" Fine"
 "Yes. He called on the American ann bassador in his pajamas to protest against such an outrage"
 THE SICK MAN OF EUROPE The Sultan is reported i'll, The doctors must be quick. For Europes famous invalid At last is really sick. MIGHT HAPPEN TO ANYONE 1T understand MT. Jagsby was brought home last night in an intoxicated condi- ton by two of his friends" Maybe he was trying to conform to war conditions and overestimated his ability"
 How Is that?'
 "These days all shoppers are urged to carry home their packages"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
GOOD ADVICE
om the Talladega Home.

From the Talladega Home.
 We are not often disposed to critcse Birmingham, city of which every Ala bamian should very naturally feel proud, continually rising higher, and spreading out to correspond; but it is high time she was looking after the pro-German and espionage element in her population. In her cosmopolitan roll of citizens of every creed and cult, there are necessarily some whose patriotism will not bear a govern mental X-ray inspection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13

BEGINNING THE DAY--"o Fa- ther! give to Thy child that which he himself knows not how to ask. I dare not ask either for crosses or cOnsoIations. I simply present my self before Thee, I open my heart to Thee. Behold, my needs which | know not myself; see and do ac- cording to Thy tender mercy."- FeneiOn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
BRITAIN's ARMY NEEDS

Isaac F. Marcosson in the Saturday
 Evening Post
 The British armies in France alone each month require 95,060 tons of oats; 4,000 900 gallons of gasoline; 2O,0O0 tons of flour; 1O00O,000 pounds of jam and 75,000 tons ot hay Ponder on these figures and you begin to realize that demands are written on Colleague canvases with brushes of comet s-hair!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Commendn Men for KnIttine

Commends Men for Knitting
 want to pay my respects to Howard E. Jones, Birmingham's only postman- knitter, as Dolly Dalrymple styled him m her story Wednesday morning." said T. S. smith, one of Birmingham's prom inent citizens
 nave known MT. Jones for a num- Der of years and he is one of the finest characters l ever knew. I have an of hce in the First National Bank build ing, and he has delivered my mail to me Tor a long time, and I know his many fine qualities, and nothing he has ever done has been more commendable than knitting for the soldiers. The spirit that prompts him to do something for his country when he cannot go to the front, is very patriotic and very high minded.
 "l have son in France today-Jack Smlth-and as much as I love him I wouldn't have him anywhere else for all the money in the world, and I wish I could do something for our boys over there It occurs to me that MT. Jones' example of knitting for the soldiers durlng his leisure hours is a fine sug- gestion as to what great many men might do. Take the fire laddies, for in stance! they have great deal of time on their hands. They sit around the fire stations sometimes for a long time and do not have a call. Why couldn't they knit? Or, if not that, there are many other things they might do for the soldier boys. I. feel proud of the manly, patriotic spirit that MT. Jones' shows in knitting for our boys, and I wish that there might be a great many more men who would follow his excel lent example"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13

has been growing more and more pro nounced.
 The world is used to free discussion of British premiers. Even in war times the attacks have been open and often violent. But Great Britain in all it's history never had such a war on it's hands as it has today, and if a change in government is really needed and it may we'll be doubted-the agitation now going on should be re- strained in so far as public utterance by representative men goes. The pessimistic views expressed by Win ston Spencer Churchill, minister of munitions, in a speech on the allies war aims, was extremely harmful, to say the least.
 No prime minister escapes criti- cism, but such an ill-advised discus sion as Churchill's reacts and the evil goes deep.
 The most important thing for Eng land to do at this juncture is to keep cool head. In this time of all others political unrest in a great na- tion should be out of the question.
 % # * Jerusalem was spared bombardment by the allied troops. Had the Huns assaulted the Holy City. military ne- cessity" would have compelled them to drop few hundred shells inside it's walls.
 Scientists are once more convinced that the Martians are making strenuous exertions to communicate with the earth. They may want to know what in Sam Hill is the matter with us.
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 The Cossacks promise to make short work of the Bolshevilzi. We've always liked the Cossacks ever since we first saw them in Buffalo Bilrs'' wild west show.
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 German conspirators are capable of causing disaster like that at Halifax, even if the collision between the Imo and the Mont Blanc was an accident.
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 High-heeled shoes for women will not be permitted in England next year. Modern economists frown at high heels and tolerate high skirts.
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 While the Christmas turkey may hang too high for some people, other people don't seem to care how much Christi mas jag costs.
 The right sort of congressmen will feel a load lifted from their consciences when they begin to pay the war tax on their incomes.
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 Down with the Kaiser!'' is getting to be almost a worldwide chorus. Panama has declared war on the Pots dam gang"
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 Winston Churchill says the fate of England hangs in the balance. And Winston is not seeing things in the dark, either.
 A tank is not invulnerable. However it takes considerably more than Teuton profanity to put a tank out of business.
 I. < <. he has seen the last picture of Blanca De Saulles, but you never can tell. Slippery pavements are no respectors of persons, as two of Birmingham s august commissioners can testify. The average war profiteer must have a hftle that makes the skin of hippo potamus seem like tissue paper
 * x + of it, but Uncle Sam is in it with both feet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
SAFETY FIRST

SAFETY FIRST we must have some more heat in our apartment Its as cold as a cave" why don't you speak to the janitor?" "Twelve days before Christmas? Not much! That would cost me box of cigars"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
cAu4AzU1MdAauefH

F. S-I would have done it. but I was afraid that Val Nesbtt would ask me to hist the tune and I didn't want to fall dow.s- I'na -ingar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
WHAT RICHARD MISSED

WHAT RICHARD MISSED Richard Occur de Lion
 Was a military man Who fought some bloody battles With the unbelieving clan. He slew a host of pagans Of most every sort of rank, But Richard Occur de Lion Never saw British tank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
NORTH TIsTENING TO

{. WORTH LISTENING TO
 why do you listen with such deser- ence to Jibbleton's opinions?"
 For an exeellent reason"
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 Hes the only man of my acquaintance who doesn't think he knows how to end the war"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
,,.mh.r of inc 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- cial dispatches herein are also re- served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13

HENCE HIGH PRICES "The farmer nowadays is monarch of all he surveys" Not quite all"
 "No?" 'The middleman takes a look at the farmers profits and adds a bit for him helf"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13

The adage must be verified, That beggars mounted, run their horse to death. HENRY VI.
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