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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-18

CoPENHAGEN. Denmark. Oct. ls.-The
Norwegian steamships Barbra and Hove
have tcn sunk bv German submarines.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-18

Hollands is the real home magazine of the
Southwest. 1t is full to the brim of absorbing Sc
rial novels and snappy short stories-clean. inter-
esting and instructive. The best that money can
buy is none too good for the readers Of HOL-
LANDS, and no money is spared in getting the
work of the cleverest writers and artists in the
country .M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30

Make June memorable day in the history of Birmingham Let the spirit of patriotism that all those who love their native and and their adopted land find expression in monies which will partake of holiday character but will be fraught with deep soemnity.
 The young of Birmingham who will register on that day will represent in less degree the initial sacrifice be laid the altar of patriotism All who register will not be drafted into the army but most of those who put their the Lists of honor will be potential soldiers ready
 need be lay down their lives for the safeguarding of the worlds liberty
 To these young the Stars and Stripes will have new significance and every czen the young and od the physical
 fit and the unfit should share in this feeling of reverence for the flag That symbol of free and united people destined to win glory than it has had befor foreign battle fields For has been symbol of hope to the o pressed people of Europe who have come millions of the to establish themselves in America.
 Now the flag than this. It to world battling for emancipation from autocrac government led to make heroic sacrifices by the hope of peace
 It gratifying to note the interest being taken by the people of Birmingham in the exercises arranged for registration day. This city will make display of its patriotism that will never be forgotten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30
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MIssING-A JAPANESE SCARE

From the Cincinnati Times-Star
 The Japanese scare in the United States has collapsed like a wet rag. Since the cause of the hysteria was traced to Will helmstrasse and the gentle machination of the Kaiser's brood of agents" we have heard little about probable inva- sion of our western coast
 In fact, the news has been of pre- cisely the opposite kind. Instead of read ing in our daily papers of Japanese con- spiracies. spies and secret plots, we read of stirring appeal to 60,000 Japanese on the Pacific coast. issued by the president of the Japanese Association of America, pledging 'unswerving loyalty and stead fast faithfulness to the government and people of the United States and the united support of President Wilson,
 And little further on we read; Our lives and our property are protected by the laws Of these great United States, and we enjoy the blessings of our homes by the hospitalNy of the American people.
 These sentiments are scarcely in line with those which our far eastern guests are supposed to entertain. They are un- dcubtedly much nearer the truth. If the war has brought us closer to our near est neighbor in the broad Pacific, it has accomplished one good result at least. The ghost of the Japanese scare has been laid for sometime to come; and Il may never walk again unless some ain ister influence exhumes it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30
Sympathy Still Dominant

Tt Is gratifying to have 1t demon strated that the feeling of sympathy for ones fellow man is still so dominant in the human breast said J. c. Boyer yes- terday This was demonstrated by the recent cyclone which did so much damage and exacted so many lives in this county. Nothing could be finer than the manner in which everybody who felt that they could do anything responded to the ap- peals for aid. The medical fraternity has reason to be proud of its members who immediately went to the various scenes of the disaster, with all their in- struments and bandages ready and Will- ing to serve without pay to relieve the suffering and save such lives as they could. There must have been 35 or 40 doc- tors at Sayre alone.
 "Too much cannot be said in praise Of the nurses who drove through the night in the indictment weather to minister to the wounded and give such comfort as was possible under the circumstances. It is often said that the present age of commercialism has warped the finer at- tributes of human nature, but such in- stances as the one under discussion give the lie to such statements. It takes some great disaster sometimes to bring to the surface the best that is in people and to show to the world the nobler qualities that are in every man and woman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30
THE cow ARD

who is utterly fearless, save n moments of action too intense to admit of re- flection, is believed by many good sol- diers to be nonexistent. He is, at any rate, insufficently numerous to fight any country's battles. Many veterans say frankly that they were afraid at the be- ginning of every battle, and until too hotly engaged to think about anything but the work before them. Their cour- age having been proved they are not, like the F'renchman of the newspaper story afraid that others will discover that they are not fearless men.
 It is rather common human exper- fence to discover that great crises are met with surprising fortitude; that dan- ger, disaster and good fortune are felt more keenly in anticipation than at real ization. Many young men who are drafted will go to the military encamp- ments with anything but warlike senti ments, to be surprised in action, if they get into action, that they fight with and like the rest and with growing conf dence, cherishng the soldiers saying that there is nothing of which to be afraid, because yon never hear the shell that strikes you.
 Possibly the one cure for the young artists cowardice-shared in a degree by many men who never would admit 1t Is to be found under fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30

From the Kansas City Star.
 9N1 RANGES s resistance to Germany has
 Fl astonished the world. The deter- S imitation to fight Ito the end," as expressed by General Gallieni, the hero of Paris, has taken hold of the nation and every sacrifice is being made. One naturally would picture the French na- tion as bled white and gasping for breath; as giving up everything save the barest necessities of life and of thinking of nothing except war.
 Yet we read now of a strike of the dressmakers, milliners and furriers of Paris. Apparently stylish clothing has not been given up. Writers in Paris have told of the remarkable displays of jewels, tapestries and other articles of luxury in the shop windows of Paris and of the reports of dealers that sales are large and profitable. Importers of rugs, for instance say the demand is far in excess of the supply. The boulevards swarm with motor cars. many of them of the most expensive make. Operas and thea tres are crowded at every performance. The Lyons fair this year Is outdoing that of last year, which far surpassed expec-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30

lands, and have an outlet on the Bal
 tic through old Polish Prussia, old West Prussia. East Prussia, which is German, would be unavoidably sepa
 rated from the other German lands;
 but it could be kept united with them politically, and also commercially by
 arrangements for through railway
 tice. Ireland should have home rule. as regards our international railroads. The Germans would keep Germany,
 would lose nothing except the right to oppress others, would suffer no injus-
 tice. Ireland shodlu have home rule. Seek justice for everyone; the Dane of North Schleswig, the Finn, the Uniate, the Caucasian in Russia. Endeavor to secure guarantee of real religious freedom and fair play, for Catholic, Protestant Orthodox and Jew alike.
 These terms agree in most particu- lars with the general plan for setting Europe's house in order, which is be- lieved to have been tentatively agreed to by the United States and the en- tente governments. Surely no one could find fault with such broadly principles and the pro visions made for the freedom of the little peoples"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30
United States Has
Millions of Bachelors

Millions of Bachelors
 7F HERE are ten million unmarried
 4 men in the United States, be- tween the ages of IS and A, which is nearly half of the twenty-two million men in the country whose ages fall within this period. There are also about nine million unmarried women.
 The question naturally arises, ssWhy should we have such a host of unmarried people in our highly civil ized and prosperous nation?" The Equitable Public Bulletin asks this question, but acknowledges that no one has yet found an answer. That large percentage of the unmarried men have good health and are financially able to marry is undeniable.
 Paradoxical as it may seem, the fact that we are so highly civilized and so prosperous may have some con nection with the problem. The high cost of living is often pleaded as an excuse by the matrimonial "shirker," but in a vast number of cases the real reasons seem to be an unwillingness to assume responsibilities and the dis fractions offered by our complex mod er7n life.
 Whether or not this is the true state of affairs, the fact renaius that the nations birth rate&as declining. The stamina of our nation is not what it was. Civilization has increased seden- tary occupations enormously and the eligible bachelor with plenty of money finds so many ways of spending it on himself that he does not want home.
 The war in Europe has come in the nick of time to save us from national degeneration, perhaps, but more fami- lies are needed in America. Here is field for investigation and study which should not be overlooked. It has a vital bearing on the, future of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

You are always responsible for your successes. But 1t is different with your failures.
 A man may not brag much about his wife. But you can bet that he has the smartest dog in the world.
 Use honeyed words and sugar-coated compliments Then if you have to eat your own statements they are not so hard to take
 The mere fact that man admires her is all that a woman needs to make her admire him.
 The most popular men in any com munity are those who know how to keep their troubles to themselves.
 The trouble with the men who are anx- ious to save the world is that they ex- pect pay for it.
 Now that they have gotten to demon- strating obstretrics and prenatal influ- ence in the movie films. there isn't much left for the girl to blush over, And, by the way. why hasn't some enterprising fillum company grabbed the rights to produce Anomalies of sex and the works of Havelock Ellis?
 Enthusiasm acts differently on differ ent men. With one man it makes money and with another man it takes money.
 
 The millennium will be here when ten ants and landlords agree on the matter of needed improvements.
 Any time girl acts httenishs and tells a fellow that he can have a kiss if he can catch her, the betting is $9O0. coco, O00,- coo ,O0o, 90o,0O0 to nothing that she is going to get caught
 Don't argue. Men have been arguing for 10000 years, yet how many disputed saftlad2
 Every girl knows lot of things that she doesn't want her fellow to know that she knows.
 About the third day a bride has been married she sits down and pictures the beautiful gifts she will get on her silver wedding anniversary.
 You know that other people bore you. But did you ever stop to think that may be they feel the same way about you?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30
FRANCE SAVED HER NERVES

tations Hundreds of books on subjects not related to the war are being pub lished and sold and there is a big de- mand for foreign as well as French magazines and periodicals at the book stalls.
 But that does not mean that France is not meeting the emergency of war It means merely that she Is not meeting it with hysteria. She has taken hold of herself and the fact that she has taken hold of herself makes her able the bet ter to bear the burdens that have been heaped upon her. Her nerves would long since have broken had she not known how to meet the situation philosophi- cally; had she, for instance, given up everything for war and thrown her very spirit away in the face of the invading hosts
 France has not wasted. Every bit of foodstuff and coal and ore has been made the most of. But she has kept up, to wonderful degree, her normal way of liv- ing. America has learned much from Trance. Not the least important is this lesson in the meeting of national emer- gency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 N DISTRESSED father writes to the N\ New York World as follows:
 9 S "Is there any way to develop spirit of courage in a cowardly man? My son, who is 24 years old, has worried himself into highly nervous state over the mere possibility of being drafted and sent to the firing line.
 "He is a born coward When he was a boy, I have often seen him bullied and run in terror from boys much smaller than he Since reaching manhood he seems deeply ashamed and humiliated over his weakness, and know he has struggled hard to overcome it, but appar- ently with little result. In crossing busy street with much traffic, he is as nervous and timid as child.
 Outside of this cowardice he seems normal He is commercial artist and earns about $32 per week.
 Possibly some of your readers know of an actual case of natural cowardice being overcome; if so, would be deeply grateful for the facts as to how it was QOne. My Soil iS oCoh'iDSA SJssS' VI J oiiS now, when the country needs brave young men, Can nothing be done to help him?"
 Both the father and the son should find consolation in a story from Europe which was written for an American newspaper and has been reprinted widely The hero was a Frenchman of exactly the temperament of the young man whose father is worried about his lack of physical courage. Before he was drafted, and afterward, he endured agon- ies of fear When he was sent to the firing line he was so overcome by fear that he suffered, among other symptoms, active nasear. There was no phase of the horror of extreme cowardice3 accord ing to his rdki,ation, which did not at- tack him and draw the cold sweat from his pores. But when ne got into action he found to his amaEement, that he was doing mechanically what the others did, and that his fear was leaving him Eventually he received more than one decoration for gallantry upon the field. He returned home-with an empty sleeve free of the greatest of his fears, which was the fear that his wife and children would learn of his cowardice.
 Every army includes in it's ranks many men who were, previous to military ex perience, conscious of lack of heroic feeling and a positive disinclination to face fire. They make as good soldiers as those who, never having been under fire. feel or proclaim, a fine martial en- thusiasm for the battlefront. The man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30
Noon Hour Training

It was suggested by Julius Jaffe yes terday that it might be good idea for some of the local army officers to start a school of military instruction which would utilize the noon hours Instead Of at night, when business men are more or less weary from their days efforts and prefer to remain at home or enjoy some light recreation.
 During the noon hour,' said MT. Jaffe. there are scores of business men who fall within the military age and who have nothing to do after eating light lunch but to play pool or billiards or look in at movie It seems to me that these young men would welcome an oppor- tunity to utilize the noon hour for mill tary preparation of some sort. If an hours training is insufficient, two hours could easily be provided as local corpor- ations would place no hindrance before young men who showed an earnest de- sire to prepare themselves for the de- fense of their country.
 There is going to be another officers training camp in September at Fort McPherson, and in the next tLree months scores of young business men could ac- quire the rudiments of what will be re- quired of them through training during the noon hours under competent military officers In New York city, and, in fact, in all the large cities of the north, busi- ness men are busy preparing themselves by an hour or two at noon, and peneve awe should try it in Birmingham There is no use in trying to train a man at night when he is already tired out. Get him at midday when his mind and body are fresh and receptive to instruction
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30
MAKE WAY FOR THE LADIES

From Ddlly F1nanclal Amerlca
 "Women to Work in Banks While Men Go to War" reads a headline in Daily Financial America. The story told of the petticoated recruits-vol- unteers, every one of them-who are to take the place of the Wall street men who don the khaki.
 The National City bank has many of the women clerks ready for duty. That means that many of the National City's employees are to serve Uncle Sam. The Guaranty Trust, the Bankers Trust and all the big financial institu- tions have women recruits to call to service when the need comes. It Is so, too. with the ,big bond houses and some of the big brokerage houses.
 The girl who works in bank, or bond house. or brokerage house that a man may go to the colors is serving no less faithfully in the country's cause than is the woman who labors in mu- milton factory, or who sews for Red Cross or acts as nurse
 It's all in the line of duty, all a part of the great task of industry, of finance and of war. And in time of war; duty calls to woman as to man.
 And woman never fails in her re- sponse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30

By RudXard Kipling. Royal the pageant closes,
 Lit by the last of the sul- Opal and ash-of-roses
 Cinnamon, umber and dun. The twilight swallows the thicket,
 The starlight reveals the riuge; The whistle shrills to the picket
 We are cahnging guard on the bridge, (Few, forgotten and lonely.
 Where the empty metals shine No not combatants-only
 Details guarding the line.) And the solemn Armament marches.
 And the hosts of heaven rise Framed through the iron arches
 Banded and barred by the ties. Till we feel the far track llumming,
 And we see her headlight plain, And we gather and wait her coming
 The wonderful northbound train.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30
THE, BRIDGE GUARD

Grew, forgotten and lonely,
 Where the white car windows shine No not combatants-only
 Details guarding the line.) Quick, ere the gift escape us.
 Out of the darkness we reach For handful of week old papers
 And a mouthful of human speech And the ponstrous heaven rejoices And the earth allows again Meetings, greetings, and voices
 Of women talking with llen. So we return to our places,
 As out on the bridge she rolls; And the darkness covers our faces,
 And the darkness re-enters oud soulA More than a little lonely
 Where the lessening tail lights shine. No-not combatants--only
 Details guarding the line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30
HOTEL LOBBIES
U-Boat Menace

Announcement has been made that the German U-boat menace is to be overcome by 8 new invention of Elmer A. Sperry, member of the naval board of inven- tors" said Miss Emily V. D. Miller ref erence librarian at the Birmingham pub lie library. The public will be interested to know about this man and his inven- tions. In volume 15 of the National Cy- clopedia of American Biography is 12OO- word biography of Elmer A. sperry, giv- ing detailed descriptions of his gyroscopic compass and stabilizer and other inven- uons, and full-page portrait"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30

abolished fifteen years ago, and was not restored until the fall of 1916" The presidents report was succinct and singularly modest. It was indeed a clear setting forth of salient facts and was all the more convincing be- cause of it's brevity.
 All kinds of fancy costumes are being devised for women to wear while doing mems work, but nothing has yet been found that will make fat girl look "cute" when photographed.
 * * * A member of the Italian commission said the other day: I've have come to America to ask her to save Europe" That's a large order, but America can fill It.
 dispatch says there are signs that the Russians are waking from their leth- argy. The correspondent who wrote that must have been chock full of optimism.
 s < British newspapers say America has accomplished wonders since entering the war. Still. that isn't going to silence the knockers here at home.
 * The Kaiser knew the destination of our torpedo-boat destroyers, but Josephus Daniels didn't. This matter should cer- tainly be looked Into. Germanys announcement that all hos pital ships will be sunk should have been amended to state that hospital ships will continue to be sunk,
 * As result of the labor exodus, south ern golfers fear a shortage of caddies It's the shortage of farm hands that most people are worried about.
 * It has just about reached the point where rocky with thirst can't get enough stimulants to illuminate his en- tire system.
 The course of 8 drunken sailor is not more cratic than that of tornado when it is hitting all six cylinders.
 * * * If American inventors can solve the U-boat problem they may rest on their laurels for the next 10 years.
 * X Negro immigrants from the south seem to be just about as welcome in East St. Louis as the smallpox
 * * < You can't tell from the number of flags worn by a man whether or not he's bought war bond.
 * * * There is more misery to the square yard in Armenia than in any other part of this afflicted world. If the government places confidence in the newspapers of America, it will not be betrayed.
 Those Italians are developing a punch that bodes no good to the anxious Aus trians.
 If the war cuts down the attendance at tango parlors it will not have been in vain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30
NapththaIene Plant

Tt is rumored that the American Tar Product company, which has one of Its plants in operation at Woodward. will begin an addition to the plant in the near future" said Hardie Brown The new plant will be used for the manufac- ture of naphthalene, which is very much In demand at present for the making of explosives. This will be the first plant of the kind in the south to manufacture this commodity, made from by-product, and will be on an extensive scale The plant of the company at Woodward Is engaged at present in the making of ere osote and many other kinds of coal tar products and the plant will be a valuable addition and will employ large num- Der of additional men"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-30
Roosevele Outlines
 Plans for Peace

.E EW people have clear concep- H tion of the vast work of re- adjustment that must be done in Europe after the war. Persons who are ordinarily well informed cannot state exactly what the entente nations are fighting for.
 Col. Theodore Roosevelt has con tributed an article to the June issue of the Metropolitan Magazine, in which he outlines what America s peace terms should be. He says, in part,
 The Prussianized Germany of the Hohenzollerns has shown Itself even more the enemy of freedom and hu- manity and justice and international right than was Napoleon's France. Let us strive for the peace of justice and of international right. Did they but know it, the German people them selves would benefit by our victory, and especially the people of south Germany and of Austria. who would be free from the tyranny of Prussia, and would be guaranteed in all their rights-surely more than an offset for not being allowed to wrong others. Belgium and France must have all that has been taken from them re- stored. The Turk must leave Europe "a democratic Russia at Constanti- nople will threaten no one. Armenia should be freed and autonomous. Austria is not country but & knot of nationalities. of which two tyran- nize over the others. Let the Hun garians keep Magyar Hungary, and the Austrians German Austria. Let the Italians have the Tr-ntino and Trieste Let there be a great servia, . great Bohemia, great Rumania. Poland should once more be nation. which should include all the Polish