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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15

for homesteaders, or on the possibilities of the Indian reservations"
 Franklin K. Lane is a very human man. If this were not true, he would not nave made such a success as a newspaper man. He is a born reporter and cor respondent.
 He likes new sensa tions was amused at his disappointment in failing to get thrill when he took a trip in a sub- as to sit in a darkened room with a lot of oiled machinery.
 He, however, confessed that he got action and got it quick in an airpane. Every minute was thriller and the whole trip was full of novelty.
 Franklin K. Lane is a statesman.
 say this advisedly. His training and experience have given him a wide in- sight into city, state and national af fairs.
 I was greatly interested in the descrip- ton of his visit to Switzerland as perma- nent international railway commissioner. representing the United States govern ment. It seems at the banquet two toast masters were appointed. The honor went to him and to Lord Robert Cecil He seemed to enjoy having brought it about that the English lord had to drink to the health of the President of the United States before he had to drink that of the King of England.
 As member of the interstate conn merce committee for years he got a broad vision of the countrys commercial needs As the builder of a government railroad in Alaska he got practical experience as developer, constructor and employer.
 And so, recently, when read that he had gone to New York as one of Presi- dent Wilson's mediators to try and set tie the strike controversy, felt sure that his tact, experience and wisdom would go far to settle it.
 I'm going to keep my eye on Secretary Lane, for I believe his career has just begun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
Bidding Farewell
 to Free Lunch

TFHAT grand old institution, free
 U lunch, seems to be on it's last legs Today the tall glass of beer and a "bite on the side" is scheduled to pass out of the life of bibulous New Workers. We are told this will help food conservation. Maybe so.
 In Chicago and elsewhere, high food prices, the spread of prohibi- tion and the latest drive at the liquor traffic as a war measure, so-called, have done away to a large extent with the dainty tid-bits which were formerly in abundance in all saloons It used to be possible for newspa- per man, or any other man equally as apt to meet with financial reverses, to live fairly we'll on 15 cents day for his meals, getting therefor three glasses of beer and all the free lunch he had the assurance to devour.
 But thase halcyon times are no more. Where free lunch survives it is jealously guarded and lacks both the variety and abundance of less par lous times. It was always an expense and a burden to saloon proprietors, but it filled what was in many in dividual cases long felt want and few saloon men ventured to dispense with it altogether until recently. In prohibition states it long since be- came but an appetizing memory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
Mir. Gerard at
 Work On a Book

IT AMES w. GERARD, who recently cU retired to private life, is writing a book. When that volume is given to the public it will throw more light on the German Kaiser and the inner workings of the German court than a dray load of the pseudo-historical books which have been written since the war started.
 Mr. Gerard proved himself an able ambassador. His common sense, fear lessness and patriotism stood him in good stead during trying period Ethat would have broken the spirit of a less forceful man. And it is worth while noting that he kept the respect Of German leaders to the last.
 Now that MT. Gerard is no longer restrained by official etiquette from saving what he thinks and telling all he knows about Germany, we are cer- tain to get some information that is authentic and worth while. He also knows a great deal about the causes that brought on the war and those who are most to blame for the catastrophe that has overtaken Eu- rope and the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
HOTEL LOBBHEs
sno,vstor,n in Lune

T have recently received a letter from my son John Earle Bomar," said Dr. Paul V. Bomar, President of Judson Col lege, Saturday. He is civil engineer and holds position with the Braden Copper company, a subsidiary company of the Guggenheims at Rancagua. Chile, in which he stated that on June 10 he was in the biggest snowstorm that he had ever seen and that his friends at home need not lose any sleep over his being in warm South America"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
Cot Berries hut Lost Hat

T went out into the country and got basket of blackberries and one of pears" said John Stapleton the popular postoffice employee, but I am afraid they will prove quite expensive, as my hat blew off between Helena and Bir- mingham and if it's still sailing like it was when I last saw it, is now some- where down below Montgomery. l don't mind losing it as much as 1 do being guyed by the fellows at the office for coming home bareheaded."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
PROLONGED TT

From I1t-BltS.
 Two English workmen were discussing the war.
 "It'll be an awful long, job, Sam," said one.
 Tt will,' replied the other.
 You SC. these Germans is takin' thou sands and thousands of Russian prison CTS and the Russins is takin' thousands and thousands of German prisoners. If it keeps on, all the Russians will be in Germany and all the Germans in Rus sia And then they'll start all over again, fightin' to get back their 'omes''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
ACROSS THE YEARs

By Julia Nicely Finch. Across the years; The long, long years; I hear faint far call: So faint, so far It seems an echo spent Against some close. confining wall, My spirit hears. Aa OCT some long healed scar Swift lightning rends and sears 1ta way; so in me mem'ry burns Of other days and nights, Of loves delights And trembling fears, At this faint call Across the yearsl The long, long yearsi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
Has BenutifnI Encc

T think that pr. R. J. Cambel, the successor of pr. Joseph Parker at the City Temple, London, but now a clergy man in the Church of England" said Dr. J. w. Phillips of Mobile, eloquent preacher, scholar and lecturer, has the most beautiful face of any man I ever saw in the pulpit. His white hair and thin, intellectual face and dark eyes are most striking. He is a great orator and an intensely earnest man"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
Enjoyed Meeting

T have enjoyed the meeting of the Alabama Bar association held in Bir- mingham for the past three days more than ever enjoyed the convention be- fore" said Colonel Mitchell of Sheffield who was here for the lawyers meet. The arrangements made by the local members of the bar association for the visiting members have been complete. I cannot sec where improvement could have been made in the arrangements of affairs and the entire association feels quite the same way. We will not soon forget our stay in Birmingham nor cease to ap- preciate it's pleasantness."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
Mrs. Mathis Still Busy

T have just got to town" said Mrs. c. H. Mathis "and I sure feel like talk ing a rest, but this thing of getting winter gardens and food crops is so inn portant that it just drives me from one part of the state to the other
 When I began the campaign in the early spring for garden and food for man and forage for beast it was hard to stir people up, but they at last got aroused. It Is now just as important to wake them up to the necessity of con tinuing the good work already begun. hope the papers will stand by me in this campaign as they did in the other and I will put it over''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
Rnrely Takes Vacation

T rarely ever take a vacation in the summer" said Rev. J. A. Bryan, the saintly preacher and pastor-at-large for the whole of Birmingham, for some how it seems to me that the devil is peculiarly active in hot weather"
 A wag who heard him say this re- marked, Well Doctor, you know he can stand good deal of heat; in fact he is very much at home in heat. if we be- lieve in literal hell.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15

emotions. All art is hunanizing, but next to religion, music has first place.
 The Musical Leader of Chicago, in discussing the most astonishing change" that has come over England musically, says it is no unusual thing for the concerts given by the cham Der music societies to be completely sold out. "Quartets are flourish ing" says the Leader, "and where once upon a time there was indiffer- ence to good music there is now ex traordinary interest"
 It is much the same in the United States so far as chamber music goes. String quartets of high merit are all most as we'll patronized as sym phony orchestras. But the people of American cities did not wait for war to touch them on the tender side of life. They were learning to love tie best in music a full generation ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
LOOKED EASY

LOOKED EASY
 T once caught a glimpse of cele- brated author at work on novel" Did he seem to be laboring very hard?"
 NO. His secretary was doing all the work. The celebrated author was standing by a window and gazing dreamily into the street while he die tated a few terse paragraphs.n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15

should hear something about state rights and legislative oppression; the rule does not work both ways. Butt indeed, any regulation of Broadway is largely regulation of the rest of the country which supports it and makes it what it is. But not often is the. purpose so frankly confessed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15

BEGINNING THE DAY-GOd save us from blood guiItiness. We would, by Thy grace, fight but not hate, defeat but not destroy. invade but not oppress, capture but not en- slave. In all this mighty business let us advance upon our knees. ln Jesus name. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
Sunday Dimmer
 On the Farm

| IM NLY those persons who have " lived in a city but have spent week-ends in the country can appre- ciate the luxury of a Sunday dinner on a Dixie farm in this latitude at this time of the year. City folks are used to eating vegetables grown out of season.
 The palate becomes sated with early peas, spinach, snaps, beets and potatoes before the spring is well ad- vanced. In rural homes it is different. The country garden with few vege- tables ripe in the latter part of May is not an unusual sight, but it is we'll on in July before potatoes, tomatoes, corn and butter beans have matured back in the black belt or the piney woods section.
 On this Sunday one may easily picture the family, with city guest or two, or perhaps house party, ar irving from church several miles dis tant. Then the dinner. And such feast! Time was when mint iuleps were passed round and slipped by the men as appetizers. But that day has gone from the southland. Lemonade or ice tea is now the Sunday beverage on a hot day But seated at the din- ner table the appetite needs no whet- ting. The table groans under the best the garden affords and, that is to say, everything in season. There is fried chicken, to begin with. Next comes bacon and cabbage, and then a long | list of vegetables-corn on the cob and corn pudding, stewed tomatoes, butter beans, okra, potatoes and squash, to say nothing of cucumbers, pickled beets and other side dishes | For dessert ice cream or frozen GUS tard is standard, but better still is the luscious watermelon.
 The city table supplied with vege- tables and fruit bought from greer grocery is not to be frowned upon, but compared with a country dinner where everything is fresh and 1T superabundance, how conventional il seems! From now until September farmhouse fare will be at the "toI of the pot" Only two dishes will bt added in the early fall to improve or
 what will be served today-swee
 potatoes and cornfield peas. But il
 the present bounty on the farm ever.
 taste is satisfied.
 Colonel Green told reporters on Iii
 wedding day that he didn't know wh' , was going to be the boss. He prop ably knows now.
 Emma Goldman is now sewing over
 alls in prison. and is actually making , herself useful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
OUT OF IT

Somewhere mountain breezes blow, Somewhere nights are cool; Somewhere fishermen recline By a placid pool. Somewhere people sing and dance Ride and drive and stroll. While they feast their eyes upon Scenes that fire the soul. Somewhere roars the foam capped
 surf.
 Breaking on the shore; Somewhere yachts like white-winged
 birds
 Skim the waters o'er. Somewhere joyous bathers sport In the sunlit sea. "Somew here" isn't where I am That's what bothers me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
PERPETUAL CANDIDATES

PERPETUAL CANDIDATES There are some men who never tir, of running for office" That's the intransitive use of the verb. They may not tire themselves, but they make everybody else tired"
 STRANGE POPULARITY Mrs. Glithers must be natural born diplomat"
 Why so?"
 she wears better clothes than any other woman in the neighborhood Yet, they all seem to like her"
 PROBABLY NOT Who's laid in all his winter coal May we'll look pleased, his chest eS-
 pand. % But where is he? Just call the roll- You won't find many in the land.
 NO TRANSFER "Jibbles married for money, you say?"
 "Yes."
 Where's the money now?" Still right where it was when hc married for it' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
Mounted Constabulary

and well trained, with authority to make arrests and maintain peace in all parts of the state, would be a great improve. ment over our state troops in quelling mobs and maintaining good order,' said of the upkeep of our state troops at the present time is as great or greater than that of the whole constabulary of the Dominion of Canada. The troops are usually only poorly trained and arrive at the place where they are needed late. efficient"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
NEXT BEST

Why do you stamp your foot when you give MT. Twobble piece of your mind over the telephone? He can't see you."S
 NO" replied Mrs. Twobble. "but he can tell from the tone of my voice that I'm doing it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
County Solicitor Abolished

T do not believe there will be g successor to Solicitor Black appoint ed." said George Whitfield of the pro- bate court. According to a law passed by the last legislature, the of- flee of county solicitor was abolisnea and Solicitor Blacks tenure of office would last only few months more at the most. Solicitor Tate of the oir- cult court has said that he and Lis the work, and so I see no reason for the appointment of some other man for the short time remaining in the term"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
THE TALE OF A DOG i'm Daly, in the Philadelphia Public

Tom Daly, in the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 This is the tale of a dog brought here by Edward Corbett, San Francisco, It COL cerns Alaska Jack, pioneer of Fair banks, Alaska, and thorough Irish ter rler in strain and character. Corbett was bringing him to New York to his cisco, who is waiting to go abroad with a Red Cross unit
 Just out of Albany Alaska Jack, who had been lying quietly on the deck watching with tense eyes the flickering rays of the searchlight that played about for the passengers amusement, suddenly rose and sniffed eagerly.
 Then over the deck rail he went into the river
 MT. Corbett and other messengers begged the captain to send a boat off to pick up the dog, but the captain would only slow down the engines and follow the dog with the searchlight. The ter rier swam a straight course through the still water toward a launch whose lights gleamed on the port bow about 200 feet away.
 Then, MT. Corbett says. he realized that all was we'll Doctor Fuller is an enthusiastic yachtsman. "Ahoy. Jim Fullern' he yelled voice from the launch answered back in amazement:
 "Yes; what is it?'
 T thought SO" Corbett said Then cried: "Hey, Jim, that's our dog, Alaska Jack swimming to you; pick him up" And the passengers lining the rails saw Alaska Jack s bedraggled form lifted to safety by his master-so Mir Corbett and others say. -MilwaukeeJ ournal.
 A good story that, and it may be true. Here's another one that's as true as gos- pei, for tablet at Haine's Falls, in the Catskills, attests it and gives the names of master and dog, which have slipped our memory. For our present purposes let's call the dog
 JACK
 Call him Jack the Lionheart'
 Or call him Jack the Fool"
 Who may tell the twain apart?
 There is no certain rule.
 Not for me to judge the brute
 Or analyze his acts;
 Human sages may dispute
 merely tell the facts.
 Jack upon the torrents rim hundred feet or so- Saw his master watching him From the rocks below.
 Jack" the master spoke the word
 To bring him to his side; The brute upon the high ledge heard And straightaway leaped and died* Call him Jack the Lionheart' Or call him Jack the Fool Who may tell the twain apart? There is no certain rule. FEDERAL REGULATIONS OF B'WAY From the New York World. From western contemporary. the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15

From the New York Sun.
 Y7T was commencement season and MT. Dent felt somewhat depressed. He S read in the papers of the exercises at a great number of institutions of learning. MT. Dent was graduate ot the university of earning. The univer- sity of learning makes a practice of con fcrring degrees, including honorary de- grees. Mir Dents university does not do this; probably because a profit is all ways without honor in its own country,
 Nevertheless, MT. Dent was thirty third degree patriot. There was nothlns purely honorary about his activities In behalf of his country either.
 His deprcssion/abated somewhat as he sat at his desk and spent stray five minutes sketching the scenario of a com mencement at which he was the sole and honored guest
 The trustees were all seated on the platform The president, who curously enough was Mr. Dent, approached MT. Don't (the sole and honored guesD, while 10. 7S1 MT. Dents composing the audience applauded wildly. MT. Dent, the pres ident, said to MT Dent, the guest
 "Upon John Richard Dent giver of s to the Belgian relief fund. I confer the degree of B. R. G., or Belgian Relief Giver. Upon John Richard Dent. sub scriber to the liberty loan of 1917, l confer the degree of l.. L., or Liberty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
HARD TO ENDURE

HARD TO ENDURE
 q see where woman got a divorce because her husband rouged his checks"
 She was entitled to it."
 Maybe so, It must be exasperat- ing for woman to have husband who is liable to borrow her complex ion before she has chance to wear it herself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
THEY WEAR WELL

What is your attitude toward the one-pieee bathing suit?"
 'An attitude of confidence and adn,i- ration"
 But why the confidence?"
 i've never seen one rip yet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spir-
 its of light. Loves Labor Lost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
FEDERAL REGULATIONS OF B'wA,

From the New York World.
 From a western contemporary. the Portland Oregonian. we obtain an in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15

Entereo at the Birmingham, Apd , ! postoffice as second-class matter un- der act of Congress, March S, 1879.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-05-22
ELEPHANT Is ELECTED
CAPTAIN OF BASEBALL
TEAM AT WEST POINT
sociated Press By U. 8. Naval
Communication Servicel


Communication servicel
WEST POINT, May 2O-Oliphant
was elected captain Of the Army
baseball team Saturday. This is al
unusual honor for he already had
been elected captain Of the 1917
football team.
oliphant is making great ath.
letic record at West Point, being
the mainstay of the football team
and one Of the greatest players IN
America, and he also Is a baseball
star He viii not be graduated un.
til next year. Prior to going to
West Point he was star athlete
At Purdue University, Lafayette,
Indiana. t'h
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-05-22

The Republican county committee
win probably meet tonight to organize
and elect chairman. It's organization
has been purposely delayed until after
he primaries, as the members Of the
committee, as such, did not wish to take
any part in the fractional fights.
The appearance in The Advertisers
slection figures yesterday morning Of
he name of III. A, Franson for super,
visor, without a single vote for him, led
! number of his friends to commiserate
With him and ask him why in the name
Il sundry things he could not have
soted for himself, even if he had no
friends. Mr.. franson was compelled TO
,xplain that he had withdrawn as a
candidate and that his name was not on
he official ballot. The Advertiser 3 ta-
Die was made up from the original list.
shortly after filing his papers, Mr..
Franson was asked TO withdraw by the
Honolulu Iron Works, where he is cash
Ter, and he accordingly did so. No rea-
son was given by the company for its
action, but II is believed that In case
Of Mr. Franson Is election there would
be technical and legal difficulties in its
Frequent business relations with the
city and county,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-05-22
LEGAL DOCUMENT PUTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Such Is Claim Made BY Law
Firm In Court

Denver, Colorado, is in foreign
country, despite the fact that school
children in Hawaii are taught other
wise.
The statement is set. forth in ali
soberness, hedged in with all the
niceties known to the legal profession;
in an answer to civil suit. fled in the
circuit court. The astounding discov,
cry was made yesterday when the de.
PENDANT through Andrews 4 Pittman D,
filed his answer to the complaint in the
action Of The Hendrie Bolton Manu-.
featuring 4 Supply Company against
Clinton A. Pedric, defendant, and the
Consolidated Amusement Company,
garnishee. Here 1T ID;
'fThat the debt upon which plain
tits action is founded arose in for.
eign country, to wit, the City Of Den
yer, State Of Colorado, United states
Of America, alleges the answer.
The defendant denies generally the
allegations in the complaint and also
invoxes the statute OF limitations
which, he says, has interviewed, the al
legged debt being shown in the com
plant 70 be more than six years old.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-05-22
SEALS TAKE TWO
FROM PORTLAND;
ANGELS WIN PAIR
Beavers Lose Six Of Seven To
San Francisco; Salt Lake
Is Idle


San Francisco won double header
from Portland in the Coast League yes.
terday, 5 TO 4 and 3 to I. and got 4
better grip on first place, which Il re.
covered only Saturday. rs Salt Lake
and Oakland did not play at Salt Lake
because Of rain. Portland lost six OF
seven Of the series TO the Seals. IL was
about the worst setback the Beavers
have had this season. Salt lake won
three Of five from Oakland
Los Angeles turned on Vernon and
won a double header, TO ! and 5 10
T. Vernon won double header from
the Angels Saturday. Los Angeles won
four Of six games from Vernon. Yes
terday's two victories put the Angels
back In sixth place. They had dropped
to last Saturday.
No games are scheduled for TODAY.
Portland viii open at Los Angeles
Tuesday, San aFrancisco at Oakland
and Vernon afNSalt Lake.
YESTERDAY,s RESULTS
At San Francisco San Franrisro 3.
Portland 4 San Francisco 3, Portland 1.
At Vernon Los Angeles y, Vernon
4; Los Angeles 5, Vernon a.
AT Salt Lake Oakland, no game;
rain.
GAMES TODAY
No games scheduled; teams travel
ing.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-05-22
AUTO VIOLATES LAW
AND ENDANGERS life

Grass violation OF the traffic rules
governing automobiles very nearly
caused a serious accident, il not the
death of man, last night al the cor
ner OF Mannakea and King Streets. A
King Street car had stopped at the
corner to let of and take on passen.
gers aud big negro soldier stepped
from the sidewalk TO board 1t. just
then through the narrow space between
the ear and the sidewalk darted an
automobile, No. 2lS9, driven rapidly
and with no regard whatever for the
lives Of those who might be in the way.
The soldier saved his life by a remark
ably quick leap back 70 the sidewalk
just rs the car was upon him, The
automobile continued without sIackep.
ing speed. Automobile No. 2ls9 Is
listed under the name Of Mabel q. Phil
lips There were two women IN il last
night.