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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-03-01
Killed by Senate

H. ]. R. No. 4, by Kiger-Provid-
ing the submission to the election of
an amendment to the constitution re-
lating to the salaries of county at
torneys and deputies.
S. B. No. 1853, by state affairs COM
mittee-An act amending the educa-
tional code.
H. B. No. 100, by Struthers and
Monson, of Oneida = An act relating
to the appointment of election judges
and clerks of election.
H. B. No. 127, by Struthers - An
act amending section six of chapter
106, laws of 1913, relating to munich
pal elections.
S. B. No. IA, by lillian act re-
lating to the issuing of highway bonds
by counties.
S. B. No. 101, by Kinsolving - An
act permitting liens on all saw logs
and lumber for supplies furnished to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
ECONOMY,

From the New York Independent.
 The word economy" which is now SO unpleasantly familiar to us all, meant to the ancient Greeks, from whom We de- rive the terms, nothing but household management. This is what Is means, or ought to mean, today. Two false ideas have crept into the common use of the word, and if they can be eradicated half the battle for sound economy is won. To some economy suggests cutting down expenses by doing without comforts. To others economy is newspaper term for an unknown something that MT. Hoover
 or President Wilson or Wall street ought to do to reduce the cost of living. Noth
 ing of the sort. It means that you 9a l-
 ance your home budget as carefully AS if it were the budget of your Arn that you ppermit no food to hecone spelled or be wasted; that VOL vary your diet
 so that you get enougn of every kind E food; that you buy wta reference !, times and seasons and re. i've costs and that you keep an eye open so 91od ad- vice, whether from the de. -rtment of agriculture, a farmers weekly, your state agricultural college, or the hired girl in the kitchen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
.cRAzY ABOUT AMERICA.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The French are crazy about America and want the world to know it." Thus Mr. Grasty, in his dispatch from Paris to the Public Ledger yesterday, puts in a sentence the naturesof the French re- sponse to the visible sign of our entrance into the war. General Pershirg and his men have been received with an enthus a sm commensurate with the need. 'as4~ is no measure to the sacrifice rSnce has made, to the losses she 'aa snau9s It was at her darkest hour that country threw aside the neutrality s,ag observed only too on@ aps entered shs war. A people sc susss ptih!s 10 ths hEer emotions, Nea rlssassi ssssi 1ht net diseouya sed by a heroe taslS. wss bound to be immense ly stltsss# Indeed such sr -.tude is call ess MI to make us asEa ned rather than sae ant We have aone nothing yet in rorKip ariscn with what the French have Gene Unless lie war lasts much longer
 than now seems likely, we shall never BSve te pay such a toll as France ham paid. It should now be our high resolve
 , be worthy in every way of the acclaim our soldiers on French soil are receiv- ing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14

From the Christian Science Monitor.
 @ FORGE S,EWELL BOUTWELL, ( 7 of Massachusetts, at one time SS governor of his state, manager of the impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson, Secretary Of the Treasury under President Grant, and a member of the United States Senate, speaking at Cooper Union, New York, at about the time of the close of the civil war, said that the success of the Union side was due to three causes namely the army, the navy, and the Nasby Let ters The Nasby Letters were written by Davis Ross Locke, who, like Charles F. Browne, "Artemus Ward" began his newspaper and literary career in Ono as journeyman printer.
 David Ross Locke was native Of New York, and, at the age of Il, entered an apprenticeship to the printers trade In the office of the Courier, at Courtland, in that state, serving seven years before obtaining journeyman card Jour" printers card, in 5hose days, was equivalent to a tourists ticket. The holder of it could travel up and down and across the country in perfect assurance of finding work wherever he elected to halt for an interval. Ihere were jour printers who moved from town to town, and from city to city, Tor years before settling down Young Locke followed the usual course, spend- ing week or two here, or month or bo had PoUarpd most Of the eastern states Then he entered upon a series of newspaper starting ad- ventures, and went broke" in most or them. Among the journals which he set going were the Plymouth (OD Adver- tiser, the Bucyrus Journal, and the Mansfield Herald, in the same state He was struggling along with the F1no- lay (O) Jeffersonan when the civil war broke out, and the first of the Nasby Letters appeared in the columns of that publication. They immediately caught the public fancy, and held 1t through the war, and for some years after peace had been restored. The Nasby Letters were copied widely They gave the Findlay Journal a great vogue. In 1865 MT LocKe was lnVlteu to lano eho @A torship of the Toledo Blade. His writ ings gave that publication fresh inn petus. and it soon passed under his con trol. It Is now owned and edited by his son, Robinson Locke
 George Sewall Boutwell, was not the only one among the leading men of tss period to express appreciation of Petro- leum V. Nasbys service. The grave and learned Charles Sumner was at one time constrained to say that the letters from "Confredrit x Roads (which is in the Stait uv Kentucky" were among the in fluences and agencies most helpful to the north at critical period of the war Perhaps the most striking illustration of the value placed upon these produc-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
VdE RETROSPECT

Y Si' illiam Watson. Nhar Sas the lark to the zenith up}
 bringing for? What was the babbling as summel
 drew near? What were the bellringers holdenlv r;n nel
 ing for?
 What was the heart of all maidenhooc
 singing for?
 Love, love, love, at the gush of the year What was the arm of the warrior smiths
 for? what could it be that he held it sc
 dear?
 What were the far-parted nations unit '
 ing for? What were the thrones and the satrapies
 fighting for?
 Life. life, life through the surge of the
 year.
 What are the brides and the mother'a
 eyes~weling for, Now when the daylight Is niggard and.
 drear? What is the hush in the desolate dwell-
 ing for? What is the tolling and what is the!
 knelling for?
 Death. death, death, mid the lees of thes year. Love that was baked of the heaven it /, was signing for: Life that was felled ere a leaf had What have they left that is worthy oura dying for? Vengeance, which earth and the deep seas are crying for Round the last flare of the pyre of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
CoSf of Living

q recently made several long trips over the state on my bicycle" said Jerome Cohen, "and I never saw so many excellent crops. In all parts of the county, as well as the adjoining ones, the crops are of the best va riety and if the present campaign to raise food crops does not reduce the cost of living I do not believe such thing can be accomplished.
 "The roads of the country are in fair condition. but can stand mitch inn provement. At this time of the year repairs can hardly be made. but some thing should be done in the near fu- ture to put Jefferson's highways on basis with those in other counties.
 The farmers are highly patriotic and all seem willing and ready to do anything in their power to reduce the cost of living, I ran across several farmers who said they would readily give their entire crop to the govern mont if it would do anything toward aiding conditions. They are a fine lot of patriots and deserve praise for their spirit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
A Victory Even I'm Defeat

OW that the department has announced the selection
 of the last of the mobilization camp cities for the south eastern department is appropriate to something of the great fight Birmin gham made for of them.
 Birmingham had committee of exceptionally capable to handle the ciys interests It consisted of Gen L. " Clark chairman; |. C. Beatty, H. K Miner and C. H. Ohme.
 Birmingham has had few examples of such unsefsh pains taking continuous and sustained effort these have put forth i'll order have body of the nations soldiers trained this city
 Although they have failed their main ambition their work has accomplished much They succeeded in uniting the people of this city before They engendered spirit of work which will be inspiration in future public endeavor
 They had capital and labor rich and poor high and low working shoulder to shoulder in the interest of Birmingham
 Though they disappointed in not getting camp for Br mingham they have be proud of the fight they made because the results of their work will be for years in the cooperation which will be shown.
 Birmingham will make other fights There will be other things for which this city enter the lists And is aging to know that in future the people of Birmingham will present united front in cooperative effort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
LUKE M,LuKE SAYS

We may be wrong. But the betting is that the man who spends all his time being proud of his ancestors is going have descendants who are not going to have to spend much time being proud of him.
 It isn't going to do the man who 'wor- ships his pocketbook six days a week any good to carry the Good Book on Sunday.
 We have always been curious ot know why it isn't art unless the figures in the painting display their chests and some more of their anatomy.
 The difference between men shoppers and women shoppers is that man shop per will pay 50 cents for a $1 article that he needs, while a woman shopper will pay 59 cents for 29-cent article that she doesn't need.
 We wouldn't mind having more money than brains, because we wouldn't have brains enough to know it.
 We are proud of the American people during this campaign of giving that Old Glory may triumph. The old-fashioned man whose heart was touched through his pocketbook now has son whose pocketbook is touched through his heart Married men preach all the economy and married women practice all the economy.
 Why not put a war tax on talk and tax man a penny for each 100 words he uses? This would make for peace and quiet and would soon raise fund of al least $500, 900, ,000.O00. | Every young man thinks he under. stands women. And every old mar l knows better.
 | When they are first married she knows ho oi,,r to olo 1x because he earns 25 cents an hour at his work But a little later on she discovers fthat he spends 50 cents an hour to pla, pool.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
Fenr of Snakes

From childhood up most every one is taught to have an apparently instinctive fear of snakes" said Dr. George W. Ma con. professor of biology at Howard col 1ege. This Is a very regrettable mis- take and should be corrected. There is no cause to have a horror of snakes in Alabama because there are only six kinds in this state that are poisonous. Three of these are rattlesnakes, of different sizes and habits; two are noccasin, the cottonmouth moccasin, which is usually found in or near water, and the copper head moccasion, which lives in upland places. The sixth is the corral snake, which is very shy and lives as much to itself as possible it's habitat being usual ly among rocks. These snakes will, when possible, run from a person in preference to an attack. They should be killed if possible. All other snakes in Alabama that are not poisonous do a great amount of good. They consume large quantities of injurious insects and are indeed the farmers friend. They should be allowed to live and should have the good will of all concerned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
CAREY HUDSON AYERS

In the death of Carey J. Ayers, which occurred this morning, the Anniston Star lost an honored employe, the other employees of the paper lost a cherished friend and the editor lost beloved brother.
 Carey Ayers was widely known to newspaper men throughout the state as special writer and sporting editor, and all who had the honor of knowing him we'll loved him for his open hearted generosity, for that quality of Towing kindness referred to in the Bible and for his unfailing good humor
 He was sick long time and suf- fered much, but he suffered patiently. There is a reward for patience in long suffering" and he has been called to that reward.
 His task is finished. He has written the newspaperman's 30" to the last chapter of his life and the Great Editor of the universe has placed His mark of approval upon it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
PETROLEUM V. MASSEY

tions is to be found in the refusal of Governor Brough of Ohio to appoint Locke captain of regiment which he, had raised, on the ground that he could do more for the union cause with his pen than in the field.
 The Nasby Letters, notwithstanding have no special charm for the reader of these times. Like the Artemus Ward letters from Baldinsville, dissociated from the events that inspired them, they are without much appeal But they struck notes between the early sos and the early '70s that found responsiNe chords in the public breast Nasby's spet cial targets were the northern sympa-y thzer with the south, or the 'copper-I head" and the "conscription dodger," orl stacker of the time. He assumed theI character of a "copperhead and al "dodger" himself, which enabled him, in the guise of a sympathzng friendl and fervent advocate, to heap satire andI ridicule on their heads. Under the dateI of August 6, 1862, for example, he wrote;
 T see in the papers last mite that theI Government has institooted a draft, anal that in few weeks sum hundreds of thousands uv peaceable citizens will bel dragged to the tented field. I know notl what others may do, but ez for me, Il can't go. Upon a rigid eggsaminashuni uv my fizzicle man, I find it wood bel wus nor madnis to undertake a cam-| pane"
 Those who undertook to escape theI draft in the Cos, in numerous cases, ing, fictitiously, from "Brest, Kanada, August 20, 1s62," Nasby begins his lett ter in this characteristic fashion
 After more advenchers than wood fill book, I am here in Kanada, safe underI the protectin' tail uv the British Lion where no draftin' officer can molest me, nor make me afraid. Halleloogy!'
 At about the time that Locke beganI to write the Nasby Letters, coal oil orl petroleum, discoveries were being madeI in Pennsylvania. The excitement cre-| ated by the finding of the new illumi-I nant in such plentiful quantities led him| to adopt the first name of his pseudo-| nym Just what the middle initial stood for nobody ever knew; the "Nasby,"I doubtless, was a chance selection. Incl Nasby Letters were only incidental toI the general activities of David RossS Locke's career. Besides conducting and) editing an influential and profitable| newspaper, he often appeared on the po- litical and lecture platforms. Presidentsv Lincoln and Grant were among his warm admirers. He might have had political] preferment had he not been so del votedly attached to his calling. HeI found time to write novels, successful plays, books of travel, and some poetr and church hymns. He also found ' to be a useful private citizen of sae a community that greatly respe alsI memory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14

declares that Chancellor Von Beth mann-Hollweg has failed in every way. He felt the pressure and ten- dered his resignation, but Wilhelm in sisted on his retaining his post. The chancellor's views on war and peace agreed with those of the Kaiser. In England or in France whenever a premier resigns he gets right out.
 It may be that public clamor against Von Bethmann- Hollweg will be too strong for him and his master to withstand much longer. If a change in the imperial chancellorship should be made soon, the question will be, what effect will it have on con- tinuance of the war?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
GOING TO FIND OUT
New York Correspondence Cincinnati Times Star

New York Correspondence Cincinnati
 Times-Star.
 The shocking and grisly story of the utilization by the Germans of the bodiea of their dead in the manufacture of fats Is to be definitely tested for it's truth through the chemical analysis of certain samples of soap brought to New York by turned from long period of service on the western front. pr. Fourchet personal ly took the pieces of soap from German prisoners who called it "kadaver" soap, and said that it had been made from hu- man fats. pr. Faurchet has given sam pies to chemists here and has sent other to Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
India Office is
 Held ResponsibIe

ID UT for the tension hinging on W present war conditions the resignation of Austin Chamberlain, Great Britain's secretary of state for India, would have created sensation of the first magnitude.
 The commission of the House of Commons made a searching investi- gation of the shameful failure of the Mesopotamia campaign. The expedi- tion was undertaken with insufficient forces and inadequate preparation. The commission was scathing in it's criticism of the officials of the India office, including the secretary him.
 self.
 The fact is that Mr. Chamberlain,
 as the direct representative of the
 government, seems to have been chiefly to blame, for there were able and experienced military men to se- lect from as his advisers, and yet he surrounded himself with incompe- tents.
 Great Britain has been in many wars and has met with many re- verses, but no military exploit oi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
Decrease of Licenses

'The number of marriage licenses that are issued has certainly decreased since the announcement of the passage of the conscription bill,'' said Robert Hewitt of the probate court. We used to have over a dozen every day and were kept busy writing them out, but now all we average is about four suppose the girls are somewhat par ttcular about taking a husband with all that may entail when there is such an excellent prospect of losing him at once"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
Herbert Kelcey's Death
 a Loss to the Stage

THE American theatre has lost an N able and conscientious actor in the death of Herbert Kelcey, which occurred at his summer home on Long Island. He had been i'll a long time and was forced to retire from
 the stage, January 2.
 MT. Kelcey and his wife, Effie Shannon, nearly always played to-
 gethef. It is said that they refused
 many profitable engagements which
 would have parted them. Both won the esteem of the American public by their admirable personal traits, which
 made their married life notable
 among stage people, and their his- trionic talents. Mr. Kelcey and his wife have visited Birmingham many times. Their appearances on the local stage were invariably source of pleasure to all those who appreciate good acting and worthwhile plays. They will be remembered for their splendid work in "The Moth and the
 Flame" "The Thief" and other
 dramas.
 Mr. Kelcey, who was born in Lon don, October 10, 1856, was intended for an army officer, but went on the stage at the age of 21, at Brighton,
 Eng. Three years later he made his debut in London. He came to America in 1882 to join the first Wallack
 theatre company When Daniel Froh-
 man organized the Lyceum Stock com pany in 1886, MT. Kelcey was engaged as leading man, position he held for about ten years. During this time
 he became recognized as one of the
 foremost actors on the American stage.
 Herbert Kelcey devoted himself to his profession with characteristic zeal
 and earnestness. No matter what part he played, he gave it his best efforts and infused into it his own virility and strength. As man and an actor,
 he fully deserved the honors which came to him during an extended and
 useful career.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
THE sLAy SOIL

Isaac F. Marcosson, in Everybodys for
 July.
 In the popular American mind every Russian is a revolutionist at heart. Thanks to the playwright and the fction- ist, he is seen a a bearded nihilist, foiled in bomb-plot and hurried off to Siberia. There was more truth than imagination in this picture, for the story of nbdern Russia has been a continuous narrative of punitive protest studded with tHgedy and disappointment. The Slav sou was one unfulflled aspiration that str,kgled toward the light.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14

BEGINNING THE DAY-Deep in Thy forests, 0 Lord, | hnd peace. There Is a strange medicine Tor me on the sea- The mountains carry healing ministry of majestic heights, of far visions, of soiaetns quiet. But all these are 0niy th"t I may come back to men, where my r,ac~ ia and my taek.-H. Nj. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
ResigmaGioms in
Gernnam Cabimse

GSerEmam CabimsG
 TN Great Britain, France and other N European countries governed by representative assemblies, when a prime minister or other cabinet of- ficer resigns the resignation is ac- cepted- in England by the King, in France by the President. By an es- taplished custom there is no way of preventing cabinet member or an entire ministry from stepping down and out.
 But in an autocratic government like Germany the Kaiser can thwart the will of statesmen and the public by refusing to accept resignations. A large section of the German press
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
War Gam Be Won By
 Arraericasa Aviators

M RyILLE WRIGHT says ten " thousand airplanes would end the war in ten weeks. As one of the famous Wright brothers who per faceted the heavier-than-air flying ma chine and made it tremendous fac tor in modern warfare, MT. Wright's views have profound interest. No otn- CT man in America is better qualified to speak on this subject. He agrees with Admiral Peary, Admiral Fiske and others who have been conspicuous in the movement to make America su- preme in the air.
 The allies have by prodigious eff fort and the expenditure of huge sum of money gained a preponderance of power over the Germans, but 1t IS not sufficient to drive German ma chimes from the air. What is needed, and what is provided for by the pro- posed appropriation of $630,OOo,OOo for equipping a great aviation corps in the United States, is an overwhelm- ing number of airplanes and pilots. These would be able in short time to render German artillery useless by destroying or driving to earth Ger man observation and fighting planes as soon as they appeared. That would end the war in short order and of fers the greatest opportunity Amer ica has to make her weight felt in the war without long and costly de- lays.
 It does not appear probable that the submarine will be eliminated at any time soon, if at all. However, there is nothing to prevent America from winning the war in the air, which ap- hears now to be the field in which Germany's fate will be decided. We already have facilities for turning out an unlimited number of ma chimes, or could be prepared in a short while to do so. Perhaps great CT task would be training a suffi- cient number of pilots to operate the thousands of planes that will be needed, but no one who is familiar with the spirit of American manhood can doubt that there will be plenty of available material at hand.
 America, which gave the flying machine to the world, realizes now the folly of letting other countries surpass her in aeronautics. Long be- fore we could put great army in the field, our aviators would be able to settle matters with Germany, as- suring everlasting glory to America and a permanent peace. The need of the hour is plain. We cannot fail to respond America must make the world safe for democracy by sending abroad mighty fleet of aircraft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
Many Acres Planted

T reckon few of my friends look on me as farmer" said John Turner, but have 4oo-acre farm over in Calhoun county near Anniston, and better still have son, a graduate of the agricul- tural department of Auburn, to look after it. He has 50 acres in cotton, 150 acres in corn, 10 acres in sweet pota- toes, five in peanuts and velvet beans galore planted with the corn.''