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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-01
REVENUE MEASURE GOES BY SENA TE
 .ON PAR TY VO TIE

Immediately after the vote. which fol- lowed the defeat of scores of amendments offered in quick succession by republicans, Senator Stone moved to adjourn until 12:40 o'clock so as to clear the legislative session for consideration of the armed neutrality bill.
 Senator Penrose countered with a mo- ton to adjourn to 10:3O tomorrow morn ing, and when that had been voted down another by Senator LaFollette was de- feated
 Then a motion to adjourn until 12:55 a. n was carried by a vote of 50 to g. There were protests in the republican ranks against the tactics of their leaders and Senators Borah and Fall told their colleagues they were tired of seeing time wasted and wanted the Senate to get down to business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-01
Cured His RUPTURE

I was badly ruptured while lifting q trunk several years ago. Doctors said my only hope of cure was an opera tion. Trusses did me no good. Finally I got hold of som ething that quickly and completely cured me. Years have ~assed and the rupture has never re- tssned, although am doing hard work es a carpenter. There was no opera tion, no lost time. no t-ouble I have soshing to sell, but will give full infor- nation about how you may find a com vIete euro without operation, if you Esite to me. Eugene M Pullen, Car Lenter, 50S-C Marcellus Avenue, Man asquan, N J. Better cut out this notice and show it to any others who are ruptured-you may save a life or
 at least stop the misery of rupture and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-01
FIRST CONVICTION
 IN CRIMINAL COURT
Jury Convids Ed Thomas of Murder In the Second Degree and He Is
 Given l5~Year Sentence

The first conviction this week in the criminal court was had yesterday i'm .ne oiVlslon Eresided over by Judge Nnafies w. Fer1uson when Ed Thomas ""s convicted # murder in the sec- ond degree and given a sentence of k years III the peiitentiary. The defend ant was indictta for the murder of NneFles Mer1wetfer following a quar- iei oVer craps game. Both were ne- sroes. Assistant 'olicitor Ben F. Ray lepresented the shte and Judge Oscar iuiioiey s.y ana Atto'ney Luke Hunt the
 'onn Moore, ch;rged with murder. as acquitted by ajury in the division tne criminal court presided over by
 onarles Graham, ,harged with high way robbery, is on trial before .Tndge Ferguson. Judge E.. M. Allen is rene I 1S1n'lng the defeneant. Solicitor Ben F. Ray is prosecuting for inc state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-01

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 with request for immediate release of the Americans was cabled tonight
 INSTRUCTIONS TO ELKUS
 Announcement was made at the state department that instructions had been sent to Ambassador Elkus at Constanti- nople to report definitely and immediately whether Turkey would guarantee, not only for herself, but for her allies, the safety of the American cruiser Des Mones and the naval collier Caesar in taking relief supplies into Syria and bringing out the 1000 or so marooned Americans there. Ambassador Elkus, having sent rather ambiguous promise from the Turkish authorities, was told to say that unless definite and specific guarantees were received from Turkey binding all the central powers, the two vessels would not be allowed to proceed.
 BIG CHANGE IN OPINION
 The veering of opinion at the capitol in favor of the armed neutrality bill was apparent throughout the day. The first concrete indication came at a meeting of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-01

stick, Cary, Coleman, Costello crago, curry, Darrow, Davis of Minnesota, Dempsey. Drukker. Dyer, Edmonds, Fair child, Focht. Freeman. Gardner of Mass acnusetts, Garland, Gillet, Glynn, Gould, Gray of New Jersey. Greene of Vermont
 Haskell, Heaton, Hull of Iowa, Husted Kennedy of Rhode Island, Lehlbach, Longworth. McArthur, Madden, Magee, Mann, Meeker. Miller of Minnesota, Moore of Pennsylvan.a. Morin, Mudd, Nichols of Michigan. Oakley Parker of -NeW Jersey, Edmund, Platt, Porter, Rob- erts of Nevada, Rodenberg, Rogers. Row land Sanford. Scott of Michigan, Scott of Pennsylvania, Siegel. Snyder Staff ford. Stiness, Swift, Tilson, Tinkham, Treadway, Ware. Ward, Watson of Penn sylvania, Winslow
 137. ''''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-01
WILSON WILL BE GIVEN POWER TO
 PROTECT LIVES

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-01

"A successful raid was carried out last night in the neighborhood of Clery. Our troops reached the enemys second line land captured p prisoners. We also en- tered the enemys positions northeast of Arras and southwest and west of Lens and bombed several occupied dagouts.
 An enemy raid northeast of Armen- tieres was repulsed with loss
 Much valuable reconnaissance work was carried out by our airplanes yes terday, number of air fights~took place and three of our machines were brought down"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-01

Ane text of the statement reads:
 ms morning we attacked and cap 'ueo portion of an enemy trench "oilheast of Sally Saillisel and took S5 prisoners, Including two officers and also machine gun
 Our advance north and sou+b If tba 1Aiicre continued during the night We occupied G,mmecourt today Iva bova r"peureo the Villages of Thilloy and ! iulseuX-au-Mont, together with the trench systems adjoining them. and have pushed ourIine forward 1oo0 vards +o +ba northeast tf Gommecourt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-01
MUCH EXTRA WORK. IN MARCH

It's between seasons now, when few persons perspire as much as health demands. The result is double work for the kidneys, for the kidneys must throw out waste matter from the sys- tenn that is eliminated through the pores when persons perspire. Over worked, weak or disordered kidneys need help now. B. H. Stone, Reading. Pa, writes: "Whenever I need kid ney remedy I rely on Foley Kidney Pills. They have been worth their weight in gold to me."-Sold every where.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-01

Washington. February 27.-The admin istration revenue bill. designed to raise s350, 100000 through special taxes and bond issues. was passed by the Senate late tonight by a strict party vote, 47 to B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-01
BRITISH FORCES SECUREANOTHER
 GAIN w FRANCE

London February Brish important village 1oourt today Thoy and Puis @ we'll advancing their line than ourr This quarters France which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-01

the Michigan republican delegation tc Congress, which agreed to support tho bill desired by the President, not to op- pose the defense measures to try to force an extra session and to stand squarelS behind the President in the emergency Senate leaders today determined not tC attempt to reach vote on the bill unti the House bill has been passed. but they expect that the House will act tomor. row night. In the meantime the Senate bill may be formally acted upon and re- ported in from the foreign relations com mittee and discussion may proceed.
 SIX MEMBERS OPPOSE
 minority report submitted by six members of the foreign affairs committee and filed with the House tonight declared the pro- posed arming of ships carrying ammunition to beIIigcrents would he "unneutral" and "an act of war" The signers are Represen- tatives Cooper of Wisconsin and Porter of Pennsylvania, republicans and ShackIeford of Missouri, Smith of New York, HuddIestOn of Alabama and Thompson of okla hOma, democrats.
 The full text of the report fol- lows:
 
 mnde in committee to amend sec- ton one of this bill so as 10 ex- cept from it's provisions ships en- gagged in carrying cargOes cOnslst- ing in whole or in part of arms md ammunition it would he man. ifestly unneutFal for our govern ment to arm and protect ships en- gagged in the muniti0n trade with be1ligerents. It is true that there is no international law imposing n duty on neutrals to restrain their citizens from selling arms and am- munition to beIligerents, but the befIiGerent against which such ammunition gre intended to be used hns right to capture the same i'm transit on the high sens.
 "If the government of the Uni- ted States should arm and protect a ship carrying arms and ammu- hilton consiEned to bilIegerent, thus itself becoming party to the traffic. it would commit an unneutraI act--an act of war;"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-01
Deeds Filed hr Recnrd

lne following deeds were filed for rec ora Tn the probate cotrt yesterday;
 SSooo-E Y. Burchfiela to William T falkner, part of lot IS, flock c and other
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
THE FLORENTINE

DANTE Ey G. ". CTndsont. l.. ". d., Pro
,c- AZ ponance Laus,axes Harvard Uni
,,-,i,y. emo. pp. ril 3s7. Dufhed Co.
Homer. Shakespeare, Dante-these
three and there is no fourth. Such IS
the estimate of many, and with II we
shall not quarrel. other great poets
there have been, in various lands and
tongues. among whom there are unend-
ING rivalries for precedence. But these
three stand apart, supreme. in class
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03

we are not sure that any other of the
translators quoted more ciosely APP
proximates either the letter or the spirit
of the original than he. Note this,
from the second canto Of I'll Paradise,
on embarkation for the Great Advent
ure:
O We who. following in little boats,
Eager to hear, have come so long
way .
Behind my ship, which singeth as it
floats, -,
Go back and seek your shores while
set We may!
TEMPT not the ocean! HAPPY were We
lost.
If, losing trace of me, your craft
should stray.
The sea | enter never yet was crost.
Minerva sends the wind, Apollo
steers,
Nine Muses. chart the stars of polar
frost.
Ye others, few, who turned in early
years
To eat the holy bread that angels keep,
Which feedeth men, but always scant
appears,
Well may We venture on the salty
deep,
If but your skiff run close upon my
wake
Before the sea resumes its level sleep.
DR.. Grandgent fttingly pays much at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
Dante, His Country and His Time-Ihe Swiss
System of Military Preparedness
Daniel Defoe-Vachel Lindsay

of their own. Such is DR.. Grandgents
estimate; TO which he adds this: that
in at least one important respect Dante
was the greatest of the three. And
with that estimate, too, we shall not
quarrel. especially after reading the
scholarly and lucid volume in which
the author seeks to prove his point.
The respect in which Dante is held
to have surpassed his two gigantic
comrades in the bardc trinity, and
therefore all other poets of the world,
is as an exponent of-we might add,
and as factor in-the spirit, the
affairs, the very life of his age and
land. Homer gives us an unrivalled
pageant of gods and men, the thunder
roll of Olympus and the long resound-
ing swell of the sea. Shakespeare
gives US the human soul, analysed In
all its myriad phases of JOY and woe,
of virtue and vice. Dante gives us the
social life of his time, in church and
state. in camp and court, IN science
and in art; and of all the complex and
mighty drama of the most interesting
country in one of the most interesting
ages of the world he could say: "All
of these things | saw, and a great part
of them ! was"
of his time we know nothing; whether
he was hero or hermit. OF Shake
speare we know that he was detached
looker-on and not a participant in pub
lie affairs; besides which, he wrote
chiefly of affairs in which he could not
have participated; they were in other
lands and ages, though he made them
all of his own land and age-Achilles
and Antony as much English heroes
as Henry V. But Dante Alighieri was
a man of practical affairs; a politician,
an administrator soldier, diplomat,
as well as a scholar and scientist; and
he was all these things at time when
Church and State, religion and science,
literature and society were all in
extricably commingled as never before
or since in the history of the world,
in that obscure alembic which men call
the Dark Ages. The age which pro-
duced the cathedrals and the saints
was indeed "a grand and awful time"
1t is to this phase OF Dante, or rather
to the age of Dante and his place in 1t
as factor and as its immortal ex-
ponent, that DR.. Grandgent chiefly adj
dresses himself. And this is well, be
cause that is, after all. Dante's chief
significance TO the world. We have had
many books about him, and number
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
LITTLE THEATRES

Little Theatres in the United States
is the subject OF new book upon
which Constance Darcy Mackay is
busily engaged. 1t will give detailed
account of the rise OF the Little Thea
tire in the United States. with sketch
OF its European ancestry. There are
between thirty-fve and forty Little
Theatres in this country to-day. A de-
scription of each Of them will be in
Guided. together with an account of its
history, policy, achievements and rep
ertory, and its scenic, lighting and dec
crative effects and resources. Chap
tiers on the repertory system and the
cost of maintaining Little Theatre
will be added. The Messrs. Holt will
publish the book as soon as it is ready.
II will be the eighth on their list from
Miss Mackay's pen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
A WANDERING MINSTREL
Vachel Lindsay's Book of the
Joys of the Road

HANDY GUIDE FOR BEGGARS Especially
Those u the Poetic Fraternity. BY Nachrl
Lindsay. lenlo. ~. ii. 2Oi. The Macmillan
Company.
A worthy companion volume, this, TO
its authors Adventures While Preach
ing the Gospel of Beauty book Of
poetic vision, of human comradeship, OF
love of the open, Of vision high if
sometimes vague, of high spirits. too,
and the health end endurance of youth.
and of humor. In the literature of the
broad highway it sounds a note old yet
new, q note of brotherhood that has a
medieval echo.
There was a period when sociologists
went tramping with tramps; 1t is far
better for the soul to wander with this
minstrel practising what he breaches.
thoughtless of the morrow, content
with the good of the day that is pass
ing. He loves nature. but he loves hu-
man nature more: strung along his
itinerary there is gallery of all sorts
and conditions of men: of the sub
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
AND A7TTHORS-REVIEWS AND COMMENT

merged and cheerful. the lost and I'M
repentant, the shiftless and hospltaole.
the lovers of beauty who know II not
in their lives, Of the thrifty. Of Phari-
sees and drunkards and moonshiners.
Among the lumbermen of Georgia, the
mountaineers of the Blue Ridge,
through the South. New Jersey and
Pennsylvania Mr.. Nachell has wan
dered and broken bread, with occasional
returns TO civilization:
The Cavalier found me. took me
20 his castle, introduced civilization.
CIVILIZATION il whittier than the
clouds and full of clear water. One
enters it with plunge. CULTURE
is a fuzzy fabric with which one
rubs in CIVILIZATION. After | had
been intimate with these, | was ad-
mitted to SOCIETY,": a suit OF the
Cavaliers clothes. | regard
ed myself with awe. as gorilla
would if he found himself fading
into Gibson picture.
A chair is sturdy creature.
wonder who captured the first one!
Who put out its eyes and taught 1t
to stand still! A tsblecloth is ritu-
alistic. How nobly the napkin de-
tends the vest, while those glisten-
ings birds. the knife, the fork, the
spoon. bring one food. To
one who has not slept in all his life
how ingenious is white iron
bed. how subtle are pillows, how
overwhelming is sleep,
This is one of the wanderers moods.
He has many. One stops before his
poignant picture Of the life tragedy of
the mountaineer's wife, a tragedy still
of everyday occurrence and must quote
that mastery bit Of description in a
North Carolina home: IAN inner door
opened. 1t was plain the woman who
stood there was his wife. She had the
austere mouth a wife's passion gives.
She had the sweet, wide throat OF her
youth. that made even the candle flame
rejoice. She looked straight at me,
with. ink-black eyes"
How truly American this remote
country of the wanderer is, away from
the centres where the immigrant is
dreaded! But only reading and a
rereading can do the book justice. And,
in conclusion, one cannot help wonder
ing what the years will do TO the spirit
of this eager. carefree minstrel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03

of them have appeared in the last Jew
months that suggest something IKE
Dantesque renaissance, or the deveiop-
ment Of a Dante cult-from when,
angels and ministers of grace, cefend
US! The world does not know nearly
enough about Dante, and 1t Will never
know too much about him; but ~
should never make him fad. Most
of these recent books have been OF
real merit. But not one of them, so
far as we have observed, has been de-
voted so fully and so effectively as TINS
is to exploitation of this supreme
characteristic of the mighty Florentine;
So we have chapters on society ana
politics, on church and state on
medieval song, with numerous speci-
mems from many singers, on didacuc
literature, on theology, on man and MS
world, on man and his works, on
medieval learning, on the medl3vai
temper. as well as on the "Divina Com,
media" Most of these are illustrated
with copious quotations, chiefly from
Dante. They are from the versions oil
various translators-Rossetti, Cary,
Plumtre, Longfellow-but chiefly the
work of DR.. Grandgent himself, OF
which we are, indeed, glad. For thus
is revealed not only new but a de-
cidedly interesting translator. Indeed,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
NOTES

Harpers report that THE Principles
of Constitutional Government" by
President Goodnow of Johns Hopkins
University. has been included by me
Society for Promoting Advanced Knowl-
edge in Japan in its selected list Of
$50 books by acknowledged authorities
which il desires to bring to the st,rn-
ton of Japan's public, and the work is
therefore being translated into jap
anese.
Pictures of War Work
A companion volume to Mr.. Pennslrs
Pictures of the Wonder of Work" will
presently be published by the J. B. Lip
pincott Company under the title Of
Joseph PENCILS Pictures Of War
Work in England"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
ments with men. and all to be only

ments with men, and all to be only
stewards of our houses, COOKS snc
slaves"
We cannot wonder that. when De- 'e
ran the whole gamut Of excoriation: II
political trickert, social corrupt 4,
and ecclesiastical bigotry, in such r; y
and convincing style. an outraged :,
lament ordered his books to be burn
and thereby gained its own only
scornful title 70 contemptuous RENE
brance. The multitudes who gathei d
about him as he stood in the pile y
To protect him from insult and to dri
his health had some prescience OF e
future ages which should revere ! 5
memory. So it is worthy and pl =
cious service 10 reintroduce him to re
world in this simple and popular ms1-
mer. to give US just the information
which everybody ought to have about
that great master of English speech;
and we may add that if, as the names
promise. all writer's of volumes in this
series shall deal as efficiently with their
subjects as Mr.. Trent has done with
Defoe. our current and popular inter.
pretations of great men Of letters VIII
be immeasurably enriched.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
DANIEL DEFOE
How to Know Him and What to
Know About Him

DANIEL. DEFOE: How 70 Know Him. By VIII
lam p Trent Author OF "A History OF American
Iiterairre" etc. with DJ-traiL limo. ID v
400 The Bobbs Merrill Company.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-26
Lyford Farm Institute
Opens Next Saturday.

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 26.-The famous
Farmers Institute will hold it, next reg
ular meeting Saturday, December |, in tho
auditorium Of the new school house. Thi,
j. to be Il special meeting and like all thC
meetings of the institute Will be an all-day
meeting. Everyone who comos-and all
are Welcomes expected to bring Il bas-
ket of good things To eat with all neces-
Sary disheS). tables viii be spread and all
vii Leaf together at noon.
In the forenoon there will be awarding
Of premiums for cooking, canning and
fancy work. In the afternoon there will be
addresses on farm topics hy County Agent
Mcdonald OF Cameron county and County
Agent Miller Of Ilidalgo county and Nv 4
man from the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College ut College Station.
Special efforts nave been made To make
this a very profitable meeting and il j.
hoped there will be a large attendance from
al 1.-The Raymondvillc, Lyford and Sebas-
tian sections.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-26
Anti-Pass Case Is
Now Before Courts
Try Associated Press

LYFORD. Texas. Nov. 26.-The Lyiord
a~nti-pass ease Of the state OF Texas
against the leading railroads Of Texas i
now pending in the state supreme cour. on
an application for z writ 81 error me
state has won out in the appellate court
and in the event Il writ OF error i refused
in the supreme court, these judgments VIII
be in effect affirmed. Such action would
mean the throwing out a. unconstitutional
that portion of the anti-pass law when
now contains many exemptions, such a.
permitting delegates TO the State Farmers
Institute, firemen to attend conventions,
members Of the Confederate Home and
many other lasses of persons.
The attorney general claims these ex-
emptions are contrary to the constitution
and class legislation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-26
Westng AndD Drying Are
Causes Cracked Walks

AMSTERDAM. Nov. 26.-The first
il concrete pavementS will Likely Ike 4 less
battling problem To builders a. the result
of a seven year study Of their causes re-
Gently concluded by specialists III The Of
flee Of public roads Of the United States
department Of agriculture. Observing par
ticularly the expansion and contraction
due to alternate wetting and drying Of con
crete, records were made of the values OF
these moi>tures and temperature move
ments under ariou conditions. \ wafer
proof covering, such a. coal tar. il was
learned, prevents a rapid change in mois-
ture content and greatly rotards The ex-
IpanSion and contraction.
Other important results, which should
be OF value TO concrete workers, especially
highway engineers, are contained IN n re-
cent report Of the investigation. Bulletin
f533 of the Department OF Agriculture.