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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07

one, of engaging the attention of a cer- tain number of Teutonic troops Of posi- tive advance she has been in a position to make comparatively little; her func- tion has been to assist in the general process of attrition, and I dc not think that any competent observer would take other than an extremely serious view of any happenings in Russia that might liberate the enemy's forces on the east ern front and enable them to be divert ed against Italy.
 But there is still more menacing possibility that threatens the allied cause. It is the possibility that subma- rine warfare may not merely embarrass Great Britain but weaken her And Great Britain is the axle on which, until the latent power of the United States can be brought into action, all else depends. The war would be over in very few weeks if British sea communications could be effectively cut and the British people forced by starvation to surrender. There lies Germanys speediest road not only to peace but to full and final vic- tory, and iti is clear she is treading it with skill, assurance, and a disconcert- ing measure of success
 A sure counterstroke to the subma- rine has not yet been evolved; it's raw ages not only continue, but show a tend ency to increase. Already there is a serious shortage of foodstuffs in Great Britain and not even the tremendous ef- forts that the British government is now making to enforce economy, to increase production, to build more ships, and to devise fresh means of destroying the u- boats, can avert the pinch of prvation, and even of distress, before the next har- vest is gathered. A deadly race is on be- tween the German capacity to turn out submarines and to man them with compe- tent crews and the British capacity to keep clear the sea lanes on which the very life of the British people depends.
 It is a contest on the issue of which, more than on any single feature of this world-convuson, hangs the whole fate of civilization; and the issue is still uncer- tain. The odds greatly favor it's determ- ination in the sense that is so vital to all the purposes of the allies. But the mere possibility that the event might be other wise, that Great Britain might be placed virtually in state of siege, is enough, I should think, to convince any Ameri- can of imagination that the war may yet extend to their uttermost the strength and tenacity and inventveness of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07

came loaded down with letters,
 some from women 70 years old;
 others from schoolgirls of IA and
 15. Their letters, for the most part
 were of the most suggestive char
 acter, and favorite pastime of
 prisoners was to gather and read
 their letters to each other, specu-
 lating on the appearance and
 character of the writers. The re-
 volt had its inception in an order
 that such a state of affairs should
 cease.
 To show the length to which
 some women went, there was
 woman, 65 years old who came
 from Miami, Fla. to visit pris-
 oner 22 years old. At every station
 she telegraphed him and when she
 arrived she brought a vast amount
 of giftS-fruit and cIothlng-WhlcH
 we were compelled to conflscate.
 Others wrote from Philadelphia,
 from California, and one from
 Alaska, Scores came from Chicago
 and other places to hobnob with
 the prisoners Obviously such
 condition could not continue.
 Prison reform, conducted along sensible lines, has made great prog ress in the United States and has re- ceived the unqualified support of all humanitarians. It has gone out of fashion to treat man as if he were B wild beast, merely because he has had the misfortune to get into prison. It is the boast of many enlightened prison authorities that they send men away from their institutions better mentally and physically than tkey were when they began to serve their terms. Some remarkable re- suits have been obtained in making good citizens out of habitual crim- nals.
 At Joliet the mawkish sentimental ty of women who should have known better went to an astonishing extreme. It is hard to believe that any woman n her right mind would behave as tome of the female friends of Joliet Ire said to have done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07

By Hugh N. Starnes. We called her decadent, effete, commer- calized- Weak and hysterical-a wreck, we said ; Gone were the high ambitions once she przed-
 Her very honor dead. Of all her glorious heritage bereft, Her storied greatness but an empty name, Twin legacies the bitter years had left
 Inepttude and shame. God, How we wronged her! When the rabid Beast Burst from his lair to front startled world And swift himself upon his tempting feast
 In savage fury hurled, Calmly intrepid. all she gave and dared; Her frail form cast-and rocked nor pain nor pangs-
 Her white breast to the fangs!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
ARTIFICIAL CREAM

From the Popular Science Monthly
 With natural cream at s5 cents a pint, it is now cheaper to make your own cream. Two Chicagoan chemists have discovered a process whereby the supply of skinned milk may be converted into cream. Some sugar is first dissolved In the milk, Lecithin, a substance obtained from the yolks of eggs, is linked with melted beef or butter fat. The two mix lures are then poured into pot and heated and thoroughly whipped together When uniform. creamy mixture has been obtained, it is pasteurized, cooled and set aside until wanted. The result is a highly nourishing cream.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
OF COURSE NOT

From Answers.
 As train was getting up steam to in the middle Of course, the communi- cation cord broke, and one end of it struck an old woman, who was standing on the platform in the face.
 Goodness mel she gasped in astonish- ment. What was that?'
 The train has broken in two, madam said a man who stood near her
 And I should think sop said the old woman, indignantly, as she eyed the broken cord. Did you really think that a piece of string like that could hold train together?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
FRANCE
Morituri te Salutantn

Bravely she bore. as deep through nerve and bone The drooling jaws their acrid venom sent, Without one whimper-mutely and alone
 Her hideous punishment! Despite the depths her agony may take. The ghastly torture that each day re- CUTS, Steadfast, unflinehing, naugat can ever break That high. proud heart of hers Still with her lofty purpose tensely set She clings. unconquered. in the conflict wild: Her frame. though mangled. unpolluted yet
 Her great soul undefled, Comes now your call, America, to move And OCT that prostrate figure make your stand. Up, and with all your pregnant power prove
 As loyal and as grand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
A 100 Per Cent Subscription

MT Arthur Wellborn of Birmingham en route to New York called on the cen tral liberty loan bond committee, at the federal reserve bank, and related an in- terestihg experience he had a few days ago in soliciting subscriptions to the lib- erty loan bonds,'' writes Gov Joseph A. McCord of the Atlanta bank.
 He stated he found in one department of the Alabama Power company, at their office in Birmingham, that the engineer ing department of that company. con- slsting of 30 members, through the en- u usiastic activities of MT. Thurlow and MT. Sirnit, had gotten every member of their department to subscribe to liberty bonds, making a 100 per cent member sub scription."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
BACK FROM THE FROZEN NORTH

Y IoiH the Inquirer.
 It is good news that the MacMillan expedition, which set out four years ago to exploreo "Crocker Land," which Peary 'discovered' on his way to the North Pole, has returned safely to ciyilizat ton just as relief ship was ready to start. This was not an exploring expedition in the ordinary sense of the term, but was sent out by the American Museum of Natural History for the purpose of gain ing scientific data as to the new coun- try.
 It appears that there is no Crocker Land, but that it's location by Peary was due either to an enormous amount Of hummock ice or to a mirage. In consequence that part of the journey was failure, but judging from brief re- ports already received and from the na- ture of the organization of scientists it is expected that much information has been collected which will be of value.
 Most persons look upon such trips as a futile waste of energy, often accom- panied by loss of valuable lives This Is narrow view of the subject. The hu- man mind is always reaching out for every possible result and often for the unattainable. Unless there were this in- domtable spirit in man he would have accomplished little. The greater the ob- stacle thrown in his path the more does the valiant man seek for success. While most of the results of polar ex- petitions have been of value only to the imagination or to pure science, much substantive good has been accomplished, especially in the study of meteorology. We are doing our best to try and under stand all of the forces of nature, and as the two magnetic poles are in the polar regions they have been found and impor- tant investigations have resulted. But 1t would be idle to say that mere material results have been the. dominant inspira- tion of such efforts. Man will not ad- init himself conquered so long as there is chance of success.
 In all history there have been no more conspicuous examples of energy. devotion and conquest of unfavorab ble conditions zones of the north and the south. Many l heroes have died. but the MacMillan ex- petition comes home with membership in- tact and probably with results worthy the efforts and sacrifices entailed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
War Brings Prosperity

The war has caused the iron ore concerns at Russellville to spend more money and all have employed addi- uonal men to turn out the increased orders,' said William l.. Chenault, at torney of Russellville who was in Birmingham on business "The mines are operating Il hours a day now, and the reports show that thousands of dollars will be spent soon building new washers and other improvements"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
Eliminate Street Fax

am unalterably opposed to street tax of any kind or amount exclaimed Columbus Teacher at the city hall yes terday.
 It may be true that the city needs the money l do not doubt that But the $5 a year collected from the avera ge man subject to the street tax ordinance means a great deal to him individually and individually it means nothing to a great big city like Birmingham
 Ths present board of commissioners should devise some means to eliminate it. If 1t does not, it is a pretty safe wager that the board coming in this fall will not include a street tax in next years budget"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
Community Singing

We are expecting a large number of new members at the Thursday evening rehearsal of the Community Chorus" said Robert Lawrence, director of the community singing. There was so much enthusiasm at the Sunday singing and so many persons have spoken to me about their desire to become members of this chorus that I am expecting the maximum number to be reached before very long. We are inviting all singing organizations in Jefferson county to unite as body. Individual singers not connected with such organizations are also welcome The rehearsal will be held in the Capitol park grandstand Thursday evening at 8 o'clock"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
Prnise for Parade

That was great parade you had" said R. W. Ennis of Livingston, who is stopping at the Tutwiler.
 have seen parades all over the country, from New Orleans to New York, but yours was one of the most unique and pleasing that I have ever witnessed. The Chamber of Commerce certainly deserves great praise for such correlation of forces as must have been necessary for the success of the enterprise. I always enjoy my visits to Birmingham very much and look forward to them with keenest an tieipation.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
Window Displays Help

The saks' window did the work" said Capt. Mortimer H. Jordan of Company K, Fourth Alabama regiment.
 It was a great object lesson and showed concretely the outfit of the sol dier. l think all of the merchants who be commended, both for their enterprise and patriotism Nearly score have en- listed at the station in the Saks lobby"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
MEETING THE H. Q. l..

From the Philadelphia Star.
 Sandy and Pat were discussing the war economics Of their respective landladies. "Indade," said Pat, the other day Oi peas to put in the broth"
 Och" replied Sandy, where I am the landlady melts the margarine an paints it on yer bread wi a brush."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
Trying New Method
 to Crush U-Boats

IO @EN4SIl O=OO6lNS
 THE strict secrecy in which the
 x British admiralty surrounds all operations of the British navy against submarines has led to great deal of speculation as to what is actually be- ing accomplished.
 Figures and all other details are sions, but the Britons, at any rate, seem to be taking a more hopeful view of the U-boat menace, although Sidney Brooks, English publicist, says in an article reproduced on this page today that the problem has by no means been solved, and interviewed for the New York Times of last Sunday, Marconi stated that the submarine is still the most powerful weapon in the hands of the central powers, a weapon which the entente govern ments have not been able to cope with successfully.
 In the Wall Street Journal of recent ss date is published an account of method for destroying U-boats which vhe British navy has found most ef- fe$tive. They are no longer netted, we ard told, because an apparatus for cutting nets was supplied to sub- marines.
 Airplanes and submarine chasers Z are now cooperating in locating U- boats. An airplane can detect sub marine in clear waters at a depth of more than one hundred feet, while the chasers study surface bubbles and other indications to discover the turk ing enemy. Once locted, destroyers and chasers are summoned and sur- round the spot where the submarine is hiding. Bombs are lowered into the water over wide area and are ex- ag@ploded simultaneously by an electrical device. The pressure of water on the V hin hull ol a U-boat crushes it like an
 ggshell.
 The submarine is destroyed in much
 he same way tlat fish were formerly
 ynamited before laws were passed baking the practice illegal. This plan Would appear to combine simplicity with certain results, although the Britons must first catch a submarine &before it can be destroyed
 It is declared that in one month re- gently allied destroyers accounted for more than forty German submarines and the campa ign is so successful that the German admiralty is finding it V increasingly difficult to get crews for 11 U-boats. However, there is no official # authority for these statements, so any discussion of the submarine situation Must continue to be largely guess a work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
HOTEL LOBBTEs
Interest in ~Rux-a-Homey

The buy-a-home movement is still moving, said Hill Ferguson of the Jem- ison Real Estate and Insurance company, the father of the plan
 we had six or eight calls yesterday rom prospective buyers and other real tors report that the interest Is growing Sales are being made daily and the real estate men feel that the market is gaining strength"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07

A SARCASTIC REPLY. the traveller
 Do you see groups of people standing about and talking as if something ex- traordinary were about to happen?" asked the ticket. baggage and freight agent of Hickory Hill Junction. No"
 Then the eastbound local is late, as usual. If 1t ever got in on time there'd be big celebration"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07

BEGINNING THE DAY-It does not take great men to do great things; 1t only takes consecrated men. The earnest, resOlute man, whom God works through, Is the medium by which His greatest work is often dOne.-BrOOks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
WonaeHa Are Blarned
 For Joliet Riot

m HE spirit which prompts silly
 l women to make a hero out of a murderer seems to have led to the re- cent riot among convicts at Joliet pen .itentiary. When a mistaken idea of prison reform shows tendencies of that Bort there can be little sympathy for the movement among normally con- stituted persons.
 In explanation of conditions at sJoliet leading to revolt which was participated in by thousand or more wonvicts and caused the destruction by Hire of buildings valued at $200,000, Acting Warden A. L. Bowen said: 1 Through the efforts of league
 organized to obtain women corre-
 spondets for the men the mails be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
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P. S.: Nothing that concerns human- rights of mankind, can be foreign or in- different to us." So said Lincoln, and so say l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
swELTERING Ar LAsr

sWELTERING AT LAST. No reason now to doubt it. Or vex yourself about 1t,
 For summer time has come and come to
 stay. The city man and farmer Observed twas s-tting warmer Along about the latter part of May. While spring was quite surprising And kept US still surmising If wintry weatherd never go away, The precipitation started And bold Jack Frost departed Along about the latter part of May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
Bright Outlook
 For General Trade

THE Economy hysteria has about
 N disappeared and the outlook for general trade is brightening every day. The food situation called for conservation and economy of the most rigid sort. Increased production in the south was urged as of vital i'm portance.
 The south has not been feeding it. self, but it will come near doing so this year. No food will be shipped into the south, even if the western harvests are bountiful, for all the sur plus will be needed for the allies. Our section, therefore, must raise what is necessary for home use or go hungry.
 If the farmers in some parts of the south were slow in trying crop diver sification, they have now come to realization of the fact that it is the only business-like practice. Five years of good, honest diversification would make a marked difference in the wealth of the south. Agricultural Alabama would be marvelously pros porous, and people would look back and wonder how they were ever so short-sighted as to stake all on cotton.
 With favorable weather conditions Alabama will raise a larger corn crop than usual this year. But what we need is bumper crop this year and every year The agricultural depart ment of the state should be satisfied with nothing less than 100,000,000 bushels of corn. And when that 100, 100000 mark is reached why not try for a 100000, ,O00-bushel produc- tion? It can be accomplished.
 There is every reason why Alabama should take it's place with the largest of the wheat producing states of the south. We are only in the 100000 bushel class now. Why not try to rival North Carolina, which raised about II ,000,00 bushels of wheat in 1916? As a result of Mrs. G. H. Mathis practical and stimulating addresses to the farmers, and the demonstration work that Auburn is doing, Alabama should go ahead agriculturally by large leaps.
 Commercially and industrially the country is exceptionally prosperous. Prevention of food waste is still some thing to be stressed. But people who are financially ahead should not stint themselves simply because we are at war. There has never been any reason why they should. Let the welI-to-do classes keep times normal by spending their money normally.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
A Stirrimg Week
 For Birmingham

1N HIS city is used to welcoming
 4 notable visitors. The Chamber of Commerce has no buster commit tees than those charged with enter taining persons worth while who come to make surveys of the Birmingham district or get taste of hospitality
 But it is not often that we have such a big week as this. To begin with, Maj.-Gen. Leonard Wood, com mander of the southeastern depart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
A SORDTD MOTTvr

A SORDID MOTIVE. Running for office seems to be. the favorite amusement of you American peo- pie" remarked the foreign visitor. Well, it has some advantages" "Yes2"
 There is nothing makes man take interest in his government like the pros pect of getting on its pay roll"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
THE WRONG TACK.

THE WRONG TACK I'm pacifst, sir" And I naturally infer that you are op- posed to fighting"
 Correct"
 Then you'd better keep your mouth shut. The sort of talk you indulge in will start fight these days quicker than anything else I know off
 IN TOUGH WITH THE SPIRITS. Can you place much dependence on Jagsby?"
 "Of certain kind"
 And what kind is that?'
 He can always be depended on to show up just when you are about to open quart"
 SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE. Does politeness pay?"
 Tt does" replied the impecunious cti- zen. "A polite man can itand off his creditors with considerable less effort than the fellow who has a chronic grouch.' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07
SNUG DIsAPPRoyAL.

I'm getting tired of being told that I ought to do my bit" said the important man.
 Aren't you patriotic?"
 "of course. But when I perform pub lie service I feel that it should be re- ferred to in a more dignifed manner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, ostoffice as second class matter un- CT act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07

The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-07

Baron Astor has been created a vis- count. The. war plus William Waldorf Astor's millions turned the trick which converted a former American citizen into an English nobleman. And with all due respect to our esteemed British allies the new viscount is more popular abroad than he is at home.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-20
SENSE OF DIRECTION.
A Help In Finding Your Bearings at
 Night Without a Compass,

An English survivor of the South Af- rican war who was often sent on long distance night rccOnuai%5ances has worked out q system whereby any one can be right at home il tic dark with out compass or other instrument to aid the sense of direction. He worked out the exact movement and direction of the largest and most easily distin- guished lights in the heavens so that the least scientific eye can recognize these signs by sight, and the whole dome of the heavens becomes a vast compass.
 If there were fire balloons or beacons placed in the heavens north, east, south and west it would be easy for any one to go in these directions by simply fol- lowing the signs. Similarly, if one wished to go, say, hands breadth to the right or left of the beacOns one could easily do so. The largest stars in the heavens can be depended upon in the same way.
 IT you put tue front DuItOnS OL SOuL coat on the north star or other direc- ton stars" writes this authority, your right and left breasts give you an angle of 45 degrees from the stars and your shoulders a right angle. Also, it is only matter of little prac- tice to be able to measure 1j degrees of horizon with your hand, so you can get any number of degrees to the right or left of your direction stars, and aft CT Il little practice it becomes second nature to rclogonize the points of the compass at sight, and you acquire the same sense of direction as bushmen, Arabs and people who live far away from civilization" - Popular Science Monthly.