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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
From Local Agent
 To High Position

M SCAR G. MURRAY, chairman of W the board of directors and ex- president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, who died a few days ago, was one of the best known and most popular railroad men in the United States. Some executive officials rise from yard service; others from the dispatchers' corps, others from the maintenance of way department and others still from the traffic depart ment. MT. Murray got his start in the passenger service.
 He acted on the modern slogan, Young man, go south" Born in Bridgeport, Conn.,, in 1847, he went to Galveston when 25 years of age and began his railroad career there as local ticket agent. He rose steadily, and at the end of fourteen years was intimately connected with the railroad development of Texas. In 1886 he was made traffic manager of the Missouri Pacific and two years later traffic manager of the Big Four" and the Chesapeake and Ohio, those two lines being operated at that time as one system, having the same general of- ficers.
 In 1892 he was elected vice presi- dent of the Big Four, at salary re- garded as princely in those days. Ac- cording to the New York Sun Mir. Murray's real chance came, however, in 1896, he being elected then first vice president of the Baltimore and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
Ays0cracy Gives
 Way to Democracy

II N Russia, where the power of the H Czar was practically unlimited for centuries, in fact from the time the empire was established 1000 years and more ago, the masses have been oppressed. With the coming of the Duma or Parliament in recent years the government took on constitu- tional form and yet even then tyranny was still in evidence.
 But the revolution of last week wrought a wondrous change. The monarchy being abolished, temporari- ly, at least, the people will have an opportunity to discover themselves. For the first time they are feeling themselves free. A monarchist form of government may some day be re- stored, but if SO it will be very diff ferent monarchy from that of the past. There will be no trace of au- tocracy in it
 The trend of all the old kingdoms and empires is toward democracy. The countries composing Scandinavia, from which the founders of the Rus
 
 sian empire came, are now little more than monarchies in name. If there is ever another Russian monarch he will be only a nominal ruler, such as the sovereign of Great Britain-one who reigns but does not rule. If it had been that way century ago Russia would today be in the very front rank of enlightened nations. That vast country, with it's teeming population and it's rich natural re- sources, is destined to be a marvel inSprogress, material and intellectual. As 1t is some of the best scientists and Acholars in the world are found in Rutsia. All that is needsd tor q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
Truckmen Get off Badly

The truckmen of Alabama and the south are getting off badly this season., said Talley Due of Trussville, Those that had ar early start lost all in the recent freeze, and the uncertain weather conditions now keep all guessing as to when t.o plant out young stuff subject to destruction by any late frosts.
 The more see of the ups and downs of the general truckman and farmer the more I think of live stock. The weather cuts no figure with drove of hogs or herd of cattle. They grow just the same. Crops can be raised to feed live stock that can be planted after frost danger IS over. Let's get few more head of good animals on every farm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
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POOLING THE GERMAN PEOPLE

VO-~~~'N . AA@1 ~14AAsNAAN 17GOE From the Pittsburg Post.
 An editorial in a Berlin newspaper of recent date illustrates the system by which the German people are kept de- ceived of the attitude of the United States. Speaking of the American people 1t says: They are war-mad despite the parrot-lilxe and flowery peace phrases of their leader. America Is a land where the masses are easily hypnotixed. Mo- where else in the world is political judg- ment so superficial. People get their in- formation from bombastic yellow sheets which without discrimination spread the poison in all directions"
 Representing as ''war-mad" a people who have supported their President in every effort to avoid hostilities with Ger many. short of surrender of their rights on the sea. is but an example of how the Rovernment-dominated press of Ger many treats people on all occasions in connection with this struggle. If the Ger man press had one iota of the honor of American press. the people of the Father land could not be imposed upon as in such instances as the one described. They would know the truth.
 And when the German people do learn the truth, it may sbe q sorry day for the leaders who have conspired to dA- caivn them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19

From the Louisville Courier-Journa1. TM REPRESENTATIVE CYRUS AD- |M ANS SULLOwAY of New Hamp- SS shire, whose death occurred after service of 22 years for the First New Hampshire district. was one or the few members of Congress who were physically the typical" products of the soil from which they sprang, and which they represented. MT. sulloway was the small town or rural New Englander of the stage. His name would have adorned the programme as well as his huge bulk and hts bearing would have fitted the picture in Way Down East" His voice, his manner, his clothes, were of New England as the stage knows it's pros vincial sections.
 there were marked differences, ob- v:ous to the mere gallery spectator, between representatives in Congress from the various sections of the United States Some men in the House were rugged frontiersmen. Others were sleek Philadelphians or New Workers of high social position, and traditions. aristocratic in their bearing and in their views of gov ernment. federalist. near-monarch-
 ists, doubting the future of coun- try pledged to republican ideals.
 Nowadays the ambition to be un- provincial and up-to-date and up to
 snuff, pervadss all parts of the coun- try. Civilization. with all of its im- l plications, psrvades every state. Not all representatives are finished men 1 of the world. or >of their world, but not all, or majority of repre- rentatives from the great cities are politan life. The thriving. socially em- inent New Yorker does not look upon l Congress as a career as often as was the case in the early period of the 1 republic There are a few stiff l necked aristocrats in both branches of Congress. but they are not donii- nant, numerically or in the matter of l ability and influencv. Often they are 1 outshone in manner and outeone ;n
 sartorial elegance and social in-
 portance by more or less newly rich provincials who have traveled and In some cases read and thought, far l teyond home horizons. The uniin-
 rressive. i'll advised. unlearned, un-
 aristocratic member may be from a
 I rural section of a mid-western state \ or from a foreign ward of . great
 city. He may be a narivc-born
 American from populous. enlight-
 l ened, plutocratic state east or west
 of the Mississippi. It is not always
 easy to place him. The Kentuckian
 is no longer a Kentuckian. evidently
 in appearance. The scrupulously
 groomed gentleman from Wyomine
 or Montana might be Bostonian in
 so far as appearances so. But "Cy'
 suiloway, the besrded. the elephant.
 line. the down-ead t-appsaring membe,
 from the First Nsw Hampahirs dis;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
ASK AND HAVE

By Samuel Lover 70! 'tis time should talk to your mother.
 sweet Nary says I. 70! don't talk to my mother" say Mary,
 beginning to cry; sFor my mother says men are deceiverss And never l know, will consent. She says. girls in hurry who marry At leisure repent. t'Then suppose I would talk to your
 father. sweet Mary?" says I. 70. don't talk to my father" says Mary,
 beginning to cry; "For my father he loves me so dearly, He'u never consent should go- If you talk to my father,' says Mary, Hell surely say 'Nor Then how shall I get you, my jewelf
 sweet Mary" says l. 'If your fathcr and mothers so cruols
 most surely I'll dier' 70! never tie. deAr." says Mary, "A way now to save you see; since my parents ara both 70 contrerysv < You'd tetter aak ma. <. X z 3. f.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
More Light Is Shed
Ol1 Ways of the Wicked

Om Ways of the Wicked
 M OPTIONAL light was shed on 1A the wicked ways of certain New Workers in a recent divorce suit, in which two Pomeranian poodles fig ured. The defendant in the suit was accused of being indiscreet in the "Morgue," a cheerful establishment conducted by Danbury, Conn.,, hotel, "a little room where people drink who do not wish to be seen in public"
 What sets this little room' apart from other "little rooms," which are to be found everywhere liquor is sold to the ultimate consumer by pussy footed walters, is-or was--the ex- treme secrecy which hedged 1t about. There were three entrances-one through a rear door of the hotel, another through the cellar and third through an innocent looking hat check room. These entrances may have been changed because of undesirable pub licity given them in court. An attempt was also made to show that fire es- cape could be used for quick exits from and surreptitious visits to the "Morgue," which had barred windows, spring-lock doors and servitors sworn to see nothing and hear nothing.
 People brought up in the virtuous atmosphere of prohibition, may well wonder at the existence of such re- sorts as this particular "Morgue," but they are an old story to the initi- ate. Ones presence in such places is taken as prima facie evidence that he knows. the world. The unsophisticated provincial cannot hope to enter them unless he is escorted there by an habi- tue, familiar with the password the entrances.
 Paris used to be famous for such resorts as the Danbury "Morgue," but eminently proper people who are in clined to be reckless when away from home have found that the wickedness of Paris is mostly sham. Maybe the Danbury "Morgue" is more like real morgue than the hectic reporters are willing to admit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
EMBARRASSING NEwsPAPnR MAN

ENTERPRIsING NEWsPAPER MAN From the Pittsburg Post A theatrical representative tells that he ran across the most enterprising news boy in the world:
 T was coming from the station whom little fellow ran up to me and called: "'Poiper, mister7'
 "'No.'
 Carry yer grip?'
 No
 Git you . taxi?
 "'No'
 Wanna gide?'
 T told him didn't need guide ana he planted himself sQuarely in front of me.
 Want mo to turn . flip-flop fer your he asked"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
End of War Near

War is still the prime factor in both business and political affairs. Signs Of increasing weakness among the central Clews of New York. "The fall of Bagdad, the retreat on the Somme, the cessation of Zeppelin raids and the less vigorous submarine campaign all point to failing energies. The Teutons may be able to keep up the struggle longer than their antagonists expect but the sooner their people recognize the inevitable. the less disastrous the consequences and the more favorable the terms of peace will be. There are evident signs of widespread distress among their people, particularly among the poorer classes who cannot af- ford to pay famine prices for food; and there is no doubt that in spite of a splen- did exhibition of patriotic resistance the people are in sore straits, with no pros poets wha atever of relief. Could they only be brought to understand the spirit of the American people; also that the allies do not seek to destroy Germany, but simply to subdue the military autocracy, it is probable that peace would come more promptly.
 "The war appears to be on its last legs; its tottering steps are evidence thereof. No sane nation on the American conti- nent will dare to stand for frightfulness warfare on the seas, as set forth in the recent orders issued It is evidently forlorn hope and represents final des- perate effort, through the threat of sink ing ships carrying human beings without any provision made to save them. It is suggestive that the end of the war is near"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19

BEGINNING THE DAY-Oh, my God, if truth is tame to me there Is some falseness in me. Make me sim cere, make me clear through and through. Grant to me that Openness of mind, that readiness of heart, that simplicity of soul, which shall give back to truth it's flame. May truth be to me as fresh as the sun every morning. Amen.--H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
Beauty versus Quality

Birmingham, I believe. is without a. rival in the south as an automobile city, said Joe Hughes yesterday.
 'The automobile show. of course. was a great success. This, however, was only to have been expected, for In no other city in the south are auto owners more appreciative of up-to-date models and designs. Beauty and speed are the chief requirements among the trade.
 'Tn fact, I believe beauty of build sometimes has more effect in selling cars here than do such qualities as en- durance and economy.
 All makes of cars find heavy de- mand here, and manufacturers are not slow to realize this fact. For this req son advertising and exhibits are now maintained on even more lavish scale than ever"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
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trict, stood forth as a picture which proved the truth of the traditions of the stage and literature. He could not have come from Boston, and he would have been recognized as quickly as 3 foreigner" in Sioux City or Spokane.
 Congress has lost one of its few really picturesque figures by the death of MT. Subway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
Approve. New Style. for Ladie.

"This little cold snap has. TOT tne time being. rather put damper' on the spring clothes proposition among the men, which was inaugurated In such an attractive manner by the Fashion Week shop displays" remarked J. c. Motley. Jr.
 T observe, however that the ladies were out Sunday in full spring array despite the chill winds which blew around the corners in such lively fash ion. Let me say, in this connection, that the new styles for ladies this season have my unqualified approval; as do also the recent sayings of Luke McLuke upon this topic. which appear daily in The Age-Herald, though Luke, I believe. is at times rather caustic in his criticisms of the customs and ways of femininity.
 "Reverting to the weather. which I be- lieve is always an inexhaustible topic of conversation, let us hope that the temperature this week will moderate sufficiently to encourage the men to make purchases of spring apparel, so that they may match the ladies in this respect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19

Allot not nature more than nature needs, king Lear.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19

found the men in charge of the shows very human and likable MT. Sheesley brides himself on having a bunch of good fellows about him. They all say he is an "easy mark" because he never gets mad or excited
 P. S.-The boys had good time and 50 did |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19

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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-25
BIG CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
BY RED CROSS LEADERS

/ NEW YORK-A new donation by
John D. Rockefeller of $25,000,000 tt
the endowment of the Rockefeller
foundation, has been announced by DR.
George E. Vincent, formerly president
of the University of Minnesota, who as
sumed the presidency of the founda-
ton at a meeting of the board of di-
rectors. The new gift increases the
resources of the foundation to $685.
| 10000. The directors decided to set
aside s10,O00,000 for war purposes to
be appropriated from time to time as
the need arises
DR.. Vincent indicated that the foun-
dation had adopted a new policy pro-
viding for the expenditure of the bulk
of it's great income in Red Cross and
other war relief work in addition to
making the special appropriation of
S10,OOO,O0O
An amount at present beyond estima-
garding the duration of the war, Dr.
Vincent said, will be spent, giving aid
to the entente allies and especially
France, whose need is a pressing one."
Plans for what it was said will be
the most extensive appeal to the gen
crosby of the American people ever
organized were announced by Cleve-
land H. Dodge, chairman of the war
finance committee of the American Red
Cross, and Seward Prosser, chairman
of the finance committee A meeting
will be held in Washington Friday to
perfect details.
Financiers, manufacturers, lawyers,
heads of railroads and
others prominent in the life of New
York already have enlisted in the cam
paign to raise Red Cross funds in
this country during the week from
June Is to 25, which will be devoted to
this purpose throughout the country. |
! The workers will be divided into |
twenty teams, the captains of which |
include Mayor Mitchell, J. P. Morgan,
Charles D. Hilles, Jacob H. Schiff,, F.
D. Underwood, Frank A. Vanderlip, |
George F. Baker, Jr., Charles H. Sabin,
Z. A. Gillespie, Albert H. Wiggin and
George j. Wheland.
Mr. Prosser in a statement, declared
hat the action of President Wilson
n appointing the Red Cross war 'coun-
i |
for popular subscriptions to
fund which the Red Cross will use
or supplying hospitals at the front
nd also for carrying on relief work
t home and in Europe on a scale great
r than the world has ever SEEN"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-25
Why Not Now :?

mediately asserts authority over ter
ritory contiguous to military camps
and depots we may expect scandal,
shame, loss and disaster
AS in the past, we will see sol
diers exploited by the breweries and
saloons. There will be education in
the vice of drinking. There will be
drunkenness. There will be disease
more fatal than German shells. There
will be occasions of disorder, posi-
bly, riot, dishonoring the service. There
will be a slackening of the popular
spirit; a loss of faith in the national
efficiency.
And there will be mounting food
prices, while grain untold is rotted in
to poison.
'WHY NOT DO IT NOW? Assert
at once the governments authority;
enact the regulations that are obvioust
ly needed and add to them as the
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-25
Notice to. Creditors

Estate of Vernon L. Henry. De-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, administrator of the estate of
Vernon L. Henry, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them with the necessary vouch-
ers, within four months after the first
publication of this notice, to the said
administrator at his office, at Moscow,
idaho, the same being the place for the
transaction of the business of said
estate, in Latah County, State of Ida
no.
CHARLES HENRY,
Administrator of the Estate of Vernon
L. Henry, Deceased.
Dated at Moscow, Idaho, April 26,
1917. A27-M25
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-25
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS II
THE GARDEN.

Are you using any commercial fer
tilizers in your garden? If you are
what are you using? In order to gel
the best and most economical results
with fertilizers they should be used
nationally. Phosphates stimulate
strong root development when the
plant is young. If the garden plot
is rather run down very light
! dressing of phophates just before the
seed is planted will hasten the growth
of the young plants. If the garden
plot is of comparatively new soil,
phosphates should not be used at all.
monia will repay the gardener for
their use upon almost any kind of soil,
especially is this true with such crops
las cabbages, celery, lettuce, such
plants as are grown TO rtheir vegeta
tive parts. These substances will also
help the root crops such as beets, par
ships and carrots.
The amount that should be added is
not large and should be hoed into the
ground near the row after the vege-
tables have been planted. In the Pa
louise country the fertilizer can be
sowed upon the surface of the ground
directly over the row of seed. The
rains will dissolve it and carry it into
the soil. When added in the manner
described above one pound of nitrate
of soda should be sufficient for a row
fifty feet along for celery, lettuce, car
rots, radish, or beets, and seventy
five feet for cabbage, tomatoes, or
sweet corn. With these plants sow it
around the hill Cor over it in the Pa
louise section). The cost is therefore
very little as compared with the value
of the vegetables that should be pro-
duced. Use one pound to fifty feet |
where the rows are grown close to- |
gether, for seventy-five feet where |
they are grown far apart. Hoe in |
the fertilizer over the rows where ir-
rigation is practised. Sow it on the |
surface of the soil over the row in the
Palouse or Camas Prairie country.
P. P. PETERSON,
Department of Soils
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-25
America and Canada

The men who went across the sea.
from Canada were taken, in most part
from the farm, the shop, the factory
and the offices of the country, and vel
in the sternest test : of this terrible
war they proved themselves the equal
of the finest soldiers in Europe. What
Canada has done the United States is
also capable of doing. They are prac-
tically the same people as we; re-
sourceful, highly intelligent and quick
tc adapt themselves to new condi-
lions. Six-months training will work
wonders with the native American,
just as it has in most cases converted
a Canadian civilian into a first-class
man. If the United States
goes about this business, as we be-
1ieve it is now resolverd to go about
it, seriously and Systematically, it
ought to have before the year is end
ed an army in point of personnel, in
dividual efficiency and morals, wor-
thy to take its place side by side with
allied forces on any battlefeld-Hali-
lax Chronicle.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-25

! need of extension becomes apparent.
I Better STILL ENACT PROHIBI-
TION FOR THE WAR. Use the dis
tilleries to make munition alcohol and
as a source of power fuel. Use the
/ breweries to pack meat, pack fruit,
make vinegar, make ice and serve
other useful ends. They can be adapt
ed to such purposes at small ex-
pense,
Take this as a fact already settled:
The American people will not be con-
tent to tolerate waste and destruction
during such a time of sacrifice as
there is ahead of u.s.
''The needed legislation should not
be in answer to the propaganda of any
organization or group. 1t should be in
answer to the dictates of common
sense and the demand of the whole
people
LET us stand behind the president
and stand behind him armed with our
FULL STRENGTHu'- baltimore Sun.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-25
Notice to Contractors.

Bids will be received by Moscow In
dependent District No. 5, for making
alterations in the heating and venti-
lating plant of the High School build
ing of said district, according to the
specification copies of which may be
obtained at the First Trust & Savings
bank in the City of Moscow.
Bids will be received by the clerk of
the district until 6 p. NJ, Tuesday, June
5, 1917.
Bids will be opened at the high
school building on Tuesday evening,
June 5, 1917, at s o'clock. The board
reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES,
Moscow Independent School District
No. 5.
H. MELGARD,
Chairman.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-25
CORNWALL

Miss Fay Meek was visiting rel
atives here and at Joel Sunday. Miss
Meek is attending high school al
Moscow.
Mrs. John Watson was visiting al
the Ed Petrick home at Juliaetta last
week.
Mrs. Percy Keneer returned home
Monday from Montana where she was
called on account Of the illness of her
mother, Mrs. Homer Kenyon.
Herald Maree and Mabel Vande-
vanter has been quite sick with meas
les but is improving.
E. w. Vandevanter and Mr.. Gustaf-
son are grading the roads this week
with an engine.
Farmers are busy with their crops
but the weather is cold and stormy.
Mr.. McGarvy has returned home
from Canada where he has been for
some time.