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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-30
GALL ELKs, EDITION
From the Birmingham Ledger.

From the Birmingham Ledger
 The Age-Herald is to be congratu- lated on the "All Elks'' edition issued Thursday morning in compliment to the Birmin gham and Ensley Elks on the occasion of their annual minstrel The edition is handsomely illustrated, contains much material regarding the flattering volume of advertising bus mess. Especially neat were the deco rations in colors of the first page.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-30
Used to Hiking

I am so used to walking and hiking and never riding that started to Wood lawn the other day and before I thought I was at Twenty-sixth street and First avenue but about this time I saw an East Lake car, and came to myself" said J. Towles Evans, captain of Com pany c, who recently came back from the Mexican border.
 My company had next to the best rec ord in hiking while we were doing bor- der duty and although 1t was tiresome at times, all of the boys are proud of this record We would have had the best record, but the company that received the prize was on border duty longer than my company"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-30
[Poise As We'll As
 Patriotism Needed

II N these exciting times poise as we'll O as patriotism is needed. Many men of strong impulse who ordinarily restrain their temper now and then give way to incorporate speech. The ultrapacifists are everywhere con- demned by genuine Americans, and the inflammable preachers and agita- tors who criticize the administration for not rushing into war, are falling short of the patriotic ideal.
 The Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hills, pastor of Plymouth church, Brooklyn l-Beecher's old church-is vigorous thinker and popular lecturer. He entertained Birmingham audience in the High school lyceum course last season, but his rash remarks on the national crisis, made before the Brooklyn Young Mems Christian asso- citation last Sunday, were so ill-consid- cred as to greatly weaken his influ- ence as moral or religious teacher. "Specialists should be chosen for cabinet work in Washington-men like Goethals and Roosevelt" he said. "We don't want mollycoddles or pacifists to rule our destiny. We want warriors. Daniels already is as bad as Bryan and so is Baker. The young men of the country have ceased to be spontaneous in coming to the aid of the flag. That is because on account of the dillydalling at Washington we have lost our capacity to get war"
 Just such sensational talk as that is what misleads the youth of the coun- try and tends to make marplots.
 In grateful contrast with the out burst of Dr. Hillis were the remarks of Dr. Stephen s. Wise, at the central branch of the Young Mems Christian association in Brooklyn. "I have never been so proud for being an American as I am at this time," said the large
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which everyone is familiar. It is known that the Germans struck the first blow. Had it not been for the un- expected resistance encountered in Belgium, the military machine of the Germans, the greatest the world has ever known, would have swept through Belgium, captured Paris, and after beating the French to their knees would have launched from Calais an attack against England. But for a miscarriage of their plans, both Paris and London might have been in their grasp in short time.
 The best argument the pro-ally writers can offer to show that Ger many was the real aggressor is that neither France, England nor Russia was ready when the first blow was struck. France rallied her forces when driven desperate by an invasion, but for more than a year after the war started, England, called the arch-plot- ter, showed such deplorable unpre- paredness and muddled along in such haphazard fashion that only her enormous resources saved her from ruin. Russia behaved in much the same way.
 If England, France and Russia were planning to thrash Germany within an inch of her life, they were woefully unprepared for what anyone can see is mans size job.
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 cause America may go into the war, but because America may be the means of ending the war. The wonder ful leadership of our President has carried as though this present. state of worldunrest with dignity and un- paralleled restraint. Let us hope he will continue to guide us along the same route."
 In political campaigns opposing candidates and their respective parti- sans often deal hard blows to "the other side," but when the country is facing war with a foreign power the spirit of patriotism should draw all Americans close together. This cer- tainly is no time for party vitupera- tion. Such comments as those of Dr. Hills will meet with little response among the American people. Presi- dent Wilson and his cabinet are work ing in complete harmony. They are working with an eye single to their country's good. All good citizens will hold up their hands. Cuban revolutionists who stole a small circus including the garments of Caesar and Cleopatra, a lion and an elephant, will have to enlarge their commissary department to take care of the 'zoo." While Nicholas Romanoff languishes a prisoner in a palace he will not be the recipient of much sympathy from po- litical exiles who have just returned home from Siberia. j: * * A German suspect arrested in New ! York said Germans are accustomed to doing as they are told. Still, there are times when it behooves a man to think
  | for himself
 l The Guntersville Advertiser prints a batch of news items from Suck Egg. That town need never hope to become Drama league center until it gets new name.
 l
 The captain of an Alabama militia com pany says one of his men has peeled more than 200 sacks of potatoes. That soldier ought to have two service medals and a furlough.
 British women will be given the right to vote. It begins to look as if Mrs Pankhurst will never throw another brick for the cause"
 Not much is heard from Austria these days. Maybe the Austrians are planning a little surprise party in the form of a revolution.
 
 The Teuts say they hate England and loathe the United States. Hate or loathe, in the long run it won't make much diff ference.
 Now that Georgia has become 'bone- dry" Col. Frank Stanton will probably quit singing about the glories of the mint julep.
 The fact that the French are using their cavalry once more indicates that all the horses in France have not been eaten.
 * *
 Since Irish potatoes have become such costly food. you no longer hear people calling them "murphies.' Now that the circus has come to town New York is willing to concede thai spring has also arrived. i
 The allies are still of the opinion that there is room for improvement in the neutrality of Greece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-30
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
SAD THONGS

SAD llDlNNTo
 The joys of life In spring are rife,
 Or so the bards inform us,
 Green grasses grow,
 Soft breezes blow.
 The sun comes out to warm Us. But ne'er the less,
 A keen distress
 Afflicts the liquor buyer:
 Despite his thirst,
 July the first.>
 We will find the state much dryer. NOT WORTH TAKING
 q don't waste time on the fellow who is always saying, Take it from me-"
 'NoY'
 He never has anything in the way of information that anybody wants?' DOMESTIC STRATEGY
 ''We missed you at the poker party last night"
 q was detained until it was too late to make any arrangements" What happened?"
 My wife knew I wanted to tele- phone to you fellows, so she filibus- tered over the wire with a neighbor for nearly two hours"
 A MARVEL
 ''Who is the subdued little man?" Hes the husband of a female brig adier" And used to taking orders, I pre- sume?"
 ''Umph! He's so well trained he an ticipates orders" AN OVERSIGHT
 Prof. Diggs' paper on Egyptology showed careful preparation"
 Quite so. But the professor didn't" ''He came away from home without his necktie."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-30
CASEY AND HIS BLONDE

Casey, she must have been a dynamic person-a conclusion which suggests red rather than milder hue. But the ob- scur1ty which envelops this point should not extend to the author of this fasci- hating lyric. Let a place be reserved for him not too far below the summit of Parnassus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-30
Now for General
 SwaGeimg of Flies

SW@GGIAg or F mes
 THIS is fly time, and everyone H who knows what menace to health the household pest is should be trieless swatter.
 Flies will be more numerous and more pestiferous than usual from now until autumn. The warm spells during the winter caused early hatch ing. The flies are swarming every where and no specimen ever produced hereabouts was more persistent in its attentions to the genus homo. This seasons fly is smaller than usual, but what it lacks in size it makes up in nervous energy. As disease carrier the fly takes prominent rank, and even now before it has been long busy fatal results of it's presence may be recorded.
 Clean premises will minimize the
 
 fly nuisance. Even in unscreened houses fewer flies are found in the milk or the gravy if the yard and dwelling are kept in perfect condi- ton than in some untidy homes that are screened. Every householder should strive, of course, to put screen in every window and every outer door. But with all pains in screening and free use of fly traps the fly will "get by" and get in its deadly work.
 The swatter, therefore, will always be in demand. Begin early with your swatting and keep it up.
 Let the Historians
 Tell Us the Facts
 7T ONS of books and pamphlets and 4 countless magazine articles have been written about the causes of the great European war since the Hateful day, more than two years and half ago, when the struggle began.
 Yet, the more one reads and pom ders the explanations offered by learned students of European politics, statesmen, military experts and plain newspaper correspondents, the more firmly he is convinced that he will have to wait until the war is over be- fore he learns all the facts-when the truths of the world-war will be pre- sented in such way that there is no room for further argument.
 Pro-Germans have sought to prove that the central powers were blame less, that Germany, seeing her ene- mics ready to spring upon her and throttle her national life, took the only means left to her to forestall the plans of England, France and Russia. On the other hand, pointing to the selfsame incidents by which the German writers seek to prove their contentious, those who defend the cause of the allies declare that Ger many suspected plots that never did exist. The Germans stick firmly to their opinion, the entente sympa- thizers to theirs, neither abating jot nor a title. However, since there is little or no documentary evidence that can be used to sustain either side, the seeker after facts rather than mere unsupported statements, is baf- fled. Naturally, the persons who real ly know what the war is all about and who started it, are not doing any talk ! ing or writing that might incriminate them. Proofs for the German side or the entente side are not forthcoming because they cannot be reached by in vestigators.
 However, there are some outstand- ing events in the world-war' with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-30
A GOOD suGGEsTIoN

From the Gadsden Times-News.
 Ned Brace in Saturdays Age-Herald suggested State Fair Bob Brown for the city commission of Birmingham. If that man like Brown at the head of it's gov ernment. No better man could be se- lected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-30

BEGINNING THE DAY-O my Lord, save me from betraying my Master. Save me from the shallow ness, the indifference, the hard ma feriaIism, which would put Him to fresh shame. Deliver me from the low ideals and the poor estimates of human worth and dignity, which would mock His spirit. Reveal to me any lack of love, which would cruelty Him anew. In His name. Amen.-H. NJ. F..
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P. S.-Next time you hear America" stand to your feet and uncover your head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-30
TRANQUILITY

To look on life with tranquil eye Is rather hard to do. When bill collectors snug and spry Are trailing after you.
 Birmingham Age-Heralda To look on life with tranquil eye Takes lots of good cid grit When through the mails the only tune
 You hear is please remit
 Monroe Tribune. If you're the trailer there's no doubt, We very greatly fear You are not tranquil when they shout "Oh, call around next year!"
 -Yonkers Statesman. To look on life with tranquil eye Is some stunt, we opine, When you step on a mana skin And telescope your spine.
 Houston Post.
 GOING WEST q hear you have been travelling in the west"
 "Yes," replied the easterner. "Just got back yesterday" Did you see the Golden Gate?" Good heavens, man! I didn't get any farther west than Chicago"
 REAL OPTIMIST A man who makes the best of life Is William Henry Pile; For cen when lectured by his wife He wears 8 tranquil smile.
 Birmingham Age-Herale. We do not take much stock in Pile, He smiles just fit to kill, But yet, you know, a man may smile And yet be a villain still.
 Newark tO) Advocate.
 SERIOUS MATTER Are the Gadsbys pleased with their new home2"
 "Yes"
 "Then what's worrying them so?" "Oh, they're distressed to death be- cause their new garage wasn't built according to plans and specifications"
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-30

He never has anything in the way of information that anybody wants?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-30

q don't waste time on the fellow who is always saying, Take it from me-"
 'No?"
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter up- der act of Congress. March 8, 1879.
Evening star., 1917-09-26
MITCHEL'S PRIMARY LEAD
REDUCED TO 231 VOTES
Expected That Continued Inspection
of Ballots Today May Show Total
Diminished Further.

NEW YORK. September 26.-As the
inspection proceeded today of the
ballots cast in the republican pri-
mary last Wednesday. Mayor John
Purroy Mitchels lead over former state
Senator William NJ. Bennett for the re-
publican nomination for mayor may be
diminished further. From lead of 335
votes. as announced in final compila-
ton of returns by the board of cleo
tions. it appears that the mayors lead
has been cut to 2S1 votes in the unoHi-
cial tally now being taken as a basis
Of evidence to support an appeal for
a recount.
after the election gave Mayor Mitchell
a plurality of 1,119 votes.
Regardless of what the outcome of
Evening star., 1917-09-26
EIGHT.B1IL1oN BILL PASSES.
Senator Martin Warns Against Ex
travasaut War Expenditures.

The Senate passed the war deficiency
bill late yesterday and sent it to con-
ference. The bill in it's present form
carries total of 1891. 100000. This
includes an amendment offered by SEN
ator Robinson providing 100000 for
the bureau OF employment. under the
Department of Labor. and the transfer
to that bureau of the bureau of infor-
nation. in the immigration service.
In the closing hour OF consideration
of the bill Senator Martin made an
earnest protest against lavish expendi-
ture of money. unlesS absolutely neces-
sary fo- prosecution of the war, and
predicted that, at the present rate OF
spending, fifty billion dollars will be
required if the war lasts another year.
Evening star., 1917-09-26

oblique protest against his treatment.
said: You mean that as irony?"
ut IL not irony" answered NJ. Proto-
popoff. Il have no right to complain,
because I am guilty Of crime"
THAT" said the correspondent, is
strange remark in the presence OF the
dence against you"
The former minister's head again was
thrust quickly to one side as he said,
without a smile:
IT supply the evidence myself. am
guilty OF the most awful crime of not
understanding the spirit of my age"
Repeating the words spirit Of my
age" in Russian, and making again the
delicate gesture with his hands, Proto-
popoff. followed by his soldier guards.
went out of the room.
Evening star., 1917-09-26
Board Given Official Standing.

Official standing Is given the Defense
Councils aircraft production board
by Senate bill passed yesterday by
the House. Although 1t is directing
the governments great aircraft pro-
gram. the board now has no official
status and can act only in the name
of departmental heads. President Will
son is expected to sign the bill i'm
mediately
Evening star., 1917-09-26

the primary Investigation may be. Mayor
Mitchell will be the mayoralty candi-
will appear at the head of the fusion
committees Independent ticket Il Mr..
Bennett is declared the republican nom
inee. and also under the emblem OF the
newly formed city party.
Evening star., 1917-09-26
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Evening star., 1917-09-26
No Physical Suffering.
Wear Own Clothing.

From an examination of the prison
regulations and the statements made by
Assistant Governor Kurindin the corre-
spondent obtained an idea of the treat
ment accorded the prisoners.
All the eight prisoners. who former
ly were compelled to wear prison cloth
ing. now wear their own" said NJ.
Kurindin. I'VE supply gratis the ration
of a soldier. but the prisoners are
allowed to purchase an officers ration.
which all of them do except Proto-
popon, who. declaring that he is the
cause of Russias misfortunes. persists
In eating private's fare. The pris-
oners friends, who may visit them
twice weekly. are allawed to bring
certain authorized foods, among which
one may find caviar. The prisoners
lowed no alcohol.
Most of the prisoners" continued
the assistant governor, among whom
are three of Russia's most cultivated
citizens. read all day under no restric-
fions. except that newspapers are not
allowed. They have little notion Of the
events of the last six months in Rus
sja and the outside world. They re-
times a week. The letters are examined
by the procuror. but after the revolu-
tion the prison administration ceased
the practice of testing for invisible
eusly since the reign of Peter the
Great.
Sent to Hospital Outside.
The prisoners exercise in the court
ward twice daily. with only their
guards for company. They never see
one another. The doctor visits each
cell daily. but in case of serious sick
ness the prisoners are sent to hos
pitfalls outside. as were. for instance,
the late Premier Sturmer and the for
mer empress friend, Mile. Virubova.
as there is no hospital within the
fortress. The prisoners behave ex-
tremely well and are never querulous
how. Immediately after the revolution,
dred Jew batter. Orloff. who raised
trouble daily The only request we
Evening star., 1917-09-26

received lately was from Gen. Rem
nenkampff, who. being afraid of lynch
ing, begged US not to transfer him to
another prison"
The correspondent next inspected the
prison guards. who are of two classes.
The first is a regular military unit,
posted on the periphery of the bastion.
me second is composed of two repre-
sentatives of every regiment in Petro-
grad. who are stationed inside. These
men jealously watch the prisoners.
Escape Is Inconceivable.
Gov. Kurindin declared that escape
from the prison was inconceivable and
that none was on record in modern
found volumes in Russian, French.
Finnish. the last for the use of the
Finnish patriots. who. under former
Premier Stolypins oppressive equal
ity law" were tried and imprisoned
in Russia.
The courtyard. in which, because of
the rain that was falling at the time,
no one was exercising. makes an in
congruous impression. because. though
overlooked by the forbidding barred
windows. it. can be reached only
through a metal cage. in which the
prisoners wait. The yard itself is
green paradise. overgrown by now
howerless jasmine. and lilac bushes
and shaded by tall lines of poplars.
aspens and naples. 1t is trimmed with
a broken pavement. from the crevices
of which rise wild plants and untrod
den grasses.
Evening star., 1917-09-26
Smiled in Sarcasm

Here NJ. Protopopoff smiled apparently
in sarcasm, and the correspondent.
thinking the words intended as an
Evening star., 1917-09-26
Bathhouse Is Provided.

Undering a towering tree in the CEN
ter of the yard shapeless bathhouse
used by the prisoners strikes another
incongruous note. Next in order came
a visit to the unoccupied obsolete part
OF the prison under the commandant's
house. This consists of real "stone
sacks" with earthen floors far below
the river level and with windows
guarded by cumbrous bar work. de.
signed to initiate row of medieval
halberds
There" said the procuror. Tan
guished. believe. Peters son Alexis
before he was tortured to death. and
the next cell held the beautiful but
unfortunate pretender. Princess Tarak-
hanoff. whom adventurers set up as
the daughter of Empress Elizabeth"
Returning to the chancellery the cor
respondent examined the roll of past
captives, among whom were the terror
ist assassin. Gershuni, and the chemist.
Nicholas Morosoff. held in the bastion
for twenty-siX years under suspicion
of completely in the assassination OF
Alexander II.
Evening star., 1917-09-26
Entries of Striking Character.

In the roll were two other entries of
striking character in different way.
The first reads:
january -. 1905. Pieshkofr Alexis
Maximovitch." This is the real name of
Maxim Gorky The second entry reads:
"Gillikissye. identity uncertain, believed
surname Razantzeff, handed over for
execution February Z, 1909
While the roll was under examinati ton
there occurred the most striking incl
dent of the visit. After putting his head
into one of the side rooms, the pro-
curor announced that the examination
within the room had been finished.
Into the chancellery with two soldiers
behind him walked, well dressed but
collarless. man of middle height.
slight figure, small features and
short. grayish beard. with eyes unnat-
urally bright and almost feverish and
an expression of extraordinary refine
ment and dignity.
That" said the procuror. as NJ. Pro-
topopoff."
The former minister Of the interior
stopped in the middle of the room.
Evening star., 1917-09-26
Able to Speak English.

I'VE can speak English" he began, at
which the procuror interviewed. please
do not" he said.
On this NJ. Protopopofr. with smile,
and moving his head quickly from side
to side and twitching his hands in nerv-
GUS, feminine-like gestures, began
speaking in Russian. Asked regarding
his health. he answered enigmatically,
'Tt is too good"
Convinced that he would not be al
lowed to touch upon politics. the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent inquired re-
garding the treatment the former min
lister was receiving. and as to whether
he had any complaints to make
Why ask me question which
answers itself?" replied NJ. Protopopofr
How could / make complaints?"
II do not mean on the score of your
Imprisonment or trial" explained the
correspondent, but on the score of the
conduct Of the prison officials
Il have no complaints of any kind"
answered NJ. Protopopoff, and he con-
tinued:
Would any of you Americans COM
plain il they knew they were desperate
criminals?"
Smiled in Sarcasm.
Evening star., 1917-09-26
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