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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25

of the currency.
 MADE MONEY RAPIDLY
 Methods of this kind enabled the bank to make money rapidly and also to make investments, which so far as judgment and far-sightedness were concerned, have never been surpassed by any other bank management in this country. After a time the investments grew so valuable as to enable the bank through the ap- preciation in the market value of the in vestment greatly to increase it's capital stock At one time a trusted empIoye of the bank was discovered to have ap- propriated for his own use, through sev- eral years of misconduct, about $7OO,OOO All that the bank did so far as this loss was concerned was to take the S700, COG out of undivided profits. These were so large and so greatly in excess of this amount that the withdrawal of $700,0O0 af- fected the undivided profits very little.
 When John Sherman, after having been authorized by an act of Congress to re- fund a very large amount of government bonds, which bore a high rate of inter- est, decided upon an issue bearing 4 per cent, he had several informal con- ferences with MT. Baker and with others of the First National bank party. Sec retary Sherman, as he afterwards con- fessed, was for time somewhat dis turbed lest there might be difficulty in absorbing this refunding issue which bore per cent interest. Whatever anxi- ety he may have had was dispelled arter his conferences with MT. Baker and with other bankers, for he was assured that there would be no difficulty about placing the whole amount of the refunding is- sue, the First National bank pledglng itself to assist in this work to the extent of its resources and ability. It did so assist, and for that reason was able to make a record, probably unsurpassed by any other American bank, certainly up to that time, of having taken care of either by purchase or sale, $7SO 900, GOO in these bonds.
 Of the little group of five men who for many years handled with consummate ability and with model banking methods the affairs of this institution, only one survive to participate in the greater un- dertakings of the present day. He is MT. Baker, who is chairman of the board of directors, and who did show some pardonable and modest pride in the rec ord made by this bank of the subscrip- tion of 900 to the liberty loan. This he has personally supplemented by sub- scription of $1,0O0,000 to the Red Cross fund, a part of which will be utilized in building hospital ship. MT. Baker is not an austere man, nor borne down by the heavy and gloomy dignity which in the past was characteristic of some bank presidents. Instead of that he is of cor dial friendly disposition, taking keen in- terest in the affairs of the present time, whereby he maintains youth and vigor, notwithstanding the fact he is well past the scriptual limit of age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
Justice Brandeis Given Great Demonstration By
 the American ZiOnists

Baltimore, June 24.-The twentieth annual convention of the Federation of American Zionists opened here to- day. Mayor Preston in welcoming the delegates declared Zionism another movement toward world wide democ- racy."
 Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York sounded the keynote when he declared, T thank God for that juncture of events which has brought the Zionist movement into perfect accord with the aims of the American people at war just as it always has been in accord with the aims of the American people at peace"
 A great ovation to Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis featured the opening session. The cheering contin- ued 10 minutes.
 Dr. Wise exhorted the convention in the name of Justice Brandeis to serve the country with all your hearts, minds and strength" More than 1000 delegates registered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
Many Munition Plans
 In Germany Explode Is Report from Zurich

Paris. June 24.-Several disasters have recently occurred in munitions plants in Germany, according to the Zurich correspondent of the Matin. A The correspondent telegraphs that he has learned from private German sources that the hand grenade arse nal at Spandau exploded June 16 and that seven ammunition shops at MAT ienhall were destroyed by fire on June IS. Some ammunition factories at Nuremberg also have been burned down. according to this authority.
 Spandau is nine miles west of Ber- lin. Large government intuition works are there. Nuremberg, rich in his- toric traditions, is more noted for it's varied industrial plants than as mu- milton making center. By "Marien- han,' Marienthal in Saxony may % meant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
Would Apply Selective
 Draft to Physicians

Washington, June 24-Applica tion of a selective draft to provide physicians and surgeons for the war armies was urged upon the defense councils gen. eral medical board today by officers of the medical section of the New York national defense committee.
 Maj. Karl Connell, heading the New Workers. submitted data to prove that out of 140,000 doctors in the United States, less than one-half are availa- : ble or desirable for military servion. He said the volunteer system failed to protect local medical needs and that the policy of allowing or urging doc tors to volunteer indiscriminately would result in confusion, waste and failure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
Katherine StinsOn Is on
 Way to Washington With
 Message of Red Cross

Buffalo, N. Y, June 24.-Carrying a message to Secretary McAdoo of the treasury, telling him that Buffalo has oversubscribed it's s1,500. 900 allotment of the Red Cross fund, Miss Katherine Stinson, 19-year- -old aviatriX, left Buffalo, in an airplane at noon today. She planned to fly by the way of New York and Baltimore to Washington Miss Stinson carried a supply of paper bombs" containing printed appeals to subscribe to the hundred million dol lar Red Cross fund, to be dropped on the cities and towns over which she passed. She started her flight at a low altitude because of threatening Weath- CT conditions.
 Albany. N. Y, June 24.--Miss Ka th- crime Stinson, who left Buffalo today, driving an airplane and carrying mes sage to the Red Cross headquarters at Washington, spent the night here.
 The only stop made between here and Buffalo was at Syracuse. At Little Falls the young woman aviator caught up with and passed an express train, reaching here nearly 30 minutes be- fore the train.
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Churchill Demands Quick And AggressiUe Campaign
 On Sea Against Germany

London, June 24-Winston Spencer Churchill, in an article In the Sunday Pictorial, demands an aggressive policy for the vast surplus fleets under the entente allies, especially since America s entry into the war.
 The allied navies," he declared, have today at least two dreadnaughts for every one at the disposal of Germany and Aus tria and in addition more than four old battleships to one for the enemy But the superiority in weight of metal, mod ernity and tonnage Is far greater even than these immense figures imply. Are we really to be content to see this vast mass of about 200 battleships wait idle on the off chance of the German fleet emerg- ing to fight until peace-perhaps an un- satisfactory peace-is declared?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
U. of A. and Auburn Men Are Wanted for
 Ambulance Unit 29

Atlanta, June 24-(Special.) )--Ten University of Alabama or Auburn students are wanted for service with the American Red Cross ambulance company No. 29, now being organized in Atlanta. They must be sound physically, of conscript age, and able to drive ambulance Dr. Walpole Brewer, captain of company. urges them to wire him early Monday for instructions. Telegrams addressed to Dr. Brewer Red Cross ambulance company No. 29, Atlanta, will reach him. Company will see early service with American army in France and will leave for Allentown, Pa, before end of this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
Mexican Authorities Are Showing Friendly Spirit
 Toward the Americans

San Antonio June 24.-The friendly spirit existing between American and Mexican border officials was illus trated this week when Mexican mili tary officers at Nuevo Laredo sought out two Germans who had escaped from the American internment camp at Laredo and crossed into Mexico and brought them to the center of the tn- ternational bridge for delivery to the American officers.
 Had it not been for the courtesy of the Mexican officers and their spirit of co-operation," said Robert l.. Barnes. chief of the bureau of investi- gation. "the Germans whom I believe to be dangerous enemies of the United States. might have made their ultimate escape and continued their plotting"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
SINNF FE|NERS SMASH RECRUITING STATION WINDOWS IN CORK
Many Other Acts of Vio- fence Are Committed By Mad Mobs of the
 Lawless

Cork, Ireland, June 24.-The Sim Fein- CTS were active here early this morn ing, when they smashed windows in number of recruiting offices and by means of a fire escape hoisted the repub- lican flag on the flagstaff and smashed the scales held by the figure of justice over the courthouse. They committed many other acts of violence.
 The Sim Feiners at a big meeting this afternoon adopted resolutions denouncing the national convention as diplomatic attempt on the part of the government to place Ireland in false position and prevent the fulfillment of Irelands claim to sovereign independence. The resolu- tions demanded that the executive con vene the council to express the opinions of the people and elect representatives to peace conference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
Frank w. Jennings of
 Eufaula Dies Suddenly

Eufaula, June 24.-(Special) Drank w. Jennings, one of Eufaula's most promi- nent business men, died of acute indi- gestion this afternoon. Complaining of sudden pain his wife went for medicine, but before she could return from an- other room he was dead.
 MT. Jennings was 45 years of age and belonged to a well known Barbour county family He was wealthy and was in- terested in many local enterprises. He is survived by his widow, two sons Conner and Frank w., and a daughter, Laurie.
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When three old battleships were sunk in the Dardanelles it was represented as great naval disaster, but what kind of a disaster would it be when, on the day peace is signed, hundreds of battleshlps are found to have been virtually unused and pass into obsolescence to be sup planted in future wars by airplanes and submarines?
 Tt is only when we are able to devise and execute some method of aggressive naval warfare against the German that we shall find his weakness and our strength; that we shall hberate our splendid navy from the enchanted circle the submarine has drawn about it and compel our enemies to absorb themselves so much in the process of their own de- fense as to leave them no leisure to en- compass our ruin."
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'PERSHING DAY" WILL MARK FINAL DRIVE OF RED CROSS CAMPAIGN
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 the war and which have saved so many thousands of lives"
 The highest per capita contributions among cities of more than 100000 popula- tions came from Cleveland, whose record for the campaign is not likely to be chal- lenged. Cleveland's collections so far make per capita donation of $6.20. New York city is second with $5.S4; Youngs- town, O., third $5.66; Pittsburg fourth, $44S.
 The average contribution per capita in the cities listed is s2.94. If the $1O0,- O00,000 goal is reached, the average per capita donation of all persons in the Uni- ted States would be about s1 but by far the greatest proportion of the fund is coming from city populations.
 Other cities, with their per capita gifts, were announced as follows:
 Richmond, Va, s2.2S; Chicago, s166; New Orleans, s1.43; Nashville, s1.2l; Mem phis. $1.11; Louisville, s1.O4; Birmingham, S5 cents.
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parently intended to be placed in the bearings of machinery in order to ruin it.
 FIVE OTHER ARRESTS
 The Christania dispatches say that there have been five other arrests, in cluding two Ffnlanders named Pehrsson and Witauen, in whose lodgings the bulk of the explosives was found and also much discriminatory material, identical with that found in the baggage of the Swedish Baron von Rosen, who was al rested in Christian1a last winter, but was subsequently, released.
 The affair has been discussed at a secret meeting of the Storthng. but the official investigation is still incomplete One report says Rautenfels will be com pelled to leave Norway.
 vON ROSEN KNOWN
 The Baron von Rosen referred to in the foregoing fled to Norway after his pro-German activities had aroused sus- picion among the Swedish authorities. In his baggage in Sweden were found cans Of explosives labelled "corn beef" while a search by the Norwegian police of his luggage, which, he took across into Nor way, revealed among other things cans of explosives marked table salt bot ties marked mouth wash containing cultures of dangerous bacilli and boxes of lump sugar, each lump concealing a. glass vial also filled with bacilli of anthrax or glanders.
 Von Rosens field of operations was along the Swedish-Finnish border. It was supposed that his purpose was to de- stroy Russian food and munition store houses and with the bacilli infect the horse transport between the northern Norwegian town of Narik and Finland, by which tremendous tide of merchandise flows into Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
STORY OF A GREAT BANK
By HOLLAND

New York, June 24.-(Special) When Frank A, vanderlip said in half confidence some days before the lib erty loan subscription was closed that he knew of one bank through which subscriptions of S75,000,000, including it's own subscription, had passed, he added that he hoped his own bank would do better than that. Yet Mr. Vanderlip was disappointed although his bank, the largest in the United States. did make, by itself and by the subscriptions which came through it.. one of the largest of the offerings for the liberty loan
 The bank to which he referred was the First National and now that the final announcement is made that this bank for itself and others entered subscriptions somewhat in excess of $110, 000,000 for the liberty loan, there is to be added another remarkable item to the list of extraordinary achievements of this institution. For in addition to the fact that it's sub scriptions were a little in excess of one-twentieth of the entire loan and about one-tenth of that part of the loan which was taken by the federal reserve district of which New York city is the center. the institution can point to a record made in 1879 of pur- chase and sale of s7S0,0o0,000 of na- tional bonds. Presumably these were for the most part the per cent re- funding issue, perfected by John Sher- man, part of which was utilized to aid In the resumption of specie payments.
 The First National bank of New York has had a unique history in- cluding the fact that it was the first of the national banks to be organized in New York city under the national banking law of 1863. The banking methods adopted by the institution have in some respect differed greatly from those which have characterized the upbuilding of some of the greater American banks. In the first place, the stock of the bank was for many years chiefly in the ownership of five men, Frederick Thompson, whose father or ganized the bank; George F. Baker. H. c. Fahnestock, James A. Garland and George Scoffield. MT. Scoffield was the cashier and his holdings of the stock were much smaller than those of the other four.
 The principle adopted by MT. Baker and his associates was probably one of the reasons why the government at Washington, especially during the ad- ministration of John Sherman as Sec retary of the Treasury, placed supreme confidence in the bank for able hand ling of governmental fiscal operations. One of the principles never deviated from was that 1t was the better part for a bank so to conduct its affairs as to make reasonable profits without any attempt to attract public atten- ton to the institution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
CANNING DEMONSTRATION
Mrs. Jones Will Be at North Highland Methodist Church This Afternoon

Mrs. Evelyn Cecile Jones will give demonstration in canning and conserving this afternoon at o'clock at the North Highland Methodist church. Tomorrow afternoon Mrs. Jones will give similar demonstration at the Inglenook Baptist church at o'clock. This will be joint affair for the Methodist and Baptist churches of that point
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
Texas Crops Benefited

Dallas, June 24-Growing crops in northern Texas, especially cereals, are believed to have been greatly bene- fitted by rain which fell today idenng a long drouth. Further south, the rain. it is said, came too late to be of material benefit to crops already seriously damaged by drouth and heat, but will furnish needed moisture for late corn and other forage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
TIE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, June 24.-Forecast for Ala bama and Mississippi: Probably fair Monday and Tuesday, continued warm.
 Georgia and South Carolina: Probably local thundershowers Monday and Tues day.
 Florida: Fair in northwest portion and local showers in peninsula Monday and Tuesday.
 Tennessee and Kentucky: Partly over cast Monday, followed by local thunder showers by Monday night and on Tues day; continued warm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
DEATHS

Williams, Gladys.-Aged years; daughter of MT. and Mrs. H. H. Will Hams; killed by an automobile Sat- urday evening at Avenue F and Twenty-second street: funeral serv- ices were conducted from the home, 1916 Copeland avenue, yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock; Shaw in charge. Singleton, Charles.-Aged 30 years; died Saturday morning at the home at Irondale: funeral services yester- day morning at the home; inter ment in Forest Hill cemetery; sur vived by widow; tAree children; father, mother and one brother. Dittrick, Mrs. Gertrude M.-Aged 56 years; died at the family residence. 3419 Eleventh avenue. yesterday morning; survived by husband, c. E. Dittrick; daughter. Mrs. G. s. Kir- cher of Texas; body held at Jonhs, pending the arrival of Mrs. Kircher from Texas.
 Jones. Mrs. Mary F.-Aged GA years died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Edmondson. at Ketona, yesterday morning; funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Acton cemetery interment at that place; Lige Loy in charge; survived by one sister, Mrs. J. L. Stagers; two sons. l.. l.. Jones and W. c. Jones; four daugh- ters.
 Jones, T. F..-Aged 54 years; died ut the residence at Cedartown, Ga last Friday afternoon; body was received by Lige Loy Saturday night; funeral services will be conducted at , o'clock this afternoon at Lige Loy's private chapel; interment at Elm wood cemetery.
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MANNER OF ADVERTISING

To carry out the principle the bank declined to initiate the example of other banks for it never advertised in such manner as to catch the public eye. For many years its exclusive method of advertising was by sending to financial institutions all over the country the reports which it made in response to the call of the comptroller of the currency. For long time there were about 10000 institutions thus reached. The number is now approxi- mately 25,000.
 Had MT. Baker and his associates decided that it was the better part to begin strenuous competition for de- posit accounts. he probably would have been able to announce that the First National bank stood resentment among American banks in the amount of deposits. But no deposits were sought excepting those which came in normal and almost unsolicited way to the bank. Therefore, the list of de. positors as a whole was list of prime names, nor was any account &C., cepted which was regarded as not measuring up to the standard of the bank. If by any chance such an ac- count did creep in the depositor was in kindly way requested to with- draw it.
 ON BUSINESS PRINCIPLES
 The management of the bank knew no favorites Every customer was sure of receiving such accommodations as his account justified. Therefore, when a. customer was in need of funds, he had only to call at the bank and secure the necessary amount. The character of the customer was in good part the basis of credit. No matter how large his account was, or how influential he was, he was charged for this service exactly the same price that the humblest depositor was charged for similar service. Action of this kind inspired perfect confidence in the management of the bank.
 It was deemed a better banking princi- pie to receive accounts that could be re- garded as of first quality, than to solicit and receive any kind of new accounts in large or small amounts which would make fine showing when the total de-
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In 1914 Americas foreign trade reached a credit balance of $4Io,- GOO. 0.000
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of individuals and nations, luminous the display of human nature in its primordial beauty. purified from the depriving rust of common feeling and thought, splendid the stately progress of victorious humanity, majestic the great sonorous footsteps of history.
 EPOCH OF HEROES
 Such epochs breed their own men, heroes and symbols of grand feats, their witnesses and creators. George Washington lived at such an epoch, he was the hero and spokesman of his time. Fate has bestowed on us the blessing to be witness and partakers of such an epoch from the horrors and ruins of heroic Belgium and Poland ruin soaked by blood of nameless mar tyrs. From the cries of sorrow and misery of innocent victims there is rising the dawn of a new life, life of peaceful prosperity, justice and hu- manity growing out of conquered and smashed remnants of militant autoc- racy.
 ITO us Russians this epoch has brought emancipation, has set op- pressed nations free, has abolished the injustice of racial prejudice nearly 200,000,000 human beings have got the blessing of freedom which more than 100 years ago George Washington has consecrated in this country.
 With feeling of solemn venera- tfon and overwhelming emotion, I be- stow on this immortal tomb this wreath as a tribute to the hero, to the knight of liberty and democracy from the messengers of Russia's freedom '"
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MADE MONEY RAPIDLY

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