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New-York tribune., 1918-05-11

tire group? If so, no one has been able to
discover him.
The trouble is the aeronautical depart-
ment has been in the hands of the kind of
mind that is made by the million, that
is found everywhere, that sells matches
or chewing gum OR cash registers or grows
powerful with other peoples bank accounts,
which in our dear land qualities any man
for any position; nor is here single man
responsible for creation or rejection Of
motors, creation or rejection or selection
OF alrplanes, whether they be training or
service, or any part connected Herewith
that | have been able to locate, who was
taken from the real creative field of produc.
tion Of the article in demand.
It's but another part of the colossal ham
dicap under which the Allies are working.
Like mobs we assemble. hesitate. back
and NIL and fight again. just as great dis
organized, unled bodies of men ALWAYS
fight; while Germany in her viciousness
and Unsuitable ambition has with it all q
definite goal and a plan. She thinks. eats
drinks and she talks war She has picked
out her victims, marked out her bound
aries; she has established a DESTINY and
she has unified her people for the per
formance Of the work necessary and the
accomplishment of that ambition
What have we done?
What are we doing?
And who's doing it?
Who in Gods name are doing it?
] wouldn't write dozen lines of the
truth that comes to my mind to answer INV
own question, but I'll say this much-that
bankers and business men, traders and mer.
chants, men interested up to their ewes in
the commercial balances, are mainly in
command.
do not question their patriotism
! do question their ability and spirit az
! certainly question their right to lead
against kultur they largely,and strangely
in themselves represent
With Germany this war is business
cold, heartless, merciless business that eats
into the property Of the other man.
With the Allies this war is the defence
of everything that is sacred to civilization
1t calls for something else besides the
spirit that actuates the Hun. The emer-
gency calls for the best in the country, and
it is not business proposition, to be
measured in the counting house!
The aircraft debacle is the collapse and
failure, the record of incompetence, con-
scious and deliberate Misrepresentation by
business men trained in business, handling
business, thinking of nothing but business
Is it saying too much that much of the
failure would never have been possible
had there been even a small leaven Of
sound professional information and real
vision related to the article in production
guiding these business men?
"AN ARTIST"-GUTZON BORGLUM.
Washington, May 8, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
After Zeebrugge and Ostend :?

IN the recent exploit at Zeebrugge all
that was romantic and adventurous in
the traditions of the British navy lived
again. 1t was rebirth of the spirit of
Nelson and Drake-of the spirit of our
own Decatur in the war with the Bar
barry States.
Such spirit, once aroused, is infec-
tlous. Its exhilaraton is felt wherever
the spell of sea power and sea fighting
persists. The British public has reacte.!
to it with ardor. A second successful
operation-this time at Ostend-will
strengthen that reaction. 1t NAV do
much to modify the cautious naval Of
fensive which the British Admiralty has
pursued so far.
The success of the raid on Zeebrugge
has been practically admitted by the
Germans. The commander of that port
was relieved. Aerial observers rcport
that the entrance to the Bruges Canal
is blocked. The first attempt on Ostend
was a failure. The exit from Bruges
the German submarine base, through the
parallel arm of the canal to Ostend was
left open. According to yesterdays an
nouncement, the cruiser Vindictive.
which took an important part in the
Zeebrugge raid, was sunk, filled with
concrete, across the narrow mouth of
Ostend port
The North Sea and Channel harbors
OF France and Belgium are nearly all
OF one type-a narrow entrance between
breakwaters. They are therefore, COM
paratively easy to seal. The British
sealed Boulcgne for time in 1916 bv
accident. A grain carrier, wrecked on
the Channel coast, was raised and towe,,
to Boulogne. 1t foundered again lust in
the mouth of the harbor and held up
shipping for couple of months
1t Bruges is closed to the Germans as
base, U-boat activities will be materially
hampered The English Channel will
be safer and the enemy's refitting trims
Will be heightened except for what sur-
reptitious use the Germans may be able
to make of the Scheldt (Which runs
through Dutch. territory out of Ant
werp.
The U-boat is now being held. Its
depredations just about balance new
construction. But the best way to over
come its menace is to hunt it down and
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Farewell to Phoebe Snow
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Now that the Director General nss
prohibited competitive solicitation OF pusi'
ness by the railways, the verses in whiea
record is made of Phoebe Shows patr'ot'e
effort to avoid waste of food in ordering
meals on trains may be regarded as tne's
writer's swan song. In this connecuon
venture to call the attention OF Pnoeoe
metropolitan admirers to the source OF .a'
jolting jingles in which she and her fayof'.e
transportation line have been so effeetHe'
celebrated. | came upon it in Shakespsse
that abundant source of so many famha'
quotations, albeit so few of the jingIy so.s i,.
Listen to Bottom, in "a Midsummer N'gn'' :
Dream:
"The raging rocks
And shivering shocks
Shall break the locks of prison gates'
And Phebus' car
Shall shine from far
And make and mar the foolish Fa'es.
This rhyme form is almost Identical viva y
that of the Phoebe versesthe rhythm !, !,
absolutely so. Note even the similarly =
Phebus' name to Phebe's 8,
AS no further rhymes may be expeess
from Phebe's professional celebrant' W..
! contribute an amateurs attempt -
farewell?
Should McAdoo
Miss Snow taboo
And veil her face from human vle"'
in Memory's light
She'd still shine bright
Along the Road of Anthracite.
New York, May 6, 1918. ). D.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
a Letter From Gutzon Borglun1
"Who IN Gods Name Are Doinq It?"

To- the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I want to write word Of protest,
not much against your correspondent
c. w. Gilbert, who is writing upon the
waking of the air-crafters," which should
be the "wake of air-grafters," as against
the spirit of the times to which he and
your paper respond. l refer to the com
mon standard that prevails in our nation
that bases its judgment of men upon ones
ability to sell his neiehbor or to keep
astride of his own or his neighbors bank
account.
Mr. Gilbert labors under the common ilu-
sion regarding the American business man
of hard common sense, as against the man
Of ideas and ideals, which become in this
hour of world mediocrity subject of OPP
probrium.
l have never resented being called an
artist.
I never have even claimed to be one
] hold the position, the merits and abi.i-
ties it demands in such esteem that have
never more than aspircd to in some way
fill it, and am mindful of the fact that
Phidlas was an artist and he rebuilt
Athens, and that Angelo was an artist and
he delivered the most creative thought of
the Renaissance and created a new stand
ard for Rome; that da Vinci was an artist,
that Velasquez artist, and that Ru-
bens an artist, and, in our own day.
that Fulton was artist and that prob
ably the best portrait in the City Hall in
New York was painted by Morse the in
ventor of the telegraph; that all creative
work requires art; that every one of the
men ] have named ranked among the most
practical, constructive, helpful men of
their times, and that among men of culture
and Of intelligence they rank above the
tradesman brain that is to-day traficking
in our war and fattening upon our nations
loans.
1t was imagination in j. j. Hill that
made him the creator Of the great railway
system that he founded. 1t was magma
tion, the ability to make real his dream,
that made Strathcona and Lincoln and
Hamilton able to see ahead of their times
some new and uncommon service to their
people, and this criterion may be applied
throughout peace life as throughout our
war life.
Gilbert talks, lives and thinks in the
viewpoint common with the mass of max
of public opinion. They standardizc
down, and what they cannot understand is
necessarily visionary. He, however SLAM
ders thinking men and men of ideas by
connecting them with those who are re-
sponsible for our aircraft debacle, nor does
he seem to know that more select group
Of Sound" successful, millionaire business
brains ever SO mshandlcd a great piece of
work that demanded at once foresight and
ability than those in charge of our aero
nautics.
Are there any Edisons among them >
Wilbur Wrghts? Langleys? Is there a
single man of creative thought in the en-
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
The Wastrel
HI HAS paid it in full, the debt of h

LIE HAS paid it in full, the debt of his
4 l. owing,
Garnered and bound arc the sheaves of his
sowing;
He has paid it in full.
Yea! to the uttermost dregs of his tasting
Unto the scroll of the years of his wasting
Laughter unbidden,
honors unsought and follies unhdden-
He has paid it in full.
For the fever of living,
The mire of his ways and the wronps ~
his giving,
Paid for in full
And the field of his paying
Is tongued in the temples where nation.
are praying,
Is treasured in tears and whispered in storv
Unto his glory
Unto the utmost paid he in full
DYSART M'MULLEN.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Ten to One

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: On May Herbert F. Atkins 81
convicted of desertion at Camp Custer
sentenced to ten years Imprisonment. q.
On the same date James Bowman. - 20.
17th Infantry, was also convicted OF u.a u..a
tion at Springfield, Mass, and was seh'sr-
to ten years Imprisonment. -
On May Wilhelm Won Linder' ~ -
German officer, who had enlisted N sns -.
Georgia Infantry, and, as a spy, nao
piled information to the German sos.
ties, on his own confession, was aiso -. 81
victed of desertion and sentenced - -.
years detention and afterward coml
Bile internment in some detention csme
Quousque tandem? =. - -
New York, May 8. 10la
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11

Mr. Gutzon Borglum. who has accused
nearly every one else of profiteering in
aircraft, now is charged with HAVING
unsuccessfully tried to be himself a
profiteer in the same field. It remains
only Tor some one to suspect him of
possessing Teutonic personality, and
then the American sense of humor viii,
intervene.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
An Address to the Kaiser
CFrom The Kansas city Star,

tFrom Tho Kansas city Star)
These six things doth the Lord hate,
yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
A proud look, lying tongue, and hand,
that shed innocent blood
An heart that dcviseth wicked imagina-
tions, feet that be swift in running to mis-.
chief,
false witness that spcaketh lies, and
he that soweth discord among BRETHREN
Prov. e:1G19.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11
Ireland and Conscription

Ireland and Conscription
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The last official statement made in
the House of Commons, April Is, shows
that the number of recruits contributed bv
Ireland is as follows:
,,,..., >. 1e. sss j 1sls u.s. lsls: 1917 Total
Best of Ireland 1881 1851 ll752 slos s5ia7
Totals .......44,ls4 46s7l leo57 l4.o2a l9s ,s,
The census of Ireland, 1911, shows that
the total population was 4,390,219 (of which
males numbered 2192 ,o4S), divided by prov
inces as follows:
!1ihster Ils2 cal
I, l,o55. .oes
With considerably less than half the non-
ulation of the other three provinces, Ulster
has contributed 45 per cent of the men who
have joined the British army from Ireland
The latest percentages of religion, which
unfortunately always plays a deplorable mart
in Irish affairs. are:
Church OF Ireland. Observation-Disclosures. 70 , psr M zen, zen,
I,ssos,eran o,a 10 Der cent
have not by me the percentage of the
religions Of the soldiers from Ireland but
understand that over 40 per cent of the
total belong to the Church of Ireland and
the Presbyterian Church A
New York, May 8, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-11

Associated Press is exclusively entitled 10 the
rr republication of all dispatches credited to It or
otherwise credited In this paper and also the local
news OF spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights Of republication OF all other matter herein
ere also reserved
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money back request No red tape. No uulhbns
We make good promptly II the advertiser does not.
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Man Matter
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.--By Mall. Postage Paid. out
side OF Greater New York:
IN THE UNITED STATES: OUTSIDE OF GREATER
NEW YORK
VI mo 3mo. mo.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Weekly Financial Review

New York, December 22.-Confusion and further settlement were the chief concomitants of the week in the securi- ties market. traders and the public alike paying little heed to such auguries as a wheat crop of extraordinary promise and the more hopeful views of lead CTS of finance and industry.
 The one concrete feature was the Notation and ready sale of round amount. of Pennsylvania railroad bonds at terms regarded as advantageous, both to the vendors and purchasers The transaction derived it's special sig nificance, however, from the fact that it marked the first important project of it's kind since the signing of the ar mistice.
 It is understood many railroad and industrial corporations are likely to en- ter the money market shortly, their prospective demands being largely de- pendent upon the course of readjust- ment and the attitude of the Washing ton authorities.
 Director General McAdoo's further suggestions anent federal extension of Icontrol continued to operate as a dis turbing influence and were mainly re- sponsible for the constant moderate of- ferings of railroad stocks and bonds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Weekly Metal Review

New York. December 22.-The war-to- peace transition in the steel industry appears to be working out according to predictions. The market Is quiet. with year-end inventories at hand and pro- ducers meantime are drafting new form of contract to be more binding alike on seller and buyer.
 The labor situation in the industry is being stabilized through the release of workers hitherto engaged on government orders As an example the Eddyston. plant of the Midvale Steel company is about to free 5000 employees. who will be absorbed in factories engaged in peace time production
 The iron situation remains strong, with plants sold up for the first half of 1915. A large foreign demand for pig iron Is anticipated as result of reports of con- templated reconstruction work overseas Tin price control has been assured until supplies allotted to American consumers, 10000 tons have been liquidated.
 Copper producers welcomed the an- nouncement that price control would be discounted January T. Restrictions on lead also were abolished. allowing an open market During the week spelter prices dropped due, 1t was said. to the dumping of December holdings on tine market. The local trade is watching with keen interest developments abroad and depression .in London has affected the situation here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Weekly Cotton Review

New Orleans. December 22.-A steady rise was recorded in cotton last week, lowest prices being made on the first From the lowest to the highest there was rise of 1855 to 236 points, while the net change for the week was gain of 16O to 217 points. The buying movement which caused this was based almost en. tirely on the strength of the situation in the spot market.
 The gist of spot accounts of the week was that the demand was increasing, while holders were as firm as ever. Lo- cally spot prices were raised by 13s points, which carried middling up to 3o.13c on the close. January closed at 2S.3oc in the contract market, while July closed at 25.54c. This discount on con tracts and the further discount on the far months as compared with the near was a feature that attracted much com ment from the bulls, who claimed that 1t was leading to buying of an invest ment character.
 The large exports for the week, 16l ,219, against 130,734 bales this week last year, the outlook for still larger shipments and the first faint signs of easier ocean freight rates were features that in- creased bullish sentiment Weather con- dtions were with values as the continued seavy rains were reported to be se- riousy interfering with the gathering of what is left of the crop in the fields. Bearish features, such as the large gn- ming returns and the small mill takings were entirely ignored and were not a factor in the trading of the week
 This week the spot situation promises to continue to dominate the market, al- though many brokers are beginning to point out that the technical position of tho contract market Is not what it was and that after such a prolonged ad- vance, any further rises are likely to be followed by reactions due to realizing sales from the lang side Only Christmas and New Years day have been declared holidays in the American markets but there is an effort under way in this market to close the day following Christ mas. Necessarily something of holiday feeling will be felt and it may affect the trading.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
THE WORLDS MARKET

other standard securities reflecting this pressure.
 Substantial reaction from recent high quotations among the steel, coppers and kindred shares doubtless prompted a growing conviction that those prod ucts are almost approaching levels att fractive to consumers. [ Fully 75 per cent of the weeks liqu idation of bonds centered in Liberty issues, the fourth 4As showing lost mparment, while the first As dropped to the years lowest price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchants. Hanover Square. N.
 Y. Members New York Cotton Ex. New York Produce Exchange. Associat. ed Members Liverpool Cotton Assoela-. and sala of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oii for future delivery. Special attention and liberal terms given for ccnsixn- ment- of spot cotton for delivery Cor. respondence invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
McREYNOLDS & JULIAN
BROKERS

Members N. 0. Cotton Exchange
 Chicago Board of Trade sgess~N Correspondents H. & B. Beer, New Or- leans, La., Clement Curtis X Co.,, Chi- cagO, J. $. Bnche X Co.,, New York.
 l.. ID. Phone SSD
 3O3-4-5-6 Empire BIdg.
 Birmingham. Ala,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
RAILROAD SCHEDULES

Corrected December $, 1918 Arrival and departure of passsno., trains. Birmingham: The folio winr schedule figures published as insorn,as tion, are not guaranteed. BIRMINGHAM TERMINAL STATION
 Southern Hallway system
 (Suuthcrn kativyuy toI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
HOTEL EDWARDS

3d ave. and 17th st, modern rooms, pri- vate baths, steam heat, running wa ter, 75c ;o S2 per day. Weekly rates Centrally located, E. T. Milligan, proprietor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
w. E. Campbell

Cotton tt Stocks. grain. provisions and cottop,i seed oil; Correspondents Shepard xa Hluck, New Orleans; E. w. Wagner 6e Co.,, New York and Chicago. Contfnucf ous quotations: private wires to ane O16 and 617 Woodward Bldx..
 Telephone Mnip 614I '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

FURNISHED room Tor rent in modern
 home in Norwood, on bus line; 10 min
 utes ride downtown, Call at 1431 S0th
 st, N. Phone 69S2-J .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Many AgeHald Want Ads
AUTOMOBILES

AUTO parts Sickelplated ike new. s M. Bernheim Electric Co.,, 2o23 1st ave. Main 5l00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

Bronchitis Is the most fatal disease in England, next comes consumption. and then heart disease, pneumonia and scarlatina.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
ROOMS FOR RENT

roadster, practically
 new; will sell for S495. 22t2 6th ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

NICELY 1uinlshea room witn good board special rate for girls in dormitory: steam hest S22-Ss4 s. 20th st.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

Bank Clerk Suicides
By BRIGGS

Chattanooga. December 21.-Charles w. Hall, aged 30, we'll known as bank clerk and insurance man, committed suicide at his home on Signal mountain this morning by shooting himself through the head with revolver. Ill health and business difficulties are giv- en as the cause for the deed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
$. R. Stewart & Co.

4Ol-1 Woodward HIdx. Grain handled in lots 1000 bushels and upward. Also fractional lots of stock. Personal Attention to All Oraers Private W tres W. |. Iuhti,rs Phone Main 567 Mxnawer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
LOST AND FOUND
$25 REWARD

S25 REWARD
 For recovery of 1918, 7- passenger Jordan car, stolen from front of res idence, 2635 Arlington ave-, Sunday between 5 and 7 p. m.; motor No. 4453, blue body, extra tire, with red cover. License No. 03246; also Birmingham Auto club tag. Call H. H. Cobb, Main 382 or 9325-W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

ENSLEY--2tVJ Ave. l.. roomers ana boarders wanted: convenient to Eaiy.ffeId
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

LOST-IN FRONT OF OR NEAR : GE-HERALD BUILDING. LONG
 BLACK KID GLOVE. FINDER PLEASE RETURN TO AGE
 HERALD OFFICE. REWARD.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

PAY cash, it pays. Every suit and overcoat at one
 fourth off. Marc Linx, 1911
 1st ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

TWO furnished rooms for rent in pri- vate family; walking distance of town; men only. Phone Main 6l34
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
HELP WANTED-MALE

WANTED at once, two first-class oil
 mill men for four-press mill, one to
 have charge of linter room and one to
 be assistant to the superintendent; the
 linterman must be first-class and know
 how to keep up machines and make
 nice quality lint; the assistant to su-
 perintendent must be good mechanic and able to keep up repairs; in first letter give experience, references, wages expected and when can come. Address Farmers Cotton Oil and Trading com nanv Tyniontown. Ala,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IA w WANTED-Logging contractors; could use l5 to 25 log teams in Lamar coun- ty, Ala; would want contractors to do their own saving; short leaf yellow pine; hilly country for winter logging; would buy 15 or 2O-mule log teams if price is right. Write Columbus Lum- Der company, Columbus Miss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

STOLEN - Ford roadster
 from Selma Saturday
 night; a white man and
 small boy were seen get
 ting away in car; car has white stripe lining inside
 and tire rack on left side, with tire; back is torn; brass radiator; liberal re- ward. Notify F. T. Raiford, phone IT, Selma, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

Wv A N T B D A concrete mixer, three-fourths to a ward. Address c. B. Ratliff, 1923 11th ave-, S., Birn1lng-
 ]: ham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
|WANTED-R boys; good pay; will not interfere with school. D. D. Monroe, circulation dept, Age-Her- aid.

YOUNG men, Is and over. are eligible for government railway mail clerks $s2 month; examinations soon; Tor free particulars, write J. l.. Leonard tformer civil service examiner), 1910
 Kenois Bldg, Washington.
 Nv ANTED. AT ONCE-Two first-class harbers: highest class trade and best fobs in town; $25 guarantee. Collins q Robbins. Motion Hotel Barber
 shop.