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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
MEXICAN CATTLE
 KING AN EXILE Once Owned Herds With Over 10000 Head of
 Cattle

Fl Paso. Tex. August fo.-Each even- white hair and a snowy beard may be
 seen walking around and around the plaza taking his daily exercise with
 his two bodyguards.
 He Is Gen. Luis Terraxas, the octo- genarian exile from Mexico. who lost virtually all his great fortune in the revolution of Madero and Villa and now is forced by political conditions in
 the country to live on the border. When the Madero revolution started in 1911 Don Louis' was known as the cattle
 king sof Mexico. His herds numbered
 more than 100000 head and grazed on
 8 thousand hills and plains of north ern Mexico His estates stretched from
 the Rio Grande to Chihuahua City and he could ride for 34 hours by train over his own acres, which then numbered more than a million.
 From his offices in the state capital. cattle empire, conducted a bank and
 many other industries connected with
 his cattle business. He and his large
 family lived in luxury in the marb le palace on the Aamada or at Quinta Carolina, his summer home on the plains. Train after train of cattle ar rived at the border from the Terrazas ranches. His annual export averaged 35, ,000 head and the 'T-Running- s" brand was as well known at the Chi- | cago, Kansas City and Forth Worth stockyards as 1t was in Mexico. The Terrazas holdings were estimated to
 be worth $5,o0o.ooo (goldo but were not for sale at any price.
 Now General Terrazas and his fami- ly live in rented house on Golden Hill, he rides to his office in an old automobile, and buys his groceries from a cash -and-carry store.
 The revolutionists under Madero, Orozco and other leaders killed the Tor razas cattle for food, burned his ranch buildings and footed his stores and warehouses. Then Francisco Villa, act ing as commander in the north for Gen. eral Carranza, issued decree confis- eating all of the Terranxas holdings, including the herds, lands and personal property. General Terrazas was forced to flee from Mexico before Villas ad-
 vance on Chihuahua City from Juarez
 He made the long trek to the border
 at Ojinaga with the fleeing federal
 column in December. 1912. He has never
 returned to Mexico.
 On July 22, last. General Terraxas celebrated his 8sth birthday anniver-
 sary surrounded by his 10 sons. 75
 grandchildren and many more rela- tives. He maintains an office down. town where he attends to his private
 business affairs daily and he keeps in close touch with cattle and market conditions.
 It Is his dream to be permitted to return to his native land with suf- ficient guarantees to allow him to be- gin to re-establish the Terraza for- tune
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
Cleverness of Polar Bears

From the Peoples Home Journal
 According to the stories told by Arc
 tic explorers and whalers. polar bears
 like many other animals of the far north that have q hard time finding food -show an unusual reasoning fac ulty. A whaler tells of planning to catch polar bear by means of slip moose arranged about | bait. The moose caught one of the bears paws, but the animal worked itself loose and carried away the bait The sailor set the moose again. but this time the bear pushed the rope away before venturing near ,, the bait. The third time. the sailor covered the moose with snow, but the
 bear scraped about till he found the rope and again dragged it to one side.
 in the bottom of a hole so the bear wound have to crawl partly into 1t.
 Then he put the moose entirely around
 the hole and covered it with snow. This
 did not deceive the bear, however. as
 the animal carefully uncovered the
 rope. knocked 1t aside and carried-aH
 the bait. Then the sailor gave up.
 Another story tells of polar bears cleverness in catching seal The seal had climbed through . hole in the ice
 but vas keeping near the edge in or der to be abiS to plunge in at the ap- psoach of danger. The bear saw the seal from distance and knew that there was no chance to steal across the ice and attack tts prey. Accord ingly the bear entered the water through another hole q considerable dfstance away. swam under the ice to the hole through which the seal had enlerGed and seized the luckless animal. which naturally was taken entirely by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
FEAR THAT COAL PRODUCTION WILL
 BE CUT SHORT

1 Philadelphia, August 10.-Fear that
 the growing shortage of mine labor
 will seriously curtail the hoped for
 output of anthacite coal is expressed by the Operation association, made up
 of leaders in the industry.
 1 In a statement issued from headquar-
 ters in this city the association warns
 the people that:
 Unless the production of domestic
 sizes of anthracite can be increased
 something impossible unless the labor
 power can be increased, and entirely
 possible should it be-the distribution
 of anthracite will fall short of that
 which was contemplated in tho allot-
 ment made by the fuel administration
 for the F months in Aprail 1. next 'Such allotment was based upon an
 estimated production of 54,al6.7ss tons
 of domestic anthracite for the coal
 year. The actual output of domestic period to tho end of June was 1s,27e,-
 ssS tons. That ia at the rate of 6a,12o.- 600 tons for the year. or 1.33s.0o0 tons less than was counted upon In tho estimate.
 Unless there can be accomplished a dec1ded DICK up In the output, and only
 additional labor bowen for the anthra-
 cite industry can make this possible, it. will be necessary to approximately cut down on the allotmeSits of domestic anthracite to the New England and Atlantic states. to which materially in- creased tonnages of coal were allowed Ito meet their larger requirements. Under such conditions 1t will be im- possible to increase any of the curtailed
 shipments of anthracite to tho central and northwest states, as had been hoped. and to which states tho prom ise was made that their necessary re- duced allotments would be increased should 1t be possible to expand the total production above tho 54,346,7ss tons of domestic coal estimated as the output for the year.
 Labor shortase has become moro and more restricting factor on pro- duction There arc only 144,oo0 mine- workers in the anthracite industry,
 number ss,ooo less than before the war"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-14
ing to France and England American

ing to France and England American
troops and ammunition"
Then Herr Heineken hits the note
which is worrying German trade
magnates when he says:
"Nloreoevr, it is not the only injury
done the Nord Deutscher Lloyd and
other companies like the Hamburg
American Line The fact that agents
and German Offices in America are
prohibited from communicating with
correspondents also is very detrimen-
tai to these companies. Threads which
had been spun by dint of hard work all
over the United States in many years
time are broken off, and it will be ne
cessary later to go to work and reor-
ganize the business completely
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-14
GERMAN WINES, FOR PEACE

"Despite the refusal of our peace
offer and the violent criticism of the
enemy press, l am convinced that
peace is nearer than both sides sup
pose"
Count Won Hertling, the German
chancellor, made this statement in an
address before a delegation of trade
union leaders, according TO Berlin
dispatches. He asserted that both the
government and the army leaders de-
sired peace by understanding and
were opposed to all ideas of conquest.
The above "fall down" of the Ger
man war lords from their dreams five
or six years ago stands in bold con-
trast. Their writer's and lecturers
were then stuffing the German people
with the notion that large slices of
France were to be acquired, Holland
and Belgium were to be absorbed, and
the United States forced to pay bill
lions of dollars indemnity into the
Hun Golfers. War was to them a mat.
ter of business. They are now ready
an danxious to accept peace on the
status quo ante.
Instead of making conquest Of other
countries they will eventually find
themselves in the hands of their adj
versaries who will formulate peace
terms for them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-14
p;vo DEVILS ON THE WIRE.

~.b,. KAISER called the devil up
On the telephone one day
Thu, girl al Central listened
Ic ali they had 10 say.
Hello" she heard the RAISER voice
is old man Satan home?
lust tell him it is Kaiser BIZ
Thar wants him on the phone"
M. Devi. said Hello" to Bill,
And ELL said How ale you:
I'm running here Il hell on earth,
So tell me what to do
IN. Kaiser said Now listen,
.And ! will try TO tell
Tie way that am running,
on earth = modern he'll"
ava. SAL for this co. many years.
Md I've started out I: Kill,
.Nnd Il viii be Il modern job
Leave ;his 10 Kaiser Bill.
MY Army went through belgium
>nootin- women and children down
We tore up all her Country and
Blew up every town.
MY Zepps dropped bombs on Cities
Killing both the old and young;
md all of them my Zeppe didn't get
We've taken out and hung.
II start,.l out for Paris
With aid Of Poison gas
y,HI H. Al ham, err
and wouldn't let us paSs.
Ally submarines are dcvils,-why
You should SEE them fight,
They 90 sncakinG through the sca ana
viii sink Il ship on sight.
II WAS running things to suite me- till
y year or so ago
when Il mar called Woodrow Wilson
W rotc m. to go more slow
"Iic says To me-: 'Dcar Will
W" don't want to make YOU sore.
So he sur- to tell your U-Boats
r. sink our ships no more.
w" hav" told YOU fer the last time. so
Lear Bill its up to you,
And il sou do not stop it,
,Uu hav. got To fight us too.
II did no: listen to him.
And he $ coming aftr" me,
" it'll -four million Yankee soldiers
From their home across the sea-
Now, that's why call you Satan,
For want advice from you.
Know that YOU would tell NE
Just what | ought to do"
Mr d";ur old Kaiser William.
""crc# no. much for me- to tel.
f"r the Iau!ls will! make it hotter
iDan car Tor you l., hell.
We been Il NEAL old devil, bat
Not half as mean as YOU,
->iid tn" minute You get here | will
IL" up my job to you.
- II b" ready for you. coming
ANA III Keep the fires all bright.
Ana I'll have your room, All ready
when The Ianks begin to fi@h:
r"r the Boys in blue Will get you.
nave nothing more tc tell;
lang up tine phone ana get Won" II,
'Hi" meet me here in He'll"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-14
WORK OF THE MOTORCYCLE

The motorcycle recently purchased
for. the use of the police department.
added SGT to the city's Golfers last
night. So far this modern adjunct
has earned about $500.
Early last night Sergeant Scott and.
Officer Kerns started on a crusade
down Fairfax street, a dangerous
thoroughfare night and day by fea-
son of the recklessness of certain OPP
orators of automobiles, trucks and
motorcycles. 1t was not long before
they were gathering them in," and
violators Of the speed law and others
operating cars without rear hghts
were arraigned before the Police
Court. Fines were imposed in all
cases save one, that of several young
women from Washington. 1t was
shown that the absence OF the hight
was through no negligence upon the
part of the accused. Some who had
been taken in custody later left ccollat-
eral for their appearance this morning
and forfeited the same by absenting
themselves from court. Other coses
were set for seven o'clock this even
ing, and another for Monday mon-
ing. "
The police department is determined
to enforce the traffic laws, and all who
wilfully violate the same may expect
to pay the penalty. The officers will
endeavor to be on the alert, and with
the aid of the motorcycle they can
time the offenders and overtake them
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-14
AMERICAS GRATITUDE.
10 Her Fighting Aicn-Veterans o
Civil War Got Pensions and
Lands. Plans to Give Farm
Lands TO Sailors of this
War.
Cby Franklin X. Lane, Secretary Of
the INTERIOR

- ~. LcHc. secretary o
the INTERIOR
We Judge 4 man by what he does
more than by what he says, ana Sc
with nation. IF we wish to know
america we must as!; ourselves VIVA;
America has done. now she regards
herself with relation to other nations
ana how her spirit is expressed. \
nation, like an individual is man,
sized and contradictory. We may ac-
KhowIed"e that America is boastfu
aha ut the same. time truthfully as
""Ft that she is humble in spirit; thai
she IS materiaIistic but also highly
'1salistic; that she has been self.
reAtered hut is growing broader eaci,
day, and very rapid. since the ~rea:
war IN Europe.
One characteristic OF America of
which NC have not 5oastcd. at least
''ndu!y, is gratitude. Republics have
reeH ncted as proverbially unrraterul.
Ills IS hardly true of the United
States. ;icr people always have beer
generous toward those who have made
sacrifices for the country. .Afte- the
Civil War every soldier became en-
titled by law 10 $50 acres OF tie pyblic
domain. Those who were injured
came in for pensions. Those whc were
too old to worl: were pensioaed, and
10" a! ~ the survivors and their
widows and dependents are pensiorcd.
50 that fifty years after the close OF
the Civil War we have three quarters
OF million of pensioners and arc
spending S175.000, 900 year for thei.
support. Such generosity as this the
world has never seen before. The
thought ir the public mind has been
nat these men fought to preserve our
liberty and that we should sacrifice
aat they may not suffer those pr!va-
ions that come because of injury, age
Dr. dependence Before the war we ex-
ended mere in our pensions growing
,ut of a war that had closed qne-half
'antnry before than Gry nation III The
world spent n support of its army Q"
.avy.
We nov ace locki1: for;"~rd . ta2
nd Of the present var, ant as s2:-.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-14
THE GERMAN W AL

Director Heineken, of the North
German-Lloyd Line, tells III his annual
report what he thinks of Americans in
the war.
"From the point of view Of te-
nervousness and endurance the Ameri-
cans are almost equal to the British.
From what is known so far of the
american effort, one cannot help re-
spect the energy with which all prob
lens have been grasped on the other
side of the ocean.
Economically, and particularly
from the point of view of interests,
he loss CT large part of the Ger
nan merchant marine by American in
tsrve1t:on1it would be foolish, to
deny it--has .bsen. a hard. blow for;
Germany. The best and most preci-
GUS of our steamers, some of which
cannot be replaced, have been conhs-
Gated and are used now in transport
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-14

inr to ourselves that those meh who
ore fighting for US shall always be
our especial care. They are giving OF
their youth and their blood that those
who follow after for centuries to
come shall enjoy those natural rights
which we have enjoyed. There is no
obligation other than moral one that
these men shall be especially consider.
ed. The great arm Of the State may
properly reach out 2rd draw into its
army all who can III Of service. EGt
this does not satisfy the American
sense of justice. We wish to do more
than exercise power; N fact, the only
excuse we have for exercising power
IS to incur some obligation. Liberty
to Us means largeness, a wider con-
:iderauion Of human beings. Thus 1t
is that we are brought today directly
20 consider the oppo, tunty which we
will reserve o. will give to those who
return to us from F"Ance. Four mil
ion men will be the "iZe Of our Army
within another year. They have given
I'd positions. opportunities, hopes, for
u.. In return whaS can we do for
them? My answer is that We should
give each one an opportunity to make
for himself farm home upon our
land. if OF his return he finds himself
without a position, CT if he desires to
lead the independent life Of farmer;
that he be put at wock on some great
project or some Of our
swamp or other unused lands, and
there, under proper direction, be ena-
abled to make home sor himself and
the family th,t he now has or desires
to have.
Congress has already made an APP
looking t. a survey OF the :
and situation in the United States
nd we will have report for Congress
turing the winter uron this matter
/. appears now that there are ut least
10000. 900 acres of iard in the United I
States that can be reclaimed. To re- ,
lain these acres vii: obviate all diff
guilty whatever as 20 the reabsorp-
ION Of our army or is return. Tbs
,:en who reclaim the land vii: own
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-14
WILSON MEETS THE ISSUE

President Wilson has met firmly
and adequately the issue raised by the
striking machinists at Bridgeport.
>:T4ssat issue is whether any class or
group of Americans can be allowed to
defy the Government and stab the
country in the back simply because
their wage or other demands are not
granted without an hours delay.
A contemporary justly says that the
man engaged in war industry who
stops work, or strikes for selfish pur-
poses, is as much traitor as the SOL
der would be who refused to attack
or to obey orders. There is no reason
why one class of Americans should be
permitted to do with impunity things
for which others would be summarlly
and sternly punished. We have reach
ed a point now where we can no longer
hesitate. There can be but one law
and one policy for Americans. So far
as the war is concerned, they must all
stand absolutely on the same level.
The question of whether they are IN
ion or nonunions men has not the
slightest bearing on the issue. The
real question is, are you loyal, or dis
loyal?
The Government has shown itself
not only willing but eager to protect
labor and to treat it with cXtraordl-
nary generosity. a War Labor Boards
has been specially provided to insure.
men engaged in war work 4 square
deal and to remedy all reasonable
grievances. Moreover, they have in
the President an all-powerful friend.
who from sympathy as well as policy
is sure not to let them be imposed
upon. In fact. all the cards are stack
ed in their favor, ard they are certain
of getting everything to which they
are honestly entitled. And yet III
spite of the.high wages they are max
ing and the exceptional position Of II
dustrial privilege which they en!oT,
some of them are so completely lac
ing in gratitude and patriotism that
they Do nasswsat. to haze their COM
plants adjusted, but, without regard
to consequences. tie up the country's
work al the most critical stage Of the
struggle 10. the Scse so~sCa-.ent.
When the new i.--as@<-- oil was u1dec
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-14

consideration in Congress labor lead
ers protested against the incorporation
in # of clause aimed at such strikes
az that at Bridgeport; and it was
dropped on the ground that there was
already law enough to enforce the
work or-fght rule. 1t is now up to the
Government to show. that there is both
law and will enough to enforce it
against every man impartially, and to
make it distinctly understood that it
will recognize no favored classes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-14
GENSERIC. NERO, CALlGULA.

Poultney Bigelow has just published
a book on Genseric, whom he calls the
First Prussian Kaiser, and he makes
very interesting comparison between
that great Vandal and the creates
Vandal Of the present day. The lac;
Las recently been recalled that Ver.'
carly his reign William II visited tn,
King of Sweden, and when Oscar ii
was ASKED what he thought of the new
German Emperor, he answered: The
Kaiser IS another Nero" This may be
explained by the statement of Renan
that Nero was mot the maddest c:
most wicked, but the Tainest and mos
ridiculous sovereign whom ever the
hazard of events has brought into the
foreground of history" Among otheE
things, he was minor poet, poor ac'
tor and q dabster in other fine arts.
But the classic satire on William IL
was the Study of Roman Caesar Mad
ness" by Professor Quidde, OF Munich.
II is of incidental interest that this was
printed III full in the New York
Staats Zeitung in 1897. Of course, the
German Emperor was not mentioned
by the professor. But the picture
drawn OF Caligu!a and his conduct
was recognized from end to end OF
Germany as portrait OF the young
man who had been Kaiser for about
three years.
Bismarck had jusg been dismissed.
The essay on Caligula said: 1.-The lead
irC statesmen seems quickly to have
fallen INTO disfavor; me Emperor nm
self took the helm
"AuspiciOus beginning was quickly
clouded by the Empcror's growing lust
Cor power, and especially the hot de-
sire for shining pace in world his
tory, to hand down to posterity great
name. The chief characteristic OF his
rule was a restless, nervous haste
rushing from one interest to another,
impulsive and impatient of restraint.
and obstinately set upon doing every
thing himself"
The repression Of tie Minister Cali
.:ula appointed to succeed the states
man he had displaced "was the en-
rresson of the Emperor's individual
character; he could tolerate no pos
5iole rival. he would be his own Min
:ter. And then the imperial mama,
he kaiser madness. This is the pro-
duct or morale degeneration in rulers,
nc sense of seemingl; limitless power
Viping out the boundary lines OF de-
'ent moderation the theoretical
ssounding. offpower. in divine right. :,
1t was SO, cleverly done that the pro-
essor could not be touched, but there
vas not man in Germany who did
lot at the time chuchIe over the por-
rat of William II.-(Philade!phia
Record
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-14
DANCING

The Empire Social Club wishes to announce that their
popular dances will be resumed at the Odd Fellows Hail.
Monday September %, and will continue on every Mon
day and Friday throughout the winter: Tie music will
be furnished by the ever popular Nichols Jazz Band which
has had big furnishing the music for the dances
at Chevy Chase Lake This music has been classed as
the best around Washington this and those who
attend our dances will be assured of having the best music
ohtanable All Old friends cordially invited and all
new ones will be heartily welcomed and assured of good
time The old prices will prevail Ladies free Gents
Is cents.