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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
MUSIC IN THE ARMY

From the Chicago 7 raid.
IN EVERYBODY lows that the soldiers
In. have beet singing in the camps
and wit the help of trained in
structors. vt everybody knows that
the government is, as Walter r. Spald-
ing says in The Harvard Alumni Bulletin,
coming to see that music should us
made just as much a part of the equip
ment of our fighting men as weapons.
uniforms and rations.''
Music in the camps has a double fune-
ton. 1t is a great means of social en-
joyment Men who have never sung in
groups before are finding out what
group singing does for the delight OF
man. But aside from its social value ii
has what might be called a service value
that is enormous. 1t can be utilized and
is being utilized, for increasing military
efficiency. Discipline is the prdouct and
in turn the producer Of harmony and
rhythm. The swing OF the march is
always the swing of a tune. Whoever
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
More Chaplains
Needed for Army

I'm time Of peace and even under
4 ordinary conditions in time of
war, one chaplain for each regiment
has been deemed sufficient, but Gen
eral Pershing has recommended to the
war department the appointment of
additional chaplains to average three
for each regiment of his army in
France. A bill pending in Congress
authorizes a chaplain for every 1900
men. 1t should be amended so as to
increase the total number of chap
lains and passed without delay.
1t used to be that regimental chap
lains ranked as captains and none of
them higher, but General Pershing
asks that the new measure provide
for assimilated rank of major and
captain in due proportion. He be-
lieves that the personnel of the army
has never been equalled. He says their
conduct is excellent, but he desires
to surround the soldiers with the best
influences possible.
General Pershing thinks the
churches will be glad to cooperate
in this matter of providing chap1ains.
He stresses the Importance of select
ing clergymen of the highest char
acter and fitness.
Additional chaplains will be needed
only for the duration of the war.
After the army is reduced to a peace
footing the old arrangement, giving
one chaplain to regiment, will be
the rule,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
NEW swINDLE WORKED

From the Detroit News.
Beware of the wife Of a drafted may''
with furniture to sell-cheap.
The warning that new variation OF
the old game of Am moving south and
must sell my furniture at sacrifice
Is being tried was sounded by A. e.
Baird. assistant United States district
attorney.
A tearfully detected but beautiful
young woman is usually the star per-
former in the swindle. An advertise
ment appears advising the public that
cruel war has torn a loved husband
from a charmingly furnished household
and thereby rendered it desolate.
Inquiry at the ADDRESS reveals the
wife" implanted among Costly we'd
ding gifts in a coy fiat ienuied OF the
bread winner. She will sell at sacri-
flee so she can join her hubby lat d
nearby army post or go home to mother
The tears and the sad tale win. The
purchaser empties his pocketbook. Thsr
an unsympathetic friend tells him thai
his newly acquired household scenery
is worth about half what he paid for it
If he investigates further he will In;
variably find that It came from near
by furniture dealer who pays the wife
salary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON

From the Atlanta Journal
The Ruwenzori are the mystery noun
tains of the Congo State. During the
wrapped in wells Of clouds and mist. oc-
casionally just at sunset the clouds lift,
and the high peaks drifts into view.
With nightfall they are again enveloped
In their veil. Sir Henry Stanley, the
explorer, camped at the very foot of the
mountains without knowing of their ex-
istence. 1t was Stanley who gave them
their name, Ruwenzori, 1.-THE Mountains
of the Moon" and it is for him that the
highest peak, Mount Stanley, is named.
The upper part of the range is divided
by low mounain passeseotnaidpylrsh
by low mountain passes into six high
peaks. standing like giant sentinels at
the head of the great valley of the
Nyanza. Mount Stanley rises 1880 feet
above sea level These peaks, though
on the equator. are perpetually covered
with snow; their glaciers feed the
waters of Lake Albert Edward and the
River Semliki
The Ruwenzori have been sometimes
thought to have been the mountains of
the moon" referred to by Ptolomy and
several other ancient writer's, as the
source of the Nile and It's tributary lakes
and streams. But If these ancients did
know of the mountains. the knowledge
had long since been lost when they were
rediscovered in 1887 The upper part OF
the range has been explored by the Duke
of Ahruzzi. The twin peaks of the re-
gion were named by him after the
queens of Italy and England. Margharita
and Alexandra.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15

deafness, he was invariably cheerful
and in conversation was always en-
gaging.
In historical research he was in
dustrious to the last. Having lived
beyond fourscore years he was a link
between the present and the past and
as such was eagerly sought by bright
minds and by persons who loved the
south and loved reminiscent CONVEX
sation.
Mr.. DuBose's distressing end will
be lamented by thousands who knew
him and admired him for his worth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

The old fashioned girl who was
afraid of a mouse now has a daughter
who would be ashamed to be so effem-
mate.
OF course it is none of our business.
But If a girl can look nice in a MILDLY
1t is sign that she would look nicer
in something else.
A man is such a contrary cuss that
If his wife fixed things to eat at home
the way he likes them in a restaurant
he wouldn't eat them.
A man sometimes gets to see a~sun-
rise because he stays up. But he never
gets to see one because he got up.
When they are first married he all
ways carries home some little surprise
! for her. But later on all he ever car
! ries home is either a crouch or a bun.
You can't make people understand
that a doctor needs sleep or that he
may be feeling badly himself once In
a while.
The man who works in nitro
glycerin factory would hate to have q
dangerous job like the men in subma-
rines AID the men in the submarines
often wonder why man wants to risk
his life working in nitroglycerin fac
tory
II the family is large small boy is
apt to get the idea that chickens have
wings like pelican and necks like an
ostrich.
If you want to know which is the
hes. machine on the market just stop
any automobiltst and ask him the
mike of his car
When a woman looks shabby it isn't
| Iways because her husband Is stingy.
Maybe it is because her husband is a
good fellow.
Some men wear the same collar so
long without changing it that you get
the impression that they are going
to wear the collars out themselves in
stead of giving the laundry chance
Ito wear them out.
AL that some men know about music
is that II the selection has a tune to It
it isn't classic music.
When girl is engaged to an aviator
she gets some consolation out of the
fact that she looks well in black
Some men are so happily married that
they would bet you that the devil is q
she and not he
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
CRAFTY ABDUL HAND
From the New York World.

From the New York World
81 BDUL HAND III, thirty fourth
~ Sultan of the line Of 1sman'
q q was born on September %, ls42.
He was the second son of Sutton Abdul
Medjid His mother was an Armenian,
1t is recorded. yet history Will remenl-
Der him chiefly as the merciless slaugh-
terer of the Armenians. Gladstone
called him THE Great Assassin ARA
tole France named him The Red Sui
tam" Sir William Watson, the poet
laureate, wrote Of him as abdul the
Damned" Yet he had his apologists.
His elder brother, Murad V, was de-
clared insane, and Abdul Hamid sue
ceeded him in the Sultanate on Septem-
Der /, 1876. The promulgaion of con-
stitution was one of the terms the Eu-
rcpean powers had exacted from Abdul
Hamid before Murad was removed
Abdul Hanid issued a decree putting
constitution into effect, and it was
this same instrument that was revived
by the Young Turks when they drove
INN iioiii the throne 81 years later
After Russia vanquished Turkey, and
Plevna fell in December 1877, Abdul
powers against each other. The treaty
powers against each other The Treaty
of Berlin saverd European Turkey from
complete Acknowledgement. Abdul Hamid
rapidly became an absolute despot 1t
has been said for him that his desire TO
retain power was Intensified. by the
knowledge that loss Of it would mean
death for him. He turned his ministers
into clerks. Their imperial master fol-
lowed whatever policy he pleased 1t IS
narrated that the Turkish foreign office
often had to wait for the London or
Vienna newspapers to learn what tul n
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Tems Of Republican Harmony


II was greatly pleased with the out
come of the conference of republicans
and progressives which l attended In
New York recently" said Judge Oscar
r. Hundley, who returned home day
or two ago.
will H. Hays of Indiana, who was
elected chairman of the national re-
publican committee, is the very man
for the place. He is a fine organizer
and has the confidence of all elements
OF the party. The old executive com
mittee has gone out of existence and
Chairman Hays, after looking wen
over the situation, will select new
committee to aid him in the conduct
OF the next presidential campaign.
Much satisfaction has been ex-
pressed over the announcement that
the national committee will have all
advisory council of women"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
Sustaining Sheep
on Cut-O Over Land

TN HERE has been much discussion
y of late among members of the
Southern Pine association, agricul-
turists and representatives of the de-
partment of agriculture touching pos
sible experiments for solution of
the forage problem in the south, and
definite steps are being urged to
bring sheep from the west and place
them on cut-over lands.
1t is felt certain that sheep can be
satisfactorily sustained on these
lands. The department is ready to
lay the basis for the establishment of
an extensive sheep raising industry
in the south.
While there may be some sheep
growers who will express skeptical
views, it is believed the majority of
them will agree heartily that the pro-
posed experiment is worth trying. If
it is success it will add millions of
dollars to the wealth of the south,
and will relieve the wool shortage
situation in the United States.
Alabama is one of the best of sheep
states. If there is not as much sheep
grazing as we had years ago, the
sheep-killing dog may be partly re-
|sponsible. Let's get rid of the dogs.
We. have vast areas of cut-over land
and agriculturists should be glad to
see western sheep transferred here.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15

makes the songs of a nation has finger
in the making of it's armies.
When the boys are warm, comfortable
and free from care they sing dirges,
with long, slow glides from note to note
George Pattullo in the Saturday Evening
Post gives specimens of the words of
these mournful performances. When
they are ready for action they change
their tune; the music speeds up; the
spirit answers and the brain clears and
the blood leaps If it is true, as psychoio-
gists tell US, that when we twist our
features into the expression or an emo
ton that emotion tends to develop in us
that when the boxer puts on his fight
ing face" he feels the fight rising in his
heart, then it is true still that as We
sing so We tend to feel. Other things
being equal, the better the music the
finer the esprit de corps; and the finer
the esprit de corps the more effective
the army. We are fighting the bands
and the vioces of the German army as
truly as we are fighting their guns: ana
our men will march to final victory sing
ing and playing as no American troops
ever sang and played before.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
Public Property
Must Be Protected

II N the past three weeks Birming-
u ham has lost three school build
ings by fire. The Central High school
building was one of the city's largest
and handsomest structures. It's loss
and that of the other two buildings
|came at time when our school facili-
ties were being taxed to the utmost to
provide accommodations for a grow
ing attendance.
There is widespread indignation in
Birmingham over these occurrences.
There is good reason to believe that
either some half-crazed individual
with pro-German sympathies is to
blame, or else the plot goes deeper
land involves an organized movement
to cripple Birmingham's public school
system with the idea that any form
of terrorism is worth while in fight
ing an enemy of Germany.
That three mysterious fires in three
widely separated school buildings,
starting, two about midnight and the
|other in the early hours of the morn
ing, under circumstances almost iden-
tical, are due to mere chance is, to
say the least, improbable. That may
be the true explanation, but suspicion
points elsewhere.
Federal officials are aware that
there are many o-Germans in Bir-
mingham. It is significant that out of
the large number of Germans ex-
pected to register as alien enemies,
less than hundred put in an appear
ance. The others chose to defy the
government and run the risk of in
ternment.f This element should be
speedily rounded up and placed in
safe-keeping.
Detectives are working on clues
and many wild reports are being cir
culated. There is even talk of vigil
lantes to maintain order and protect
property. Nothing may come of the
rumors flying about, but if it is found
that BirminghRm's fine school build
ings were destroyed by incendiaries,
it will be hard to withstand public
feeling. The guilty person or persons
will be severely dealt with. And dis
covery of this kind may at last rouse
the citizens of Birmingham to a new
sense of their responsibilities. We
need protection at home as we'll as
abroad.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
An Esteemed Historian
Meets Violent Death

II Ohm WITHERSPOON DUBOSE,
~ who met violent death by ac-
cident yesterday, was known and es-
teemed throughout Alabama as a
painstaking and brilliant historian.
He was the author of vivid sketches
of the secession period and of the
reconstruction days following the
war; and having attended the SEES
sions of the convention that declared
in favor of Alabama withdrawing
from the union he wrote graphically
of the statesmen who participated in
the discussions and of the exciting
scenes that made the convention
memorable.
Mr.. DuBose published two books of
exceptional value-"The Life and
Times of Yancey; History of Politi-
cal Parties in the United States From
1884 to 1864, Especially as to the
|, Origin of the Confederate States of
America and "The Army of Ten
nessee," in which he told of the dar-
ing achievements of General Joe
Wheeler These books are found in
most of the public libraries and in
the libraries of students of history,
and are valued for their clarity of
statement and vivifying perspective.
Among his more recent contribu-
tons to the press were Sketches Of
the Canebrake" and sketches of post
bellum governors down to and in
GLIDING the late Joseph F. Johnston
They were written for The Age-Her-
aid, and as the author had singu
larly pleasing style they We're widely
read.
Although Mr.. DuBose was afflicted
with bodily infirmity. that of total
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15

Il am confidently expecting my son,
Tracey, of whom | am quite proud"
said DR.. H. G. kegley. ito graduate
from Annapolis in June with the class.
although he will have been there only
three years.
II am counting on him not merely
because l did what I could to prepare
work and has made up his mind to be
first-class navy man. 1t is a great
school for any boy who wants to do
what is best for himself and for his
country
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
INFORMATION WANTED

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
Mr.. Charles NJ schwab was making
"a speech at public dinner "As one
goes on in life accommodating wealth."
he said. "the less one thinks about it.
The other day / went to a bank and
asked for a loan of 100000. The
president told me that | already owed
the bank s2,o00.ooo l told him I had
forgotten all about it"
Mr.. POSTMASTER said Joseph L.
Rhinock, from group of moving pic
ture men. at one of the banquet tables.
will the speaker kindly give the ad-
dress of that bank?''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
THE SHIP OF STATE :

BY Henry Wadsworth Longfeilow.
Thou, too, sail on. o Ship Of State.
Sail on, Q Union. strong and great!
Humanity with all it's fears
With all the hopes Of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate!
We know what Master laid thy keel.
What Workman wrought thy ribs or
steel.
Who made each mast. and sail, and
rope,
What anvils rang. what hammers beat,
III what a. forge and what heat
Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Fear not each sudden sound and shock.
lis of the wave and not the rock;
Ills but the Tapping Of the sail.
And. not rent made by the gale
In spite of rock and tempest's roar,
In spite of false lights on the shore.
Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea!
Our hearts. our hopes. our prayers, oup
tears,
Our faith triumphant DER our fears.
Are all with thee are all with theel
( u
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
RETRIBUTION.

RETRIBUTION.
What are you working on there?''
"a hymn of hate" replied the poet,
sternly
Dear mel Don't you know the Amer
lean government discourages anything
of that kind?'
"oh, yes. But this is none of the
governments business. 1t is addressed
to a neighbor of mine who has played
over There on his photograph every
night for the past seven weeks"
HOW 1T HAPPENED.
II see where some abandoned crea-
lures drank wood alcohol and two of
them died" remarked Mrs Dubwaite,
who was glancing over the morning pa
per. r'Why will men do such things?"
"Oh. they didn't intend to die, my
dear replied Mr.. Dubwaite. Il dare
say they hoped to spend ssa% sociabIe
evening and their trusting natures were
imposed on by a lowdown bootlegger."
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
IngIenook Co-operatcs

II have hardly recovered from the
strain of the fire which wiped out the
county high school before the embers
said J. r. T. Rives, chairman of the
board of education Of Inglenook.
I'VE had made an offer of our fine
grammar school to the trustees of The
County High school and we will use
such distressing things to bring us closer
together. The whole Of Ingenook is
ready to serve the teachers, pupils and
patrons of the County High school"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
Increasing interest
in Thrift Campaign

1CS VERY day brings from the coun-
~ try districts encouraging re-
ports of war Savings stamp organi-
cation. Enthusiasm is being aroused
and it is believed that within a few
weeks the entire state will hum with
thrift team work. Savings stamps and
baby bonds should appeal to all
classes, and when the plans and pur-
poses of the campaign are fully ex-
planned there should be an especial
lpeal to every child.
Alabama is expected to raise forty.
eight million dollars for the govern
ment by the means indicated. That
lis very large amount, but the goa
can be reached, and it must be
reached. In order, however, for such
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
ADRIFT WITH THE TINS

A CARE-FREE THOUGHT.
1t makes man
Feel wondrous gay
To get up on
A voorhees, day
And suddenly
To realize
1t matters not
How tempus flies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
THE LoNG-sUFrERING KAISER

From the New York Herald.
when the envy of our enemies forced
me to call UP all the powers Of our peo-
pie for the defense Of our home SOIL"
chatters the Kaiser between BIAS
phemies Was it Belgium that was en-
vious and attacked Germany. or was II
Serbia?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15

From the NashV1IIe Tennesseedn
German newspapers are handing out
some stuff as ridiculous as that printed
in Mexican sheets. For instance, they
say American soldiers win be kept from
going 10 France BY an Indian uprising In
this country But even German can be
expected to get that through his head
as a Joke
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
NO SUCH ANIMAL

From the Macon Telegraph.
While we are not. as Nelse, the jani-
tor, says. sputin anybody's word, we
keep lump of rock salt handy to
bite on when we run across these
newspaper tales of the invention Of
an unsuitable ship.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
Fred Jaclsson,s Farm

"A few of my intimate friends know
tnat have farm out near Calcis, 2
SAID Fred M. Jackson. but what many
90 not know is that ] went to work in
earnest last spring under the inspira-
ton of Mrs. Mathis to raise whole lot
of foodstuffs.
1 have on hand. now about 300 bush
els of potatoes and am getting orders
Tor them almost daily to be shipped
mere and there by express think every
man VINO can ought to get into the rails
ing OF something to eat. It's the big
thlng before US just at present. Don't
stop to think if 1t will pay in dollars
and cents just do it because it is the
thing needed to help feed our people and
our allies who are depending on u.s.
Food for the fighters is a good slogan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15

sHoRT-LIyED POPULARITY.
What sort of position does Jagsby
hold in this community"
II would call it shifting position"
Il don't quite understand YOU"
When Jagsby signs the pledge all the
good women of the town rally around
him, but when he backslides all the
good women rally around Mrs. Jags5y."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
EMBARRASSING M1ssIvE.

May I ask what is causing you SO
much perturbation"
Il have just received QUESTIONABLE
and must fill it out at once
But you are too old to be drafted"
"of course. This is from Friend wife,
who is out of town. 1t concerns my
movements for the past week"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
sKILLFUL MINES.

SKILLFUL MINES.
You very seldom see the 'clingtng
vine type of woman nowadays said
the old-fashioned man, sadly.
They occasionally figure in breach
of promise suits" said the worldly per-
son.
"Indeed?"
But I'm forced to conclude that cling
ing with them is an acquired art
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15
BirmInEhnm's Rapid Growth

Il have been very much impressed
with the civic spirit which has devel-
oped in Birmingham. it seems to me, by
leaps and bounds in the months 1 have
lived here said DR.. w. II. Smith, the
educational secretary of the Baptists ci
Alabama.
II left Richmond, Va, and first made
my headquarters at Montgomery, but
was transferred here. / am beginning
to believe that Birmingham can do any
thing she wants to do. and she has been
wanting to do some big things recently.
She can put Howard over the top if she
makes up her mind to do it, and it looks
as If she is beginning to realize chat
it is the thing to do
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A BITTER D1sAPI 9fNua Mt.

A BITTER DIsAPI 9gNgM Mt.
Now. don't feel dow aeastn lid the
lawyer, whose client haG Jas con-
yicted of embezzlement. Five years
in the penitentiary won't seem long,
and you viii get time off for good be-
havior."
Say on, my friend" replied the for
mer bank official sarcastically. "but /
know better I intended to spend the
next five years as retired capitalist
touring South America"