The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-22
PATRIOTIC FEATURE AT LAWYERS LUNCH Judge Locke Speaks on Equity Docket" at the
 Meeting Yesterday

Meeting Yesterday Practicable and patriotic speeches featured the lawyers luncheon. held yesterday at the Civic association cafe, which was we'll attended. Judge Hugh A. Locke spoke on the Equity Dock et;" Lieut.. Horace Wilkerson made q patriotic address; Charles F. White made an appeal for books for the sol dicrs and sailors and Richard H. Fies read an original poem on "The Kal- ser" that fairly took the hide off" James A. Mitchell presided. Before introducing Judge Locke the principal speaker, MT. Mitchell made sugges- tion in relation to the chancery divi- sion of the circuit court to the ee- feet that during the nonjury week that some other judge of the circuit court assist in trying equity cases, so as not to put too much work on the equity judge. MT. Mitchell stated that this suggestion did not come from Judge Locke. After the introduction Judge Locke spoke on the Equity Docket" which proved very instruct i've and entertaining. He showed by figures that the business of the chan cery division since the consolidation of the courts had increased but that the docket was being cleared in spite of that fact.
 Charles F. White made an appeal to the lawyers for books for the soldiers and sailors. The inspiration of a girl once saved France" said MT. White and who knows the effect these books will have on our soldiers nov fighting the feeling that they are not forgotten back home, the inspiration of the pages of the books themselves. Let each lawyer on reaching home to- night look through his library, pick out books that he thinks will interest tho soldiers and send them to the law library or to the public library" MT. White was followed by Lieuten- aut Wilkinson. The bar must bring home to the people the seriousness of this war" said the lieutenant. If one could only realize the horrors of the war in Europe he would believe that this fight is not only to make the world safe for democracy but that the boys in France stand between the Hun and our own homes"
 The following original poem was read by Richard H. Fies. entitled, The Arch Degenerate" which was en- Enthusiastically received:
 THE ARCH DEGENERATE Who is the Arch Denegerate Inflicted by a cruel fate
 On city, nation, kingdom, state?
 The Kaiser. Who puts himself above his God, And man and beast on all the sod? Who murders plans, whilst nations nod ?
 The Kaiser Who fills our land with nest of spies To propagate its kultur lies, Burns bridges, houses, factories
 The Kaiser. Who rules with hypocritic hand His own and all the conquered land. And rivets with an iron band?
 The Kaiser. Who gave to Belgium shot and sheR And leveled trees and poisoned we'll And dragged her people down to hell?
 The Kaiser. Who threatens French and British city, Kills innocents without pity, And celebrates in joyous s+ditty? 1.-The Kaiser. Who takes his poor imprisoned men From hungered town into pen Of dir. and filth, built like den?
 The Kaiser.
 
 ., no writes his treaties with a swora, Which scatters them without word ; Like scraps of paper-ths mighty lord?
 The Kaiser. Who creeps with submarine at night? Filings coward shaft eludes the fight And leaves the drowning weak alright?
 The Kaiser. Who 1fEopa ma a Whose lessons taught in ancient school That Mind will always Matter rule? The Kaiser Who drps religion from fount Of sermons preached upon mount, Yet holds 1t to such bad account? The Kaiser. Who is this martial modern Hun, Who thinks he can thus overrun All men and things beneath the sun9
 The Kaiser Who from the mask has now been shorn, And in old age will be forlorn And pray that he had ne'er been borny
 The Kaiser. Who cries this senseless war must cease, Extends his withered hand in peace And like wolf the lambs will fleece? The Kaiser. Who must be crushed with our aid, Coura geously and unafraid, Autocracy forever laid?
 The Kaiser. Awake ye, slumb ring slackers. all. And listen to your country's call. Help rid the earth this awful pail The Kaiser.
 
 The records of the British and For eign Sailors society show that between January and November 1. 1917, more than 16,S4l survivors from ships sunk ay enemy action had been brought to the society's homes and institutes