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RATE*—One f"«» •»•"* I
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{.'(IK KE.Vf-^KOOMS_I
i£^TficN-T^Several 'nicely furnished
°oom» Vj.W “• »3 5u f*1 W,'flk- ho,* and l
rnwTwstsr. end all modern convenience;
col a-range for very light housekeep
ing. 2113 6th *ve._10-13-tf
ftiE AVALON’—Warm, pleasant, outside
rooms, modern conveniences; moderate I
prices; baths free. 2JHu ith ave. 7-12-tf j
Va f ION a L lit) T SE, !209% “IL 22d“ St..
rooms from 26c up. 10-23-30t
TWO connecting rooms, furnished com
plete for light housekeeping; *16 per
month; also two connecting unfurnished i
rooms, 312.50 per month; every conveni
ence and close In. 825 N. 20th st.
_ _ 11-6-tf
TOR RENT—Furnished room in South
stde home. 1615 10th Ave., a. ll-5-4t
NEW 21st St. hotel; 110% 21st~st.7 N.;
clean rooms, 5dc, 75c, 31; special rajes i
by week; clean management. 11 -F7t
NEATLY furnished bedroom, also~Iiotuse
keeplng apartments, thoroughly mod
ern: furnace and grate heat, nicely fur
nished, well kept home; specie! rates to
permanent tenants, 2215 7th ave. ll-5-4t
TWO furnished, connecting rooms for
light housekeeping. 2114 6th ave.
_ll-6-5t
FOR RENT.
One beautiful front room with all
modern conveniences; private bath;
in best part of Norwood, one-half
block car line; price reasonable. Call
Main 2299-J. 1l-6-3t
NEW and beautiful connecting front
rooms furnished complete for house
keeping; cosy and clean for the win
ter; large window*. porches, lawn
»wings, dishes, linen, gas stove, hath,
lights, on* block from park and library;
throe car lines; cheap rent. 1121 Avenue
C, Avondale. 11-3-4t-tu-thn-sr.t-su
tX)R RENT—Thrss light, cheery house
keeping rooms, with good, quiet people;
furnished or partially; light, water,
phone; reasonable. 53% 1st ave., Wood
lawn. 499-W. ll-7-2t
tlOOMH ton RENT-3 roomsT Tight
housekeeping, $4; bedroom, $2.60 week.
2180 6th ave. Phone 4262-W. 11-7-St
TWO lovely front rooms, single or en
suite, with board; gentlemen or cou
ples. South Highlands. Main 8720-J.
ll-4-8t-we-thu-su
NICELY rurnisneu rooms, tame Doaru ■
next door; good location. 1912 6th
ave., N. 10-23-lOt-fr-su-we
rWo front" rooms In modern home. |
1218 20th st S. Main 6114-W.
12-81-tf- we-fr-su
Fbf? Kent - Two nicely furnished
rooms for light housekeeping to cou
ple without children. 2230 7th ave.,
N. Phone 8147.
FOR RKVT—Two desirable connecting
housekeeping rooms; one side of cot
tage. completely furnished: lights, j
bath Phone Main 8348. Very rea
sonable. 614 23d st., N.
YOUNG man. here is a fine chance to
secure a nice, large room in private j
home, all modern conveniences, best
location, only *2.BO per week. Phone
4274-W. 193 2 10th Rve.. S
IrWO. three or four unfurnished rooms,
second floor; can give private bath;
gas connections, hot and cold water,
grates. 413 22d st., N. Phone Main
6180-J _
ROOM and”board for married couple or
two gentlemen in private family; mod
ern conveniences; everything new; near
car and churches; rates, $5. Phone
West End 354-J.___
WELl7"furnished front room, steam heat
ed, brick, South Highland home, private
family adults; convenient to cars; mod
erate rates; excellent table board with
in block. Main 6759-J._ll-8-2t-BU-tu
BE At TTI Ft TL» room, close in on South
Highlands, with two meals; reasonable.
937 H. 17th st. ll-8-4t-su-tu-th-su
T< OR RENT-Fumished rooms. 1318
Huntsville ave Phone Main 152. ^ _
BACH~ELOR room, *12.50~ furnished com
plete. tile bath, furnace beat. Rich
mond Apartment, 2030 Highland ave.
Phone 352ft or 7650. ll-8-7t
N1CEUY furnished room with private
bath; well heated and best table board;
near Five Points and car line. Main
4486-W. 1914 13th ave.. S.
FOR RE NT—Fu i n i shed room, large,
front room on second floor; near bath
room; four large windows; furnace heat,
also grate; faces southwest; private
north; Southside. Main 3849-J.
FOR RENT^Nicely furnished front room
in thoroughly modern, new home on
South Highlands; one person, *2.60 per
week or two *3 . 923 8. 18th st. Phone
Main 6199-W.
<V)UPLE who own modern home on West
End car line will rent three rooms and
bath completely furnished for house
keeping; linen, electric lights, water and
telephone. 1038 Tuscaloosa ave. U-8-2t
i ‘or RENT Entire upstairs for house
keeping. 1720 8th ave., north. Phone
Main 7697._ ll-S-2t
*TWO connecting rooms, nicely furnished
for housekeeping; 6 minutes' walk of
postoffice; all conveniences; rates rea
sonable, good family. 600 N. 17th st.
CHOICE location, 4 unfurnished rooms,
furnace heat, lights, hot and cold water;
separate entrance, private hath. Phone
368-.T West End.
FOR RENT^-One elegantly furnished
front room, all conveniences, Including
best table board: one block Five Points,
South Highlands. Apply 1931 11th ave.,
S., or phone Main 2970.
ftl'CELY furnished front rooms in pri
vate homo, Norwood; breakfast and late
dinner; all modem conveniences; fur
nace heat. Phone Main 3880-J.
NICE front room and board in refined
home on North Highlands; couple pre
ferred; on Highland car. Phone Main
6461.
TWO unfurnished rooms for rent; hall
block of car. 336 N. 53d st., Woodlawn.
TWO large, connecting rooms for light
housekeeping; all modern conveniences,
lights and we ter furnished, in walking
distance of city, for *18. Main 8095. 706
H. 20th st.__
FOR RENT.
Three or 4 beautiful rooms, with all mod
ern conveniences; private bath; in best
part of Norwood, one-half block car
line; price reasonable. Call Main 2299-J.
ll-6-3t
NICELY furnished front rooms; house
screened, hot baths at all hours; price
reasonable. 2212 4th ave., north. 9-8-tf
FOR RENT—Nicely furnished front room,
steam heated. South side, on car line;
convenient to bath. Call Main 4348-W.
FOR RENT—One or two large, beautiful
front rooms in private family, near Flvf
Points, to couple without children oi
gentlemen; modern conveniences Phone
2183-J.
NICELY furnished rooms, single or er
suite; modern steam heat, dining
room connected; convenient to cit\
and cars; also large, modern garage
1921 Ave. H. Cullom apartments.
I^ICELY furnished bedroom, to gem
tlenten: hot bath, phone and all coil
veniences; also housekeeping room*
to. couple. Address 2318 61ave.
TWO bedrooms, dining room and kitchen
furnished for light housekeeping, secon<
floor; three large connecting rooms.firs
floor, furnished for housekeeping; prl
rate family; furnace and grate heat
lf»06 12th ave., **.
THE
ROOM RENTAL EXCHANGE.
Don’t hunt rooms, but come to us. \V«
have the choicest iri the city and wil
place you free of charee. 610 First Na
tlonal Rank. Phone 2434._
POP-RENf^-Two unfurnished rooms fo:
light housekeeping in new, modern bun
ff&low; furnace heated. 2016 J5th ave.
North Highlands. Phoiie Main 7838-W.
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FOR RENT—ROOMS !
TWO nicely furnished rooms for" light
houselcpepinif. on South Highlands, can
be had by applying at 1601 12th av«'., S.. 1
or calling Main 2781-.T.
TWO nicely furnished rooms for light i
housekeeping, walking distance to town,
private family, one front bedroom,
couple, or two gentlemen, reasonable |
^ rates. Phone 7725-J. 2101 Ave. II.
TWO furnlBlied roofns for light house- |
keeping, every convenience; your own |
price; also single housekeeping room. |
1901 8tli ave., N.
BEAUTIFUL large front room, prlvat • 1
bath, suitable for two gentlemen m j
couple; very light, sunny and reason
able. 7u9% N. 19th st. ll-S-3t |
FOR RENT—Two nice, large furnished 1
rooms for light housekeeping to right
party without children, everything fur- i
nished complete for $16 a month. 2214
6th ave.
| NICELY furnifihed room with ‘‘•x*-client
table board, in private family, furnace
heat., electric lights, hot and cold batn
adjoining, modern conveniences. 3213
12th ave., Norwood.
FOUR rooms In completely furnished
bungalow. Ideal for young couple de
siring to keep house. Favorable terms
to right parties. Owners absent, dur
ing day. Call Sunday only. 1328 3d
ave.. West End.
NEATLY furnished rooms for light
housekeeping; very reasonable rent
612 17th st. N. ' _
FOR RENT—Two connecting bedrooms,
single of en suite; South Highlands.
Could arrange for breakfast and
evening dinner. Main 6354-W.
ll-8-3t-su-tu-th
FOR RENT--One very nice front, up
stairs room, at 1530, corner 10th ave.
and 16th st All conveniences; ele
gant hoard across street.
NICE, eoxlly furnished front room for
rent in private home. Will rent very
reasonable, to couple, young men or
business ladies for company while
husband is away. 812 N. 20th st.
FOR RENT—'Two rooms, hall and hath,
complete for housekeeping; South
Highlands home; Both loops and 15th
st. ears and other conveniences. Ref
erences exchanged. Main 6430-W.
ESPECIALLY attractive, comfortable
and nicely furnished room; furnace
heat; private bath; sleeping porch;
South Highland home, family of two |
Meals if desired. If you want a real |
home for the winter call Main 4154-J '
and investigate. References. _ I
TWO rooms, connecting on first floor,
furnished for light housekeeping;
rent reasonable. Also one bedroom
upstairs. 2309 7th ave._
FOR RENT—Three unfurnished rooms
for light housekeeping- 3216 Ave. II.
Main 4786-JL__
FOR $T8_will rent half of my 8-room new
home or 3 rooms for $15, furnace heat,
*•••♦ r*"d eold water, gas, electric lights,
half block Midland st., South Eneley
vu,. oL Delta ave.
NICELY furnished room with bath at
1831 11th a vs., S. Everything modern;
ideal location. See this room quick. Ex
cellent table board. Main 6997.
NICE i rout room, furnished. furnace
heat, next to bath, hot and cold water;
will rent to business women, teachers,
nurses, with or without meals. 1430
Phelan st. Main 2158.
FOR RENT—Nice, unfurnished rooms for
light housekeeping, South Highlands;
cheap rent If taken at once. 1628 13th
ave., 8. Main 8447.
AUTOMOBILES
t MOON AUTOMOBILES—For quick pale,
One 1915 model light six, 40 horse power;
i one 1916 model four, 6-passenger. Both
^ cars are brand new and are equipped
with Continental motors, Warner gears,
Delco starting and ignition, Timpkins
axle hearings and springs. Above cars
will be sold at actual factory cost. It
you are In the market for an auto, you
" can't afford to let this go by. Call at
5 2016 2d ave. and get full particulars from
E. L Lenhart. 11-7-L'f
1 FORD shock absorber and spring oiler;
eliminate broken springs; increase tire
J efficiency, etc.; regularly $5 per set,
special 10-day introductory price $3
> Send express or postal money order to
5 day. Money returned If dissatisfied
after 30 days' trial. Housel Sales Co.,
i Box 193-U, Buffalo. N. Y.
1 I WANT to trade a diamond ring, valued
at $150, for an automobile. Call Main
• 3207- W.
■ DADIES. ARE YOU PAYING *80 FOF
I SUITS THAT IVR SEL.U THE SAMI'
FOR 811.95? HURRY AND GET A *3<
1 SUIT FOR 811.95 AT THE REMNANI
t STORE. 2017 21) AVE.
5
t
I SAVE MONEY
, ON YOUK AUTOMOBILE REPAIR
„ WORK
That Is what you will do by bringing
• your car to us to work on. Our Ions
experience In automobile repair work
“ makes us competent to work on an3
make machine made, and to do thi
H work so well that you will be sat
5 isfied.
i By doing all of the work ourselves, wc
know that every Job leaving the
shop Is O. K. We do not rely on in
experienced men to do any of th<
work.
e We make a specialty of rebuilding
cleaning, adjusting and overhauling
generally, cars that have been in Are**
I wrecks and that are generally rur
down.
n Give us your next Job—It will save yoi
money.
MARTIN Sc CHRISTOPHER
t 104 22d St., S. Phone Main 2030
? . ■ ..—
II SCRAP IKON
6crap iron, brass, lead, copper. Write to
highest market prices.
WELLER & CO..
. Birmingham, Ala.
1-10-sa-su-wed-t
r . - -
ALLSTEEL
j Filing Cabinets
! Wabash Desks
Wood and
' Files Chairs
1 Beat Card ln«lex»** and Filing Mipptle:
e for all my n(<‘in*
OFFICE M PITIES AND SYSTEMS
n ROBERTS & SON (Inc.)
“THE BIG ALABAMA HOUSE”
l 1812 Third Ave
PHONE MAIN M6I
TRENGTH CAPSULES ■
it If Nerroup.Wenk. loxingVljrnp biitBtUl ambitions to en
, joy life semi nt once for II f-ll{*<'l.**I,lN.irtiiiit I»ryp|op»*i
< furMUi’bVITALITY.Full ProvlnsfelaeFreetoTr*.
t.
FI. \V. Oswald Co., 31K-4VI W. 42d St
New York.
RICORD’S
RESTORATIVE
C litre, bturt. Collier's; Ensley Store, Averyt’e; Norl
'• BmingUam Store. Madison's Pharmacy; Pratt Cil
I Store, Phillips*Patterson Drug Company,
t I ilest oroa Men'* VluUtf.
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Classified List of Birmingham
Professional and Business Telephones i
Cut This List Out; File Away as a Quick and Ready Reference
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ABSTRACTORS
i Alabama Abstract Co., land titles.
2109-2111 3d ave. Phone. 380
AUTOMOBILE TIRES
i Black lock Tire & Rubber Co.,
agents for Federal tires. 429 S.
20th st Phone .703*
BAKERIES
J Ebsig d Bueenlehner Bakery
The home of Butternut bread.
411 14tli at.. N. Phone Main.-#23U
BUILDING MATERIAL
: Woodlawn Supply Co. 6506 2d av^.,
Woodlawn. Phone, Woodlawn--- 490 |
BUSINESS COLLEGES
; Wheeler Business College, 1909
1917 1st ave. Oldest, largest, best.
Sessions day and night. $50 pays
for complete course. Call, write,
or phone. Main .... 1110
CAFES
Dixie Dairy Lunch, 215 20th st.,
N. Phone. . 7815
CARPET, RUG AND MATTRESS
CLEANING
Hamm el Mattress and Carpet Reno
vating Co., 700 S. 23d st., make
over all kinds of mattresses,
steam dean carpets, rugs, feath
ers- first class work. Phone.... 1330
CIG A RS—WH< >LES A LE
R. D. Burnett Cigar Co. Wholesale
department, 1816 2d ave. Phone-- 3fti
COAL—BETA II,
Guarantee Coal Co. Yards. South
side, West End and Norwood.
Main . 6334
DAIRY SUPPLIES
Gorman-Gamm ill Seed and Dairy
Supply Co. “Everything In dairy
supplies." 2328-30 2d ave., N.
Phone Main .323(1
CORSETIER
The Spirella Corset Shop,
1029 Glen Iris ave.
Phone .28G9-J
DENTISTS
Dr. A. J. Massey, Dentist, Jefferson
County Bank Bldg. “Tallest build
ing south.” Rooms 623-624.
Phone .1844
DETECTIVE AGENCIES
Bodeker’s National Detective
Agency. 339, 340, 341 Brown
Marx Bldg. Phone ...2241
DISTILLERS
Jac*..: Daniels Distilling Co. 12l4>
A».e. B. Phone ..
DRUGS
Lelaw's Pharmacy. City Hall Bldg.
Main .%.t«l©
ELECTRIC AND MACHINERY
Miller Electric & Machine Co. 222
N. 22d st. Main .WKW
ENGINE BUILDERS
Hardle-Tynes Mfg. Co. 28th st and
8th ave., N. Main •• .5740-888 j
FARM LANDS
Black Belt Land Co. Alfalfa lands
a specialty. 410 American Trust
Bldg. Phone . 1*30 I
FLORISTS
A. J. Koenig, florist. 318 N. 21st
sL Phoue .3005
John A. Lambert, florist, 2014 1st
ave. Phone, Main .1037
GASOLINE ENGINES
Whlte-Blakesleo Mfg. Co., gaso
line, gas and oil engines for
pumping, ginning. grinding,
sawing and all purposes. We
repair all makes of gasoline
engines. Phone Woodlawn . . 10
GROCERY STORES
Shropshire-Daniels Grocery Co. 1028
S. 20th st. Main .4230-4237-1185
HOTELS
The Avalon Hotel JI00 5th ave., N.
Phone .4583
The Hotel Mason. 2016 5th ave.
N. Phone . «OlH
Reliance hotel. Near Terminal de
pot. 5th ave. and 2fith st. Phone. 1040
LUMBER DEALERS
W. D. Wood Lumber Co. 8th ave.
an<J 13th st. Phones .1500-4501
PLUMBERS—COLORED
Birmingham Plumbing Co.. Alabama
• Penny Savings Bank building.
Phone. Main .I IDO
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Stephenson Studio. M. HL Wilson,
Mgr. 41* N. 21st st. Phone.41KJ7
RENTALS
For a house or business location,
and, especially, If you are a
stranger in the city, see us. Ma
lone-McConnell Co. Phone.GSiiS
RI'BBER TIRES
Exclusive Rubber Tire Co. Lowest
prices on carriage rubber. 2d ave.
and 16th st. Phone..
ST4TIONER5
Zac Smith Stationery Co. Archi
tect and high school supplies.
Loose leaf ledgers. 202* 1st
ave Phone . 933
REAL ESTATE
Jas. B. Drake. Real estate and farm
lands. 26 N. 19th st., ground floor
Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
Main . 2417
S. E. Wllbourne. Satsuma orange
land specialist. 410 Amorican
Trust Bldg. Phone.
E. J. Burns Co. Sales, loans and
rentals. 406 American Trust Bldg.
Phor.e ..
Bethea Real Estate A Insurance
Co 2027 3d ave., N. Phone. HD
H. Fi. Wllbourne. Satsuma orange
land specialist. 6V4 N. 20th st
Phone ..
SEED STORES
Gorman-Gammill Seed Co. “Seed
which succeed.” 2328-30 2d ave.,
N. Phone Main .
SHOES
We buy second hand clothes, shoes;
also expert repairing. Will make
free half soles and heels with ev
ery $3.50 pair shoes. Dave Cop
Ion. Main .I®**1
ASQUITH DOESN’T THINK MUCH
OF INTELLIGENCE OF HIS SON
••••• • •••••••••••• •••••«*<*•••••••••••«•
Was Furious When He
Learned He Had Been
Sent to Antwerp in Com
mand of Men—Sidelights
on the War in Europe
By LENOX BRUCE
Ivondon, October 24.—(Special.)—One of
the best stories connected with the war
which has yet been told in the London
clubs is now going the rounds. It relates
to Arthur Asquith, the youngest son of
the premier by hie first wife,
who was one of the officers of
the naval brigade sent to Answerp.
Young Asquith had only joined three
weeks when he was sent on active serv
ice. The story is that his father knew
nothing about his having been sent to the
fiont until be had already arrived In
Antwerp, and when he heard of It he was
furious and sent for Winston Churchill,
the first lord of the admiralty, and gave
him a severe wigging. The reason for
Mr. Asquith's indignation was not that
I his son had been sent to the post ol
» danger, but, it is said, that such a quali
fied fool as he knew’ his son to be should
be placed in command of men in dan
gerous service. The story gains poinl
when it is known that Arthur Asquith
is not popularly credited with sharing
' the brains for which the other member*
of the family are so remarkable.
The sending of the naval brigade tr
Antwerp, as you probably know, hat
given rise to a lot of criticism of Winstor
Churchill and one London paper in par
ticular—the Morning Post—has openly at
tacked him for sending men on what 11
was perfectly well known wfas a hope
less task. Nothing could be more absurc
than criticism of an individual minlstei
in such a case, for there cannot he th*
slightest doubt that the sending of th<
tioops w-as the decision of the whoh
cabinet deliberately taken.
Churchill bad been over to Antwerj
and knew exactly what the sltuatloi
there wras, and the troops were sent fo:
the purpose of heartening the Belgiai
army and assisting it to retire In gooc
order. They did their job well witl
uncommonly little loss, and military an<
naval opinion Is unanimous that thei
tending was justified. It may be wortl
mentioning that the Morning Post, whlcl
led in the attack on Churchill, is th
tory paper that has never been recon
died to the political moratorium entered
Into at the beginning of the war. am
it has never miHsed an opportunity o
criticizing the government fior Its conduc
of the w’ar In this case it seems t<
have overshot the mark.
Becomes a Captain of Industry
A romance of business is revealed b:
an advertisement In the British paper
this week for farriers. No number i
specified. Every farrier in the kingdon
is wanted and the job is to supply 1,000,00
horseshoes a month for the British arm;
and Its allies. America mad© a stroni
bid for the business, but was defeated o;
a man without capital, but with un
bounded enthusiasm. This man Is A. E
( Hill, a former newspaper man who som
years ago became interested In tl » art o
the farrier, and finding that the trade lia<
no mouthpiece, started a little mont.hl;
paper called The Farrier. He studied hi
subject and soon became an enthusiast
and when the London county council de
l elded to start a school of farriery In con
nectlon with its technical educatio
- courses, Hill was selected to organize il
AVben the war office found itself u
against the demand for a million horse
shoes a month it asked for the greatea
expert in England, and was told to sen1
» for Hill. When he arrived he was aske
; if he could organize an army horsesho
department and he replied at once that h
could. He was told that a number o
, Philadelphia firms bad submitted bid*
but that the war office wanted to kee
control of its own supplv and he assure
Kitchener that he would do the work a
I less cost. The result was that he was ap
I pointed at once a director of suppl'a*
with the rank of colonel, and he is noi
looking for farriers and getting their
too. I am told that the war ofTlce Mas
new pattern shoe for winter work w'hlc
ts a great improvement on that used b
1 the Germans.
Britain Is not above learning from th
Germans, however, when they really' hav
a good th’ng. T happened to drop int
the office of n cutlerv firm In the city th
other day, and l found the principal tn
' a mining with Interest a combination knif
and fork, which attracted niv a*tent1o
: at once because it was about the rustles
d'rtlest and generally' most dlsreputabi
tldnc I bad ever laid eves on. Mv fHen
tnid me that It was the utensil sunulled t
the German troons and was much sn
nerior to the British article In corner
lenc© nnd compactneM. The war oTtc
bad asked him If he could make KAA A0A r.
them at once and he was fust figuring o
• the copt. “We can reproduce the patter
exaetlv,” he sa’d. “but T think we w*1
„ "'**ke a better article. This Is a bit flfn\'
or ideas of what good work *»ho«j'
he.**
I Humor Factory t
1 I'M® London rumor fa^orv 1s one of th
i wonders of the wur. Where It Is sit'iato*
nr, on® Vn/vws. but ©ve*-v dav sorre a«
9 j ton'shln*? lie Is set afloat and f tread
I |«tre nil Ove*- London. neo
are inclined to think that the -union
are sot afloat by German agents, for
they are always of a kind to alarm the
British public. For instance, one night
last week 1 wan solemnly assured that a
message had come through on the ticker
announcing the surrender of General
Smith Dorrien and an army corps to Von
Kluck, whose way to Paris was now clear.
The story was all over London, but no
such message came through on the ticker,
and that very night an officer told me of
a letter he had received from Smith Dor
rien saying that the British "were doing
their Job In France and doing it very
well,” and that the prospects for the al- i
lies were uncommonly bright.
Another of these rumors dealt with Ad
miral Troubrldge. whom the club arm
chair strategists blame for the escape In (
the Mediterranean of the Goeben and the
Breslau. This rumor was that Troubrldge
has a German wife and that his brother
in-law was In command of the Goeben.
It never occurred to the people who re
peated this slander to consult "Who’s
Who,” which would have told them that
Admiral Troubrldge was married twice
and that both of his wives were English
women. Another story is that the ad
miral received a message In tho British
naval code instructing him to allow tho
cruisers to escape. The British admiralty
never sent It, so it must have come from
the KaJser.
England and Her Aliens
There is growing discontent in London
with the leniency with which the authori
ties deal with the German and Austrian
subjects, both naturalized and unnatural
ized, of whom there are many thousands
in the city. Stricter measures are being
taken with the German prisoners who
are interned at Olympic. At first these |
were guarded by territorial* who had j
orders to treat tnem kindly. The Ger- i
j mans soon learned of this and the more |
boisterous spirits among them used to |
I disarm the sentries and spank them to |
; the great glee of their fellow prisoners.
No attempt was made to escape. Nov/
the territorials have been replaced by
men of the Grenadier Guardp, all six foot
ers, with Instructions to stand no non
sense and not to hesitate to use bayonet
or butt If necessary to preserve order and
their own dignity.
Recruiting Boom
( The fall of Antwerp has proved a great
stimulus to recruiting In England. After
the first 500,000 recruits had been obtained
for Kitchener’s new army the men began
, to come In more slowly, but during the
last week the average number of enlist
| ments per day has just about doubled
I and the authorities have all they can do
| to handle the new recruits. Some of
them, Indeed, are too enthusiastic. One
, young man who had enlisted six times
In one day. drawing 30 cents each time.
‘ It now thinking it over in one of his
majesty's Jails where he will be a guest
I for six months.
I Another affect of the fall of Antwerp
, Is to increase the precautions against a
raid on England by hostile aircraft. All
t tke lights in central London are dark
new at night, and some of the theatres
have found it so hard to get people to
attend at night that they have reversed
r j the usual order of things and are giving
1J six matinees and two evening perform
5 arces a week. The police are strictly
i enforcing the order against light and one
1 club that I know of, which has a glass
r roof over the kitchen, has been com
: pelled to paint the glass so that no light,
r can shine through it at night. The trams
- and omnibuses are running in darkness
and there is rumor that before very long
» they will be stopped altogether after 11
r p. m.
j As a matter of fact, there is little to
. fear from Zeppelins These great gas
hags are too unwieldly to have much
chance of crossing the North sea and
’ they afford too good a mark to English
‘ gunners. If any raid does take place
it is likely to he by aeroplanes and the
' damage that they can do is so small as
• to be negligible from a national point of
1 view, although, of course, they may,
* make things very uncomfortable for the*
t few people who happen to be within the
1 radius of the bombs they drop. The ru
1 mor factory is busy with these aerial
raiders of course. Hardly a night passes
a that one does not hear of someone who
f has seen someone who has seen a Taube
, or a Zeppelin over Buckingham palace
, oi the houses of parliament, but they
j always get away without being spotted
t by the men whose business It is to watch
. for them.
I met a sailor the other day who had
^ just come ashor* from one of the destroy
ers which are patrolling the channel and
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le told me that the Job was something
ike a foretaste of hell. These little craft
ire not exactly comfortable sea boats and
lot food most of the time is an impos
libilitv. Dry bedding is also an unaccus
omed luxury, but my informant said:
‘Our chaps are all right. We don't mind
t. if we get a whack at the Kaiser, and
when we came ashore yesterday and
ined up for medical inspection the doc
or told us that he wax astonished that
ve were so fit. Never saw a better lot in
lis life, he said.” These little boats are
>atrolllng In relays—a fortnight on duty
md then eight days shore leave—and the
nen are all as keen as mustard.
I heard an amusing story about the
liscipline on some of the auxiliary ships
>f the fleet which are commanded by
•oyal naval reserve men—merchant skip
)ers most of them—who have volunteered
or duty. The regular navy men who form
nost of the petty officers and crew re
lent having merchant skippers placed over
hem, and they show their resentment by
obeying orders to the letter. “Of course
jve wouldn’t do it when there was serious
business on hand,” said my informant.
‘It’s just a little way of ours to let these
merchant blighters see that they don’t
(now how to run things ship-shape and
navy fashion.”
Is Germany’s 17-Inch Gun a Myth?
One of the newspaper correspondents,
who was at Antwerp until just before
e Germans entered it, tells me that he
doesn't believe that the “Jack Johnsons.”
Lhe great 17-inch field guns which we have
heard so much about in cohnection with
the reduction of Belgian and French
fortresses, have any existence except in
the imagination of a few correspondents.
“I know that the biggest guns the Ger
mans had at Antwerp were 11-inch,” he
told me, “and I have never met anyone
who has seen one of the Jack Johnson*.
The allies haven’t captured any and they
have samples of every other gun that the
Clermans are credited with owning. W ©
have seen one picture of a Jack Johnson
and that came from Germany and looks
uncommonly like the pattern of their 11
Incher. Tou know how easy it is to fake
size in a photograph.” It is certainly
true that no one on the side of the allies
has seen one of these great guns aijd that
none has been captured. It has been sug
gested that the damage done to fortifica
tions by the German siege guns may be
due to some new explosive which they
possess.
Teachers Scarce in London
The London county council Is having
great difficulty in finding a supply of
teachers for its schools owing to the war.
No fewer than 878 of its male teachers arc
now serving in the forces, and it has been
found impossible to find properly quali
fied men to fill their places. Women teach
ers have been drafted to the boys’ schools
and the size of the classes has been In
creased. but still there is a serious short
age. The difficulties are being increased
by the Influx of Belgian refugees. The
council authorities have offered the hospi
tality of the council schools to the refugee
children of whom there are now some
thing like 30,000 in London.
To some extent this phase of the situa
tion is being overcome by employing the
refugee teachers, but owing to the lan
guage difficulty these refugee teachers
cannot be employed to teach the British
children. One of the quaint side issues of
the flight from Belgium to London Is the
opening of a refreshment stall in the
Bank of England. So many refugees are
flocking to the Old Lady ol’ Threadneedle
street to change their Belgian money, for
tho hank is the only place which will
change it. that it was found necessary to I
provide light refreshments. The bank,
by the way, under its charter of 1694. has I
the right to sell beer and spirits without I
a license, but this is the first time that it
has exercised the privilege. Its alcoholic
refreshments, however, are limited to
Ught wine.
Catholic Chaplains at the. Front
I hear from Ireland that there is a good
deal of complaint about the scarcity of
Homan Catholic chaplains at the front.
In ordinary times only the Irish regi
ments arc supplied with Roman Catholic
chaplains, but in this war there has been 1
a great rush of Irishmen to join regi
ments. whether Irish or not, going on
active service, and no one prizes the min
istrations of ids religion more than .the
Irish Catholic. The Irish bishops have
met to discuss the situation and I am told
they are working out a plan to be pre
sented to Lord Kitchener for the appoint
ment of unpaid chaplains with most of
the regiments. They realize that in these
times it is difficult, and probably would
require legislation, to increase the pa»d
noncombatant establishment of the
army, but there seems to be no reason
whv the war office should not recognize
volunteer chaplains and give them official
rank and standing.
Reuben Puts It Over Hitchcock
From tho Green Book Magazine.
"There's a Rood deal of talk about
how easy you can fool the farmer,"
said Raymond Hitchcock the other day,
"but they are right there with yjeir
answer, Just the same.
"This summer I spent * few weeks
in s little country town. I was sur
prised to see there were scarcely any
children around. In fact, I only saw
three or fpur during the entire length
of my stay there. I could not help
wondering about this. One morning,
quite early, as I was taking jny con
stitutional, I met a weasened old man
who was evidently a native.
“ 'How often,' I inquired, 'are chil
dren born in this towm?’
“ 'Only once,’ he answered, and he
proceeded on hia way.
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MANY INVENTIONS
MERE ACCIDENTS
Alexander Graham Bell Describes To
Young Students the Wonders of
Inventive Science
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor,
told a class of young students at
Washington the other day about put
ting his head under water and strik
ing two stones together beneath the
surface, says the National Geographic
Monthly. “It sounded as if a man were
hammering for all he was worth at my
very ear.”
Next he sent a boy a mile away to
strike the stones. and “the signals
came perfectly clear and distinct.”
In these little facts, and the other
fact that sound goes over 5000 feet a
second through water to its 1000 feet
through air, lay for somebody the
germ of the submarine bell signals
used on ships.
Now. in exploring the earth s surface
as it lies under deep waters, a great
deal of time and labor is expended
merely in ascertaining the depth.
“Why,” asks Professor Bell, “should
we not send a sound Instead and listen
for an echo from the bottom?”—thus
accomplishing In four seconds n work
how tuking sometimes more than four
hours.
And we should learn by the shorter
method something of the nature of
things below. “A flat bottom should
yield a single sharp return, whereas
an undulating bottom should yield a
mu^iple echo, like that heard when
you fire a pistol among hills.”
Professor Bell then gave an account,
which is here condensed, of an inven
tion founded on a smell:
First, a chemist detected in sulphuric
acid waste ah odor which on analysts
was found to come from a hitherto un
known substance. This was called
silenium.
Second, silenium crystallized was
found to be a conductor of electricity
of phenomenally high resistance.
Third, the new resistant, having been
I put to use in place of whole coils of
! wire to balance the Atlantic cable dur
| ing the period of laying, was found to
i have at night twice its resisting power
of the daytime.
Fourth, Professor Bell, playing upon
silenlum’s sensitiveness to light, pro
duced the photophone, by means of
which one may talk over a beam of
light.
Speaking of the possibility of mak
ing the transatlantic trip by aero
plane, Professor Bell did not venture
upon prophecy. He did, however, men
tion the fact that a flying machine
file* faster the higher it mounts, the
resistance being less In rarlfied air and
the propeller more rapid.
“A 50-mlle-an-hour machine flying
two miles high will fly much faster
than 50 miles an hour. Besides, at that
height a 26 to 50-mtle breeze blows in
the general direction of Europe.
“Calculation shows that, taking all
these circumstances Into consideration,
our beat machines-should be isbl* to
cross the Atlantic in 18 hours/*
Why He Didn’t Laugh
From London Tit-Bits. 4
An the old gentleman picked up hit ,
battered headgear he was greeted with,
a yell of laughter from a gang of boys
at the corner of the street. f
Turning furiously, with the Intention
of reading his tormentors a lesson, the
old gentleman paused as he found ono
boy wearing anything but a cheerful
expression.
“My hoy, ’ he said effusively, "you'rti
the only little gentU'man In the party. ^
Here’s a shilling for you. Now, tell J
me, why didn't you laugh with yousf
companions?’* " ™
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as he pocketed the coin, “I*d my bacK
turned and didn’t see the fun.** |
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