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The Washington times., 1906-10-14
SOCIALISTIC TREND
Of BRITISH LIBERALS
Lloyd George, Minister for Trade, Ad-
vocate of Fairer Distribution
Of Wealth.

LONDON, oct l3.-The Liberal gov
ernment is feeling its way toward
socialism as a solution OF the great
economic problems which puzzle Eng
llsh public uou David LlOyd-eGorge,
who is minister OF trade, has spoken
ac a Welsh meeting advocating one Of
the leading principles of socialism,
fairer distribution of wealth
There are 100000 in this country.
lie said. enduring year after year the
torture OF living on, lacking suffi-
cheney of the bare necessities OF life.
And al this exists amid a splendid
plenty. which pours into land so
wealthy that It can afford 30 loan out
OF its spare riches thousands of millions
to other lands.
There is plenty Of wealth in this
country 10 provide for all and 20 spare
What IS wanted IS a fairer distribution.
/ % not suggest that there should be a
compulsory equal distribution OF the
wealth of this country between It's In
habitants. but 7 do gay that the Law
which protects capitalists In the enjoy
ment OF their great possessions should,
first of all see that those whose labor
produces their wealth are amply pro
tacted from actual need.
'''The spare wealth of this country
should be forced. as a condition 10 its
enjoyment by its possessors, 70 con-
tribute first toward the honorable main
tenance Of those who have ceased 20 be
able 10 maintain themselves
The Washington times., 1906-10-14
GIBSON CAPTURES
PARTISAN HEARTS
American Artist Notable Fig
ure on BOuleVardS Of
French Capital.
LEASES HOME AND STUDIO
Already the Famous Gibson Gill' Has
Become the Rage in Fash
ions Land.

PARIS. Oct. 13-No American has so
quickly captured the heart OF Paris as
Charles Dana Gibson. who with ms
charming wife has rented house on
Boulevard Berthier where he VIII spend
the winter. and a studio on the slope
of the hill upon which stands the DeAu-
tifuI Church OF che Sacred Heart.
AIR Gibson has already become
,veIl-kuovn figure on the boulevard
and creates quite "a sensation whenever
Ire shows himself, as every body wants 10
get q close view OF tne creator or the
Gibson Girl" VINO is an the rage IN
Paris now.
In artistic circles the general opinion
is that AR. Gibson. with his indomitaole
energy and his unique talent for draw
ing. will iu time become famous az
PAINTER OF portraits.
The Gibson house ON Boulevard Berth
Ter is not large enough to allow enter
tanning ON "a large scale, but should the
Young couple decide 10 90 in for soclal
ronors thcy can have their pick OF the
whole artistic and aristocratc uoolesse-
The Washington times., 1906-10-14
BELGIAN MONTE CARLO
SCHEME OF LONDONERS

LONDON, oct. l3--To create another
Monte Carlo on the Belgian coast IS
the scheme Of q group Of London finan-
ciers. who have adopted the idea Of the
late Colonel North. known as the Nj
trate King
The promoters command an immense
capital. with which they intend TO lease
a large area or land. and 10 build there
on "a seaside resort which shall be en-
1irely devoted 70 gambling. There IS
the Casino at Ostend. not far away, but
the syndicate thinks that a gambling
hell" pure and simple. on the lines OF
Monte carlo. would be = success
They expect go make enormous profits
and these they would share with the
Belgian government, so tha' no difficult
lies viii be put in their way by official
powers.
The Washington times., 1906-10-14
CARUS0'S VENTRlL0QUlSM
PROVES MOST REALISTIC

PARIS, Oct. l5.--Signor Caruso, the
celebrated tenor. has been entertaining
friends with anecdotes of his life IN
the States. and among The stories is one
about his attempts ar venuilCquisul.
one day he wanted &c astonish some
friends with his powers. and as they
happened TO be walking along a coun-
lry road be stopped under a tree and
asked. Arc YOU theree' just as he
was gettins ready &c give the answer
OF an imaginary person in the branches.
2 small voice came from above, "Nes
! am, put don't tell my father or III
The Washington times., 1906-10-14
OF FLOWERS
ON IRYiHHGG'S GRAVE
Westminster Abbey Often Visited by
American Admirers OF Fa-
nous Actor

LONDON. Oct. 13.-Americans visiting
Westminster Abbey now. never miss see
ing the grave OF Sir Henry Irving. the
last great man 10 be buried in Eng
lands Nalhalla Many OF the famous
actors admirers from the United States
leave tributes Of flowers and laureIs
Among three such tributes now deco
rating the grave. two Of which are
ANONYMOUS Is one OF laurel and lilies,
from ~. T.. IlohlsaaL Of Chicago, who
was personal friend Of Irving.
American visitors do the Abbey
most thoroughly of all classes Of tour
lists.
The Washington times., 1906-10-14
Le.tures Fxcite InteIest.

Great excitement reigns among the
students at the Sorbonne concerning the
r,e-fnq- of Mrs. Curie's course Of lee
t,,,ae there. The widow of the cele-
r~ate5 professor, and joint discoverer
~ r,dium will bee the first woman 20
occ,lr,- the professional chair al the
S0rbunue- -
1-nor the occasion of her first lecture
NJ fri.nd minister of fine art ano
-.II,,,g instruction. will be present as
viii also a number Of the neI"''ls "a
The institute, notably thp7e ~
with the Academy OF sele"1' -.
,,.ert rriU take place at some date to
be definitely fixed between -''
. and T.
The Washington times., 1906-10-14
''VENUS"

Women of refinement find in I
these beautiful shoes a perfect
combination of Fashion. Grace
and Utility. None of their styles
and qualities can be duplicated
elsewhere under S5-many of the
new effects being exclusive with
Us. They come I'm Button,
Laced. Blucher Boots, and But
ton or BluCher Low COllege-Cut
boOts-in every de-
sired leather - in q RI
every wanted style ,
of toe and heel.....
The Washington times., 1906-10-14
MINISTER BRYAN IS MUM
AFTER CALL ON PRESIDENT

Charles Page Bryan. United States
Ministe- To Portugal called at the
White House Yesterday to pay his re-
srects % The President Recently there
have been repeated rJmors That he
would retire. hat h. declined 60 tall,
about the matter when leaving the
White House.
The Washington times., 1906-10-14
FRENCHMAN SURVIVES
EIGHTEEN OPERATIONS

PARIS, oct l3-At the last sitting of
The Correctional court the ether day "a
prisoner was presented who had three
enormous holes jim his skull Tho uu-
fortunate man had three times been
trcpanued, and had Submitted 10 IIteeE
ether surgical operations. Tie mans
name Is Laudou. and at the request OF
several celebrated Tlembers of the
Academy OF Medicine ne had b,luest-
Ell his skull 10 that iusJitUtiOu
The Washington times., 1906-10-14

since died. and numerous others showed
suspicious symptoms.
The lepers have been temporarily iso-
lated iT- huts until proper provision can
be made for their care.
The hotel keepers of the ueighborhood
are furious Al the discovery. as 81 will
ruin their trade Among the country
people the disease was known 20 have
existed In certain families in Guttet for
several generations.
The Washington times., 1906-10-14
GIVEN WORTHLESS CHECK,
COMPLAINT OF GROCER

Charged with obtaining money nv
false pratenses. Turner A. Long. of 1884
Flfteer.,l street northwest. was arrest
ed yesterday BY Central once Detec-
tives Parham and O-Brien. Tt is alleged
that on September g Long casbed a
worthless check for s. on ridden Nc
CourSe grocer, an Fourth street and
Massachusetts avenue northwest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10
Voice Out of the Past of American
History.

Julian Hawthorne, in New York Amerl-
can.
Senator Pettus, after rambling indie
terminately ABOUT the chamber for some
time. had at length settled himself in
the vacant seat of Senator Morgan, and
was there chewing tobacco and appar-
emily consoling himself with book, in
Tranquil disregard of the proceedings.
Suddenly, however, he arose and began
to address The chair.
Does the senator from Wisconsin yield
10 the senator from Alabama?" the chair
wished to know, and the former professed
a chronic pleasure in so doing, but Pettus
had not waited for permission He had
the privileges of the oldest man in Con-
gress, and he stood upon them. Most
of the men on that floor might have been
his children. When he was born Webster
and Clay were boys, Florida was not yet
part of the United States, the Mexican
war was unthought Of, the war of 1872
was but thing of yesterday. lie was
mature man of 10 when the struggle be-
tween the north and the south began, IN
which he marched and fought ON the side
of the Lost Cause. Modern civilization
may be said to have come into existence
since he was youth. The world which
surrounded him was not the same world
that he had known in his prime; he was
like a visitor from an elder planet and
yet there he stood. visible and palpable
before us, and his heavy voice rumbed
like ancient thunder in our ears, the
echoes of a greatness that had been for
gotten.
There he stood, a venerable portent.
giant of the prime between whose toes
forests had grown up, ON whose shoulders
hung the dust of ages. His huge and
massive countenanee resembled the Inca
ments OF antique confueius, bronzed with
time, but built with bones of iron, win
try and worn, but unyielding to the years
Under his heavy brows gowed dimly
forth eyes that had looked upon things
which we read of in ancient history.
His shoulders and frame We're of he
role mold and still, after so many gen
rations of lesser mon, bore themselves
sturdiy, and fell into posttires of Titanic
grace. lie brought with him an atmos-
phere Of geologic rcmoteness. SO that We
would not have been surprised had n pot
plesiosaurus crept out from beneath MS
desk or. a woody rhnoceros been seen
standing at the gates of the capitol sad
died and bridled to bear him home
Pettus sat down; the atmosphere OF
vanished epoch expired like a dream that
is past anu was succeeded by the crude
air of our moderntty, we stirred ana
looked oddly at one another, like the cour-
tiers in Tennyson's Sleeping Beauty
after their pause of a century. The ar
rested current flowed once more Hers
was young Long, hardly 80 years Old
standing up to read his piece. Confueius
with his ancient wisdom, had returned to
his place among the back stars, ana the
trlvialites of today pressed upon us onca
again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10
Appalachian Park.

Nothing materializes more hesitat-
ingly than the Appalachian forest re-
serve proposition. There are few re-
publican congressman behind it, and
no republican electoral votes, and so
the Aldriches and Canons in Congress
pay little attention to II.
The proposition is to create great
national park along the SUBMITS of
the Appalachian range from Virginia
to Alabama inclusive. 1t is hoped to
secure action before prices are further
enhanced, before, too, breaks in the
chain become established. CON
tinuous park is desired.
A convention was held in Charlotte
to further the movement. The gov
ernors of Georgia and the Carolinas
were present. and so were the heads
of the forestry bureau in Washington
The convention urged the formation
of state organizations, and Governor
Jelks could readily enlist for that pur-
pose the people in the northeast cor
ner of Alabama where the Appa-
lachian mountains may be said to have
an ending.
There are many reasons why the
proposed park should be estabhshed-
reasons relating TO irrigation and wa
ter supplies, TO the preservation Of
timber, to retreats for game, to nature
in her original forms-and we should
aid the movement even if the outlook
be unpromising and the movement at
the hands of republican leaders ex
tremely slow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10
River Traffic In PENNSYLVANIA.

Pittsburg admits that the cheapness
of river traffic on the Monongahela
river is the chief factor in its pros
perity. Coal and coke are brought
down the river lat almost no expense
TO supply the plants along the lower
river.
Those who say an Open Warrior
would not benefit this district should
study the tonnage of the Monongahela
in 1905. That river has fifteen locks,
and il is neither deep nor spacious,
and yet last year 9S52,211 tons We're
brought down stream, and 1,140,922
tons were carried up stream-a total
of 1o,sss.1Ss tons.
Pittsburg is now waterway. 1t
wants ship canal to Lake Erie, and
above all else it wants a slackwaterng
of the Ohio TO depth of nine feet on
the stills of the locks, and an improve
ment of the Mississippi until large
distributing warehouses can be estab-
lished on its banks. In this way the
Pittsburg district proposes TO supply
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10
Weather and Crops.

Just at present the weather wise are
discussing the law of averages. Each
year, they claim presents normal and
level figures. They reason therefore
that mild winter will be followed by
a cool summer-light snowfalls by
heavy rains-and that there will,
therefore, be poor crops this year after
two years of plenty. Cotton. 1t is
claimed, will encounter this year too
many downpours and too little sun
shine, and it will be a crop below ten
million bales. They see trouble COM
Ing to the corn crop, to the peach
trees, to one thing or another, and
the net result is to be short crops and
a great deal of illness
All this is borrowing trouble in adj
vance II is borrowing trouble with
no trustworthy statistics at hand 10
support the theory The weather sta
tistics of thirty years-official statis-
tics-do not show that a mild winter
is followed by poor crops. Some mild
winters have been so followed. and
some have not. The statistics have
no lesson to present on that point.
Neither has anybody or anything else.
The coming crops are a lottery just
as all crops in March have ever been
and ever will be. No one knows what
the crops of the year will prove to be,
and 1t is every mans duty to go
ahead wholly regardless of the croak-
ers and the long range weather
prophets.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10
PROVERBS OF WALL

From Puck.
He that hath pity upon the poor Iendeth
to the Lord, but the security is nom
negotiable.
A good name is rather to be chosen than
great riches, but fortunately for the prob
lem of selection. "a good name" is usually
good collateral.
Blessed are the poor, for they've moth
ing to lose
Wisdom is better than rubies, and cop
per stocks are not always pure water.
AS an OK goeth to the Slaughter, so D
lamb to Wall street
A wise son maketh a glad father. unless
he bucks him from the other side ofSthe
market
The borrower is the servant Of the
lender but this doesn't affect the quota
tons on "call loans"
He that makcth haste TO be rich shall
not be innocent and usually remains poor.
Whose diggeth pit shall fall therein;
similar is the fate of him who constructs
a CORNER.
Put not your trust In tmerchanD
Princes until you have carefully studied
their commercial rating.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10
Generals of the Army.

Il have observed that several newspaper
authorities on military matters are in
error about the number of officers in
the United States army who held the rank
of general commanding, styled full gen
eral," an old citizen. mo higher au
thority than the New York Sun recently
gave the list as follows: Washington,
Grant, Sherman and Sheridan Washing
ton was. as every one knows, commander
in-chief of the Revolutionary army, but
after the United States army was or
ganlzed and after he had retired from the
Presidency, John Adams commissioned
him lieutenant general No other person
had the rank Of lieutenant general until
1864. when Grant was appointed to the
grade Upon the reorganization of the
regular army after the war, Grant was
commissioned full general-the first sol
der in this county to be so honored.
Sherman succeeded Grant as full general.
The rank passed out with Sherman, but
Sheridan ON his death bed. was made a
full general by an act Of Congress. The
rank became extinct at Sheridan's demise
and was never revived after that time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10
CROOKS WHO WEAR FINE
CLOTHES WHILE AT WORK

uniform garb which is the mode in a SER
tain section of Joliet.
As many susceptible Chicago retailers
found to their loss, Cassie. Pearlberg is
a most alluring and attractive maid. They
reasoned that when very pretty and
very well-dressed girl asked them to cash
a check it could not possibly be bogus.
But the red-inked phrase mo funds soon
proved to them that no more are good
looks and clothes a sign of resources in
a supposedly coy and demure maiden
than any one else. The awakening was
never bouht at a price less than 500.
All wire-tappers, must make good
appearance. The Trio of this class of crinl-
inals who have been the most successful
are Harry Summerfeld, Chappie Moran
and Edward Stone, who was formerly
with the Western Union. Beguiled by
their seeming prosperity, it took u very
sophisticated Individual, who was looking
for am opportunity to make something for
nothing, to pass their attractive offers
by.
Owing to the occasional activity of the
Chicago police they have. been forced to
.coniine their attentions largely to the SUR
rounding towns, and tales of their SWIM
dlings have poured into the city.
OF women thieves of this class who have
enjoyed the enforced hospitality of Mrs.
Mary Keegan at the Harrison Street po-
lice station are Sarah Seymour and Sarah
Gawley- Always well dressed, they pill
fered enormous quantities of silks and
satins and other expensive goods from
the State street stores. As they were
always attired in the height of fashion
suspicion did not attach to them for
long time.
Lou West, also a Chicago product, oper-
ated similarly. SealsSn coats were her
speciality.
OF society thieves Joseph Doan OF
Chicago was one of the best and most
Versatile. Anything from cracking a safe
to. picking pocket or "seeond-story
work he could do with equal facility.
His desire for good clothes went fur
Their than did that of his fellows, for he
began to love clothes for clothes sake
Patent leather shoes were his hobby, and
finally proved his undoing, for by their
ereaking he was found and captured the
first time the Chicago police succeeded
in arresting him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10
Value of Sian.

At present our mountains of Stag
are used for road-maling purposes
only, but the indications are That Stag
will soon become valuable by
product of blast furnace. The Iron
Trade Review says a charter has been
applied for in Pittsburg to manufac-
ture building material from blast fur
mace Stag. II is claimed that the new
building material will soon displaee
cement in construction work. The de-
tails of the project are withheld until
the. charter is. granted and the COM
pany has begun work.
If Stag can be turned into build
ing material no one in this district
need be distressed over the rising
prices of brick, stone or lumber, for
We have Stag enough to build thou
sands of houses, and are turning out
more every. day All told there are
about twenty stacks in this county,
and they can be trusted to keep Ala
bama well supplied with Stag for build
ing purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10
LONG AGO.

BY Eugene Field.
once knew all the birds that came
And nestled in our orchard trees;
For every flower l had a name
MY friends were woodchucks> toads and
bees;
knew where thriyed in yonder glen
What plants would soothc stone-
bruised toe
oh, / was very learned the
But that was very long ago.
knew the spot upon the hill
Where carbohydrates could be found;
knew the rushes near the mill
Where pickerel lay that weighed
pound!
knew the wood-the very tree
Where lived the poaching, saucy crow.
But that was very long ago.
And, pining for the joys of youth
| tread the old familiar spot.
Only to learn the solemn truth
j.! have forgotten, am forgot.
Yet here's this youngster at my knee
Knows all the things | used to know;
To think L once was as wise as he
But that was very long ago.
know It's folly to complain
OF whatseeer the Fates decree;
Yet were not wishes all in vain.
! tell YOU what my wish should be;
I'd wish TO be a boy again,
Back with the friends ! used to know;
For | was, oh. so happy then
But that was very long aeo-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10
PoIIoennen at Crossing.

u would offer a suggestion 10 Shiei
Wier of the police department that one
er more officers be stationed at the M
portant down town crossings, especially
during the afternoon, said citizen last
night
Certainly officers should be stationed
at Second avenue and Nineteenth street.
Second avenue and Twentieth street and
First avenue and Twentieth street at
least for the protection Of pedestrians.
The crossing at Second avenue and Nine
tenth street is especially dangerous at
this time on account Of the pilng up Of
lumber and debris taken out of the
Florence hotel. and several accidents, l
learn. were narrowly averted this after
noon. The officer or officers on duty at
these corners could escort ladies and
children safely across the street inter-
sections. and could regulate the speed
of street cars and of wagons and other
vehicles
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10
SPECIAL TRAIN TO PlTTSBURG
For Republic company-office Force
Will Be Taken From Chicago.

From the Youngstown Telegram.
John F. Taylor vice president and
treasurer of the Republic Iron and Steel
company, was in the city Wednesday on
business in connection with the COM
pany
"trhe general offices will be moved from
Chicago to Pittsburg on March 1914 said
Mr.. Taylor There will be special train
for the accommodation of the office force
and the effects of the office, and they
will be placed in Pittsburg ready for the
force to go to work on Monday morning ?
How about the merger of the Repub-
lie and United States Steel corporation?'
Il don't know. haven't seen the pa
pers yet. Maybe they have us placed
somewhere else today. know nothing
about the merger.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10
New stars.

IF all the territories seeking admission
as states succeed in obtaining their desire
some decided changes will have to be
made in old Glory ., said a man who.
has followed the flag on more than one
hard fought battle field, both in the civil
war and the Spanish-Ameriean spat.
Il wonder what will become of the
thousands of flags now doing duty in all
parts of the country. There are hundreds
of officials flags and they will have to be
replaced by the bunting with the addi-
tional stars as soon as the new states
are admitted.
Many a merchant has large assort-
ment of flags of all sizes and varieties,
and these will be practically useless after
the new states are admitted"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10
Birminoham's Growth.

j. NJ culp, third vice president of the
Southern railway, in charge of traffic
was in Birmingham yesterday. lie had
been making an extended trip through
the south and left yesterday afternoon
for his headquarters at Washington.
Birmingham is making rapid and solid
progress" said Mr. culp. Several years
ago | said that this district was destined
to rival Pittsburg someday, and now |
am more fully convinced than ever that
before great many years it will be In
the Pittsburg class. Birmingham has
made remarkable strides within the past
few months and today it cannot fail to
impress visitors as an up 10 date city
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10
Where Was BiueIow?

The lesson of cleanliness In our sur
roundings was never better illustrated
than by the story of our government
sanitary corps in Panama, says Country
Life In America. In 1Ssa, the second year
of the French occupancy, the death rate
was 112 per .1c01. and the French had a
force of only 1900 men. In August, 1906
the second year of our occupancy. In a
force of 1900 men there We're only eight
deaths, or two-thirds of man to every
1O0o We have sent the death rate down
from III to s by vigilant sanitary precau-
tons Filth. open cesspoos. mud iidles,
dirty cisterns nnd every breeding place
for death-laden mosquitoes have been
banished from the country. The isthmus
has been swept by broom and wiped
with dishcloth