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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Can't Stop the Cars.


 T am a very mild hammered man as a rule," said a citizen of West End last night, but have sufficient cause to work me up, and I am apt to put few of the motormen and conductors running on the Powderly and South Bessemer lines out of business if they don't quit running by my station at ful. speed when I am waving them down with all my might. Here it is after o'clock and have just reached Birmingham, although I was at my station at 7:45. One car came along at once, but 1t wouldn't stop for me ; neither would the next four that fol- lowed although they were running from five to fifteen minutes apart. Tn ere stood at the Vine street station jump ing about like an animated scare crow i; striking matches and waving my shirt but not one of those country motor- men would stop. l even stood In the middle of the track unt.4 the car was in six inch es of me- Do you think any of those motormen put on brakes? Not one of them. They didn't even toot their whistle. Five of them did me this way, but finally the sixth one took pity on me and stopped.
 "I wasn't the only one at my sta- tion. There were several others, who tried as hard as I did to stop the cars. It was the same way with the stations on either side also. One man reach ed Pearl street station before 8 o'clock on his way to town to catch 9:25 train. He gave up fin disgust trying to catch a car, picked up his suit case and started to Birmingham on Shank s mare.
 This is a nightly occurrence in West End. It usually requires from one to two hours to reach Birmingham by way of the electric cars, although the schedule Is fifteen to twenty minutes. When we kick the motormen swear they stopped at every station at which people were waiting, and the company looks upon us as chronics. I am will ing to put myself on affidavit to this as well as several other occurrences. and there are a number of other people who can do the same thing. I think the street car company should do some | thing to remedy this evil. It work s quite a hardship on It's passengers and is hurting that suburb"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Judqe Jones' Decision

Judge Jones holds that the law declar- ing that any interstate railroad corpor- ation which takes an appeal to the federal courts shall have it's charter revoked, is 'doubly unconstitutional. He also issues an injunction to re- strain the state officials from putting Tn force the 21a cent fare law and also the law determining the maximum rate upon TO classified commodities.
 These decisions are in no respect final. All the questions involved will be carried to the United States su- preme court for final settlement What Is accomplished is delay of two years or more, for that length of time will pretty surely be spent before de- cisions can be secured in the court of last resort.
 The decisions rendered at Mont eor,ery were sought by the railroads. In seeking them the railroads have, 1t is generally understood, made a mistake The contest over the new laws of this state will go on nearly to sne time when new legislature is to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Harriman's Methods Exposed

An unanimous report from the inter- state commerce commission confirms in an official manner what all had known about tine operations of F. H. Hartman unofficialy. He stands the titantic stifler of competition in trans portation, ranking in that respect with Rockefeller in oil.
 The report shows that the stifling is chiefly done through the buying in of majority of stocks in first one election as commercial sequence of boards of directors named by Harri- man. To put an end to this the com- mission recommends that an interstate railroad be prohibited from buying the securities of another road, and that the directors of one railroad should not be directors of another. These remedies are manifestly needed if the Harrimans of the country are to be lept from gathering in the railroads of the country from Canada to Mex ico The questions presented will come up next winter when Congress meets, and they will doubtless crys- tallize into law, for public sentiment runs strongly in that direction.
 A good share of the interesting and deeply important report relates to TIarriman's juggling of Alton secnri- ties. and the conclusion reached is, that old established roads should be prevented from initiating their securi- ties for merely speculative purposes. This is the part of the report that aroused the ire of Hartman, who put on the wires at once declaration that the interstate commerce commis- sioners are members of the Ananias club, and at he would read their re- port carefully and would proceed to rip it up the back He will do nothing, of the sort. It is doubtful indeed if he attempts the ripping act at all. He hae probably fired the only shot in his locker.
 The question now is, what will the administration do? It has the facts before 1t in official terms. Will it act up to its knowledge and convictions? This is the real. question now. The best way to stop Harrimanism is to bring the chief offender before a jury of his peers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
ENGLISH COTTON MILLS

1 times does. put money in mills, but he is more inclined to lend at 41s per cent than buy shares, and then he does not al- ways favor the mill he works in himself. So much for the assertion that mill-mak- ing is the outcome of the enterprise of the working man.
 When one compares the number of mills which now exist with the number estab- lishehd ten years ago one can not help being surprised at the increase. This is all the more amazing from the fact that other countries have also increased their productive power Where all the cotton goes to and who are the buyers is somewhat mysterious when the ratio of population is taken into consideration. Some men who have intimate knowledge or the trade predict a great slump within the next three years. Then the hard times which have In other years been ex- perienced will revisit Oldham and the dis trict, so largely dependent on cotton, and terrible period of hardship will undoubt- edy result. But the Oldham man Is of different opinion. He is an optimist. and he says the optindst is the fan who usu- ally accomphshes great deeds while the pessimist Is too frightened to venture. and therefore loses his chances The mill dI rector I was fortunate enough to meet was an optimlst of the most sanguine na- ture. He took me over his mill and showed me all the latest and most i'm proved machinery and appliances and then said that every ounce of cotton they could spin for the next eight months was sold Inquiries were daily made and orders were pouring in and he and his brother-direc- tors could see trade and profit for quite three years ahead. Beyond that time he would not venture an opinion, but if slump came in the trade again, and 1t was quite possible, it would not be so severe as in other years.
 During the ten years from 1856 to 19O5-6 marked increase has been made in the number of mills and spindles. In the earlier year there were in the Old ham district 219 firms with Il 21s, 900 spin dles. In 19O6 there were 2S8 firms, and over 100000 spindles, and mills are in course of erection which will add l. 100000 spindles to the total when completed Fur ther evidence to the enterprise in ths direction is noticed all over Lancashire. From statistics which have been compiled with regard to the starting of mills in the country since 1901 1t is gathered that in that year eight were erected; in 1902, only two were built; in 1903, 10; in 1904, 16; in 1905, high water mark was reached when 70 mills were floated in 1906, % were start ed and already this year r have been commenced. Thus an aggregate of 1O,- 0oO,o00 spindles have been put to the total of Lancashire mills.
 This increase in seven years exceeds the total number of existing spndles in Germany, France, Russia, India or any other country in the world except the United States. It shows very clearly and convincingly that Lancashire is deter mined to hold her own with regard to cot ton. And Oldham Is equally determined to maintain her position as the biggest spinning district in the world. She is flour ishing now, and hopes long to continue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Ready for Adjournment.

Guthrie, July 15.-The constitutional convention will adjourn tomorrow morning until September 16, the day before the election, for the ratification of the document. It was announced today that a parchment copy would be filed with the territorial secretary. I--.s prevents further amendments The elections ordinance will not be submitted with the parchment, the convention desiring to protect itself from furtder suits. A session will be held at ' o'clock Tuesday morning, wL.h the constitution will be signed. The report of the legislative appor- tionment committee was adopted to- day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
TELEeRAPHERs APPEAL CASE.
They Sue to Secure Injunction Under
 Erdman Act.

Washington, July 15.-The appeal of the Order of the Railway Photographers against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company was docketed today in the supreme court of the United
 States. The suit was brought by the telegraphers to secure an injunction under the Erdman act, which prohib- Its corporations from discriminating against labor organizations. They charge the railroad company with preventing their agents from securing interviews with railroad operators and with threatening to discharge such of them as join the union, and this course, they assert, is a violation of the law. The decision in the circuit court for the western district of Ken lucky was against the telegraphers on the ground of the vagueness of the charge, and they appealed the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Dangers From vlIlaqe Creek.

"I see that there is considerable inter- est aroused In the typhoid fever now prevalent in one part of Birmingham, ." said a citizen of East Lake.
 If there Is not provision made to stop the filth of the unsewered part of this section pouring It's filth Into Village creek there will be an epidemic of typhoid and other levers up and down this creek
 lover in Mississippi 1t was proven that the water which cows drank from swamps and foul pools was partly the cause of fevers. After artesian wells came into use great change came. Hun dreds of cows are drinking the contain mated waters of Village creek and there is great danger to the users of the milk. .''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Bad Passenger Wreck.

Leayenworth, July 15.-A Chicago Northwestern passenger train running of the Kansas City Northwestern tracks is reported to have run into a Burlington train, also northbound. at Bethel, between here and Kansas City at 1 o'clock this morning, wrecking the Burlington sleeper and killing and injuring several persons. The injured were taken to Kansas City for treat pent. Because of the washout on all of the railroads between here and Kansas City all trains have been using the Kansas City Northwestern tracks from here to Kansas City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Law Violated Daily.

Raleigh, N. C., July Ex-Governor Glenn announced tonight that he had written every judge and solicitor in North Caro- lima calling attention to the fact that the railroad rate law is being daily violated by the Southern railway and the Atlantic roads are responsible and should be pros- ecuted criminally. He declares the law effective since July l, and that the cir cult court of the United tSates has nc right to interfere by injunction against prosecutions in criminal cases in the state courts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
From the Manchester Chronicle.

From the Manchester Chronicle.
 1 HE pessimist who is always look. kO ing for disaster and expecting ca.
 lamity has been touring round the district of Oldham and discovered that too many cotton mills are being erected. No doubt the average man, as he jour- neys from Manchester to the capitol of Cotton would note the numerous new mills working or in progress toward compile tion, and he might wonder whether the present boom trade justifes the enter prise. For 1t Is very evident that mill building in that part of Lancashire. which can for convenience be called Oldham, is exceedingly palpable. Great concerns are springing up on every side, and the de- mand must be enormous, which calls for this supply.
 And yet this external demonstration does not by any means represent the amount of internal anxiety to increase the number of spinning mills. In the course of conversation which I had with the director of one of the latest and best equipped factories in Oldham, I learned that more mills would be put up if it were possible to get the makers of machinery to promise delivery of the necessary mules. It is useless erecting a building if the necessary machinery can not be ob- tained and work as hard and as long as the engineers may, there is a limit to the output of the essential mechanism. Consequently enterprises of great pith and moment find their currents turned away because there are no spinning mules.
 It is admitted that at the present mo- ment cotton is enjoying one of the finest and most remunerative periods in the his- tory of the trade. That is with regard to the spinning side of the business At one time the weaving section gained the greater profit, but the swing of the pen dulum on the market and the attitude of the operatives have altered this, and there is more money in spinning than weaving today. That is why burgesses of Oldham are so anxious to build more mills. The people would like to make cotton while the sun shines.
 There is a rumor generally accepted by those who do not know the facts, to the effect that the Oldham working man is q potent person in the erection of mills. He is said to be exceptionally thrifty, which may not be denied, and that he loves nothing better than to put his savings into cotton mill, and especially the par ticular one in which he works. That idea is quite erroneous, according to an expert. The Oldham operative makes good wages and saves money. But his first thought is to be the owner of the house he lives in, to, have the right to be the proprietor of an Englishman's castle. If you walk down any of the residential streets of Oldham you will see houses whose external decoration Is as varied as 1t is picturesque. It does not need the perception of Sherlock Holmes to tell you that the individual taste of the own CTS is revealed in their idea of painting, and that many houses mean many pro- prietors. The thrifty man may, and some-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
NO CHANGE OF VENUE.
Judge Moody Orders the Hargis Trial
 to Proceed.

Lexington, Ky, July 15.-A special from Sandy Hook says that Special Judge Moody today refused to grant a change of venue in the case of Judge James Hargis, who Is charged with the murder of Dr. B. D. Cox. The motion was made by the prosecution who asked that the case be transfer red to Breathitt county. They alleged that witnesses can not be brought to Sandy Hook because of the inacces- sibility of the place. Judge Moody overruled the motion and ordered the trial to proceed.
 A number of witnesses arrived to- day, having walked twenty-five miles from West Liberty. Others are on their way here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Messaoe Sent to Governor.

Washington, July 15.-The state de pdrtment today received a telegram from Acting Consul Maximos, at New York, transmitting report of the riot ing at Roanoke, Va, Saturday night involving an attack upon nine Greek business places there, and invoking protection of the state department The message was immediately trans mitted by the state department to Governor Swanson at Richmond, with the request for a report on the sub ject. The governors reply reached the department at the closing hour and was of a most reassuring char acter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Vexatlous Delays in Stores.

Cant the merchants devise some plan customer of his purchase ?" asked man from out of town.
 T stepped Into a dry goods store to buy small article for 10 cents and I had to wait until the cash ticket was made out, then the trip of the money to the wrapping counter. I had the exact change too Now, this transaction occupied too much of my valuable time. Surely there is some way to improve on this way of ve;;ing people by unnecessary delays over such trifles."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Leadlnu Catholics Speak.

Indianapolis, July 15.-The two sessions of the convention of the American Federation of Catholic So- cies held here today were taken up with hearing the report of the cre- dentials committee, the national off cers' reports and the appointment of standing committees Archbishop James H. Blank of New Orleans and the Rev. Father Currier of an Indian mission in the west made brief talks to the convention during the after noon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Six Months Failures

There were in the first six months of the calendar year 4792 failures, number almost identical with the number reported in the first half of 1903. With this exception the number of failures is the smallest reported in the first half of a year since 1882. But the liabilities of the failures in the present year are larger. Assets are. however, larger.
 There were more failures in Ala bama this year. In the six months ending Julie 30 we had in this state 100 failures as against 70 in the first Six months of 1906. The assets of the 100 failures in this 9+ate this year foot up $5S7,249, and the liabilities are SS72,1s4. While we had more failures this year than we had in the first six months ot 1906, yet the liabilities are this year smaller. lue liabilities of the failures in this state in the first half of 1906 ran to total of $1 1,626,- 423.
 Georgia had a few more failures this year. and so did Florida, Tennes- see and Mississippi, but in Louisiana, Texas and Alksrsas failures were fewer in number. In the entire south there were in the last six months 1869 failures, as against 1925 in the cor responding months of 1906.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
INVESTIGATION BEGINS.
Officer Burfitt Is Being Investigated
 By Council.

Selma, July 15.-(Speclal ).Investigation by the city council into the case of Police Officer Frank Burfitt. suspended in con nection with finding Ralph Llllenthal un- conscious on the streets about two weeks ago. was begun tonight. There was quite a barley between counsel on opposing sides as to the procedure. Witnesses were then examined, practically the same facts being brought out as heretofore pub lished and given in the coroners inquest, At late hour the examination of wit nesses still continues and an adjournment will likely be taken until tomorrow, when argument will be made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
IN ARCADY.

From the New York Sun. Amid the fields of Already
 We wandered, she and l, Our hearts were filled with happiness. No cloud obscured our sky; But as among the clover blooms We strolled with frequent stops, A rude Arcadian drew nigh And chased us off his crops. Beside brook in Already We sat and sighed our bliss, And presently my lips sought hers To steal a tender kiss. But just at that ecstatic time, Ere one could draw breath, Arcadan mosquitoes came And stung us most to death. Beneath a tree in Already We paused a while to rest, ''Ah, love-" I said, "of all the worh This land Is surely blest." But as 1 spake a thunderstorm Burst forth from heavens dome Alas" we sighed, this Already Is nightly like home."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Somebody's DarIinq.

Tn reading Little Stories of Notable People in todays Age-Herald noticed a mistake of the writer which I think it well to correct" said a former wearer of the gray uniform.
 'The song, Somebody's Darling was written by a Georgia lady, Marie La Coste, and not by Mrs. Margaret J. Pres ton. The song can be found in H. M. Whartons Songs of the Confectionery and the name of the author also. I hap pen to know some of the boys of the V. M. l. who took part in that action, and I'm sure they would like to have the correction made"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Waters.Pierce Suit.

Dallas, Tex, July 15.-Federal Judge Bryant, at Sherman, today refused to turn over the Waters-Pierce Oil con- pany affairs to the state receiver, but the court stated that the federal re- ceiver would not be allowed to sell anything but commodities handled by the company, pending an appeal on the state judgment against the com pany for over a million dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
HuntsvlIIe,s Gas.

"The company owning and operating the natural gas wells at Huntsville has developed it's Industry quietly but stead ily," said John R. Ryan. have never known many concerns of this kind that did not boom their stock and stir up wild speculation. But the men In con trol of the Huntsville gas have sold Just about stock enough to supply funds for putting their commodity on commer- cial basis.
 Had 'gasers such as are being util- ized at Huntsville been found in some sections of the country the market would have been swamped with gas stock. Huntsvilles is the better way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Commercial Travellers Meet.

Detroit, July 15.-The International Federation of Commercial Travellers Organizations. which represent nearly 100000 travelling men, opened it's an- nual convention here today. Carey McPherson of Indianapolis, Ind, read paper at today's session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Cotton Seed.

''rhe yield of a ton of cotton seed is about forty-five gallons of crude oil" said a man In the business. This Is sold to the refnerles who after purchas- ing by sample send their tank cars for It.
 "A ton of seed produces also about sev- enty pounds of linters worth IA cents and $50 of hulls; tffe rest Is meal Cot ton seed brought as high as SIS per ton the past season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Coal Property.

There is practically no ore land in the market, all of any value having been acquired by furnace or mining companies. and 1t is safe to say that the time will soon come when there will be little or no coa, acreage for sale In Alabama" said a minerologis
 There has been an active demand for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16

coal property during the past two years and land now priced at s25 an acre VIII be considered cheap two or three years hence at s1O0 There never was better opportunity for people with money Tor investment to treble or quadruple It. Coal acreage is about the surest thing l know
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16

This is a queer world. The men of Nelson county Virginia, for example, appauded the acquittal of Judge Lov- ing, while the women of that county are raising funds for handsome mon- ument to his victim.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Schmjtz Still In Hail.

San Francisco, July 15.-Judge Dunne today fixed July 30 as the day on which he will \settler the bill of exceptions In the case of Mayor Schmitz. The Halsey case was continued until Wednedsay and similar order was made in the Park Side case
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
War Surqeon Dead.

Richmond, July 15-Dr Isiah IT.. White, one of the leading physicians of Richmond and during the war sur geon first at Chimborazo hospital here and later at Andersonville. Ga. died tonight, aged 69 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16
Truckino In Jefferson County.

Trucking here in Jones valley would be pleasant and highly profitable busi- ness but for one drawback, the vexa- tions of the uncertainty of labor" said J. II. McCary.
 Tt is not the price, for I have gone to the extreme with the negro of offering him double wages at pressing times, all to no avail. The Germans are not much better. The Swede is the best truck la . Dor, but they are not plentiful
 Onions, potatoes and corn pay well. l can grow two crops of market corn each season."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-16

Wonder if Uncle Sam proposes to turn the Pacific into closed sea be- cause he knows that the Philippines have a larger sea frontage than all the islands that constitute Japan?