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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-16
New York, agosto 1907.

y procesado en- cinco causas por es.
calamiento en- primer grado. Al re-
clufrsele en- el dep6sito municipal
de Caguas volvi6 a escaparse, sien.
do perseguido por la policfa al man
do del teniente Bird.
Llamamos la atenci6n de la
policia de calle, va que la que
presta servicio en- la Fortaleza no
Sc ha apercibo, del escandalo que
forman varios muchachos por las
tardes en- la esquina frente 4 Ia
Mansion Ejecutiva, armando gran
ruido y profriendo palabras NAL
sonantes.
Hoy por la maiiana visito 81
gobernador Post, Ell consejero de-
Executive don Herminio Diaz Ma.
varro.
Ha fallecido aver en- Afiascc
el doctor don Alfredo Fernando
BIanco, ofcial de sanidad de aque
LA poblacion. Reciban sus deudo!
nuestro pesame.
e alcalde de Corozal solici
to del superintendent de Sandal
permiso para establecer un puestr
de oarne por cuenta de aquel mu
nicipio. FL superintendent de sa
nidad lie concedi6 el permiso, ad
virtiendole que dsheria ajustarse
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-16

mente HA DE cAMBIAR; pero que
los puertorriqdeflos no deben pedil
ahora demasiadas cosas. Aqui, e
sefor de Diego interrumpi6 al Pre-
sidente para hacerle la observation
de que ESQ precisamente alentaba a
los puertorriquefios: la seguridad
de Ia esperanza en- el cambio no re-
moto del regimen.
Al despedirse el senior de Die
go del Presidente, este lie obsequi6
con una fotografia suya de gran
tamaiio, con la siguiente dedicate
ria, que transcribo en- ingles para
que no pierda NADIA de su EXPIRE.
sion:
do sefior Jose de Diego. With
sthe heartiest good wishes for his
ewelfare and for the welfare of the
4beautiful island Of Porto Rico. =
eFrom Theodore Roosevelt. August
so, 19o7.s
De las declaraciones del Presi.
dente que dejo transcritas, puede
deducirse que el actual regimen de
gobierno en- esa isla esta herido de
muerte, desde el momento que el
mas alto magistrate de la rep1bli
ca declara que es TRANsTToRIo
y debe cAMBIAR NECEsARIAMEN.
TIE.
Pero va 10 dice Mr. Roosevelt.
ese cambio no depende de su volun
tad, sino de la voluntad del Congre
SO. stPero como Sc lie forman las
entrafias a ese cuerpo legislative?
Insistiendo un dia y otro dia; lie
vando con argumentos y razones
a la conciencia de esos hombres j
a la del pueblo americana, la ipjus
ticia que Sc esta cometiendo cor
Puerto Rico, y que no es un sistems
americana sino un sistema anti
americana el que rige en- esa isla
Y para ESQ serfa de gran efcacis
que todos los amos, al abrirse e
Congreso, viniera TN puertorrique
no de ese temple, que undo al Co
misionado de Washington, labora
Sc en- ese sentido, iPorque han 10
grado los flipinos que Sc establezc;
en- su pals un gobierno propio2 Pue,
debido en- gran parte, a que adop
taron ese sistema. Este es un pai
de opinion: aqui las ideas encarnai
en- la conciencia popular; 10 gu,
hay es que la Qpiai6~ pneytOry1que
ia no esta hecha todavia.
Mariana Ahril
! New York, agosto 1907.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-16
Los CABLES De HOY
La huelga de policias
en- Belfost. : Someti-
da q un arbitraje.
ENTIRE SOBERANOS
Division de las potencias en-
dos grupos. Reunion del
Gran Consejo Chino.

Belfost, agosto I6.-La cues
ti6n de la huelga de policfas, que
ha dado lugar a cheques sangrien-
tos, Sc ha somet;do 4 un arbitraie.
Fl arbitraje 10 forman representa-
tes de los trabajadores de muelles,
que fueron los primeros que Sc de.
clararon en- huelga, de la policia, de
la Camara de Comercio y las auto
ridades municipales. Las primeras
sesiones de la comisi6n de arbitraje
han .tenido buen termino, y Sc su
pone que Sc llegara a ana soluci6n
del conhicto. En- la actualidad hay
siete mil hombres de tropa en- Bel
fost con una ametralladora. En- el
puerto hay seis buques de guerra.
Wilhelmshohe, agosto 16. FL
Kaiser recibi6 al rey Eduardo con
la mayor cordialidad, lamentaudose
de 10 breve de la vista. Eduardo
va en- viaje para Ische, donde tiene
concertada una entrevista con el
emperador Francisco Jose, de Aus
tria. Francisco Jose ha logrado la re.
conciliaci6n de Eduardo vel Kaiser
Y de la entrevista de Ische Sc es.
peran acuerdos de extraordinario
alcance para la polftica europea.
Parece que despues de la reconci
liaci6u, Francisco Jose quedara en-
cargado de trazar un plan para esta
blecer un entente, entire los dos CRU
pos de potencias capitaneados poi
Gran Bretafiay y Francia de una par
te,y Alemania y Austria de la otra
Los peri6dieoS ingleses ) los ale.
manes Sc ocupan del asunto reve-
laudo la importancia para el equi
libro europeo. Los franceses M
demuestran ahora la inquietud qut
cuando la entrevista del Car y e
Kaiser en- Swinemunde a bordo de
aHohenzollerns el 70 de agosto. Es
tie plan de dividir las potencias Ell
dos grupos, es del rey de Inglate
ira, que ha pedido a los emperado
res de Alemania y Austria lie ayu
den en- la empresa.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-16

Shanghai, agosto. 16.-La EN-.
peratriz ha citado, por 6rdenes Sc
cretas, al gran consejo. Sc atribuye
este a gestiones del Jap6n, cuyo
ministro el vizconde Hayaski, dijo
ha POGO en- Seoul que China debfa
prepararse para 10 que viera en- Co
rea. La reunion del gran consejo
de China es para tratar de la abdi-
caci6n de la Emperatriz regente.
La corona imperial pasard al prin-
cipe heredero, Kuan HgsI, EN- Gu
yo nombre su tia la emperatriz go
bierna. Kuang Hgs1 naci6 el 2 de
agosto de 1872 y fue proclamado
emperador Ell IL de enero de 1875.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05

gambling boards of trade as their nat. ural and known enemy, and they will attempt to make public the methods practioed in such institutions and per. haps to drive them out Of business altogether,
 Such buHiness.like organization among the farmers ia d Hlga of advance ing education, and It Ia an indication that tho farmer will vote hs he piann, He will soon cease to be a dumb driven class in the hands of Behemers and gamblers. He will soon rise above the entire middlemen's union. to think, speak and act for himself, He cannot for the common good become too well organized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
International Cotton

The international cotton congress met this year in Vienna The meet ings came to an end last week During those meetings almost every branch of the cotton industry was discussed, and the members, of course, were in favor of the greatest possible decentraliza- tion of cotton growing. They always are, particularly the English and Ger man delegates, but America keeps right on producing the commercial crop of the world, and decentralization is at a standstill.
 But the congress did good work when it decided how cotton should be ginned, baled and delivered. It adopted a maximum allowance of tare of twenty-two pounds bale, instead of per cent of gross weight of bale, as Is now the custom. The new rule will help the producers to the extent of  eight pounds per bale, or thereabouts.
 Cotton congresses held three thou. sand miles away from the cotton fields are not very impressive or influential bodies, but no doubt the maximum al- lowance of tare adopted at Vienna will be adhered to, and thus something has been accomplished. Such questions are open to regulation. The decentraF ization of cotton growing is a matter that mere resolutions cannot control, for climate and moisture and soil and labor and capital all enter into that problem, and Europe is not making any progress In 1t. The Vienna con gress really left it where they found 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
IN HOTEL LOHBIES
Theatre Mualo,

"A writer In the New York Sun laments the decline of musical taste on the part of theatresoers iB the great metrop- oils, as evidenced by tho trashy stuff per- formed by the theatre orchestras," said a music lover. "The only pieces played between acts, says the New York man. are not simply mediocre; they are mus ically vulgar. It is assumed that the au- diences demand just the class of music that is rendered; otherwise the leaders would give something better.
 My idea is that the patrons of the New York theatres are not altogether to blame. They tolerate the so-ealled popu- lar selections because they cannot help themselves. The deterioration is due in measure, at least, to the cheap policy of the management. Some years ago when I lived in New York the theatres main tained orchestras made up of good ma terial, and large enough to produce ac- ceptably standard overtures. marches, waltzes and selections from the best operas. The music was bright and divert ing and the audiences listened to 1t with keen enjoyment. In many of the play houses the orehestras numbered seven teen or eighteen pieces and bands with that many instruments, properly bal anced could perform compositions worth listening to. Indeed a great deal of stand- ard music is arranged for orchestras of nine men, which would include the string quintette, a flute, a clarinet, cornet and drums
 But as a rule modern managers have cut down the orchestras to seven. This means that the piano Is used to take the place of the middle instruments and to help carry along some of the dead wood. The plano is all right in It's place but 1t is not an orchestral instrument.
 "Twenty-hve years ago the theatre or chestras in cities of the smaller class numbered eleven or twelve men. There were always two first violins. second violin, a viola, violoncello, bass, a flute, clarinet, cornet, trombone and kettle drums. If there were twelve players, a second clarinet was added. And If the house could support an or chestra of fourteen, two French horns were used; if sixteen, we heard an oboe and a bassoon. In those days people did not go to the theatre expecting to hear symphony music; but they did hear and enjoy such light but artistic overtures as Merry Wives of Winsor,' Stradella, 'Zampa. and waltzes by good composers.
 within the quarter of century past musical art in this country has advanced and there is no valid reason why theatre music should have deteriorated in New York where the patronage is large and where the amusement business Is profit able"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
Oklahoma Will Act

The schemes of federal officials and federal judges for keeping Oklahoma out of the union are not to go unimped- ed and unchecked. The territorial gov ernor has caused territorial judge to enjoin him from issuing a proclama- ton calling an election for voting upon the new constitution, but the president of the convention will step into the breach and act at once. He will issue the needful proclamation, and the cleo tion will be held on August 6 in accord ance with the directions of the consti- tutional convention.
 This will put the issue squarely up to the President, who must reject or accept the instrument If he rejects the constitution adopted by the people of Oklahoma, he will be compelled to act in an unprecedented and highly autocratic manner, and the issue will then go to the people of the entire country, who will pass upon 1t in 1908.
 The officers of the constitutional con vention should act up to their convic- tions. They should not permit the men who are attempting to dictate the terms upon which Oklahoma shall be admitted to have their way. The bare faced attempt to keep Oklahoma out of the union until after 1908 because she persists in going democratic should be put plainly before the country. Get the issue ready for use in 1908. Meet the republican plotters firmly at every point, and let their schemes be acom- pletely uncovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
NEW CONTROL FOR LABOR

pened elsewhere, time and again. It may happen any day, with any public ser- vice corporation in the country.
 And what are these corporations to do? Their men may quit work on a. days notice-but the public service must be continued, just as though nothing had happened, or the company will hear from the public.
 Inasmuch as we have been speaking about government control of one branch of public service corporations, let us make ap> illustration that serves to em- phasize the point made in MT. Phnizy's telegram. Perhaps the largest branch of the government. service is the army, em- ploying something like 25,000 men. Where would the army be without the three year enlistment clause? In other words, what would the government do for standing army if its men were free 10 leave it on an hours notice; to form unions: make arbitrary demands for wage increases or shorter hours; order strikes-and then picket all army posts and recruiting stations, in an effort to prevent the employment of other men?
 And, yet, the standing army is small affair compared with the railroads of the country Many times smaller in the num- Der of men employed. and infnitessimal compared with the regularity and import ance of the service rendered from day to day. The great army of railroad em- ployes has a stupendous duty to perform every minute of the day and night, year in and year out; the standing army has it's most vital duty to perform only once every twenty or thirty years-and then it has to depend largely on the volun- teers.
 But imagine a standing army without an enlistment clause to insure its sta- bility and numerical strength? And, then. imagine the much larger railroad army" of the country-either under government control or otherwise-left entirely free to te-up this infinitely greater and more complex branch of the public service upon an hours notice?
 MT. Phinizy, in his brief telegram to the New Yorw World. has made point in connection with the industrial prog ress of this country that is going to com mand the attention of statesmen and economists before many more years have elapsed. And the suggestion is, we re- peat, no more radical than was govern ment control or ownership of railroads ten or n1teen years ago. This centraliz- ing process-this thing of having the gov- ernment dabble in matters outside of its legitimate functions-is dragging every thing In one direction. For it is not only manifestly unfair, but an obvious impos- sibility, for the government to assume control of any branch of business without assuming the problems that go with it. But 1t almost seems as if this day will have to come, with all the wreck and ruin that must follow in its wake, before the present epidemic in favor of govern ment control is effectually eradicated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
Elqhteenth Annual Reunion

Although San Antonio put up good fight, and plucky one at that to the end and although Nashville had many advocates at Richmond, yet Birming- ham won easily, receiving 1900 votes against 800 cast for other cities that desired the honor of entertaining the veterans next year. The veterans could attended, but that is precisely the way they do not come. Their sons and daughters and neighbors come with them by the thousands. Birmingham is centrally located in the south, and total attendance aggregating 0,00O is possible.
 This puts a big task on this city, but 1t will be found fully equal to 1t. When a reunion was held here about twelve years ago, the annual event was young and undeveloped, and 1t has grown until it is now the chief annual gathering of this section of the coun- try. Nothing outranks it either in pop ular interest or in tender memories. It is looked forward to as period pecu- liarly hallowed and reminiscent.
 The south will expect much at the hands of Birmingham, and 1t becomes our duty to see that no disappointment flows from it. The Age-Herald is able to say right now that the eighteenth reunion, to be held in this city next year, will be one of marked dignity and impressiveness. Not one desirable feature will be omitted. The foremost men will be induced to come here, and music and art and hospitality will be requisitioned freely to add to the en- joyment and beauty of the reunion. Birmingham recognizes the weight of the task, and it will prove equal to it. No veteran should stay away from it, for he will find here shelter and good food in abundance. He will be able to hear addresses, too, that will bring back the days when he fought for the right of secession on many fields, Nothing will be left undone, nothing omitted, that will add to the glory of the occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
Rlrmlnuham Seminary.

The Seminary Blue Book of nearly 100 Birmingham seminary, makes an attrac- tive appearance and from literary point of view reflects credit upon the contrib tutors.
 "The seminary" said a gentleman who takes an active interest in education and who had been looking over the blue book. Ifs growing in reputation and popularity every year, It is recognized as one of the most successful institutions for the training of young ladies in Northern Ala bama. Its pedagogic standard is high and it's moral atmosphere is singularly fine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
ANIMAL STORIES.

From the New York World.
 There is always danger that the over zealous critic may defeat his own worthy purposes When the President made his onslaught on Dr. w. J. Long he proposed to make an end of nature fakers'' who were debauching the mind of youth. He was determined to encourage the scien- tiflc spirit of observation and to put q stop to the recording of wild improb- abilities"
 What has been the result? Instead of offering sober, everyday facts familiar to every scientist, correspondents have over whelmed the newspaper offices with most interesting accounts of the picturesque known. It would be dlscourteous to ques- ton their veracity. An Englishman, for instance, describes a very singular tug of-war between rogue elephant and five crocodiles of which he and Lord Randolph Churchill were eyewitnesses in South Ali rica in 1890. With scrupulous attention to detail he gives names, date and all the circumstances of this extraordinary in- cident.
 1nciS lldS pScii o NSAy hSaNS NAOP tAiD last week of cats that adopted mothe:- less chickens and hens that adopted motherless kittens. The faithful New Jer- sey dog which, when its masters house caught fire seized the rope of the din- ner-bell and summoned the hands from the field deserves honorable mention. Then there was the black bass in New Jersey reservoir which so admired the skill Of a certain fisherman that al d fixed hour every afternoon it regularly rose to whatever fly he happened to use. The fisherman in turn so admired the grit and punctuality of the bass in hit ting the line that he regularly threw it back into the water. A more touching illustration of the close kinship between man and fish has seldom been called to public notice.
 To declare that one persons stories of the life of the fields and woods are wild improbabilltes is to challenge a host of others to vouch for what might otherwise appear wild impossibilities. Some of them are certainly incredible on their face, but fact Is ever likely to be stranger than fiction. But it is really dlscouraging to science that so many quite ordinary anI- mals should be developing such eccen- tricities of conduct.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
A cHILp's LAUGHTER.
Q. Swinburne.

By A. c. SWfnburne. All the bells of heaven may ring. All the birds of heaven may sing All the wells on earth may spring, All the winds on earth may bring
 1.ll sweet sounds together; Sweeter far than all things heard. Hand of harper, tone of bird, Sounds of woods at sundawn stirred Welling waters winsome word
 Win in warm, wan weather. One thing yet there is that none Hearing ere It's chime be done, Knows not well the sweetest one Heard of man beneath the sun,
 Hoped in heaven hereafter; Soft and strong and loud and light, Very sound of very light Heard from mornings rosiest height. When the soul of all delight
 Fills a childs clear laughter. Golden bells of welcome rolled Never forth such notes nor told Hours so blithe in tones so bold As the radiant month of gold
 Here that rings forth heaven. If the golden-crested wren Were a nightingale, why. then, Something seen and heard of men Might be half as sweet as when
 Laughs child of seven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
Organized Farmers

The President advocated at Lansing, Mich, cooperation among the farmers for the sake of securing improvement in agricultural methods. This would be well, no doubt but the farmers of the northwest as we'll as of the south are becoming organized for more direct and practical purposes. They are or ganizing against the middlemen who have hitherto fleeced them unmerci- fully without conscience and without opposition.
 The northwestern farmers are be- coming organized in order to begin a dollar-wheat propaganda. The south ern farmers are doing likewise in or der to name a remunerative minimum price for cotton. Neither set of men propose to do more than to educate the people up to self-defense through organization. Both are encouraging local associations to build warehouses and establish banks. In the north they are establishing more banks than ware houses, and in the south the drift is to- wards warehouses. Possibly the banks will follow.
 Both sets of farmers consider the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
A NOISY STAMP,

From Everybody's.
 o. Henry, the author, vouches for the following
 An effeminate young man daintily placed two cents on a drug store counter and asked the clerk for stamp The clerk tore one off and slid 1t over to him. The young man drew an envelope from his pocket.
 Would you mind licking 1t for me and placing 1t on here9" he lsped.
 Sure" said the clerk, as he started to stamp the letter.
 'oh, say" cautioned the young man In great alarm. Not that way, I beg of you. Kindly place the stamp with the top toward the outer edge of the envelope"
 Sure, said the obliging clerk But what in thunder's that for?"
 Why, you see," confided the youth, blushingly. I'm student in the Cosmo- politan Correspondence school and that's our college yell'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
THE PIE BELT.

From the Chicago Post.
 Every once in a while some one arises and laments that our cherished institu- tions are passing away, that the glamor of the good old days is all that is left of them, and that we as nation are on the chute to oblivion because we do not reverence and maintain the founda- tions laid by our forefathers. Yet the pie belt is intact, save for section of its eastern end.
 There is no pie belt in New York. Other wise 1t spreads it's blissful presence across the same old territory.
 Once there was a pie belt which in- cluded New York city, but as nobody ever devised a pie which could be sold for $50, with a S10 tip to the waiter, pie has been erased from the menus in the pink and white dining rooms along the great white way, and it's place supplied by an orchestra, which plays merry airs while some one shoots somebody else.
 Nevertheless, the pie belt begins where New York leaves off, climbs the Appa- lachian range, meanders across Pennsyl- vanla, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, takes in Iowa and Missouri, and spreads out fawn- wise until the whole of the great golden west is shielded by it.
 Let no man ever attempt to take from us pie, lest a Patrick Henry step boldly into the centre of the ring and say that as for him he wants pie or death.
 A traveller may know when he is pass ing through the pie belt, for when he awakens for the nine hundred and six tieth time in his berth his nostrols will be affiliated by the aroma of spices and hot apples and steaming berries and deli cious custards, which aroma drifts along upon the balmy breath of morn, caught by the fingers of the breeze from the joyous ovens and flung broadcast above the hills and valleys. Peering from the window he may see every kitchen win dow lined with pies in the cooling proc- ess-some of them, first efforts, in the annealing process. But they are pies, and while the home stands, pies stand and while pies stand, the country stands, as Catiline so feelingly remarked to the reporter for the Roman Argus. Pie, and peace, and plenty-of pie-are what make a nation mighty.