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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
VARDAMAN'S NEW PAPER.
Deal Is Held. Up and Another Paper
 May Be Purchased.

Jackson. Miss. November S0.-(Specialo At tile office of the secretary of state it is learned that the charter of incor- poration of the Issue" the newspaper to be started here January l, and of which Governor Vardaman is to be edi- tor has been held up for the present. No reason was given, but it is understood that the promoters of the new paper are on deal for the purchase of the Even ing News, and in the event of success in that direction will not need any charter. The half interest of the News. owned by r. l.. Bellenger. who has been forced to retire account of i'll health, and who is now in Ei Paso, Tex. is for sale. The other half, owned by Walter John son, the business manager of the News, has not been offered for sale and Is not on the market, but the understanding is that overtures have been made for the entire plant, which is one of the very best newspaper properties in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
INJUNCTION HELD
 OFF SIX MONTHS
GEORGIA JUDGE WILL NOT GRANT STAY OF STATE RAILROAD RATES TO THE CENTRAL OF GEORGIA.

Atlanta November 30.-Judge Newman of the United States district court to- night filed his decree in the petition of the Central of Georgia railroad against the Georgia railroad commission, s. G. McLendon IT, w. Hill. ct al, for an in junction against the order of the railroad commission putting into effect an order relative to rates.
 The petition is neither denied nor grant ed, Judge Newman declaring it advisable to allow the conditions now obtaining to continue for six months time from Sep tember 2, during which the problem at issue may solve itself to the satisfac- tion of both parties. He also decided that Governor Smith could not be made party defendant.
 On June [, last. the Georgia raliroau commission promulgated a circular pro vidng that the local passenger rates then 3 cents a mile, should he reduced on tne Central to 21s cents a mile, the oraer .o beeome effective on September :, isV'' The same. circular affected other ines than the Central in the state.
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 of new readers must be entertained, presses by the thousand stand yawnins for material, authors of best sellers bnildsColonal mansions poets receive a shilling word and knighthood into the bargain for their wares. A hundred mag azines open their columns to contribu- tors. Alas! how few are the new names on the table of contents
 Mrs. Good was a painter of some tal- ent as well as a writer. How matters stand in the art world is indicated by the estimate of a London journal that 100000 paintings were offered for sale last year in that city. How many years of unprofitable endeavor went to pro- duce that acreage of unsold canvas! How many prizes in music or the drama are won with the $3.O00,000 spent annually by American students in Europe?
 The pathos of the art lottery is that the blanks are drawn at time of life when both the enthusiasm of youth and the earnest effort of maturity have been spent in vain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
FIRE DAMAGES
 BRICK BUILDING
FLAMES ORIGINATE IN TIN SHOP AND THE SMOKE ALMOST SUE FOCATES SEVERAL OF THE DODGERS.

Fire broke out in the three-story brick building at the corner of Avenue B and Twenty second street at 2:30 this morn ing and badly damaged the building and contents. A number of people were asleep in it and would have been suffo- cated but for the timely arrival of the fire department
 The first floor of the building is oc- cupied by the saloon of Bower (; Co.,, Il tin shop and one or two store rooms. Negroes also occupied the lower floor of the south end From all appearances the fire broke out in the tin shop and spread gradually. and soon filled all three floors with smoke. The south end of the building was. badly damaged by the fire. The damages will amount to several thousand dollars.
 It was thought that man named Smith was asleep on the second floor at the south end, but the firemen were unable to find him. and 1t is supposed he spent the night elsewhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
OUTLETS FOR TRAFFIC.
James J. Hill Says Commerce Will
 Follow Great Rivers.

New York. November 30.--New York in the opinion of James J. Hill, head of the Great Northern system of rail roads. has reached the climax of her commercial supremacy. In an inter- view. the builder of the northwest ex- pressed the view, his reason being that the city cannot hope to maintain It's commercial control when It's chief claim is, us he. states, that 1t Is the dearest place to do business.
 Traffic cannot be damned up," said Mir. Hill. "It will seek an. outlet some- where by going around the edges or making for itself entirely new chan nels.
 There are two outlets for the west possible of development besides New York and the adjacent ports, One Is through Canada. down the St, Law renee, and the .other down the .Missis1 sippi river to New Orleans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
PRoNoUNcING PUMPKIN.

From the New York Sun.
 A language purist who likes pumpkin (colloq. pun-kin) pie went into a hurry lunch shop where it is speciality.
 Pumpkin pie," he said to the proud blonde creature at the pie counter.
 ''Pun-kin pie?" she asked, with a with erinsly corrective glance.
 His interest in the pie soothed the blight to such an extent that he asked again next day for pump kin, and again was corrected He remembered. after several failures and corrections, and one day, not noting that the pie county lady was a new and a severer sort, confidently or dered:
 "Pun-kin pie. please
 Pumpkin pie?'' asked the new one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
THE STOCK GAMBLE.

James Creelman, in Pearsons
 Last year there were 43,399,7i0 shares of Reading stock sold on the hoor oi the New York stock exchange, with a total par value of g, ,W0.00O. Now the whole issued capital stock or the Reading Railroad company is only N4O.OOo coo. Of this at least s6o,o0O0oo is held by the Baltimore and Ohio company and at least $3oOOo,o0o is continuously heid by investors.
 This leaves only S50,c0o.Oo0 of Reading stock available for market operations. so that the whole floating supply of this one stock must have changed hands Aj times in 1906
 Last year there were S6751, eco shares of Union Pacific stock, with face value of $, ,675, 16O.0cO dealt in on the floor of the stock exchange.
 The average of the whole issued stock of the company in 1906 was about $175, ,oo0.- 900, of which not less than s4S. .75o,Ooo was held by permanent investors, leaving only Sl91 0OO available for speculative pur- poses.
 According to these figures every avail able share of Union Pacific stock changed hands on the floor of the New York stock exchange & times.
 Take Southern Pacific stock. of which Il, ,SS323O shares, with face value or s1, ,lSa s23.000 were sold in the exchange In the same year.
 The whole capital stock of the Southern Pacific company is s197 7,s4e25s. or this sso,- 000OoO is held by the Union Pacific com- pany Estimating the shares held by per- manent investors at 5000 900. there would be left for specula tion only s77.s4s,25s. So that 1t is reasonably certain that every share of Southern Pacific stock In the market changed hands at least Is Ina
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01

mits levy upon that portion of a deb- tors income which exceeds $12 week when the judgment has been obtained flor neeessaries sold' the remedy is of no utility in cases of veteran profession als,' and the merchant often finds him. self tempted to recoup his losses by over charging his cash customers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01

From the New York World
 The acutely mournful feature of the double suicide of Alexander Good and his wife, English authors, is that they gave up the struggle at a. time when the re- wards of authorship were never so great or the demand so large
 Not in history has there been such making of books as now. Multitudes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
TWO YOUNG WOMEN
 PUT UNDER ARREST
ILLNESSES ARRIVE IN MOBILE AND ARE TAKEN BY OFFICERS. BUT FRIENDS COME TO THEIR RELIEF.

Mobile, November 30.--(Special.)--- Mrs. Cecil Hermann and Miss Reb ecca Edeston. two Jewesses from New York city. were arrested here today by local officers on telegraphic complaint from Inspector McCafferty of New York. all leging grand larceny. The women ar rived on the Mallory steamer Rio Grande, and were en route to Fair hope. Baldwin county. Alabama. to join the single tax colony there. Miss Edeston, a prepossessing young wom- an, produced letter from a proml- nent New York firm which highly en . dorses her ability and integrity. She claims that was the last place she worked in the metropolis Both left New York wieh the little children of Mrs. HermanH aged 31, on Novem- Der 22.
 Prominent Jewish business men went imm ediately to the assistance of the two women and the local Jewish char ities are seeing that they are well cared for. Both were placed in private boarding house tonight. t
 An attorney has been engaged to fight the case in the local courts. The police say they believe the alleged charges grew out of the desire of the young girls family to compel her to re- turn to the metropolis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
Innocent Childhood.

From the November Bohemian.
 Little William-My father has charge of over twenty men.
 Little Jimmy-Huh. that's nothing, My father has charge over your father.
 Little WilIiam-Well, my father makes more money than your father. He doesn't own the shop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
LIVING ON NOTHING A YEAR.

From the New York World.
 Col and Mrs. -Rawdon Crawley Oee sharp) came close to solving tho problem how to exist luxuriousiy on a non-existont income, but even the author. Of Vanity Fair. found 1t impossible to evolve .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01

tails made necessary frequent renova- system thoroughly up to date. Apparatus and construction, at last, however. have been perfected to q comparatively per manent form. This nearly static condi- ton. together with the more skillful en- gineering and more mature operating and business methods that have followed for it must be remembered that the whole telephone business has been worked out in barely 30 years-has permitted econo- mics that have made possible steady re- duction in rates during the past ten years. Sometimes the reductions have taken the form of a lower price for a given class of service. sometimes of bet ter service for given price. Their net result. at all events. has been to bring within the reach of those for whom cheap service was intended very much better facilities than they could formerly af- ford. and to improve communication in general by eliminating the party lines that have an excessive number of sub scribers.
 general good of everyone who employed the telephone, could hardly be made with outetnore or less misunderstanding It was inevitable that some people should re- gard the elimination of the very cheap service as tantamount to increasing rates: it has sometimes been maintained that the telephone costs more than 1t used to, without regard for the fact that the same kind of telephone costs less now than formerly and that tho low grade service has been abandoned only because it wak 'unsa tisfactory 10 eysrV ons con- ceFned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
No Time To Lose.

From the Chicago News.
 Little Willie-"They talk about men running for office, pa. Why don't they walk for office?'
 Pa-"When you get little older my son, you will observe that office sekers are in too big hurry to walk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
WORK FOR BETTER
 TALKING SERVICE Ingenuity Is Turned to Elimi-
 nating Annoyances
LIMIT OF PARTY LINE
What the Engineers Are Doing To lm- prove Communication-M Equipment In Fairly Per
 %manent Form.

The tremendous strides Americans have made in every department of industry nave been possible only because personal and mechanical efficiency have been the prime consideration in their efforts A search is always going on for a better way of doing somethng-an easier, quicker, more economical method. The remarkable inventive genius of our race that first turned itself to the need of doing things that had never been done before nowadays finds that most often the chief necessity is one of doing the same old things more effectively than be- fore.
 And that isn't always q matter of better machinery, of more mechanical ingenui- ty, by good deal Beyond the things we wear and the things we eat. what un- occasionally most concerns the 2Oth cen- fufy American is the various public services and in particular the facilities afforded him for transportation and com munication. The electric motor whether 1t is adapted to street car traction or to the propulsion of the limited express is in itself an old story. The turbine and the gasoline engine are already familiar agencies of quick travel. The telegraph, the cable. the telephone, and now the wireless have been brought to d degree Of perfection that makes their possibl lties seem almost commonplace from constant association. We have lost re- spect-or better, perhaps, say. apprecia ton-for the mere scientific and meehan- icai wonders of the day. The intuition of the original inventor still strikes us as marvellous; most of us, however, have never really understood the even more remarkable work of the men who have developed the methods of employing to full advantage the great devices of in- Nention
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01

luli pdNantaSe the great ueNlceS or in- Ventlon.
 Take. for instance. the telephone. Sim pie as it is in principle Alexander Graham Bells device for talking by electricity brought into existence a most compli- cated series of appliances for connecting one telephone instrument with another and most ingenious and intricate equip- ment both inside and outside the central office. Furthermore. facilities and ser vice are quite different things. The really very efficient telephone service of today gets it's efficiency as much from the method of operating apparatus and employing plant as from the high stand ard of the apparatus and plant them selves. The technical movement in the direction of this efficiency has followed some curious channels, overcoming seemingly insurmountahe obstacles fre- auently by the least obvious means. It has taken 30 years of experiment and eX- perienee to reach the present standards, and these by no means approach the ideals of faultless communicablity which the Bell engineers hold before themselves. While absolute perfection is unattainable in any human enterprise, still there is degree of perfection which represents the goal always to be sought.
 Probably human ingenuity has never evolved another industry-or business, or profession. in which ever way you may regard it-so complicated as that of giv- ing telephone service. For more than twenty years the possibilities of the tel ephone were somewhat neglected by the American people at large. Even the Ben officials themselves failed fully to conl- prehend them. But, of a sudden. about the beginning of this century. q general awakening appeared. Public demand for telephone service increased by leaps and bounds Not only did any and all sorts Of people cry out for the telephone. but each different sort had special needs of its own, required special service in one way or another to meet its needs econom- 1cally The engineers were straig ghtway put to it to find schemes for giving each man what he wanted at q price that should come within his financial ability and at the same time give opportunity for a reasonable profit to the purveyoIs of service One of these schemes was the so-called party line; another, the logical outcome of experience and practice. was the measured service,
 
 By giving service to a number of sub scribers over a single circuit the tele- phone people were able to economize in apparatus and other equipment and so could charge each subscriber on the party line proportionately less than would have been necessary if the circuit were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01

The constant improvement Of telephone equipment in one or another Of its de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01

By giving service to a number of sub scribers over a single circuit the tee- phone people were able to economiZe in apparatus and other equipment and so could charge each subscriber on the party line approximately less than would have been necessary if the circuit were devoted to his exclusive use. Growth was so rapid and demand so insistont that many companies, in order to meet both. must go beyond what their own eonven- fence. and sometimes better judgment, would have suggested. Six and ten party lines were provided to give very cheap service to those who could not afford bet ter. For that purpose these did admir- ably: but, like everything else that IS cheap. service of this kind was naturally. of inferior quality; it could not be ex- pected to be anything else.
 People who bought cheap service ex- pected to get what they paid for. But subscribers who took high grade service, it was soon discovered, could not be given what they had a right to exact so long as large number of multi-party lines were connected with the communicating system of which their telephones were part. Every station added to a circuit increases the possibility of that circuit being busy at the moment some one calls for 1t. This Is an annoyance not only do every subscriber on the line but to every telephone user who ever wants to communicate with any person on that line. Furthermore the code ringing re- uuired on party lines increases the chance that mistakes will be made either by op- erators or by telephone users who give Incorrect numbers. Such annoyances as busy lines and errors in ringing cause, di- Jectly or indirectly a large proportion of all the complaints about the telephone service.
 The constant improvement Of telephone equipment in one or another Of its de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-01
LOTTERY OF ARTISTIC SUCCESS

.Pun-kn pie, please.
 Pumpkin pie?' asked the new one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-19
TELEGRAPH STRIKE ORDERED
General Executive Board Has Ap-
proved One Against Either
of Both Companies.

NEW YORK, June 19.-The general ex-
raphers' Union has approved a strike
against either or both the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies. This
announcement was made today by Deputy
President 8. J. Konenkamp of the union
The date for the beginning Of the strike is
is expected to take place in the next week
!. or ten days.
Mr.. Konenkamp said when questioned
that tax of one days pay per week has
been levied against all members of the
union.
No strike has been ordered in the local
offices OF the Postal and Western Union
Telegraph Companies in this CITY, and bust
ness in the offices all over the city 1t is
stated. is moving along smoothly as usual
All messages offered for transmission are
being accepted and forwarded without de-,
lay At the headquarters of the Postal
Telegraph Company on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. this afternoon 1t was stated that all
and the officials Of the company had no Of
fetal knowledge of any trouble between
the operators and the company.
At the main office of the Western Union
Company, at the corner of 18th and + streets
northwest, The Star reporter was informed
that as far the manager Of the company
knew the operators employed by his COM
pany in this city are all satisfied with pres
ent conditions and were at work. All the
regular men were employed and business
was moving in regular channels. If there
was strike on. or if one is to be called. he
did not know it from any official quarter.
Mr.. W. w. Beattie, vice president Of the
national organization Of telegraph operators
and secretary Of the local branch Of the
organization. in a phone conversation with
reporter Of The Star said no strike had
been called in this city, and that he had no
official Information on the subject. He was,
however expecting dispatch from the ma
tional headquarters In Chicago this after
noon that might give him definite informa-
ton as to the situation throughout the
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-19
YEGGS WORKING NUTMEG STATE.
Seven Safes Cracked to the Tune Of
$1,000.

The attention of Postmaster General Won
meyer was called yesterday to a remark
able series of post office robberies that have
occurred around Bridgeport Conn. c. n,
Hatch, the postmaster at Bridgeport, wrote
to the department on the subject. and 1t was
later presented in person uy Representative
Hill or Connecticut. The list OF robberies
as reported by the postmaster are as fol-
lows:
This office was blown March 81 and April
z. 1903, netting the cracksmen about $4,000.
New Milford. four miles distant, safe was
blown In August Of the same year. and
within the last two months the following
omces have been blown and contents stolen:
sandy Hook. eight miles distant: Haw-
ieyville, six miles distant; Washington De-
pot. eight miles distant Roxbury Station.
three miles distant. These Offices have net
ted the yeggs about $1,000 from stamps
and cash."
The Postmaster General has detailed spe-
cial inspectors on the case and has author
lzed hhe issue of circulars Offering a SUBJ
stantiaA reward for the Arrest OF the rob-
bers. s.-a $3.50. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-19
TO PROBE woMAN's DEATH.
Mystery Surrounds Driwning Of Mss
Mary Vennell in Lake.

BRIDGETON. ". j., June 19.-Mss Mary
Vennell Of this city lost her life In Sunset
lake last night under such peculiar circum-
stances as to cause the police to start a
thorough investigation. Shortly before 10
o'clock last night the girl started with Geo.
Evans of this place for a row on the lake
In steel non-snkable boat. Shortly after
ward the boat was found filled with water.
while nearby was floating hat The boat
was towed ashore and the police notified.
policeman was sent to Evans home,
where he was found in bed. His wet cloth
ing was hanging over a chair. He was
taken to the lake. and when asked for an
explanation of the affair said that he hired
boat and started for a row with Miss
Vennell. When near a place called Piney
Point the girl wanted to row, and in chang
ing their positions the boat sank under
them
Evans said he had great difficulty In free
ing himself from his companion, who. he
said. was screaming for help while she held
him tightly about the neck They had gone
down twice. Evans said. when he freed
himself and swan ashore. He ran all the
drowning of the girl. Her body was found
today in four feet Of water The body
showed several bruises and there are cuts
on the face.
The police say they have been unable to
find any one who heard the girls cries. IL
she made any. The shores of the lake wero-
lined with people at the time of the drown
Ing. and there were many boats on the lake
in the vicinity of where the girl lost her life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-19

and Salvador. and is now in Washington.
having been summoned here To explain the
matter. Samuel f. Magill. at present
United States consul at Tampico. Mexico,
VIII De transferred to San Salvador. where
MI. jenkins has been stationed since 1927
Mr.. Magil was originally a clerk in tho
consulate at Cardenas. Cuba in 1851 and
was appointed consul at Tampico I'm 1877
Inc appointment announced yesterday OF
Percivai ii. Dodge. at present secretary OF
the United States legation at Toxic. japan
10 NIL the new post of minister to Guata-
mala, created by the last session OF Con
gross as an incident Of the revision of tho
Central American republics. leaves a va
cancy at Toxic. which will probably he
nlied by the transfer of Peter Augustus
Jay from the embassy at ConstantiuQplc
rms change In turn will afford an opportu-
nity Tor the State Department to reward
fhilip NJ. Brown, at present secretary OF
the legation to Guatemala and Honduras
Tor the services he rendered I'm bringing
about the termination of the war between
Salvador and Nicaragua. Mr. Brown IL
particularly valuable TO the State Depart
ment because OF his knowledge OF oriental
languages. and he will probably be sent 10
ConStantinople.