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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
TWO MEN INVOLVED.
Murderer Of Mrs. Whtmore May Soon
Be Located.

Newark, N. j., January 6.-Evidence un-
earthed in the case of Helen Whitmore,
whose body was found in the Lampblacx
pond near Harrison, N. j., leads the po-
lice today to the belief that two men were
involved in the murder of the woman and
that one of the men had a perfect knowl-
edge of the lonely neighborhood where
the body was found. Theodore Whit
more, husband Of the swamp victim, was
under a severe examination all day and
though frequently giving way to crying
spells he stoutly maintained that he
knew nothing of his wife's murder. Whit
more has retained Alexander Simpson
of Jersey City as counsel.
The Brooklyn detectives today closely
questioned Harry Hendrickson, who is
held as a witness in the case. He de-
clared that he had an engagement with
Mrs. Whitmore on Christmas night, but
failed to keep it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
MONONGAH MINE INQUIRY.
One Man Who Had Been Raving
Maniac Gives Experience.

Fairmont, w. Va, January 6.--The cor
oners inquest into the Monongah mine
horror in which over $50 lives were lost,
opened today.
Four men who were in the mine when
the explosion occurred testified. Peter
Ruban, raving m.n.ac when carried
from the mine was first examined as to
his sanity and testified that three days
before the destruction there was gas In
the mine which killed horse, the body
of which was buried at night. With ref
erence to the explosion he only recalled
hearing a noise, starting to run. feeling
hot wave and awakening in his own
home. The other survivors testified TO
only hearing the noise and going to the
entry through which they escaped.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
CENSUS MEN MUST
STAND EXAMINATION

Washington, January Elm message
to the House of Representatives today
President Roosevelt urged that in pre-
pairing for the work for taking the next
census the 1000 or more additional en-
ployes needed be employed only after
competitive examination under the rules
of the civil service commission, and
strongly denounced the patronage sys-
tenn" of making the appointments, say
ing that the civil service commission was
fully capable of securing a most efficient
force.
The non-competitive examinations used
in selecting the force at Washington for
the last two censuses, the President said,
served only as 'cloak to hide the naked
ness of the spoils system" Such exami-
nations, he declared, were useless as
checks upon patronage appointments.
"They prevent" he said, "the most in
competent from being appointed, but they
do not secure the appointment of the
most competent and they afford no check
upon political appointments The Presi-
dent said it is idle to say that such ex-
aminations are fair. For the unfairness
and favoritism come in the choosing of
the men who shall be allowed to try
them
The President declared that the great
majority of the clerical employees for the
last two censuses were far below the
average ability and that statistics show
that only about 80 per cent of the appli-
cants who were employed in the last two
censuses were able to pass the competi-
tive examination under the civil service
rule.
"The faint of the spols system, he
said, will not merely hamper and de-
Law the economical and efficient taking
of the census, but will impair the belief
of the public in its honesty"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
BILLS INTRODUCED
IN THE HOUSE

Washington, January 6.-Among the 100
House during its half-hour session today
were the following:
By Mr.. Fulton of Oklahoma admitting
free of duty all imports into the United
States carried in vessels of American
make and register.
By Mr.. Wallace of Arkansas, repeating
the duty on wood pulp and printing
paper.
By Mr. Clark of Florida, prohibiting
depositing in any mail receptacle of any
newspaper, magazine or other publica-
ton containing the alleged facts of any
divorce suit, murder case or other court
proceedings "of an indecent or immoral
character or which would tend to corrupt
the young"
BY Mr. Hinshaw of Nebraska, taxing
every national bank one-twentieth OF
per cent of its annual average deposits
for the creation of a fund of SIC, 100000 for
the protection and reimbursement of de-
positors of national banks which fail,
and prohibiting national banks from ac-
cepting deposits in excess of ten times
their capital stock and surplus fund.
By Mr. Ferris of Oklahoma, enabling
the distribution annually of treasury sur
pluses among the states for the improve
ment of public highways and post roads.
Providing an eight-hour day on all gov
eminent works; to prevent gambling in
cotton and grain futures.
By. Mr.. Gregg of Texas, providing for
the selection of a site for navy yard
and dry dock at Galveston.
By Mr.. Clark of Florida, providing for
congressional investigation of charges
of peonage in the southern states and
an investigation of prosecutions thereof
by the department Of justice.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
shrIners' Temple In Mexico.

ST. Joseph. Mo, January 6-Alvin P.
Clayton, past imperial potentate of the
Shriners of North America, will leave
on a special train tomorrow morning, ac-
companied by a party of Shriners, for
Mexico City, where he will preside at
the institution of Anazeh Temple, the
first Mexican temple of the Shriners, Of
which President Diaz will be member.
President Diaz is a thirty-third degree
Mason and was taken into a Shrine a
year ago by Mr.. Clayton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
Government EmpIoye Indicted.

Washington, January 6-Allegations of
fraud and graft in supplying the bureau
of engraving and printing with black
dry color, used in the manufacture Of
ink resulted today in the indictment by
the federal grand jury here of Edwin
NJ Van Dyck formerly chemist and
inkmaker. employed In the bureau and
yicfc~ @ Bloede, president of the Vic
tor G. Bloede company of Baltimore,
manufacturers of the black dry color.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
Aoki,s Last Day.

San Francisco, January 6.-Japanese
Ambassador Aoki spent the last day Of
his stay in America in visiting some OF
his countrymen in Oakland, and tonight
he received many friends in his suite at
the Fairmont hotel. Admittance was de-
MED to all newspaper men tonight Wis
count Aoki will leave for Japan on the
Manchuria, which sails tomorrow at
o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
The man who thinks he can fool a
woman Is an easy mark for her.
About the only place anybody ever
looks to see hero is in a looking glass;
A nice thing about plumbing is all the
expense you can save by not fooling with
it yourself.
A woman wouldn't care to be rich II
she could have all the clothes and jewels
she wanted.
aginatlon to picture what their brides
are going to look like at fifty.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
More skyscrapers In Demand.

There is a steady demand for office
room in Birmingham" said the owner OF
one of the old buildings.
Instead of the steel frame structures
emptying my building. it is fully occu-
pied. / believe that an additional sky
scraper this year would be in such de-
mand that all its office space would be
spoken for before the work of construc-
ton was well under way 1t is safe to
predict that Birmingham will be adorned
by at least three new steel frame build
ings before 1910"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

plans of new construction can be taken
up and the work of building great
city steadily carried on. The doubters
should read what the distinguished
geologist and expert has to say about
Alabama iron. His views can be found
elsewhere in this issue of The Age
Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

look and everybody is looking forward to
a brisk spring trade. The financial sit
uation in New York is improving SO rap
idly that panic talk is being regarded as
a back number"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

with the Advertiser fill up twelve lively
pages. A sketch by "Spang," depicting
Colonel sheehan, Bruce Kennedy and
"Spang'' en- route to the colonel,s we'd
ding recalls conflicting memories to GER
tain Birmingham newspaper men who
assisted the party in the onerous duty
of changing cars.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Iron Market Lookinn LIN.

The inquiries for pig iron today were
more numerous and seemtr more indie
alive of business than at any time in the
last few months" said local broker yes
terday.
1T does look as II a buying movement
were about to come into evidence The
outlook is certainly hopeful. It will not
surprise me to see brisk market before
the end of the month"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
About Persons.

Harry c. Gunnells state superintendent
of education, is at the Hlllman.
Former Sheriff Jack Moore, of Walker.
leaves this morning for Tucson. Arlz.,
where he will remain several weeks. Mr..
Moore will give attention to his business
interests in Arizona. and at the same
time recuperate his health. He will re-
turn about March l.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
River Improvements

Congressman George w. Taylor, who
has been assigned the place formerly
held by M. Bankhead in the rivers and
barbors committee, is coming to Bir-
mingham on Thursday next, January 8,
to talk over river improvement sub.
1ects. The Commercial club will no
doubt formulate a programme, and it
should have the aid and cooperation
of all who have studied the subject Of
water transportation. This entire CON-
munity is deeply interested in this sub
ject, and Mr.. Taylor will assureGly be
warmly received here.
He is an experienced and popular
member of Congress, and he comes
here to consult our people and TO
ascertain their wants in The direction
of slackwater navigation. The prob
lem he has in hand lies at the very
foundation of the prosperity Of this dis
trict. and he should receive both a
hearty welcome and all the advice that
we have accumulated on that subject.
Mr.. Taylor lives at Demopoiis, where
the Warrior joins the Tombigbee, and
he will certainly be in sympathy with
the Just ambition of this district. He
wants an open river and so do the
people of this district. Let us meet
him and get behind him in all the ef-
forts he proposes to make.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
Rirminaham Prosperous.

Birmingham is the most prosperous
city / have struck in the south" said
w. @. PANTY, business man of New
York, now spending few days here. II
stopped in several southern cites, includ-
ing Atlanta, and while none of them are
dead by any means, they are somewhat
sow compared with Birmingham.
IT have heard little talk of dull times
here. Everybody l meet has buoyant
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
SIMPLE Joys

I always think, when the sky bends low
And the dull, gray clouds are weeping,
That a rainy night, when the cold winds
blow
Is the best of all for sleepingl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

Grip was first recognized as a dis
ease in 1889. This was in Europe, and
1t has been vexing mankind ever since.
1t can leap further and alight harder
than any other known disease.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

After a skyscraper of the Metropoli-
tan Life is completed, some architect
will plan a 10O-story building, and some
multi-millionaire who covets notoriety
will put his money in it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

One of the most gratifying results
of yesterdays Greater Birmingham
election was the fact that the out
lying territory came to the city with a
majority of 302 in favor of the expan-
sion. If the election could have been
postponed a few days all suburban op-
position would have practically disap-
peared. There is nothing like a cam
paign of education.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
Greek Christmas Today.

Today will be observed as Christmas,
or the Feast of the Nativity, by the Or
thodox Greek church and other Oriental
branches of Christendom. Like the
Christmas of Western Christendom, it is
an immovable feast, falling regularly 10
days after December % of the Gregorian
calendar.
The Greeks in the Birmingham district
are, said to number about 800 There are
nearly 300 members of the orthodox
Greek faith in the city of Birmingham.
They maintain a priest and the services
at their church. corner of Nineteenth
street and Avenue C, beginning at a.
M, will be deeply impressive.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

1t is estimated that 100000 whales
had been killed before coal oil was dis
covered At present the average whale
has better chance to live and wag his
tail.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
AROUND THE COUNTRY

Atlanta Constitutions 1.-The Book of the
Devil" is in its tenth edition. How pop
ular the old fellow seems to be!
Augusta Herald The boom of Senator
Knox has received so many knocks that
it shows disrespeet for the dead to be
knocking it any more.
Knoxville Journal and Tribune: If
Booth Harrington should be elected to
Congress. even Williams and DeArmond
will be careful not to sass him.
Memphis News Scimitar: More mar
rage licenses were iss1ed in Chicago in
1907 than for any year of the city's his
tory. Look out for next years great
crop of divorces.
New York Herald: Since picking his
all-American football team for 1867, Wal
ter Camp is looked on as an undesirable
citizen in all the colleges not repre-
sented on his eleven.
Houston Post: The fact that New Year
visited Charleston and other pestiferous
communities, as well as Houston, shows
that, like the rain, New Year visits the
unjust as well as the just
Louisville Courier-Journal Quentin
Roosevelt, aged L, has fallen in love with
a T-year-old girl. The 17-year-old girl
is quite likely to enlist the affections of
any boy between IL and 101.
Washington Post: A mourner at
Pennsylvania funeral refused to ride in
a hack because it was driven by
non-union man. His kick was certainly
ill-aimed, since it was not his funeral
New Orleans Times-Democrat:
stalled water wagon delayed traffic for
several hours in a Cincinnati street the
other day Any intelligent water wagon
should have known that 1t would stall
in Cincinnati.
Washington Herald: A Massachusetts
woman threw a golf ball at one of her
gentlemen friends and hit him, where
upon he proposed Immediately. Evidently
he recognized her as an extraordinary
woman-and he was right, too.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

RIPPLES.
Carolyn Prescott tells how to land a
husband. The quickest way is to make
noise like million dollars.
God is generally for the big squadrons
against the little Ones" said Comte Bus
sy-Rabutin long ago. Carry the news
to Fighting Bob
We'd like to have one of Mr.. &. H.
Harriman's paydays. After that we
wouldn't work any more.
who's Who in Matrimony?" asks a
headline. It's rather hard to say since
SO many affinities are at large.
1t Is generally agreed that Bin Squires
is the most lamentable lemon Australia
ever produced.
A man in Kansas City left four wives
in Persia and yet he is going back there.
George Bailey informs US that he is
coming to Birmingham in spite of the
prevailing drouth. Without making more
than two guesses we can guess what
George will bring in his suit case.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
SIMPLY KNOCKING.

The Birmingham Age-Herald speaks of
"Alabamas pie-fed beauties" We sup
pose the linotyper was too chivalrous to
set it "pie-faced," as written.-Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
Nothing of the kind! The pie-fed beau
ties of Alabama are as to the beauties
of all other states as boys first sweet
heart is to his old maid aunt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

The leading new year functions are
the clipping of coupons and the paying
of 1907 bills.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

Nothing short of an expurgated edi
ton of Mrs. Glyns opinion of America
would be punishable under the laws.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

The reviews of 1907 show that a
good deal was accomplished in that
year after ALL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

The late Lord Kelvin was as thrifty
as he was scientific, for he left an
estate valued at $5,OO0,000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

The Czazr is trying to get back his
old autocratic power by the Judicial
route.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
NEW JOB.

"Who is the fellow over there who
looks like a scentist?'
HE is a hired man on a germ farm
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

President Roosevelt shook 5000
hands on New Years day, and he de-
clared he was delighted till the last
man had filed by.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
THE LOSERS.

The world may deny them
The prizes they sought,
But theirs is the glory
OF battle well Fought
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

The new year was compelled to take
over and thy to digest the Thaw case
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

In the republican party 1t is to be
the survival of the fittest and a gen.
eral shindig all round except in the
pie-counter states.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

The new Year is tempering the wine
to the lamb shorn by hard times.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

The paic will be blamed in the COM
ing campaign on the criminal rich and
predatory wealth, and the issue will
prove a winner.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

Olslahc ia was the leading oil-pro-
ducing safe last year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
ENvIoIrS THRuST.

Paul Cook of the Birmingham Age
Herald is trying to pit the tallow-faced,
ple-fed beauties of Alabama against the
red-headed, dmpled darlings of grandold-
texas. Pshaw, boys, 1t would require a
dozen of each to stand in the shadow
of one Jacksonville girl-Florida Times
Union.
From which we infer that the Jackson
Vile girl throws a shadow like barn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
GET READY.

IT'S now the time
We hope he chokes!-
The humorist
Writes Easter jokesi
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

A POOR WIGHT
Only q poet, ragged and gaunt-
See how the pitless worldlings flaunt
All that he does, while they scornfully
what queer creature we encountered
today
Never thought for the sorrow he
bears
Poverty, woe and a dozen despairs;
Never tear for his whitening hopes,
While with misfortune he manfully copes.
Only a poet, ragged and gaunt-
See how the pitiless worldlings iaunt
Even his heart, by his verses laid bare.
Perish the dreamer-nobody will carei
THE BABY ADVERTISER"
THE Baby Advertiser" issued every
year by the employees of the Montgom
cry Advertiser, is a unique publication.
The 1908 edition has reached The Age
Herald office and has been. read with
much interest. Frank M. Spangler, the
Advertisers clever cartoonist, contributes
a number of funny sketches, while Phil
H Armstrong, Bruce Kennedy, Col. VIII
T. Sheehan and many others figure with
considerable eclat. The menu of the
nual dinner given to Maj. w. w Screws
and F. p Glass, humorous articles jokes,
verse and gossip about people connected
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

Devil is in its tenth edition. How pop
ular the old fellow seems to be!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

Knoxville Journal and Tribune: If
Booth Harrington should be elected to
Congress, even Williams and DeArmond
will be careful not to sass him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

1t is Taft against the field, and there
is no room for dark horse-for Gar
field, or Franklin Pierce.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

Augusta Herald: The boom of Senator
Knox has received so many knocks that
it shows disrespeet for the dead to be
knocking it any more.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

All our days are days of trouble,
All our nights are full of care
And there isn't any pleasure
To be met with anywhere.
Hearts that once were glad are
gloomy
Nothings left to do but die,
For the games not worth the candle
Since
we've
all
gone
dry
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

Memphis News-Scimitar: More mar
rage licenses were issued in Chicago in
1907 than for any year of the city's his
tory. Look out for next years great
crop of divorces.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
CAUSE FOR GRIEF
A POOR WIGHT.

what are you crying for. little maid?"
please, sir, all my ancestors are dead"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

Let's call it THE Panic of 1907" and
let 1t go at that
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

The January dividends are a balm
and a comfort in these days of money
stringency.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

New York Herald Since picking his
football team for 1867, Wal
ter Camp is looked on as an undesirable
citizen" in all the colleges not repre-
scented on his eleven.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

Beware the man who had nothing to
swear off. He is too good for this
world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07
GONE DRY.

Niger sadly hunts the 'possum
And his song is hushed today,
For the worlds no longer rolling
In the same old care-free way.
Sadnes fills the dreaming valleys,
Everybody heaves a sigh
And the times are dark and dreary
Since
we've
all
gone
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

The world is a year older and pos
sibly that much wiser
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-07

All we need this year TO make us all
happy are good crops.