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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-01
Report Says Alderman Failed
TO Disclose His Financial
Interest In Deal
FACTS ARE ADMITTED IN
FORNEYS STATEMENT
Alderman Says He Feels He Did City
No Wrong Because He Held
Eleventh Ward Option
Over Year.

I'VE. the committee appointed to
Investigate the land purchase in
the Eleventh ward, after a full,
fair and impartial investigation,
hereby report as follows:
Il That Alderman Forney was
directly financially interested in
the sale of the Eleventh ward
failed to disclose his interest to
the City Council of Birmingham
"2. That in being interested in
said sale, Alderman Forney was
guilty of official misconduct.
&C. c. HEIDI.
Chairman.
&c. II. ESTES.
DAN A. HOGAN.
wv. r. STARBUCK.
III. A. STOCKMAR.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-01

esckling. She has pulled out nearly
all their feathers, but she hasn't
stopped them from laying.
rs there union among the hens?
Law, no, Old Specky Just simply runs
the whole place. But-Ssh, If you'll
promise not to say a word about il,
there's the strongest kind of a union
among the Wholesale Egg Handlers
association, and the supply of eggs
doesn't cut the least bit of figure with
them.
"As a rule they never pay any at
tention to Old Specly's instructions to-
them regarding price but when she
sent out the Accent edict they made
believe that they must mind her, and
even though the hens are laying as
many eggs now they did on Novem-
Der 1, when the price was much less,
do you think they would let the price
remain where it was? Not that crowd" .
But say what about the cold stor-
age supply?" queried the reporter.
The Old Rooster winked his eve and
said: 9Th ere's enough of the cold stor-
age product around here to feed every
body for some time to come. You ought
to slip around and see your strictly
fresh country eggs, everyone guaran-
teed' pulled out of the ice box, where
! they've been since lest July. Tricks in
| all trades, you know.
| I'VE two-legged fowls may have to
| sleep roosts in an clubhouse. but we
sure have the laugh on you people in
Birmingham. Speaking of squeeze plays,
the way you people are getting
squeezed breaks all previous records
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-01
Empowered To Close Trade.

accept the proposition of f. l. Tarrant
for $1,000
Empowered To Close Trade.
"Thereupon after accepting the propo-
sition of f. l. Tarrant, the committee
met and empowered the Mayor to close
the trade. At the request of the Mayor
Mr.. Tarrant delivered the abstract and
the city attorney passed the title as be-
ing good. At the request of the Mayor
the taxes upon the property were paid
and Mr.. Tarrant paid the city taxes, this
land having come into the city limits
within the last six months. And l I'M
derstand that at the instance of the
Mayor the city treasurer gave notice to
the county authorities that the property
was the property of the city of Bir-i
mngham, thereby preventing the neces-i
sity of an assessment of the taxes upon
said property. During which time Mr..
Tarrant receipted the city of Birming-i
ham for valuable consideration.
In their deliberations the. finance COM
mittee had not noticed any recommended
ton from any alderman relative to said
property and the parks and land COM
mitttee had no notice of any recon-
mendation made by any alderman relative
to said property and this special COM
mittee to whom all the powers of the
board were transferred, then obtained
no recommendation from any alderman
but bought the lana after they mad
themselves viewed it and viewed, as it,
were, every foot of the land and after
individual members of this special COM
mittee had inquired of competent real
estate dealers as to the fairness OF the
price.
THAT is to say, not until after the
deal was closed, above set out, had
it appeared to any authorized member of
any committee to which the above prop
esition was referred that any member of
the City Council had any special in
terest, either as an alderman or as a.
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1CONrIrTTEn nv pAGE a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-01
THE WEATHER.

Washington, November 30.-Forecast
for Alabama and Mississippi: Fair and
cooler Tuesday and Wednesday; varia
BILE winds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-01

Weather report for "a hours ending
4 p. M. November 80. Local office
United States weather bureau, Birming
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-01

A wide difference in the wholesale
prices of eggs was noted yesterday the
price ranging anywhere from 20 cents
to 80 cents. In some quarters it was
given out that eggs were exceptionally
plentiful while in others 1t was stated
that a state of famine was existing in
the egg line. 1t appeared, however,
that anyone could get all the eggs he
wanted with large number of dealers
eager to sell him.
puzzling and the reporter endeavored
to solve the problem, but nowhere
could he find a satisfactory solution.
Finally he decided to try the Old
Rooster again and went in serach of
him.
The old fellow was extremely angry
and refused to answer questions.
Finally 1t was brought out from him
that despite Old Specky's positive in
structions, some of the hens were still
laying, and the supply of eggs was
hardly less than 1t has been for the
past few weeks.
THE Old Girl is raising sand about
! it," said Mr.. Rooster, but somehow she
can't make the hens quit laying. They
trick her. the entire bunch laying in
the same nest, then all of them wait
until noon, when they gather in the
opposite end Of the barnyard and begin
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CONTINUED ON PAGE 81
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
EXPERIENCED.

(At a French restaurant in Soho)- Bertie affected by continental atmos- ere)--"Well, ifI don't see you again, au revoir.'-Punch.
 T wish" said the callow youth. T could learn how to shave quickly First catch your hare quoted his xarcastlc .friend.--Phladelphia Press.
 Jennie-She's horrid, That Wilson girl has been saying that I paint
 Clarke-Don't you care. If she had your complexion. maybe shed paint, too--St. Joseph ws-Press
 What will happen when women rule?"
 Among other things, I presume father-in-law jokes will come into style" Courier-Journal.
 Singleton Your wife seems to be an up-to- date woman" Wedderly- Huh! She's away ahead of. the date. Why, she has a lot of trouble DOT rowed for next year. Chicago News.
 The Monument Man (after several Abortive suggestions)--How would simply Gone Home" do?
 Mrs. Newweeds-1 guess that would be all right It was always the last place he ever thought of going.-Puck.
 Your partner" remarked the privi- legged friend, seems to be a man of unusually good judgment
 You bet he is.' replied the self-ac- knowledged brains of the firm Why. he never makes a move without asking my advice e'-Chicago News
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
THE uNCoRRuPTED VOICE.

Governor Hughes of New York must have felt the thrill of satisfaction last Saturday when he found himself con frorted by a thousand cheering agents of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company and heard himself proclaim ed man fitted for higher political honors by the president of the com pany whom he subjected to severe cross ss-examination at the time of the investigation. Ii comes rarely to a man in this transitory life to enjoy so quickly the fruits of his delicate work of probing. A year ago these same agents would have greeted him coldly had he been presented to them in con vention assembled, and he would have thought that he had encountered cold storage initiation Now everything is lovely and the insurance men see that what he did was good for their business and good for the policy holder
 It was a remarkable speech. too. the governor made to these agents. It is not likely that any one of them ex- pected him to offer sympathy for what they had suffered There has been ,,otl;po i, i,;e aroor ri,,,., i,a .,..,. IL vated to the office of governor to sug- eest that he looked back upon his ex- perience as an insurance induisitor with regret or hint thar if he were to do the job over again he would dis card the mailed glove for one made of kid. On the contrary his career up to date convinces one that the spirit ith which he entered the insurance inves- tigation Is part of the man and he is ready to answer whenever there is work to he done of responsible char acter. We are not SD sure. though. that he expected the insurance agents tc give him warm welcome. Their in. vitetion to him to address them car ried with it of course the assurance that he would he received and treated with courtesy. but it could not have left upon his mind the impression that he would find his lot cast in among ! friends and admirers And yet tha; is
 Xactly what has happened What was to he formal exchange of courtes, became an enthusiastic endorsement of the man and what he had accom-. l plished
 But # Is what Governor Hughe. said that takes hold He assured then that he had not receded 3 step iron the position he had taken and main
 tsined from the first He declared tha
 the inquiry had been a good thing anC
 that the justice of its results were be ing realized. He insisted that the rem
 edial legislation which had been en
 acted must remain in force if the in
 surance business is to stay nut upon
 foundation of public confidence. Onr
 experience can demonstrate that it modification and alteration is required
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
WAS TT LyNcHrNG OR suRGERY.

The Hon. Bellamy Storer has again attracted attention to himself. He has announced in a public address that we 'lynched" Spain. He has been ann bassador to Spain and so perhaps knows how Spain feels about it, and he certainly seems to know how he feels about it. His assertion has caus- ed some discussion and will cause more. Some of the discussers take a decidedly more cheerful view of what we did to Spain thar MT Storer does. They point out that Spain was in bad way when we found it necessary to pay warlike attention to her. She was badly in debt and having more trouble with her colonies than we are having with those same colonies. Since the war she has walked up and is now on the way to become richer and more respected than she has been
 So it was either a barbarous lynch
 ing or a beneficent surgical operation. The evidence seems to he quite in fa- vor of the latter view When Spain gets entirely well she may give us a vote of thanks for relieving her of ex- crescences and things which were do- ing her much damage
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
SOME CONDOLENCES.

Tn spite of the endorsement the cig arctic has received from the London Lancet and other high medical author ities there are still some who do not think if is one of the best things on an earth not too crowded with good things. The cigarette habit among boN s has been investigated by W L. Bodine. superintendent of compulsory eduea- ton in Chicago. He recently stated that of l,01h boys sent by him to the Par ental School. so per cent. of those who were habitual truants were addicted te cigarettes. and out of the entire l,0l5 boys. only 145 were up in their grades; 14o boys came from the sixth grade. four from the seventh and one from the eighth The few boys who were in these grades did not smoke cigarettes.
 of course this doesn't actually prove that cigarettes are had for boys. but the coincidences noticed and noted seem significant. At any rate it can probably be said with truth that if is better for boys not to smoke cigarettes than to smoke them. And as for men | perhaps it is better for them to smoke
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Another Exposure.

The Navy quoth the Mariner met in
 far Podunk, From for'ard bilge and mizzentop to
 old Bob Evans bunk, Is nothin more, and nothin' less, than
 just pile O junk. They ain't in all them battleships a
 single marlin spike That isn't full O blowholes just a-spil-
 in for strike, When they gets into action. why they'll
 bust, as sure as Mike. They ain't boomin' sailor in the hull
 gol-derned consarn That's got tn imagination to invent a
 ghastly yarn That writ up for maggyzine'd be
 worth tinkers darn. Them waiter lines they tell about is
 all up In the bow Becus the folks as built 'em didn't none
 of them know how, And g a consequence they're all as
 leaky as scow. Them armor plates that cost us folks
 such awful piles O chink Is manufactured by the gross of com
 mon garden zinc [ never ct off one of them. but I know
 what l think The pants the common sailors wears
 Is of slmrsy kind That on the yachts of Williehoys in
 times O peace ye find They ain't perfected anywheres ur
 for'ard or behind The grog they serves is Baby food
 and watter-nothin' more That aint the way to treat char
 what's left his wife ashore. And started out to fit hisself to be a
 man of war. And so it goes all through the fleet
 There ain't single ship That's strong enough or good enough
 10 make m ocean trip Tho foghorns even makes ye think Of
 chickens with the pip | I stood amazed at his remarks. With confidence he spoke, | And it was plain that he was not q
 fellow who would joke. ] And SO I said, while handing him q
 little weed to smoke: 1 T think I'll publish what you say. 4
 furor twill create But tell me what your service was? Tn
 sure twas very great" "I worked the Erie towpath.' he re
 piled, Tin ninety eight" John Kendrick Bangs in New Tori Times
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20

He drove his earnestness home when he declared that former habits of questionable character used to secure legislative enactments must cease, and that henceforth the drafting of stat utes must be in accord with the "un- corrupted voice of the public" He then added impressively; This is democra- ples of democracy. If it occasionally hurts, stand it But believe in the un- corrupted voice of the public and keep our legislatures pure" This and much more to the same effect brought the now educated insurance agents to their feet amid thunderous applause. If they never knew before they know now what the conditions are which must te respected so long as he remains in public life.
 This is the same philosophy Gov clnor Woodruff preached in Connecti- cut all last year. He did not succeed in overthrowing the adverse forces and in securing from the halls of leg | islation the enactments which were clearly supported by the "Uncorrupted voice of the public" but he did make and has made it increasingly difficult
 for the controlling interests to pll their trade in the future in the State of Connecticut The time has gone bs when the agents of the big corpora tions can maintain their headquarter in the capitol building and issue ihei
 orders direct to their representative
 on the floor of both the senate and tn
 house It is a good sign of the times
 too, that neither Governor Hughes no
 Governor Woodruff has tired of tn
 struggle against the privileged few. l
 promises much for the urcorrupte
 voice of the public"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
THE WEEK AND THE GIRL.

Again the rolling and generous year has brought to New Haven Prom. week." and Prom. week" has brought the Prom. girl" There has been some talk about cutting off some of the 'extravagance" of the festivities, but it is already evident that there hasn't been any cut in the extravaganza of youth and beauty that annually makes itself manifest here about this time. And as long as that continues to be manifest. the sizes of the punches of violets will be more or less imma- terial
 Golden sunshine and golden youth made New Haven gay yesterday. And golden youth will keep it gay until the gay season is over and the solemn season is sadly resumed where it left off. It is fine thing to be young and enthusiastic or young and beautiful And where youth, enthusiasm and beauty join in effort they can come pretty near gliding refined gold and painting lilies. Complete success and unalloyed joy to the present effort.
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which will never again be coiiiliiiS- stoned There is frequent comment also upon the cost of large Warsrips in France. Although longer is taken to construct them, they cost more It Is said, size for size, than the shlps oi most other navies. The six ships ol the Patrie type, built between lsVi and 1907. having displacements or Y Se5 tons each. cost about s6,loo ton whereas battleshirs of the queen type' built in England in 1902, with ton- mage of 15,000. cost only SS,4oo per ton The King Edward class of pattle- ships cost 5000 per ton. The Pom mern in Germany cost s4,4So per ton and yet the Dantons (the French Dreadnought class) are to cost se,o5e per ton It is alleged that no good req son has been given to explain this dls- crepancy
 Too bad, and vet the reporter of the naval budget. NJ Poirier, declares that huge battleships and small torpedo boats and submarines are what France needs most to-day. He does not think she can dispense with the costly ls,- 1 900 to 20.000 ton battleship, nor in any general way reduce her naval expendi- ture, since all other important nations
 have doubled or quadrupled theirs ir
 the last ten years And that's whats
 the matter with the United States too
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
New Catholic Marriage Laws.
CThe New York rrihnnel

(The New Nork Ir1bune.D
 Churchmen will watch with much in terest the operation of the new mar riage laws of the Roman Catholic church. which, according to reports. will he universally enforced after next Easter The most interesting clause is tho one providing that hetrothals. to he binding before ecclesiastical courts. must he formalized in writing and at tested by priest or two other trust worthy persons. What makes this sig nifcaut is the fact that it has long been insisted upon in all essential re- spects. by not few priests here and there. and in some cases has resulted in tempting many persons to break with the church. Will the increased authority with which the regulation is now promulgated succeed in bringing the free American hack to the good old custom of publishing the banns?" The merits of this custom are great indeed but we suspect that the headstrong and too independent American youth will not see them. even if the bann- publish ing fees be cut down 10 bargain sale figure.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
NAVAL AFFAIRS IN FRANCE.

The criticism of the United States navy is disturbing enough, but it is not as disturbing ss it would he if charges of graft" as well as of in competence were made Such charges are made in France, where thev are paving much attention to naval af- fairs inst now Critics in the Partisan journals point out that large sum of naoney was voted for repairs on 2 bat tleshir which soon afterward ras broken up as useless Tn another case $500 900 was expended on ? cruiser
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20

principle had its roots in the division of the spells.
 There is no other reason for police commissioners. whether evenly or un- evenly divided among the political parties, in the city of New Haven than the practical political reason. New York discovered this and dispensed with them. If the purpose of police force IS to enforce law and order ana protect the citizens against the lawless and disorderly, it's organization under a single commissioner or chief, ap- pointed by the mayor, is essential to it's achievement If on the other hand. the purpose of a police department is to divide it's attention between en- forcing law and order when it is thought convenient and playing poli- tics, a commission is necessary. This has been so well demonstrated in scores of cities and is being go well demonstrated in this city at this time that not to see and appreciate the les
 son taught is to close ones eyes to
 the truth. Ii New Haven can shake off it's commissions and locate the re- sponsibility where it belongs and where it can be seen of all men, bi- partisanship will not have had it's fling here in vain. What was never in
 tended for good purpose will never develop the love of it.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
EDMUND CLARENCE sTEDMAN.

Pan in Wall street would hardly be more inccngruous than Edmund Clar- ence Stedman was there And yot for about forty years he succeeded in get ting a living, and at times more. out of that unpoetic place When he finally shook it's dust from his feet his fellow members of the Stock Exchange hon. ored themselves and him by present. ing him a silver loving cup, the only time, we believe, that the Stock E,xl change has ever risen to such senti- ment in connection with one of it's members It was a worthy and signif- cant action, showing, as il did, that while men may and do lay waste their powers" in getting and spending. they do not always became wholly ob- livious to the ideal. That Mir. Sted- man himself could and did attend fair ly well and successfully to the busi- ness of making money and at the same time attend well and successful ly to literary production shows that the inspiration that was in him would not let him be oblivious to or neglect ful of the ideal. His poetic gift re- vealed itself nobly and beautifully, though never enough to satisfy, or even appease, the admirers of it. What poetry he did write was so full of in- sight, sensibility and music that t was ! felt that there was much too little oC If As a critic be shone in such way that 1 it is perhaps not unjust to call him | the most compreherding and acute of the critics the United States has pro- 1 duced. His work as compiler and edi- tor was extensive, thorough. and mark cd by deep appreciation, consnmmate skill and unerring taste. This work has done much to raise the standard of thinking and feeling in countless homes. and will form m en- during memorial.
 MT, Stedman lived to be sepentv-six years old. He had the love, honor. obedience and troops of friends which bless an old age prepared for as his was. He died speedily. as if favored of the gods that bestowed other so rich gifts upon him. His fame, already well established. seems likely to increase
 as his country and the world continue to consider their few seers and singers.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
\ MIND OF HER OWN.

The English woman has a mind of her own, in spite of the fact that she has been considered rather namby- pamby as compared with the grand. the wilful and the achieving United States woman We read the other day how English suffragettes showed the determined quality of their minds by fastening themselves with chains to an iron fence when the hobbies" came to arrest them, That was one way of showing mind Another way is illus trated by the Christmas honor list at London university-the great popular university of England The names of two women stand alone in the first class honor list in classics: in the sec- ond class five out of seven names are feminine, and In the third class seven out of nine names are likewise In the honor list of mathematics one wo- man stands alone, there are no stud ents to get the second rank, in the third there Is but one man. In the ex- animation for the degree of bachelor of science the first class contains one woman and one man; the second class, one woman
 There is apparently no end to the onwardness and upwardness of wo- man. But the end of proud man, who was dressed in little brief authority. is apparent enough.