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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
MENDINo OF A. BROKEN HEART

From the Atchison Globe.
 An Atchison Young Thing had a heart that ached her Honey Boy hay ing taken his affections elsewh ere, and her father recently shut himself up with her to reason with her. That Honey Boy averaged spending 50 cents a week on you,' he said. Here's a dollar a week to take his place. Every time he called he cleaned out the refrigerator; your mother will see to 1t that your brothers do this in future. He kept you up late nights. Your baby sister Is cross, and hereaft- CT you will let the baby do this for you. He took possession of the most comfortable rocker on the porch; when you look at that rocker in future it will not be empty, bringing the pang to your heart that your silly novels tell about; 1t will be occupied by the man who paid for it, and that's me. Your mother and I stayed by you through collie and teething, and are going to get you through this if we have to take turns spanking you. Now take your eyes off the moon and look at the dust around you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
McLaren Is Promoted.

Decatur, August 1.-(Special) w. w. McLaren. who for some time has been manager of the Morgan County Telephone company in the Decaturs, has been promoted by his company. He will now have the management of the companys business from north of Bir- mingham to the Tennessee Kentucky state line He will continue to make his headquarters in New Decatur as ha has done in the past. Some time ago this telephone company was reorgan- ized and now the system will be great ly improved. The company owns be- sides a long distance system exchanges and local business In the Decaturs. Birmingham, Nashville, Louisville, Gin cinnati, Indianapolis and many other cities, both south and north. It is said to be the most extensive independent telephone company in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
Premier Briand'S Cabinet

While the new French premier. Aristides Briand, is a theoretical so- cialist yet he is not on good terms with Jaures, the socialist leader. The premier is in active politics an oppor- tunist, and a very capable opportunist he is, one full of common sense and fair play. He is a friend of labor whenever labor is reasonable and just, but not otherwise.
 The cabinet he has formed contains six members of the Clemenceau cabi- net. He has called to his side Miller and and Viviani, both socialists, both of whom command the confidence of republicans in general. Of the four members two are moderates, and one is an naval officer and the other an army officer.
 It is generally conceded that the Clemenceau government surmounted with credit it's difficulties with Ger many, carried to a conclusion its cam paign in Morocco, and drew closer to England as an ally. It dealt with the separation of church and state and the strike of postal employees, and 1t went out of office leaving Frances prestige in Europe considerably augmented. It was a successful ministry taken as a whole.
 M Pichon is retained in the Briand cabinet as minister of foreign affairs, and he will steadily pursue a policy that lines up France, England and Russia against the triple alliance. This is popular policy in France. The gen. eral election takes place next year, and flu the meanwhile the new premier may jolly Jaures while he depends upon the Clemenceau bloc for active sup. port in the chamber of deputies-upon the advanced republicans, radicals, radicalsocialists who are not collec. twists and independents. Many home questions may come up, but the pre- mier will be apt to make few large plans until the general election has taken place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
Seattle'S Exposition

When the Jamestown exposition, held in 1907 proved to be a failure in point of attendance 1t was generally remarked that expositions and worlds fairs had been overdone and that it would be a grave mistake for any city to attempt a large exhibition within the next 10 or 15 years. But the Yukon exposition at Seattle is a marked success.
 Seattle Is a wonderful city of the quarter r-of-a-million population class. It Is giving very fine show with little or no government aid. The people of Seattle raised practically all the money they needed by private sub scription in less than two weeks time. And those in charge of the enterprise had the good sense not to make the show too big. From all accounts, the forestry building surpasses anything of the kind ever seen in this country; | and other features are novel and in good taste. But visitors do not tire themselves In seeing all that is to be seen. The attendance has been enor- nous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
THE THAW CASE
 GOES ON TODAY
Evelyn Nesbit May Again Be Placed on Stand to Testify Against
 Husband.

White Plains. N. Y, August Hilary K Thaw's legal fight to prove himself sane goes on again tomorrow before Jus tice Isaac Mills. District Attorney Je- rome of New York will begin the ses- sion probably with the presentation of more alienist testimony and the intro duction of reports made heretofore in support of the contention that the pris- oner is lunatic. It is likely that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, who has already testified against her husband, will be put on the stand again by the state.
 When Jerome is through Thaw will be examined by counsel and will be asked pertinent questions by Justice Mills.
 It was reported here tonight that Charles Morsehauser Thaw's attorney. will call MT. Jerome to the witness stand before the hearing is complete. He will be asked to testify whether in his be- lief Thaw suffered from delusions con corning Stanford White.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02

not his slumbers be arrested by the sound of music and of dancer Past his windows winged gondolas will glide carrying gay parties to some aerial yacht, which, bril- liantly Illuminated, he will see suspended in the sky.
 Most unfortunate of spectators he, if some wayward beauty does not in pass ing throw in the open lattice a rosebud And to him gazing starward the dark background of the heaven will present a magic scene of gliding vessels with colored lamps, as if overhead were the Grand canal at Venice on some regatta night.
 Other strange sights he may see-per- chance racing on the wings of the wind a rakish pirate ship, a police boat in pur- suit, or some unruly aeroplane arrested for careless driving through the crowded airway. being in ignominious fashion lowed to earth.
 It is impossible to foretell to what use the aeroplane and the drigible balloon will be put in everyday life. They may become, as the motor car has become, the vehicle of the tradesman. At least it is not difficult to imagine that by o'clock in the morning the air will be filled with the yachts of business men sailing above the houses of the city to their offices, mounting above the morn ing mist for a breath of fresh air, a sight of the blue sky, and the sun.
 And each hour will grow denser the mass of traffic overhead, where heavy cargo boats and the pleasure craft of fashionable women meet and mingle, com ing, we may hope, into not too frequent collision.
 It is interesting to speculate on these matters; interesting, too, to think what changes will conc about in human char acter when we reach the age Of flying.
 The flying man Is the true superman. Will he be more spiritual nlore imagina- tive? Our bodies freed from the earth, shall not our mipds rise also to reach plane more lofty?
 To rise high above the smoke and heat of the city will be to reach, as now we do, by going far afield, the region of fresh air, the fresh air that means fresh ideas and new vitality.
 In our flights we shall learn so to look upon the earth as to see its life and prob lens in a manner clear and detached, getting as it were a bird's-eye view. Everything will appear in new, in more nearly true, perspective.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
Tone of Optimism.

Henry Clews, in his last Saturdays re- view, says in part:
 July closed with all the financial mar lxets showing persistent strength. There is no abatement in the tone of optimism which has now prevailed for several weeks; in fact, 1t has become more pro- nounced rather than otherwise. This feeling Is based upon a general recogni- tion of sound conditions in business and a gradual recovery in the volume of trade We have become accustomed to measuring business by values, and in many cases the records of comparison all ready show increases over the pre-panic year. This method of comparison, how ever, is somewhat misleading, and when the volume of business is measured by quantity rather than value it is seen that in many respects we are still behind 1907, although we may be rapidly approaching that year. and in exceptional instances passing 1t.
 '"The steel trade Is unquestionably leading all others in point of activity at this time. Several of the large independ- ent concerns are turning out record breaking products. and the great United States Steel corporation in many of its departments Is also taxed to the utmost in filling orders. Since prices have ad- vanced 1t Is easy to see that the current business of the steel industry must be very much more profitable than a year ago. This, of course, accounts for the strength of the Steel issues in spite of the disappointment felt at the dividend on Steel common being raised to only per cent. Such a conservative policy, how ever, is to be commended, since in the long run 1t will tend to establish confi- dence in the management of this huge corporation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
Regulation of Corporations

Congress bids fair to sit we'll into August and then but three full months will elapse before it meets for its long session beginning on the first Monday in December, The committees in the House are to be appointed before the special session is ended, and the regu- lar session will, therefore, go to work at once, and the people will have but short breathing spell of inactivity.
 Secretary of Commerce Nage1 said recently in Chicago that the chief ad. ministration measure that will be brought up in the regular session will be bill to bring under federal super- vision all corporations engaged in inter- state commerce. The pending corpo- ration tax Is step in that direction, but 1t does not go far enough to suit the President. He Is committed to the idea of federal control despite its cen tralization features. All republicans are centralists unless it hits them hard, and no doubt way will be found to relieve the states of all responsibil- ity for the control of interstate cor porations and to transfer the respon- sibility to the general government. The problem proved too large for President Roosevelt, but President Taft has set his pins to accomplish it. He wants "all dealers and all competitors from all parts of the country to enter the arena under the same rules of the game" These are Secretary Nagel's words and no doubt he expresses the views and intentions of the administra- tion. The regular session has, there- fore, plenty of work before it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
Jobbery and Robbery the Outcome

The Cannon-Aldrich tariff is to be put through Congress, to be signed by the President, but says Senator Bailey, 'it is an affront to the common sense of all men to pretend that the ultimate consumer Is to be benefited by re- ducing the duties which the manufac- turers pay on their material" From first to last, including the Taft amend ments 1t Is bill to enrich manufac- turers at the expense of the overtaxed consumers who cannot see how they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
Not Structural Steel Plant.

"A statement has been published in papers In the Birmingham district and in financial and trade papers in New York and other large cities that the Ten nessee company was about to erect a structural steel plant at or near Ensley," said member of the Chamber of Com nerce, who is well informed regarding the industrial situation hereabouts.
 While it is we'll known that the Ten nessee company will continue to de- velop its business on lines of much mag nitude, and will erect in time one or more finished product plants in addition to the great rail mill, it can be stated positively that a structural steel mill is not being considered; and this for the simple reason that the demand in the south for structural steel is not large enough and would not be sufficient if 1t were five or six times as large as 1t is, to keep a mill going and produce the shapes In question with commercial econ omy. As a high official of the Tennes- see company recently remarked, It has not been decided just what we will do in the way of adding to our manufactur- ing business In the district on large scale, but for good commercial reasons the very last thing we will do will be the erection of a structural mill.
 Under the present administration, dat ing from November. 1907, the Tennessee company has already spent between ss,OOO,OOO and s7,OOoOoo on new construc- ton, and that Is certainly tangible proof of the broad development policy of the people who represent the owners. With ing the next two or three years great deal more expansion will be in evidence; but in the meantime reporters and cor respondents would do well to get 1t out of their heads that a structural plant or cotton tie mill, as for that mat ter, is designed by the Tennessee com pany'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
Signs of Car Shortage

The number of idle cars is rapidly decreasing, and railroad experts see in the near future the coming of an- other period of car shortages. The western roads are appealing to coal dealers along their lines to secure supplies of fuel before the fall move ment of crops and traffic is begun.
 Nearly two years of inactivity in business has led the railroads to neg lect additions to equipment and even of repairs of old cars and locomotives. Recently large orders for cars and engines have been filed, but these cars and locomotives will not be ready for use in the fall months and this is one reason why car shortage Is appre- hended.
 No one will regret a congestion of traffic after November i, for>i will be plain evidence that general business is again active and that normality has l been restored. All observers can see that traffic is steadily growing heavier, and if the crops of corn and cotton turn out well a congestion of rail traffic is well-nigh unavoidable. This in turn will lead to large orders for iron and steel and this in turn will fill every empty house in the industrial dis tricts. A car shortage will, therefore, be welcomed-a temporary car short age at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
BEER AND PROHIBITION.
From Puck.

From PUCK.
 According to reports the recent con- vention of brewers at Atlantic City blamed prohibition for an excess of drinking. This is an interesting con- tribution to the literature of para doxes. If by the same sign, 1t can be shown that drinking is to blame for an excess of prohibition, it ought to be easy for the brewers to map out their future course, dependent entirely upon what they wish to accomplish.
 If 1t Is their primary object to squelch prohibition, they have but to quit making beer. But If their primary objeceis to continue making and sell ing beer they have but to jump in and work sh builder to shoulder with the prohlbitionists.
 It Is not often that processes can be reduced to such simple terms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
Archibald Campbell Dies.

Huntsville, August 1.-(Special)- Archibald Campbell, one of the oldest business men in this section of Ala bama, died last night at his home in this city after a brief illness. He was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in Sep tember. 1928, therefore would have been ii years old had he lived until next month. He was continuously en- gagged in business in this city 40 years and was public spirited and active citizen until a few days before his death. His surviving children are Mrs. c. w. Borton, Misses Nettie and Belle Campbille and Louis Campbell. Mrs. J. M Kirkpatrick of this city and Mrs. c. c. Pittman of Cleveland, Tenn, are grand children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
CADETS GO HOME.
Charged With the Hazlng of Cade,
 Sutton.

New York, August Hive West Point cadets, four of whom are said to have been concerned in the recent hazing of Cadet Sutton, a brother of the late Lieu tenant Sutton. whose death at Annapolis is being investigated by a court of in- quiry, will be sent to their homes this week, according to special to the New York Times, there to await final action by the President on the recommendation of the superintendent of the academy that they be dismissed.
 Cadet Sutton, a first-year man, was attacked by a number of third-class men, robed in white sheets, 1t Is said, and when he captured two of them, was set upon by a relief party armed with tent poles and so badly beaten that he has been in the hospital almost continuously since July 20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
PATENT TREATY
Is Arranged Between United States
 and Germany.

Washington, August IA reciprocal pat ent treaty between the United States and Germany, which Is of far-reaching i'm simultaneously formulated today by Pres ident Taft and the Emperor of Germany. The agreement Is immediately effective, and will remain In force for 12 months following notification by the contract ing parties.
 The result of this convention will be that American manufacturers will be relieved of the existing requirement that in order to sell their products in Ger many they must manufacture them on the basis of patents in Germany, which call for investments of large sums of money in maintaining duplicate plants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
Too Much Politics.

Tn Birmingham I hear the complaint of too many elections and too much poll tics in Alabama; but speaking of politics, campaign turmoil is complained of by business men in every state I visit," said John r. Sheldon of Philadelphia.
 within the past six weeks I have stopped in the principal cities of Virginia, the Caroinas and Georgia, and nearly everybody in those cities was talking poli- tics It is all right for the small town. The country store is a political rendezvous and always will be. But political agita- tion and drastic or foolish legislation hurts the commercial world. If the south could shut off all political discussion for at least four years it would be blessed thing for the nerves as well as the pocketbook."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
Sunday School Convention.

Decatur August 1.-(Special.)-Th First district Sunday school convention of this county was held today at Pleas ant Ridge, about 10 miles out from the Decaturs The address of welcome was delivered by w. R. Hipp and a number of essays were read and ad- dresses delivered. The convention was presided over by Otto McCarley, the president of the district. The pro- gramine was a most enjoyable one The convention was largely attended by people from nearly all parts of the county including a few from the two Decaturs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
An Immense Locomotive.

''The Baldwin Locomotive Works have just completed the largest locomotive ever constructed, for use on the North ern Pacific railroad" said man interest ed in mechanical construction.
 This giant is really two engines joined except as to lbs and tenders. It can be divided into two parts if necessary; that is, if it fails to answer the purpose of pulling heavy load up grade of one foot in 45. The weight is 206 tons, and it's load is up to capacity of 12,0Oo tons, which includes car weights. This engine is one of a type to be tested, and is to burn oil'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
A LOVE LESSON.

From the French of Clement Marot A sweet NO, mo-" with sweet smile beneath Becomes an honest girl; I'd have you learn it:- As for plain ''Yes," it may be said, faith, Too plainly and too oft; pray, we'll discern 1t. Not that I'd have my pleasure incom- plete, Or lose the kiss for which my lips beset you, But that in suffering me to take it, sweet, I'd have you say, No, mo- will not let you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
ESCAPES LYNCHING.
But Negro Is Badly Wounded While
 Resisting Arrest.

Norfolk, Va. August 1.-Will Blake, a negro who is alleged to have crim- inally assaulted Mrs. Alice Jermey, 50 years of age, yesterday morning at her home in Norfolk county, was captured this afternoon by a posse which has been on his trail for many hours.
 Blake was hiding under a school house when captured and in trying to escape was shot and badly wounded. Threats of lynching were heard, but tonight Blake is locked safely in the county jail.
 The negro Is about 25 years old and recently was released from the pen itentiary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
Still Is Destroyed.

Huntsville, August 1.-(Special)- Deputy Collector Campbell and Deputy Marshal H. C. Arnold have returned from Jackson county where, near Sec tion, they raided and destroyed a cop per illicit still that had been in op- eration about a month. Several gallons of whisky and large quantity of sup plies were destroyed. The operators made good their escape
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
May Be BIu Strike,

Chicago, August 1.-The possibility of Q great street car strike involving every surface car employe in Chicago and it's suburbs was increased by the attitude of the union leaders today It developed during the day that the men are virtually certain to reject con- certedly the offers of the company to renew the expired agreements on the old terms, or to refer the matter to a board of arbitration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
POLICE HAVE MYSTERY.
Woman Is Dead and Male Companion
 Cannot Be Found.

Chicago. August 1.-The drowning of an unidentified woman and the dis appearance of her male companion are the elements of motor boat tragedy that confronted the local police to- night.
 A man and a woman were seen go- ing down the Calumet river in a mo- tor boat today. Later the boat was found stuck in the mud near shore with its engines still churning away at full speed. The woman's body was found. The present theory held by the police is that the woman fell overheard and the man was drowned in trying to rescue her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
Sam Freese Dies.

Decatur, August 1.-(Special.) )-Sam Freese, a well known farmer of Law renee county, is dead at his country home after long and painful illness with cancer of the stomach Not long since he went to Birmin gh am where he had an operation performed, but with out benefit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
MAY BE LYNCHlNG.
Three Negroes Are Being Held For
 Identification.

McGregor, Tex, August 1.-Should either of three negroes held here as suspects in connection with the criminal assault of young white woman near McGregor today be identified as the guilty person, an attempt at mob violence Is not i'm probable. Todays occurrence is the first crime of this character reported from this section of the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
Farmer Is Hurt.

Decatur, August 1.-(Special.)-H c. Brown, a farmer living in the Neel precinct, was thrown from a mule yes terday while returning home from the field where he had been at work. His shoulder was thrown out of place and his collar bone broken. His wounds are most painful, but they are not con sidered dangerous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
MIL Haxa Ealr.

Huntsville, August Special. J. The directors of the Tennessee Valley Fair association have definitely de- cided to hold fair this year though the dates have not been set officially It Is believed that the fair will be h. cid during the last week of September
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-02
BoxInq Negro Killed.

Provincetown, Mass, August Hollow ing boxing bout in which he took part at a smoker on board the battleshp Ver- mont last night. a negro mess attendant named Foster died today. Tkas opponent. named Williams, slso a negro, was a fell low mess attendant on the same ship. Williams was under surveillance tonight, but was not arrested. There had been some Ill feeling, 1t is said, between the two negroes.