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Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-02-12
LIN COLIN CENTENNIAL
OBSERVED TODAY IN
ALBUQUERQUE
Business Generally Is SuS
pended and the Citizens
Attend Patriotic
Exercises.
ALL SCHOOLS HAVE
VACATIONS TO-DAY
Pupils Give Programs and Are
Dismissed. While Local Ora
tors and Musicians Take
Part In Celebra.

Albuquerque is today observing the
Tooth anniversary of the birth of Alb
raham Lincoln. in appropriate man
ner. All the banks and many of the
business houses are closed and busi-
ness generally Is suspended while the
citizens gave over the day to patriotic
observance. In ell the schools, the
children were dismissed this morning
for the day. while in every school pro-
grams were given.
The student body at the University
joined this morning in a program,
presided over by Walter Allen, presi-
dent of the student body. A number
Of citizens attended. In the grade
schools of the city programs were
given this morning. At Old Albu-
querque a new flag was unfurled by
the school children. The Immaculate
Conception school held appropriate
exercises on the Fairgrounds. Bareias
schools held patriotic exercises. The
government Indian school gave pro-
gram and, IL fact every educational
institution in or about Albuquerque
| celebrated the day appropriately.
The citizens of Albuquerque joined
this afternoon and attended exercises
at the Elks theatre. Speeches were
made by local orators. men and wo-
men and the school children assisted.
Music and patriotic addresses formed
| the program. II was as follows:
Music-''When the Regiment Goes
| Marching By. Jessie Gaynor
/ Reading-Gettyburg Address .....
| Prof. John II. Crum, University
Address-Hon. f. II. Moore, Board oi
| Education.
Music-"I Love the Stars and Stripes
| ......... Jessie Gaynoi
! Addrese-Col. Edward Johnson,
Grand Army of the Republic.
! Address-Mrs. f.. c. Whitson. Wo-
mans Relief Corps.
Address-Mrs. Abigail Jones, La
dies of the Grand Army.
, Music--Tentlng Tonight"
Address--Mrs. Rupert F. Asplund,
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton.
Oration-Hon. II. B. Ferguson,
Sons Of the American Revolution
Music-"America"
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-02-12
THE DAY IS OBSERVED GENERALLY THROUGHOUT
the COUNTRY BY ALL CLASSES OF CITIZENS

but not pleasure. The burrows deep
ened on his brow, but his eyes were
undimmed by either hate or fear. His
gaunt shoulders were bowed, but his
steel thews never faltered as he bore
for burden the destinies of his pep
pie. His great and tender heart
shrank from giving pain; and the task
allotted him was to pour out like wa
ter the life-blood of the young men,
and to feel in his every fiber the sor-
row of the women. Disaster saddened
but never dismayed him. AS the red
years of war went by they found him
ever doing his duty in the present,
ever facing the future with fearless
front, high of heart. and dauntless of
soul. Unbroken by hatred, mistaken
by scorn, he worked and suffered for
the people. Triumph was his at the
last; and barely had he tasted it be-
fore murder found him, and the kind
ly, patient, fearless eyes were closed
forever.
AS a people we are indeed beyond
easure fortunate in the characters of
the two greatest of our public men,
Washington and Lincoln. Widely
though they differed in eXternals, the
Virginia landed gentleman and the
Kentucky backwoodsman, they were
alike in essentials, they were alike N
the great qualities which rendered
each able to render service to his ma
ton and to all mankind such as no
other man of his generation could or
did render. Each had lofty ideals
but each in striving to attain these
lofty ideals was guided by the sund-
est common sense. Each possessed
inflexible courage i'm adversely, and
soul wholly unspoiled by prosperity.
Each possessed all the gentler virtues
commonly exhibited by good men who
lack rugged strength of character.
Each possessed also all the strong
qualities commonly exhibited by those
towering masters of mankind who
have too often shown themselves de-
void of much as the understanding of
the words by which we signify the
qualities of duty, Of mercy, of devo-
tion to the right, of lofty disinterest-
edness in battling for the good Of
others. There have been other men
as great and other men as good; but
in all the history of mankind there
are no other two great men as good
as these, no other two good men as
great. Widely though the problems
of today differ from the problems set
for solution to Washington when he
founded this nation. to Lincoln when
the qualities they showed in meeting
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-02-12
LIE MANTs NM. KNON.

Washington, Feb. l2.-President-
elect Taft has telegraphed Senator
Hale urging Congress TO remove all
doubt OF Senator Knox's eligibility to
the office Of secretary OF state. saying
that the loss Of Mr.. Knox from the
cabinet would be public misfortune.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-02-12
WIRELESS FROM THE FLEET.

New York, Feb. fla Wireless
message direct from the battleship
fleet was picked up today at the sta
tion in New York harbor. The mes
sag &c was sent by the tender Yankton
and after giving the latitude and
Longitude OF the fleet, said that they
hoped TO arrive Wednesday at Hamr-
ton Roads. This probably means a
week from Wednesday,
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-02-12
WEATHER FORECAST

Denver, COlo., Feb. I2..--ToHight fair
south, snow north portion; Saturday pa tly
cloudy and colder,
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-02-12
SPANISH OOLLEGE BURNS.

Madrid Feb. 12.-Neither the es-
corial proper OF the famous monas-
terry which is the mausoleum of the
kings of Spain, was damaged by fire
which yesterday destroyed the royal
college. The flames spread rapidly
and all efforts to subdue them were
useless. Eighty students and the
college professors escaped without in
jury.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-02-12
NEIsoN To rrGmr mYLANp.

san Francisco, Feb. l2.-Plans have
practically been completed for a 45
round battle between Battling Nelson,
lightweight champion, and Fighting
Dick" Hyland.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-02-12
NATION TODAY COMMEMORAS THE TOOTH ANNIVERSARY Of LINCOLN
'N|GHT|EST OF MIGHTY MEN
WHO MASTERED MIGHTY DAYS.

President Roosevelt Thus ChdrdCteriZeS
Lincoln in a Great Speech Delivered
at HOdgenville, Kentucky, Where No
table Men and Women Gather to
Honor the Memory of Great EmanCl-
pdtOr, Whose Birthplace is Hence
forth to be a National Shrine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

and the blessings that will come to
them will not be showered on them
unless they themselves do something
to bring that shower
All parts of the south seem wide
awake, including Montgomery, except
this district And yet the government
is carrying TO the heart of this district
slaekwater navigation at an expesse
exceeding 100000. This improve.
ment has already reached the coal fields
of Tuscaloosa county. 1t seems as if
the coal producers of Tuscaloosa coun-
ty would begin to take advantage of
the improvement of the Warrior, for
they have advantages within reach that
no other producers of this or any other
district have. They can send coal to
New Orleans at prices that no district
can compete with, and in that way they
can get ready, to send coal to Colon
and to the Pacific coast.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Illinois Mine Horror
eral.

Thoughtlessness on the part of two
or three miners seems to have started
a fire at the Cherry mine In Illinois
which resulted in the death of nearly
400 miners. A cage of hay was In some
way ignited, possibly by match care
.lessly thrown away. The attempt to
hurl that hay into some water in the
mine resulted in the tragedy that has
shocked the entire country. The in
vestigation is not yet complete. No
doubt the authorities of Illinois will
do their utmost to place the respon-
sibility for the loss of life where it
belongs That state has a newly-ap-
pointed mining commission, and it is
a part of It's duties to study accidents
with a view of enabling men to avoid
them afterwards.
But as the case at present stands ii
seems to have been due not so much
to the condition of the mine as to
deplorable thoughtlessness in the han
ding of lot Of burning hay. That
hay was carried into blast of air from
the fans of the mine, and a big fire
| became inevitable
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
MaVOr Lewis Defense

! The Age-Herald has no desire to
say word in dispraise of Mayor Lewis
| of Bessemer but it cannot well avoid
saying that his defense is just about
no defense at all. At the most he
pleads a telephone message from an
unknown party, followed "a week or
ten days" later by an anonymous CON-
munication that he had no good reason
to say came from the person who had
previously called him TO the telephone.
| He jumped at, or rather guessed, a
connection between the two. Nor does
it appear that Chief of Detect Pat
ton gathered any information. nd yet
| Chief of Police Wallace made the
necessary affidavit under Article of
the Bill of Rights, charging Joe Bell,
citizen of good standing, with the
selling of liquors at his store or home
or both. Mayor Lewis fastened to
issue search warrant, and the store
and the home were both searched. The
| searching of the latter was done, al
though Mrs. Bell was known to be
in delicate state of health. No liquors
were found, and the good people of
Bessemer are agreed that the search
was unwarranted.
The truth is, the times and public
sentiment are out of joint. The code
of Alabama as well as Article 5 of the
Bill of Rights calls for prima facie
evidence of the commission of crime
before home can be searched. There
was no such evidence in the Joe Bell
case. There was simply the oath of
Chief Of Police Wallace to the effect
that he believed Mr. Bell was engaged
in the selling of liquors. Mere indi-
yidual belief does not OF at least should
not constitute "a probable cause within
the meaning of the constitution and
the code.
One can readily see what the situa-
ton would be were Section 2 to be
ratified, for then the mere possession
of a flask of liquor might become as
much crime as the selling of liquor
now is. The ratification of Section
2 would invite Legislation that would
afford picnic for PRO Bono Publico,"
"Veritas," and "Your Friend" The
case of Joe Bell in Bessemer is a
warming and an example. 1t shows
what is possible under the Carmichael
bill. The ratification of Section 2
would invite legislation that would in
crease such possibilities many fold,
rendering any home unsafe against
spies and anonymous writer's and tele-
phone calls, and the malicious in gen.
eral
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
The Railroad Men.

Il think I know nearly every train man
in Birmingham" said a well-known loco
motive engineer, who ran for years on
the Frisco system, land I do not believe
that one In 20 of them will vote for the
amendment. I speak of the conductors,
engineers and firemen.
las class the engineers, iremen and
conductors are sober men. They are
noted for their sobriety. I was an en-
gineer for 30 years before 1 lost my arm
and never drank, but am going to vote
against the amendment because 1 think
1t is wrong. I want to stop all the agf-
tation and think the best way to do it is
to sit down on this amendment as hard
as We can.
1.-THE railroad men are against IT, not
because they want whisky, not because
they want saloons, but because they think
the amendment will hurt Alabama; will
cause a continuation of this agitation; and
also because they are opposed to the
politics in it,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Where PreSbyteriaDS Stand

No matter what other churches may
do church of the southern Presby-
terrain general assembly cannot con-
sistently take part in the present po-
litical contest of this state. These
Presbyterian churches of the south
ern assembly, are governed by the de-
liverances of the general assembly,
which outranks in church government
all synods and all presbyteries. The
action of the general assemblies have
uniformly forbid the churches ito in
termeddle with political parties and
questions" and the southern assembly
of 1907 refused to create committee
on temperance because 1t would in
volve the possibility of political entan-
clement"
No church has a clearer record in
this respect In 1897 the general as
sembly in reply to a communication
from the executive committee Of the
prohibition party of North Carolina ex-
pressly resolved that no action taken
by the assembly is to be construed as
intending to commit the church to the
political theory of prohibition, either
pro or con. This deliverance stands as
the law of the church, and the min
listers of that church will, as rule,
conform to 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Looks Like Postal Deal,

Columbus. Ohio, November 1.-the an
nouncement today that the American
Telephone and Telegraph company. the
controlling force in the Bell Telephone
company, had obtained control Of the
Western Union Telegraph company.
makes it certain to the minds of the local
independent telephone men that it is the
Postal Telegraph company for which
James 8. Bradley purchased the United
States Telephone company, the Cuya-
oga Telephone company. and the New
Long Distance Telephone company of
Indiana.
AS the A. IT. & T. has announced that
a large holding company is to be formed
to merge the telegraph and telephone
companies 1t is believed here that in a
short time a similar announcement will
be made by the Postal officials. The pur-
chase of the independent long distance
companies gives the Postal thousands of
miles of new lines in Ohio and in Indiana
and makes it as formidable competitor
of the Bell In the telephone as in the
telegraph field.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

Jefferson county was a stronghold
Of prohibition two years ago and it is
now the storm center of the amend
ment campaign. The amenders have
been making mighty noise hereabouts
for some time past. Their state head
quarters are here, their canard factory
is here, Brooks Lawrence's chief or
gan is here and it is from this point
that Alabama is being deluged with
fake literature. But let them beat the
air. Opponents Of the amendment are
not asleep. They are less noisy than
the amenders, but they will poll ma
joritys of the votes in Jefferson, and a
majority against the amendment In a
county which gave nearly 1000 for pro-
hibition two years ago will indicate a
crushing defeat for the amendment in
the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
What the South Should Do

In view of the fact that the work Of
excavation for the Panama canal Is
half done, and that the great work may
be finished in four years, thus chang
ing the currents of commerce, the
Memphis Commercial Appeal says !:
"rhe completion of this ANAL will have
a quickening force on the value of
southern lumber. 1t will also create
an additional demand for Alabama
coal. We ourselves should prepare
for the completion of the canal. Our
own Mississippi river should be made
deeper of channel The rivers Of Ala
bama should be dredged SO as to per-
nit barges to go up them to the Ala
bama coal and iron fields around Biz
mingham.
"The southern people can reap the
greatest benefit from the completion
of this Panama canal, If they desire
30 10 do, but the canal will not come
70 them. They have got to- 60 70 it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17

Not a few men who are committed
to the amendment side and are going
TO vote for constitutional prohibition
not because they believe in it but be-
cause, for certain personal reasons.
they promised this or that amender to
do so. How many voters are for the
amendment against their convictions
there is no way to ascertain, but it is
a well known fact that some of the
men of local reputation who call them
selves amenders are damning the
amendment proposition with faint
praise, while others say to their friends
that they will be away from home on
election day. Those citizens who are
amenders at heart are the simon pure
prohibitionists who will never be salts
fed until liquor is excluded from the
home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
TROOPS CALLED FOR TO
GUARD BURNING MINE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE l.,


the flames. I staggered just as l dis
covered the renewed fire. I could see 1t
near the cage and my first thought was
that the cage was stuck. owing to warp
Ing from the heat. l thought that my
end had come. but when I reached the
cage and gave the signal my heart grew
light as it responded to the tug of the
cable and 1 shot upward through tho
smoke to the free air above. 1t Is also
mistake to think that sealing the shaft
cuts off the circulation of air. It does
not Our aneometers have shown all
along q good circulation of air In the
shaft, but the damage that was fatal had
been done long before the mine was sealed
the first time last Saturday again. In my
explorations in the mine did not discover
any bodies. I think that the miners who
were entrapped ran as far away from the
fires as possible. / have seen reports that
heaps of bodies were found by the mine
explorers. l know that the dead are in
the mine. but it is untrue that any have
Yet been found If they had been. they
would have been brought to the surface"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Great shakespearean Actor.

Those who saw Robert Mantell Monday
night when be played Lear and last night
as Hamlet have been delighted with his
acting As thrilling as Mantell was in
Fedora, when he divided honors with
Fanny Davenport, and as magnetic as
he was in Monbars, he is far greater in
the Shakespeare plays. An old theatre
goer who had seen Edwin Forrest, Wilkes
Booth, Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett
and John Mccullough, said last night
after the performance: Forrest was per-
haps the ideal Lear and Edwin Booth
was unquestionably the ideal Hamlet. In
many respects I liked MantelTs Lear
better than Forests. and his Hamlet
compares well with Booths. I had been
thinking that Mr. Mantell would be too
robust for the melancholy Dane. but
was most agreeably disappointed Forbes
Robertson Is regarded by the London crit
les as the finest Hamlet on the stage:
missed seeing him when he was playing
an engagement In New York, but 1 doubt
If he is better than Mantel, If indeed he
is as good. In his queter acting, such as
be or not to be-; the book scene-'Words
words, and in the scene at the grave, he
was. I thought, unsurpassed.
"Mantell has an excellent company, and
his plays are produced with elegant and
elaborate scenery. Romeo and Juliet will be
presented at the matinee and Merchant of
Venice Wednesday night. 1t is hoped for
the credit of Birmingham culture that the
audiences will be larger than they have
been. 1t will be many a day before the
people of this city have the opportunity
of seeing Shakespeare so admirably en-
acted.
'Mantell played to crowded houses in
Atlanta last week The Georgian of Fri
day contained long editorial on his art.
1t said, among other things
Some of US were beginning to fear
that the frivolous taste of the age for the
lightning changes of the vaudeville had
relegated Shakespeare to the past; but the
great Bard of Avon has only needed an
interpreter. The marvel of this great
actor is that he seems TO be equally at
home in all the Shakespearean roles
from the melancholy Prince of Denmark
to the dark-browned Moor of Venice. In
the versatility of his art few of his pred
ecessors have ever surpassed him; and
when we remember that in each instance
the difficult parts which he essays have
been lifetime studies of some of the
worlds foremost tragedians, it is all the
more amazing. He impersonates this week
not less than eight distinct characters.
The demand which such a repertoire
makes upon him is in the nature of things
severe, but he easily meets the require
ments. In register of voice, in distinct
ness of enunciation. in magniacence of
physique, he will bear comparison with
any of the great actors who have starred
in the heroic roles of Shakespeare y
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
No Cold In Alabama

On Sunday last Fargo, in North Da-
kota, had a snowstorm which tied up
street cars, blocked the railroads and
put wires of all sorts out of service.
Sixteen inches of snow fell and the ac-
companying gale created huge drifts
OF the fieecy particles. The storm COW
cred nearly all the counties of the
state.
Perhaps the appearance of these
storms in other states induced the
weather clerk to predict rains and cold
weather in Alabama, but it is plain
that he forgets that balmy weather has
existed in Alabama ever since last
March, and it is now chronic. The
, weather clerk should make his pre-
dictions for the country, Alabama ex-
cepted, for he cannot hope to change
in day or two condition that is of
eight months standing. Alabama is
not mulish or unreasonable. She sim
ply cannot suddenly overcome habit
that has become chronic if not consti-
tutional. Alabama needs more time to
effect changes in, and if the weather
clerk will accept a suggestion offered
in all kindness he will except Alabama
from his predictions of cold and stormy
weather
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
It isn't so much that we love life; It's
that we hate death.
A red-headed widow is very lucky
thing for her first husband.
A pretty girl can have tho use of all
the wisdom she needs in the men she can
capture.
II we put into doing something for our
friends half the time we put into tryiny
to get even with our enemies this would
be = grand world
A man takes chances in business, tire
stock market, horse. races, going to the
theatre at night in his office. running for
Office and lodging his taxes all q wom
ans chances arc on the one thing, mat
83mouH
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-17
Cotton Seed Meal.

Frank Deedmeyer of Birmingham now
serving as United States consul at { AR
lottestown, believes that under well di-
rected efforts Prince Edward Island will
become good market for cotton seed
products. especially as feed stuffs. In a
recent number of the Daily Consular and
Trade Reports, published at Washington
by the government. Mr.. Deedmeyer
writes:
This province has an area OF 1884
square miles. of which about 10000 acres
are under cultivation. and it has a popu-
lation of 103,25S inhabitants. The soil
is intensely titled. very productive. and
the purchasing power of its farmers is
above the average. The live stock of the
province is as follows. Horses S4,127:
mich cows, 53.1s2; other cattle, G,116;
sheep, 1886; swine. 1924; poultry, 72s. :
213
"Dairying is receiving much attention.
and milk, butter and cheese are ship
ped in increasing quantities from year to
year. No import duties are levied by
the Canadian government on cotton seed
cake, meal or refined cotton seed oils,
edible or for canning purposes.
Il am assured by leading dealers in
feed stuffs that under present farming
conditions, il the farmers were made ac-
quainted with the great nutritive value of
cotton seed meal. its Introduction would
prove successful and the consumption
large. Few farmers even know of this
product or of its high percentage of
protein. fats. carbohydrates, etc."