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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Inauouration Weather.

If March which falls this year on Thursday. happens to be a bright day, there will be little or no agitation for changing the time of inaugurating our Presidents" said an old citizen.
 But near all inauguration days are either raw or rainy. l recall only three spring-lke inaugurations since the war. How March ever come to be chosen as the time for indueting the President into office it would be hard to guess. Some date in May would have been proper. Washington is always beautiful in May and the weather is, as rule, all that could be desired.
 But inaugurations are more popular than ever and the crowd in Washington next month will be immense even if 1t should be known in advance that a bliz- gard would be due on March 4"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15
Question of immigration

A year or so ago the south was i1- terested in attracting this way white immigrants from Europe, and South Carolina actually did bring in a ship load or two. All at once, however, the subject was dropped and public inter- est in it died out
 There are really two forces that are unfavorable to immigration. The farmers do not, it is said, want any great increase in white farmers. They seem to think heavy increase of that nature would result in too much cot ton, and they consider themselves equal to the task. of producing all the American cotton the world needs.
 The other obstacle is color preju- dice which exists in all Caucasian countries. No laborer from Sweden or any other European country proposes to work alongside the negro No man from the north is willing to make 2 home among negroes. It is difficult to overcome color prejudice, and the best attempts of that kind have beer in colonies and in counties that are all white, Cullman for example. A set tier in Cullman sees no more negroes than he would see in an Illinois county.
 The chances are excellent that wheI all northern lands become high priced and difficult to buy immigrants vii
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15
SOME ENORMOUS SALARIES

The wonderful speeches of Coqueln. which he fondly calls words" are also carefully recorded, and it is stated that each word" costs 96 Twenty speeches night bring him in e24O.
 Besides the huge fees and salaries re-. ceived by entertainers, many Npeople en- gagged in other walks of life are not bad- ly off in the way of salaries. How many mechanics would like to change places with MT. John Hays Hammond, the fa- mauos American engineer, who, until he went in for politics, drew the enormous salary of s100,000 annually? Even this, however, has been eclipsed by a lawyer The largest single legal fee ever paid was E200,00 which MT J. B. Will of New York received for settling the disputes which arose between MT. Carnegie and Henry c. Prick over the transfer of the Steel corporation. This is followed py the astounding sum of G160,000 received by MT. D. Guthrie for winning another sensational case. Mir. Joseph B. Choate, the late American ambassador to this country, received a40, 900 for a single legal argument.
 The fear of death has long been respon- sible for large fees paid to noted physi- cians. Dr. Adolph Lorenz of Vienna, was paid f6000 and travelling expenses for treating a millionaire. King Edward, when Prince of Wales, once paid phy- siclan e10,000 for four weeks services. Dr. J. c. Parks, noted Chicago physi- clan, will charge e20OO for single oper- ation.
 Dentists also know how to charge on some occasions. When Prince Louis of Battenberg visited 4New York last year he had to see a dentist and consultation cost him a5O0, but the most astounding bill ever drawn up by dentist was by Dr. Browning, of a past generation, who charged a wealthy patient G32,000.
 than men seeking admission here. Same experience with most women. They told the truth about their sor- rows and their sins, but when it came to asking tn em how many proposals of marriage they had received, almost every one of them lied"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15
Venezuelan Protocol Pleases.

Paris, February 14.-M. Jose deJ. Paul. the special Venezuelan envoy, today eX- pressed himself as greatly pleased that a protocol had been signed by his govern ment and the United States. He hopeo that the resumption of Venezuelan oip7o- matic relations would soon be effected Tn Europe as we'll as in America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Money talks, and the wife who wants you to give it to her talks back.
 The most important thing about hav- ing a good time is imagintion enough to think you are.
 The reason people can be proud of their ancestors is everybody has for gotten about their records.
 The surer a woman is that her own complexion is natural the more sus- picious she can be of everybody else's.
 About the only time a man Is recon oiled to hard work in the office is when, if it weren't for that, he'd have to go to an afternoon tea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15
Truck Farming.

'There is perhaps more inquiry now for truck farms of from 10 to 20 acres in Jefferson county than ever before, said real estate agent "A truck farm anywhere within a radius of 50 miles of Birmingham is desirable property.
 Poultry raising and trucking in the Birmingham district are highly profita- ble, provided those who raise chickens or vegetables for market understand the business"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15
Historic Tree Blown Down.

Washington, February IA his- toric silver leaf maple in the White House grounds, which tradition says was planted by Andrew, Jackson during his administration, and which stood within 15 feet of the oak planted in 1898 by President Mckinley, was blown down by last nights heavy windstorm. The tree, hollow for some years, was the home of a pair of gray squirrels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15
Women Rescued From Fire.

Toledo, February 14.-With the wind blowing a gale and driving sleet in their faces firemen early today carried IS wom- en down ladders to safety when blaze routed out the. tenants in four-story apartment house at the corner of Adams and Seventeenth street. No one was fn- fured The property loss was about 5000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15
Bishop Hoss to Undergo Ordeal.

Baltimore, February 14.-Bishop F. E. Hoss of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, who came to Baltimore from Nash vile early last week for medical treat ment, was taken to Johns Hopkins hos pital today. It is expected he will be op- erated upon tomorrow Bishop floss faces the ordeal he is to undergo courageously despite It's seriousness, and possessing a good constitution, strong hopes are ex- pressed fo- his complete recovery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15
Lincoln is Remembered.

IEndon, February 1.-Two thousand meis gathered in the White Fields tab ernaele this afternoon at the Lincoln commemoration services. P. B. Irving, the actor, presided. Both he and k. C. Lehman, member of parliament Tor the south division of Leicestershire, de- liver<d eloquent addresses in memory of the great President to many prom inent persons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15
Prosperous CuIIman.

Business in Cullman is brisk" said Max Schmidt, young merchant of that prosperous town. "We are looking for ward to big strawberry crop this spring. When we have good strawberry and sweet potato crops we are sure to have fine business in Cullman.
 "There is hardly more prosperous county in the south than our county, and it is all the result of intelligent farming and industry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15
Congressman Dies Suddenly.

Washington, February 14.-Congressman Daniel l.. G. Granger of Providence, R. l., who represented the First district of Rhode Island in Congress during the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses, died here at 7:15 o'clock this evening of heart failure. He was 57 years ai1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

Theodore Roosevelt is studying when he can get away from the cares of state the ways and cross purposes of the Numidian lion in the Washing ton zoo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

The new authorized edition of Tol- stoi's work is to include the censored volumes. The government has been shamed into an authorization of the great writer's complete works.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

Thus far none of the Remsen ex- perts have ordered for use on their own tables any food embalmed in ben zoate of soda.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

It seems to be settled that Cortelyou is to become the gas man of New York and that Loeb is to sit at the receipts of customs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

King Menelik is convinced that the report of his death was exaggerated. In that respect he is treading in Mark Twain's shoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15
FROM ST. PETERS DIARY

From the Atchison Globe.
 If St. Peter keeps diary he makes many entries like this This was wom- an day again. Always more women
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

It is improbable that all the hand some men in the country can be spared to attend the inaugural.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

Great Britain is ordering so many Dreadnaughts she may fear they will go out of fashion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

The army officers are to be inocu- lated with anti-typhoid serum, and the hope is the men will follow suit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

Alligator dinners at $25 plate show how scarce the saurians are fast be- coming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

The Jack Binns 5-cent cigM is slow in coming to the front, but it is surely coming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

The groundhog may be a weather fakir after all. He certainly is get ting these fine days many jolts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

The robins will soon go north pass ing on the way baseball players con- ing south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

A man in Pittsburg took the gold cure when dog with three gold teeth bit him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

Venezuela rejoices in the fact that Castro took the absent treatment, and that he will perforce keep it up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

Carrie Nation is having a smashing good time across the sea, especially in London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

Maine announces that her ice crop is safe and abundant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

Many believe the south lost good friend when lincoln was assassinated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

California should devote less time u the Japanese and more to 9-foot sheets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

Out in Nevada they say all men are created equal, the Japanese alone ex- cepted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

Jack Binns is a hero who is not without honor in his own country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-15

An income tax would shrink all ia- comes to an astonishing extent.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-22
BEATEN, ROB4fD ANO.
LEFT | YINC On STREET
T. ANDERSON FOUND IN GUT.
TER, VICTIM or THUGS
MONEY GONE.

With pockets turned tsnside out
and rifIed Of their valnablss; chill.
ed completely through In the cold
night air and uncohseleus end
bleeding from two great ugly
wounds In his head, r. Anderson,
fren Aberdeen, Wash., was found
lying In the gutter beside the Acme
saloon at Pine street and Sprapue
avenue early this morning. He was
a victim Of thugs.
How long he had lain there, he
nor those who found him moaning
there in the cold and surrounded
by a pool of his own blood, can tell.
He had been drinking-that is all
he can tell, but the deep wounds
on his head were inflicted by some
heavy blunt instrument, and not
one cent out of the $50 he claims
to have had In his pockets late last
night could be found by the police.
1t Is believed that Anderson
would have been dead from expos-
ure had he lain there unattended
much longer He was hurried to
the emergency hospital in the. pa
was restored and his chill dispelled
with the use of hot drinks and
drugs. The police have taken up
the case for a thorough investiga.
ton, for 1t is believed someone can
be found who can tell something
about il.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-22

PROF. Il. Z. KNOWLES.
clad, stood on the busiest corner in
San Diego and let passersby know
that he stood ready to polish their
boots.
The other day Prof. T. C.
Knowles, a prominent member of
the University of Southern Cali
fornia and one of the VESTS most
eloquent divines, stood on that
familiar corner, deep. In thought.
He could hear himself, perhaps,
saying again:
"Shine 'em up! Shine. sir.
Shine?
Almost twenty years have flown
since as bright little lad. he Ia
bored on the San Diego streets for
the nickels with which to feed and
clothe his mother and his baby
brother.
"Tully's good. dutiful boy" his
mother used to say. Hell be a
great man some day."
And the boy, busy with his boot
black stand, set his teeth and re-
solved that some day he would be-
come a great minister and educa-
tor.
"Tully's" dream has come true.
Today Prof. Knowles is in great
demand for lectures and sermons
and his advancement in educa-
tional work is steady. No one is
prouder OF his success than the
frail little mother.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-22
FIVE CHILDREN
IN DIRE WANT

A most unusual case of neglect
has cen reported by Mrs. c. F..
Adams, field worker of the Or
phans' Home of Spokane. who re-
turned last night with five children
taken from the home Of John Mar
kle of Hamilton, Mont.
Mrs. Adams says: II found on
inquiry that the condition of the
children had been reported to three
charitable institutions of Montana,
and that on one pretext or another
no disposition had been made of
the children. The father had aban-
doned them, and the mother was
unable to support them, and had
applied to three orphan institutions
to take them in, but all that she
received was promises.
II found the children living In the
midst of restitution and squalor,
and they presented most pitiable
sight. ! hurried around among the
charitable people of the city. and
soon had food and clothing In the
home. and last night brought them
here.
1.-THE children are bright, strong
and healthy, an dive propose to
place them In good homes. There
are three boys. aged respectively
10, s and 3, and two girls, one 6
and one s years old. l have never
met case where the work Of our
institution came in 80 timely as In
this destitute home In Montana"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-22

MAYOR PRATT cALLs ATTEss-
TON TO EMPLOYMENT :.
AGENCY CONDITIONS.
"A GROSS INJUSTICE,

Mayor Pratt ID determined that
the laboring men who come to this
city shall receive fair treatment
at the hands OF employment agen-
cies and contractors. The amend
ment to the employment agency or
dinance which he introduced ct =
council meeting some weeks aUo II
still pending and he II DESTROYS Oe
having action taken immedfateIy.
The following Communication
has been addressed to the council
by the mayor:
Spokane, Oct. %, 1903.
To the Honorable President and
Members OF the City Council.
Gentlemen: l beg leave to call
your attention to what seems To me
to be q very serious condition.
1t seems that 1t is q very ne
quent occurrence for contractors on
city work to place orders for men
with employment offices and that
the employment offices charge ap-
plicants as high q fee as $3.50 for
job at common labor In theso
cases. and It also develops that the
men who have paid for these Jobs
are retained on the work for hut .
day or two and then laid of.
have had ample evidence that
men go out on the work seeking
employment, but can get none. but
as soon as they get the employ
ment agents card are employed
Continued on pace Two.l
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-22
How would you like to live In a

HOW would you like to live In a
country where the greatest ambi-
tions of the love-stricken SWANS OF
a barbarous tribe is to add your
head to his CHASTITY collection of
skulls; where the rivers run with
the firth of countless cilages:
where the air is laden with the
stencil of dessicated fish. meat and
vegetation. and where the water
is fraught with the germs of count
less diseases?
Well, such are the surroundings
of our American soldiers in the
Philippines. About one fourth of
the American army is there to gar
rison the largest of the 5000 or SO
islands In the Philippine group. 1t
is no wonder that so many young
soldiers return at the end Of their
enlistments, sallow and wasted.
Out of life surrounded by cir
cumstances such as these. a band
of officers and colored troops of the
Twenty-fifth regiment now station
ed at Fort George Wright have
just come. Yet. they are plump
and healthy every one of them
Why? Because they have over
come the poisons Of the water and
air and the other-well. that was
only a little excitement--a part Of
their living and not one of them
would sell his experience In the
islands for great deal.
The United States army has done
much to overcome the malignant
diseases OF the Philippines in the
few short years 1t has held the
sway over there. All water is boil
ed. though the natives can't under
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-22
ISLAND STORIES BY
THE SOLDIERS HERE

stand why, before the soldiers are
allowed to drink It. The forts ana
grounds round them are kept SAN
itary. and when the cholera sea-
sons come on. all soldiers are
placed under strict orders to shun
all vegetables and greens offered
for sale by the natives.
But say. would You like = baiut I?
They are fine eating. the NATIVES
of the island claim, but you could
not prove or disprove It by any one
of Uncle Sans soldiers out Ct Fort
George Wright.
Baluts are common article o.
commerce even In the United
States. Why certainly. Yea. you
buy them at the grocery storoa for
fancy prices sometimes. hut with
nose as far away a. possible ana
with a feeling OF regulation Ia the
region Of the heart you cast them
away. They sometimes light Wi1h
pop or q bang. understandl
They are stale eggs.
The staler the. egg is the better
the typical Filipino Is pleased. lt
Is the Joy Of their appetites to ut
those about ready to hatch. In tie
words OF Jungle proving TEDDY
you may howl. Mature fake" bpt
the soldiers at Fort George Wrieht
avow that this story Of the Fur
pinos' strange characteristics b
correct.
Rice and partly decayed fish con.
stitute the major part Of the -
tives' food. the soldiers say, and
baluts are a luxury. The women
boil them and carry them with salt
and seasoning on tay to tho
trains.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-22
GAN LEAD
MUST COAX
YOUNG GIRLS
Must Make Erring Girls Be-
lieve They Are Reforming
Themselves, Says Judge
Mann.

+ compulsory surveillance or Gus
tody Of young girls In need Of
reformation 10 not always best.
Girls and women who make their
changes through their own desires
are those who make changes for
the better and seldom revert to 4
life Of immortality and shame"
II was after this fashion that
Judge s. A. Mann Of the police
court expressed his opinion on the
matter OF moral reformation Of
young women this morning. II was
In discussing Salvation Army Cap
tain Bertha Smiths assertion that
sentences to rescue homes should
be made longer In the cases Of un-
fortunate young women.
at has always been my conten-
ton, since. coming on the bench,
that, az rule, Il Is unavaiilng
when a girl or woman 10 kept un-
der surveillance or In custody by
force of the law, no matter what
the length Of time. My observance
Of the female sex In this connec-
ton has been such az to lead me to
the conclusion that II 10 impossible
to force them to admit their mis-
takes. On the other hand, II they
are shown sympathy, love and re-
spect, Il Is through that they will
reach higher ideals and will final
iy realize their mistakes.
"You must show her that you
are sincere In your sympathies and
In this way gain her confidence and
respect and then prevail upon her
In such manner that she will feel
that she 10 acting on her own sug-
gestion and her own ideas and not
on those of others. That will tend
to create . feeling In her heart
that she desires to 90 some place
where her Condition will be better
from physical standpoint and In
which her surroundings will be
such that her moral ideas will be
elevated to higher plane.
.:As to the length Of time that Il
takes to make . change for the
better, there 10 no question In my
mind but that Il depends entirely
upon the individual. II 10 neces-
sary to place those who have be-
come addicted to drink In a prohibit
tive position greater length Of
time than those who have simply
made mistake. They must be
kept away from their liquor and
narcotics until they are able to
control and overcome their desires
and tastes for Them"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-22
FEE F|GH |
HIN, SAYS
JEFF
JEFFRiES GETS MORE ATTEN-
TON THAN TAFT.
IS IN FINE CONDITION
"soMEONE'S GOING TO GET HIS
HEAD KNOCKED OFF,"
4 HIS REMARK.
f1y United press,

NEW YORK, Oct. Z2.-The great
est fighter the world has ever seen
is In New York today. He 10 look
Ing for a fight. II Johnson will use
some Of the gasoline he wasted in
San Francisco In record breaking
run to New York II would be bet.
ter to the liking Of San Francisc-
cans, and incidentally to Jeffries
and fight fans.
Looking tit and ready Jeffries
arrived on the .Lusitania this morn.
ing. He said: Il am ready to en-
ter the ring any time, and am also
ready to sign articles Immediately
with that big dinge. L tip the scales
at 232 and feel better than ever
before. Just leave all this talk
about unfolding the supremacy of
the white race to me. When | get
that alleged Galveston cyclone in
the ring somebody Is going to get
his head knocked off, and II won't
be Jeffries. There ID going to be
a fight unless Johnson does the
crawfish act.
1--WE can't getstogether too soon
TO suit me. could enter the ring
tomorrow and clean up this alleged
champion, but l will be my best
after two months training"
Thousand gave Jeff an ovation.
Everybody sought to grasp his paw
as he came down the gang plank,
and the police were compelled to
make way for him through the
enthusiastic fans.
MAKES A SPEECH.
When he reached his carriage.
the crowd refused to move until
Jeffries made speech. He spoke
as follows; "The main thing the
people want to know is whether
am going to fight johnson. should
say am. For what do you think
j have been getting myself into
condition for the last six months
All this work has Veen for that
negro, and when get the dinge in
the ring he will pay for every ounce
of exertion of getting myself into
shape to meet him. l have good
American coin to bet on myself,
and II Johnson has not spent all
his ducats paying fines for speeding
autos, ] can get all the side bet
am looking for"
Jeff's eyes are clear, he has a
fine color, and his walk is as elastic
as youths.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-22
BOY SHOOTS AT
TRAIN; KILLS
ANOTHER BOY
(ey United Press.l

TACOMA, Oct. 22.-Tak-
ing a pot shot at Northern
Pacific train lust for fun"
as he confessed, Terry
} Wadsworth, aged IA, of Big
, Timber. Mont, put a bullet
through the head of Josiah,
aged IA, son of j. H. Leek.
} Leek, his wife and son were
all passengers. Death was
instantaneous.
The body and the parents
arrived here today. The
train was stopped and the
boy arrested. He said: Il
was just fooling around
and shot at the train just
for fun
With two other BOYS,
} Wadsworth was playing at
train robber when the shot
was fired.
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-22

Frank L. Spangler. chairman of
the committee on the recall of
Mayor Pratt, appointed at the meet
ing In Kenwood. said this morning
that he has been showered< with
inquiries and requests for an oppor-
tunity to sign the petition. 4
1--WE will have number OF petit
tions printed and placed in every
quarter Of the city" said Mr..
Spangler today. Now that the re-
call is under way we propose to
push it for all there is in 1t. |
am surprised at the amount of IA
vorable sentiment shown