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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
Carrying Out MT. Harriman'S Plans

MT. Harahan and MT. Lovett were both elected directors of the Central Railroad of Georgia at it's annual meeting held in Savannah last Mon- day. Both President Hanson and Director Harahan say that the i'm provements planned by the late MT. Hartman are to be carried into ef- feet. Just what they are,' says the Savannah News, i've do not know, but we have reason to believe that they are very extensive"
 The officers of the past year are to be the officers of the coming year but the Illinois Central, which owns the Central of Georgia will do its ut
 most to develop the business of the latter. "Cotton," says the Savannah
 News, fs being brought from far-ofI Missouri, steel rails from Birmingham to Savannah for export to South American ports, agents of the Illinois Central in Europe, Asia and Africa have been instructed to do all they can to turn exports for the western and southern parts of this country l through Savannah and in other ways
 the business of the Central of Geor gia is being increased"
 AS business increases Improvements
 will be made in the Central of Geor gia, and the latter will, no doubt be brought up to the high standard
 of the Illinois Central in all desirable
 respects. This seems to be well as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
Election Costly and Useless.

Two years ago I voted against the saloons under the local option law" said a well-known manufacturer but I will vote against the amendment next month. I am strong prohibitionist, but see danger-not imaginary danger, but real danger-in the amendment. The people who are leading the fight for the amend ment are entirely too rabid in their ideas to suit me. The prohibition laws needed strengthening, but in so doing the leaders made them too strong. They overdid it. and if the amendment should be ratified, life in Alabama would be intolerable.
 "But if I had no other reason for voting against the amendment, there IS the fact that a costly election is to be held this fall. when the amendment question could have been decided at the polls in the resu- lar election of 1910 without any additional expense to the state. Just at tho time when we are recovering from the panic and are entering upon new era of prosperity, the state is in great political turmoil. Our energies. instead of being impaired bv the nervous strain incident to an ex- citing campaign, would have been direct ed chiefly to upbuilding work had the election been postponed until the fall Of 1910"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
An ADDeal to Reason

"There is no claim by the amend ists." says the Gadsden Evening Jour nal that there Is anything new lh section 1 In fact it is admitted that there is nothing new in it. There Is also nothing new in Section 2.
 The Journal is correct as to Sec ton 1. but 1t is grievously incorrect as to Section 9. For Section Article of the state constitution says that inc people shall be secure in their houses from unreasonable seizures or searches. and that no warrants shall issue to search any place or to selze any person or thing without probable cause supported by oath or anlrma- tion." Under this provision homes have been sacred because the code makes the person who swears out un- reasonably search warrant liable to fine and even imprisonment
 Homes are secure against search under Section Article I of the con stitution, but if the pending Section 9 he ratified does not the Evening Io,,rnal see that legislature could declare that liquors shall not be kept in homes? So far as liquors are con cerned. it's adoption would repeal sec ion Article I, and a legislature co,,ld take away all the safeguaros of the home guaranteed by that sec lion in our bill of rights.
 Is the Evening Journal prepared 10 say that the adoption of Section Z wo,1ld not be followed by the searches of homes for liquors without sa1e- guards against unreasonable action? Is it prepared in that case to guarantee the people against searches for liquors whether they are reasonable or unrea- sonable? Does it not know that the legislature, which passed the Fuller bill, would stop at nothing?
 Section ? was drawn to repeal Sec ton , Article I so far as liquors are concerned. and a special session or the legislature would certainly provide for searches and seizures of liquors Tn homes without limitation or restrlc- tion. That would abolish the home as castle. That would take away its sanctitv. There is something new and even revolutionary in Section ?, and the Evening Journal will see 1t H~lt will turn to Section Article l and give it consideration under existing circumstances and conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14

where the paper was printed and mailed. "If," said Judge Anderson. the history of liberty means, if the constitution means anything, then the prosecuting authority should not have the power to select the tribunal-if there be more than one to select from at the capital of the nation nor should the government have the power to drag citizens from distant states there for trial. The defendants will be discharged"
 This ends a celebrated case. It also ends a chapter of Rooseveltism, and the secrets hidden in the breast of William Nelson Cromwell remain un- diselosed.- The late John Tyler Nor gan did all he could to bring those secrets out, but he died baffled by the willy Cromwell and his associates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
The Iron Market.

The market for foundry iron is still firm. but inquiries have not been so brisk this week as they had been for several weeks past The rapid advance in price such as the trade has recently witnessed led many to think there might be a run away market. but as there had been un- commonly heavy buying a Hull now seems natural and wholesome.
 "Fifteen-dollar iron is about high enough for the present. said furnace company official yesterday. "'I think the price will hold, but I do not care to see 1t go higher this year. A large tonnage having been contracted for, 1t should not be surprising if the market takes a rest for a little while but as the forecast for next year calls for unparalleled pros perity, new buying movement is almost sure to start up before the holidays
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
Likes Some of the Politics.

q like some of the politics in the amendment campaign, while some Of It goes against the grain," said man who intimates that he is thinking of voting for constitutional prohibition. T was op- posed to an amendment submission at this time, but since the campaign is on and a victory for the amenders would keep Governor Conner before the public as 8 politician, I would be glad to see the amendment ratified; but on the other hand am afraid that a majority for the amendment would so strengthen Judge Weakley as to weaken Colonel Mall lory's chances for governor
 Governor Conner would. in my estima- ton, make an excellent senator. Senator Bankhead Is all right, but our Governor has proved himself so earnest and in trepid that think he should be honored with the high office which he so natur- ally covets and which his partisans 10 eagerly desire him to capture.
 "As for the governorship. Judge Weak ley would make an ideal prohibition ex- ecutive, but think Colonel Mallory should have the right of way. l talked recently to a partisan of Judge Weakley and asked if his candidate would not be willing to step aside in favor of Mallory in the event that the amendment carried. I pointed out that the prohibitionists would be glad to line up behind Weakley for the 1914 campaign, but my friend said: Four years will be too long tc wait. If we win on the amendment Judge eWakey will be the logical candi date for governor and his frienos VII move heaven and earth to rush him tc his goal. And then besides, in 1914 prohi' bition may not be quite as strong in Ala bama as it is now.
 q have been voting since 1876, but have never seen quite so much politica complication in any campaign as there is in this"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
DAYS RECORD IN
 COUNTY COURTS

In the first division of tba c,tv oo,r4 ouose Nesmith presiding, the case of Laura Johnson vs. the Birmingham Rail. way, Light and Power comnanv ,a. taken up yesterday morning and is on trlal. The suit is for the recovsr,, .e damages for personal injuries alIegea to nave been sustained in a street car acc,- dent eeei
 Ihe case Of Joseph W. John vs. p,r- ininsham Realty company is on trio, ,u ''ie eecond division of the city court. The case was taken up Tuesday afternoon
 'uase A. 0. Lane is engaged in his ~, aI''''oh ol the circuit court in the trial n, .ne case of Henry Witherspoon vs p,n- mingham Railway, Light and Power con,- pany' Witherspoon claims to have s,s- tanned personal injuries in a street oa
 n'' ana seeks to recover damages.
 ine case or G. B. Mitchell, assignee vs uis E' F. Hughley. is on trial in 1naga Soiemans division of the circuit co,,rt
 saee mas been on trial for two days
 .ne nrst division of the crirnino .,
 1 1uoSe 5. l.. Weaver presiding say- 1ohVictlons were secured yesterda V Es AUioWs; Mary Alice, grand larceny. M " "ashinston, burblary and grand lar, eny' Mcf1enry Martin, assault with in ton. 10 murder; Will Johnson, grand lar 1uny' Henry Williams, grand larceny. VI rirsinla Parks. receiving stolen pronertv' the sentences for these convictions wi,i oe imposed Saturday, which is repuIa '. sentence day in the criminal court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Coal Trade Improving.

The coal trade, which has been the one branch of Alabama's industrial life slow to revive, is now showing signs of genu- inc Improvement. Some of the eommer- eial coal operators have sold their output up to July 1. 19lo and there are few if any that do not report brisk inquiries.
 ''Yes, the coal business is improving, said J. R. Ryan. vice president of the Corona Coal and Iron company. "our company has sold all it's product for 12 months to come. As the Corona coal has high reputation for it's fuel value, it is often in demand when other coal is of slow sale and the fact, therefore, that we have made large sales recently would not necessarily indicate that the trade has reached normal conditions. But many of the operators are now booking good orders, and on the whole the outlook is becoming very satisfactory"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
MORDAUNT HALL
 VICTIM OF ROBBER

Mordaunt Hall, press representative of Buffalo Bill and a member of the staff of the New York Press, was the victim of a peculiar robbery yesterday morning. MT. Hall and Mrs. Hall were stopping at the Hillman, and early in the morning Mrs. Hall had stepped out of the room for few moments and MT Hall fell into a doze. When he awoke 8 few minutes later his purse, containing s125, was miss ing, and valuable gold purse belonging to Mrs. Hall was also gone.
 The police department was notified ana Detective Murphy wont to work on the case, but up to the time of Mir Hall 8 departure last night no trace had been secured of the robber. MT. Hall has been all over the world, and this is the first time he has ever been the victim of rob bers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
OFFICERS NAMED
 BY POSTMASTERS

The convention of the fourth-class post masters adjourned yesterday afternoon, after the election of Miss Ellen Rawls of St. Stephens to the presidency; vice. president, s. c. Taylor of watley; sec- retary. 8. W. Williams of Gordo; treas urer, Mrs. L. r. Gilmer of vallegrande; :; executive committee. w. J. Rountree of Vallegrande and J. M Edwards of Ec- lectic.
 The convention was called to order yesterday morning at 10 o'clock with Vice. President S. w. Williams of Gordo in the chair. Professor J. T. Blackmore well comed' the postmasters to Birmingham. They immediately got down to business, working on their constitution. discussing the money order system, and talking over other matters important to the mail ser vice. About 50 delegates were In attend ance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14

another civil war. Thwarted by this re- verse In her efforts to precipitate war in ieaiy' she crossed to Greece with soOo troops and' although Antony refused to see her. the bitter feeling whichssbe had stirred up induced him to embarl, for i'aiy and lay siege to Brundisium. The war was on in earnest. but at this o,it- icai moment Fulvia died, and with ber disturbing influence at an end B A ntar,- and octavianus quickly came to an agree- ment.
 B'uivia typiies the spirit of unrest. dis order and passion, which chara aoterizes the closing years Of the republic as per- 1ectiy as Livia, the proud, self-contained. iar-seeing' tactful woman whom octavi- anus married two years after Fulyia,s death, personihes the ideal of the new regime. But Idyia belongs to the empire not to the republic, and is outside the limits set for this paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
DeleYan Smith Goes Free

Judge Anderson, of the United States district court, sitting at Indian apolis, Is plainly man who does not permit Washington, D. C., to do his thinking. He construes the law him self to At the cases brought before him. At any rate he did so in the criminal libel case brought against the proprietors of the Indianapolis News.
 This case, 1t will be remembered, relates to the sale of the French in- terests in the Panama canal at $4O,- 100000. The Indianapolis News plain ly charged that the sale was corruptly conducted and that certain men to the manner born shared the loot. Judge Anderson distinctly says the refusal of William Nelson Cromwell to testify, availing himself of his privilege as an attorney, justified harsh suspicious and inferences. Practically speaking, Judge Anderson held that the Indianapolis News had right to publish the news connected with the sale as 1t came out and to draw differences therefrom He further said that its differences harsh as they were, were not unrea sonable.
 Theodore Roosevelt was president when this case arose, and he attempt ed. through Attorney General Bona sparte, to call the News to account by dragging it's proprietors to Washing ton. there to be tried under the charge Of criminal libel. The constitution o lxhe United States says the accused shall be tried in the state or distric where the offense was committed. Int IRooseveltians claimed the offense wal committed wherever copy of ths News went The defendants claimed ( yas committed at Indianapolis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14

Anout PefSons.
 T. H. Rennie, president of the cotton mill at Pell City, is at the Norris. Alto Y Lee. Jr., of Gadsden, member of the legislature from Etowah,. is i' Birmingham on business.
 Hugh NJ Wilson of opelil<a, convict inspector, is in Birmingham today. Cecil Beasley of Fayette, secretary to Senator Bankhead, is attending the Good Roads convention.
 Capt Reuben F. Kob, former candi- date for governor, and now candidate for commissioner of agriculture, is registered in the city.
 Mayor w. M Faulk and ex-Mayor r. G. Blair of Tuscaloosa are registered at the Florence.
 M. T. ormond candidate for solicitor of the sixth judicial circuit, is at the Florence.
 John W. Overton, state senator, is at the Hotel Hillman attending the Good Roads convention.
 A. c. Smith, a prominent politician and business man of Clanton. spent yesterday in Birmingham.
 Senator John F. Gamble of Pike is at the Hillman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
Fear of Intervention.

Rome, October 13.-It is believed here that the execution of Ferrer was hastened by the fear that the Pope would inter- vene. According to those who support this theory, the Spanish authorities wished to prevent their sovereign being placed in position where he might have to grant or refuse Papal request for pardon.
 What attitude the Vatican assumed to- ward the Ferrer case cannot be learned. The officials will neither deny nor con firm that any steps looking 10 pardon for the revolutionist were taken, but it is understood that if anything was done the negotiations were carried on directly between the Pope and King Alfonso. The one phase of the affair that the Vatican emphatically denies is the assertion that the Spanish ambassador here took any action to prevent the intervention of the Pope to procure a pardon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
A CARAVAN FROM CHINA COME,

(After Hafiz.) By Richard Le Gallienne. caravan from China comes: For miles 1t sweetens all the air With fragrant silks and dreaming gums. Altar and myrrh- A caravan from China comes. . merchant, tell me what you bring, With music sweet of camel bells; How long have you been travelling With these sweet smells? O merchant, tell me what you bring. A lovely lady Is my freight, A lock escaped of her long hair That is this perfume delicate That fills the air A lovely lady Is my freight. Her face is from another land. I think she Is no mortal maid Her beauty, like some ghostly hand Makes me afraid; Her face is from another land. The little moon my cargo is About her neck the I leiades Clasp hand and sing; Hafiz, 'tis this Perfumes the breeze The little moon my cargo is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
Mr. Cranes Brief Official Career

hr Cranes Brief Official Career
 Charles R. Crane. a millionaire and man deeply immersed in a great business enterprise directly extend ing To this city. was appointed min ister to China, and when he was about to sail from San Francisco he was recalled to Washington and practically dismissed by the Secretary of StaSe.
 Fortunately all the facts connected with the case have been brought out, and MT. Knox does not shine con spicuously in the light thus afforded. MT Crane did explain the need of more aggressive action in Manchuria ! to a newspaper man and that news paper man did publish what was said to him by MT Crane. But MT. Crane shows that he kept within the wishes and views of the President himself. who advised Mir. Crane to accept all Available invitations to public meet ings and dinners, adding, Do not miss any of them, and when you go to one insist on speaking and let them have it red hot" In no wise did MT. Crane exceed presidential instructions, which certainly should outrank in- structions from Mir Knox.
 Two things further appear in this extraordinary case of confused bung- ling, namely, no instructions were given to Mir Crane by the Secretary of State, and the same Secretary of State had ascertained that matters re- lating to Oriental affairs had developed after Mr. Cranes departure from Washington.
 It is not made plain in the cores pondence in the Crane case in what direction matters in the Orient had developed, but if the development means that the United States is to call both China and Japan to account be- cause of the new treaty between those countries, there is important business in the far east close at hand. Before the Japanese Russian war Russia con- trolled the trade of Manchuria. She still has a grip on northern Manchuria, while Japan, by securing Port Arthur and by gaining under the new treaty control of the Antung-Mukden rail way and of the coal mines near it, is in a position to dominate southern Manchuria. This country should not attempt to drive Japanese domination out of southern Manchuria unless 1t also attempts to drive Russian domina- tion out of northern Manchuria The open door is a good thing, but it is no better in one part of Manchuria than in the other.
 So far as MT. Crane is concerned, no 1 tears need be shed. He could i'll af- ford to go to China anyway, and, no doubt, he is glad the inconsiderate MT. Knox has rendered it impossible for him to go there in an official char acter while maintaining his own self respect.
 As things stand MT. Knox has called down the President very much as Chancellor von Beulow did the Elm peror William. The Emperor talked too much, and so did the President. The case, as it stands, is keen piece of criticism launched by MT. Knox against the President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
Came and oysters.

"rbe game laws, which have now been in effect two years, nave brought excellent results" said Game Commis- s,oner John H. Wallace. who was In Birmingham yesterday on his way to Montgomery There iss more game in Alabama today than there has been in many years past. The lawa are well enforced and all our people are appre- ciating the great economic value or protecting the game.
 "rhe new oyster laws will show good results within the next two or three years. The governor has appointed hIgh-class commissioners and the oyster as food product will not only be pro tested but system of oyster culture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
SPANISH REBEL
 LEADER IS SHOT
CONTINUED FROM pAGn |,

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 Ferrer's books. declared that the mod ern school which the author advocated d simply formed a neutral instruction as the term is understood in France.
 In a letter written to the Steele by Ferrer, October [ the Spanish revolution ist says that the evidence against him at the courtmartial consisted of dispositions made by 5000 persons confined in the prisons in Catalonia and the hearsay tes- timony of others There was not a single witness who gave scintilla of direct evidence duplicating him in the insurrec- ton.
 M. Juarez had an interview in a morn ing paper. in which he predicted that if Ferrer was shot a confagration would be started which would not be extin- guished until Spanish political life has been purged of the clerical influences, which are para1yzing the progress of the nation and shocking the conscience of Eurpe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14

Admiral Sir Edward H. Seymour stated while in New York that Elm peror William is the only one who knows whether there is to be a war between England and Germany or not, and he won't tell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14

Thirty-eight states have bettered their game laws this year and there is some chance that the original species of fish, animals and birds will increase in number. All told 220 game laws have been passed in 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
Fears for Alfonso.

Brussels, October 13.-The Peuple, so- cialist organ, commenting editorially on the death of Ferrer, says:
 '"The awful news will unchain a tenn pest. We fear that in refusing to stop the execution Alfonso has signed his own death warrant"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE AGED YEAR

 Crimson and gold Is the month of octo- And all the world is a world of dream. But a sadness broods OCT the hills and
 the valleys
 And sad is the song of the wandering
 stream. The youth of the year is faded mem-
 ory-
 The scarlet coat and the cloth of gold Snail yield to the shroud of December.
 folding
 A wasted frame and heart grown cold.
 A NAUTICAL PHRASE. Seems to be a wedding party coming aboard,' remarked the drummer to the Pullman conductor. You've guessed it the very first time ,, said the conductor. Tn that case" said the drummer. when this train starts I'll go out with the tied"
 WHILE YOU TRAVEL On the road to happiness,
 Tarry not for long,
 Rise from dreams and cheerly greet
 The morning with song.
 Sunny days and cloudy days,
 Time Is speeding fast;
 Eyes upon the future keep,
 weep no more the past
 sunny days and cloudy days.
 Soon we'll say good-bye
 Let 1t ne'er be said of you
 An! he didn't tryi" 
 AS USUAL. How do you stand" asked a leading cat politician, 'in this matter of AIeot,ne an alderman to represent the m,dn,0bt sons?'
 "oh." replied MT. Thomas Brindle, "rm on the fence." READ AND PONDER, NOW, all l wants a chance" he said,- Miss Opportunity Knocked on his door one afternoon Where, do you think, was he? Out roofing at a baseball game With all his might and main: And while he waited long for her She never came again. A TRYING ROLE, Thomas Mouser is awfully stuck up because he has been on the stage" So it would appear. What part did he play. Miss Tabby?'
 Why he used to come on in the third aot of farce comedy and be kicked through a window by the comedian" THE CHAUFFER's WAY. The chauffer "chauffs" along the road To beat the band And often leaves us not a leg On which to stand.