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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-24
THE CORK POPS
our OF BOTTLE.
undue Excitement up at La Crosse
Over the keokuk Dam is Quick
" siienced by coopers
Father.
THE SIZE OF THE LOCK
ST. Louis Was Afraid That Warships
Could Not Get Through the
New Opening in the
Dam.
THE SIZE OF THE LOCK

With big two column heading
T-inted in red irk on the first page,
the Lacrosse Leader-Press of Mon
Gay takes up the recent CRY OF the st
Louis Republic that the upper Missis-
sippi VIII be bottled up by the Keo-
Eul, water power dam, IN that the lock
viii be too small for warships TO pass
through it.
But on Tuesday evening, after the
reporter found G. ". Cooper in La
crosse, the father of Engineer Hugh
L. Cooper. the newspaper decided that
the cork in the bottle is not as large
one as at first thought and comes
back Tuesday evening with the an
nouncement that the new lock will be
big enough to carry through any war.
ships or St Louis boats.
The two articles make interesting
reading matter to Keohuk people and
beth are reproduced in full The one
OF Monday evening was as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-02
Decline Of Some Prices

The republican party is doing a good
deal of cackling over the decline of some
food prices. But while wheat, flour, corn,
potatoes and eggs are cheaper than they
were one year ago all meats are higher.
AS rule, the articles that are selling
lower are still subject to the law of sup
ply and demand, while meats are subject
. to artificial causes-to tariff duties and
the exactions of the National Packing
company, a great trust organized under
the wing of the tariff. The prices of food
products that are still beyond the trusts
may decline, but all clothing and all
meats and countless other articles that
constitute the necessaries of life will not
go down while the Aldrich tariff stands
and the trusts promoted and protected by
1t are active and grasping.
Tariff duties, trust greed. speculation
and cold storage warehouses all oper-
ate to prevent declines in many neces-
saries, and the people know it, and that
is why no supporter of the Aldrich tariff
has been elected to Congress since that
Inflated and disappointing measure be-
came law. Five seats in Congress have
been filed since that law was passed, and
not one of the five men elected ran on
a platform approving the Aldrich tariff.
What will take place in November is
filling the breasts of republican leaders
with dismay.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-02
You have deserved
High cOmmendation. true applause, and
love. AS You Like 1t.
New York Politics 10 the Front

The appointment of Governor Hughes
to the supreme bench does remove a
presidential possibility from the 1912
race. and it also takes from New York
state the only republican who could pos
sibly have been elected governor. He
had, it is true, withdrawn his name, but
he still remained where he could be
perhaps induced to run to save his
party.
The machine stands repudiated, and
Speaker Wadsworth's gubernatorial pros
poets are not good. The machine has
no one among its known followers who
can be elected, and il it goes outside to
find a progressive or independent, it will
encounter refusals to run. simply be-
cause the machine itself is in bad repute.
The Rochester election drove additional
nails in its coffin, and neither Senator
Root nor Mr.. Roosevelt VIII De dDle 10
render it efficient again.
Thus far the democratic campaign has
not been shaped up But the democrats
have two available men in Mayor Gaynor
and Congressmen-elect Ravens, either
one of whom could no doubt be elected
governor.
If Mayor Gaynor should be elected
governor of New York he will at once
begin to loom up as presidential can
didate. Any democrat who can carry
New York state becomes at once formi-
daily available for New York and the
solid south can almost elect a democratic
president. The appointment of Governor
Hughes to the supreme bench seems to
clear the way for a result of that size
and nature.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-02
Handwriting on the Wafl

Congressman Sherwood of Toledo, o.,
considers the gains in the three speciaa
elections in the Sixth Missouri, the Four
teenth Massachusetts, and the Thirty-se
ond New York districts as representative
of the average discomfort of the electors
of the United States wherever they may
live.
These gains aggregate 3S,2s5, or an aver
age gain to each district of 1880 If this
rate of gain be maintained in November
next the democrats will elect 346 repre-
Geptatives. and the republicans As. Con-
gresham Sherwood makes no prediction
but he simply desires all to weigh the
three special elections and to apply their
figures to the November contest Com
paratively few congressman were elected
in the northern states bp majorities ex-
ceeding 1870, and If the republicans are
to escape landslide they will have to
demonstrate that the three special cleo
lions had no meaning so far as next No
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-02
LARGE CROWDS
ENJOY. EAST LAKE

The first fine Sunday saw Birmingham
turn light-hearted toward East Lake, and,
though the formal opening of the lake
will not take place until next Saturday,
several thousand people took the sun and
the air around the beautiful stretch Of
water.
The lake presented a beautiful scene
with about 50 boats dotting the surface,
while everywhere bright faces appeared
above spring costumes.
The early beginners found one great
Improvement Immediately upon reaching
the park. Another bridge has been built,
near the entrance, giving an adequate
exit, and arrangements perfected for the
convenience and comfort of the large
crowds which are expected this summer.
The formal opening will take place Sat-
urday, when all the amusements, includ-
Ing the scenic railway and the aerial
railroad, Will get into full blast.
r. d. Burnett announces that the skat-
Ing rink Will be remodeled as a dancing
hall, while the pavilion will be reserved
for private dances. This will be the
largest dance hall in the city.
He Is arranging for number of addi-
tional amusements. and will prepare a
regular programme during the summer to
make things interesting.
The gasoline launches, numbering five,
and costing several thousand dollars, will
be one of the most popular features this
year. They have every equipment COM
mon to the automobile and are the most
modern obtainable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-02
Heavy Vote Expected

A heavy vote will be poled today. II
the only contest were over the governor
ship, a total vote above normal could
not reasonably be expected. for every
weli-informed democrat, whether he be
for Colonel Mallory or Mr.. ONeal. has
seen from the beginning of the campaign
that O'Neal would be the winner. It has
been only a question of the size of
O'Neals majority But as there is a spir-
tied contest in many counties over legis-
lative candidates, and throughout Ala
bama a lively contest over the United
States senatorship and a large number
of other important offices, including po-
sitions on the supreme bench of the
state, it may be taken as matter of
course that few men who are entitled
to vote will remain away from the polls.
In former years many citizens of Ala
Ddfld were not Quallf1eQ voters because
of their failure to pay the poll tax; but
thousands have recently paid up, and
practically all ofsthese men will exercise
the privilege of suffrage today. The
total number of ballots. therefore, is
almost sure to make an exceptionally
high record in the history of Alabama
primaries. And this will be well, for
whenever democrats turn out with any,
thing like their full strength, it is a
pretty good sign that the party is in
a vigorous condition, and a wide-awake
active party means much for the we'll
fare of the state
Owing to the length of the ballot the
count will be\slow, but returns will be
flashed from The Age-Herald building
tonight as fast as they are received. BY
midnight 1t should be known approx
mately how the race was run.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-02
Presidential Candidates

Although the selection of a democratic
candidate for president is two years dis
tant, yet the field is full already of Rich
monds. There are certainly five aspirants
of merit and availability before the de-
mocracy of the country today. These are
Dr. Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, ex-
Governor Folk of Missouri, Governor Har-
mon of Ohio; Governor Marshall of In
diana, and last but not least, Mayor Gay
nor of New York All these men are
well thought of in their own states. and
to some extent at least in other states.
The independent voter has leaning to-
ward all of them
1t is difficult to say how these five men
will be supported in the national con-
vention of 1912. President Wilson may
become governor of New Jersey In the
meanwhile, and If he does all five of the
democratic field will have secured popu-
lar standing. Many things may happen
before June, 1912, but it is not probable
that any one Of the five aspirants already
mentioned will have been at that time
eliminated from the national race. Champ
Clark and other men may also become
at least dark horses in this race.
1t is everywhere assumed that Mr..
Bryan will not himself become an as
pirant for a nomination in 1912. Whom
he will support is not known, but who
ever he does support will have much
strength in the race
At present the leaders may be said to
be Mayor Gaynor and Governor Harmon.
No one can as yet see his way to a two
thirds vote IN the convention, and 1t is
perhaps best to keep the race from be-
coming walkover to any aspirant.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-02
NEW VOTERS
BUSY REGISTERING

Gadsden, May 1.-(Special UP to noon
yesterday there were one hundred and
seventy registrations of men who ex-
and who have heretofore not voted. 1t
was expected that the total number will
exceed two hundred by the time the
books are closed
A man giving his name as j. II. Treece
and supposed to be insane was brought
to the city yesterday evening by two
residents of Lookout Mountain, who
took charge of him after he had gone
into a strange house and gone to bed
without ceremony. The man is in charge
of the county sheriff and efforts are
being made to locate his friends or rel
atives. He is utterly unable to give any
account of himself.
Fifteen acres of land were sold yes
terday by T. S. Kyle and A. E. Goodhue
to z. r. LeFevre for $4,000 Property is
located near plant of Southern Iron and
Steel Co., and will be developed for resi-
dence lots. The activity in real estate
is becoming more pronounced as time
rolls on and it is anticipated that by the
time the new plants of the steel company
are in operation there will be a big jump
in prices
he bOyS Ddiih, d dduSueH OTBaHlZd-
tor that gained more or less fame
throughout this section last year, has
just been re-organized and will begin
work for the season. At meeting of
the members last night the following
directors and officers were elected: Di-
rectors, W. r. Houston, E. r. Burt, C.
L. Murphree. VIM. Smith and A. b.
Jackson. Officers, DIR. c. l.. Murphree,
director, f. r. Burt, assistant director,
VIM Smith, sooist and w. r. Huston,
manager
More improvements are in progress at
the Gadsden Car Works and within a
few weeks a night force will be put on
in order that the company may be able
to keep up with the work that is being
received. The plant Is closed today II
order that some repairs on the boiler
frames may be made but all will be in
operation tomorrow.
The reports of the reorganization OF
the official family of -the Alabama Con-
solidated Coal and Iron Company in a
manner satisfactory to all the various
| interests affected and the announcement
| that the company will now be IN position
| financially to proceed with a full de-
velopmet of its properties is pleasing to
the people of this city who anticipate
that now the company will undertake
some expansive policy that will mean
much to the city and district.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-02
EARLY CHECK OF
MEASLES EPIDEMIC

According TO reports made last night
by Superintendent D. NJ. Weakley Of the
Alabama Boys Industrial school at East
Lake, an epidemic of measles has broken
out among the boys of the institution
and has already placed 20 of the youths
in their beds. Great alarm was expe-
rienced by the authorities when the dis
ease first started as it looked very much
as If the whole school was going to feel
it's grip. The pestilence is under control,
however, and it is now claimed that II
can be confined to the present number
of victims. There are 210 boys enrolled
as members of the school and the au-
thCrities Of the institution are congratu-
lating themselves that the disease was
checked with a total of 20 cases.
Superintendent Weakley said last night:
1.-THE disease Is not bad In the least. u
all the 20 cases none Of them is Sc
rious and none of the boys is very
sick. 1t Is a very light touch Of the
disease. OF course, however, It is the
measles and must be treated as such
and the boys who have 1t must be confin-
ed to their beds and placed under treat
ment. The epidemic stole q, march on us
at the very first and before we realized
what was in our midst we discovered
that about 20 Of the boys were affected
They are all doing well. the disease Is
now under perfect control and we dc
not look for any more new cases te
break out"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-02
Wage Increase and Prosperity

The Birmingham district starts into Nav
with very substantial increase in
wages. The Tennessee company makes
an advance equal to an average of 5
per cent on its payroll. The coal oper-
ators throughout Alabama have advanced
the wages Of miners and other mine
workers per cent. The Southern Rail-
way company has announced an increase
of II per cent in certain of it's depart
ments. Other large employers have in
creased wages and it seems to be the
rule all along the line to pay workmen
more for their labor.
For months past there has been brisk
demand for wageworkers in the Birming-
ham district. Every man who wants to
work finds employment There was never
a time when idle men were so scarce In
this section of the country as now.
The Tennessee company is expending
millions of dollars in improvements. The
American Steel and Wire company. an
other subsidiary concern of the United
States Steel corporation, is building a
wire mill here at cost of more than
$S,000,OoO There is hardly an iron COM
pany or coal company hereabouts that
is not expanding considerable money on
betterments. The Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad company is spending ST.
600 on its extensive plant at Boyles
The Frisco, the Atlanta. Birmingham and
Atlantic and other roads are making i'm
provements that mean large expenditures
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-02
VERY. SMART PACHYDERMS

the most approved fashion to four trees,
was the iron chain with which she was
usually fastened to her own picket at
night time. Apparently she was resolved
to resume her old employment, and had
consequently set about carrying on the
profession on her own account, thus Sc
curing one of the finest elephants that had
been taken for many years.
In eastern countries elephants do WON
derful work in the way of dragging and
sorting timber and in breaking up OBJ
structions caused by logs and miscel-
laneous flotsam in streams. Col f. T.
Pollok says he has often watched the
elephants in timber yard and the hui
man way in which they will test the
weight of a log requires to be seen to be
credited. The tusker will life up one end
with his trunk, and, IL he deems 1T within
his power to lift the whole, he will shift
his trunk gradually until he gets to the
exact CENTER then by kneeling down he
will roll the log on his tusks and will
carry it either to be stacked or to the
sawmil.
In tea estates the elephant are OCCASION
ally employed TO help in building con-
struction by keeping the masons supplied
with blocks of stone, and if>the wall be
not too high they will not only take the
block up, but lay it quite correctly in its
proper place. A Ceylon elephant used
regularly to lay stones in this way under
the orders of an overseer, to whom he
used TO signal to inspect and pass the
work done and to give permission for
fresh courses to be laid.
On one occasion the elephant placed
himself against part of the wall, thus
preventing the overseer from examining
that part of the job. The latter, however
insisted on the animal moving aside, and
the elephant, seeing his ruse had failed,
at once began to pull down the wall
which he had just built, and which he
was quite aware was badly done, at the
very spot where he had tried to conceal
it from the eye of his master.
A Burmese ship captain also tells a
story Of female elephant which, while
anchored off the coast, he frequently saw
come out Of the jungle to battle in this
sea, accompanied by her youngster. The
little chap used to keep in the shallow
water while the mother ventured farther
out; but one morning, while his parent
was not looking, the youngster got beyond
his depth, became frightened, and made
a great TODD. The mother pulled him
ashore and gave him a good spanking
with her trunk. Each succeeding morning
the little one was compelled to stand on
the bank while the mother first bathed
herself and afterward washed him down
with water fetched In her trunk
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-02
PONTIFICAL MASS
VERY IMPRESSIVE

The Right Rev. ]. W. Shaw bishop
coadjutor of San Antonio, acting for
Bishop Allen, confirmed a class of 1873 at
| st. Paul's church yesterday. OF this
number q were converts.
The confirmation ceremonies were pre-
ceded by a pontifical mass, something
very rare outside of cathedrals. AS the
order prescribed red for the Sunday, the
vestments of red silks and gold were
especially brilliant.
There was a procession which included
the candidates for confirmation, the girls
arrayed in white, wearing or their
heads wreaths and their wells, and the
boys dressed in regulation black. There
were a score or more of acolytes, and
| six clergymen besides the bishop. The
procession was formed in st. Pauis hall
at 1890 and headed by a crucifer, with
his escort of candle bearers, moved
solemnly along the street and into the
church.
The bishop was escorted to his throne
| and there he rested. The altar was ablaze
with candles and was decorated with
| flowers, The whole scene was rich in
color.
The priests taking part in the mass were
the Rev. Father Coyle, as presbyter as
| sistens; the Rev Father Celestne, O..
| 8. B., as deacon of the mass; the Rev.
Father O'Gallagher, as sub-deacon; the
| Rev. Father Robert, o. s. B., and the
Rev. Father Charles, o. 9. B., as deacons
of honor and the Rev. Father Matthew
| Thompson, o. s. B., as master of cere-
monies. Mr. Alonzo l.. Brand was crozier-
| bearer and Mr.. A. E. Brand was mitre
bearer.
| The Rev. Father Bellama, a Syrian
priest of the Maronite Rite and pastor of
the Syrian congregation in Birmingham,
| occupied a seat in the sanctuary. =
The choir sang Weber's mass In G, and
for the offertory the Benedictus from
| Gounod's st. Cecilia mass.
| Just before administering the sacrament
of confirmation Bishop Shaw, seated in a
chair on the platform Of the altar, de-
| livered short address. He began by
| speaking happily of the close friendship
| that had long existed between him and
Father Coyle the pastor of st. Paul's,
He said that he came to Birmingham for
this occasion. and he expressed his CRATE
full appreciation of the large congregation
present.
| He then explained the nature of the
sacrament he was about to administer
and exhorted the candidates, one and
all, to conduct themselves as true SOL
diers of Christ
Mr. Oliver Chalifoux and Mr.. John
Connolly stood at the altar as sponsors
for the boys and Miss Birdie Ethridge
and Miss Elizabeth Catalan as sponsors
for the girls.
At o'clock the newly confirmed per-
sons attended devotions at the church
and were enrolled in the scapular
Bishop Shaw left yesterday evening for
Mobile.
May devotions at st. PauIs will be
| held every evening at 7:3O O'Clock
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-02
From Tit Bits.

From Tit Bits.
| A LTHOUGH there has been some
~ attempt to ridicule the objects OF
4 \ a society in Paris called "fhe
Friends of the Elephant" which recently
held its first general meeting, there is
much evidence to show that the members
are quite right in their contention that big
game hunters are exterminating race
of animals which, if caught and properly
trained, would prove of the greatest value
to man. According to NJ. CASTOR Tournier,
the general secretary of the society, $4,000
elephants are killed by big game hunters,
irrespective of those killed by natives.
There are still some $4,000 elephants in
Africa, which, il made to work for their
living, would be worth something like
100000. If dead they would only be
worth matter of $4,000, 900. 1.-The Friends
of the Elephants" therefore, want to
that wholesale slaughter of the elephant
is a colossal mistake. For, as they point
out one domesticated and well trained
elephant could run a good-sized farm.
AS recently stated in the journal Of the
Royal Society of Arts, one of the great
obstacles to agricultural development in
the equatorial districts of Africa is the
difficulty of procuring beasts of burden
Horses have been tried In vain, and oxen
experiment which is being carried on by
Commandant Laplune at Api, in the
Congo Free State, is being watched with
keen interest. The commandment has
started an elephant farm, and now pos
sesses some so trained elephants. They
are captured quite young, and so far
from being intractable, as many people
imagine elephants to be, they prove will
ing and wonderful workers.
They are broken in Just like horses.
The driver getting on good terms with
the animal, first mounts her in the stable.
The next step is to put on some simple
harness, by which two baskets may be
carried on either side, and these are filled
with loads. After this breast band is
used, and the elephant begins to draw a
light tree trunk, then a little cart and
finally a heavy wagon. In the case of
carts and wagons the animals are gener-
ally harnessed in pairs, but for blowing
they are driven single.
Furthermore, they are trained to assist
the hunters in catching other elephants;
and the story is told of female elephant
which had been trained as a decoy-a
fact of which it's owner was not aware
which disappeared for some days. About
a week later she returned and led the
way to spot where a male elephant was
discovered, round whose legs, secured in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-02
ASK FOR CHANGES
IN TAX SCHEDULE

Montgomery, May 1.-(Special.)- the
regular meeting of the railroad commits
sion, to be held Tuesday, many changes
will be asked for in the rates now pub
lished. The intent is to make the tariff
sheets carry all lxindreds part of COM
modify, the real purpose being to make
the classifications more explicit.
For instance, where nails and spikes
are mentioned, they are t0 show rates In
boxes as well as kegs; bridge and rail-
road iron shall include all bridge irons;
cement in bags and barrels shall include
packing in sacks all sacks may be bags
and all bags sacks; oils quoted are to be
extended to take in all oils; live stock
rates made to include demurrage charges.
The charges seek to avoid minor matters
Of expression that now give trouble.
The question of rates on brick. on the
docket, has been settled. The Marine Oil
company at Mobile wants readjustments
on empty barrels and the question of
changing the name of Kingston, on the
Mobile and Ohio, will be up.