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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-04

by shivering and chills, followed, by 1 quickened pluse and inspiration, then thirst, loss of appetite, prostration, emancipation. Could there be an apter description of the symptoms of the fever of spc- uation? From beginning to ending the fever of the body is a picture of the fever of the mind. Avoid it," said young Utterback ''as you would the black plague" Its contagion breeds pestilence; it's fever spells madness. Young man
 Some one has tersely and wisely ob- served, The wheat pit of the Chicago board of trade is only few feet across, but 1t is as deep as he'll"
 Do you hear?
 IT IS AS DEEP AS HELL!
 Uncle Sam has no use in his army for liar Not long ago a West Point cadet was accused of chewing gum while on duty That is minor offense, punishable by demerits or brief confinement
 But he lied about 1t.
 That was different. Lying is regarded by West Point authorities as heinous offense. The cadet was summarily dis missed in disgrace.
 About the same time another cadet was accused of having civilian clothes In his quarters, also a minor offense.
 The cadet lied abou, It.
 And, in like manner. he was dis- missed in disgrace.
 Uncle Sam wants no liars among his aimy officers, and he therefore nips the prevaricator in the buc. Uncle Sam wants dependable men, and he knows liar ia not dependable. The liar is apt to fall In emergencies or betray a trust at a critical time.
 Nor has the world any use for a liar. Commerce is built on confidence. Con- fidence is the basis for credit, and credit is nine-tenths of bushes Therefore there Is no proper place in business for liar.
 It Is so of all personal and public re- lations. The liar cannot be a good hus- Eand or son or citizen.
 Why?
 Because he has a fundamental weak ness in his character. There is nothing In him to build upon. I;e cannot be true. His fnlseness is sure to crop out.
 Somebody has said, '-;Iying Is a fine art"
 It Is not
 There is no art in It. Lying Is a clumsy contrlvance that breaks down at every point Nothing is true that fails. Lying fails.
 It must be so.
 Teach your child anc train him in the cardinal virtue of truthfu,ness.
 Teach him and train him to tell the truth and shame the devil"
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to say, "Mother looks tired; you girls ought to help her more," or You boys should put your things in place and save your mother so many steps, But usual- ly father does not realize, nor the ehil- dren, until mother has given her last full measure of devotion and sleeps her last sleep.
 Jump after her baby?
 Why
 Put all the mothers In the world on the shore and drop all the babies in the water and all the mothers will jump after the babies-every mother of them.
 A letter to the writer of these lines from father says:
 T wish you would write something about the dangers of speculation. Many young men are tampering with the board of trade
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children are born, and they stand ready to offer their lives at any moment thereafter.
 It has been so since the first mother. And the martyrdom is taken for grant, ed When she risks, struggles, suffers, lives and dies for the children it is
 "Just mother"
 That is why mother often sizzles In the kitchen while the girls swing in the hammock or play the piano; that is why mother sits up to darn the boys socks while they have a good time Mother spends her slight strength, obliterates her individuality, that the children may shine, because she is
 Just mother.'
 It Is the way of the mother the world around It is expected of her. Her way Is by the way of the cross.
 Sometimes 1t may be father wakes up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-04
<<vUyE are like children, never A/ knowing what we want.'
 w do not know who wrote

w do not know who wrote
 that sentence, but whoever he was, he '.knew human nature.
 Let me illustrate:
 Some time ago Dr. Oscar Eckstein of
 the University of Chicago got tired of
 the complex round of civilized life.
 He went to Idaho, alone, to live TOT
 time the simple life.
 On a barren and unfrequented portion
 of lake he built himself shanty, dis
 cardcd civilized clothes and loafed and
 invited his soul.
 He was trying to answer the call of the
 wild that was in hip.
 Eckstein wanted to get away from
 everybody. He spett two hours in the
 beach as long as he wished, ate when he
 was hungry and obeyed only the primal instincts.
 So far so good. But few weeks after he had built his hut ehe professor made a startling discovery -as startling as that of poor old Robin son Crusoe when he found the human footsteps in the sand The learned doctor, who had turned primitive, actually stumbled upon one of the riohest deposits of gold ever found in Idaho. .Heigh-hol Here was a problem-what to do? Should he forget the gold and go on as before? Observe this: Almost in the twinkling of an eye the glitter of the gold nuggets had blinded Eckstein's eyes to Pastor Wagner's gen. tie teaching of the simple life. The outcome? pr. Esksteln donned the garments of civilization and concluded to try the gold cure for his ennui. Returning to Chicago with his samples, he was able before the summer was over to sell his claim for fortune. He went back to the fatherland with his money and at last reports was negotiating for A baronetcy. We are like children. Like little children, we play with some toy for awhile and then discard 1t for one that is more glittering. And the gilt tering toy in turn fails to satisfy. Today we are lured by some sweet ideal Tomorrow we clutch at the golden rnotes in the air or grovel for them in the dust. Shall we know what we really want when we get to heaven? Baby O'Connor. aged IA months, fell off a barge into the water.
 Mrs. OConnor, wife of the barge cap- | tain and mother of the baby, jumped in after 1t.
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Being in full control or the bank, he was able to cover up his deficit, hoping to make lucky turn that would let him out.
 erations. Meantime, facing constant dread of exposure, he suffered untold anguish.
 Finally the bank got short of funds. Utterback wrote his warning to young men and then shot himself.
 That was some time ago, but the poor boys warning is as cogent as when he wrote 1t with trembling fin gers.
 It was the old story.
 "The fever will get into the very marrow of your bones.'
 The word fever" Is well chosen.
 This Is the definition In the dection- ary: High temperature, accompanied
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
PASSENGER SHIP IN CRASH
Bumped Into by Coal Laden
Steamer in Hell Gate.

The steamship Barnu, bound for Nova
Scotia with a hundred or more passen-
gers. crashed into the coal laden steamer
A. L. Somner in He'll Gate yesterday
afternoon. No one was hurt, and the
Barnu continued on her way. but other
mishaps were in store for the freighter.
The Somner first got into trouble off
Scaly Rock. The current was too much
for her and she drifted against the on
coming Barnu The starboard bow of the
Barnu struck the port side of the SOM
ner a glancing blow. The woodwork
along the freighter's side was stove in,
while big scars along the passenger
boats iron sides showed where the paint
had been scraped off by the impact. The
two vessels then sheered apart, and the
Barnu, with its excited passengers
crowding the rail, continued on UP the
river.
The swift tide next carried the Somner
against a Pennsylvania Railroad tug,
which got a CHANGING blow on the stern.
In the next minute the Somner landed
up broadside against one of the big gov
eminent dredges used in the blasting
work at Flood Rock. The Somner came
in for another battering, but finally got
clear and proceeded on down the river
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
GET BUSY IN BLACK BELT
Johnson's Coming Starts Ponce
After Concealed Weapons.

The police last night took measures which
it is hoped will prevent serious trouble
when Jack Johnson arrives in this city TO-
morrow to fill a theatrical engagement. In
spector Russell summoned between 10 and
100 detectives to Police Headquarters and
instructed them to patrol those districts IN
the city where the negroes live and congre-
gate and 10 arrest all those who were found
to be carrying concealed weapons.
Three arrests were made in the west
Side black belt early in the evening amid
much excitement. Samuel Cook. negro
living at No 22S West 40th street, was the
first to be taken into custody. He was ar
rested in front of Baron Wilkinss cafe in
S5th street, by Detectives Cafaffa and Nc
Kenna who found q revolver on his per-
son. Cook is vaudeville actor.
Hannibal Wilson. porter, OF No 525
West 10th. street, was arrested in front of a
cafe at No. 344 West 37th street by Detec-
tive Bean. He was carrying a revolver
The third arrest was that of John Becker
man. who was taken in front of his home
at No. 200 West 9th street. All were
locked up on the charge of carrying con-
ceaIed weapons. Cook was hailed out later.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
YELLOW FEVER? WELL, NO
Only Malaria, but Scare Excites
unreasonable East Side.

What proved to be yellow fever scare
without any foundation was begun on
the East Side yesterday afternoon, when
two persons who lately came from
Savannah, Ga. were sent to. Bellevue
Hospital. The hospital surgeon and q
doctor from the Health Department both
stated that the two persons. were suffer
ing from malaria.
Ralph Levy, a stableman who lives at
No 239 East oath street, made a trip
South about a month ago with his wife.
Annie, and both had been near Savan-
nah Ga, for the last three weeks. They
have been i'll for eight days, and. accord
ing to Levy's statement. were told that
they had yellow fever.
In spite of this, they sailed from Sa-
vannah on Wednesday on the City of
Columbus, arriving yesterday morning
and going to their home. They were
quite sick, and later they notified PATROL
man Smith, of the East 22d street sta
ton, who sent in an ambulance call to
ed, thought malaria was the trouble, but
he took the Levys and David. the four
month-old baby, to the hospital Last
night the baby was sent home again.
Persons in the oath street lodging
house run by Mrs. Rachel Benhayon.
were very much perturbed The rooms
of the Levys were guarded until the
Health Department had sent its doctor
TO diagnose the case.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
TO LAY OUT FLYING FIELD
For international Aviation Tour.
nament at Garden City.

A large force of men under the direction
Of Charles w Leavitt jr., and an engineer
engaged for the occasion, will begin this
week the work of laying out the course
and erecting the structures for the Garden
City flying field where the international
aviation tournament will be held from
October i to %.
The field viii be two and "A half miles
long by more than one mile in width, with
grandstand encircling a part of the west
enl of the field Near the grandstand Will
be the aerodrOmes for the machines, ma
chine shops and sleeping quarters for the
mechanics. Two new railroad stations are
now being erected, one on either side of
the field and there viii be sufficient track
age and space for handling large CROWDS
in comfort On either side of the flying
course space viii be reserved for ten thou
sand automobiles
Lawrence J.. Gillespie, one of the gov
errors OF the Aero Club of America and
chairman of the subscribers committee
charged with the responsibility of financing
the big meeting, reports that popular sub
scriptions to the fund are being received
and that the entire amount Of s259,Vp
which the committee intends TO obtain VIII
soen be IN hand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10

Bethany Plain, Rheims, July 9.-Many
records have been broken at the aviation
meeting here during the week, but the
most sensational flights have been made
by Leon Morane the French aviator,
who to-day in new 100-horsepower
Bleriot monoplane covered five kiIo-
metres C3.10 miles, in minutes IS sec
onds, and ten kilometres in D minutes
h seconds, and by M. Labouchere, also
Frenchman, who broke the worlds
record for distance, flying $40 kilometres
(211.14 miles, in a single flight in
hours 81 minutes and 45 seconds.
The most remarkable achievement of
a remarkable day was that of Morane,
who made his fight of more than mile
a minute while ten other machines were
in the air. AS compared with his, they
seemed to be standing still. Leblanc
will use this type of aeroplane in the
Gordon Bennett contest, and French ex-
perts consider that he has an excellent
chance to capture the trophy. as the
speed developed by Morane to-day was
more than four minutes under the win
ming time of Glenn H. Curtiss for the
same distance last year.
The day closed with additional time
and distance records. Olieslagers re-
duced the 100-kilometre record (622
miles) to 1 hour and minutes. Auburn,
in a monoplane, with a single passenger,
covered 135 kilometres 1887 miles, in 2
hours 9 minutes and Z seconds. La
bouChere received a special prize Of
$1,000 for breaking Olieslagers's record
of go Kilometres made before the COM
petition for the single distance prize.
Mamet established q worlds record for
carrying two passengers at the aviation
meet to-day. He flew for 90. $50 kilo-
metres (57.59 miles, at an altitude of 80
metres 064 feet).
The constructors prize for the great
est total distance covered by three ma
chimes of one design goes to the An
toinette monoplane, which covered 2, IA
kilometres q, 106 miles,
Legagneux, in a biplane, with a single
passenger, made a daring flight. He
circled the towers of the Rheims Cathe-
oral, flew over the city for half an hour
and returned to the field.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10

One thousand feet up in the air isn't
much of a height for the bird men these
DAVIS. Charlie" Hamilton makes it
regularly just for fun. and when he gets
ready 90 come down drops like a bolt
out of a catapult. The Wright brothers
do the same thing lust for practice, a"
and never mention it unless il is goaded
out OF them.
Time was, though, since heavier. than
air machines began business when such
''recklessness' was undreamed Of In
fact. it was not until October . of last
year that such height was reached by
Orville Wright At that time his brother
Wilbur ventured the prediction that high
flights had just begun, and that the ten
dency among aviators would be more
and more toward great attitudes. The
: brothers maintained, in fact, that high
flying was the safest, inasmuch as at a
long distance from the earth the opera
tor would have a chance to right himself
and glide to safety before a crash came.
In this connection. however, it is
pointed out that with given spread of
plane tie higher the machine flies the
less the lifting power. For commercial
purposes. therefore, low flying it is be-
lIeved, will be the most practical On
the other hand military enthusiasts
urge higher and higher flying. as the
safety from the cannons on battleships
and in forts would thereby be increased.
= The first real record for height was
: made by Wilbur Wright in 1908, and
seems ridiculous now. 1t was 40 feet.
The contest failed to stir the blood of
q spectators to fever heat till Wright
made his 1.oO0-foot flight. Then on
November -, 1909, at Chalons, France,
Paulhan beat the previous altitude rec
ord of Orville Wright by flying at 200
feet. This was very shortly exceeded
by Latham flying at LOCO feet. But on
November 20, in a magnificent cross
country flight from Chalons around the
Rheims Cathedral. Paulhan rose to the
dizzy altitude OF 1860 feet, nearly three
times the height of the Metropolitan
Ill Latham surpassed it on January Z,
1910 Then -Paunhan made 4,146 feet
e. five days later. After that Brookins
came along with his records at Indian
apolis
At these heights an aeroplane almost
fades from the sight Of the spectators
below. X must be remembered, how
ever. that even this latest record is only
little over mile, and that old stage
coach Of the air. the spherical balloon,
still holds a record of seven miles up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
REICHMANN MAKES DENIALS
Says Dickinson Was Not Quizzed
bv Directors on May IS.

Joseph 3. Reichmann, president of the
Carnegie Trust Company issued state
ment yesterday denying that Charles c.
Dickinson had been Intercepted by the
directors at the meeting on May Is in re-
gard to his methods in the management
of the company during his term as presi-
dent Mr.. Reichmann' statement follows:
The statements contained in the news
papers to the effect that Charles G. Dick
inson was called before the board of di-
rectors of the Carnegie Trust Company
and questioned to looms made or acts
done by him while president of the COM
pany are absolutely without foundation.
Mr. Dickinson resigned as president on
December %, 1909 and had not been active
in its affairs since his accident in October
OF that year
There was IA meeting of the board in the
afternoon preceding his being taken to the
hospital Mr. Dickinson came TO the meet
ing. not on request or invitation. but in
the usual course. 1t was evident when he
came to the meeting that lie was an i'll
man and that prudence would have die
tated his being in bed instead of attending
a meeting. There were no questions asked
MIN or discussion had concerning his acts
US president.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
SHOOTS GIRL AND HIMSELF
Tragedy at seashore Follows
Woman's Refusal to Wed.

Because Miss Nellie Westerly. a pretty
Hungarian girl of Newark, N. j., refused
to marry him, Joseph Frank, twenty
eight years old, of Manhattan. shot and
perhaps fatally wounded her and then
killed himself with the same revolver at
South Beach, Staten Island, last night.
The tragedy occurred in the woods a
short distance from the boardwalk.
Frank was married man. and had
two children, according TO Miss Wesser-
". He had been counting her for year.
and on numerous occasions insisted that
she marry him despite the fact that his
wife was living.
Yesterday afternoon they went to
South Beach and he again urged her to
marry him. When she refused. she said.
he drew a revolver and fired one shot at
her the bullet entering her head. Be
lieying that he had killed her, Frank
pointed the pistol at his temple and fired
two shots, He died almost instantly.
Miss Wesserly was found by passers-
by and the police removed her to hos
pital She told the police OF the shoot
ing before she became unconscious.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
FAST Hampstead FLIGHTS
Harmon Up with Pontoons Be-
fore Soaring Over Sound.

Garden City, Long Island, July 9 (SpeciaD.
Flying first high, then low, and with two
pontoons attached to his biplane. Clifford
3. Harmon gave a splendid exhibition with
his FaTnam biplane on the Hampstead
Plains here this afternoon, and was cheered
by five thousand persons and the footing
of many automobile horns
As soon as Harmon came out and rose
one hundred feet, the spectators began TO
cheer and shout applause to him, and they
never let up until he had come down at the
end of fifteen minutes, during which time
he had circIed the course several times
and had kept his biplane under perfect
control. Just before he came down for the
night, Harmon made q series of dips which
wrought the oniookers up to such a point
of enthusiasm that they could hardly be
restrained when Harmon came down from
crowding over the fence TO congratulate
him.
Harmon was trying out his biplane with
the pontoons in anticipation of a flight over
the Sound on Monday afternoon
Captain Baldwin made some exceptionally
good flights. After a run of 1877 feet he
went up for fifty feet and circled the course
in l minute and % seconds. Three other
fast flights were then made after which
me dh4d1oi COii4e ooNu 10 repair d broken
control. Six other flights were then made
at a mile minute, when Baldwin stopped
for the night.
George Russell, in his Curtiss machine
made a good flight of one mile at twenty
feet, but In coming back struck hard and
smashed his machine
Frank Doubleday, the publisher. was an
interested spectator and became so enthu-
SiaSfic that he offered a DriZe of some yaliI-
able plate for a race between Baldwin and
Harmon up the East and North rivers.
The offer will be considered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
DENoUNCE FIGHT PICTURES
Y. P. G.. u. of the Universalist Church
Passes a Resolution.

The annual election of officers of the
Young Peoples Christian Union of the
Universalist Church was held yesterday af-
ternoon resulting IN the election of the
following: President. A. Ingham Bicknell
of Boston; secretary, Roger. F. Etz, of
Tufts College. Massachusetts; treasurer.
Arthur j.. Edwards, OF Minnesota
The convention, which has been held all
the week in. the Church of the. Divine
Paternity, will close tonight with a
mass meeting in the. church. at which
Harry Russell Childs, the retiring president.
will preside. The denunciatiOn of the John
son-Jeffries fight moving pictures, launched
III. the beginning of the week. was put into
the form of resolution. and unanimously
adopted at yesterdays session.
Invitations were received. to hold the next
convention at Portland, Ore; Portland,
Me-, and Atlanta. A straw vote shows
that Atlanta will be the scene of the next
convention. which will be held i'll the sec
ond week of July, 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
STRIKE BREAKERS MOBBED
Union Sympathizers Attack Men
Bound for Upstate City.

A number Of streetcar strike breakers
who had been employed al an agency in
West 9th street to 20. it is said, to a city
10 state. Were attacked by a crowd of
union sympathizers at Tenth avenue and
9th street last night. and for time riot
was in progress The strike breakers had
visited various saloons and had boosted Of
what they would do to union labor
The men were waiting for the order to
start for their destination when the trou-
bic began There We're at first number
of minor encounters. as Il result Of which
four men were arrested by Patrolmen Nc
1nerney and Carroll.
While these men We're being taken 10 the
station house trouble broke out afreSh, and
a riot cali was sent TO Police Headquarters
by the employment agency. The reserves
from the nearest station houses. the old
West 21th street and West 37th streS+ sta
Tions, were hurried 10 the scene. but when
they got there the riot seemed To have
about spent itself, although bleeding men,
smashed windows and litter OF missiles
scattered about gave evidence Of battle
royal. Three other prisoners were picked up.