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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-08
Posed for Royal Picture

From the Boston POST
1t remained for an American girl, a de-
scendant of Oliver Wendell Holmes, to
pose for the picture of Queen Alexandra
which King Edward of England has or
dered hung on one of the most conspicu-
Gus walls of Buckingham palace.
Miss Evelyn May Converse, a Wiscon-
sin girl was the young woman whose
arms. neck, and shoulders so attracted
Edwin r. Abbey, the great English artist,
that he begged her to pose for the pic
ture. and after a time she consented,
was dressed in her robes wore her jew
els. and sat on the queens chair. some
thing that no other girl has yet been able
to boast Of
All members of the kings cabinet had
posed for the picture, and for two long
wears Artist Abbey searched in vain for
the right person to pose for him. He lad
painted the queens face with the others.
but her body was not completed until Miss
Converse posed for it.
Now in buckingham palace there hangs
this picture, on which men and women
gaze in wonderment. and although it is
the face of Queen Alexandra, II is the
body of one of our own American girls
who went to Europe to study music.
She had never before posed for a pic
ture. but the moment Artist Abbey saw
her he stated that he had been waiting
for two years for her and begged her con-
sent to sit for the picture.
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Enjoy
Sunday
Dinner
Service, Menu. Cuisine.
Location, Surroundings
And Presence of Best
People
Make the Meal More
Pleasant.
Music
~ to 8; 6 to ID ID. M.
Empire
Cafe
J. r. Bro,on. Prop.
In the Empire Building
Evident Hypocrisy

From the Philadelphia Record
1.-The Inconsistency. of the hypocrite is
one of his most distinguishing character
istics, said an observant West Phila-
delphia clergyman recently. Il had to
lunch in a great hurry down town the
other day so l dropped in one of these
pay-as-y ou-eat restaurants where you in
sert coin and take out the equivalent
delicacy. I had never eaten in such a
place before. though I saw not the slight
est ground for any apology TO any one.
some looking, even though it was not
fashionable l had hardly started eat
ing when / espied one of my parishoners
lady who always manages to keep up
q stylish appearance on a small income
In fact, while it is none of my business,
have often felt that she was living be-
yond her husbands income. She blushed
when I caught her eye and l wondered
what was coming when | saw her leave
her place and come over toward me,
smiling unctiously. I am going over to
New York she gushed, and | Just pos
itively knew that if l went to the Belle
vue or any other cafe where they take
all day to serve you, 1 would never catch
my train. That's why I'm eating here
] was so disguised | do not know what
] said in reply. The woman was not
dressed for travelling. She carried small
shopping bag-that was all. The fact that
there were diners on the midday trains
to New York probably never occurred to
her al all. She thought to straighten out
the fact that she was eating in a popular
priced restaurant. What she did was to
tell an obvious falsehood.'
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with hard labor in many. But to punish
the man in Jail, the judge must also
punish his wife and children by cutting
off his wages. That means in many cases
that the wife must go to work or accept
help from a charitable society or the
city.
The Washington law does away with
all that. In the three years and nine
months during which the law has been
in operation, the amount paid to prison
ers by the government is 1876, while the
amount collected from them through the
Juvenile court is S90,S65.S4 This proves
the success of the plan, and 1t ought to
be generally adopted
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the previous year of $14,072,T79. and net
profits available for dividends Of
s14,S ,740 a gain of $6.007,05S Sales of
agricultural implements fell slightly be-
hind those of the banner year, 1907 but
the loss was made up in sales of wagons,
buggies and miscellaneous products, so
that the total sales last year exceeded
those of 1907 by $s,4O7,659, and were far
in excess of all previous records.
Prosecutor of the Pleas Pierre p Car
zen, republican, of Hudson Ncounty, New
Jersey who conducted the cold storage
investigation before the grand jury.
which resulted in the indictment of 2f
beef packers as individuals and six
companies as corporations conspiring by
cold storage methods to corner foodstuffs
and increase prices says: THE result OF
my investigation has convinced me there
are three prime causes for the present
high prices of meats and kindred prod
uces:
First, a monopoly, which can be broken
up by vigorous and strict enforcement OF
the law Second, the present method of
using cold storage to control and keep out
of the market at the will of the monopo-
lists meats, poultry and eggs. This can
be remedied by proper regulation by law
of the uses of cold storage. Third, the
tariff, with duty of a cent and a half
pound on cattle, roughly amounting to
about SIS a head. This keeps out of the
markets of this country the great supply
of cattle from the Argentine Republic,
Canada and Mexico, which would other
wise be available. This tariff also aids In
holding and maintaining a monopoly.
II am not prophet but | venture to
say that if the men who created and now
maintain the meat monopoly were tried,
convicted and sentenced to Imprisonment
and If cold storage houses were properly
regulated by law and the tariff altered so
as to make possible the use of the foreign
beef supply the present high prices would
fall to such an extent that it would not
be a burden to support ones self and fam
lily upon the ordinary income as 1t is to-
day."
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Exclusive Service. The Survey Press
Bureau.l
Experience under the family desertion
and nofl-support law in Washington,
D. c., has proved that it is possible to
bring deserving husbands to time and
make them support their families. how
ever much they may want to skip out
and leave wives and children to shift for
themselves.
Punishment in itself profits nobody.
The law aims not to punish, but to secure
support The man decides whether he Will
work in confinement or out of 1t, and
Judge William II. DeLacy, of the Ju-
venile court, sees that he does work in
one way if he will not in the other. The
Judge is a good thinker and has mend
ed so many broken families, that he
knows what he can do; and the men
know, too.
When man, brought up for non-sup-
port. promises to furnish it, he Is put
on probation, and ordered to pay spec
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SPECIAL RATES
Via

Special Homeseekers' Rates to points
IN the west and northwest. Tickets on
sale first and third Tuesdays of each
month, limited for return rs days from
date of sale.
Nashville, Tenn, and Return, 500,
account Army Mancuvers. Tickets on
sale from June Is to 26, inclusive, lin
tied for return June rs, 1910.
Cincinnati, o., and Return, @15.15, ac-
aount Biennial Session General Fedora
fion Of Women's Clubs. Tickets on sale
MAY s, Q, 10 and IL, limited for return
Nav 22, with privilege of extension to
May 81, 1910, by depositing and paying
the fee of 81.
For further information call on or
write to p Sid Jones, d. p. A., both
phones, 977, Birmingham, Ala.
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DEAFNESS CURED
IL have demonstrated that
deafness can be cured" -
DR.. Guy Clifford Powell.

The secret of how to the mysterious and in
Visible nature forces for the cure Of Deafness and
Head Noises has at last been discovered by the
famous Physician Scientist DIR. Guy Clifford Powell.
Deafness and Head Noises disappear II by magic
under the use of this View and wonderful discovery.
He will send all who sufer from Deafness and Head
Noises full information how they may be cured
absolutely free. matter how long they have eeen
deaf. what caused their deafness. This marvel
treatment is simple natural and certain that
Investigators asonished and cured patients them
selves marvel at the quick results. Any deaf person
have full information how TO be cured quickly
and cured to stay cured at home without investing
cent. Write today to Dr. Guy Clifford Powell $3.50
Bank Building. Peoria. ILL.,, and get full inforipa-
ton Of this new and wonderful discovery absolutely
free
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Men who are not willing to furnish sup
port under this arrangement, and those
who default in payment or desert a sec
ond time, are promptly sent to the work.
house. There they are made up into
gangs and put to work in Rock Creek
Park, where President Roosevelt used
to take his afternoon gallop. They have
a hard days work in the open air, with
good food, and for this the law requires
the government to pay fifty-cents day
to the wives, as for any government en-
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The p That Counts

From Judge.
Yes" says the earnest and enthusiastic
advocate of the new movement, We're
bound to win. We've got the support of
the press, pulpit and people,
"And of the politicians" supplements
his less enthusiastic; but equally confident
comrade.
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QUEEN |

Week end rate to and from all points
on A. G. s. r. r.
Summer Tourist rates to principal
resorts on sale May Is to September
So
For dates of sale, tickets, reserva-
lions and full information. apply
No. 1925 First Ave-,
BeII 793, Peoples B16 Birmingham, Ala.
II. r. LATIMER, Il. p. A.
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MENDING BROKEN FAMILIES
Washington Makes the Wife Deserter Pay the Pper-Puts
Him On Probation and Turns His Wages Over to the
Juvenile Court For His Family
By WILLIAM H. BALDWIN

flied amount from his wages each Sat-
urday night at the police station nearest
his home. The sergeant turns the
money over to the Juvenile court, and
then the wife gets It in full on Monday
morning, her pay day. The money is
pretty safe here and the plan heads off
many Saturday night spree. The
man is kept at work, which is a mighty
good thing of itself, and the family is
kept together.
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Gentleman leaving the city
will sacrifice an excellent five
passenger automobile for cash.
Address Pa, e-Herald.
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FROST DAMAGE
OVER-EST|MATED
Sir Edward Morris Talks of
Fisheries Situation
COTTON INVESTIGATION
New Orleans Correspondent Severely
Criticises Government for Lend
ing Its Assistance to the
Cotton Bear Element

New York, May 7.-(Special.)-Th best
impression here is that the reported dam
age by the recent April blizzard in the
west and couth has been greatly overes-
timated. While 1t is admitted that the
fruit may have been wiped out In many
sections, is is not believed that irrepar-
able damage has been done TO grain and
cotton, though these crops doubtless have
been cut down and hope of a bumper
cotton crop, which would relieve the
present shortage have disappeared 1t
is feared the losses caused by the blizzard
though not as great as at first es-
tin:ated, will be sufficient to have a bad
eject on business.
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ployee. The work in the Park would
cost $3.50 a day if not done by prisoners,
so 81 is left to pay for the boarding and
guarding the men. after the wages have
been taken out. Congress appropriates
$1,000 a year for this purpose, thereby
setting a good example to state legis-
lstures and city councils.
1t pays to do So. A man who can't
get out at any time will not work long
in this way. Last year only one man
out of nine had to be sent to the work
house, and he got out after. an average
of six weeks. The government paid $3.50
for work, but the men outside earned
S3S, 1896 which was collected by the
police and paid to the families through
the Juvenile court. This made total
return of $40,659.55 on an investmeiJ of
$780, Pretty good business, that.
Beyond the money value of the labor,
however, is the moral effect of the work
and its compensation on the man in his
relations to his family. Instead Of es-
Gaping the punishment which he deserves
and SO failing to realizing that he has
done wrong, the issue is squarely made
and the workhouse sentence, If inflicted,
reveals his conduct to him in its true
character. Many men have reformed
after this experience, and it is due in
large part to the compensation provided
that the judge is able to nflict the pun
ishment without hesitation where he
thinks 1t necessary
Judge DeLacy's execution of the law
| Is effective because 1t is certain. Family
desertion Is a misdemeanor or felony
In almost every state and is punishable
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Siam Wants More Autos

From the Consular Reports
The imports of motor cars into Siam In
the fiscal year 19OS-09 numbered rs, valued
at $146,019, against 81. valued at $4,000 in
19O7,O8; those from the United States being
cars at $2113 against 10 cars. valued at
$780, OF the tota Imports during the last
year 43 cars, valued at $73,707, were from
the United Kingdom, and 10 cars. valued
at $321S from Germany. In addition to
the foregoing, motor parts to the value
of $27,Ss0 were imported in 19OS-09 With
the present steady improvements in the
roads an increased demand for motor cars
is bound to come,
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In the Department store
From Life.
Lady-Do you keep stationery?
F1oorwalker-No, madam; we continu-
ally walk about.
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Pansy Plants at Parker's
15c per dozen.
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Exclusive Service, The Survey Press
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
LEADERS TO MEET
 AMSTERDAM EDITOR

Several industrial men and railroad of- ficers of Birmingham have been requested to meet in individual conferences tomor- row J. I. M. Slmons, editor of the Am sterdam Telegraaf, when he arrives here today for a visit of week In the Bir- mingham district.
 The paper which is edited by MT. Sl- mons ranks very high in Amsterdam and in Holland. He is in this district for the purpose of gathering data regarding in- vestments here. In them a great many Hollanders are interested. His views will determine largely the importation of large stream of gold from that country into Birmingham and Alabama In ask ing for information relative to Birming ham MT. Simons says he wishes the bad as we'll as the good reports of Birming- ham. He says that it would be bad form to have nothing but good told of a place, and therefore he does not want any facts embellished.
 MT. Simons bears letters from Daniel G. Reid, chairman Of the Rock Island Holding company and d director In the Steel corporation. In his letter Mir Reid says any possible courtesy or facts that can be shown or given Mir Simons will be appreciated by him and others interested in the visit of distinguished foreigners.
 In addition to dealing with financial tonics MT. Simons, it is understood. will write series of articles in his paper dealing with agriculture in the south In view of the fact that thousands of Hol- flanders have recently gone west, his ef- forts may assist the south in turning the tide of immigration which annually goes to the fast growing west.
 MT. Simons will arrive today from q short trip to Nashville, which was decid- ed upon while he was in Birmingham last week. He will spend all of this week in Birmingham if nothing occurs to interfere with his stay. He will be shown the steel plant, the furnaces. the coke ovens. the coal mines, and every principal indus trial enterprise in the Birmingham dis trict He will be the guest while here of various industrial concerns who are inter ested in the growth and upbuilding of Birmingham.
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NUMEROUS ATTRACTIONS CENTER ED IN TWO DAYS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE DEMONSTRATION MOST IMPRESSIVE EVER SEEN HERE

Master strokes have characterized near ly every step In the preparation for Bir- niingham's great census jubilee, which will take place November 22 and 23 While in the beginning the pessimistic did not believe that such an enormous undertaking could be completed in six weeks, they have all joined the ranks of the enthusiastic workers who have been pushing steadily every minute.
 The first stroke was the postponement os the Confederate veterans reunion, so that the veterans could not only lend their presence to the city, but enjoy the pleasures of the jubilee as well. Their parade is always interesting, and will be especially so this time, as they are becoming older, and the day is not long eff when tho suits of gray can never fol- low the tattered flag.
 Another winning idea was the invitation extended the regular army to send bat talion to take part in the civic parade. With their perfect maneuvers this squad Of regulars will add great interest to the jubilee.
 But when the convention of the Asso- ciated Press was secured for the same dates, and 1t became known that the real newspaper men of the south will
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FINDS PATHETIC CASE
 IN NEED OF HELP

Adjt. W. W. Robins of the Salvation Army has come across very pathetic case here in this city, which he would like to help right away.
 "There is man and his wife who are in destitute circumstances and through no fault of their own,' said Adjutant Rob- ins. ''The wife has been sick for year and the husband has been obliged to take care of her and has not been able to work much on that account. At the present time they are without coal CT wood and the necessaries of life. If they can get to their friends in Atlanta the sster-in-law can look after the wife while the man works. This is a case that is worthy as 1t was found out by accident and no one had complained at all, but they are in such straits that inn mediate help is necessary. There is a little owing for room rent. Enough to take them to their folks in Atlanta and settle the little here is all that is needed.
 .'If there is any charitably disposed person who win help to raise $12, send it to me at the Salvation Army hall or phone Bell 15o7, Peoples 2662, and the do- nation will be called for. Prompt help is need this time, so please do it in the name of the Lord'
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Real Estate Transfers

Deeds of conveyance in the following transactions in real estate In which amounts of $1000 or more were involved were filed yesterday in the office of the probate court:
 s23O0-J. H. McCune to Slas F. Jones, the east half of lot 19, Avondale Land company's survey of Avondale.
 $12OO-W. c. Emil to Martin Investment company, part of the south half of the northeast quarter of section 2, township 20 south, range west
 $1150-E. F. IIiggenbotham 10 same, part of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 16, township 1s. range west, situated In Jonesboro.
 sl5O0-James Melee to A. H. Lockwood lot 1, block 153, city survey.
 s20o0-Joseph H. Head to Dr. T. F. Robinson, lot 10, block 166. Bessemer.
 s100o-John McGraw to Jack Walton. the east half of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter and the east half of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section ?, township 19, range 3 west, containing 40 acres.
 s1000-B. P. Harrington to Julia J. Roof half interest in-lot 10, block 3, survey of Henry x Copeland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
FORT ORDERS CARS OF BEER RELEASED
SEIZED, PROPERTY IS AGAIN DE- LIvERED TO FRISCO ON GROUND THAT INTERSTATE SHIPMENT HAD BEEN INTERFERED WITH

Two of the cars Of Liquor attached by and seizure warrants swonrn out by c. w. Austin, were ordered released yes- terday by Senior Criminal Judge w. E. Fort The action was taken by the court following an announcement of agreement between the opposing attorneys in the case, and the cars in question, contain Ing a consignment of beer from the Lemp Brewing company of St. Louis, were re- leased by Sheriff Higdon, the Frisco rail- road assuming charge.
 The litigation regarding the two cars followed petition for their summary re- lease filed with Judge Fort, and set for hearing week ago yesterday. Judge Forts illness prevented the hearing, and no further action was taken until the courts order releasing the cars was agreed to by the counsel retained by the Frisco and special counsel for the state.
 A violation of interstate commerce pro visions was alleged in the petition filed. It was set forth that the goods were still in transit, not having been delivered to the consignee at the time seized. E. Q. Favish was the party to whom the mer- chandise was sent, and the cars seized were Nos 1905 and 1859.
 The seizure took place on November on the strength of warrants issued from the criminal court on an affidavit by c. w. Austin.
 The cases involving the other four cars seized have not been definitely set for hearing. The cases will probably not be heard by Judge Fort. who will soon go out of office.