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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

chewed gum, not even spruce gum, wnicn in those day was handy, and which would wear out as the modern ehicle VIII not do One of the worst evils laid to gum ,s due to it's durability, which results In the practice of sticking the auid on the furniture and woodwork to be used again, with it's accumulation of dirt. IL IS all q fallacy, say the medical authorities who were foregathered in convention that gum serves any dietetic or diges- tive purpose It does harm instead or good They say the tremendous task ol all day gum chewer is the cause, doupt- less of serious digestive trouble, although the doctors seriously disagree on this subject as well as others. Commissioner ..e Health Evans uses no tobacco in any form, but keeps his jaws working vigor- ously on chewing gum Some Of the most noted writers are said to use tnis sup stitute for any stimulant or a narcotic which. according to their temperament they found previously useful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
AEROPLANE IS NOT POTENT
 FACTOR IN REAL WARFARE

San Antonio, Tex, March 31.-(Special) ) That the value of the aeroplane as a military means is more fanced than real has been amply demonstrated by the ex- periments now in progress at Fort Sam Houston. Although Lieut. B. D. Foulois can lay claim to being as expert with the machine as it's present stage of de- velopment permits. he has not succeeded in bringing out one solitary point that would recommend the eontrivance to an army man as far as reliability and so practcability are concerned. Army of- fcers at Fort Sam Houston, enthusiasts execepted, of course, fail to see to what use the aeroplane could be put to in time of active service. The oft repeated state ment that it would serve as a means of offense brings nothing more than a smile to their faces, and as an agent of intel ligence the machine seems equally den- cient.
 Fine theories to the contrary notwith- standing, it is a fact that high explosives dropped from an aeroplane, or from a dirigible balloon, for that matter, would do very little damage in the open. Against redoubts or fortifications they might prove more effective in case the operator sue ceeded in placing the explosive where 1t could do it's best. With the dirigible bal loon this would be easier than with tne aeroplane for the reason that 1t could drop the explosive from a height great enough to place it beyond the reach of the enemy-a necessary condition for &C., curate work of that kind Moreover the 6irigible could come to a standstill and drop its mines perpendicularly or with out the interference of the forward mo- rnentum that would be given to the mine dropped from an aeroplane. The aero plane in order to be kept afloat must preserve a constant lateral progress and for this reason all objects liberated from 1t will fall in 4 trajectory course, the degree of which is governed by the speed of the machine. The best illustration of this perhaps would be the course de- scribed by a stone thrown from a swiftly moving train.
 To land a mine on deck of a battleship or even on surface 20 times greater from an aeroplane sailing at height of 800 feet at a speed of 40 miles ai, hour without some sort of sighting and aiming apparatus would be the result of pure coincidence. At that height and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
PIan to stop rirht

Oakland. Cal, March 31.-The church federation of this district began today a crusade against the holding of the Jef- Johnson fight at Erneryville. July 4 by instructing counsel to take legal steps to prevent the contest. After confer ence with the district attorney the attor- ney for the churcnn1en. G. c. White. an no,nced,hc would institute legal proceed ings to prevent the fight. |.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
Plans of NationuIIsts

London, March 31.-The nationalists at meeting today over which John E. Redmond presided decided that while giving general support to the gov ernment's veto resolutions they would vote in favor Of amendments making g the legislation by the house of com mons effective upon a second rejection by the lords instead of upon the third rejection and removing the condition that two years must elapse between the introduction of bill and its final passage by the house of commons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
Fay Worked at Peoria

Peoria, ITl., March 31.-Eddie Fay is the man alleged to have blown the safe of the Peoria Public Library in January, 1907, in the interest of Newton c. Dough- erty, former public school superintendent later convicted of embedding the school funds, and who Is now serving a term in Joliet prison. Fay is supposed to have stolen all but a few pieces of the Dougher- ty script. Though a search was made for him, nothing has since been heard of Fay until his arrest in New York;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
shoot. Mother By Mlstnke

Harrisburg, Ark, March 31.-Mistaking his mother, Mrs. John Stafford. for a chicken thief as she was at work clipping the wings of her fowls in the henhouse early today, Frank Stafford shot her with shotgun. The entire load took effect in her left side, infiicting probably fatal wounds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
DUST MENACE HAS CAUSED WHOLE
 CITY TO DEMAND IMMEDIATE ACTION
,coNrINUED FROM PAGE 5.)


  to oil all of the present cherted streets This oil. understand, may be secured for GA cents per gallon, 90 per cent pure asphalt and one gallon to the square yard would prove sufficient The cost of putting it down would come under the same class as the cost of sprinkling water, and I see no reason why 1t couldn't be done this way. Experiences of other cities and in Birmingham have shown oil to be the only real dust allayer.
 Street Cars Largely to Blame
 Alderman Barnes Morgan of the Eighth ward, another member of the street com mttee, said when questioned regarding the dust problem:
 By all means the Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company should be required to sprinkle it's tracks in every part of Birmingham. The cars raise great clouds of dust and make it ex- tremely uncomfortable not only for the people residing along the line. but all most unbearable for the passengers. would certainly vote for an ordinance requiring this. I also think the city should sprinkle just as much of the city as 1t possibly can. and if the $4oo COO bond issue carries the Board of Aldermen will probably be in a position to purchase more sprinklers. The four which the finance committee authorized the Mayor to purchase will help greatly. but sin cerely hope we will be in position to get q great many more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

part of the town though, this leaves the main thoroughfares dry. The car lines are extremely dusty and the cars kick up the dust at an awful rate. I also think the city should sprinkle all of the main tloroughfares like Fifth avenue, Tenth avenue, and the great number of others, several times day and also keep the other streets well sprinkled. I will do all can to find solution of the prob lem, and the Board of Aldermen should by all means take up the matter imme- diately"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
Hindered By Lack of Funds

Htmdered By LACK OI funus
 Alderman M J. Gregg of the Seventh ward, a member of the street commit tee, thinks the dust should be settled, but does not think the street car com pany should be required to sprinkle a street which the city does not sprinkle. 'The Board of Aldermen is doing all it can to solve the problem" said MT. Gregg, but we are greatly hindered by the lack of funds and the passage of the $4o0,0oo bond issue is our only hope. MT. Ford of the street car company states that he does not think it fair for his com pany to have to sprinkle streets which the city does not and I am rather in clined to think it would be a bit un- fair
 Ford Thinks Suggestion Unfair sThe suggestion that has been made that the street railway company should be forced to sprinkle the streets over which it operates cars is not fair" said A. H. Ford, president of the Birmingham
 Railway, Light and Power company. There was a time, perhaps, when the street cars raised more dust in the streets than anything else, but that is not so now. One automobile raises more dust than five street cars and to my mind are the principal offenders since the dust can- not be laid by the city authorities through some equabe tax. It is a fact that the street railway company of Birmingham pays one-third the expense of what sprinkling is done now To put all the bur den of controlling the dust on all the streets over which we operate is too
 much. If the cars produced the dust it would be different. I would suggest that the outlying streets and roads be oiled. Where this has been tried it has proven beneficial in holding the dust and keep | ing the roads in good condition. For the l paved streets in the center of the city would suggest that they be washed off The fire department could clean the streets thoroughly at night with their l fire hose. This method has been adopted
 in some of the large cities and Is found
 to be much more effective than sprink- linp and sWeepng"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01

How to keep the brood SOW on the farm, that is the big problem evolved by the high prices for hogs at Chicago and other markets, prices so high some of the packers have announced the determina- ton to suspend pork packing for pe- riod because it has become unprofitable. Alarm is expressed by agricultural pa pers that breeding animals will be sold during the period of high prices. There is basis for the fear, for the low prices which followed the stringency of 1907 had the effect of sending brood sows to mar ket, and the present scarcity of hogs is partly due to that fact.
 Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture pointed out in his report Of 1909 that the 1907 price of hogs was very low. and many farmers sent their breed- ing sows to market under the apprehen- sion that the then prevailing low price of hogs would continue. By that opera tion the number of breeding sows in the country was much depleted. It is the irony of fate that the reaction which has fol- lowed this, and the scarcity brought about by the sale of the brood sows has advanced the price of pork to much more than twice what it was in 1907. And now. again, this is inducing farmers to sacri- fee breeding animals. It is expected that before long movement of comprehen- sive character will be put on foot to pre- vent these tendencies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
LOOKING ID CANADA FOR GRAIN SUPPLY Patten Says America Cannot
 Produce Enough ALARM AT HIGH PRICES Fear Is Expressed Tint High Prices for Hogs and Cattle win Rapidly
 Tend to Cut Down Produc- tion of Animals
ALARM AT HIGH PRICES

Chicago March s1.-(Special )--No solu- ton of Uncle Sam's predicament. with bread consumption increasing faster than wheat supply, has been offered to con trovert the prediction of James A. Pat ten of Chicago, when he left for Europe, that we soon must look to Canada for our grain. He said that within five years production will not equal consumption, that in our extravaganza we throw away more food than would supply almost any other country. Where will we get our wheat. then?'' MT. Patten was asked. From Canada, from Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatechwan. Alberta is an empire. It's virgin soil will produce, if necessary, 5e0,OOO,00O bushels of wheat annually" These figures explain the tremendous rate of construction work being done by the Canadian Pacific, the Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk Pacific in the western provinces of Canada. "The wheat situa- ton in this country, so far as production is concerned, presents very serious question. I make the prediction that within five years the people of this coun- try will go to Washington and with sup pliant hands demand that the duty on wheat be taken off. And they will get their request he added. The concern over the prospective dearth of wheat sup ply is shown by the effort which the grain exchanges of the United States are considering to increase the per-acre crops by systematic education of the produ- cers in better methods and conservation of soil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
Sprinkle Main Thoroush fares

Alderman J. w. Mcdonald of the Eleventh ward, also member of the street committee, expresses the same opinion. Certainly the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company should sprinkle every bit of It's tracks, ' said MT Mcdonald. "At recent meet ing of the city council introduced a resolution to this effect, but 1t was not acted upon, 1t being explained that the company was paying one-third of the Fprinklipg cost. As the ,cjiy only sprllnaksl!es
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-19
MICHIGAN
PLAYS SAFE
STAR Specially

ANN ARBOR, Nov Believing
discretion to be the biggest part Of
valor, or words TO that effect, the
Michigan authorities announced last
night through Coach Yost. that Bot
ties" Thomson would not participate
today.
They adopted nice clever lit,Ie
way OF backing out OF a delicate situa.
ton Minnesota had questioned
ThomsOns eligibility, more particula~-
~ as 10 how he got into college Dr.
Williams. Gopher coach. said positive
" yesterday. that Il Thomson played
Michigan would be guilty OF breach
OF contract Minnesota aren't the
kind OF folks 70 pack their tin dishes
and go home just because an alleged
ineligible is likely 10 play, so they
made no declarations similar TO the
ones thai led up 10 calling of fine
Notre Dame contest All Minnesota
said was:
We believe Thomson is not eligible
and are using moral suasion 70 con
vince Michigan he should not partici-
pate" To which Michigan replied
'Tawton is the better man and will
replace Thomson because Of that fact.
not because he is ineligible"
Thus Minnesota was appeAsed and
Michigan didn't have 10 incriminste
itself. and everything IS lovely.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-19
TIGERS
LOOK TO ED.

Barring the collapse OF the Ath'
Ietics. it is hard 10 figure how the
Detroit team can expect TO land the
rext year unless Hughey
Jennings is fortunate enough to pick
nm several very classy youngsters.
with good pitching the Tigers would
perhaps have landed again this year,
for they scored enough runs 10 wiz
pennant. but their pitchers seemed 20
have gone back. and there rs no rea-
son why they should show marked
next year. Donovan and
Nullin. for years the teams main
stavs. have about come 70 that turn
in the road where 1t leads down hill.
aud this is a hard pair to replace.
Then. too. Crawford Is not he Craw-
ford OF old, Notwithstanding the fact
that he is stiIl able 20 get big bat
ting average. while that left neld IL
none too competeptly filed. whether
Jones or Mcintyre Is in harness. Be
hind the bat Jennings has but one
man who looks up 20 the standard
stanaEe-and he IL by no means
strong AZ nrst base These positions
and the pitching stan will have TO be
materially strengthened before the
next campaign n the Tigers are 20
come back, though the team even az
Il was made up last year, Is sure TO
be contender. Ed. Grillo. IN
Washington Star.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-19

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. 10
Thanked on four sides by crowd OF
IS, 900 persons brilliant in colors. Yale
field waited 10 receive the Harvard
and Yale football teams whose annual
game today caps the climax OF the
1910 football season. The weather man
furnished weather just right for foot
ball.
From their camps at neighboring
Meriden and Pennington. the Blue
and the Crimson squads moved upon
this city shortly before noon. The
Harvard warriors we're served light
luncheon at the Yale dining hall and
the sons OF Eli went TO their training
table for the last time.
Yale's varsity is in condition for the
fight OF its career and only among the
first substitutes appear the injured.
Baker, a speedy back, has badly
SWOLLEN left ankle and is out OF the
game. Tomli substitute tackle
has a badly 81. len right foot. He
walks with difficulty and cannot be
used today. Savage and Mersereau are
ready to go in at either tackle IL called
mon. and Reilly, Deming, Corey aud
Strout will fill any vacancy in the
backfield.
The rival elevens were equally con
fident OF victory. Experts question II
the Blue has found itself in time TO
do battle on even terms with the vet
eran Crimson players.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-19
ARE
FASHIONABLE
(stsH Specially

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov. 19.-The
Gopher Is here. Ten Pullmans and
two diners worth Of him arrived al
8 a. m or Whereabouts, and at once
proceeded 10 set niue million va:ie-
ties Of noise instruments into motion.
The human voice Was the chief agency
employed, although tin horns, buzzers
and whatnots assisted In adding to ;he
general confusion. II was a rare oc-
CASTOR OF collegiate JOY.
The Gopher undergrads travel n
style No plebian day coaches for
them-oh, my no. They live in Pull
mans and eat In diners. Their train
was eide-tracked near Ferry field and
the collegians will eat and sleep
aboard until they leave for home.
That is. they will eat. This morning
they seemed a hundred miles from
being claimed OF enough In a week to
shut their eyes.
There's going 10 be whooping time
In this mans town seventh II Min
nesota wins today's game there will
be q dull. respectful silence on the
part Of native inhabitants. n Mich.
gan wilma, the town marshal will close
the saloons promptly 90 soon rs the
score 10 flashed. The marshal. by
hex, 10 going TO be a busy gent II
the Yoet folks triumph. Not that
students are overly disor-
Derby, but there's going To be lot
Of stray enthusiasm running loose
hero In event Of victory
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-19
STILL ARE
ALL IN A BUNCH
Manufacturers Bowling League Has
Good Race and Men Roll
Well.

The Manufacturers league teams re-
tain the same position as last week
with the exception OF the Cadillac M
tor. who. by taking :hree from the
Chicago Pneumatic Tool. go into tie
with Demon" Eaischs Packard five
for second place
The fact that Packard aud Bur
roughs were bowling for first place,
one game separating them last week.
packed the house and some spirited
roofing resulted They were three
hotiy contested games. although Bur
rogghs romped away with the first,
rolling Tor total of Dos pins; Giroux
led with 30. Helwig 252. MacRoberts
l55, Pfister 3l0. and Fitzpatrick IT'S.
Their next game netted $50 pins.
Packard came back strong in the third.
winning y23 to $50. the Adders taking
quite a tumble as they roll very con
sistently.
McCord Lubricators put three across
on Bunny BALES Twist Drillers, win
ning the first by but seven pins. Nor
gan e. Wright dropped two 10 the Nc
Rae a. Roberts team
Cappe, OF MacRae & Roberts, wao
the big noise Of the night, rolling 277
in his third game. He started on with
nine straight strikes. and while his
tenth ball was good hit. the pins fell
bad With this big game. together
with his other two OF 16S and 204, he
noSed out MacRobert for high individ-
ual average for three games 30 far
this season Cape has 216 3
against MacRoberts' 215.
Pop" Heiwig and the Little De.
NOR "kaisch we're also in good form.
rolling 252 and 246 respectively The
other 200 hopefuls were Art. Bot
cher. 20c; Cape. 2O4, 277; Hun. 21S;
Carlson, 301 Gundsrson. 200: Hlnger
22l Schultz. 1913: Wendtland. 20S
Hoenscheid. pa; Giroux, 210. ga; Hell
wiz, 252: Pfister. 30; fitzpatrick, ZIP;
A. r. Boulder. 202; Locker. 202;
Kaisch. 246; Millspaugh, 22s.
On account OF II being Thanksgiving
next Thursday. the games scheduled
are postponed until the end OF the
season, extending the schedule until
March IS.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-19
SYRACUSE is
FULL OF HOPE

CHAMPAIGN. H.. Nov. 19.-De-
spite the fact that Darby. the regular
quarterback. will not start in the
game. Coach Tad Jones. OF Syracuse,
today declared his squad OF football
followers was In the best shape OF the
season. Incidentally Jones predicted
that Syracuse would easily down Hi
uois in the game between the two
schools this afternoon.
Illinois is in great shape and full OF
confidence as the result OF the sue
cessful conference season which
closed last Saturday Seller kicked
in fine form during light practice yes
serday. and a royal kicking duel-iS
promised between the speedy quarter
and Dean Waite, the star Syracuse
kicker
Several hundred Illinois followers
watched Syracuse run through sig
mails Yesterday and Waite put Owe a
field goal from the 40-yard line dur
ing the work. Waite will not start the
game but will be thrown in when a
chance for goal from field seems
near. Fisher viii start in Waite's
place with Waldron AZ quarter, IN
place OF Darby.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-19
EDITED BY
HARRY NELLY
MINORS SHOW BIG
GAINS IN NUMBERS
WHEN ASSOCIATION WAS, FORMED ONLY NINE
LEAGUES JOINED; NOW THERE ARE
80 WITH MORE COMING

But instead Of nine leagues. the
association now numbers 90 well or
ganized circuits with still others in
the process OF formation. Class A
has been increased from two 10 Ave
and class II from FIVE TO seven with
possibly three others entitled TO be.
come members. Class & has been In.
creased from two To six. while class
u. then without a single member. now
boasts OF 80, marvellous growth.
Organization is what has fostered
the sport To such an extent and the
weakest member OF the weakest ctr
cult freely admits that with baseball
handled on a basis other than thar
adhered 10 at present he would have
small chance OF continuing In the
business.
Many club would lose money were
II forced 10 depend upon the cash
taken in at the gate, but by means
OF ;he drafting and purchasing sys.
TEN, trustlike as II is, the club treas.
uries OF the poorer clubs are enriched
to the extent that they are able In
continue. For instance, there In a
certain club In Ohio which was able
TO show a credit balance OF several
thousands because OF the money re-
ceived through the sale and draft OF
it's layers and Il was not a cham
pionship team at that
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-19
BY LoHEN RoslNsoN.

ANN ARBOR Nov l9.-There
will be a big time in Ann Arbor to-
night II the Michigan team is vic'ori'
Gus over Minnesota. The winning OF
this game means much 10 the stu
denis aud they will see that II Is
celebrated according to all the rules
prescribed by tradition. Election
night and the winning OF the baseball
pennant VIII not be In class with
the celebration that victory Will
bring out I'm the quiet streets Of the
college town.
When the fnal thistle blows that
announces the Wolverines as The
Champions OF the West" for another
time, the fun will begin and midnight
will hardly see the finish AS the JOY
Gus rooters emerge from the gates OF
Ferry field after the game, they win
INN ediately form into the long with
ings of a snake dance. AT the head
will he the musicians and just behind
them will come a big hayrack drawn
nv the boys and bearing the victorious
niayers. The triumphal march VIII
lead TO the gym aud after the team IL
deposited will continue about the
town. or course numbers will stop
Mt the various thirst parlors. but the
majority will continue marching and
singing until supper time.
Meanwhile all Of the merchants Will
have set their spare boxes OH the side
walks in front OF their place OF busl'
ness and after the evening meal prep
arations for the big bonfire viii he
started. The Studcnt Council. cam
nus civic organization. Will have
charge OF these festivities aud they
will see that the firewood Is gathered