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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-02-26
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-02-26
A 14-YEAR-OLO HEROINE
Jumps Into Creek After Child: Holds
on Though Sinking.

Trenton. Feb. 3.-Fourteen-year-ol
Josephine Matthews jumped into the
Assinpinak creek to rescue fve-year-
Old William Parsons. The effort TO
swim proved too much for the girl.
burdened as She was by the child. and
she sank with him. John Anbach. who
saw the accident. jumped in and car
RED both the boy and the girl to the
bank
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-02-26
SEYLER SAW GIRL FALL
Denies He Murdered Jane Adams on
Pier at Atlantic City.

Pier at Atlantic City.
Atlantic City. Feb. -Nerveless at
the end OF eighty hours third degree"
struggle with the police, William Soy
Ter has broken down and admitted
that he saw Jane Adams fall 20 her
oeath from the end of the Million
Dollar pier
IT. the same breath the prisoner de
nec numbering her. but admits that
he made no attempt TO save her
AS the case stands now. Seyler can
only be accused OF being an accessory
TO the death OF Miss Adams. which
amounts 20 manslaughter. his lawyer
stated
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-02-26

HEN the justly cele-
brated French student
OF detective lore gave
to the world the now
familiar phrase OF
Find the Woman. "
thereby inferring that
there is a daughter OF
Eve at the bottom OF
every big crime. he
voiced a sentiment
which. while plausible
enough may be set
down as rather super
nuOus One might as
well assert that every
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-02-26
Copyright. 1903. by w. c. Chapman)
Copyright IN Great Brittany

EDITORS note: Francis Reno. the
author. comes 81 a family of pi-
oneers and fighters. and is related
70 Maj Reno OF Custer Massacre fame
His earlier years were spent in the tur-
mon 90 frontier life In Arizona. where ne
was FOE some time deputy sheriff and
later deputy United States marshal. at
Tucson His efforts IN enforcing the Chi
neSe Exclusion Act on the Mexican Dor
der have been highly commended by the
Washington authorities and recognized
BY the Highbinders. who placed a price
OF $5.O0 on his head. which stands to-day.
OF late years ne has held "A highly re-
sponsihle position with one OF the largest
bank protective associations I'm the United
states. and as super. ntendent OF its Sc
cret service has established an enviablo
record OF success in running down bank
burglars. These stories are confined TO
hts earlier experiences In the west the
scenes OF which are laid In Arizona and
New Mexico near the Mexican border
The LAST Frontier. which until recent
years was Wild and lawless. and where
the typical bad man" OF pioneer days
made his last standl
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-02-26
Oldest Bell In Paris.

The Oldest bell In Paris is at the
Notre Dame. IL was rung In 1929 and
was recast in 1855
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

From the Omaha World-Herald.
 Eldora, Icwa.-The recent purchase by Sioux City parties of the Royce Grand opera house at Sheldon. la. will mark the passage into oblivion of one of the biggest folles ever perpetrated in north west Iowa. The building, which cost near ly S100OOO. was built a number of years ago by an eccentric old man as a sort of monument to himself and combines so many varied styles of architecture and workmanship that it is unique. He was known as man that seldom finished any thing he commenced and was of such a variable temperament that he was not able t9.4eep a set of workmen more than a month or two at time. Some of the work on the building was artistic and other parts displayed so much of "botch' that the building was never used never rented and never brought a dollar income to the eccentric but wealthy builder and owner. Before a dedication of the new opera house could be held the building sank and was condemned and considered unsafe by the city authorities.
 It would cost over sl75.000 to duplicate the building today. and 1t went in a trade and will be razed The foundations are built of Sioux City granite and 1t con- tains two whole trainloads of lumber. There are over 5000 worth of plate glass windows in the building and the stage furnishings, opera chairs and interior decorations are the best money could buy. The storerooms, which have al ways remained vacant in the structure. are as fine as were ever finished in the state, and the entire building, if it had been properly constructed, would do credit to any large city as g. fine business block. The rats and mice and cobwebs, dust and other debris and filth have occupied the property for several years. MT. Royce removed to California
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
Teachers By TrainlOadS

This Is educational week in this city, and there are hundreds upon hundreds more than aooo-of educators gathered here. Here are state superlntendents of education, college presidents, professors, public schools. These meetings of edu- cational associations are filled with earn est men and women who are devoting their lives to the education of southern boys and girls to the end that they make good citizens and together strive for the upiift of their state and section.
 Ten years ago such representative gath erings as Birmingham holds today would have been impossible. Today they are but the result of improved and improving conditions in our educational system.
 The Age-Herald has no intention of saying that Alabama is doing her full duty-that her per capita allowance to the children of the state is what it should be-that her county superintendents are free from politics fitted to magnetize teachers and pupils alike and to bring them up to higher standard. All this we do not claim, but we do claim that no state makes better use of slender per capita school expenditure than does Alabama.
 Birmingham welcomes the teachers and other educators. Between their labors let Us hope they will visit our great shops. our residence sections and all the length and breadth of Alabamas chief city. In that way they will see the be- ginning of the filling of Jones valley from hill to hill, from mine to mine, with a busy, contented population. Birmingham itself holds many boy and girl, growing I'D in the smoke of its numerous chim- neys, and when Alabama has a com pulsory education bill this city will en- deavor to see that every one of these children regardless of race or. condition, is taught to read. write and cipher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
Over 40, 1000 YaCeilated In This City

i City Health officer Hardness reports that over 10000 persons have been vaccinated in this city and this has been done as rule with a maximum of cleanliness and yet at a minimum expense. In 1S days the health de- pertinent actually vaccinated 2o,44r rersons and all told s9,2Sc tubes of vaccine were used or distributed among the physicians of the city.
 This shows that or occasion the health department of the greater city Is equal to heavy task. The sizo of the present city did not stagger thes department particle and 1t de- serves credit for the manner in which 1t met a public danger.
 The city is now reasonably safe from an epidemic of the scourge so much dreaded by all people and it's the housefiy and the dangerous germs 1t carries. Screens will be needed against the housefly instead of Vaccin- etion and the need of the former will be very great, and yet it is not cer- tain that screening can be rendered compulsory. It is at least possible 1o prevent the true dangers of the conscience the duty of protecting his own family and of assisting in. main timing the health of the community
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
JAP TEST OF MADNESS

Frcru tine Japan Advertiser.
 On Monday at the Tokio appeal court, before Judge Miyamoto, a farmer named Gisel 1asebs, 2e years old. convicted of muidsrtng his parents-in-law and severely injuring his wife at Osato-gori. Saitama prefecture. in 1908, appealed from the judgment of the Urawa local court, where he was sentenced to penal servitude for life,
 Since April last year, during the pub lie trial O. the accused, he has not ut tered a single word. This attitude led the !udge and the public prosecutor to conclude that he feigned madness as a last resort hoping to get released He was medically examined by Dr. Kure and Dr. Miyake, and in this examination Dr. MiyalSe adopted a singular method.
 There is a belief that the blood of a venomous snakesis soluble with that of an ordinary man, but not with that of a na6man. The doctor applied this prin- ciple to the examination of the suspected lunatic. and sure enough the blood of a venomous snake did not dissolve in the blood of tho accused. Thus the doctor concluded that he was really mad.
 The other doctor also gave evidence about the 1unacy of the defendant. The judge ordered that the trial should be postponed until the accused was reco7- cred from his abnormal condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
mrAMMANyy TEACHES SLANG

From the New York Morning Telegraph.
 Those past masters of the vernacular, Edward ". Townsend and Frank Ward OMalley, were given a lesson in up-to- date slang at recent rehearsal of "A Certain Party" This play is from their own pen. One of the characters is a tough kid, and for its portrayal Liebler & Co. have engaged one "Tammany," best known as Paul Armstrongs pro- tege.
 In one of f-"Tammany's" lines there occurred the word suckers and "Tammany" objected to 1t on the ground that it was not good Bowery form.
 "Boobs' is de woid," declared Tam many"
 Never heard of it," declared Town send"
 "It's de right void, just de same" in, sisted "Tammany." and he proved his case. A little later there came the wore pinch" meaning to arrest. Not a bit like it." urged "Tammany.' Pinch is way outa date. Nowadays de fly cops 'sneeze' place, and den d. guys go to stir. An appeal to Joe Humphreys estab lished the correctness of "Tammany's' diction, and changes in the lines wer, made to suit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

legislation When the trlumvirate brought in the tariff bill. for example, last summer, all amendments being barred, it inflicted upon the House and later upon the country many of the grossest in justices of that measure.
 The rules committee consists of mere men. full of selishness, schemes and love of power At will they forbid amend ments, cut off debate. and gag even their political associates. They assume the right To dictate legislation, and the assumption grows with it's exercise.
 The issue before the people Is this, Shall each representative have equal voice and opportunity in the shaping of leg islation, or shall the speaker and three or six men do the work that s91 were elected to doe
 This is the erux of the revolution, and the people will be asked to say in No vember whether that revolution shall go backward, or whether it shall go on un- til popular government is re-established in the lower house of Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

more successful than any act of the leg islature in compelling sanitary conditions in groceries, bakeries dairies, meat shops and drug stores In several cities of that state the women's clubs are doing the excellent work of convincing retailers that 1t is to their own best interests to keep their stocks in prime condition. Even more than this have women accomplished in Indiana. They have made most of the complaints and have furnished most Of of the law, with the happy result of de- veloping an actual competition in cleanll- ness among butchers, grocers and bakera, and of bringing about novel and attractive methods of displaying their wares.
 Not 50 much for the protection of the market basket as for its filling is the pur- pose of women in Seattle who have or sanized a commercial club, having the end in view of establishing more factories and lengthening their pay rolls. If woman may prove a ministering angel to tho weak. she may also be of practical sevv- Ice in helping to provide work for tho strong. If she may, aid in founding hes pitals, it is logical corollary that she may help to establish factories where the industrious may earn provision for them- selves and their dependents The women of Seattle have set an example of ag- gressive benefaction that merits the sin- cere fiattery of imitation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
pArrEN,s SECRET OF SUCCESS

From the New York World.
 There is suggestion of the modesty of real greatness in James A. Pattens view of his fortune of $2O0o0.O0O acquired in wheat and cotton speculation as an accident" Men with less than half his millions have not been so reserved in giving advice on the accumulation of wealth and in putting their finger on the exact traits of individual ability respon- sible for their success.
 This particular plunger qualities his statement by the assertion that good judgment played a. large part, and that perhaps is as near g. clue as can be furnished for business or other success. The old axioms of honesty, frugalty tenn perance and thrift are still occasionally heard on the lips of the commercial Po- lonius. But of what avail are these att tributes in the modern pursuit of the al- mighty dollar if judgment is lacking? The man who knows the psychological mo- ment at which to buy or sell possesses the golden key whether the commodity dealt in is cotton, wheat, dry goods, "Steer' or Hooking.
 The worth of the advice Patten gives seems to be proved by his own exercise of | good judgment In quitting the game while | he was still a large winner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
The Woodstock Corporation

J. M. Barr of Norfolk and Ernest Wil- Hams of Lynchburg, Va, who are largely interested in the Woodstock furnace prop critics at Anniston, now in bankruptcy, were in Birmingham for a short while yesterday The Anniston Iron company has been formed with Lynchburg capital, it is said, with view of buying the Woodstock concern and recognizing and operating it, MT. Barr, when asked 1T there were any new developments in the affairs of the Woodstock corporation, said: There is nothing to be given out just now further than to state that steps toward reorganization have been taken, and that matters are progressing satis- factorily."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
If Canada Should Fight

Our exports to Canada are twice our inn 5000 miles of borderland there is dismay over the situation precipitated by the pre- posterous and eoercive maximum rates of the Aldrich tariff. The standpatters made no efforts to conciliate Canada The big club was resorted to, and now Canada is told that she must give us the low rates that France had purchased by making corresponding reductions, and that she must not forbid the export of wood pulp from crown lands, else our tariff will become effective against her. This seems intolerable to the people of the Dominion, and thus far Minister of Finance Fielding of the Dominion and our authorities have not been able to work out a solution of the problem.
 The maximum tariff consists of the well-known Aldrich rates plus 9 per cent ad valorem. Take, for example, lumber. The minimum duty on it is s1. 25 a thou sand feet. The average value of a thou this would be s4 25, thus raising the duty | to S5 50 a thousand feet In like manner the duty on wood pulp would be s6.s7 in- stead of si.s7. On print paper the duty would be increased to s12 or s14 ton | instead of S. The paper trust would become monopolistic. but would the peo- pie at large be benefited?
 Tho maximum tariff clause would provs a political and economic bunder so fai as Canada Is concerned, and on March S1 we will know whether this country must engage in a tariff war with a neigh boring country including reprisals and al the other incidents that attend such : war.
 The border states are sadly disturbed over the possibilities of the situation. Can ada is not at all desirous of a tariff war. She simply does not see how sh can grant the demands of the United States, and President Taft does not SCI how he can avoid ordering an applica tor of maximum rates unless she doe grant those demands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
VOICES IN THE NIGHT

From the New York Journal.
 The man in the upper berth leaned over it's edge, and, tanning his frown firmly down on his brow, cried in harsh, coarse voice that was audible for a con siderable distance:
 sIi. you, down there! Are you rich?'' "Heh?v calculated the man in the lower berth, almost swallowing his Adams ap- pie What's the matterT'
 ''I say. are you rich?'
 "What's that, sir? Rich. What do you mean by waking me up in the middle of the night to ask me such a question as that?'
 'I want to know-thats why"
 well, then, confound you, am rich. f hope you're satisfied"
 "very rich?"
 millionaire. Now shut up and"
 'fWell, then, why don't you hire a whole car to do your snoring ,in?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25

east for buildings. railroad aeeommoda tions and hotels; and there are several theatres.
 MT. Shea. whom l represent, is na- tive of Cambridge. Mass, he continued, and a rare thing in that state-a staneh Jeffersonian democrat. He has never been south until this trip and is wonderfully impressed with the country. l, don mean impressed as an actor. but as a business man. He is a director in na- tional bank in Belfast, Me. and is a large holder of United States Steel stock. What is worthy of mention is the fact that he has made his money presenting plays Of q little higher grade than the average, which shows that the theatrical public is not as deprsved in it's tastes as some of the papers would have us believe. He has kept The Bells and 'Dr. Jekyll and Mir. Hyde in his repertoire for II years, and there is always a demand for these plays, where he is known
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
OBERAMMERGAU PASSION PLAY.

out precedent, as follows:
 oBERAMMERGAU
 PASSION PLAY.
 A steerab ble Parseval airship (undcr the auspices of the city of Munich) will leave Munich regularly from May on- ward for OBERAAIMERGAU and the Bavarian Highlands.
 Triee per Person for Round Trip st37.o9 One days hire of airship for pri-
 vate parties not exceeding 12
 persons dnclusive) ...s1, S75 GO Munich thus steals a march on all other cities, for it is the first to es- tatIsh an airship line with regular sailings or rather flights.
 And. strangest of all. this innova- tio1 in transportation appears in con- nection with the revival of a spec tacle in little Bavarian village that harks back to medieval days. The linking of the Passion Play with an airship line is even more astonishing than the use of the wireless by tho invading Chinese army in Tibet to overthrow the dalai lama.
 But after all, let not other cities despair because of the establishment of the Munich -Oberammergau line. It is q gasbag line at the best, and some up to- date city will yet have an oppor- tunity to start motor-driven aeroplane line that will make the Parseval line seem truly medieval.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
GIFTS TO DIPLOMATS
Large Lot of Costly Junk Accumulates In State Department

From the New York Mail.
 Had the framers of the federal consti- tuition realized how much heart-burning would follow as result Of their adoption
 of the clause forbidding any officer of the
 army, the navy, or the civil service of the government to receive decorations or gifts from any foreign rulers without per
 mission from Congress it is possible that they would have reversed themselves
 That provision has been cause of hard
 ness of heart and bitterness of spirit ever
 since it was ratified, for. while Congress
 has in many cases authorized officers to accept gifts offered by old world sover- eiens, it has withheld permission in in stances far more numerous.
 The situation, apart from the personal
 side, has become really serious. The of fees of the state department are all clut- tered up with presents bestowed by royal hghnesses upon American officers who
 are not permitted to receive them. These articles include loving cups, golden | swords, ribbons, and jewels of various foreign orders, photographs and other trinkets, more or less gaudy. The per-
 sons for whom these baubles were intend- ed have repeatedly asked Congress for permission to accept them, but have been heartlessly repulsed ever since. More than 200 requests of that character are
 now before the Senate committee on for eigr relations, but only the other day the chairman of that body, Uncle Shel-
 by Cullom. an unmitigated exemplar of Jeffersonian simplicity, made it known | that nothing or less was doing
 1 All of which is distressing. Something ! must be done to rid the state department
 of. these accumulated baubles or busi-
 ness will have to stop. It might work
 out all right to dispose of them by raffie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
lsood Friday


 Today is Good Friday, and is observed by the liturgical churches in commence ration of the crncifixon of Jesus Christ, the Redeemer.
 Tn several of the states Good Friday Is legal holiday said a layman, and Il was a legal holiday in Alabama until the present legislature changed the law ana substituted for this observance as state holiday Inc anniversary of Thomas Jeffer= son-April 13.
 T believe in honoring the memory or Jefferson and the memory of other illus trious statesmen, but not at the expense of the commemoration of the crucifixion. Mardi Gras was also a legal holiday Tn Alabama, but dropping that from the ilst was well enough, only one city in the state celebrating the day-Mobile. In every town of considerable size will be found churches that attach solemn significance 10 Good Friday. In London all business is suspended on this day. and in New York it is to all extent and purposes holiday. l hope the next legislature VIII restore Good Friday as a legal holiday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
Cannonism Fights Every Inch of the Way

It is out of the frying pan into the fire when Chairman Dalzell. who reeks with Aidrichsim and icycles. goes to the head c the new rules committee, vice Can non bounced. The other five republicans Of the committee are thirty-third degree otandpatters Speaker Cannon was pres ont and voted very naturally for the en- tire Tawney, slate.
 gre now to have legislation at the hands Of six Cannonites. all close personal lsfends of the speaker. No suggestions that an insurgent republican should be placed on the committee were even enter tained This means that the House will not De master of It's own business, ahd that Joseph Gurney Cannon. despite re- cent heavy jolts, will continue to act as dictator in legislation. The people will decide in November whether they desire . continuance of legislation of thef one. man sort. for the action of the republican caucus has fully and suuarely put the Anal decision up to and upon the peo' Dse.
 theoretically the majority Is master ir the House, but the theory has not of late had q chance. Tn reality the speaker and his rules comnitte determine the fate oi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-25
WOMEN AND MARKET BASKETS

The family market basket. If rightly in- spected, should prove an effective instru- ment for the enforcement of pure food laws. The housewife who buys the fam fly supplies has 1t in her power not only to make such statutes accomplish their end. but to attain their purpose without invoking their operation. This proposition has been demonstrated as a concrete and
 bcneficent fact in Indiana. where the state food commissioner reports that the women who do their own marketing are