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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-04
THE BIG DITCH
Panama Canal 50 Great One Can
 Scarcely Believe It Made By Man

Henry Mitchell Webster in Everybody's s.
 I shall never forget my own first real look at the canal. It was at the end of a day, about in the afternoon, and I had set out to walk from Empire to Culebra along the brink of the great Culebra cut. This section Is perhaps the most dramatic in the whole work. When ships sail through here, the passengers on the decks will look up almost 300 precipitous feet along the sliced, red side of Gold Hill, to the crest of the Continental Divide.
 The workmen were all out of the ditch now and 1t was time to fire the big blasts. I waited in some trepidation, for the mo- ton of an amount of dynamite that can be stated in tons, being shot off at one time and in one place, was rather appall- ing. And what happened was appalling, though not in just the way l expected. My eardrums have been more seriously assaulted on the Fourth of July by f. inch cannon cracker. The quality of the noise made by that blast is rather inde- scribable It was immensely vast, sort of Titantic grunt; the great rocky ridges which formed the bottom of the trench heaved up bodily, under sudden cloud of brownish smoke. When 1t had blown away those defiant rocky ridges were gone and in their place was chaos.
 Figures don't mean much--millions Of cubic yards, and 50 on. But the great trench was looking at did not look man. made at all. The men who were strag- sline back into it looked like ants. The stea m shovels, arrayed en echelon. seemed hardly bigger than big black beetles. And beiated dirt train crawling up the in cline out of the cut might have been a caterpillar. 1t seemed impossible that their puny nibblinEs could have made thai gap in the backbone of a continent. Il looked, rather, like the doing of nature in one of her paroxysms. No, not quite like that. It looked like a crease Iron the fingernail of Almighty God!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-04
VERY ANNOYING.

VERY ANNOYING. There's delegation of reformers out side yelling for your scalp" said the office boy.
 Whats the trouble?" asked the editor. They say you had an editorial in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-04

Ohio is about to be Harmonized with a big IL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-04
OUCH!

'The long hatpin is no joke says the Chicago Record Herald That's right. Particularly when you see the point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-04

in his occupation and the farmer must understand the commercial side of his enterprise if he would succeed. just as. in the case of merchant, manufacturer or banker. I did not intend to talk of lecture on farming; but my observation in Msrengo has kept me a-thinking."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-04
oBsEssEp.
DROP TWO sYLLABLEs.

DROP TWU BY L1ABLES, Eva Tanguay is accused of 'cussng' stage hand and sticking him with a hat pin
 Poor dear! She's just boiling over with temperament"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-04

WELL WORTH WHILE. The sertlc art of cooking things Fills all the world with gladness And nothing, when 'tis poorly done, Can bring about more sadness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-04

REPARTEE. "Huhl I'm the big smoke in this town" That aint nothin'. I'm the original
 smoke consumer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-04

T hate to hear people refer to a foot as 'Trilby' A foot's foot"
 Not always. Jack Johnson's foot is IA inches long,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-15

SEC Imported Dutch Collars. in
scores Of new designs, the large
wide shapes which are so OK
desirable for summer wear EOI,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-15
FRENCH POLICE TRY
TO FIND CRIPPEN

PARKS July 15--Under the direct or
der Of the minister Of Justice. n Bar
thou. every police official in France to
day took I'D the hunt for Dr. H H
CripDen- the American wanted IN Lon
don in connection with the murder Of
his wife. Belle EImOre.
The search for the American and his
companion, Ethel Clare Leneve, is to-
day paramount in French police work
while considerable attention is bcing
given to the Riviera IT, which the Ital-
ian police are cooperating beyond the
border. and PrefeCt Leuiuc has the
crack detectives Of Paris raEsack5ng
the city. the main interest in the hunt
for The moment cs1te-s about BoulOEae-
Sur-Ler-
Il was near there that Ethel L.eneve
was educated IN convent. acquiring
the knowledge Of French that enabled
her To pass is a French girl
Though the police bIilG no homes oE
finding Vie missing couple near BoUioEne
thew DO Relieve. according to statements
made today. that there Is q large posi-
bility Of tracing them through an in
VeStiEatiOu in that vicinity
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-15
UNITED STATES AIDS
IN CRIPPEN HUNT

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE United
States authorities today took a hand in
the worldwide hunt FOR DR. Harvey
Crippen, the American wanted in Lon
don in connection with the murder Of
his wife, and for Ethel Clare Leneave,
his strenOgrapher, with whom he fed
just before the discovery Of AErs. Grip
pen body, buried in the basement Of
their London home
COMMISSIONS Of Immigration Williams
today notified all Of MS men 10 watch
all incoming steamers In the hunt q
wireless network is being woven about
the globe
The wireless search was started after
Central Office detectives here mad
searched the steamship Queenstown.
The police felt certain uhev would find
Dr. Crtppen and the stenographer on the
liner. but were bafded
They boarded her AT Quarantine and
made a vain hunt for the couple while
she was coming up the bav. This hunt
was repeated after she had locked. and
the detectives were aided by Mrs Rob
ert H Mills. a sister OF Mrs Criuuen-
Mrs Fred Ginnett, q personal friend OF
the slain woman. and James NTanauv
who knows the physician
Messages were sent out from New
York and London TO all liners at sea
which were equipped with wireless
Particular attention was paid TO boats
which had left ports in England after
July g, when the physician disappeared
This was four days before the body OF
his wife was found Liners leaving from
French ports were also communicated
with
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-15
Regular SIS

We've scored another achievement with this offer
ing OF men, regular fifteen dollar Blue Serge Suits at
1925 price that mas beer matched with suits of
the style and quality
As serge is the most pouar summer fabric this
sale should take precedence any other clothing
event In Washington Where else you count your
saving by many dollars!
Every suit guaranteed strictly all puT wool and fast color
Made of fine twill yarn tailored in the best possible manner with
the broad effect ape built shoulders and fitting
collar.
Choice of dark or medium blue. Sizes 3 to r.
Come tomorrow and let fit you Of these serge suits
at SOS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-15
OFFICERS SEARCH
ARRIVING LINERS
Close Watch for Crippen
Maintained By New York
Detectives.
CONTINUED from First Page9

today insisted that the couple now
sought were wed, but was forced to ad-
nit bat her daughter. when asked. had
never been able TO produce a marriage
certificate.
Prof Pepper today gave especial at
tention to the hair dug out Of the base
menI- as well as Of the hairpins and
olheT articles recovered By the police
an effort 20 identify the body by the
teeth also was begun today
Dr. Crippen's wife disappeared about
FEBRUARY = Crippen- with Miss LeneVes
who wore some Of Mrs Crippen'S rurS
and jewels. appeared at several enter
tainments shortly thereafter, telling all
inCuirerS that Mrs CTlDpeu mad gone 10
Los Angeles, Cal, where Dr. Cr1ppeu's
parents reside, TO look after some Of his
Then. a few weeks after Mrs. Crippen
event 10 California Dr. CrlDpeD in
serted in theatrical papers advertise
nentS Of the death Of Mrs Crlppen in
10 Mrs Crippen's haIf-sister, Mrs.
Louise H NILS. Of Brooklyn, Dr. Grip
pen wrote OF the death Of his wife in
California The letter is q clever piece
OF criminal art
Story Of the Crime.
Crippe.l told his sister-in-Iavv. IN this
letter, how one Of his wealthy relatives
in California lay dying, how II became
necessary TO have some one look after
his interests In the estate, how Mrs
Crippeu agreed 10 make the journey 10
Los Angeles, how she rushed through TO
California without stopping 70 see her
relatives; how she was taken III with
pleurO-pneumonia and had died Grip
pen said the body was being sent back
10 him in London
This letter was written rs the body
Of his wife was being eaten with quick
lime in the basement Of the house in
which he was writing
A short time after the death OF
Mrs Crippen- CriDpeu married Miss
Leneve- and introduced her as his wife
Even when the police suspected him
CrIppen was unperturbed- He admitted
10 the police that his story OF his wife's
death was a fabrication She left me
in anger ne told them. and 7 invent
cd the death story to keep the neigh
bOTs from talking"
The police declare that even If they
capture CrIppeDs they VIII have some
difficulty in conviCtiDC him II has been
thus far impossible legally 10 identify
the body
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-18

OF from the public teat and forced
"a Craze for themselves.
In order to set rid OF some chroni,'
setfasts IL is sometimes necessary 20
make clean sweop. but such heroic
measures are not often demanded
Experience should be appreciated al
ITS true value. The public service Is
rot benefited by turning out all the
incmhbcnts. good. bad and Indifferent.
apd Installing an entirely new corps
81 green recruits The most trou5l'
some ana dangerous enemy 20 homes.
and efficient public service Is tho
professional offceseoker Look out
for him and give him a black eve
every time be- pops his head up.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-18

request that 80 FAR as possible they
aid US In strictly complying with Us
provisions. You can see tha, there
is no alternative. ALL PREMIUMS
FOR INSURANCE or ALL KINDS
MUST BE PAID on OR BEFORE
FIFTEENTH or THE MONTH FOL
LOWING DATE OF THE POLICY.
The new law became effective Jan.
/. therefore. all business written since
that date will come under its pro-
visions.
Very respectfully.
ADAMS & GORDON.
]. n. HINES.
G. Z. BOYETT.
w. A. WATKINS.
10 Agents,
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-18
BRYAN. TEXAS, JANUARY IS, 1910
ROTATION IN OFFICE.

In the call Tor the meeting OF the
Good Government Club. published in
The Eagle. rotation In office was men
toned as one OF the objects which
the club favors II is sometimes as
serted that rotation In office is a
cardinal principle of Democracy. This
is an error; ii is not a matter of prin-
ciple. but OF policy. and may be de-
sirable or otherwise according To cir
cumstances. In the early days OF the
republic nobody insisted on IL. and
neither the Democrats nor their OPP
ponents practiced 1t TO any great ex-
tent. Andrew Jackson was the first
president who amazed his enemies
and delighted his friends" by turn.
ing out the rascals" and filling the
offices with men of his own party.
William l.. Marcy. a senator from
New York and staunch supporter
OF Jackson. was the author OF the
questionable maxim: ITO the vic
tors belong the spoils" Since Jack
sons time. rotation in office has been
generally accepted as q. policy OF the
Democratic party.
A change merely for the sake OF
change is not desirable. Neither Is
II sufficient reason for making a
change that somebody besides the in
cumbent wants the office. No man.
whether an In or an out. Is emit
tied" TO an office. The offices belong
90 the people. and the people have
the exclusive right TO entrust them
to whom they will. Whenever a man
begins 10 talk about his claims" TO |
an office Il is an evidence that he re-
CARDS Il as a private snap instead Of
a public trust II Is not good policy |
to turn out an honest, capable and |
faithful officer simply to make room
for a man OF inferior merit. whose
only plea Is that the incumbent has
had II long enough.
On the other hand. there are few
men who can continue to hold an 1
office for a long time without becom.
ing possessed with the idea that II
is In some sense a personal asset.
Some resent as a personal injustice
and invasion OF their rights anything
that threatens TO separate them from
their official salary. In a few in
stances they put up a pitlful mouth
whining that they don't know how
they can live II they are turned ont
In all such cases Il is better both for
their own moral wellbeins and f7r
the public health that they be choked
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-18
The CONSTITUTION AND THE
FLAG.

The name Of Bryan Is gall and worm
wood to the advocates OF special
privileges, whether they call them.
selves Democrats or Republicans
The san Antonio Republic says.
Colonel Bryan f. in Panama and
delivered a lecture in Colon. Wnero
the graft is coed. the lyceum lecturer
follows as surely as the const .u.lor
follows the flaS.
The Republic simile fits exactly. Tn
der Republican rule the constitution
has not followed the flag TO Porto
Rico. TO Hawaii, to the Philippines.
10 Guam or TO Tutuila. all OF which
are governed by American satraps
whose authority Is enforced hy hayo-
nets. II Bryan and Democracy we're
in power the constitution would fol
low the flag everywhere.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-18
LANE NOT a CANDIDATE.
In Address TO Voters Of District Says
Will Not Again Run for District
Attorney.

Hearne. Texas. Jan. 10. 1910.
Editor Bryan Eagle:
Kindly allow me space in your val.
liable paper to say that | will not be a
candidate for reelection TO the office
Of district attorney at the forthcom-
Ing Democratic primary.
As candidates are beginning to an.
nounce all over the district. and as the
primary in which my successor will
be chosen is only few months away.
IL has seemed TO me to be my duty
TO apprise the people Of the district
Of my intention. In order that they
may have ample time for consid'ra.
ton OF the question Ct who shall be
my successor. While ! do not want
TO take too much OF your space, | can
not close this statement without
thanking the people Of my district FOR
their generous treatment Of me In
the past. and for the assurances that
| have had. from members ~ the bar
and from the people throughout my
district. that would have no oppos'-
ton I'm the event should aspire to
reelection. and ! shall ever hold them
all In grateful romembrances for their
manifold kndnesses.
Respectfully,
J. FELTON, LANE
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-18
HOW IT LOOKS TO A MAN UP A
TREE.

The Texas Republic. published at
San Antonio. is the only Republican
paper in Texas. and has no partiality
for any OF the Democratic candidates
for governor; moreover Mai. Nose
Harris. the editor. is a veteran and
has wide knowledge OF Texas poll.
ties. Here Is what he thinks OF the
eject OF Brooks withdrawal:
Judge VI. VI. Brooks has withdrawn
from the gubernatorial race. and an.
nounces his determination TO resume
the practice OF his profession. Judge
Brooks is wise. Opinion is divided
as TO which OF the candidates will
most profit by the judges withdraw.
al. though a general impression pre-.
walls that the greater portion Of his
support will drift 10 Davidson. But
little II any Of Il win go 70 Col.
quit"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-18
TEST
VERY SATISFACTORY.

The test Of the road engine and
machinery Saturday afternoon. was
as successful as could have been ex-
peoted under the circumstances. The
machinery was all new and required a
great deal Of adjusting. Just as the
men who are 10 operate Il have to
become accustomed TO It's use. Fair.
ly good work was done notwlthstand.
Ing II was the first trial. and the
piece Of road selected Is said hy Road
Superintendent McMinn 10 be- the
hardest road TO grade in the county.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-18
NOTICE TO THE lNsURlNo PUBLIC


Austin. Texas. December 2G 1910
Bryan. Texas.
lGentemen:
Replying 20 your inquiry OF this
date. with reference 10 extending cred
Il to your customers on fire insur
ancc premiums. would state that sec.
ton seven Of the Fire Rating law pro
hibits the extending to any assured
or other person any privileges. ad.
vantage. favor. inducement or conces-
sion except such as specified in such
schedule" II. therefore. the SEIZED.
ules Of your companies state that
their policies are issued on a cash
basis you. as their agents. will be
controlled thereby The board. how
ever. is OF the opinion that collec-
ton made within thirty days will be
considered a cash transaction.
Yours truly.
(Signed) ROBT VI. HANDY.
Secretary
Since receipt OF the above letter the
State Fire Rating Board has pub
lished a ruling that payment OF pre-
MUM on any policy by fifteenth OF
the month following date OF same
would be- considered a cash transac.
ton under the law All companies rep.
resented by Us have stated in their
schedules and also by specific instruc-
lions that they will require cash from
the agent and n their policies are Is
sued otherwise Il viii be without their
instructions or consent and the agent
doing so will be hurdened with re-
sponsibllity Of his act or acts.
Section :. Of said law. is as follows,
10 wit:
NO fire insurance company shall
engage or participate In the insurance
u any property located In this state
unless the schedule 81 rates under
which such property IS insured has .
been filed In accordance with the pro
visions OF this Act; nor shall any Ere
insurance company knowingly write
any insurance at a rate different than
the rate named in It's schedules sub
iect TO the provisions Of Section g
hereof. or refund or remit in any
manner or by any device any portion
N the rates so established. or extend .
10 any insured or other person any .
privileges. advantage. favor. induce. /
mcnt or concession except as Is spccl.
fed In such schedule"
Section 70, OF the State Fire Rating
Board law provides a penalty OF 800
Tor each offense in violation OF the
law, therefore. We respectfully call at.
.ention Of our patrons and friends and 1
he public generally to the law and
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-18

When Theodore Africanus returns
something will drop with a dull. sick.
ening thud. VIII Il be Tafts head ?
or Cannon's? or Aldrichs? Guess.
Ing is no use. 'or Theodore Africa
nus may he .clieG on 10 do waa' tx
body expects
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-18

In Sar Antonio % Is cheauer 10
break records than '-gs. The Re.
public sa 3; "Eg-s on Wholesale mar.
ket jumr to 10 ceats dozen. All rec.
ords a. broken. At retail they are
out OF sight"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-18
FOR SALE.

1870 acres well improved. good land.
near Kurten. For particulars address
Box 554. Bryan. Texas.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23
COAL DEALERS
DEFEAT RAILROAD
JUDGE BREMEN sUsTAlNs RAIL
COMMISSIONERS IN DAvEN-
PORT CASE.

Des Moines, Aug 22.-(Special.) -
The ruling of the state board Of rail-
road commissioners that the Milwau-
kee railroad must charge only the Iowa
tariff rate on coal shipped from Illi-
nois mines to Davenport when the car
is turned over to them by the jobbers,
was rendered by Judge Hugh Brennan
Of the district court today. The case
is entitled '"The State of Iowa VS.. the
Milwaukee Railroad" and it defines
the line Of embarkation of the federal
law as laid down by the interstate
commerce commission and the state
law as laid down by the state board.
Coal was shipped over the Rock
Island to Davenport in Rock Island
cars, and when the jobbers billed it
out again the Milwaukee wanted to
charge the rate as laid down by the in
terstate commerce commission, which
is higher than the state rate. The job
hers appealed to the Iowa railroad
commission and won out. The case
was taken to the district court and
the commission was upheld The case
will be taken to the state and United
States supreme courts. The case is i'm
portant to every shipper in the state.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23
four DROWNED
AT CHARLES CITY
DEAD BODIES OF YOUNG PEOPLE
FOUND THIS MORNING NEAR
uPTuRNED BOAT.

Charles City, Aug. 22.- -(special)-
Frank Vaughn, Calvin Schaeffner
Mary Williams and Pearl Muschler, all
prominent young people of Charles
City, were drowned in the Cedar River
some time during the night. At II
O'Clock last night they started on a
boat ride up the river 1t is thought
that the boat was capsized. The dead
bodies we're found this morning. Cal
vim Schaeffner was printer employed
on the Charles City Press. Pearl
Muschler was the daughter of promi,
nent farmer living near Floyd. Mary
Williams was the granddaughter OF
Charles Williams. prominent bust.
ness man of the city. One report re-
ceived said that one of the men stood
up in the boat and caused it to upset.
Another report was that waves from a
motor boat caused the row boat to cap.
size.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23
.POPuL ALTON May
Be 96,000,0 600
RETURNS FROM TWO STATES IN
DIcATE THIS PROPORTION
OF GAIN.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 22.-Up to
date, the full population Of only two
states, Rhode Island and Oklahoma,
one east and the other west, has been
announced. The increase in Oklahoma
amounting to 100 per cent over the
population Of the same. area In 1900, is
phenomenal, and is no indication of
the rate of growth either in the west
or in the country at large. That of
Rhode Island, on the other hand. is
more characteristic of natural growth
in other sections similarly situated.
Still, Rhode Island, with her 26.6
per cent o: gain, is believed to be con-
siderably above the average. If the
Rhode Island increases should be
maintained the country would show a
total of about 96,OO0,0OO people,
whereas only above 9o,000,000 are
counted upon.
st. Louis Shows Gain.
The census bureau has announced
the population of st. Louis, and In
terest in the growth of cities now will
center on the showing to be made by
Boston.
For many years there has been
close rivalry between the Hub and the
Mississippi river metropolis, and the
question Of which is fourth in size in
the United States depends on the
growth of the Massachusetts city in
the last ten years.
st. Louis now has population OF
687 7,029 an increase Of 111,791, or 1914
per cent as compared to 575,238 in 1900.
In 1880 st. Louis was the fifth city
and Boston fourth. st. Louis then had
35O,51S, which was 10000 less than
Boston. Between 1880 and 1890 II
passed the latter, being 5000 ahead in
1890. In 1900 it led Boston by $4,000.
Boston is the only city that stands a
chance of dislodging st. Louis from
fourth place, but observers here are
inclined to believe the two cities will
maintain their relative rank In the
1910 census.
The cities that outranked st. Louis
in the 1900 census were New York.
Chicago and Philadelphia.
Detroit has shown the largest per
centage of growth, increasing frc.-.
2S5, ,7o4 in 1900 to 465,766 in 1910.
The population Of Atlanta, Ga, is
154,839, an increase of 64,967, or 1913
per cent, as compared with S9,S72
in 1900.
The population of Waterbury, Conn,
is 73,141, an increase of 27,2S2, or 59.5
per cent, as compared with 45,S59
in 1900.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23
REAL ESTATE
N N SUICIDES
JOHN R. MORRISON OF DEs
MONIES TURNS ON GAS AND
ENDS LIFE.

Des Moines, Aug. 22.-(SpeciaD -
John r., Morrison, aged 66, real
estate broker, committed suicide this
morning by. turning on the gas ana
closing the windows In his Office IN the
Youngerman building. He left three
letters In one he directed that his
funeral expenses should not exceed
$50. He was last seen at II O'Clock
yesterday morning, and while talking
to a friend remarked that If ne ever
went broke he would commit suicide
rather than go to the poor house ne
was found by the janitor at $3.50 TINS
morning. Ill health and financial trou.
bles are thought to be the cause OF
his act.