The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
PROBLEMS FACING
 AUTOMOBILE MEN Machine Valuable Ally to Desperate Criminals LEAKE INTERVIEW Birmingham Man in New York Talks About the Sentiment in Favor
 of Underwood in. His Home
 ~iF, 7 City
By ROBERT LEE CARTER

New York, September 9.-(Special. )-Men interested in the automobile industry are awake to the necessity of protecting the Community from the evils which have come from the development of the auto.
 The stand taken against the speed mania has borne fruit and the campaign is still being pushed vigorously.
 Now comes another matter which is at tracing the serious attention of the nigh men in the automobile world. Recently the automobile has proved a valuable ally Ito desperate criminals and the automo- bile clubs of America are considering means of minimizing this evil
 It Is a most difficult problem Of course there is no way to prevent a criminal buy ing an automobile if he has the price, nor from using it when he so desires. The only thing that can be done is to take some steps which will make the den tification of car easy and certain. This lis no easy matter, but the officials of the automobile clubs are accomplishing this result. They are at work now on a plan which will, they believe. do the business. They are not yet ready to take the pub llic into their confidence. but hope within a short time to have prepared the proper Legislation. It will be presented to the various state legislatures when ready. Walter R. Brown of Atalanta, promi- nent in, Georgia politics, has been in rhe city on a business trip. When ] asked about the political situation in Georgia he said:
 Tt looks to be a good bet that Judge
 Richard B. Russell of the court of ap- peas will be the successor of Gov H oke Smith, when the latter takes his seat in the United States Senate.
 |. 'The south,p added Colonel Brown banks strongly upon the activity of Sen ator Smith at the December session of Congress. The ability shown by Mir. Smith as member of President Cleveland s cabinet emphasizes the fact that he will be a potential factor in national Affairs There never was time whem prospe, ,ts
 were so bright for a prosperous season in
 business throughout the entire south This is especially true of Georgia. where industries are being developed and where capital is pouring in from all parts of the country. The resources of Georgia are marvellous. There is no state that offers such fine opportunities for making money
 We are looking forward with great pleasure to the visit of President Taft" added Colonel Brown We remember with much satisfaction his previous visits. and shall not forget the honor done Geor- gia by the appointment of Justice Lam to the United States supreme bench."-
 Three cities in the country possess subways,' said Gilbert Wiloughby of Beverly, Cal, the other day. but -here will soon be another. San Francisco Is now planning one of the most compl ate systems, and it will run the length of Market street One of the main reasons for building it at this time is to handle the crowds which will attend the Panama exhibition. Great throngs are expected. and the whole city is preparing for them. There will surely be accommodations Tor all. The hotels are being enlarged, and many new ones are being built.
 The recent reports of the earthquale were greatly overdrawn. The papers In the west carried no more than a few lines. as there was nothing unusual about i5 California Is, as every one knows. sub jected to periodical quakes This last was quite a shaky one, but no damage was done and California had entirely for gotten about 1t by the time the reports reached the east If we didn't have quake once in a while in California we would think something was wrong"
 
 We talk more about apples and she money we make by raising them than. about politics these days" says Miles Moore of the state of Washington. Mr. Moore has been governor of his state and there has been some prediction that he
 may yearn later on to spend few years as member of the House or Senate.
 we are never tired of advertising orr apples" he continued. and you find .hem in every city of the world Of course. if Is regretted that they are always called oregon apples. Our shipments equal hose or oregon. and our apples are just ss good. The farmers who raise the lpplas are making money, of course, but it might amaze you to know when you pay and cents for a single apple that our home orchard man sold it for about cent paid 10 cents for my apples at breakfast this morning.
 q do not know how many people han died It before 1t got to the hotel, but the farmer at home got mighty small oar, or the price paid. With the small price paid to the producer of apples, 1t is am,z- ing how much small orchard will bring II. I know asschool teacher who bought ten acres of apple trees, and out of the prohts from ten acres he was enabled to buy 100 acres. Now he has just sold that orchard for s15O.OOo''
 While the democrats of Alabama have no great hope that Oscar Underwood could be nominated for President. beca,sa of his geographical situation, I think thera is no doubt that the state delegation to the convention will start movement for the leader of the House majority. in the belief that it will direct serious attenti,n to the claims of the south for representa- ton on the national ticket,~if not for first place, then for second place, and if aot m the next campaign, then four years from that tlme,D says w E. Ieake, a promr- heht coal man or Birmingham, Ala. 'vho was recently in New York. .A &f
 IT MT. Underwood had remained in his native state of Kentucky or in Minnesota to which place he went from the Blue Grass State he would have attained greater prominence as national leader. perhaps. but in his adopted state of Ala pama there is no man more highly thought of than the chairman Of the committee on ways and means, and tho movement to give him the indorsement and vote of the democrats for President is deserved recognition
 Whatever body of voters in AIaban,. may be called the republican party nrob- ably will be for the renonination of Pres ident Taft" added MT. Leake, Tout there is not much of a republican party in the state. And there will never be so long as the negro question is an issue in politics.
 "A republican party Tn Alabama, as in other. republican states, cannot live, for the reason that to make 1t effective the vote of the colored man must be elminat- ed. and the republican party of. the north tc vufl1inu h cuc f q ia tr ta h,