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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-09
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

F. Froush Jr. TO c. Nelson.
pit ne of sw 81, Alma. ...S 100
]. f. Pulford to X. P. East
man and WI, ne of sw Z.
New Haven ............ 400
!. Z. Pulford to ID. c. Collins
and VT, NV of ne Z, New Ha-
ven .................. 900
L. Marriott and WI to A. STRAIT
ton, Sc OF sw; sw OF Sc 2,
Elba NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1000
T. A. Madden and WI to w.
Colburn, lot II and pit lot -,
blk 81, st. Louis. $50
n. B. Morey to A. VanAlstine
ct al, lots ) and IS, Bradley
add, Riverdale. ............. 1850
X. Randolph to c. J. Dutt and
WI, pit lots 3 and 4, blk 10,
sumner ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50
/. Houck and wi to f. II. Row
land, lot 81. blk !. Bradley
add. Riverdale. ............. 100
J. \. Robertson to J. McNicoll,
pit Sc %, North Star......... 1850
J. Fountain and VT to J New
ton, = of Sc 9, Washing
ton ................... ......... 300
J. Proctor and wi to w. T.
Proctor and WI. pit sc IS,
North Shade ................ 300
e. T. Kepncr and WI to W.
Nickert and wi, V Of ne
-, New Haven 5000
V H. Shepard and VT to +. B.
Risch, lot S, blk 4, Elyton,
Alma NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 522
c. Mckay to w. f. Wilson,
]. Allen and wi to NJ H. Mills
and WI, lot Sc, Ashley .... 1926
II. Montgomery and WI to A.
Landi, pit sw 10, Elba...... 800
O. J. Federspiel and WI to b.
Smith, pit sw OF ne p, La
fayette OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1000
c. c. Anthony and WI 10 J II.
Anthony. NV Of ne ,. Bethany 1000
J.. Vandemark and WI to T. y.
Post and vi, pit sc of sc 5,
Forest Hill Observation-Disclosures. -
y. H. Wells to H. J. Wells, W
= of NV II. New Haven. $500
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-09
Foreign

Twenty-one persons were trampled
to death at Sha-Yang, Haupeh prov
ince, when a horde of starving Chi
nese fought for the food which mis-
sionaries were attempting TO distrib-
ute. A great many others were IN
jured
According to cable advices received
at New York from Costa RIGA, DR.. Ru-
dolph Espinosa, we'll known through
out Central America, and as others
are to be shot by the Estrada govern
ment OF Nicaragua. The date of exc
cution is kept secret.
Orders have been given by the Jap
anese admiralty to the Mitsuibishi
company and the Kawasaki dock yards
for two battle ships of $4,000 tons.
The two companies have sent four ex
perts to the Vickers Maxim yards in
England, where a Japanese warship is
being built.
Austria and Italy are hurrying troops
and guns TO the frontier that separate
them. The military movement is be
ing executed quietly, but both govern
ments are animated by a spirit which
bodies trouble. The irredentist agita-
ton In Italy to regain possession Of
Trieste, on the coast, and Trent, in
the Tyrol, from Austria, has assumed
sudden force and activity.
London underwriters with whom
Mrs. Maldwin Drummond had insured
her stolen pearls and rings for $780,
600 have offered q reward of e6 600.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-09

Protection For Lamp chinnrsys.
1t Is not generally known that II
lamp wicks are soaked in vinegar,
then allowed to dry before using, the
lamp chimney will not get smoked.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-09
Domestic

Suit overshadoWing the Standard
Oil company litigation was filed in the
federal court at Cleveland by the
United States government against the
General Electric company OF New
York. the National Electric Lamp
company of New Jersey and 33 other
companies named as members of the
electrical trust and charged with re-
straint Of trade and hurtful monopoly
Dissolution of the alleged combine is
sought.
The bill codifying the laws, which
was signed by the president virtually
abolishes the circuit courts and i'm
poses the work now performed by the
circuit courts upon the district court
Judges, leaving the circuit court
Judges free for their more important
work upon the circuit court of APP
peals.
Mrs. Charles H. Strong, the daugh-
ter Of Hon. William L. Scott. the mil
lionaire congressman of Erie, Pa,
whose mausoleum was desecrated by
ghouls last month, has received a
"Black Hand" letter demanding GER
tain sum Of money with the alterna-
tive of dire vengeance TO herself and
members Of her family
or more than a thousand students
enrolled in the college at the Univer-
sity of Kansas 496 have failed ac-
IN
faculty or this number one-third are
women.
The senate Of the Missouri assem-
bly, passed a bill allowing damages
amounting to 81 800 for mental an
guish for the failure of telegraph com
panies TO deliver kilograms promptly.
Disappointed because she did not re-
ceive 5000 loaned TO a friend during
more prosperous days, Mrs. Josephine
W. Quirles, thirty-seven years old. a
daughter of Davis II Watts. former
governor of Colorado, committed sui
eide at Los Angeles by inhaling gas.
The main building of Mount st.
Mary's college. a large Catholic insti-
tuition on Watching mountain. near
Plainfeld. n. j.. was burned. The
damage was more than 5000 900. Near
ly $50 students and sisters got out in
safety.
Establishment Of a woman's college
at New London. Conn, is assured by
the announcement that an endowment
fund of s134.s24, has been raised by
voluntary subscription. The largest
single gift is one Of $4,000 from Nor
ton f. Plant
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-09

Cures Catarrh of Head
Throat and stomach
Price 25c by Druggists.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-09

London underwriters with whom
Mrs. Maldwin Drummond had insured
her stolen pearls and rings for $780,
900 have offered . reward Of 5000.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-09

The main building of Mount st.
Mary's college. a large Catholic insti-
tuition on Watching mountain. near
Plainheld n. j.. was burned The
damage was more than 100000 Near
ly ESQ students and sisters got out in
safety
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-09

The New Mexican constitution pro
viding for statehood for the former
territory was ratified in the house by
a unanimous vote and amid cheer
Ing.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-09

The Minnesota house has passed a
bill providing for the adjustment OF
capital punishment in that state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
Mobile Condemns Aldermanic Rule

In total poll of 3613 votes alder manic rule was defeated in Mobile by a majority of 829. It was battle from the outset, and the deliberate judgment of majority of the people of Alabama's only port is significant. This victory puts the three larger towns of the state under the commits sion form of municipal government, and clears the way for similar action in the lesser towns of the state. In these modern days aldermanic rule no better fits small than it does large town.
 Mobile voted under a general law of the state, and according to that law it's first commissioners, three in number, will be appointed by Gov ernor O'Neal. Much depends upon the first commissioners named. The commissioners appointed for Birming- ham have proven highly satisfactory, while those appointed for Montgom- cry have not been accepted by the people of the Capital City as fully up to the highest standard The selec- tion of commissioners in Mobile is a delicate and important task.
 
 The victory of the advocates of commission form of government in Mobile settles the issue in this state. Aldermanic rule must Ego" in every town that contains over 5000 people, and possibly in good many that con- tain a less number. Mobile was the stronghold of the officeholding forces and when it voted to cast out the adermanic system the battle of busi- ness rule in our cities was won, and there is no appeal from it. The peo- pie fought the office holders in Mo bile to finish, and municipal affairs will soon in this state be conducted on business basis and the recall will be rarely if ever resorted to. It is a great historic change, and the battle at Mobile is decisive and final.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

His associations, as far as I know,
 and those of his family with enlisted
 men and their families have been re-
 spectable. The young man is undoubt-
 edly honest and upright, ambitious
 and probably deserving, but for the reasons stated I would not desire him in my command as an officer and a social and personal assistant. The presence of the applicants family at military post would be subversive of discipline and their probable treat ment source of modification to them, and frequent cause for trouble to commanding officers. From an ex- perience of many years I have found, except in few cases, few communities where Jews are received as desirable social assistants"
 At President Roosevelt's sugges- tion Bloom enlisted to fight his way up from the ranks. Under the Gar rard indorsement he failed in his first examination, and in view of the pre- judice created by Colonel Garrard's indorsement he is to be ordered up for final examination in September, and President Taft says he will see that he has "a fair chance" in the Septem- Der examination.
 AS things now stand at Fort Myers | Colonel Garrard stands discredited, and Private Bloom stands signally honored by the commander-in-chief | of the army. Colonel Garrard stands accused of narrow race prejudice, and Private Blooms brave efforts are up- held by both the President and the Secretary of War.
 The snobbishness of the army needs "the dressing down" it has re- ceived. There are plenty of Garrards in it, and it is to be hoped the posi- tive repudiation of narrow race pre- judices by the President in the Gar rard case will prove beneficial and permanent. It is at any rate an ex- cellent precedent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
Regarding CIubd0I

Birmingham, with itss new University club is getting to be known as a great club town" said a citizen who is promi- nent in the social life of this community with the Southern club, the Country the Turn-Verein, the Phoenix, the Ath- letic, the Elks, and the University, all inside of the city and within easy access the club field is well covered.
 "Other southern cities of about Bir- mingham's size support number of high class clubs. AS a club town Memphis probably leads. Richmond is especially well off in clubs. It has four or five large club houses inside the city limits, and a country club outside. The most promi- nent clubs in Richmond are the Vest moreland and the Commonwealth. And now Birmingham is fully up to the older cities.
 Speaking of modern clubs, sleeping rooms for the bachelor members are usu- ally provided. If the Southern club had 10 or 50 bedrooms I believe they would be permanently occupied by unmarried men,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
Business Activity

'In most sections of the country June is starting off with fairly active busi- ness.' said Johnson F. Manning of St. Louis. Tn the west there has been lit- tie or no complaint of dullness any time this year. and the south Is about as well off as the west. Business has been re- markedly good in Texas, and it Is safe to say that it has held its own in all the southern states.
 Alabama will make bumper crops this year, and big crops brace business, of course. Birmingham, the geographical center of the south, has been somewhat quiet during the past month or so, but there are signs on every side that a strong and healthy revival all along industrial lines will soon be in evidence. The fact that the Tennessee company's big steel plant at Ensley will resume operation this month is great thing in itself for the Birmingham district. think 1t pretty safe prediction that by the middle of July the Birmingham district will have entered upon period of unparalleled pros perity."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
A PALEFACE BARGAIN

From the Mobile Register.
 Green McCurtain, once chief of the Choctaws, had a very high opinion of the business astuteness of white men. NO Indian can get the better of a pale face,' Chief McCurtain said to a Guthrie reporter during the recent Oklahoma in vestigation. And when two palefaces get bargaining together, then it is like cutting diamonds with diamonds. Two Oklahoma palefaces once hunted in my camp. They spent the evening with me. and over the fire and the fire water. they began to barter and traffic, and to make deals and dickers. Finally Bill said:
 Sam, let's trade horses-my bay for your roan'
 It's go, Sam agreed. The trades go. Shake on it, partner
 They shook hands. Then Bill said with loud laugh:
 Sam, I've bested ye this time My hoss is dead. Died yesterday
 Sos mine dead. said Sam. Died this morn'n.' And what's more, I've took his shoes off,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
ON s3 A WEEK

From the Haverhill Gazette.
 The tragedy of death such a scores of girls met recently in New York fac tory firetrap is great, but for many of the victims the tragedy of living was just as great. Here is a paragraph taken from the pitiful story of the Identification of the dead:
 A cutter identified his sweetheart by their engagement ring and her purse. It contained her weeks pay, 8.
 Imagine, if you can, young woman fighting for an existence in New York city on a pittance of ss a week. Im- agine her daily starving. her daily crush ing of desire, her daily killing of hope!
 What an awakening in the morning from a night of troubled sleep on a mis- erable pallet that gave no rest to weary flesh and bones; not an awakening to fresh air and sunshine and comfortable surroundings, but to squalor and dirt, mar row walls that barely give space to a bed, box and broken chair. What a breakfast must be hers. A cup of tea warmed over a smoky lamp and dry bread-no more probably. what a tollet! A pitiful effort to make few worn and faded garments look preesntable, and then a glance into a broken bit of mirror At a figure so unattractive and 8 face so unsatisfied There follows the long tramp to work, sometimes through cold, some times through heat, sometimes wet; then A hard days toll, 10 hours of bending over fine garments for the prosperous, and then a painful tramp back nome again to another scant meal and another nights weary sleep.
 And so day after day the struggle goes on to keep body and soul together, and the soul clean on a pitiful 8 week. It dare not stop-not even for sickness. It must go on. And with it all there is an everlasting hunger that is never satisfied and an everlasting yearning for something better that is never appeased.
 The tragedy of such living is as great as the tragedy of any dying. Sometimes in the years to come men will look back upon these present days of ours and mar vel that we ever believed that we dealt justly and uprightly with one another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
Consolidation of the Decaturs

Though there has been considerable agitation for some time without prac- tical results it seems that the people of Decatur and New Decatur are now about ready for the consolidation of the two cities said travelling man yester- day. |.
 'I understand that petitions are being circulated by citizens in both the towns asking for elections in each Of the cities on the proposition, and 1t seems to be the opinion of a majority of the people that the consolidation will be authorized.
 "Of course, the strongest opposition to consolidation is office-holding interests Tha people seem to be willing to consoli- date. There is really no physical division between the two cities and there are many advantages to be had from the making of one compact city One of the greatest advantages Is the showing and standing in the population tables.
 ''The last census gave Decatur 422s and New Decatur 611S A consolidation would gives a city of more than 10,00O people, which by the next census should be swelled to 15,o0O. This would make a gratifying showing, and would be great ly to the advantage of the every interest in the two towns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Democratic party,s streneth

Tt seems to be taken for granted by many people that the democrats will sweep the country in the national election of 1912 said Wilson E. Newton of Phil adelphia.
 T spent some time in the west in the early spring, and very naturally l keep in touch with the east. l realize the pos sibility. not to say probability, of the democrats going apart before election time, but the prospects for victory have not been so bright since 1892 as they are now. l feel 1t in my bones-a democratic triumph next year. Wilson, Harmon and Marshall seem to be the three strong can dldates. My choice is Wilson. But liar mon is exceedingly strong, and Marshall will develop remarkable strength in the nominating convention. I think Governor Wilson would make an ideal President. He is great educator and he seems to have dscdel capacity for administrative work. He is a man of splendid intellect, quick insight into political motives and Is ab- solutely sincere in every position he takes.
 "I have attended two democratic na- tional conventions but I am thinking that the next will be the liveliest in many a day."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
SUCH A MODEST MAN

From the New York Times.
 q don't argue long with a person, man or woman, who doesn't want hls photograph to go on show in my case, said the photographer, "because l am willing to make some allowance for modesty or shyness or whatever you want to call 1t, but some are too par ticalar and make me tired by the way they object to.a little mild publicity. But the worst case I have ever known came down the pike last week.
 q had In my window an eleven by fourteen photograph of a young fellows room in an uptown apartment, and 1t was a good one, sharp and clear as Winter morning. There were several pictures on the walls, and though they were small in the photograph, they were so well defined that I called es- pecial attention to them. And did I get praise for that? Well. If I did, nobody brought it to me, but the next day man came banging in, demandig that I take his picture out of my window He said he was a gentleman and didn't propose to be made an advertise nent of.
 q got hot and told him I never saw him before and didn't have his picture Ill my window, and wouldn't, and a few ether things, and he said more, and som ething might have happened if lady hadn't came in and we shut up. By the time she went out he was cool CT, and so was l, and he told me his af flx mans room in the photograph and he didn't like such publicity, and he apol- ogized and asked me very politely if l couldn't remove it.
 "'Now. did you ever hear anything like that? l tried to argue some sense into him, but l couldn't, and we com promised finally by his sitting for a half dozen cabinets on condition that the other was en from the window Will I put one of his on show when they are finished? Well, not on your tintype.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
FAMOUS FOLKS

From Tit-Bits
 The Queen of Spain has started a cam paign against the promscuous kissing of children.
 MT. John Burns possesses the last pho- tograph of MT. Gladstone that the great statesman ever signed
 The King of Greece collects door-han- dies. He has some thousands
 Sir Joseph Ward, the prime minister of New Zealand, began to earn his living in the New Zealand postal department, and later was clerk in merchants office.
 The Czarina of Russia is fond of swim- ming, and when staying at the St. Pe- tersburg winter palace indulges in tha recreation in a splendid bath of white marble.
 Lord Roberts strongly believes in lucky days" "Bobs' z" lucky day, on which he has experienced most of his good for- tune, is Tuesday.
 One of the proudest moments in the life of Princess Mary is said to have been when, as quite a baby, the late King Ed- ward lifted her on to the back of Persim- mon and led her round the paddock at Sandringham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
Big Crops and Active Plants

The Ensley steel works and rail mill are to resume operations on Wednesday, June 21, and it is inti- mated that the Dimmick pipe works at North Birmingham will, in new hands, begin to turn out pipe again in July. The opening of these two great plants will restore the activity of this district and affairs through out it will soon become normal.
 Rains are falling in the dry dis tricts and great crops are growing, and when great crops are to be moved the railroads will want rails and many communities will want iron pipe In other districts blast fur naces are being blown in because of the crop outlook, and surely in the
 south where great crops of corn anc cotton are we'll started there are abundant proofs of a great demand for the products of our mills and fur naces. Barring some unforeseen dis aster to the crops it is safe to assume that the period of dullness in this dis trict will soon be ended and the period of renewed activity opened un- der the impetus and magnetism of bumper crops
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
Lorimer Investigation No. 2

"The gentlemen's agreement" in the Senate holds good and the second Lorimer investigation is to be con- ducted by four former Lorimer men and by four anti-Lorimerties. Messrs. Dillingham; and Gamble, republicans, and Messrs. Johnston and Fletcher, democrats, stand for those who sup ported Lorimer in the previous inves- tigation, while Messrs. Jones and Kenyon, republicans, and Messrs. Kern and Lea, democrats, are on the other side of the fence.
 But when new evidence is pre- sented who can say where any one of the eight will stand? Our own Sena- tor Johnston did not see evidence enough in the first investigation to warrant the unseating of Lorimer, but when the Hines story is told he may look at the matter differently, and so may the other members of the first investigation.
 The one thing the public wants is a full and thorough exposure of the purchase of the seat in question by ''the big people" of Chicago. Here is one case in which it can be shown how the interests fill senatorial seats They have been doing this from time out of mind and now at last there is an opportunity to prove Nhow they dc it. Let the second Investigating com mittee see to it that the entire Hines Tilden story is uncovered, even if it has to fill the jails with reluctant witnesses. This is what the country wants, and it will not be satisfied with less.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07

highly expensive and it is to be feared
 that this point has been passed in some
 instances.
 Tt was not to be expected that the
 cut in steel prices would immediately
 stimulate an active trade, although it
 was q healthy if drastic treatment and
 in the long run will leave sounder situation. particularly as the reductions have been general with the exception of steel rails, wire and tin plates. These constitute the inner line of defense of the Steel corporation, whose chairman made an excellent witness in Wash ington in the sense of giving facts as they stood and avoiding differences, false generalities and personal animosi- ties, such as rendered the views of one of the earlier witnesses largely un- trustworthy. The coal trade Is quiet. and the mechanical stimulus to the an tracite business seems to have spent it's force. General business shows summer dullness, and the changes in the principal manufacturing lines call for little comment. In buying for the late fall and winter manufacturers re- rort a conservative. feeling, although il would seem that retailers must neces- sarily be under-stocked. The volume of the country's business is large in the gross, as 1t must be with increasing Profits in all lines are cut fine and collections are reported fair to slow It will be noticed with sat- isfaetion that bank clearings show an all over if only small one and the reduction in the number Of idle railroad cars Is encouraging"