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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08
State Insurance Against Human Ills

State Insurance Against Human Ills
 The reappearance of David-Lloyd- George, chancellor of the exchequer, in parliament after his physical breakdown was signalized by the presentation of an insurance bill which is regarded as more compre- hensive and far better than the vaunted German plan. The plan deals with both illness and unemployment.
 By the provisions of the measure every worker between the ages of 16 and 65, whose annual earnings fall below the income tax level of 9160 (S779) sterling will be compulsory in- sured against illness so as to assure him the receipt of five shillings (S1.20) per week, during his inca pacity. In this way the worker would contribute about one-half, the amount being deducted from his wages, while the balance would be paid jointly by his employer and the state.
 The weekly assessment against the insured would be 8 cents, in the case of man and 6 cents for woman, representing. as the chancellor put 
 it, two pints of ale, or one ounce of tobacco. The employers would pay cents weekly for every employe and the government contribute cents for each of the insured
 Dealing with unemployment insur- ance, the chancellor said it would at first apply only to the engineering shipbuilding and housebuilding trades, involving 2,500,000 workers. Both the workers and the employers would pay cents weekly each, the state contributing $3,750,000 a year, or about one-fourth of the total cost. The contributors when unemployed would receive a maximum of 15 shil- lings and minimum of { shillings weekly. No payments woulf be made in cases of strikes or lockoHts.
 This great scheme of co-opeNation is socialistic, involving heavy ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08
Kinr Georgc,s Coronation

'fThe coronation festivities in June promise to surpass anything of the kind in modern times," said travelled man. "The English people are plain and easy-going in every day affairs, but when 1t comes to state occasions they have always had a peculiar fondness for the niceties of ceremony.
 "The coronation proper will be 6 great church ceremonial and many ex- acting rehearsals are being held. When it takes place the King and Queen and their attendants, the earl marshal the lord chamberlain, masters of cere- monies, and a hundred others will be letter-perfect in their respective parts. Plesaic people may ask what is the use of all this pageantry in the Twen- tieth century? Such people lose sight of the picturesque in life; they lose sight of sentiment, poetry, and the philosophy of decorum. The great lead CTS and a large part of English so- ciety fully appreciate the beauty of old customs; hence the coronation show"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08
THE LAST OF THE BLooMERITEs

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 A woman reformer is dead, at the age of ST. in Vineland, N. J. When but IS i'll the early 40s, she put on a pair of boomers, and she wore them steadfastly to the end. She saw the bloomers come; save for her own persevering practice, she saw them go; then, in her last year, by the favor of Father Time, she saw them-under the guise of the divided skirt come in again. She died at the right hour, an hour which allowed her the hattering and heartening notion that her cause had finally triumphed, or was very soon to do so.
 Dr. Mary Walker is still alive and is still wearing her .bifurcated garment. There is a chance that she, unlike the militant spinster of Vineland, may live too long She may finger along until what. but yesterday. seemed like a tri- umph will turn out to be a final and
 rremedable defeat. Happy are those who, dying at s7, still die in time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08
From Harper's s Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
 ~ UBMARINE boats have been devel- oped to the point where they can 0 cover on their own power radius
 of 500 miles in effective fighting trim, and
 the run of the first division of subma- rnes from Charleston, s. C., to Annap-
 olis, Md, without aid from their convoy,
 making a distance of 800 miles without
 mishap, is pretty good evidence that they could give a satisfactory account of themselves in time of war In storm and calm the submarines are capable of nav igating the seas with credit to their in ventors and constructors. With fleet
 of these vessels stationed in the vicinity
 of any of our large coast cities it would
 be difficult for batteships to get within
 effective striking distance.
 The first impressions received on de-
 scending into the hold of a submarine
 are those of discomfort and suffocation. The accommodations for a crew of 13 seem about right for half dozen. One Is in too close proximity to whrring
 machinery, too, to enjoy the sensation. On all sides are arranged electrical devices dHu illdcHlleTy lO Operdl6 tnt CIdlL anu the torpedoes. A thin shell of steel sepa- rates the visitor from the torpedoes, and the outside water is so close that one can almost feel its moisture
 When under way on the surface the sub
 marine huns and trembles There is no
 escaping from them Some of the men contract what is called gasoline heart"
 If under water too long the fumes make
 one sick and dizzy. novice cannot re-
 main in a submarine under water for any great length of time without suffering
 excruciating torture. In time, however
 one gets used to it, and a trip may be enc of enjoyment.
 But 1t is when the submarine dives that the most unpleasant symptoms come There are 10 compressed-air tanks sup
 piled, and these furnish sufficient air to
 keep the crew alive a good many hours. But did you ever live on compressed air? If not it will be new ton, espe- | cially if you are 50 feet below the surface of the water. There is a tingling sensa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08
MOTION PICTURE MARVEL m the Chicago Journal


 pr. Cranz of Berlin has invented cinematograph able to take pictures of moving bodies at intervals of 1-5OO0th of second. This interval is so brief the mind cannot grasp it. but the entire path of pistol ball has been thus photo- graphed by Dr. Cranz. He fired bullet at bladder of water hanging by a string, and his instrument pictured this bullet at every stage of it's progress. Though the speed was 1000 feet a second. it appears to approach the bladder quite slowly The atmosphere around the bullet is seen to be agitated just as water is stirred up by passing ship. Following the bullet in its path come scattered grains of pow der which failed to ignite. and following these grains comes the bullet wad. A lit- tie water spurts out as the bullet enters the bladder. and when it reaches the further side the elastic wall of the blad- der bulges out like the finger of a glove Through this finger the ball ia seen "a pass and travel on it's way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08
ASSURING CROWNED HEADS

, while the majority of wealthy Americans
 hold policies ranging from s1eo,O00 to
 e250, ,000.
 An important feature of such personal insurance is that no speculative policies are legal so that should any claim be made the company issuing the policy can decline to pay out According to insur- ance law, whoever insures the life of an- other person must have @ direct insurable interest in that life. That is to say, he must prove that pecuniary loss has re- suited for him from the death of the per son insured. Moreover, only the exact amount lost can be claimed. Consequent ly, should an enterprising tradesman in- sure the life of the King for s50O0, al- though he only stands to lose R500 in case of his majestys demise, he would only receive the a50O actually lost. however long he may have paid the premiums on the pig amount. Insurance companies do not go out of their way to emphasize these important points at the time of is- suing the policy; but the moment a claim is made the insurant discovers his legal position.
 The importance of royalty to the dress making trade may be estimated by the fact that the sudden death of the King or the Kaiser would plunge all Europe into mourning, and cost the dressmak- CTS of the leading capitals quite R1 1.ooOooo. It has been estimated that the coronation this year will lead to the expenditure of quite e4O0,Oo0 in dress for men and women. According to one authority, the life of King George can be insured to cover the coronation for a21 per G1ooo. so that the premiums paid by dressmakers and tailors, if insurance were general. would aggregate about aSooo for the coro- nation period. ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08
From Answers.

NA/ brilliant functions and festivi-
 ties. must cause money to cir culate freely among all classes of the trading community during the months of May, June and July, 1t must not be for gotten that any unforeseen event which led to it's postponement or abandonment would cause serious losses to those di- rectly interested, losses which can only be covered by insurance.
 Very curious are the developments in connection with the lives of the King and other prominent members of our royal family. It was alleged that quite a3o0oo was lost by the publishers of prayer books owing to the death of King Edward ne- cessitating serious changes in royal names, etc, mentioned therein. Pub fishers of such books, which are liable to alteration with the advent of a new King and Queen, usually take out poli- cies to cover this risk. Probably few people are aware that not only do private people insure themselves against contin- gent loss, but insurance companies also do the same whenever they issue a policy on the life of any royal parsonage for big amount.
 The risk is divided among a certain number of offices, for few companies care to undertake more than 440,000 or a5O,0O0 on single policy, although policies for s1OO,O00, s150,000 and even e250,00O are written for private individuals.
 Most monarchs, princes and milionaires are strong advocates of insurance, which they regard as the safest form of invest ment. The Czar of Russia carries poli- cies aggregating s1,S00o0o. the Kaiser e1,- 0oo,ooo and our King nearly a1,O0o,OOO. One American plutocrat is insured for eSO0OO0,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08
AMERICAN OPERA AT LAST,

AMERlCAN OPERA AT LAST3
 From the New York, World.
 The opera Mona by Dr. Horatio w. Parker. which has won the $lo.000 award in the Metropolitan contest, will arouse threefold interest-as prize opera and as the work of college professor, but mainly as a composition in which may lie the solution of the question both of Amer ican opera and opera in English.
 Great creative works, whether in lit- erature or music, are not commonly writ ten to order, though there is the famous exception of Verdi's Aida" Nor is 1t to professional teachers of literature or the fine arts that the public looks for the great statue or painting or poem of the year. In the case of Mona" it Is taken for granted that an opera by the com poser of the oratorio Flora Novissma" exhibits musicianly qualities, while ss- surance is given that the "book'' is ad- mirably adapted to the score The en- thusiasm of the judges awakens expec- tancy as to the public verdict. If Dr. Parker has produced a work that can justly claim place in the Metropolitan repertory on It's merits. he will be hailed as the prophet of a new school of music.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08
HALE WAS BIG EATER

Washington Correspondent of Philadelphia
 Inquirer.
 Former Senator Hale. who for so many years was MT. Fryes colleague, was a stickler for etiquette. The forms of pro- cedure, which he always defended so viz orously in the Senate, worked out invaria- bly to his own satisfaction. Senatorial courtesy, the implacable foe to common sense always suited Hale's convenience.
 Now that Hale has gone, there Is a chance that the Capitol building will be enlarged and improved. The legislative and judicial bodies are crowded in the Capitol building and some years ago there was a general inclination to provide for an enlargement of the structure The plan was to stretch the middle of the building outward so that the whole face of the structure would be even Now the wings project the middle receding.
 As chairman of the committee on naval affairs, Senator Hale had room on the third floor of the building, overlooking the entrance. Had the entrance been moved outward, his view would have been shut off. He did not want to change to another room so he killed the entire inn provement project.
 "I have always thought that 1t was the elaborate meals that Hale eats that made him so arbitrary" said one of his fellow senators one day, "but when I learned of the side-remarks made by his colleague. Frye. showing him to be crusty, too, came to different conclusion. For Frye eats the simplest meals"
 Character according to the Greeks, is fate. By the same token, food would seem to be fate, so far as the Senate is concerned, because it is a fact that the kind of food the Senators eat has large effect on their temperaments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

best opinion available. to be handed down on May 15 If not promulgated on that date they cannot be announced until May 2s, for the supreme court will take a fortnight's recess on May 15. Furthermore, should a further de- lay take place it will have to be until the october term of the supreme bench These trust cases have for so long a period been the source of such inter- mittent unrest in the stock market that their ultimate influence Is probably greatly overrated."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08
Mexico's Civil Struggle

General Madero sharply defined the issue of the revolution when he said that President Diaz must, before peace could become assured, say when he would lay down the office he holds. To use General Madero's own words. eWhile General Diaz is in power all 1aWs will be fictitious and all prom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08
A FORGOTTEN AIR

By Paul Verlaine.
 'Tis the ecsthcy of repose. Iris love when tired lids close. Iris the woods longs shudderinr In the embrace of the wind. Las Iris where gray boughs are thinned. Little voices that sing. o fresh and frail is the sound That twitters above, around. Like the sweet tiny sigh That dies in the shaken grass: Or the sound when waters pass And the pebbles shrink and cry. What soul is this that complains Over the sleeping plains.
 And what Is 1t that 1t saith? Is 1t mine, Is 1t thine,
 This lowly hymn divine In the warm night. low as breathl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08
LIFE IN A SUBMARINE

tion all over the body. a pounding of the
 ear drums, and possibly sense of nausea.
 As the air is automatically regulated from 1 the compressed-air tanks, one gets his share of the oxygen but sometimes the
 supply may vary. It certainly does in l different parts of the ship. One may be
 choking for lack of good air in one part and be exhilarated by a too-abundant l supply in another
 Sometimes when the engines are run ming to charge the batteries the fumes of l the gasolene become so strong that men | are rendered unconscious. They must be 1 taken up on deck then to get a whiff of 1 fresh air For this reason the batteries
 are only charged when above the water. But in time of war 1t might be necessary | to charge them while running below. Then, indeed, the man aboard the sub
 marine might envy the aerial navigator l flying above the sea with his abundance of fresh air to breathe.
 Cooking under water is pretty uncer- tain and dsa greeable work The only appliance for this purpose is small elec- 1 tric heater. This is just about big | enough to heat water to make a cup of coffee and nothing else The crew have | their food cooked aboard the tender | The submarine is built on the principle | of economizing space in everything. There | is no room for anything except the actual | necessities. Every inch-of space is given
 over to machinery. This is everywhere, compact and efficient, but multiplied so
 often that one wonders what it is all for. There is machinery for running the boat, | for guiding it under water, for controlling
 1t when it dives, for compressing the air
 tanks, for operating the torpedoes, and even for regulating the power of vision above and below water
 When caught in storm in submarine l life is really not worth living. It con
 sists of a series of intense struggles to prevent death by being battered against steel walls or to keep from becoming in-
 yoived in whirring wheels and dynamos. 1 If you survive the ordeal you conclude
 that 1t is not necessary to wait for war to l find hell. It is with you all the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08
Some Phases of Tariff Question

q notice that the ways and means com mittee has decided to put into operation in one instance now, my suggestion made in the New York Sun February IS of a graduated yearly reduction on important items,' said Percy Clark.
 "When I was in Washington I handed that article to MT. Underwood and called his attention to the necessity of the dem- ocrats proceeding with prudent caution in
 carrying out the party pledges so as not to shock the business interests of the country and to give time for affected in- terests to adjust their affairs to the new schedules. I see that the wool schedule has been so treated and that there is to
 be 50 per cent reduction of the duty
 upon the bill going into effect, or cents per pound, and a reduction of 1 cent per
 annum for five years, which makes fres
 wool possible, In say 1916
 'There is one phase of the wool ques- ton that gals that consumer: it is the
 use of shoddy wool in the manufacture
 of so-called woolen fabrics. It has been
 made necessary, the manufacturers say,
 by the tariff and competition. If one wishes to get a fair measure of the tariff let him contemplate the relative price of
 shoes to other manufactured products l have for several years worn first-class
 shoe that costs only 8. 50 per pair. Every thing else, suitings particularly, have
 risen 3S 1-3 to 50 per cent in price in that l time.
 Many persons do not understand the
 recent decline in meat and many other food stuffs. The shaking up of the cold storage business is one reason, but the importation of meat from Australia and the
 menace of the meat trust in corrective legislation, and legal proceedings are all
 ready beginning to bear fruit. And there
 is much more to come on the democratic free list : n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

FTOm the NeW YOrk Press.
 About the only skill in lying is having an awful nerve
 A common mistake in the kitchen is thinking that bad temper makes good cook
 Hardly anything seems more unfair to most of us than for a man to be able to keep his own money.
 Nobody can have such a clear con science that he doesn't look scared when his wife begins to tell him he talked in his sleep.
 woman can be so loyal to man that she will be grateful to him for an allow ance that he makes her but never pays her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08
The March of the Seasons

"It is noticeable in this very unusual May weather that the fruits and flow CTS do notwait on the thermometer said an observant man, thence the de- struction of the fruit crop. What l especially noticed was that the mag nolias supposedly the blossom of warm kisses, has not waited, but for nearly two weeks has been unfold ing in beauty in the parks. It is notic- able that the sap begins to rise at a stated period, never mind the tempera- ture of earth and air.
 "A few days ago an old miller who has for many years tended a mill In St. Clair county, told me that unvaryingly about April 10 the sucker fish were abundant and easily taken for few days.
 And so as Chantecleer does not cause the sun to rise, so the sun does not have to pour great warmth upon the magnolia bud to make 1t burst forth in fair faced beauty and sweetness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

England Is bravely endeavoring to have a coronation without becoming nervous, and this is why she has just launched her twentieth Dreadnought.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

The bosses and grafters refuse to be- come reconciled to the commission form of government while it includes the re- call
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

The big trusts are getting some pun- ishment in the suspense which the sus- pense which the supreme court is handing out to them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

The supreme court says we can have forest reserves wholly regardless Of the woodchoppers and the lumber trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

John D. is anxious to hear what the supreme court thinks abou his corpora tion that has abolished a host of middle men because 1t wanted their profits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

Atlanta, Bessemer and Baltimore all only one of the three will be it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

Reserve a few swats for the mosquitoes ones should be applied to house flies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

The sight of Dr. owen of Detroit dredg- ing in the River Wye is enough to make the grazing horses snicker between nib bles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

The people of London should demand at once a safe and sane coronation. It is rarely too late to demand something.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

Another visitation of infantile paralysis should be prevented, and now is the time to get down to the task.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

Stenographers can no longer be com pelled to give up in Colorado trust secrets gathered in the course of their call-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

Turkey is buying American typewriters the machine, we mean.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

The lame ducks should be turned over to the Audubon society after the new com missions are abolished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

A free list of food products does not, however, quite mean free food.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

Spring is bewildered in it's wanderings between cold waves and dog days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

Chamberlain Hyde has resigned and his resigned and his houseboat in Florida is yawning for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

The Dove of Peace is finding Mexico an uncomfortable place to work in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

President Tafts kind heart grows kind CT whenever he sees a lame duck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

The weeks cold wave has been coldly received in all parts of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

Home rule for Ireland looms up every time the veto bill is advanced a stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08

He hath indeed a good outward happi- ness!
 Much Ado About Nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-08
BRooKLyN,s WOMAN MIsER

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-30
PAY VISIT TO
MINERAL BELT
LOCAL PARTIES WHO ARE IN
TE2ESTED VISITED THE AR
BUCKLES FRIDAY.

I'd Byrd j. D. Hardwick and v.
r. Warren spent Friday in the miner
al fields o. the A-buckle mountains,
whore they are Interested in several
claims and were optimistic yesterday
over the promises held forth by
present indications on their property.
There is no doubt In their minds
or iu the minds OF several exper-
mining engineers that the Arbuckles
a'c Immensely len in mineral de-
posts. principally lead and zinc OF
the latter deposit n shows every
wnerc IN the bel, which Is from
eight yards 10 two miles wide, and
extends a distance o. nearly thirty
mile, to be vastly richer than the
joplin fields and far more accessi.
Bile They say that money Is avail
able 10 develop these fields and
work viii be prosecuted gradually,
bu' what IS needed as well as cap
ital 10 develop the mines is rail
Way TO transport the ore after it is
mined. ana this they confidently be
lielc will be built in the very near
utur" There are several railroad
schemes on foot. bur Just which one
viii. finally build the line is unknown