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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-01
WILL OPEN CAMPAIGN
At FORT WORTH
GBv Associated Press

Dallas, Texas, May chairman
VOTERS, of the anti-statewiders, has
announced that the ants opening
rally will be held in the Fort Worth
coliseum on June 3. There will be a
barbecue, low railroad rates and prom
inent speakers, whose names and all
the details will be announced later.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-01
IN TWO MINUTES.
Easy and Quickest Way to Break Up
a Cold,

If you want instant relief from cold
in head or chest, or from acute ca
tarrh, try this.
Into bowl of boiling hot water pour
teaspoonful of HYOMEI pronounce
it High-o-me), hold your head over the
bowl and cover head and bowl with
towel. Then breathe the pleasant, pen
etrating, antiseptic vapor deep fnto
the lungs, over the sore, raw, tender
membrane, and most gratifying Keller
will come in few minutes.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-01
INSURE WITH
Southwestern

Life Insurance Co., Dallas, Texa
$1,359,454 Admitted Assets Decem
81, 1910, with $1,OO5,907 being in
cess of the legal reserve. depos
with the Commissioner of Insura
JOE 3. REED
will explain different kinds OF poll
SO you will understand. Do not
your insurance to stranger who
no interest in you, only for y
money he can make o. first prem1
Also writes Accident and Sick Bel
Insurance. All should be member
the Friend in Need Society.
At office 8 to 10 a. m.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-01

Voice From Below : Harold, you
mustn't interrupt the plumbers at
their work. dear. Harold = It's all
right, mother. I'm only talking to the
man who sits on the stairs and does
nothing Punch.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-01

"How did you ever happen to call
your little daughter Dagmar?"
my wife found after careful inquiry
that It was about the only thing we
could call the little one without run
ming the risk Of naming her after some
relative Of mine"-Chicago Record
Herald.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-01

Dearest, If were far, far away
could you love me still?'
"Why, Reggie, what question! I'm
sure the farther you were away the
better should love you"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-01
Not on His Tombstone.

what did be die of"
"a slight difference of opinion, as
near as can find out"
"Oh. fghtT'
mot at ALL"
"What, then?"
doctors disagreed, and he died be-
fore they settled it"-London Tit-Bits.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-01
He Mas Wise.

Her-What. going already? i don't
suppose it would be any use to ask
you to stay little longerY Him-Not
in that. tone Of voice. Milwaukee
News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14
DISTANCES IN ALASKA

From the New I Ork Sun
 Its curious the idea some eastern persons have about distance in Alaska" said H. H. Thomas, who is at the Wal dorf following a recent trip to the terri tory "They are not apt to speak of get ting from one place to another as if it were a matter of a few hours instead of weeks man was speaking to me last night of running up from Seattle to Fairbanks. I asked him how long he thought it would take him, and he said about two days.
 '"The fact is that it takes from four to four and half days to get by steam CT from Seattle to Skagway and then a day over the railway to White Horse, and then you have IS or IS days of pack travel ahead of you still. Iditarod, where the rush is going on when spring opens is still 1000 miles beyond Fairbanks, and that distance will take from 20 to 25 days to cover.
 "As I came away from Seward two men arrived there from that country, having come through the Rainy Hollow district. bringing sSO0C0 worth of metal with them on sledges. They had been 4J days on the route. There was no danger of their being robbed, because anybody who had at tempted it would not have been able to get out of the country undetected'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14
COMMISSION GOVERNMENT
rom the Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 The important city of Birmingham is about to enter upon a commission form of government.
 The charges brought against Mayor Culpepper Exum, one of the leading busi- Eess men and most reputable citizens of Birmingham, have fallen flat with the cx- them. A clear analysis of the situation reveals Mayor Exum as the target for petty partisan attack, seeking to strike at another man over his shoulder, anI convinces the most casual reader of the yindication of the mayor.
 From present indications the three com missioners are to be MT. Exum, Judge A. O. Lane and former Mayor Harry Jones'
 The phenomenal success in business of Culpepper Exum, who will head the com mission, his splendid personal integrity and his qualities of initiative and leader ship are needed in a government innova- ton of this nature-and his associates as suggested, are worthy companions in the great work in hand.
 The eyes of the south will be on Bir- mingham as it works out an important change in municipal administration There is contagion of commission gov ernment throughout the country. Should it prove strikingly successful in a city the size of Birmingham, the forward inn pulse would be felt in every state in the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14

Lawrence Gilman, in Harpers Weekly
 Natoma leaves no positive impression. It lacks individuality, originality, ideas and no music has value unless it pos sesses one at least of these merits. In better class of salon music; it does in Natoma s Hawk Song.'' and in certain other passages where MT. Herbert has used effects that are characteristic of Indian idioms. But it is a different and less admirable style of melody that he habitually employs-a style that is fairly represented by the setting of Pauls fat uous Gentle Maiden" address in the first act In harmony MT. Herbert employs the typical modern cliches with dexteri- ty and generally with aptness-they are not too modern" for be it remembered that Mir. Herbert has avowed a healthy Irish contempt for Debussy and all his ways. His Instrumentation is rich and sonorous-here again we encounter the conventional modern idioms manipulated effectively, but without subtlety or im- agination.
 In short, MT. Herbert says nothing that hds HOl DeeH Sdlu DeIOTe. By tnlS 1 uO not mean to imply that he has definitely reproduced the thoughts of other men; mean simply that there is nothing new, nothing arresting, nothing distinguished
 in his handling of the elements of mu- sical expression that are available to the opera maker of today. Native skill and sense of theatrical effect, supported by adequate training, will enable almost any composer so to employ the incidentally rich resources of modern music that he may set forth a dramatic text with a semblance of color and veracity. In MT. Herbert's case it must not be forgotten that he was dealing, in Natoma, with hopeless dramatic material; yet it is also true that had he been intended by the gods for composer of serious music, an authentic power of eloquent and indi- vidual expression would have enabled him to triumph even over Mir Bedding s libretto-to seek out the reality of senti- ment and passion and tragedy behind the frail and tottering structure of the dramatist. and utter 1t with strength, with beauty, with distinction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14
Alabama Coal at Tidewater

The Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron company owns large seams of coal in Tuscaloosa county near the Warrior river. and Consolidated in- terests have purchased the Lake Borgne canal with a view to future shipments by this company of coal by barge from this district via Mis- sissippi sound and Lake Borgne, which constitute an inland waterway to New Orleans.
 Joseph H. Hoadley, president of the Alabama Consolidated, stated in Mobile last week that coal could be laid down in that city at S1.50 a ton and that it could be delivered in New Orleans at slight advance over that sum. If this can be done the victory of this district and of Mobile is won in the coal trade, for no other coal can be furnished at tidewater at $1.5O ton, or even at $2.50 ton. This district would have clear margin of at least $1 ton over any other coal Not only would Pittsburg coal be driven out of New Orleans, but Norfolk coal would have no chance at Colon or Panama.
 The first barge line for the trans portation of coal to Mobile and New Orleans will become an event. It will deserve well at the hands of this dis trict, and it will certainly win a place in the history of Alabama. It is hoped no time will be lost establishing the barge line, for whenever it is done all will know that this district is to be- come one of the greatest mining and industrial centers in the land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14
Calendars Crowded With Bills

When the legislature meets today it will have but thirteen legislative days in which to clear calendars that have or will have 200 bills upon them. The house calendar is and will be encum- bered with fully that number of bills. It must pass about twenty bills day in order to go home with the satisfac- tion of competed duty.
 The general revenue bill is not on the calendar. It is still in the hands of the ways and means committee. This bill relates to the revenue of the state for four years to come. It will probably be reported with an insur- ance clause touching personal prop erty. Cotton mills will be exempted from taxation for five years, and so will county bonds issued for road pur- poses. The bill is, in fact, full of hard problems and it is likely to consume time when it is taken up.
 The appropriation bills are still un- acted on, and so are innumerable local liquor bills, and the house of representatives will certainly have to work overtime if it desires to act on all bills that the committees have re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14
Italy's Dependence Upon Emigrants

Italy's premier in an important speech in the chamber of deputies at tributed the financial prosperity of the country to the money sent home by emigrants in the United States. In three years these emigrants had sent back to Italy $214,000,000. Pre- mier Luzzati went on to declare that the government is compelled by the financial situation to encourage emi- grafton, but he expressed the hope that the time was near when Italy's prosperity and. industrial develop ment would reach a stage where the country would not need the aid of em- igration. Then, he concluded, steps would be taken to diminish the ex- odus of workers and Italy would ex- port goods and not men.
 This is indeed a remarkable confes- sion by the president of cabinet of one of the powers of Europe and minister of the interior. Italy sends her sons and daughters to this coun- try in order that they may earn money enough to develop her imports and her shipping industry and her monetary balance. And so impor- tant is the maintenance of emigra- tion to Italy that special efforts were made to crush out cholera because the disease interfered with emigra- tion. The confession of Premier Luzzati was certainly remarkable. It was frank, and open and honest, and it was testimonial to the thrift and the patriotism of the Italians who had crossed wide sea to seek em- ployment in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14

yet 1t was luminous with them both. Every sentence counted for a truth and his words were so fitly spoken they were, indeed, like apples of gold in baskets of silver. But behind every one of them burned the vigor of mind and character and of personality the like of which is rarely found in public life. Governor Wilson has revealed himself and the great truth of popu- lar government for which he stands not only to the south, but to the east, and now the entire country is real izing what measure of man he is. He is accomplishing in the sphere of poli- tics all that he did in the sphere of education, and even more vitally. He is interpreting to the people the best there is in them and is stimulating them to achieve this best in their gov ernment. He embodies the breadth and vigor of those forces that are bringing this nation into a new era of constructive progress, and his lead ership may we'll be trusted
 A just tribute, but while Governor Wilson will be regarded as strong presidential timber he will hardly head the ticket in 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14
Birmingham Values

Frank Weed, who represents the Provi- dence Life Insurance and Trust com pany of Philadelphia, is in Birmingham. He looks after the company's loans, and is a frequent visitor to this city.
 T have been coming to Birmingham from time to time during the past twenty years.s said MT. Weed. There has been vast improvement in Birmingham since first saw it. Birmingham has been about the only southern city in which our com pany has made loans. Our business here has always been satisfactory, and, of course, since the city has grown and values have enhanced our loan transac- tons here have increased.
 Birmingham values improve steadily. The entrance of the United States Steel Corporation into the Birmingham district was a great thing for this community. It meant the development of the local steel industry on a scale of great mag nitude. The corporation has already spent immense sums here on new construc- tion, and this policy of expansion will undoubtedly be continued. We have re- gently been making loans in Richmond, Na.-a wealthy, substantial city-but with that exception this has been our only southern field. On my way back for the purpose of looking around, and 1t may be that our loan department will soon become interested in that city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14
The Presidents Gracious Act

President Taft is always doing kindly and gracious acts,' said an Augusta man. ''On Saturday last the President drove to the residence of Mayor Bar rett, who is i'll, and made personal in- quiry. The Augusta Chronicle of Sun day said:
 " The condition of Mayor Thomas Bar rett, Jr., at a late hour last night. was reported to be about the same as during the day yesterday.
 :. During Friday night MT. Barrett is said to have suffered a slight setback from the rally which gave so much prom ise to his friends, but during the day he rallied to such an extent that he had practically regained what had been lost. He was said to be resting fairly well, during the first part of the night, and gave no promise of change for the worse.
 |" During the day President Taft drove up. to the residence in his automobile, accompanied by his secretary and Maj. Archibald Butt. and made inquiry as 10 the condition of MT. Barrett '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14

tician. but I have always voted the democratic ticket. If it is believed when the convention meets next year that Governor Harmon can carry Ohio against President Taft he will, undoubt- edly. be nominated practically by aceia- nation. Harmon is well and favorably known to the whole country. He is con servative and practical, rather than bril- liant. No man has ever been elected president who was opposed by the large business interests of the country. Gov ernor Harmon is well thought of by H. nanciers and commercial interests, and he is popular with the masses. He be- longs to the Jackson-Tilden-Cleve school, and he would do more, l think, to unifr the party again than any other democrat in public life."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14
Decidedly Optimistic

Otto Marx of Otto Marx & Co.,. bank CTS. returned yesterday from a trip of several days to New York. He said in talking of business conditions, that the financial people with whom he came in contact in the east had about recovered from the shock of the recent adverse rate decisions and were in trim for some large advances this year.
 T am at all times an optimist.' said MT. Marx, but I am more than ever so as to what will be done this year in business. I can see nothing but good times ahead and the people in the east seem to share the same opinion.
 "A. few days ago the rate decision put a damper upon eastern capitalists, but as I see it they have about stepped back into line and there is little uneasiness now so far as I can judge. Birming- ham continues to be a prime favorite in the east and no one feels unsafe in in- vesting money here.
 "The recent wide publicity of Birming- ham in various ways has drawn more at tention here and I look for the entrance into Birmingham of some important new interests before very long,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14
AN APOLOGY TO CRoNJE

William Inglis in Harper's Weekly.
 I never saw old Piet Cronje but once, and 1 felt then that I owed him an apol- ogy for sitting there, in sort of circus at Coney Island. indifferently gazing with gaping crowd, while he and his old wife and few other Boers did a hippo droming imitation of their war against the English invader. Fine business for lot of Notwithstanding a summer holiday out of the sufferings of true men who fought the redcoats as well as, or perhaps even better than, our forefathers didl So it is quite logical and in keeping that should here offer him that apology now that he has gone far beyond the reach of affronts or apologies, praise or blame.
 The poor, lean, bent, withered little old lion-for he was lion-endured the Gaze of the indifferent and the applause of ad- mirers with equal patience. Many times since have I closed my eyes and seen him sitting his horse and glancing right and left as If to say: "Oh, well, l have faced death and torture, endured starva- tion, lost all I possessed, for my cour- try. Now I've only got to go through
 
 with this and the job is finished" The other Boers sat straight on their horses and looked through us rather than at us Old Piet CronJe, seeming tired to the point of exhaustion, sat up as straight as his bent back would allow. Every de- tail of his appearance stands out clear in memory-his melancholy, weary eyes, his struggling brown beard, barely
 touched with gray; his baggy black coat. his battered old hat, that looked as if
 Dave Warfield had selected it. He took off the old hat and swung 1t down stiffly to rest against his chest He bowed-to
 the right. to the front to the left And
 we've applauded every one in the stand
 clapped his hands for the fine old patriot | who had sacrificed his livelihood, his sons
 and his vitality in the unequal struggle | for liberty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14
HOW BIRDS KEEP WARM

From the Detroit Free Press.
 The high temperature of birds en- ables them to resist cold more effect lively than they could otherwise do. Whereas blood heat in man is 9S.4 de- grees Fahrenheit, it is 107 degrees in the domestic fowl and more in some other birds.
 Nevertheless they feel the cold cruel- ly, as you may see any frosty night if you visit an ivy creeper clad wall with a lantern; the sparrows nestle to- gether in q closely packed mass, and If there be chimney you may be sure the birds will have chosen it's exterior as their roasting place for the sake ot such warmth as it may give.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14
The American Public

''The curiosity of the American people is a freakish thing said one of the distinguished guests at the National Child Labor conference, ''and it is dangerous thing. I have watched with great deal of amusement the many and varied ex- pressions of deepest resentment all over the country at the secret course pur- sued by the President and other author ities in mobilizing the army and navy forces in the region of Mexico. A deluge of adverse criticism has swept over the heads of those in command because of their discrimination against the hoi pol loi in a matter of international secrecy.
 .sThe arguments are apparently plaus- ible that have been advanced to show how sacred is the peoples claim to be informed on all tine moves of the gov ernment The people wax 'wrathy' when excluded from the confidence of the gov ernment sometimes, but generally they do not demonstrate. The government officials no doubt had their reasons for withholding their designs from the peo- pleA until a more seasonable moment of disclosure, because they knew that the people are a mob when given the hint of a fight The administration did not take a high-handed step, but deliberate one and the public soon quieted down, just as it did in the case of Governor Johnson who last year squelched hostil- ities in California"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14
Woodrow Wilson Entertains Bryan

The fact that William J. Bryan was the guest of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton on Sunday last is widely considered as full of political signifi- canoe. Thus far no one knows whom MT. Bryan favors as standard bear CT in 1912. If it is Woodrow Wilson that he prefers, then indeed does this son of the south become formida- ble aspirant.
 Governor Wilson created deep impression in Atlanta last week. "Few men," said the Atlanta Journal, eff any, of the present day are so truly fitted to interpret the south in terms of the broadest Americanism. His address on The Citizen and the State combined something more magnetic than intellect and more pro- found than what we call eloquence,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Manager of Gary Here

I capt. ". s. Norton, resident manager Of the Gary company. the man who has superintended the building of the Steel corporations industrial town in Indiana, has been registered at Hotel Hilman TOT several days. He was captain in -e united States volunteers, and was in service in Cuba Although apparently un der 40 years of age he was connected with the Illinois Steel company before the United States Steel corporation was or Sanized, and is known therefore, as one of the older set in the great steel family. He is man of culture and engaging per sonality, and has made a number of friends here since his arrival last week
 This is my first visit to Birmingham. and I am more than delighted with it. said Captain Norton. As much as had heard in a favorable way about Brming- ham I never dreamed that I would find such beautiful city. It is, indeed l revelation to me. Brmingham's business district makes handsome appearance, and as for it's residence sections they surpass in beauty anything l have seen inside of city limits. Birmingham evi-
  great many wealthy people"
 Captain Norton sives some interesting experiences of his work at Gary. That city is about four years old. Last year it's census population was 16,SU, but it's estimated population today is fully 25,O00.
 The Gary company had a pretty hard jcb during it's first year." Captain Nor ton said. "The town is situated at the foot of Lake Michigan, and the surface is ali sand. There being no vegetation il. looked at the start like the desert of Sahara. Being near Chicago we caught the riffraff from that city, and for the first six months conditions in Gary re- called stories of the wild and woolly west in pioneer days. Lawlessness was tho rule. Every man went armed, and weap- ons were not concealed Yes, often won der whether the AlAal Ikes of the far west were as real as those of the ilk we had in Gary. Well, all that has changed. We got oder out of chaos, and today Gary is a model industrial city. We have fine streets, and the people who live in Gary are decorous and prosperous.
 we made a subdivision of about HOO acres We covered the sand in the sub division with top soil which we had to haul long distances, and now we have as pretty green lawns as can be found in Chicago or Birmingham. But as have shown, we have been four years in bringing Gary up to it's present excellent condition.
 When I went to Corey and saw what had been done there in ten months time I marveled. True, Corey is small in area compared with Gary, but nevertheless, 1t is a wonder As exPresident Roosevelt remarked the other day, MT Jemison, the president of the Corey company, has cer- tainly made a great record in city build- ing He has beautiful industrial city of the highest class, and no wonder the people of Birmingham are sounding praises to him."