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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19
Newport News Won

Especial to The Times-Dispatch
Newport News. Va, July iS.---New-
port News easily defeated Old Point
at the Casino Park to-day, 10 TO ..
The fielding of Confrcy at third was
feature. this youngster taking seven
difficult chances without an error.
Score by innings: r. Fl. Z.
Newport News % IS 90 10 10 .
Old Point .....l0 OIL 90 0 0 o O. . 3
Batteries: Wallace and Rogers
White and Engleberg, Morley and
Smith. Time, :55. Umpire, Mace. At
tendance. 500.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19
Suffolk Won.

fspe ial to The Times Dispatch.l
Suffolk. Va, July ls-Pitcher
Sweeney to-day received better sup
port than the Pirates gave, Henchey.
and Suffolk won. to s. Both twirlers
were in fine form.
Score by innings: r. H. Il.
Portsmouth ....OO03Oo00 O-3 4
Suffolk ...0011ll0 0'-i Z 1
Batteries: Henchey and Cole
Sweeney and Klock. Attendance, $50.
Umpire. Franks.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19
Pharmacy Candidates Exnmlned.

The examination of candidates for
license to practice pharmacy In this
State was concluded at o'clock last
evening at the Medical College of Vir-
Einin. The next two or three Days
VIII be consumed by the State Board
or Pharmacy in examining and grad
ing the papers.
One woman was among the april
cants. this being very unusual cir
cumstance. perhaps the only other case
occurring one year ago. Two negro
men took the examination yesterday
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

At Knoxville: Knoxville. 8; Bris-
At Morristown: Morristown. 2; John
son City. /.
At Cleveland; Cleveland. 4: Asho-
vile. O.
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for two sacks. while Priest got in a
triple.

The latest story from the front is
that Harry Davis. captain of the Ath-
letics, and former first baseman, will
take charge of the Cleveland team.
Another rumor is thut Jimmie McAleer,
manager of the Washington team, Is
trying TO buy the Boston club. Ap-
parently they are mere rumors, though
the Davis talk sounds reasonable.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE

At Charlotte: Charlotte. 10; Green's
boro. ..
Al Winston Salem; winston Salem,
S; Greenville. 0.
at Anderson: Anderson. 2; Spartan
burg, Z.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19
YOUNG
Mothers

No young woman, In the 10y of
coming motherhood, should neglect
to prepare her system for the phys
zeal ordeal she is to undergo. The
health of both she and her coming
child depends largely upon the care
she bestows upon herself during the
waiting months. Mothers Friend
prepares the expectant mothers sys-
tenn for the coming event. and its use
makes her comfortable during all the
term. 1t works with and for nature,
and by gradually expanding all It's
sues, muscles and tendons, involved,
and keeping the breasts in good con-
dition, brings the woman to the crisis
in splendid physical condition. The
baby too is more apt to be perfect and
strong where the mother has thus
prepared herself for natures supreme
function. No better advice could be
given a young expectant mother than
that she use Mothers Friend it is a
medicine that has proven its value il
t b ousand S of
5ss::: ]: :sii :; Mothers,
ssss i 5 T. :,. T.: Friend
ant mothers which contains mucl
valuable information, and many sug
gestions of a helpful nature.
8RADFiELD REGULATOR co., Atlanta, Go
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19
Underwater League
Standing of the Clubs.

Norfolk at Elizabeth City.
Newport News at Old Point
Suffolk at Portsmouth
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19

Cobb came back yesterday. getting
his regulation three hits out OF 1--WE
times
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19

Norfolk has a young man named
Peck behind the bat. tie caught Pool
yesterday in the game which Lynch
burg was unkind enough to WIN
Pool. by the way, pitched beautiful
game apd allowed but four hits. II
looks from the box score as IL all OF
the breaks must have been with Bruck.
who did the honors for Stocksdale
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who saw to ii that this money was
placed In Mr. Martins hands was the
game official who directed Bogart and
Marbury to report TO him after tho
election was over and the Legislature
was about to assemble. Further COM
ment upon these letters would hardly
seem to be NECESSARY
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19

cowan. Martin and Mccabe each hit
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19

t h on S a Il d S of
cases. Mothers
Friend is sold at
drug stores.
Write for free
book for eyDect-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-14
Identification of This City

President Kaul of the board of park commissioners is no doubt wholly cor rect when he says we need "a system of civic Identification that should not only include parks, but the various streets, grade crossing and a general scheme of things looking to the sys- temized identification of the city as a unit. My idea is to work out contour plan of Birmingham with the aid of an expert landscape architect, know exactly what is best to do, after acquiring the most exact information, and then approach the proposition in business-like way. In this method we would be fortified with exact data, a general end to attain to and we would avoid some of the mistakes from which a great many cities are suffering now.'
 No city can be carried to its utmost
 
 possibilities of attractiveness in any other way, and nearly every city that is striving toward an ideal is working out scheme outlined by a landscape artist of good standing.
 This city may not be financially able just at present to secure the services of the right man, and it should therefore wait until it can af- ford to incur the expense. What was done at Corey should be done here on a still larger scale. Nature has done a great deal for Birmingham. She has supplied the city with splendid hills and a lovely valley, and land scape artist is needed to name the de- tails. Mr. Kaul is on the right line and he should hold to it until he wins ovet to his side his associate commisr sioners and also the commission tl1at rules the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-14
KEEP THE TRADITIONS

From the New York Evening Post
 The necessity of guarding our traditions has been rendered acute by the havoc that has been wrought among them or recent years It may be no great loss 10 give up the story of Jefferson's riding to the capitol on his horse, and' haVing tied it to the fence, going inside to take the oath of inauguration-it is an inher- entIy incredible tale, anyway-but the m- mortal cherry tree was nearer our hearts. The events connected with it's brief career really ought to have happened. Nor can one surrender, without a pang his vision of Pocahontas, staying the jaws of death at the risk of parental displeasure. New ertheless, all these and many more must be sorrowfully but firmly relegated to the realm of the might-have-beens. The scal- mel of the investigator has been too much for them. But there is no need of doubt ing everything merely because much mas been undermined Rather should We cling the more closely to those episodes against which history has been unable to hring in a more conclusive verdict than mol proven' It is of these that the st,1G of tradition is made. And when we remember how poor we are, at best, in this sort of wealth, in comparison with most of the rest of the world, the duty of Conserving the remnant of 1t left us becomes a patriotic obligation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-14

From the Louisville CourierJournal.
 Two enterprising citizens from up north landed in Maysville a few days ago and a subordinate nest of the Order of Owls. They boomed the enterprise along by means of large advertisements in the daily papers, and they were active in per sonal solicitation.
 After several days of work they fixed a night for the institution of the nest On that night at the appointed hour some POO would-be Owls who had paid s5 apiece in advance as an initiation fee gathered to assume the onerous duties of riding the goat. Then 1t was discovered that the chief owlets had flown away and car ried with them about 5000 in initiation money Ow1-lke. the two enterprlsing organizers had fitted through the dark kess and left behind a sorely discomf1ted band of neophytes who looked at one another questioningly and gave collective utterances to the expressive word | "stung!"
 It is not safe to mention the word ow in Maysville just at present. Should z real Owl come to that city in search oi a long-lost brother he would be In lucl erable portion of the populace which i: the angry populace-at least that consid erable potron of the populace which is mourning the loss of the five bucks il coughed up for the price of admission tC
 our noble order" Members of the Or der of Owls who happen to be in hart luck need expect neither air nor sympa' thy in Maysville until time has cured the all-pervading soreness. An Owls grand hailing signal of distress would be in vting nothing more comforting than 2 shower of brickbats.
 There are many Maysvllians who have lost all desire to penetrate the veil ot Owldom. There is much doubt as tC whether the two vanished organizers are real Owls but no one will dispute the as sertion that they are birds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-14
Controller Bay

Alaska seems to be the home of public scandals, thanks largely no doubt to the syndicates at work there. This time an alleged scandal reaches to the White House itself.
 The essential charges are these After the Cunningham claims to coal lands had been rejected the President did in a secret order withdraw the shore of Controller bay-the only available harbor of the coal seams of Alaska-from the Chugact forest re- serve and did throw it open to entry. Ordinarily sixty days delay is granted before any one could file on the lands thus thrown open, but this clause had been eliminated in the Controller bay case by the President. The agent of the syndicate was on the spot and he filed entry at once.
 The "Dick- Dick" incident of this scandal relates to the bringing in of c. P. Taft to tell his brother whom the lobbying Dick represented. The other Dick was Ballinger himself. As the story runs c. P. Taft talked to the President and the matter then went through smoothly and without hitch. "Dick" Ryan represented the syndi- cate which desired to gain control of the only available tidewater terminus for the coal railroads.
 How much truth there is in all this cannot be told until the evidence is brought out. The entire business was transacted last October before Ballinger had given place to the pres ent Secretary of the Interior. The story rests largely upon the story of Miss Abbott, who says she saw the Dick-toDick postscript on a letter addressed to Ballinger. This letter has not since been seen.
 The hearing of the charges is to be resumed today, and Miss Abbott's evidence is looked forward to with interest. The investigation will no doubt be as thorough as the manipu- lation of the department files will permit. The House is doing the in vestigating in this case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-14
PROFITLESS POETRY

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch
 How persistent is the idea that a poet can make money out of poetry. This un- grounded notion goes on and ens despite the fact that poetry rarely commands even a small price, that books of poems are not in demand by publishers or read CTS, and that practically none of our known poets can depend upon the muse for the midday pie and milk. kipling and few like him made poetry profitable. but there is nothing in it" for the million minor poets whose songs gush from their hearts into oblivion
 There is no market fo rthe ''soul stuff" The publishers don't want it, the maga- zines and the newspapers don't want it, and it is all because the people don't want
 it. There are many long-haired, dreamy eyed ones devoted to art, but they also wait and serve in hash houses.
 Let us take the case of Clinton Scol- lard In 1896 he resigned the chair of English at Hamilton college to devote Himself to "study and to writing poetry" He has now resumed the chair. His oet-colaborator, Frank Dempster Sher- man. is teacher of architecture in Co., lurnba university. Edwin Markham says lie is making money out of poetry but we doubt it. Those who think that poetry pays soon come back to the fold and take the cash instead of a book of verses in q wilderness barren of buyers. Jingles and comics go, but the "deep stuff and bland verse are not even selling at 49 cents
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are gaining confidence and, what is better, votes.
 The indications now are that the reciprocity bill will be passed pre- cisely as it was passed by the House, and the vote in it's favor will be. about ? to l. Were 1t not for the LaFollette amendments which are to come and a four-day speech, which is also to come, and speech. by Senator Bris- tow, the bill could be speedily brought to a final vote.
 This would not mean adjournment, for Mr. Underwood has said the House will not consent to an adjourn ment of the session until the Free List bill and the wool schedule are voted on in the Senate. When this will be done depends upon the speech makers there and the weather clerk. The latter has done his whole duty to the present time, but he may weaken, and then no one can say when the ex- tra session will be ended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-14
WEIGHING AN ELEPHANT

From the New Tory Press.
 There is a story often told in India of Shajee a Hindoo prince, who on cer- tain occasion showed himself almost as clever as Archimedes.
 A high official had made a VOW that he would distribute to the poor the weight of his own elephant in silver money. But the great difficulty that at first presented itself was the mode of ascertaining what this weight really was. All the learned and clever men of the court seem to have endeavored in vain to construct a machine of sufficient power to weight the elephant.
 At length Shajee came forward and sug- gested a plan which was simple and yet ingenious in the highest degree. He caused the sunwieldly animal to be con- ducted along a stage specially made for the purpose by the waterside into flat bottomed boat. Then. having marked on the boat the height to which the water reached after the elephant had weighed it down, the latter was taken out and stones substituted in sufficient quantity to hold the boat to the same line The stones were then taken to the scales and thus, to the amazement of the court, was as- certained the true weight of the ele- phant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-14
AGE-HERALD,s SHIRT SALE

From the Alabama Courier
 Advertising is a wonderful thing. Last week The Age-Herald of Birmingham carried an advertisement for large con cern In Birmingham and among the things advertised was large lot of sum- mer shirts. The printer failed to place a dollar mark in front of the prlce ana made the shirt sale real marvel, poth as to price and as to the number who wanted shirts on this particular occasion It seemed to the merchant that all Blr- mingham was shrtless and as the paper had said the shirts were to go at a cer- tain price it had to be, so the shirt sale went merrily on, and as each shirt was sold the difference in price rom what the dollar mark would have made them and the price they were sold for, was charged in each instance to The Age-Her- ald MT. Barrett, owner of the paper, got wind of what was doing, and he rushed to the store in his 100-horse power auto mobile-rich publishers like MT. Barrett ride in autos-and he purchased all the shirts left, 69 in number. Next day the paper carried an ad. that these 69 hand some summer shirts were going to be auctioned off in front of The Age-Herald office by Mayor Culpepper Exum, and the entire proceeds were to be given to the music fund to furnish music in the parks at night. Promptly the bidding com menced on the morning the sale was ad- vertised for The first shirt was sold to the popular mayor for $50, then things got warm. The sale continued until all were sold and the total sum of the 6s shirts was s339. 90. Lige Chandler, "our Lige," though he has long been iden- tified with Birmingham where he has grown rich, paid s10 for one of these shirts and then the collar was too little, so he gave it back to the auctioneer and it sold for s10, pretty high price, the auctioneer stated for one of Lige Chand- lers secondhand shirts. Yet there are some people so foolish as to say that in the good old summer time advertising does not pay. It pays all the time if you have something worth advertising and more especially if you nave something that you cant dispose of by private sale, You can sell anything on earth if you ad- vertiee If
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-14
Income Tax Amendment

The New York legislature has rati- fled the proposed income tax amend ment, and only four or five more states are needed in order to give it a three-fourths vote and make it Amendment Sixteen of the federal constitution.
 These votes will be secured next year. The New Orleans Times Demo- crat says Louisiana will become rat flying state as soon as Governor San ders is disposed of. Every one of the candidates now before the people to succeed the obstructive Sanders favors the amendment. Sanders brought influences to bear which in- duced the Louisiana legislature to postpone action on the amendment. The Democratic Good Government league is at work to see that men are elected to the next Louisiana legisla- ture that will vote to ratify the amendment. New action in Arkansas may be needed where another obstrep- erous governor attempted to veto the affirmative action of the legislature. Governor Sanders of Louisiana and Governor Donaghy of Arkansas are both about to go out of office The rest of the south has voted in favor of ratification except Florida and the two Virginias. Florida's legislature could not under her constitution ratify the amendment because some sof her state senators were elected before the amendment had been submitted to the state.
 There is every reason to believe that after the elections of next year Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida and the two Virginias will ratify the amend ment, and these states will suffice to put the proposition into the constitu- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-14
NOT WHAT HE EXPECTED

From the Kansas City Star.
 David R. Forgan, the Chicago banker, has dry Scotch humor. Speaking of the danger of being puffed up by sud- den honor, Mir. Forgan told this story of Simpson, the great Scotch physician; "Dr Simpson had been absent from his class for some time. and on his return he announced that a great professional honor had been conferred upon him. said Mr Forgan. "I am very happy to inform you young gentlemen that a very great honor has come to me since last we met here Professor Simpson said, his face beaming with honest pride, I have just received notification that I have been appointed physica ordinary to Her Majesty Queen Victoria The 1 great discoverer of chloroform looked over his glasses as if he expected his class to be quite taken away by the great | news.
 | ''Instead he was shocked to hear those Scotch boys burst into the national an- | them God Save the Queen!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-14
Good words are better than bad strokes
 Julius Caesar.
Direct Election of Senators

The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune says a compro- mise has been suggested which prom ises to bring the House and Senate to- gether on the direct election proposi- tion now before a conference commit tee. Under this plan the manner of electing senators will be left to the states. The resolution thus proposed reads as follows: "The senators shall be chosen by the legislatures of the several states, unless the people of any state, either through their legis lature or by the constitution of the state, shall provide for the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. Then, in such case, during the existence of such statutory or constitutional provision, United States senators shall be elected in such state at large by the direct vote of the people; a plurality shall elect, and the electors shall have the quali- fications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature"
 This plan is easily better than the Sutherland plan adopted in the Senate by the casting vote of the Vice Presi- dent. It is, however, open to some objections. It would postpone in some states direct election of senators be- s-edse it &als for astaeat,ory or consti- tutional action in advance, and this in some states would be secured with diff ficulty. It does not change the fed eral constitution so far as federal con- trol is concerned.
 It is negatively good, but after the election of 1912 1t is believed the Borah- Fucker resolution can be passed, and this would be far better than the Sutherland plan or the new compromise. It may therefore be bet ter to await the growth of public sen timent and the elimination of reaction aries in the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-14
The Iron Market

The local iron market is without change. No large tonnage sales are reported, but there is a good deal of small business. The price for foundry is s10 on No. 2 basis. Rogers. Brown & Co.'S Cincinnati circular says:
 'In dull time any change for the better takes on more than usual i'm portance and developments during the past week in the iron trade have been of distinctly better tone There has been, it is true, hut little more general buying except in some lines. It is the intangible something that is hard to de- fine. but which is admitted as making for better condition, lending more assurance to quotations and more earnestness to inquiry The week has developed an eX- celent tonnage in inquiry of widely varying character. Basic has had the call in several districts and the basic ton mage which has been under active nego- tiation is the largest in long time. Mer- chant furnaces continue to blow out. and this is but one item which has aided the indications of better things. Undoubtedly the most important is the hand-to-moutl
 policy which has been followed for months by both large and small consurn- CTS, which, added to the very low prices now ruling, have been the fundamental causes for the present improved activity 1 in inquiries and sales | Finished steel products are on the up. grade and mills are receiving new busi | at 'I,o ra | port and it's favorable nature was re sponsble for tho placing of steel orders which had been held up. all of which ha!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
DeIighted with Birmingham

''Mr. E. E. Watson of Hamilton o' manager Of factories of the Herring-Hali Marvin Safe company visited Birming' ham the other day and was greatly oe' lighted with the city, said Jerry Jer- allie. representative Of the Birmingham Safe company.
 MT. Watson said he had heard a great deal about Birmingham and was pre- pared to see a fine town, but 1t Tar ex- ceeded his expectations. l never saw visitor more enthusiastic. MT. Watson company is thinking of establishing plant here ,and I have an idea that It will not be long before that purpose IS carried outi'