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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

Washington, January 14.-(Special.)-
 With the arrival of the New Year the
 Intrestate Commerce Commission is con-
 fronted by the greatest congestion or im-
 portant business that has come to 1t in , years.
 The two new members recently appoint seed have already subscribed to the oath 4 of office. and some radical changes are | now looked for in the methods of hand ling the work.
 With the retirement of Chairman Mar fin A. Knapp, after many years of serv- lee. the commissions first step Will De 7 to select a new chairman. In recent < times presidents have not attempted to 7 influence the choice of 6 chairman. and consequently MT. Knapp succeeded him. ! self from year to year, partly by reason J of the position as senior member ana partly because of his long experience ana qualifications for executive duties 7 Commissioner Judson c. Clements of Georgia. became the senior member with < the retirement of MT. Knapp. and heir ' to the chairmanship. He Is democrat 7 The reorganized commission will include { four republicans and three democrats \ Politics, however, has never been rec ognIzed factor in the commission. and 1t is expected that Judge Clements will be l unanimously chosen chairman There is however. distinct disposition J to have a new assignment Tn this matter { of the chairmanshp. The idea of a per < manent chairman succeeding himself i; year after year, by reanson Of seniority, is not regarded with favor by the 4 younger members of the commission. Ac- 4 cordingly, it is stated that a proposition 2 will be made to have the chatrmanship l, rotate among the members. each holding \ the office year.
 2 Despite a general impression that it Is Z swamped with work, the commission is z decidedly cheerful about its prospects of \ handling the load imposed on 1t by the 4 Hepburn act and the more recent Mann 4 Eikins bill
 <2 Contrary to some published views the N commissioners do not expect long delay
 before they can decide the pending cases
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

Lawyers, as usual, will predominate in the new house of commons. The coun- try gentlemen. who at one time formed the bulk of the house. are now numbered as A, though very likely many members who are put down as military men or bar risters belong rather to that class There is good proportion of men engaged in business Nowadays they are treated in the house with more rather than less def erence than they deserve, but 1t was not always so. In the old days, when men thought 1t quite creditable to live as par asites of the public on life sinecures, the tradesmen in parliament had to put up with the coarsest insults.
 Nowadays it Is not considered a dis grace to earn living in business or com mercial pursuits or to be merchant or laborer
 One hundred and thirty-six barristers and N solicitors are included in the new house as against 139 barristers and 30 solicitors in the old.
 'Who Owns the Air was the question discussed in a lecture at Kings college by Dr. Hazeltine. reader in English law at Cambridge. ''The newly established International committee of aerial law" he said, Ifs at work on code of air. which will include rules of both national and international law.
 There are publicists who maintain that the entire air above the states ter
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When renny.on slipped in the Mud

M. D. COnWay's 'AutoDlograpny.
 It had been a stormy evening. and the night was of pitchy darkness when I started out, against invitations to remain. to go to the Albion Tennyson insisted on showing me a nearer way, but in the darkness got off his bearings. Bidding me walk close behind him, we went forward through the mud, when suddenly l found myself precipitated six or seven feet downward Sitting in the mud called on the poet to pause. but 1t was too late; he was speedily seated beside me. This was seeing the laureate of England in a new light, or. rather, hearing him under a novel darkness. Covered with mud, groping about. he improved the odd oc- casion with such an innocent run of wit ticisms and anecdotes that had to con- clude that he had reached condition which had discovered in him unexpected resources. His deep bass voice came through the congenial darkness like mirthful thunder, while he groped until he found path. "This should have hap pened after dinner! he exclaimed DO not mention this to the temperance folk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
Light With GAS

Many modern Improvements in gas appliances have made it possible to good light with with any other method The Welsbach light revoutionized lighting with gas it produces several times much illumination for the amount of reduces the cost of considerably.
 The Reflex inverted lamps the ncandescen gas and other modern gas fixtures have made favorte for and residence lghtng-and in many instances, street light ng is demonstrated by the installation of of gas street lamps in the model city, Corey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
FINISHING HOT WATER
Heat With GAS

The little gas heater has been found great convenience home It is small and be moved from to room it the purpose of supplying heat when the furnace is needed when it would not be worth while to light the the grate On excessively cold days is valuable adjunct the furnace the grate it will comfortably in short while heater IS ndspen ble in the bath the chdrens at all times of the yearas it takes the chill off in spring and fall and heats the to the necessary degree in winter
 The modern gas heaters odoress and ornamental. Let demonstrate the styles from $1 % to $12OO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
Cook With GAS

This advice hearlded the emancipation of the housewife from of rudgery toll and trouble The gas put end to extra work in the kitchen such building fires bending hot stove for long hour bring ing in coal and ndlng and carrying out the ashes Gas makes in the house the cooking uensilsthere fore requires of the immense work of cleaning after wards' that cooking with coal brings about
 Strike match, turn the ga apply the match-and the gas stove is ready to cook
 Turn the gas-then all expense stops all heat is off and the kitchen is not for hours afterwards.
 The labor troubles largely solved when the cock the convenences of using ga It easier find cooks if you have gas stove, and easier to keep them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
His rriends

From the Chicago Record Herald.
 T want a room with fire escape
 But this hotel is fireproof."
 1T don't care anything about that. want room with fire escape. I'm here with my bride and have whole lot of friends in this town.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
A soporihc Measure
From Success Magazine.

Doctor, I've tried everything and l can't get to sleep" complained the voice at the other end of the telephone. Can't you do something for mer'
 Yes" said the doctor, kindly. Just hold the wire and I'll sing you lullaby"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
ENGLAND ALARMED OVER
 sINCREASE IN CRIME

London, January Especial )-There
 has been an alarming increase of crime
 in this country. During the last six
 months 150 crimes of a serious nature
 have been committed Many were mur-
 ders. No less than six women have been
 1nysteriously murdered. The great South
 work Catholic cathedral was recently
 burglarized for the fifth time.
 An interesting discussion on capital
 punishment has elicited the views of sev-
 eral well known men. MT. Plowden. the
 well known metropolitan magistrate, says:
 Perhaps you will allow me- as a con- firmed disbeliever in capital punishment
 to make one or two comments, not the less true because they must often have been made before. People, of course, are
 at liberty to think and believe that there
 would be more murders than there are
 if hanging were abolished, but except
 from analogy with foreign countries, not ably perhaps, with France, where capi-
 tai punishment, after being abolished, has
 recently been restored, there is abso-
 lutely no evidence, nor in the nature of
 things can there be any, to show that
 the rope is a deterrent
 One of the most noted plural voters in
 the kingdom is J. Haywood of Herne Hill, who at a recent election actually voted in six county constituencies in one day, covering something like 250 miles in his motar car. The champion pluralst was the Rev. Washbourne West, a late senior fellow of Lincoln college, Oxford who in 1892, at the age of 30, recorded r votes for conservative candidates in diff a,,%c .P <HA half dozen unused hundred and twenty votes in four years was Mir. Vests achievement. and very proud he was of 1t, as he more than once told the writer. His only regret was that he could not live to make 1t two consecu- tive days at places as far apart as Sev-
 enoaks and Mid-Oxford.
 | In the United States you call a plural voter a ballot box stuffer. But here l plural voting is recognized.
 In the aggregate the money spent by the American sailors who have been on here represents a remarkably large sum- It has been case of money to burn and plenty of 1t with most of them. Un- fortunately some of them have been bad ly duped by sharps but this, of course is the almost inevitable fate of visitors to London, who are too ready to place confidence in plausible strangers. The Yankee tars spent more in the few
 weeks the fleet was here than the whole
 English navy would spend in six months, aye, even year.
 A third grand old home that has passed away from its owners. and is to be used for technical purposes, is Madryn castle, North Wales. purchased by the Carnar- vonshiro county council: but there is. perhaps, something appropriate in Mad ryn being put to educational uses, for the late owner was of the same family as Elihu Yale, the founder of the Ameri- can university of that name. M
 Madryn, a genuine tudor castle, with a quaint gatehouse. was full of furniture, paintings. rare china. silver anud minia- lures. but everything was dispersed ow- ing to the death of the owner, w.. c. Yale-Jones- Parry, whose eldest surviving son Is Col. J. Corbet Yale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

Commissioner Clements, who will be- come the new chairman of the commits sion, Is democrat. He was born on a Georgia farm and was one of ten chill dren, seven of them boys. When Sum ter was fired on he was 15 years old and in three months was the only sun left at home. All the rest left to join the Con- federate army. In the third year of the war he ran away and joined the army at Cartersville, Ga He helped plant one of General Johnston's guns on Kenesaw mountain. and was wounded at Atlanta After the war Clements studied law and was admitted to the bar. He got into politics first as county school commis- sioner. Later he was elected to Con- gress His work there in favor of the civil service bill drew letter of appro- bation from Theodore Roosevelt then civil service commissioner. He voted for the bill to establish the Interstate Com merce Commission, and later was ap- pointed to that body by President liar r1son
 Personally Judge Clements typifies the traditional southerner of an earlier day. He is big and broad with commanding presence and gentle and courteous of manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

in freight rates.
 With the makeup of the new commits sion speculation has been rife as to just what infiYoRce the new members will have upon the Yloblems to be solved. Hitherto a general impression gained currency that if the old commission had rendered the decision 1t would have been favorable to the railroads. The basis for this inn precision was taken from some of MT. Knapp's public utterances, although he discounted such statements in his decis- ions.
 With the now commission, however, railroad experts are expecting that the railroads will lose their fight for in- creased rates. They hold that the com mission, as now made Up, will decide against the enforcement of the new tariffs filed a few months ago for a general ad- vancement of rates.
 At this time. the most important ques- ton asked fin 'inner circles'' is whether there will be any dissenting opinion. It Is generally recognized that the major ity of the ommission-certainly as many as i've of it's seven members-will decide that the increases are .unjustiiable. Commissioners Prouty, Lane and Clem- ents have from tho beginning been set
 
 railroads have expected to get three of the other four, but the latest information is that they are mistaken. Commissioner Harlan has been thought likely to view the railroads contention with favor, but 1t is stated that to the contrary he views the proposed advances with a decidedly unfriendly eye.
 Hence the decision of the commission regarding the more important cases of rate advances tends to hinge on the two new members of the commission, recently appointed by President Taft-B. H. Meyer of wisconsin and c. c. McChord of Ken lucky. Both of these men have been con- nected with railroad commissions of their respective states and have waged bitter legal battles in attempting to put laws regulating railroads on the statute books There fight has to a great extent been against the railroads, rather than with them, and it seems safe to assume that the beliefs that controlled them then will be reflected in their opinions in the rate cases.
 Commissioner Meyer has been a student of railroads and their workings all his life. Born in Mequon, Ozaukee county, Wis. May 2S. 1sse he entered upon life in happy surroundings. He attended the common schools, Wisconsin university, and the University of Berlin, leaving that institution with certificate of professor of economies and law. Later he came back to tho University of wisconsin, where he was a member of the faculty until 1905. whom he was appointed to the state railroad commission. From that time on he has been actively Identified with railroad life. having written much about the subject and his works being as standards In 1905 he was appointed an expert special agent of the Bureau of Census. having in cf Sge the special works of valuation of yoads. Commissioner McChord, like MT. Meyer, Is lawyer. He was born in Kentucky, December B. 1883, and started his public career e prosecuting attorney at Wash
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

ington county, Kentucky. In 1892 he was appointed to the railroad commission of that state, and four years later was elect ed to the state senate, where he was in- strumental in having a number of stat utes passed by the legislature regulating railroads. In 1899 he was appointed rail- road commissioner and served three con tinuous terms. At the expiration of his last term he formed law partnership with Hines & Norman of Louisville, Ky, of which he was a member when appoint ed to the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
INTERSTATE COMMERCE
 COMMISSION IS BUSY
BY SIDNEY EsPEY

involving the proposed general advance in freight rates.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-08-11

able things. And even then he is
not an angel.
His work must be in some degree
remunerative. He wants to see that
he gets something for it. Often he
wants no more than the pleasure OF
helping. That reward he must always
have.
II there is no form OF interest, It
will be only eye service. Duty may
demand work but he Is at cross pur-
poses with duty Cooperative part
nership is most congenial to him.
That appeals to his self respect, en-
lightens hia about family interests
and needs, and II gives him an un-
selfish interest IN others besides him.
self.
But It is OF the highest Importance
that he receive some of the rewards
In order to crafty his sense of own
ership and his sense of right and to
secure the uncoerced action of his
will. The sharing may be in indirect
ways. Even when his part goes back
into the common funds for family sup
port, he Is willing. provided he can be
credited with being deliberately in
the combine.
His ownership of his earnings is to
be recognized, though he is not to be
! left without instructions as to the way
he should hands It. Habits OF thrift
and economy may be taught both in
the work done and in the care taken
of his possessions.
Even employment with hobbies is
of benefit. as 1t develops special tastes
and sometimes fits him for special
work in the future. In future years
he is apt to find in the memory OF
those hobbies a source OF recreative
amusements. One boy of my ac-
quaintance went into the white rab-
bit industry and paid expenses. while
getting in large returns of pleasure
and information and sympathy with
animal life. Another one went into
photography, while a little gang, near
by, studied wireless telegraphy. Draw.
ing. ceramic work, sletching, music.
vocal and instrumental, have given
boys lots OF pleasure and profit
! He must be guarded against soma
very definite perlls. He is in danger
of capitalizing his value to the family
and thereby growing hard and selfish.
Vanity and selfimportance viii kill
kindness and prevent the fullest en-
joyment Of his rewards. He must be
given an opportunity for the exercise
of his power of initiative and fore.
thought. He must be invited into the
council chamber and be given hear
ing. as junior. in the enterprises in
which he is to be a participant Per-
haps he can be easily taught that he
is to put forth those powers which he
will need in his future work Thus
he will be growing In the virtues of
| self-knowledge and self-direction
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-08-11

smile and makes permanent impress.
sion on you. You are apt to wake up
In the night singing, His bright smile
haunts me still" His hands know no
repose His voice is liable any minute
to 60 clean out of sight, as tenor, and
the next minute to go rumbling down
in the bowels Of the earth as a bass.
He can croak like frog, chirp like q
cricket and sing like an angel, all In
the same breath. 1t is the awkward
age and Is incurable--until he ceases
to be a boy. His framework is thrown
up like modern skyscraper, and he
creeps up on II and takes possession
of one story at time. getting &C
quainted with that part of himself
gradually and suspiciously.
1t is a paradox, but still true. thai
he is at his most fascinating and for
bidding period at one and the same
time, and his looks betray him, liz
both respects. Conceit and humilla
ton, love and dislike are struggling
within him.
There is moral value In his looks
because they react on his disposition
and tendencies; and they affect his re.
lations with people whether that is de.
sirable or not. 1t is at the awkward
age he Is apt to become very con.
scious OF the presence and attractions
of the opposite sex. Then looks begin
to count Additions become a pleas.
ure. He shines the heels of his shoes,
washes every convolution in his ears
and goes behind them, and he learns
the decorative value of clothes. His
looks affect his feelings and therefore
his conduct. ANY patch on his clothes
in front distresses him and the thought
that there may be one on the other
side of him, which he cannot see
while others can, fortunes him. His
features must remain as nature made
them, but they may be helped out with
cleanliness and clothes and approprI
ate decorations and the right kind of
foods and scientific physical culture
till those same features will reshape
themselves and assume manly beauty.
especially when there Is a noble and
beautiful soul residing In the body
and using 1t for the highest purpose.
Culture in good looks is one Of the
rights Of boy. in order to overcome
present disadvantages and equip him
with power for future use; and It can
be carried on only with his co-opera-
ton. But therein lies his peril. His
vanity is such a curious thing, 1t may
deceive hfm with coneeit and torture
him with dissatisfaction. To work
for good looks, as an asset, is not bad.
but perilous. He will need both ad
vice and example.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-08-11
The Boys Beauty

AS a rule, he is not a thing of beau
ty, nor joy forever-not yet. The
'irrepressible conflict" of which we
have read and said so much. is the
conflict between his desire to look well
and his disinclination to use the meas
ures that viii insure good looks. If any
thing Will. A presentable appearance
is impossible without cleanliness, and.
from that standpoint, boys drop into
three classes. First are the few, the
precious few, who like to use soap and
water and scrubbing implements, on
ordinary as well as on state occasions,
and the latter means Saturday nights;
but it must be conceded that this is an
almost invisible, rather than invincible
company of knights Of the Bath" The
second group stands out in contrast
with a certain group OF Illinois states
men, in that they must have high pres
sure inducements to avail themselves
Of special bath room facilities. The
third Is the great middle class OF boys
who, with more or less reluctance, Will
cooperate in the care of their persons.
1t will be different later on, but they
will no longer be boys Meantime, the
boys face, hands, finger nails, neck
ard ears are negligible quantities, as
in the case Of the boy who was sent
away from the table TO clean up and
came bach with very little improve
ment, but indicated himself with the
claim that he had washed all right. but
did not think it necessary to go into de-
tails. There is time when almost any
little boy is pretty, when cleaned up
and dressed tastefully. He enjoys be-
ing told he is pretty. but has no more
respect for his looks than to wallow IN
a mud puddle, If he is not watched.
Wash and play'-no, not exactly.
Then there comes a time when, even
with the best Of clothes, it is hard to
secure the cooperation Of his looks In
making a desirable impression He
would like TO be graceful, but is loose
jointed, like a mule. When he starts
for a point he is likely to swing around
and knock down a lamp, vase and
valuable bTic-a-brac before he reaches
his destination. His hair won't stay
con1bed, not even parted. He wears
out his pants just where you don't want
him to wear them out. When he smiles,
It is not just like Gladstone's smile,
which Joseph Parker described as like
sunshine breaking over crag. But he
looks as If he were trying to work up
some fresh cuticle that had grown on
his face since the day before, and If he
succeeds in working It all up int a
smile he does not know what to do
with it-he looks as if he would like to
swallow the thing. But It Is fetching