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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-22
Monetary Reform


 A matter of first importance that will come before Congress for action at this session is monetary reform. The Con- gress has itself arranged an early intro duction of this great question through the report of it's monetary commission. This commission was appointed to rec ommend a solution of the banking and currency problems so long confronting the nation and to furnish the facts and data necessary to enable the Congress to take action The commission was appointed when an impressive and urgent popular demand for legislative relief suddenly arose out of the distressing situation of the people caused by the deplorabe panic of 1907. The Congress decided that while 1t could not give immediately the relief required. it would provide commission to furnish the means for prompt action at later date
 In order to do it's work withs thorough ness and precision this commission has taken some time to make it's report. The country is undoubtedly hoping for as prompt action on the report as the con venience of the Congress can permit. The recognition of the gross imperfections and marked inadequacy of our banking and currency system even in our most quiet financial periods is of long standing; and later there has matured a recognition of the fact that our system is responsible for the extraordinary devastation, waste, and business paralysis of our recurring periods of panic. Though the members of the monetary commission have for a considerable time been working in the open, and while large numbers of the people have been openly working with them, and while the press has largely noted and discussed this work as it has proceeded so that the report of the com mission promises to represent a national movement, the details of the report are still being considered I cannot, there fore, do much more at this time than commend the immense importance of mon etary freform, urge prompt consideration and action when the commissions re- port is received, and express my satis- faction that the plan to be proposed promises to embrace main features that, having met the approval of a great pre- ponderance of the practical and profess sional opinion of the country, are likely to meet equal approval in Congress-
 It is exceediny fortunate that the wise and undisputed policy of maintaining Un- changed the main features of our bank ing system rendered it at once impossible to introduce a central bank for a cen tral bank would certainly have been re- sisted, and a plan into which it could have been introduced would probably have been defeated But as a central bank could not be part of the only plan discussed or considered, that trou- blesome question is eliminated And in- genous and novel as the proposed na tional reserve association appears it sim ply is a logical outgrowth of what is best in our present system and is, il fact, the fulfllment of that systeml
 Exactly how the management of tha
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-22
DISTRESSING CASE
 OF. HIVES CURED
Body Covered with Large Red Marks. Face Also Affected. Cuticura Ointment Based Skin Right
 Awayand Completely

"I retired one evening and after sleeping . couple of hours was awakened by burning sensation all over the upper part of my body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-22
Credit of United States

, The credit of this government was shown to be better than that of any other government by the sale Of the Panama canal per cent bonds. These bonds did not give their owners the privilege of using them as a basis for bank note cir culation, nor was there any other privi- lege extended to them which would affect their general market value. Their sale therefore, measured the credit of the gov ernment The premium which was real jzed upon the bonds made the actual in- terest rate of the transaction 29s per cent.
 In the treasury department the efficien- cv and economy work has been kept steadily ID. Provision Is made for the elimination of 134 positions during the coming year. Two hundred and sixty seven statutory positions were eliminated
 during the last year in the office of the treasury Tn Washington, and H positions in the year 1910. making an elimination or b42 statutory positions since March I, 19l9; and this has been done without the dis charge of anybody, because the normal resignations and deaths have been equal to the elimination of the places, system of transfers having taken care Of the persons whose positions were dropped out In the field service of the depart ment, too, 1250 positions have been elimi- mated down to the present time. making total net reduction of all treasury posi- fions to the number of 1891 Meantime the efficiency of the work of the department has increased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-22
PRESIDENT TAFT SENDS ANOTHER
 OF HIS MESSAGES
CONTINUED FROM PAGE D


 equal the expenditures, and probably ex- ceed them by more than the surplus of this year. It is fair and equitable, there fore, in determining the economy with which the government has been run, to exclude he transactions of a department like the postoffice department, which re lies for it's support upon it's receipts. In calculations heretofore made for com parison of economy in each year, it has been the proper custom only to include in the statement the deficit in the postoffice department which was paid out of the treasury.
 A calculation of the actual increase in the expenses of government arising from the increase in the population and the general expansion of governmental func- tions, except those of the postoffiee, for number of years shows a normal increase of about per cent a year. By directing the exercise of great care to keep down the expenses and the estimates We have succeeded in reducing the total disburse- menfS each year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-22
Rivers and HarbOrs

The estimates for the river and har- bor Improvements reach $32, 900. 900 for the coming year. I wish to urge that whenever project has been adopted by Congress as one to be completed, the more money which can be eco- nomcally expended in it's construc- ton in each year. the greater the ulti- mate economy. This has especial ap- plication to the improvement of the Mississippi river and its large branches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-22

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
SLAM IN MOSQUES
Mshammedan Church Found
Filled With Bodies
Of Native Women and Children
in African War.
PIERCED AND TORN.
italian Atrocities in Tripoli
Arouse British People.
Camps of Both Armies Are Raw
aged by Cholera.

London, Nov 4.-Agitation against
atrocities BY Italians in Tripoli, which
has sprung up in the British press ana
is supported BY a few mem bers OF tie
house Of commons since uncensOred re-
ports arrived here from English news
paper correspondents, received fresh
impetus through q telegram received
by a news agency from Herbert Mon
tagues a second lieutenant OF the Fifth
fusilierS. Lieutenant Montague tele-
graphea from SOukelyOnma, by way CT
DeHfbaL on the frontier. as follows:
I feel II my duty to send you the
following telegram 7 beg you in the
name of Christianity to publish II
throughout England I am an English
officer voluntarily serving in the Turn
ish army here.
las you know already about the fe +
rocious resistance which the Turks and
Arabs are Offering the Italians. l VIII
only express my admiration for their
bravery and fOrtitude. which would
warm the heart Of any Englishman OF
OF any true soldier in the world.
Bound and MutiIated.
Imagine my feelings when, on en-
tering and driving the Italians out of
Arab houses which they had fortified
and were holding. We discovered the
bodies Of 12O women and children
with their hands and feet bound, mutt
lated, pierced and torn Later on at
(the name of the town was lost in
transmission We found a mosque
filled with bodies of women and chill
dren. mutilated almost beyond recog-
milton. l could not count them. but
there must have been three or four
hundred.
In this European war are such
Grim s TO be conmitted2 Can not
England do something to stop such
horrors In our civilization and times
you can hardly believe, but it IS true,
nevertheless
Even now we are getting news of
further masSa cres OF women and chill
dren who were found on different
farms lately occupied by Italians. The
idea of the Italians when they
slaughtered the innocents obviously
was one Of revenge for their heavy
losses in battle.
I'VE are al this moment under
heavy shrapnel fire. SO you must ex-
cIse me If these sentences are some
what disjointed. There is an aero
plane circling over our position and di-
I'll citing the snemy's gun fire on US
Lieutenant Montagues message Is
dated November :.
Cholera in Both Camps.
Berlin Nov. 4 The Lokal Anzei-
gers Tripolf correspondent says Italy's
losses in TripoN since October %
amount TO 1900 men. of which ESQ
were killed Eighty-seven soldiers are
suffering from cholera
The Italians" continues the CORE
spondent. have executed 200 Arabs,
including 400 women and children
Cholera is rapidly increasing among
tire Arabs and Jews. No room exists
in the city for the expected reinforce
merits and their arrival must further
increase the ravages of the cholera"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
UAIr S4-Y,1-r-vr rrr-.~rc pr~,-,~,-4,
The Acute Depression of Last Week
Has Disappeared.

New York, Nov. 4-The most Wig
orous movement OF several months
took place this week on the stock ex-
change The acute depression OF last
week which followed filing OF the dis
solution suit against the United States
Steel corporation was forgotten and
stocks were pushed upward rapidly
BY an aggressive bull party. The short
interest was forced to cover extern
siVeIy.
The Improvement was attributed to
increased confidence. owing to the IN
eNpectedly good quarterly report of
the steel corporation. indicating that
the Industrial situation was better
than had been represented and the at
titude OF the government toward the
REORGANIZATION plan OF the American
Tobacco company. The attorney gen
erals acceptance Of the plan. with
modification, was seized upon as pre-
senting a basis upon which the diff
culties confronting not only the to
lacco company. but other corpora
lions under the Sherman law might be
adjusted
An Improvement in business condi-
lions was reported. Call money rose
to three per cent for the first time
since January. owing TO requirements
al the beginning of the month, but
the rates soon relaxed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
CAN USE AIR CRAFT.
Italy Did Not Sign Agreement at The
Hague.

Washington, Nov. 4=Italy's use of
the aeropiane in dropping grenades
into the Turkish camps, it is declared
here, IS not a violation OF the agree
nent of the Hague conference of
1907. prohibiting the use OF aircraft in
the discharge Of projectiles and explo-
sives '.Or hy other new methods of
similar nature in SO far as that coun-
try is concerned.
The last official report of countries
which have signed the agreements en-
acted by the 1907 conference. received
at the state department last June.
showed that while Turkey had signed
this particular agreement, Italy had
hot
And as the agreement Is only bind
ing when war takes place between
two Or more signatories. in this case il
is binding on neither power. IN any
event. the convention is only binding
for period extending TO the adjourn
ment OF The third peace conference.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
sCHLEY WEEDS AT NIGHT.
Clerk Routed From Bed to Give Out
Marriage License.

New Haven Conn. Nov. At ,
o'clock this morning Assistant Town
Clerk Joseph y Buckley was ro7lted
out OF bed TO issue a marriage license
to James N. Schley, nephew of the
late Admiral Schlev. of New YorlS
City, and Miss Bertha Sedgwfck of the
same place. The couple then went to
police headquarters. where thu sarv-
ices CT justice of the peace we're Sc
cured by telephone II is understood
that Mr.. Schley's first wife secured q
divorce in Reno. New Yesterday
First Wife Divorced
Reno. New. Nov. 4-RacheI SchIey
obtained divorce from William s
Schley last Thursday in the district
court here. They were married in
Wilmington. Del. in 1903 and she
charged desertion AT Philadelphia in
1905. The defendant did not contest
the suit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
Z. 5. AFTER LOCAL TRUSTS.
Plumbers. Hardware Dealers and
Metal Goods Men Called.

Portland, Ore, Nov. 4-The ore
gonian says today that agents Of the
Interstate commerce commission have
been at work in this city for the last
three weeks investigating possible
combinations among plumbers, hard
ware men and dealers in metal goods
The paper says the activity of the fed
eral Investigators extends throughout
The entire Pacific coast. Continuing It
states:
Secretaries Of the various organiza-
tons with which dealers in metal
goods are affiliated have been sub
poenaed 70 appear before the federal
grand jury here They have been ask
ed TO bring their books with them A
list Of the members also have been
demanded from each organization
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
new ERA N POLITICS.
Woodrow Wilson Foresees a ReaIign-
ment of Parties.

Jersey City. y. J.. Nov. 4.-"There
is going 10 be a realignment this year
and next year and the year after
that" declared Governor Woodrow
Wilson in an address here late last
night. You can not do anything with
q party made up Of men who do not
agree with one another. That is the
way with the Republican party now.
This will bring in a new era in Ameri-
can politics. The new era has come.
We have got our guns and il is the
open sea son. We are going TO shoot.
Don't get into the wrong herd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
TEACH FARMERS CLEANLINESS
Milk Handling Concern Hires Men to
Lecture.

Washington Nov. 4.-"Purify the
milk at It's source by educating the
farmers as TO simple and practical
ways of keeping the product clean"
This Is the motto which a large milk
handing concern in a western city has
adopted according to a statement made
today bv its represen before the
national pure food board Men are
sent out by this company. its repre-
sentative told Doctors Wiley and Doc
little TODAY, to lecture among the
farmers in the surrounding country
and tell them why they should keep
their milk pure and sweet and how this
ma be done
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
Il. [. GIRLS TO SELL CANDY.
Colds Will Help Raise Money for
DOrmitorieS.

Lawrence. Kan. Nov. "A candy
sale" IS the latest plan Of the girls
of the University Of Kansas for rails
Ing money for a women's dormitory.
The Kansas university girls viii tempt
the men with fudge divinity and other
delicacies. The sale viii continue for
three days Immediately preceding the
Thanksgiving holidays, which begin
Wednesday, November %. The girls
who have charge of the enterprise are
Bess BozeI, Florence Payne, Mary
Redding. Frederick Holder and
Helen Pendleton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
TO RATTLE OFF BABY.
Press Agent Flooded With Orders for
Tickets.

Henderson. Ky. Nov 4-Only per
sons under p VIII be barred from
chances on a chubby. blue eyed baby
Of unannounced gender, that is to be
ratified at q local theater Monday
night Signs announcing the contest
have been tackled up on telephone
poles inside a 25-mile radius. The
ba by has been obtained from an or
phanage in Louisville and the holder
of the lucky ticket which Will go with
the ticket of admission IS to be de-
clared foster-parent on the spot
It is purely a press agents device.
hut there is real baby and the ticket
office has been almost swamped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
MARTIN DID NOT COMPLAIN.
Concordia Man Corrects story About
William NIuirhead of Topeka.

Charles Martin of Concordia is in
Topeka. Mr.. Martin denies that he
authorized the publication OF the story
from Concordia on October II con-
corning William Muirhead. He says
that he employed Mr.. Muirhead to rep
resent him in a law suit and that Mr..
Nuirhead is carrying out his part of
the contract.
The Concordia item was to the effect
that Muirhead collected a s25 fee from
Martin and promised that no suit
against him would be commenced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
EAT BAKED SKUNK.
Hunters Friends Get Remains of An
nuaI Catch.

Manchester. Conn. Nov. 4.-The an
nuaI catch of Ernest Laughing, Con
necticut's champion skunk hunter. is
being delivered TO his friends here to-
dav. He has killed more than three
score OF the animals on his present ex-
cursion. He prepares and bakes the
skunks himself and the resulting dish
is relished as a great delicacy by his
friends here
The meat is very sweet and tender
with a slight ..gamy'' favor Most Of
Landings latest bag came from the
vicinity Of Weeping. Conn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
GOAT Is ALMOST HUMAN.
He Talks, Eats, Drinks. Chews and
Smokes.

Boston. Nov. "A large black East
Indian goat that can eat, drink. smoke.
chew tobacco and even talk in goat
fashion IS here on his fourth trip
around the world as mascot of the
German steamer Adamsturm- The
goat has an Unsuitable appetite for to
bacco. cigars and cigarettes. which he
devours with avidity. lighted or IN
lighted His sailor tutors have taught
him To say with some cIearness the
words Gamma cow" which is native
East Indian for Il want some food
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
NONENS{
a:s.2CLURS9

a series 1T I'VE lectures under tnt
auspices IF the d a. r. VIII oe he-N
Al T-nitx church. week apart. y
a-ir1lfrz rtitL popular readings - I -
+ H Lane ii Washeurn college W el-
nesEr evening. November : Inc
r-ns-s If The course in order follow
~-n,rr-fer l1. Prof. ~. A. HarsAtar-
.1Y-har Purhanks Discoveries
Nr-sfs=r - Prof. T. W. Todd. Illus
trates Switzerland lecture NoVeTn Der
90 Dr. Frank X. sanders "Inala az
Present. December 8, musical by
best lalal talent
The C'l-andos Club viii meet at ESQ
o-clock. Thursday afternoon, NoFeFnner
g. With Mrs Charles curtis. 1le1 To
peka avenue. The subject Tor the
afterroons program Is review OF
King john
The Ramblers club VIII meet with
SlLrs G. II. Roney 1905 kansas avenue
re ves1uceian club viii meet
Thursday. November g. with Ms B.
c. Walker The program VIII be con-
Quoted by Mrs. W F Cochran ana MIS-
L. Y king
The Research Club met Friday No
vernber 81 with Mrs L IT. Evans. The
program was as fotto~s-
Rob cali Names Of Revolutionary
Patriees-
Politics Mrs Fey
Oratory MIS- Cut1eI.
Poetry ana Prose. Mrs. Hutson-
Contrast between Colonial and Revo-
lutlonarv Literature. Mrs TYLER
TIE nl9ttl fnr the afternoons meet
ing was ~Iadepens5ent thinking has
given us -h- present and VIII forever
cOnliuua 60 make tomorrow better than
today The right 70 think is inaiien-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
ASKS TO BE PUT IN JAIL
Bank Cashier Applies to sheriff 10
Lock Him Up.

Rochester. Ind. Nov. AFTER state
bank examiners had closed the Citi-
zeIls' hank at Akron, Ind. 10 miles east
OF this city and had announced that
lis funds were short about $4,000, to-
day. Howard Harter. the banks cash
icr, came here and obtained the sher-
ifs permission to stay in the county
Jail until inquiry into the Institution 5
affairs had proceeded further.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
GET DOCTORS FOR ARMY
Surgeons Being Sought by Uncle sam
for Regular Army Service.

Washington, Nov. 4.=Young pfysi-
clans in civil life in various parts Of
the country are to be given an oppor-
tunity 10 become surgeons in the rcgu-
ar army Examining boards viii
meet at selected points in the different
sections, the first appointed today. be-
ing instructed to conduct preliminary
examinations of applicants in the west
an November 49, 1912
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
NOW GINSENG PRICES DROP.
Farmers Find Chinese War Has
Ruined Market

Mount Carmel. H.. Nov 4.-The
Chinese revolution has knocked the
bottom out of the ginseng market. ex-
portations having fallen off to such
an extent that farmers locally find
themselves long on the root crop with
steadily decreasing prices offered
Until yesterday ginseng has for
months been selling here at Sis
pound. but the price dropped down to
{ IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
JACK TARs BEHAVE WE'LL.
only Two of $4,000 Men Deserted in
New York.

New York, Nov. "A circular is
sued from police headquarters here
shows that Of the $4,000 enlisted men
who were in New York with the big
feet during the past ten days. only
two were reported as deserters and
seven as stragglers- The police say bet
ter behaved bluejackets never visited
New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
card of Thanks.

We extend thanks to the kind friends
and neighbors for the assistance and
beautiful floral offerings given during
the sickness and death OF our beloved
wife. mother. daughter and sister
Mr.. ]. p. MARTIN AND Chill
DREN.
MR. AND MRS JOHN HANSON
AND FAMILY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04

Il you want TO save money on druss
and have them delivered quickly JUS
rhoue SHOWS. 7sS-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04

Dainty sandwich. bowl OF soup, bout
lion and hot chocolate Rosser Bros.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04

an address On the enfranchisement Of
women
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04

The Chandos Club viii meet al 2-5V
@ clock. Thursday afternoon. November
g. WITH Mrs. Charles curtis. lle1 To-
retza avenue. The subject Tor the
sf1-r-oou-s program Is review or
King john
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-18
IueSuay, April 10, I9II
BATTLE OF
,JUAREZON

At dawn there was a lull, but
1t is expected that Madero's main
force will arrive within a few
hours and that the struggle will
come before noon.
Whether Madero in person has
yet reached the hills south Of
Juarez was not certainly known
in the early hours today. Sixteen
hundred insurgents are known to
have been at Bauche, IA miles
south of Juarez, at O'Clock last
night, when they were being load
ed into three trains for the north.
A fourth train was expected to
start soon. 1t is believed these
trains reached the southern en-
vlrons of Juarez at midnight when
the soldiers detrained and i'm
mediately opened fire as an incl
dent to their taking positions for
the coming battle.
The death of Captain Creighton,
head of the dynamite squad, with
the rebels, has been verified. He
was killed at Bauche, and was
buried with military honors on the
battlefield.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-18
FRISCO ALIVE

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, April IS
BY way of celebrating almost COM
plete, recovery from the terrible
confiagration that swept the city
following the earthquake of April
18, 1906, San Francisco, bigger
and better city, is today prepar-
ing for the largest international
exposition in the history of the
world. That San Francisco has
fully recovered, financially, is
shown by the fact that its bust
ness men subscribed $500, 900
even before it was decided where
the Panama-Pacific exposition was
to be held.
In the downtown district sky
scrapers have replaced the frame
buildings of five years ago. Real
estate values are at least % per
cent higher than before the fire
and from a commercial standpoint
San Francisco is enjoying the
gratest era of prosperity in its his
tory. More than $300,000,000
has been spent for new buildings
since the fire.